Rebirth of a Quasi-Immortal Spirit

Gao Zhun twitched the corner of her mouth. She was speechless about this woman with such a terrible personality, but she might as well listen to what she was about to say.

"Gao Zhun, thirteen years old, his cultivation level just broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage when he left the family. I also have a portrait of you." As she spoke, Mo Nishang took out a scroll from her storage ring. When it was fully unfolded, the person standing quietly on it was none other than Gao Zhun in front of her. However, she was dressed as a girl in the painting, and judging from her appearance, her personality was much gentler and milder than it is now.

"This is a mission I received from the Demon Palace, an assassination commission. As for the client, guess who it is?"

Gao Zhun frowned: "Could you please stop putting on such an innocent face, flashing a playful smile, and then asking me if I know who commissioned you to assassinate me? That's really strange."

"Tsk tsk, not calling me Fifth Princess anymore?" Mo Ni Chang's focus seemed to have deviated from Gao Zhun's expectations. She slightly raised her chin, giving Gao Zhun, who was already sitting on the ground healing his injuries, an almost perfect smile. "Never mind, I already promised to help you. When I saw this mission and found out that the mission location was in Yongcheng, where the Demon Palace sent me, I accepted it without hesitation. Of course, I still need to investigate the assassination target more, since the description on the commission is too simplistic. Although killing someone as insignificant as you doesn't require too much of my effort."

"However, the results of the investigation really surprised me." Mo Nishang lowered her head and winked at Gao Zhun, making it impossible for anyone to imagine how shocking her next words would be.

"That client used a code name. Generally speaking, when the Demon Palace issues a mission, the client is either someone from the Demon Palace or someone of high rank and power in the Demon Clan. It's understandable that some of these people are unwilling to reveal their true identities. However, a mission that this client previously commissioned us for has piqued my interest. Isn't it a coincidence that ten years ago, the same person commissioned our Demon Palace to kill Gao Zhilin at all costs?"

“Father?!” Although Gao Zhun had never met Gao Zhilin in person, she was familiar with him in her memory. She was very familiar with him as a loving father and as the top genius of the Gao family. She even asked all the people involved in Gao Zhilin’s death in detail, because he was very good to her and was a role model for her to strive for.

Satisfied with Gao Zhun's expression, Mo Nishang's good mood was evident, even her eyebrows curved into a slight smile. This made Xuan Yuan Huanyu, who had been watching her nervously after hearing that she had accepted the mission to assassinate Gao Zhun, slightly dazzled. How could this person be so...

"Although the client's tone wasn't as forceful as before, it was still enough to show his murderous intent towards you. After all, this was the second time he had issued this mission. Tsk tsk, I wonder what kind of enemies your father made back then. Not only did he harm your father, but now even you..." Mo Nishang stopped there and changed the subject: "Because of Gao Zhilin's matter, I've paid more attention to you, little guy. Especially after obtaining the list of people in Yongcheng at the same time, I feel that things have become even more interesting."

Mo Nishang chuckled and glanced at Xuan Yuan Huanyu. Unexpectedly, the other party's expression became somewhat abnormal after she looked at him. Was it because she was about to reveal the relationship between this person and Gao Zhun, or something else?

Mo Nishang's subtle actions were naturally noticed by Gao Zhun. She glanced at Xuan Yuan Huanyu, who was still healing her, with a complicated expression, pursed her lips, and asked uncertainly, "Miss Huanyu? Do you and my mother have any relationship?"

"Smart!" Before Xuan Yuan Huan Yu could even open her mouth to answer, Mo Ni Chang interrupted, "Speaking of your mother, Xuan Yuan Ming Zhu, when she still had her cultivation, she was a key target of our Demon Palace's observation. How could such a woman's cultivation be destroyed so easily?"

Gao Zhun noticed an inexplicable strangeness in Mo Nishang's tone when she spoke of her mother. In truth, she didn't know the full details of her mother's lost cultivation. It seemed only her parents were present at the time; her father was no longer there. Furthermore, for a cultivator, losing their cultivation was an immense blow. Even the upper echelons of the Gao family hadn't inquired about it. Moreover, having transferred all her affection to her mother, Gao Zhun would never ask about such a thing, lest her mother recall painful memories!

However, judging from Mo Nishang's appearance, what happened back then seems to be more complicated than it appears.

"Of course, that's not the point. The point is that your mother, Xuanyuan Mingzhu, and Xuanyuan Huanyu's father, Xuanyuan Mingqing, are siblings. So, in a way, Xuanyuan Huanyu is your cousin."

After rambling on for a while, Mo Nishang finally cleared up one of Gao Zhun's doubts. No wonder she always felt that Xuan Yuan Huan Yu's attitude towards her was a bit strange. It turned out that there was such a relationship between them.

"Tell me, Xuanyuan Huanyu, can you explain why you know about this cousin's existence, while your cousin knows nothing about you?" Perhaps feeling that she had teased Gao Zhun enough, Mo Nishang turned her attention to Xuanyuan Huanyu.

"My aunt has some grudges with the Xuanyuan family, so it's understandable that she doesn't want to talk much about their affairs." Xuanyuan Huanyu said this to Gao Zhun, who immediately understood.

"Mo Nishang, you still haven't said who the person who commissioned you to kill Gao Zhun is. It turns out that this person was also responsible for Gao Zhilin's murder ten years ago. I'm getting quite curious. Also, have you already abandoned the mission?"

As an observer, Gao Zhun said that regarding the first half of Xuan Yuan Huan Yu's words, she didn't sense any curiosity from the woman who had just learned that Xuan Yuan Huan Yu was her cousin, except for being cold and aloof. However, regarding the second half of Xuan Yuan Huan Yu's words, her heart jumped, and she looked at Mo Ni Chang with a tense expression, although she didn't think that Mo Ni Chang could easily kill her in Xuan Yuan Huan Yu's presence.

Her intuition told her that her cousin probably cared about her to some extent, at least whether she lived or died.

I can answer both questions at the same time.

Mo Nishang extended her right hand, first raising her index finger: "First of all, I'm the kind of person with a very strong sense of curiosity. Actually, in this whole matter, there are only two people I'm most interested in: the client and you, Xuan Yuan Huan Yu. As for this little guy, I just found him somewhat interesting after getting to know him. So, for me, the client's identity is very worthy of my investigation. However, when I investigated, I discovered that the Demon Palace already knew that person's identity. You might not believe it, but this person is not a member of my Demon Clan, but rather from your righteous path." As she spoke, she pointed her index finger towards Gao Zhun's forehead: "He's from your Gao family."

"The Gao family?" Gao Zhun had lost count of how many times she'd been shocked by the amount of information Mo Nishang had provided that day. Now, she immediately connected it to the previous owner of this body dying from the Soul-Devouring Incense. So, that was the first mission Mo Nishang had mentioned, and the person who carried it out was a Mahayana stage expert from the Demon Clan, whose strength was equivalent to that of a righteous cultivator! A Mahayana stage expert accepting a mission to assassinate someone like her, who hadn't even reached the Foundation Establishment stage at the time—how tempting must the reward be? And how strong was that person's desire to kill her? To put up a bounty that even a Mahayana stage expert would envy for her life... and then, connecting that to what Mo Nishang said, that person was in the Gao family…

Gao Zhun suddenly felt a chill run down her spine and shivered. Why did she feel a little cold?

"Hmm, otherwise do you think that demon would risk his life to infiltrate the outer courtyard of the Gao family? Even if he were to infiltrate, he should have gone to the inner courtyard or some other more valuable place, shouldn't he? But he did indeed perish later, and our Demon Palace has a rule that assassination missions targeting a single person can only be accepted by that single person, and the mission is automatically invalidated after failure and cannot be accepted by anyone else. Come to think of it, you were in the Gao family, which was full of experts, so you can imagine how difficult the assassination was. If you hadn't come to Yongcheng, this mission wouldn't have been given to someone like me with only a Golden Core cultivation."

After hearing Mo Nishang's words, Gao Zhun's eyes were filled with an unreadable expression. She had previously thought that the Gao family's teleportation array had done a good job of keeping things confidential and wouldn't expose their whereabouts. Now, thinking about it, what was so good about it? It was obvious that the people above the Gao family couldn't possibly be unaware of their movements. However, this also indirectly proved that the person who wanted her dead was not an unknown figure in the Gao family, but a high-ranking person with access to some core secrets. It seemed that her future days would be far from safe.

"Having said so much, I might as well be frank. I have absolutely no interest in killing you, little brat. Keeping you alive is just for teasing and amusement. As for the mission points and rewards, as the Fifth Princess of the Demon Clan, I have no shortage of those things. Most importantly, if I touch you, Xuan Yuan Huan Yu, who is most interested in me, will skin me alive. I'm not going to do such a losing proposition. Of course, I still can't reveal that person's true identity. After all, he is a client of our Demon Palace, and we have the right to keep his identity confidential. I suppose he chose to commission the mission from the Demon Palace because of this. Many of you righteous people use the Demon Palace to eliminate dissidents. Tsk tsk, over the years, I wonder how many dirty deeds those people have done using the Demon Palace."