Quick Transmigration: Even Extras Want to Be Leading Actresses

A few years later, the emperor was also nearing his death.

Although Gu Shijiu interrupted the poison that the late emperor had given him, it still damaged his body and affected his lifespan.

On his deathbed, he called the crown prince to his side and said, "Second son, I am about to die. I will entrust the Great Xia to you from now on."

"Father!" The Crown Prince knew that the Emperor was experiencing a final burst of lucidity before his death, and he felt a little panicked.

He's not even thirty years old yet, and this vast empire is being handed over to him?

The emperor wanted to reach out and pat his shoulder, but he couldn't: "Second son, your brother is already in this state, so spare his life."

The moment I saw Gu Shijiu, I knew she was no ordinary person. I gave up on your brother because I was afraid of angering her. Who knows if she had any agreement with Yuzhen?

This is the Goddess of War sent down by Heaven to our Great Xia. With her by your side, you can govern with confidence.

However, we can't rely on her too much, otherwise the soldiers will start slacking off.

This is why the emperor, seeing that Gu Shijiu didn't want to fight, didn't urge her to go to the battlefield.

The purpose of powerful weapons is deterrence, not to be used frequently.

The crown prince tearfully agreed, "Father, I've remembered it all."

After the old emperor died, the crown prince became the new emperor.

After he rectified the court and flexed his muscles to the surrounding smaller countries, the situation stabilized completely.

After Gu Shijiu felt that she had mastered martial arts, she bid farewell to the young emperor, as she still needed to find Shi Qi.

The emperor was somewhat reluctant to see such a pillar of stability leave, and he worried that he would be unable to keep those senior and arrogant ministers in check.

"General Gu, you're leaving me like this. What am I going to do now?"

The emperor, with tears streaming down his face, grabbed Gu Shijiu's sleeve.

"Don't call me Gu and Dalian together. Just call me Gu Shijiu or General Gu."

Gu Shijiu frowned.

"Huh?" The emperor was still immersed in grief and hadn't reacted yet.

"Like a hen has just laid an egg." Although Gu Shijiu had never lived in the countryside, she had heard many roosters crowing in agricultural bases.

The emperor was speechless. What an idiot.

It took her a while to gather her emotions again: "General Gu, you really have to leave."

"You have the nerve to say that? You're the emperor now, and you can't even find a single person. I'll go find one myself."

Gu Shijiu broke free from the emperor's hand and rode off alone on horseback.

The Great Xia was quite large, and it took her several decades to travel through all of it.

The emperor always knew her whereabouts immediately.

That's not difficult. As long as you hear that someone is looking for a person named Shi Qi, it must be Gu Shijiu who is there.

Persistence pays off, and she actually found it.

At the foot of Kunlun Mountain, outside Yaowang Valley.

Gu Shijiu challenged from outside the door: "I heard there's someone here named Shi Qi, is that true?"

She has been scammed many times over the years.

Some people wanted to scam her out of money, and some people wanted to scam her out of her character.

She continued to collect compensation from those who cheated her out of money, and when she cheated others, she sent letters to the emperor asking him to arrest them.

The emperor had to clean up countless messes afterward.

She didn't have high hopes this time either, having heard similar news far too many times.

She went every time.

Sometimes it's a coincidence of names, sometimes it's a trap, and sometimes it's someone trying to challenge her.

Fortunately, she possessed superhuman strength. Not only did she have a name that was the same as hers, but those who plotted against her were all beaten half to death.

Gu Shijiu hasn't received any clues from anyone for quite some time.

This time, she encountered a secluded village at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains, not far from the mountains, and heard the old people there mention this name.

The elderly man couldn't quite remember how it was written.

It is said that the old man saw this person once when he was a child; the other person was a young man.

They followed the people from Medicine King Valley down the mountain to gather herbs.

I only saw him once, and I never met him again.

Gu Shijiu then came to Medicine King Valley.

She called for a long time but no one answered, so she went up and knocked on the door.

There were some mechanisms outside the valley, but they were no match for her. That's why they say that she could overcome any obstacle with sheer force.

Gu Shijiu gently pushed open the door, and was greeted by a group of people with tense expressions.

The courtyard was full of various herbs, and the people were dressed in similar clothes, some of them carrying baskets on their backs.

"Who are you, and why are you forcibly entering Medicine King Valley!" The leader was an older man.

"I heard there's a person named Shi Qi here, so I came to ask him." Gu Shijiu's attitude wasn't bad.

The old man tried to push her away, saying, "Go away, go away, we don't have the person you're looking for here."

Gu Shijiu dodged his hand: "I've heard about it."

The old man was about to curse again when a hoarse yet cheerful voice came from the back of the mountain: "Ajiu, is that Ajiu?"

Gu Shijiu found the voice somewhat unfamiliar, but there should only be one person here who would call her that, so she went forward to take a look.

Even dozens of people from Medicine King Valley couldn't stop her.

The one who called her was an old man who looked three times like Shi Qi.

It could also be that they've gotten too old, and their appearance has changed.

"Ah Jiu, you've found me again." This old man was indeed Shi Qi.

"Sigh, there's nothing I can do, I'll find you eventually. Shi Qi, how come you've aged like this?"

Gu Shijiu was somewhat proud. She possessed divine power, and although she was getting older, she did not appear old.

Shi Qi sighed: "Sigh, when I came in, I chose treatment, and then I became a disciple of Medicine King Valley."

However, the rules of Medicine King Valley state that one cannot leave the mountain except to purchase supplies.

I wanted to go out and find you. Once, I tried to sneak away while I was in town buying something, but I was caught and brought back.

There was only time to leave a message for the child.

Fortunately, Medicine King Valley didn't punish me, but they forbade me from leaving the mountain gate again, so I stayed in Kunlun Mountain for decades.

Gu Shijiu was dumbfounded. She never expected it to be like this: "Your rules are quite unique, huh?"

Shi Qi had noticed the commotion at the mountain gate and had been keeping an eye on it ever since.

He was shocked to see Gu Shijiu's heroic figure.

Gu Shijiu couldn't even run 800 meters when she was young, but now she has mastered a super skill.

"Ah Jiu, how did you become so amazing?"

"I chose strength when I came in, but who knew it would be off the charts?" Gu Shijiu said helplessly. "I originally wanted to choose intelligence, but I accidentally chose the wrong one. Why did you choose healing?"

If he chooses strength, Medicine King Valley won't be able to contain him.

Shi Qi gently rubbed Gu Shijiu's head as before: "I thought about your illness, so I chose treatment."

Gu Shijiu suffers from Trisomy X syndrome, also known as hyperesthesia, which means that her body has abnormal estrogen levels. Her health has been poor ever since she turned 30.

I started developing tumors when I was 40 years old; sometimes it was an ovarian tumor, sometimes a breast tumor.

It was cut off and grew back, then cut off again, eventually becoming malignant, with cancer cells spreading throughout the body.

Otherwise, Shi Qi wouldn't have resolutely led her into the alien entrance discovered in China.

Arriving at this somewhat strange fairyland.

At this point, Shi Qi cheered up again: "Ajiu, I've learned a lot in Medicine King Valley, maybe I can cure you."

Gu Shijiu stared at his wrinkled face: "Shi Qi, aren't we both getting old and about to die?"

What's the point of treating illness then?

"Ah Jiu, didn't you realize we're not using our own bodies?" Shi Qi asked, completely bewildered.

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