Chapter 321-1: The purpose of displaying the intention, Just the right stone for sharpening (1)
"Misunderstand?"
To be honest, hearing Gu Changge speak, Liu Ziyan was completely stunned. She always felt that Gu Changge’s invitation was to inquire about Zi Yang Heavenly King, so she said these words without hesitation.
Judging from the contact just now, Gu Changge didn"t seem to have any plans for her either. But now he suddenly said that all of this was a misunderstanding.
Was that so?
"Young Master Changge, why did you say this? Didn"t you want to ask about Zi Yang Heavenly King"s whereabouts?"
Liu Zi Yan frowned and couldn"t help asking.
Gu Changge rubbed the white jade teacup lightly, his smile undiminished, "Of course not. I actually knew about Zi Yang Heavenly King for a long time, and his whereabouts will be known sooner or later. Now I only invited the Holy Maiden Zi Yang for tea."
Liu Zi Yan still was suspicious.
But Gu Changge smiled and said in a gentle and elegant voice, "You are too cautious."
"Of course, you also know that in order to protect Zi Yang Heavenly King, Purple Mansion would rather offend many Dao forces than hand over his whereabouts. And you are the Holy Maiden of Purple Mansion, if Zi Yang Heavenly King encounters something, he will definitely contact you as soon as possible."
Liu Zi Yan was silent when she heard the words, Gu Changge was right, the incident in the Ancient Xuanwu Kingdom was something that Purple Mansion took very seriously.
Even in this situation, Zi Yang was still under the protection of Purple Mansion, with a posture that they would rather fight against the rest of the Dao forces for Zi Yang Heavenly King. Although she was a Sacred Realm cultivator and her father was the Patriarch of Purple Mansion, she was still not as highly valued as Zi Yang Heavenly King.
"I think that Holy Maiden Zi Yang is smart, she should know how to do something like digging one"s own grave in Purple Mansion." Gu Changge then took a sip of tea, squinted his eyes, and smiled again.
"Dig your own grave?" Liu Zi Yan was stunned for a moment, muttering these four words to herself.
"Yeah, it"s indeed digging one"s own grave."
In her opinion, if Zi Yang Heavenly King was really connected with the inheritor of demonic art. And Purple Mansion still wanted to protect him, which would definitely cause public anger.
Even Emperor Mountain broke contact after learning that Prince Ying was the real inheritor of demonic art, and claimed that Prince Ying had been expelled from the mountain gate, for fear of getting into any trouble.
This level of attention was evident. The enemy of the entire world was not just talking. If Purple Mansion insisted on going its own way, it was very likely that they would face a situation of making enemies all over the world.
Emperor mountain was now sad and had nowhere to vent its anger. They just needed a justified opportunity, not to mention that there were hidden enemies of Purple Mansion just around the corner. Before, she felt that Purple Mansion"s handling was inappropriate, but now with Gu Changge"s persuasion, she felt more and more that something was wrong.
If Purple Mansion continued to act like this, it might be on the road of destruction.
"I actually know what young master Changge intends, but even as the Holy Maiden of the huge Purple Mansion, there are actually very few people that would listen to me. Even if the pros and cons are explained, it will not make much difference."
Liu Zi Yan sighed, feeling a little helpless as she turned to stare at Gu Changge with bright eyes, "I would like to ask Young Master Changge to give me some advice."
Although she and Zi Yang Heavenly King had met many times, he had even instructed her, and knew the path of their Dao. However, with Gu Changge"s statement, Liu Zi Yan"s belief that Zi Yang would not be a.s.sociated with the inheritor of demonic art began to waver.
Liu Zi Yan was born extremely beautiful, with black hair like a waterfall that could reflect light, and a waist like a willow. Even with a veil, her skin looked like snow, carved from flawless suet and jade.
At this moment, staring at Gu Changge like this, her eyes did not blink, and her face became more and more beautiful. If an ordinary young genius was looked at like this, he would have been unable to bear it, but Gu Changge did not.
His eyes were calm, and he didn"t waver. He just smiled and said, "I can"t talk about advice. Miss Zi Yang is thinking about the future of the Purple Mansion, and I am thinking about the inheritor of demonic art. In fact, we are not in conflict."
Liu Zi Yan nodded, "Young Master Changge cares about the world, and Zi Yan admires it."
"The tea is getting cold." Gu Changge pointed to the teacup in front of her.
Liu Zi Yan shook her head, "I am not in a hurry to drink, Young Master Changge’s words have disturbed Zi Yan"s appet.i.te at this time."
She knew that there was a grudge between Gu Changge and Zi Yang Heavenly King, no matter what the reason was, Gu Changge would not easily let him go. And Gu Changge obviously had some way to force Zi Yang Heavenly King to appear.
But he just didn"t say it, he invited her to come for tea, and let her notice the danger of this matter, and was worried about her. This made Liu Zi Yan annoyed for a while, feeling that Gu Changge did this on purpose.
But being a Holy Maiden, she was naturally aloof and gentle, so she didn"t say much at this time.
However, Gu Changge did not intend to explain, just smiled and said, "Okay, since you say so then let it be so. For the next period of time, I hope that the Holy Maiden Zi Yang can stay here. Of course, I will tell the outside world that you have been taken under house arrest by me."
"House arrest?" Liu Zi Yan glanced at him with a strange look in her eyes. When she first came here, she really had the idea of being under house arrest by Gu Changge.
But now Gu Changge had made tea and even treated her with courtesy and politeness. This transformation made her feel very strange and uncomfortable. And Gu Changge actually planned to claim that she was under house arrest?
What was this for? Was it to let Purple Mansion and the outside world see it? Liu Zi Yan couldn"t figure it out.
"Young Master Changge, can you tell me the reason?" Liu Zi Yan was puzzled.
"Is the reason important? Could it be that the Holy Maiden Zi Yan really don’t want to be placed under house arrest by me?" Gu Changge smiled and looked at her.
Liu Zi Yan was silent, feeling that Gu Changge"s actions and thoughts were really unpredictable. This made her feel very helpless. She knew that Gu Changge was not a good person, but she just couldn"t hate him.
He even wanted to help her find the trace of Zi Yang Heavenly King, which made her teeth itch. However, what Gu Changge said was true, the two people"s positions were actually the same. Seeing that Liu Zi Yan didn"t say more, Gu Changge didn"t say anything more and sent someone to send her back.
His goal had almost been achieved, the current Patriarch of the Purple Mansion loved a daughter like Liu Zi Yan very much. Now, although Purple Mansion was extremely strong, and intended to protect Zi Yang Heavenly King, that was only because the voices of opposition had been suppressed.
Liu Zi Yan was not stupid, she knew what would be beneficial to Purple Mansion. She would definitely find a way to contact the Patriarch of Purple Mansion, to show her own views and many pros and cons.
And the Patriarch of Purple Mansion knew that his daughter would more or less likely cast a finger on Gu Changge, and would seriously consider Liu Zi Yan"s words. As long as there was a slight sign of splitting in the Purple Mansion, for many outsiders, it would be like smelling blood, and they would swarm away in an instant.
And this was one of Gu Changge"s goals.
Once Zi Yang Heavenly King no longer had Purple Mansion"s support behind him, it was just a matter of Gu Changge"s words to kill him. Secondly, if Purple Mansion insisted on protecting him.
Then Gu Changge didn"t mind showing his minions, not the Ancient Immortal Gu Family and other forces behind him, but the many means he left behind in the Ancient Immortal Continent.
The Upper Realm had been quiet for too long. In fact, Gu Changge knew that Yue Mingkong was secretly training Immortal Guards. After all, the training method came from him.
He didn"t have to think too much to know that it was something that Yue Mingkong got from him in her previous life, or that he taught her personally in his previous life. At that time, as long as he said a word, Yue Mingkong would definitely hand over the control of these Immortal Guards to him. Gu Changge had no doubts about this.
He was waiting to use Purple Mansion to test the strength of this power for him, and the effect of this whetstone was just right. After developing for so long, Gu Changge also intended to show his edge to the Upper Realm.
The imminent birth of the Demon Burying Abyss, the appearance of the Heavenly Extinction Imperial Court, the appearance of the Demon World Realm, the Immortal Palace"s secret storage of the Seven Heavenly Artifacts… All these signs indicated that the situation in the Upper Realm would only become more complicated.
Gu Changge had bigger ambitions. No matter how high his momentum was now, he could hardly find a rival among the younger generation. But in the eyes of those Immortal sects and Supreme Daoists, he was still just a junior, and was not worthy of attention.
Just like the inheritor of demonic art, there was a lot of uproar before, and many geniuses died tragically, but many Dao traditions and Great sects still didn"t care.
It was not until this time that Prince Sheng of the Emperor Mountain was brutally murdered, and even Gu Changge was "severely injured", that many Dao forces noticed.
The inheritor of demonic art, they didn"t care about before, had actually developed to this level. This incident caused panic among many people, but the situation was not chaotic enough.
Then, a piece of news spread in the Ancient Xuanwu Kingdom, causing a huge sensation, and all geniuses and monks were shocked. The area where all the disciples of the Purple Mansion were located was now empty and very quiet.