1258 Old Friend? Brother? 3 (2/2)

Gu Xijiu remained silent.

The man's expression looked genuine. Gu Xijiu took a deep breath and replied, ”No, that is not my name. It is one of my family member's names. Your appearance is identical to my relative's. My name is Gu Xijiu…”

The man smiled. ”I see, but Miss Gu, you haven't answered my question yet.”

”I ran into the Dark Forest by myself as I was planning to obtain some herbs found at the seventh peak. However, we encountered an accident, and my majestic creature accidentally brought me here.” Gu Xijiu briefly introduced herself and asked again, ”Did you just mention that you were all initially heaven's gift disciples?”

The young man sighed. ”They claimed that they were heaven's gift disciples, but had failed the test that had been given by Celestial Master Zuo and were therefore trapped in the Dark Forest…”

Gu Xijiu finally had a clearer picture after listening to the young man. Since everyone claimed that they were heaven's gift disciples, they were probably outstanding in martial arts. They had tried their best to fend off their captors while being sent to the Dark Forest. However, they had fainted due to their injuries, and the next thing they realize when they woke was that they had been left in this village.

The village seemed to be isolated by a special wizardry barrier whereby people were allowed to enter, but none could escape from the place. All of them had been trapped inside the barrier for several years now and had eventually formed a village.

They had been left underneath the giant tree, and Gu Xijiu was the only one who had arrived inside a mussel's shell which showed up from underground. It was probably the reason why so many people were gossiping about them.

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”My Lord, I have a report from the secret agent. Miss Gu had entered the Dark Forest.”

This time, almost all of the secret agents in the Feixing Kingdom had joined the operation. They had finally brought good news after two days of thorough investigations.