Chapter 1615: Gu Zuns Strangeness (1/2)

Finally, Li Qiye left with the monarch and Zi Cuining before the silent crowd.

After leaving this sea region, Cuining told the monarch: “Thank you for helping me during this troubled period. If you weren’t protecting the hope of our city, I’m sure the other lords would join Ye Jiuzhou.”

“City Lord, this is my responsibility and Pearl’s reason for existence.” The monarch respectfully replied.

Li Qiye glanced at Zi Cuining and said insipidly: “Girl, you have the Immortal Blood Spear so leaving isn’t difficult. What is your reason for staying in Heaven Suppression?”

“The elders are all trapped in the Black Dragon Hall so I can’t just ignore them.” She said.

Li Qiye disagreed: “You can’t unlock the seal there since Gu Zun probably took an entire generation to comprehend it so it’s not something you can do. They’re just trapped and won’t die just yet so it’s pointless for you to stay there.”

Zi Cuining seemed to have something to say but she refrained.

“Girl, it’s best that you don’t hide anything in front of me.” Li Qiye chuckled.

“Gu Zun is quite strange right now.” Cuining relented.

“How so?” Li Qiye asked.

“I can’t pinpoint it.” Cuining pondered for a moment: “I only found out recently from Ancestor Shan. Before the Difficult Dao Era, Gu Zun’s cultivation had been crippled by the patriarch and then he was imprisoned in the abyss. Before his death, Ancestor Lu finally let him out for a quick reprieve.”

“Zhangsun is too soft.” Li Qiye chuckled: “Gu Zun is someone who can bite back even with one breath remaining! So what if his cultivation was destroyed? He could still redo it easily as one of the ten eonic geniuses. This isn’t the first time his cultivation got destroyed anyway so he can still return to the peak.”

Zi Cuining had no response because Li Qiye was spot on. After Zhangsun’s death, Ye Jiuzhou from Gu Zun’s branch began to gain more power at Heaven Suppression.

Meanwhile, the monarch was completely taken aback. She had never heard about Gu Zun’s crippled cultivation before. Even Lu Zhangsun and Ancestor Shan kept it quiet from her. What kind of secret was involved in all of this?

“Ancestor Shan said that when Gu Zun was dying, he wanted to dig his own grave.” Cuining said.

“Then he disappeared afterward.” Li Qiye understood right away: “It was useless even if Zhangsun watched with his own eyes. He needed to cut him to pieces, destroy his true fate; now that’s a real death.”

“The ancestor, he, he…” It wasn’t proper for her to comment on her ancestors.

“I know, Lu Zhangsun couldn’t do it since Gu Zun is the Black Dragon King’s brother-in-law.” Li Qiye said flatly: “The guy viewed the king as his father. He knew that the king had promised someone else to not kill Gu Zun so he couldn’t bear to do it either. The guy was perfect outside of being too humane.”

One could easily guess what happened after. Once Gu Zun came back, everything had become different. It was impossible even if Lu Zhangsun wanted to imprison him again.

He had nothing to say about Ye Jiuzhou’s position in the city either because the guy was considered innocent back then. The Black Dragon King didn’t sentence him. Furthermore, he truly toiled and contributed to the city. Thus, in both logic and laws, he shouldn’t be disadvantaged just because his master was Gu Zun.

“Gu Zun wasn’t afraid of Lu Zhangsun, he was only acc.u.mulating more power. To put it bluntly, he’s not trying to compete against your Ancestor Shan either or he would have already taken full control, given who he is.” Li Qiye shook his head.

He naturally knew that Gu Zun was preparing to deal with him. Of course, he also wanted the treasury in Heaven Suppression. If he could open it, he would claim to not be afraid of Immortal Emperors!

“Tell me about your findings.” Li Qiye told Cuining.

She eventually stared seriously at him and answered with doubts: “I feel that this, this isn’t Gu Zun.”