Reborn as a True Heiress and Becomes a Boss

Chapter 6 Ancestor

Yang Nianqing suddenly appeared in a scenic place surrounded by mountains and swirling clouds. He lay in front of a bamboo house, feeling weak and exhausted from the loss of blood and energy. He felt short of breath and had difficulty breathing, with cold sweat constantly seeping from his forehead.

Where is this place?
"I never expected that someone could actually open the Phoenix Secret Realm. It seems that my Gu family still has successors. Hahaha."

A clear male voice came from behind. Yang Nianqing struggled to lift her head and saw a man dressed in ancient costume. He had sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, a handsome face, and long hair that was loose and unbound. He had an air of otherworldly elegance.

Yang Nianqing asked weakly, "Who are you?"

The man smiled and said, "My name is Gu Lang, and I'm your ancestor."

Yang Nianqing: "..."

So are you insulting me?
Gu Lang gently shook his folding fan and slowly said, "This Phoenix Secret Realm is a feng shui treasure land specially opened by my Gu family to bless future generations. Only members of my Gu family bloodline can open this secret realm, but not every member of the Gu family can open it. Those who can open this secret realm are all extremely talented."

Seeing Yang Nianqing still lying weakly on the ground, Gu Lang gently waved his sleeve at her. Yang Nianqing felt a gentle breeze blow towards her, and she felt her breathing become easier, her body feeling completely at ease, as if the discomfort had never existed. Yang Nianqing remembered that her biological mother's name was Gu Rongrong, and she had half her mother's blood in her veins, so she was indeed a descendant of the Gu family. Yang Nianqing stood up and asked Gu Lang, "Are you really my ancestor?"

Gu Lang raised his folding fan and clapped it against his palm, replying, "Of course."

Seeing Gu Lang's ethereal and otherworldly demeanor, and recalling the divine power that had instantly restored her, Gu Lang had no reason to lie to her. Since she wouldn't die, that was good. "Then, Ancestor, can you send me back now?"

Gu Lang shook his head and smiled: "My silly girl, do you think you can get out?"

Yang Nianqing stared in shock, her eyes wide: "What did you say? Then, what am I supposed to do?"

"From the moment you opened this secret realm, time within it stopped. Since this secret realm is meant to bless future generations, and only those with talent can open it, it is naturally meant to bless the descendants who open it."

Yang Nianqing frowned: "What do you mean?"

Gu Lang chuckled: "The only way to reopen this secret realm is for you to learn all the skills of my Gu family. Once you graduate, you will naturally be able to leave. Don't worry, once you enter this secret realm, your time will stop. No matter how long you stay here, nothing will change. After you graduate, you can leave this secret realm, and then time will start flowing again."

"I don't want to learn any family-oriented skills, just let me out!"

Gu Lang raised an eyebrow and chuckled, "No one can refuse me, Gu Lang, whoever I want to teach. If you don't want to learn, that's fine too. You can stay here for the rest of your life. Anyway, it's been thousands of years since anyone has accompanied me." Gu Lang shrugged and continued, "How lonely."

Yang Nianqing thought that if she couldn't leave, the child in her womb wouldn't grow, would never be born, and she would never see Fan Ruichen again. Yang Nianqing had finally gotten a chance to start over, and she didn't want to be trapped here forever. But was the Gu family's Phoenix Secret Realm truly a blessing for future generations? Opening the secret realm meant learning the Gu family's skills, and it was mandatory, completely disregarding other people's feelings. But she had no choice; to leave, she had to cooperate with Gu Lang.

"Okay, I'll learn. What do you want me to learn? Hurry up!"

"Don't be impatient. My Gu family has many skills, and you can't learn them all in a short time." Gu Lang stretched out a hand and touched Yang Nianqing's forehead. "Your eyes? Hahaha, truly extraordinary!" Gu Lang shook his folding fan and conjured a set of tables and chairs. Gu Lang raised his head and gestured for Yang Nianqing to sit down. Gu Lang leaned back, and the white mist beneath him transformed into a rocking chair. Gu Lang gently rocked the chair and slowly said, "My Gu family is a Taoist family. We are proficient in Qimen Dunjia, the Eight Trigrams, physiognomy, fortune telling, ghost catching, and exorcism. You are a descendant of my Gu family, so of course you should learn these things."

It sounds like you're some kind of charlatan. Are you really doing this for the benefit of future generations?
Whether Yang Nianqing liked it or not, she was at the mercy of others and had no choice but to cooperate. "Then what should I call you? Master?"

“I am your ancestor, so you can call me your great-grandfather.”

Yang Nianqing: "..." Gu Lang waved his sleeve at the table, and several large stacks of books appeared on it. Gu Lang smiled and said to Yang Nianqing: "I can see that you are destined for a second life. There are traces of time reversal on you. Heaven will let you live a second life because you have countless merits. Some of these merits were accumulated by your family, and some were earned by your own good deeds. It seems that your relatives love you very much and sincerely hope that you will be well. That's why you have so many merits. Moreover, you have opened your Heavenly Eye in your second life, which will make your cultivation twice as effective. These are some introductory books. Memorize them as soon as possible. Once you have memorized them, come to me and I will continue to teach you."

Yang Nianqing laughed self-deprecatingly. Her relatives loved her? This was the most ridiculous joke she'd heard since learning the truth. A group of people who never bothered to contact her because they thought they'd bring shame upon them—how could they love her? Besides, they hadn't even raised her for a single day. And the "merit" her ancestors spoke of was probably just her relatives hoping for blessings for their daughters or sisters when they did good deeds, since this Daiqing wasn't a blood relative. So, heaven attributed the merit to her. Yang Nianqing had to admit, she'd realized the truth: her blood relatives really did pray like that.

Hearing Gu Lang mention the "Heavenly Eye," Yang Nianqing thought of the person she had met today and the hallucinations she had experienced. "Can the Heavenly Eye allow me to see other people's future? I met someone today and it seemed like I could see their future?"

Gu Lang turned to Yang Nianqing and said, "Your eyes are special. You can see the future of certain people. In front of these eyes, all falsehoods have nowhere to hide. With these eyes, what you see is absolute truth!"

"Is it absolutely true? I like it!" Yang Nianqing murmured.

"You should get started now. Read these books through first, and I'll answer your questions slowly. Don't worry, you have plenty of time. Even if you've studied for a thousand years, it won't matter," Gu Lang said with a smile.

Yang Nianqing was speechless. Who wanted to stay in this place for a thousand years? Looking at the books piled up on the table, Yang Nianqing felt a sense of despair. When would she ever be able to memorize all of them? And this was just the beginning! But there was no other way. Resigned, Yang Nianqing picked up the nearest book and started memorizing. The more she tried, the dizzier her head became. She recognized each character individually, but when they were put together, she didn't understand a single word. What were the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, Yin and Yang, and the Five Elements? Yang Nianqing grabbed her hair in exasperation. At this rate, when would she ever be able to get out?

Time flew by, and Yang Nianqing didn't realize that she was becoming more and more engrossed in the book's content.

Gu Lang sat in the bamboo house, brewing a cup of tea. Watching Yang Nianqing's increasingly serious figure, he nodded to himself. As expected of the only descendant of his Gu family in thousands of years to open the secret realm, he adjusted himself so quickly and became so engrossed in these introductory books, gaining his own insights. He was indeed talented and was born to do this.

Time flew by as Yang Nianqing diligently studied. The more Gu Lang learned about her, the more she loved Taoist knowledge; she had finally found her passion. Time seemed to stand still in the mountains, and before she knew it, Yang Nianqing finally gained Gu Lang's approval, marking her graduation as a disciple.

"Qing girl, you've now graduated. Although you've opened your Heavenly Eye, don't be too complacent. You must know that learning is endless, there are always people more capable than you, and there are many more powerful people than you. If you encounter any disciples of the Qingxuan Sect and they are impolite, don't be polite to them. You lack experience. Now I'm letting you go out so you can put what you've learned into practice. But you can't use what you've learned to harm others. If I find out that you're causing trouble for the world outside, I will personally clean up your sect. Do you understand?" Gu Lang smiled calmly, but exuded a chilling killing intent.

"I know, ancestor."

Gu Lang smiled with satisfaction, opened his folding fan, and gently waved it. He knew Qing'er was very obedient. "Qing'er, you are a second-generation incarnation. I won't ask you what happened in your past life or what suffering you endured, but you must know that I want you to not harm innocent people without reason. But if someone bullies you, you don't have to endure it. Pay them back tenfold. Repay evil with kindness, but how will you repay kindness? Repay evil with justice, and repay kindness with kindness. Kindness is a good thing, but don't be kind without principles. If there's anything you can't handle, you can come to me anytime. Your ancestor will always be your support. Do you understand?"

Yang Nianqing couldn't help but shed tears. Although Gu Lang forced her to learn Taoist arts, he was also very kind to her. No one had ever cared for her like this before, nor had anyone taught her how to conduct herself in the world like this. Yang Nianqing stepped forward and hugged Gu Lang, saying with emotion, "Thank you, Ancestor."

Gu Lang patted Yang Nianqing's head: "Girl, you still have a lot to learn, remember to be happy."

Yang Nianqing choked up and said, "Yes!"

"After you leave, time will flow normally, and time in the secret realm will be the same as in the outside world. Remember to do good deeds and accumulate blessings for yourself and your child. If you could help me find a woman whose soul has a phoenix flower imprinted between its eyebrows, would that be helpful?"

Yang Nianqing nodded in agreement, "I will help you find her, Ancestor." She took the box Gu Lang had given her and stepped out of the secret realm, returning to the Yang family. After coming out, Yang Nianqing checked the time. Sure enough, it was the same as when she entered the secret realm. The blood jade pendant lay quietly around her neck. Yang Nianqing had cast an illusion spell on it, making its presence undetectable. In her previous life, Yang Nianqing learned to cook to support her family, not because she liked it. In this life, having an extra skill to earn a living, which she did love, made her very content.

Pregnant, she could no longer work as a chef. The work of standing all day while cooking was too tiring, and the heavy fumes in the kitchen were bad for the baby's development. Yang Nianqing decided to quit her job as a chef and develop a second career: fortune telling on the street. The thought alone filled her with excitement; it was her only hobby in both her lives.

However, there was no rush. Yang Nianqing affixed a concealment talisman to the box she brought out from the secret realm. This talisman was personally drawn by Gu Lang, and it could make people ignore the existence of the box. This box was a spatial magic artifact with a space of 500 square meters. She placed various magic artifacts, books, spirit wood, and spirit jade that Gu Lang had given her. She didn't want the Yang family to discover such precious things. Gu Lang had also given her a spatial bracelet, but Gu Lang was not a weapon refiner, and he had obtained the bracelet by chance. The space was not large, only one cubic meter. She put some protective talismans, top-grade spirit jade, fortune-telling tools, and the like inside.

(End of this chapter)