Starting with a blind date with a female constable, you acquire the Nine Swords of Dugu.

Chapter 242 Meeting the Eternal Heaven

The Xianbei people considered the sacred mountain.

At noon, the sun was blazing.

Gu Guanqi was harvesting rice in the paddy field. A group of children were playing and frolicking on the ridge next to him. Many other people were also harvesting rice in other paddy fields, just like Gu Guanqi.

The Xianbei territory is located in the north, and the rice harvest season is later than in the Qian Kingdom. In the Qian Kingdom, the rice would have been harvested long ago at this time of year.

On the path in the distance, Mo Baichan hurried over carrying a food box. Even from a distance, she saw Gu Guanqi, and a joyful smile involuntarily appeared on her face. However, she then sighed softly and muttered, "If only things could always be like this!"

She sighed again, then quickly calmed herself and hurried over. Reaching the edge of the rice paddy, she called out, "Brother Gu, dinner's ready!"

Gu Guanqi straightened up, a smile appearing on his face, put down the knife in his hand, and walked over.

Mo Baichan placed the food box on the ground, took out a handkerchief from her bosom, gently wiped the dust off Gu Guanqi's face, and said softly, "Brother Gu, thank you for your hard work!"

Gu Guanqi shook his head and said, "It's not hard work. These days have given me quite a few unique experiences."

He genuinely didn't feel tired. Although he had been deliberately controlling himself during this time, not using his inner energy and suppressing his divine sense, his body had undergone multiple cleansing and marrow-refining processes, and his physique had been evolved through special techniques like the Longevity Technique and the Dragon God Skill. Therefore, even without using martial arts, he didn't feel tired while doing these farm chores.

"Come on, Brother Gu, let's eat in the shade over there. I made the braised pork you taught me yesterday!"

Mo Baichan, carrying a food box, led Gu Guanqi to a tree nearby.

As soon as Gu Guanqi sat down, a group of children ran over, sat down very properly, and looked at Gu Guanqi with anticipation.

These children didn't want to eat; they wanted to hear Gu Guanqi tell stories. That's why they would specifically play where Gu Guanqi worked, hoping that he would tell them stories when he rested.

Seeing the children, Mo Baichan said with a smile, "Your eldest brother Gu needs to eat first!"

A chubby-faced little boy grinned and said, "Don't worry, Holy Maiden, we won't bother Brother Gu!"

The group of children kept their word and waited quietly for Gu Guanqi to finish his meal.

Seeing that Gu Guanqi had finally finished eating and put down his bowl, the group of children couldn't contain their joy.

Gu Guanqi smiled slightly. He had almost become the king of the children in the Mo Bai tribe lately, and he hadn't done anything else, just because he could tell stories.

In a place like the Xianbei, where culture is scarce, even a few old stories from the Central Plains could amaze them. Not to mention, Gu Guanqi was telling stories that far surpassed the imagination of contemporary vernacular literature.

"After Xiao Yan won first place at the alchemy competition, he resolved to go to the Yunlan Sect to settle the three-year agreement. However, he was unaware that Yun Zhi was none other than Yun Yun, the sect leader of the Yunlan Sect."

All the children listened quietly, afraid of missing any details.

Sunlight streamed down, a gentle breeze rustled the leaves.

Mo Baichan sat beside Gu Guanqi, her hands supporting her chin, her eyes shining as she gazed at him intently. She paid no attention to the story Gu Guanqi was telling; in her world at that moment, there were no other sounds or images, only Gu Guanqi.

After a while, Gu Guanqi stood up, dusted off his clothes, looked down at the group of children who were still enjoying themselves, smiled slightly, and said, "To find out what happens next, stay tuned for the next episode!"

"Ah—that's it?"

"Would you like to talk a little longer?"

"No!"

As expected, just as Gu Guanqi had predicted, it immediately triggered a wail.

Mo Baichan knew that Gu Guanqi was deliberately teasing these children, and she couldn't help but laugh when she saw Gu Guanqi's expression.

She stood up and said, "Alright, alright, your brother Gu and I still have work to do! If you want to hear a story, come home with us later!"

"Holy Maiden, could you please finish your work quickly?"

"That's right! We'll help you, okay?"

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Mo Baichan was surrounded by a group of children, listening to their chatter. She didn't feel annoyed at all; instead, she felt as if she were being embraced by happiness.

She couldn't help but think to herself, "If only things could stay like this forever, if only—if only Brother Gu and I had a few children, with them surrounding us like this every day—"

Just then, "Thump!"

A loud bell rang out from the tribe, followed by several more "dong" sounds.

There are nine tones in total.

Mo Baichan's expression changed slightly, and her mood instantly became very low.

"What is this?"

Gu Guanqi asked in confusion. He saw that all the people around him who were doing farm work, whether they were busy or not, stopped the moment they heard the bell ring. Their expressions and postures became very respectful, and they all looked in the direction of the tribe.

Upon hearing Gu Guanqi's question, Mo Baichan replied, "It's the tribe's sacrificial bell ringing. This bell only rings when a new Holy Maiden is born in each generation." As she spoke, she looked up at Gu Guanqi and said, "Brother Gu, the new Holy Maiden you've been waiting for has appeared!"

Gu Guanqi's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Can we see it now?"

"You'll see her soon," Mo Baichan said. "The sacrificial bell has rung, and the Holy Maiden will appear soon. We all have to rush to witness the sacred ceremony. Let's go, Brother Gu, you'll see her when we get there."

"it is good."

Gu Guanqi nodded.

At this time, all those who were doing farm work began to rush back to the tribe.

Mo Baichan picked up the food box from the ground, looked at Gu Guanqi's back, and became very depressed.

"Brother Gu—he's leaving!"

"Sigh, being able to spend so much time with Brother Gu is already a great blessing. I should be content. How could I still have so many fantasies?"

When Gu Guanqi and Mo Baichan returned to the Mo Bai tribe, the large open space in the center of the tribe was already surrounded by people. Almost all four or five hundred people of the entire Mo Bai tribe, young and old, had arrived.

In the center is an altar made of piled stones, which is three zhang high, with a huge bronze bell hanging on top.

Around the altar, more than thirty young girls knelt silently on the ground.

Several shamans were on site to maintain order.

"All unmarried women under the age of twenty should kneel around the altar, and be devout, awaiting the blessings of the Eternal Heaven!"

One by one, several more girls walked over.

Then, the scene gradually quieted down completely.

Everyone stared nervously at the altar.

Gu Guanqi and Mo Baichan watched from the outside of the crowd.

Gu Guanqi asked, "Now that a new Holy Maiden has appeared, what will you, the former Holy Maiden, do?"

Mo Baichan said, "I will become the new shaman and continue to protect the tribe."

Gu Guanqi nodded slightly.

After a while, the bronze bell rang with a "dong".

Gu Guanqi's pupils contracted, and he instantly activated his divine sense to scan the area.

Immediately, they discovered the bronze bell, its inner surface engraved with intricate runes that resonated with the earth's energy within the sacred mountain. The bell's sound did not appear out of nowhere.

That bronze bell was actually quite useful for drilling holes.

In the next instant, streams of energy began to intertwine and entangle in the void, then transformed into invisible "Qi" that suddenly swooped down, straight...

Then the energy was poured into the mind of a girl dressed in simple linen clothes in the middle.

Immediately, white light emanated from the girl's body, and she floated into the air.

"The Holy Maiden has appeared! Welcome, Holy Maiden!"

The great shaman Mobais shouted and led the way by kneeling and kowtowing to the girl. Then, all the people of the tribe, regardless of age, knelt and kowtowed, saying that they were welcoming the holy maiden.

Only Gu Guanqi and Mo Baichan remained standing.

Gu Guanqi naturally wouldn't kneel before the so-called Holy Maiden, and Mo Baichan, being the former Holy Maiden, had no need to kneel before the new one.

Gu Guanqi looked at the girl floating in the void, enveloped in beams of holy white light, and smiled slightly. Immediately, a divine sense surged over to examine the essence of the bloodline awakening.

"I see!"

At this moment, Gu Guanqi understood that the so-called awakening of divine bloodline was actually a kind of spiritual bestowal. This ability was not rare. For example, he was able to bestow spiritual power to others for short-term use over a short distance.

However, it is clear that the Eternal Heaven behind the Mo Bai tribe has a far greater cultivation in the spiritual realm than him, so the energy he bestows is stronger and can even ignore distance and time.

Activating one's divine bloodline is essentially being chosen to receive spiritual energy, and the Mo Bai tribe uses bloodline as the medium for this spiritual empowerment.

This ability is most commonly achieved through the medium of talismans.

For example, Gu Guanqi currently possesses a talisman given to him by Wen Shuyi. He attaches his spiritual power to the talisman, which also ignores distance. However, the number of times it can be used is limited, and it is still not as good as the divine bloodline of the Mo Bai tribe.

"Then—Eternal Heaven, what exactly are you?"

The next moment, Gu Guanqi's divine sense directly surged into the spiritual platform of the new Holy Maiden.

Mo Baichan had told him before that when the Holy Maiden awakens, she will be able to see the Eternal Heaven.

The moment his divine sense surged into the Saintess's spiritual platform, Gu Guanqi suddenly found himself in a vast wasteland, with an endless desert beneath his feet, the yellow sand stretching endlessly. But in the next instant, it transformed into an endless grassland, with herds of cattle and sheep.

The next moment, in a daze, he saw a young girl kneeling in front of an old man with white hair not far away.

The young girl was the new Holy Maiden of the Mo Bai tribe, while the old man was very holy, his face obscured, and he was gently pointing a finger at the girl's forehead.

Gu Guanqi immediately flew over quickly, but what seemed like a short distance now felt like an insurmountable distance. No matter how fast Gu Guanqi sped up, he could not cross that distance.

Immediately, Gu Guanqi gave up and stopped.

Just then, the old man suddenly turned his head and looked over, then walked straight toward Gu Guanqi.

The distance that Gu Guanqi could not cross, thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, became very short under the old man's feet. He reached Gu Guanqi in just a few steps. As he gradually approached, his face became clearer. He was a kind-faced Xianbei old man.

The old man spoke up: "Young man, you shouldn't be here."

Gu Guanqi calmly asked, "Are you the Eternal Heaven?"

The old man said, "I am the Eternal Heaven, but the Eternal Heaven is not me."

Gu Guanqi asked, "A wisp of divine consciousness?"

"You can understand it that way," the old man said.

Gu Guanqi asked, "Where is the Eternal Heaven now?"

The old man pointed upwards and said, "Kunxu Immortal Realm." Looking at Gu Guanqi, he said, "Young man, you seem very confused."

Gu Guanqi said, "Someone told me that everything in this world is fake, just a book written by the Eternal Heaven. I want to know the truth."

The old man smiled slightly and asked, "Young man, is this important to you?"

"It's important," Gu Guanqi said. "I want to know the meaning of existence."

The old man said, "I cannot answer you directly, because the Eternal Heaven is not me. I am not a true god; I am merely a remnant of His will when He left the mortal realm. However, I can tell you that the Eternal Heaven was once a mortal as well."

He cultivated for nearly a hundred years before becoming the Eternal Heaven. If you say that this world is a book written by the Eternal Heaven, then who was writing this book before the Eternal Heaven?

If someone or some deity wrote this book before the Eternal Heaven, wouldn't that mean that the Eternal Heaven, through its own cultivation, turned falsehood into truth?

"This—" Gu Guanqi was slightly taken aback.

The old man continued, "Young man, you haven't really thought this through. Are you afraid that all of this is fake, or are you afraid that you lack the ability to turn the fake into the real?"

Gu Guanqi pondered for a moment, then said, "I think I understand a little."

The old man continued, "Have you ever truly experienced this world? Do you love this world? Is there anything in this world worth cherishing?"

"Yes," Gu Guanqi said.

"Do you think these things are real?" the old man asked.

"I think so," Gu Guanqi said.

The old man said, "That's enough. If you believe it's real, then it is real. If you believe it's fake, then follow your heart and try to make the fake real. Isn't that enough? Why are you still confused?"

"Thank you for your guidance," Gu Guanqi said, bowing slightly.

"Go, go wherever you're meant to go, there's no need to be confused!"

With a wave of his hand, the old man vanished instantly, and at that moment, this vast world began to appear illusory.

In a daze, Gu Guanqi's wisp of divine consciousness was squeezed out from the Holy Maiden's spiritual platform.

Gu Guanqi rubbed his forehead and muttered, "Since I can't see the true god or the Book of Destiny, it seems I still have to stick to the original plan and go to the northern frontier to find Wang Jingtian. Regardless of whether it's true or false, I have to figure out the Book of Destiny!"

The ceremony for the new Holy Maiden of the Mobai tribe was very simple. Everyone prayed on the spot, and then the High Shaman Mobaisi announced that the former Holy Maiden Mobaichan had become the new Shaman. After that, everyone went back to their homes, and those who were supposed to do farm work continued to do their farm work.

Gu Guanqi was also dumbfounded, never expecting that such a thing would be so simple in the Mo Bai tribe.

"Isn't your festival a bit too hasty?" Gu Guanqi asked.

Mo Baichan smiled slightly and said, "It has always been like this. However, when a new Holy Maiden appears, the tribe will notify the royal court and other tribes. At that time, the Xianbei King will bring the leaders and high-ranking officials of each tribe to pay homage to the Holy Maiden. That time will be very grand, but it will be organized by the royal court. Our Mo Bai tribe is a small tribe with only a few hundred people, and we cannot afford a large-scale sacrificial ceremony."

Gu Guanqi smiled and said, "That's quite pragmatic."

Mo Baichan asked, "By the way, Brother Gu, didn't you have a question before? I'll find some time to talk to the new Holy Maiden and ask her to inquire with the Eternal Heaven for me—"

"No need," Gu Guanqi said. "I've already asked."

"Huh?" Mo Baichan exclaimed in surprise, "You didn't just see the Eternal Heaven with the Holy Maiden, did you?"

"I suppose so," Gu Guanqi said, "but whether it counts as the Eternal Heaven, I can't be sure."

Mo Baichan was silent for a moment, then asked, "Brother Gu, then—are you leaving?"

"Yes," Gu Guanqi said, "I need to go to the northern frontier to find Wang Jingtian as soon as possible, and then I have to return to the Central Plains. I've been away for a long time."

Mo Baichan lowered her head and asked, "When are you leaving?"

"Tonight," Gu Guanqi said, "I promised to tell those children a story. I'll tell them another one this evening, and then I'll leave."

"good!"

As evening fell, the setting sun cast a faint glow.

Gu Guanqi helped Mo Baichan finish harvesting the remaining rice, and then returned to Mo Baichan's house.

A group of children had been waiting there for quite some time.

Unlike usual, Gu Guanqi didn't keep people in suspense today; instead, she went straight to the point and began telling the story.

The children didn't leave until it was completely dark, still reluctant to leave.

No one asked Gu Guanqi if he would continue teaching tomorrow. Except for the first two days when some children asked, no one asked anymore. This is because children's understanding is very simple. Ten days or half a month is actually a long time in their minds. They have already accepted that this Brother Gu from the Central Plains will stay here forever.

Just after the child left, Mo Baichan came out of the kitchen.

She had been busy in the kitchen, preparing a large table of dishes. As always, she smiled and ate the meal with Gu Guanqi.

Then, he took out a jade pendant from his bosom and handed it to Gu Guanqi, saying, "Brother Gu, this is a token left by the Holy Maiden Qi. When you arrive in the northern frontier, find someone who has the same jade pendant. Once you find the pendant, you will be able to find Wang Jingtian."

"it is good."

Gu Guanqi took the jade pendant and put it away, then stood up and said, "Miss Mo Bai, I must take my leave!"

"I send you."

Mo Baichan quickly got up.

As the two walked outside the courtyard, Gu Guanqi stopped and said, "Let's leave you here. It's getting dark, and it's not easy to walk."

Mo Baichan slightly raised her head, looked at Gu Guanqi, and asked, "Brother Gu, will you come back again?"

Gu Guanqi pondered for a moment and then said, "If I have the opportunity in the future, I will come to the Holy Mountain to see you."

"Um."

Mo Baichan responded, then asked, "Then—can I—can I hug you?"

Gu Guanqi slightly opened his arms.

In that instant, Mo Baichan suddenly threw herself into Gu Guanqi's arms, hugging him tightly for a very long time.

Tonight, there is no moon or stars in the sky, it is very dark, and the courtyard is also pitch black, with only an oil lamp. The faint light is flickering in the wind, casting an indistinct glow on the two people.

Mo Baichan hugged Gu Guanqi for a long time before slowly letting go, a smile appearing on her face. She whispered, "Brother Gu, be careful. Perhaps one day in the future, I will come to the Central Plains. I will come to find you then, and you can take me to see the beautiful landscapes of the Central Plains!"

"Alright." Gu Guanqi nodded and said, "I'm leaving now, Miss Mo Bai, take care!"

"Take care of yourself, Brother Gu!"

Gu Guanqi turned and left, quickly disappearing into the night.

Mo Baichan stood at the door, watching quietly, and remained there until Gu Guanqi's figure disappeared.

After a long, long time, Mo Baichan slowly turned around and returned to the courtyard. Holding an oil lamp, she looked at the courtyard where she had lived since childhood and felt for the first time how empty and desolate it was.

After leaving Mo Baichan's house, Gu Guanqi did not immediately use his lightness skill to leave, but instead walked step by step towards the outside of the tribe.

During this time, under Mo Baichan's guidance, he lived a very peaceful life in the Mo Bai tribe and felt a long-lost sense of reality.

So, before leaving, he wanted to continue walking around the tribe.

As he passed by the large open space in the tribe, he saw the new saintess still sitting quietly at the altar, with a bonfire burning beside her, and no one else around.

Gu Guanqi recognized this saintess; her name was Mo Baiya, and she was only sixteen years old. Gu Guanqi had told her stories about her a few times before.

When Mo Baiya saw Gu Guanqi, her eyes lit up immediately. She stood up and exclaimed, "Mr. Gu, what brings you here?"

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Gu Guanqi said, "I'm leaving now, and I just happen to be passing by."

Mo Baiya asked疑惑地问道, "Why are you suddenly leaving?"

"It wasn't sudden," Gu Guanqi said. "I only planned to stay here for a while, and now it's just time to leave."

"Huh?" Mo Baiya asked in confusion, "Aren't you going to marry Chan? I thought you two were going to live together!"

Gu Guanqi shook his head slightly and said, "Why are you still here so late?"

Mo Baiya said, "I just awakened my bloodline today, and I need to stay here for many more days to learn how to use my divine bloodline!"

"I see!" Gu Guanqi nodded and said, "Then I wish you all the best, goodbye!"

"Wait a minute," Mo Baiya called out to Gu Guanqi, and asked, "Mr. Gu, I'd like to ask, I heard you call the cicada 'Miss Mo Bai,' is there any special meaning behind that?"

"No," Gu Guanqi said. "It's just a polite way of addressing people in the Central Plains."

"Is that so!" Mo Baiya looked at Gu Guanqi expectantly and asked, "Then, can I hear you calling me that?"

"Maybe next time, if we have the chance to meet again!"

After saying that, Gu Guanqi turned and left.

Mo Baiya watched Gu Guanqi leave, stomped her foot in annoyance, and muttered, "That title must be special. Why can only she call me 'Cicada' and not me? Cicada is a saint, and I am a saint too. I'm even prettier than Cicada!"

"What kind of jealousy are you having?"

Just then, a very illusory figure appeared beside Mo Baiya. It was none other than the wisp of divine consciousness of the Eternal Heaven that Gu Guanqi had seen in Mo Baiya's spiritual platform earlier.

Mo Baiya quickly turned around and respectfully said, "Eternal Heaven."

Chang Shengtian said, "In the Central Plains, using the surname followed by 'Miss' is indeed a very common and polite form of address."

“But this is the Xianbei,” Mo Baiya said. “The same title carries different meanings, and he refuses to call me that, which means that in his heart, it’s different too.”

Chang Shengtian said, "But what does it have to do with you? In Gu Guanqi's eyes, you're just a passerby. He's the most handsome, the most charismatic, and the most outstanding person you've ever met. You can't forget him, but to him, he doesn't care who you are. He might not even remember your name after turning around. What's the point of you worrying about these things?"

Mo Baiya clenched her fist and said, "But, Eternal Heaven, didn't you tell me that you descended to the mortal world this time to fulfill your destiny, which is that our nomadic people will conquer the Central Plains and rule the Central Plains?"

As the holy maiden of the Xianbei, I will become the most powerful and influential person in the world. Then, will Gu Guanqi still be able to see me? Can't I make him call me "Miss Mo Bai" too?

Chang Shengtian shook his head slightly and said, "I don't know, because this person is very strange. I can only try my best to coax him away."

Mo Baiya exclaimed in surprise, "You are the Eternal Heaven, the Lord of all things, the greatest deity! Are you afraid of him?"

Chang Sheng Tian said, "It's not that I'm afraid of him, but that I have no choice. I am Chang Sheng Tian, ​​but Chang Sheng Tian is not me. It's very difficult for a god to descend directly to the mortal world, and Gu Guanqi is one of the most powerful people in the mortal world. Unless he descends in his true form, I really can't do anything about him."

Mo Baiya asked疑惑地问道, "Why do you insist on luring him away? Wouldn't it be better for him to stay on the Holy Mountain?"

Chang Shengtian said, "If he stays on the Holy Mountain, the Mandate of Heaven cannot be carried out. I don't know the specific reason. I will explain it to you in a language you can understand. You can think of destiny as a book. The destiny of this era has already been determined, and I am filling in the details and specific process of destiny."

But then one day, a name I hadn't written appeared in the book. This name would suddenly appear in a certain part of the story, and then inexplicably change the story I had written. I tried to erase the name, but I couldn't. And that name was Gu Guanqi. So, all I could do was coax him away, remove him from the book of destiny I had written.

Mo Baiya was completely confused and said, "I still don't understand."

"If you don't understand, then forget it," said Changshengtian. "As long as I successfully finish writing this part of destiny, it doesn't matter anymore. Everything is set in stone, and even the gods can't change it."

The northern wilderness stretches to the horizon, an endless expanse of desert.

The setting sun was like blood, the north wind howled, and the endless yellow sand stretched to the horizon.

Gu Guanqi walked through the vast expanse, the footprints behind him instantly erased by the wind.

After leaving the sacred mountain of the Xianbei, Gu Guanqi flew straight to the northern border region.

The northern frontier is a place full of legends. Located at the intersection of multiple countries and in the middle of the desert, it gradually evolved into a place without order, law, or rules.

This place is a paradise for criminals and a holy land for villains. Countless criminals or desperate outlaws come here. Once they enter the northern frontier, no one cares about their past. This is a world of money and power.

Of the six demonic sects in the Qian Kingdom, two are hidden in the northern frontier: the Blood Blade Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect. Both were demonic forces that had committed numerous crimes and were relentlessly suppressed by the imperial court. After hiding in the northern frontier, the imperial court was helpless against them. Even the Six Doors at its peak suffered repeated defeats.

Two years ago, the Heavenly Demon Sect attempted to support the remnants of the previous dynasty to restore the dynasty, which crossed the bottom line of the Great Qian Dynasty. The Qian Dynasty spent a huge amount of manpower, material resources and financial resources, and the Six Doors almost mobilized all their forces to try to break through the Heavenly Demon Sect, but in the end they still failed.

In the end, Lu Hanchuan, the former governor of the Six Doors, was driven to desperation and resorted to a dirty trick. He used the feud between Chu Shukuang, the leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect, and Wen Qiuchi, the deputy leader, to sow discord and cripple the Heavenly Demon Sect, thus giving the imperial court an explanation.

However, even though Wen Qiuchi ambushed and killed Chu Shukuang, he could only escape to Qian Kingdom with a portion of his subordinates in the end, because there was no order or rules in the northern border region.

As the vice leader, Wen Qiuchi had no way to take over the position of leader.

Later, Wen Qiuchi went to Qian Kingdom and cooperated with the Eastern Depot to prepare to establish a religion in Qingzhou. However, he offended Gu Guanqi and was eventually killed by Gu Guanqi, and all his plans came to naught.

Later, when Gu Guanqi killed Zhang Donglou and Tie Jinglan of the Six Doors in Yunzhou, he also had the idea of ​​running to the northern frontier to avoid trouble and then returning to fight when his cultivation was sufficient.

As the yellow sand howled, Gu Guanqi walked through the desert and arrived at the outside of an ancient city.

He looked up at the three large characters "Han Ya Ferry" on the earthen city wall!

Unlike the Qian Kingdom, the northern frontier has no specific prefectures or counties, only small towns that are both without a ruler and yet have one.

The reason it is said to be unclaimed is because there is no clear ownership, while it is said to be owned is because each city has various forces, and whoever is the strongest is the master of the city. If an even stronger person comes tomorrow, the ownership will immediately change hands.

As Gu Guanqi entered Han Ya Ferry, all he saw were martial arts practitioners carrying weapons. Anyone he picked out was clearly no pushover.

Gu Guanqi walked through the city and soon stopped in front of a very luxurious and grand inn. He looked up at the signboard that read "God of Wealth Inn"!

The God of Wealth Inn is a famous inn in the far north, with branches almost all over the region. It is said that wealth can solve anything, as long as you have money.

As soon as Gu Guanqi reached the door, a woman dressed in a very revealing red dress walked out with alluring steps. The woman was very seductive, and her every step was very tempting. Her slightly exposed breasts seemed like they might jump out at any moment, and her pair of long, fair legs were faintly visible with each step.

"What a handsome young man!" The woman in red approached, her eyes shining, and said, "What would you like to buy, young man? If you'd call me 'good sister,' I'll give you a 50% discount, okay?"

Gu Guanqi looked at the woman in red and asked, "Are you the manager?"

The woman in red smiled sweetly and said, "That's right. My name is Feng Meiniang. How shall I address you, young master?"

Gu Guanqi took out the jade pendant and said, "Help me find someone who possesses such a jade pendant. I only have one requirement: speed. Just name your price, and I'll pay whatever you ask for!"

Feng Meiniang smiled charmingly and said, "Young master, you have quite the audacity! I've been in this Fortune Inn for almost ten years, and this is the first time I've ever seen anyone dare to speak like that here! I said I wanted 100,000 taels of silver, could you give it to me, young master?"

"Can."

Feng Meiniang's expression turned serious. "Young master, you're not joking?" she asked.

"My name is Gu Guanqi."

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