I courted death and then tried to escape, so the whole sect wants to get rid of me.

Gu Xiao hesitated for a moment, then walked to the table: "I can tell you what you want to know, but I have a condition."

Song Yao took a sip of her tea: "I don't negotiate with people."

Gu Xiao paused, her heart sinking.

Song Yao gulped down the drink, put the cup aside, rested her chin on her hand, and said, "But if you beg me, I can."

Gu Xiao: "..."

Even before Yong'an Tower had set its sights on Song Yao, they already knew he was an extremely wicked and dissolute playboy.

Seeing her today, it's inevitable that misunderstandings will arise because of her rather aloof face.

But the moment he opened his mouth, his true colors were immediately revealed.

Unfortunately, Gu Jiaze was a fool, and he actually worshipped her to an extreme degree.

Song Yao tugged at the corner of her lips.

The people at Yong'an Tower are truly flexible and adaptable.

She said, "Alright, go ahead and tell me."

Gu Xiao looked at her earnestly and said sincerely, "I have only one request: no matter what you do to Yong'an Tower, no matter what happens in the future, can you please spare my child and spare Yuhua Manor?"

Song Yao chuckled: "You've risen to the position of a servant master, how could you possibly have so many weaknesses?"

In the stories, assassins in such large organizations are all cold-blooded and ruthless. How could one of them have a family to support?

This was quite different from what Song Yao had imagined.

Gu Xiao said expressionlessly, "If I didn't have a weakness, why would I have entered Yong'an Tower?"

Song Yao suddenly realized: "They're threatening you with your child? They'll kill your child if you don't work for them?"

As she spoke, she suddenly realized something was wrong: "Why are they like me? Isn't that a bit too bad?"

Gu Xiao: "..."

This is a sword demon who is wicked and aware of it.

She pursed her lips and said persistently, "I only have this one small request. If you agree, I will tell you everything."

"No problem, no problem."

As if remembering something, Song Yao raised an eyebrow and said, "But you probably have more than one child, right?"

Gu Xiao nodded: "I also have a daughter."

Song Yao: "Also missing?"

Gu Xiao hesitated for a moment: "It doesn't count as missing..."

She hesitated, but seeing Song Yao's curious expression, she knew she would definitely ask more questions, so she simply didn't hide anything: "The reason I joined Yong'an Tower is because they took my daughter away."

"This is Yong'an Tower's tactic. As long as my daughter is in their hands, I cannot betray Yong'an Tower."

Song Yao exclaimed, "So, if you're communicating with me now, does that count as betraying Yong'an Tower?"

Gu Xiao paused, lowering her eyelashes, and said, "After Yong'an Tower took my daughter away, they would let us meet once a month to make me more willing to work for Yong'an Tower. But the last time I saw my daughter was more than a year ago. I suspect..."

Song Yao comforted her, "It's alright, it's alright. Maybe the child is just going through a rebellious phase and doesn't want to see you."

Gu Xiao: "...Thank you for your kind words."

She paused for a moment, then said, "If you can really stand up against Yong'an Tower, my child and I might also be able to break free from Yong'an Tower's control. That's why I'm cooperating with you."

That sounds a bit strange.

Song Yao narrowed her eyes.

Yong'an Tower is too mysterious; the entire Tian Shu Realm knows very little about it, and she is no exception.

Since Gu Xiao doesn't know much about the above matters, it would be better to delve deeper and find out more about Yong'an Tower first.

She stood up, stepped onto the stone bench, sat on the stone table, picked up a piece of fruit and tossed it around, asking, "Since you're so eager to leave Yong'an Tower, why did you join in the first place?"

"Also, how did you join Yong'an Tower?"

It's hard not to be curious about such a huge organization. She had tried to sneak in for a bit of fun before, but was immediately turned away.

No matter which outpost you ask, they all say they don't need any manpower.

Later, Xie Zhou investigated Yong'an Tower and sent people to try as well, but no matter how good their qualifications or how clean their family background, none of them were able to get in.

In contrast, Gu Xiao...

With above-average qualifications, he runs an entire Yuhua Manor with many entanglements. No matter how you look at it, he is not suitable to work for a mysterious organization, yet he is able to become a servant who governs a region within it.

What essential qualities does she possess?

Gu Xiao deepened the barrier surrounding the courtyard before saying, "I will not join Yong'an Tower unless absolutely necessary."

Song Yao asked, "How desperate was it?"

Gu Xiao lowered her eyelashes: "If I don't join Yong'an Tower, I will die, and so will my daughter."

Song Yao eagerly pressed, "Why?"

Gu Xiao remained silent for a moment before slowly saying, "Because we are half-demon."

Song Yao paused in her hand as she threw the fruit.

Half-demon?

How could it be a half-demon?

In her early years, when she was reading ancient books, she had read that most of the demons in the world were muddle-headed and bloodthirsty, causing chaos according to their nature. Moreover, when they erupted, their demonic power was extremely strong and their destructive power was immense, which is why people were afraid of them. Only those with higher cultivation could gain intelligence and restrain their ferocity.

As for half-demons, they are the offspring of humans and demons.

Because of their innate bloodline clashes, half-demons, once they reach a certain age, will become as frenzied and bloodthirsty as low-level demons, and will also have exceptionally short lifespans, never living past twenty years old.

Back then, there were several incidents of half-demon causing trouble in the Tian Shu Realm, and the three major sects even discussed whether they needed to come up with a countermeasure.

Later, seeing that these half-demons didn't live long and caused less harm than ordinary demons, the matter was dropped.

The Gu Xiao in front of me is clearly more than twenty.

She was not only over twenty, but also had two children.

Can half-demons have children?

A thought suddenly popped into her head. Song Yao looked up at her and asked, "Does Yong'an Tower only accept half-demons?"

Gu Xiao nodded: "Yes."

Song Yao suddenly realized.

now it's right.

No wonder she couldn't get a job at Yong'an Tower no matter what, and no wonder her fourth junior brother couldn't fit his eyeliner into it.

These conditions are indeed quite harsh.

Does that mean the entire Yong'an Tower is made up of half-demons?

The Heavenly Pivot Realm actually hides so many unknown half-demons?

She then asked, "Did Yong'an Restaurant approach you on its own?"

Gu Xiao nodded, walked to the table, picked up the kettle behind Song Yao, and poured a cup of tea.

"almost."

She lowered her head, her expression unreadable, and slowly began to speak: "After my parents gave birth to me, they abandoned me outside Yuhua Manor. At that time, there was only a sword cultivator old woman living in Yuhua Manor. She adopted me and raised me. However, at that time, neither the old woman nor I knew that I was a half-demon. We only thought that I had incomplete spiritual roots and could not cultivate."

"Until I was sixteen, I started getting headaches and fevers frequently, and I felt unwell all over. One evening..."

She took a sip of tea and continued, "One evening, I suddenly lost control of myself and suddenly wanted to kill my mother-in-law and eat her heart and lungs."