Questioning Heaven, Desiring the Way

u, if we include you, there would be four of us on the trip and I think that’s enough for us to handle the problem.
They’re both at Foundation Establishment, and even though they’re not as talented as you are, they’ve been at this stage for a few decades now.
They’re also pretty well-known in Qingguo, so they’re reliable people.”

“Alright then.
I’m not interested in magic weapons, but if there are any pills or spiritual herbs that can help to recuperate the soul, I want it all.” Gu Suihan put his teacup down gently and ran a finger slowly around the rim of the cup, making a soft, ringing sound.

“Deal!” Xi Ran breathed a sigh of relief.
He was pleasantly surprised that Gu Suihan hadn’t asked for a lot and his impression of Gu Suihan improved.
Even though anything that could help the soul was very valuable, the other three had no use for such an item and it was difficult to sell since the demand was much lower compared to the demand for magic and spiritual weapons.
That was why he had agreed to Gu Suihan’s request immediately.

“Sun Miaozhi, serve us some tea.” Gu Suihan had a faint smile on his face and he wasn’t as unfriendly as before.

The two of them discussed the details for about an hour before Xi Ran left with a smile on his face.

Unbeknownst to him, Gu Suihan got Sun Miaozhi to call Han Xingxiong in after Xi Ran had left.

“Sir, I hear you’re looking for me?” Han Xingxiong had no expression on his face and sounded distant.
He was obviously still angry that Gu Suihan had not helped him back then.

“You know the man who came earlier, right?” It was difficult to read Gu Suihan as he glanced casually at the profusely sweating Sun Miaozhi before looking back at Han Xingxiong.

“Yes, sir, I know him.” Han Xingxiong had a nasty expression on his face for a second before reverting to his expressionless face.

Gu Suihan raised an eyebrow and asked in a mischievous voice, “So…your aunt passed on after all? And it has something to do with him?”

“How did you know? I don’t think someone like him would have told you about that…”

“There’s a dead air around him that refuses to go away and smelling it made me very uncomfortable,” said Gu Suihan with a faint smile.

“He’s the one who laid the curse on my aunt back then.” Han Xingxiong took a deep breath and continued, “Back then…”

He was just about to begin his story when Gu Suihan waved his hand to cut Han Xingxiong off and said in an unbothered voice, “Stop.
I’m not interested in all the things that happened between the two of you.
What I want to know is whether he’s snatched away the thing you were holding onto.
Is that thing something passed down from many centuries ago?”

“How…how did you know…” Han Xingxiong’s mouth fell open and he stared in shock at Gu Suihan and stammered.
“He…he did snatch that key away, but it’s not really something passed down from centuries ago.
At most, it’s some spells and pills left behind from some ancient cultivator.”

“I’m curious about one thing.
Why didn’t you do anything about the key since you’ve had it for so long? If you did that, I don’t think you would have been threatened by Xi Ran.”

Han Xingxiong had an agitated and hateful look in his eye for a moment before he sighed helplessly.
“My level of cultivation is too low.
The formations hidden in that place require someone at least at Foundation Establishment to get through them.
I’m only at Qi Activation and there’s no way I can get to Foundation Establishment.
If I tried getting past the formations, I would have died.
My master tried to go in with Xi Ran, but he ended up coming out again with severe injuries and passed on shortly from them.”

“I see.
Both of you may leave,” instructed Gu Suihan.

“So that’s what happened,” murmured Gu Suihan to himself as he looked a little more enlightened now.
He remained in the room by himself, sipping the tea that had already gone cold in a leisurely manner.

“HA! Miss! That Gu Suihan can’t get away after all!” Xiaomei bounced gleefully into the room and laughed merrily.

“What’s happened?” The last three years did not age Mo Yuluo one bit.
She was still just as charming as ever.

Xiaomei noticed the grim look on Mo Yuluo’s face, so she straightened herself up and said seriously, “I don’t really know how it happened either, but the Sect Leader has given orders to the Disciplinary Court.
He wants them to send somebody to call Gu Suihan back.”

“Three years ago, the most senior elder of the Wonderful Sound Sect, Qingyin Zhenjun, reached the end of his life and died while meditating, so the Ethereal Court had forcibly stopped the selection from happening and postponed it till now.
And now the Sect Leader wants Gu Suihan back here? Looks like he has no choice but to be part of this mess and he can’t just hide away as though he has nothing to do with this.” A mocking smile spread across Mo Yuluo’s pretty face.

Gu Suihan had suddenly left the sect a few years ago, running far, far away on the pretext of completing a sect mission.
The Peak Leaders had gotten a shock but there was nothing they could do about it.
Xiexin zhenren was even prepared to send his own subordinates out to bring the young man back, but he abandoned that plan in the end.
Unfortunately for Gu Suihan, things did not go as planned and he was still destined to be part of this mess.

“Teehee! That fellow will probably pale in horror when he sees someone from the Disciplinary Court come for him!” Xiaomei’s laughter had a sense of schadenfreude.

Mo Yuluo smiled quietly, then remarked, “But that fellow is no simple character.
Furthermore, he took a mission to guard a Spiritual Stone mine, so his level of cultivation must have increased significantly over the years.
We lost terribly when we fought him back then, so if those snobbish disciples from the Disciplinary Court aren’t careful, they might not even come back alive.
After all, the sect rules only apply within the sect.
Once they’re outside…HA!”