Chapter 3105 — The Conditions for Going to the Dark Night Palace

"Yes..." Dongfang Buruo was still resentful, but he nodded in agreement all the same. There was no help for it—Dongfang Jinxing's words were not something he could ignore.

"Good. Once this business is settled, come back early. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up first," Dongfang Jinxing said.

After the call ended, Dongfang Buruo found staying in the hotel pointless. He simply went out for a stroll to scout the area and see whether there was anything entertaining nearby. Since he could not go chasing after schoolgirls, slipping into a pleasure house was still permissible.

Yet no sooner had Dongfang Buruo stepped out of the hotel than he spotted someone who set his heart racing! It was Xu Shilan's agent—Sister Wang! She was actually staying in this very hotel!

This sent Dongfang Buruo into a state of utter excitement. Truly, "you can wear out iron shoes searching and find it nowhere, yet it comes to you without the slightest effort." He had thought it would take some time to track down Xu Shilan's whereabouts, but who would have guessed it would be delivered right to his door!

Without hesitation, Dongfang Buruo quietly followed after her...

Sister Wang, the agent, was only an ordinary person, so naturally she could not sense that a cultivator was tailing her. She drove as usual to Wei Zhao's villa.

Seeing this, Dongfang Buruo did not force his way in. Instead, he memorized the route and returned to the hotel...

Gu Mengyao had been right. At first light, while the sky was still a hazy gray, the Grand Elder and the Black-Robed Elder were already standing in the courtyard of Wei Zhao's villa. They did not dare break in by force, though they had vaulted in over the wall, and still announced themselves: "Wei Zhao, we are here!"

In truth, Wei Zhao had sensed the moment the Grand Elder and the Black-Robed Elder appeared in the courtyard. He simply had not gone out. After all, they had come without ill intent—why should he go out so early?

Lazily ending his cultivation state, Wei Zhao opened the window and glanced at the Grand Elder and the Black-Robed Elder in the yard. "Gu Mengyao isn't up yet," he said flatly. "Stop your shouting. If you wake her, you'll have hell to pay! Let me tell you—the young miss hates having her sleep disturbed more than anything. Wake her and her mood sours, and if she refuses to go to the Dark Night Palace, you'll be the ones crying."

"You..." The Grand Elder was thoroughly incensed by Wei Zhao's words and was about to explode in fury, but the Black-Robed Elder beside him restrained him.

"Grand Elder, calm yourself. Don't stoop to argue with this creature. We came for Gu Mengyao—if we must wait a while, then we wait," the Black-Robed Elder said hastily.

"Fine, you're right. I won't lower myself to his level!" The Grand Elder nodded, ignored Wei Zhao, and simply stood in the courtyard without another word, waiting.

In truth, Gu Mengyao had not slept a wink all night. She too had heard the Grand Elder's voice, and had already risen to wash.

A while later, Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu came downstairs, but they did not see the Grand Elder in the living room, which left them rather puzzled. Hadn't the Grand Elder arrived?

"You're awake." Wei Zhao emerged from his room, but at the sight of the dark circles under Yaoyao's and Xiaoshu's eyes, he could not help smiling wryly. "Looks like neither of you slept a wink all night."

"That's right. We couldn't sleep, so we just didn't." Gu Mengyao sighed, then asked, puzzled, "Wei Zhao, where's the Grand Elder? Why isn't she here?"

"She's standing at the door!" Wei Zhao shrugged. "Leave her be. We'll talk after breakfast."

"That... doesn't seem quite right, does it?" The young miss was still somewhat kind-hearted.

Wei Zhao smiled. "All right then. I'll go make breakfast—you let her in."

"Okay." Gu Mengyao nodded and went to open the villa door, where she saw the Grand Elder and the Black-Robed Elder already standing outside.

"Gu Mengyao, have you thought it over?" What strength did the Grand Elder possess? She had heard every word of the conversation between Wei Zhao and Gu Mengyao inside the villa as clear as day, so she had long known Gu Mengyao was awake—she simply had not found it convenient to vent her anger.

"Come in and talk." Naturally, the young miss would not reveal her hand so easily. She neither agreed nor refused, only said calmly.

"Good!" In the Grand Elder's view, being allowed through the door was progress in itself—otherwise she would have been left out in the cold. She hurried inside the villa's living room with the Black-Robed Elder, the two of them seating themselves on the sofa, and then she said, "Gu Mengyao, I trust you know what an Inheritor means? Your friends Feng Xiaoxiao and Tang Zhi are Inheritors, are they not? We have already confirmed this. You can well imagine the benefits involved!"

The day before, the Grand Elder and the Black-Robed Elder had discussed their strategy, and in the course of it had naturally investigated these friends of Gu Mengyao's. Thus she meant to use them as an example.

Tang Zhi?! Gu Mengyao was startled. Thank goodness Wei Zhao had gone to the kitchen to make breakfast—otherwise, hearing that name, he would surely have wondered: who is Tang Zhi? Still, Gu Mengyao could not say anything about it, and only remarked without betraying her feelings, "Never mind my friends. Right now I only want to ask—after I go to the Dark Night Palace, what exactly will I gain?"

"The Palace Master of the Dark Night Palace and the Dark Night Palace's cultivation resources—all can be opened to you!" the Grand Elder said.

"Grand Elder, let us speak frankly." Gu Mengyao was highly rational, and she had spent the whole night thinking. Now, looking at the Grand Elder, she said unhurriedly, "There is something you are hiding from me, isn't there?"

"I... what could I be hiding?" The Grand Elder's expression changed at once. "Gu Mengyao, what do you mean by that?"

"It seems the Grand Elder no longer wishes me to go to the Dark Night Palace." Gu Mengyao shook her head. "Then there is no need for us to talk further. You are hiding something from me and will not tell me—how can I be sure that the things you promise now will actually be honored?"

"You... what are you trying to say?" The Grand Elder drew a deep breath, as if something had occurred to her, but she asked with uncertainty.

"One life for another." Gu Mengyao said, "I think I have made myself clear enough, and the Grand Elder should understand. If you agree, we can discuss what comes next. Otherwise, there is nothing to discuss."

"You know? About your mother's... matter?" By now the Grand Elder was utterly certain that Gu Mengyao knew about Ye Rou'er—otherwise she could not possibly have proposed an exchange of one life for another.

"Yes, I know. Bring my mother back to be with my daddy, and I will consider going with you," Gu Mengyao said. (To be continued)