Chapter 3119 — Before Setting Out, Zhao Qibing Was Stunned at the Sight of Gu Mengyao
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Yet although Zhao Qibing was shocked, he was not especially afraid. After all, in the Dark Night Palace the one who truly called the shots was still the Grand Elder, not the Palace Master. So Zhao Qibing changed his mind: he would cozy up to the Grand Elder, sow discord, and send Gu Mengyao's standing in the Dark Night Palace plummeting—lower even than Ye Rou'er's had been. With his abilities, Zhao Qibing was confident that pulling this off would not be particularly complicated.
But who could have imagined that things were not at all as he thought? This Palace Master Gu Mengyao seemed utterly domineering—even the Grand Elder was wary of her by three parts. This filled Zhao Qibing with deep misgivings, and when Gu Mengyao declared that whoever dared stop Ye Rou'er would die, Zhao Qibing was frightened clean out of his wits!
And well he might be. Only now did he realize that the Dark Night Palace was Gu Mengyao's domain; a new era had arrived. The days when the Grand Elder's word was law in the Dark Night Palace were gone for good. Now Gu Mengyao's rise meant that in the Dark Night Palace, she too had a say in what was decided!
Even the Grand Elder had to respect Gu Mengyao's opinions, and when faced with her sharp questioning, had to lower her voice!
Zhao Qibing had been just about to leap out and interfere—he took delight in making trouble for Gu Mengyao and Wei Zhao—but now he could only keep silent. Unless… he wanted to die!
"I… go back?" Ye Rou'er was slightly taken aback at Gu Mengyao's words. "If I go back, what will you do here? Won't you be lonely all by yourself?"
"It's all right, Mom. Here in the Dark Night Palace, no one dares bully me—right, Grand Elder?" Gu Mengyao turned to look at the Grand Elder and asked.
"That's right! If anyone dares bully Palace Master Yaoyao, this old one will be the first to take his dog's life!" the Grand Elder said hurriedly.
"In that case, I can accept the inheritance and cultivate with peace of mind. You can set your heart at ease now, can't you, Mom?" The Grand Elder had already made her stance clear, so naturally Gu Mengyao could not sit by and say nothing; she had to respond in kind, hinting to the Grand Elder that only with Ye Rou'er gone could she cultivate in peace. First, she was keeping her promise to the Grand Elder that she would cultivate; second, she was hinting that only if Ye Rou'er left would she obediently cultivate.
Palace Master Wan'er looked at the Grand Elder with some astonishment. She had not expected the Grand Elder to say such things either. It seemed her daughter was far more formidable than she was—from now on, in the Dark Night Palace, she would surely never come off the worse.
"Then… I'll go back and have a look… When I miss you later, I'll bring your father and come see you again, Yaoyao." Ye Rou'er actually wanted to go back as well. Since Gu Mengyao was fine here, she really ought to return.
"Mm, you can come anytime. If it's inconvenient, I can go see you instead! The journey is a bit far, after all—I'm afraid the long trip would be hard on you," Gu Mengyao said. "Daddy is only an ordinary man; he can't take much hardship!"
"That's no problem—I'll send a car to fetch them!" the Grand Elder said hurriedly. She was afraid that if Gu Mengyao went back to Donghai City, it would delay her cultivation, so she would rather send people to pick up Ye Rou'er and Gu Pengzhan herself.
"But isn't that still a long journey?" The young lady thought for a moment, then asked, "Is there any easy cultivation method or mnemonic suited to Daddy?"
After all, Gu Pengzhan was getting on in years and was no cultivator, but Gu Mengyao still wanted him to live a long life. Since the opportunity was there, how could she let it slip by?
"As for that, Ye Rou'er, you can go look in the scripture pavilion later and see if there's anything suitable," the Grand Elder said.