"Who are you?"
In his own Sea of Consciousness, Gu Xichao calmly looked at the woman whose face he couldn't see clearly. His cultivation had already reached the peak of the Return to One Realm. After the battle with his cousin Gu Tianjun, his state of mind had improved further. He was confident that even a True Immortal couldn't silently intrude into his Sea of Consciousness.
The mysterious woman before him was at least a Celestial King.
However, besides the White Tiger Demon Emperor and Red Red Ancestral Master's protector Bai Zhiyin, who were Celestial King Realm experts, all other Celestial Realm experts were stationed in the Danqing Great World.
Countless thoughts flashed through Gu Xichao's mind in an instant, but he still couldn't guess the woman's origin.
However, he wasn't afraid. Leaving aside other places, he was absolutely safe in the mortal realm.
The woman whose face couldn't be seen clearly was naturally Ye Qingyan. After Gu Xichao left the Void God Realm, she locked onto Gu Xichao's location.
Ye Qingyan looked at the delicate-looking young man before her, who was so calm about her sudden appearance. She couldn't help but feel happy. As expected, he was the man that her grandaunt had taken a liking to. Just this composure alone was extremely rare.
"Who am I? I am the daughter of the Lord of the Sun-Shooting Bow!"
Ye Qingyan said.
"What, you are Old Ancestor Gu Sheng's daughter?" Gu Xichao was immediately shocked. He had received the Sun-Shooting Bow directly from Old Ancestor Gu Sheng, who told him at the time that besides the progenitor, only Old Ancestor Gu Sheng and himself had cultivated the Nine Deaths Heaven Art, and that he shouldn't waste the Sun-Shooting Bow.
The mysterious woman before him was actually the daughter of the Sun-Shooting Bow's owner, so wasn't that Old Ancestor Gu Sheng's daughter? But that's not right, the Gu family's genealogy recorded that Old Ancestor Gu Sheng only had Old Ancestor Gu Youxian as a son, could it be…
She was left behind by Old Ancestor Gu Sheng in another world…
Gu Xichao didn't dare to speculate further. It was disrespectful to secretly discuss his own old ancestor, but since the other party was Old Ancestor Gu Sheng's daughter, then he should call her Old Ancestor.
Gu Xichao's thoughts unfolded very quickly, and he "understood everything" in an instant. Just as he was about to call her "Old Ancestor", he heard a slightly angry and reproachful voice.
"Who is Gu Sheng's daughter? Grandaunt… I am the original owner of the Sun-Shooting Bow, the daughter of the Heavenly Emperor Ye Hongchen. You actually don't know who the original owner of the Sun-Shooting Bow is?"
Ye Qingyan was angered by Gu Xichao's words and almost referred to herself as "Grandaunt", but in order to maintain her lady-like image, she forcibly changed her words, but her tone still revealed a hint of anger.
This tone of anger and blame made Gu Xichao shudder, a little scared.
Gu Xichao had been cultivating for nearly four thousand years since his debut, but no woman had ever spoken to him in this tone. For a moment, he really didn't know how to respond.
As a body deemed unable to cultivate, he successfully embarked on the path of cultivation after receiving the care of the progenitor. His purpose was to protect his younger sister. As time passed, his sister was already able to stand on her own and didn't need his protection, so his purpose of cultivation became to not disappoint the progenitor who taught him the Nine Deaths Heaven Art.
For four thousand years, he had been either cultivating or cultivating. The most he talked to women was his younger sister. As for other women, he had never been in contact with them.
Therefore, Gu Xichao was a man whose romantic feelings hadn't even begun. Naturally, he couldn't hear the meaning contained in Ye Qingyan's tone and thought that she was really angry.
"That… Senior…"
"You call me Senior?"
Gu Xichao had naturally heard of the legend of the Heavenly Emperor Ye Hongchen. Since the other party was the daughter of the Heavenly Emperor, calling her Senior wasn't excessive, but before he could finish speaking, a slightly cold tone rang out. Even though the woman's face was shrouded in chaotic mist, Gu Xichao could feel the other party's terrifying gaze.
Gu Xichao immediately felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, like he had a fishbone stuck in his throat, like…
He heard that some female experts didn't like being called old, just like Aunt Gu Wei, who always said that she was only an eighteen-year-old girl plus so many months.
Thinking of this, Gu Xichao wanted to cry. He had committed a great taboo!
"Then how should I address you?" Even though he could feel the other party's terrifying gaze, he still mustered up the courage to ask.
Now, he thought that fighting Gu Tianjun three hundred more rounds would be better than what he was going through now, right?
Gu Xichao's question stumped Ye Qingyan. Naturally, she didn't want Gu Xichao to call her Senior, for reasons that need not be elaborated. But if Gu Xichao didn't call her Senior, then how should he address her?
Ye Qingyan?
No, no, if he returns to the Tianhuang Star, wouldn't that expose her?
I can't let this little man recognize me so early if he plays the mysterious card with me in the future.
"You… just call me Qingqing," Ye Qingyan finally said, her tone clear and cold, sounding nothing wrong, but if Gu Xichao could see through the chaotic mist, he would find that two red clouds had already climbed onto Ye Qingyan's cheeks.
Qingqing, how close of a relationship would one have to be to call an Immortal Emperor by a nickname?
Ye Qingyan felt that after finding Gu Xichao, her mentality had undergone great changes.
However, Ye Qingyan wasn't averse to this change.
"Qingqing!"
"Ye Qingqing!"
Gu Xichao scratched his head, feeling that the name was a bit strange, sounding a bit like Red Red Ancestral Master, but Red Red Ancestral Master's real name was Ye Hongyi, and Red Red was only what close people called her.
Gu Xichao thought that Ye Qingyan's name was Ye Qingqing, and although he found it strange, he didn't dwell on the name.
After all, his initial thought was how to address her.
"Do you really not know the relationship between the Sun-Shooting Bow and my father?" Ye Qingyan asked.
Gu Xichao shook his head and said, "The Sun-Shooting Bow was given to me by Old Ancestor Gu Sheng. He didn't tell me about the origin of the Sun-Shooting Bow."
Ye Qingyan nodded slightly. Probably not many people knew about the relationship between the Sun-Shooting Bow and her father. Gu Sheng knew, but he didn't explain it to Gu Xichao, so Gu Xichao naturally wouldn't know the connection.
Moreover, she could feel that the spirit of the Sun-Shooting Bow had disappeared. Even if Gu Xichao mastered the Sun-Shooting Bow, he wouldn't get any information.
And if the spirit of the Sun-Shooting Bow still existed, the result of the previous battle would probably become even more confusing.
It seems that she has to teach this little man how to re-nurture the spirit for the Sun-Shooting Bow.
"The Sun-Shooting Bow is not used like this."
So Ye Qingyan restarted the topic.
And Gu Xichao asked, "Then how should it be used?"
"Father shot and killed nine Celestial King-level Golden Crows that plagued the world, allowing the Sun-Shooting Bow to give birth to a spirit. Only the Sun-Shooting Bow that has given birth to a spirit is the strongest. Now what you have to do is to let the Sun-Shooting Bow re-nurture a spirit."
Ye Qingyan said softly.
"Shoot and kill nine Celestial Kings? Isn't this condition too harsh?" Even though it was just his divine sense in his own Sea of Consciousness, Gu Xichao felt a burst of dryness in his mouth and tongue.
He was only at the peak of the Return to One Realm, and even if he was confident that he could compare with Supreme experts, Celestial Kings were still an incredibly distant realm for him.
"Silly, I'm naturally not asking you to shoot and kill Celestial Kings now, how could I possibly let you go to your death?"
Behind the chaotic mist, Ye Qingyan glared at Gu Xichao, her gaze full of indescribable charm, but unfortunately Gu Xichao couldn't see it.
Gu Xichao couldn't even hear the other meaning of Ye Qingyan calling him "silly", and thought that she was really scolding him for being silly.
Gu Xichao scratched his head and said with a smile, "I was overthinking it."
Ye Qingyan looked at Gu Xichao showing embarrassment, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, she said: "Before that, you need to achieve the unity of man and bow with the Sun-Shooting Bow, otherwise even if you nurture a spirit in the future, I am afraid it will be a revival from the old spirit, and the power will be greatly reduced."
Gu Xichao understood, the revival of the old spirit, referring to the initial spirit of the Sun-Shooting Bow, and that spirit must be the most compatible with Qingqing's father, the power of the Sun-Shooting Bow in his hands will naturally be greatly reduced.
Strange, how did he take it for granted in his heart to call her Qingqing?
"Come, I'll take you to a place and teach you how to achieve the unity of man and bow."
Before Gu Xichao could react, Ye Qingyan waved her hand gently, and even Gu Xichao's body disappeared on the desolate star.
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