Gu Changsheng reached out and grasped, and the enormous bronze coffin rapidly shrunk, transforming into a miniature version that floated in the palm of his hand. Then, with a single step, he traversed endless distances, returning to the mortal realm.
Inside the Holy Emperor Palace, Houtu, clad in a long red palace dress, was resting with her eyes closed. Gu Changsheng's figure appeared within the palace. Seeing her in such a state, he couldn't help but tease, "Oh my, it's rare to see our Lady Houtu taking a break!"
Hearing the familiar voice, Houtu opened her eyes and rolled them at Gu Changsheng, saying, "What are you back for now?"
Gu Changsheng nonchalantly sat down in front of her, laughing, "It sounds like I'm out gallivanting. No matter what, I'm still the Holy Emperor, and this is the Holy Emperor Palace, my territory."
"Hehe!"
Houtu simply offered a polite smile in response.
Hearing the laughter filled with mockery, Gu Changsheng rubbed his nose. He coughed twice, saying, "Alright, I won't argue with you. I actually have serious business this time."
"Serious business?" Houtu narrowed her eyes, as if to say, 'You actually have serious business?'
"Hey, hey, what's with that look? Are you looking down on me? Dare to go to the Chaos and fight me one-on-one!" Gu Changsheng felt offended. What, can't I have serious business? Why does this woman have such a big prejudice against me?
"According to the human race's gender divisions, I am a woman, so naturally, I don't have any!" Houtu said calmly.
"..." Gu Changsheng.
"I'm too lazy to argue with you!" Gu Changsheng said helplessly. He realized that Houtu's skin was getting thicker and thicker; she could even say such things. Before, she even thought the 'Yin-Yang之道' (Yin-Yang Dao) was just about cultivation.
Seeing this, the corners of Houtu's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly. What Gu Changsheng didn't notice was that there were many books on the table between them, neatly arranged, and a book called 'To Deal with Thick-Skinned People, You Can Only Be Thicker-Skinned Than Them' was at the very bottom, visible only from Houtu's perspective.
Gu Changsheng didn't continue to argue with Houtu. With a flip of his hand, the miniature bronze coffin appeared in his palm.
At this moment, the surface of the coffin was flashing with a faint light at a certain fixed frequency. Seeing this, Houtu's beautiful eyebrows furrowed slightly.
Gu Changsheng asked, "This thing stayed in your ancient god race's inheritance land for so long, has it ever had this kind of reaction?"
Houtu shook her head, then asked, "Aren't you good at divination? Why don't you just calculate it yourself?"
"That would be too boring! There are too few things in this world that interest me. It's rare to encounter something relatively mysterious. If I calculate everything, then I'll have one less thing to play with," Gu Changsheng said with a light smile.
"Actually, you're just too lazy to calculate, right?" Houtu said.
"How did you know?" Gu Changsheng asked in surprise.
"Hehe!" Houtu chuckled again, acting as if she had seen through him long ago.
She remembered that Gu Changsheng had once said that the bronze coffin involved too much karma, and even he would need to spend some time to deduce it. Although she didn't know how long that time would be, with this lazybones' personality, he would never spend time doing things that had no impact on him. He would rather drink a few more mouthfuls of wine with that time.
As Houtu was thinking, Gu Changsheng took out a wine pot and took a sip. Seeing this, Houtu couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.
"Drunkard!"
After saying that, Houtu ignored Gu Changsheng and turned her gaze to the shimmering bronze coffin. She said, "This thing seems to be summoning something from the outside!"
Gu Changsheng took another sip of wine, nodding. "The power of the Demon Spirit Wine is still overbearing! It's just a pity that Yunshuang that girl doesn't brew much of it. Once it's gone, it's gone!"
Houtu's face darkened, and she angrily said, "You... you... I'm talking to you about serious business!"
Houtu was really annoyed. This person had just told her that he had serious business, and in the blink of an eye, when she brought up serious business, he shifted his attention to some Demon Spirit Wine. What's with that?
"Cough, cough, let's talk about serious business, serious business."
Gu Changsheng revealed an embarrassed yet polite smile, secretly laughing to himself, 'Little thing, in the end, I still won back a round.'
Houtu rolled her eyes at him. How could she not know that Gu Changsheng was deliberately provoking her? Perhaps because Gu Changsheng's strength was much, much greater than hers, she would put down all her aloofness and arrogance in front of him.
Perhaps, she really regarded Gu Changsheng as an older brother?
Houtu mocked herself inwardly.
"Although this bronze coffin has been in the ancient god race's inheritance land for a long time, and there may have been similar reactions during that time, I was just a memory at that time. Being able to maintain myself was already difficult, and I was constantly in a state of slumber. I didn't see the bronze coffin have any reaction."
Houtu said softly.
Gu Changsheng nodded. Back then, Houtu's memory body was able to support until his arrival because of the mysterious energy of the bronze coffin.
"You knew I wouldn't know, why did you come back to ask me?" Houtu asked.
"After all, the bronze coffin was first encountered by your ancient god race. Now that there is something unusual, you also have the right to know," Gu Changsheng said.
"Really?" Houtu looked at Gu Changsheng suspiciously, not quite believing that he would be so kind.
"Look at you, making me sound so unfeeling and unjust," Gu Changsheng couldn't help but roll his eyes at Houtu. Was he really that unreliable? He wasn't that rebellious disciple.
"That's hard to say," Houtu said quietly.
"..."
Gu Changsheng didn't continue to talk about this issue with Houtu. He said, "Actually, there is still one thing I want to ask you for help with."
"I knew you didn't have such simple thoughts," Houtu said with a very disdainful tone. "Speak, what is it?"
"Um... I've taken in another disciple, named Gu Huaiyu, nicknamed Yatou (Girl), she is now in the Ziyang Great World. In the chaotic region where that world is located, there are chaotic phenomena, and the chaotic treasure contained within still needs twenty or thirty years to gestate, but the chaotic phenomena have been discovered by a small Immortal Venerable. When the time comes, please help me take care of Yatou,"
Gu Changsheng said.
Hearing this, Houtu's beautiful eyebrows furrowed. She said speechlessly, "Why is it always about your disciples?"
Houtu still remembered that Gu Changsheng's condition for resurrecting her was just to let her become Ye Hongyi's protector. But after arriving at Tianhuang Star, she inexplicably entered the Holy Emperor Palace and became the revered Lady Houtu of all races. Although this matter could be called satisfactory to her, and she had no resistance in her heart, it was ultimately different from the initial conditions, and she inevitably had some misgivings in her heart.
Now Gu Changsheng was asking her to take care of his disciple again, which made her quite speechless.
"I'm almost working as your nanny," Houtu pouted.
"Isn't that so?" Gu Changsheng said.
"You..." Houtu was so angry that she raised a middle finger at Gu Changsheng.
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