"Great Emperor, please, make yourself at home!"
Inside the courtyard, Yao Tianchen, having composed himself, spoke to Gu Changsheng. Yao Xian's coming-of-age ceremony was about to begin, and as Yao Xian's father and the head of the Yao family, he naturally had to go and prepare.
Gu Changsheng nodded, saying, "No problem."
Yao Tianchen nodded, bowed to Gu Changsheng, and then left.
The coming-of-age ceremony for ordinary families is complex, divided into eight steps: welcoming guests, opening the ceremony, washing hands, adding the hairpin, giving thanks, listening to instructions, bowing in thanks, and finally, the completion of the ceremony.
However, the Yao family did not have so many complicated procedures. For Yao Xian's ceremony, the most important thing was ancestor worship; the rest were minor details.
Speaking of which, the Yao family is also a very special family. Generally, the person who founded the family is basically the strongest of the clan. Logically speaking, the ancestor of the Yao family should be the current Immortal King, but in reality, it is not so.
Gu Changsheng had just learned from Yao Tianchen that their Yao family's ancestor was a mortal, while the current Immortal King ancestor of the Yao family was actually the great-grandson of their Yao family's ancestor.
Regarding this, Gu Changsheng felt that even the ancestor of the Yao family would not have imagined that his great-grandson would become an Immortal King, a powerful figure who lived for a long time.
However, Gu Changsheng was not interested in these things because his karma with the Yao family all stemmed from Yao Xian.
"Woof woof!"
At this moment, a yellow earth dog strode into the courtyard with an arrogant gait. This dog was different from that dog; this dog's true form was a Heaven-Devouring Beast, but it disguised itself as an earth dog to deceive others.
However, Gu Changsheng felt that this Heaven-Devouring Dao was too deeply immersed in the role. Every time it saw him, it had to bark twice.
"What is it?" Gu Changsheng asked.
The Heaven-Devourer walked up to Gu Changsheng, then stood upright and respectfully bowed to Gu Changsheng, saying, "Reporting to Your Excellency, I have discovered two strange creatures in the Yao family."
"Oh?" Gu Changsheng looked at the Heaven-Devourer with interest. He was a little curious as to who dared to make trouble in the Yao family at this time.
Seeing this, the Heaven-Devourer said, "It's a big black dog and a turtle. I have a familiar feeling about the aura on that big black dog. If I'm not mistaken, it's not a creature from this chaos. As for that turtle..."
The Heaven-Devourer hesitated, stopping there.
"Continue," Gu Changsheng said lightly.
Hearing this, a trace of embarrassment flashed in the Heaven-Devourer's eyes. It carefully said, "Your Excellency also knows what I used to do. During the battle in the mortal realm, I saw that turtle, but at that time, its cultivation was in the Breaking Dao Realm. Now, something seems to have happened to it, and all its cultivation has disappeared."
After speaking, the Heaven-Devourer once again carefully glanced at Gu Changsheng. It was afraid in its heart. It should be known that it was one of the nine Immortal Emperors who besieged the Mortal Realm Heavenly Emperor back then. However, the power of the Mortal Realm Heavenly Emperor exceeded their imagination. The nine Immortal Emperors joining forces were no match for the Mortal Realm Heavenly Emperor. If their true bodies were not placed in other dimensions, they would have all fallen under the fists of the Mortal Realm Heavenly Emperor.
Even now that it had reached the Breaking Dao Realm, it did not dare to say that it could suppress the Mortal Realm Heavenly Emperor of the past.
It still clearly remembered the divine power used by the Mortal Realm Heavenly Emperor at the end. Behind him were thirty-three great worlds, plus the Mortal Realm, which was thirty-four great worlds. Ordinary Immortal Emperors only had one great world buff, but the Mortal Realm Heavenly Emperor had thirty-four great worlds. So terrifying, even ordinary Breaking Dao Realm experts would not dare to be enemies with the Mortal Realm Heavenly Emperor.
Such a terrifying figure, if he were still alive now, how strong would he be?
"What are you thinking about?" Gu Changsheng suddenly asked.
The Heaven-Devourer dared not hide anything and immediately told him what he had just been thinking.
When Gu Changsheng heard the Heaven-Devourer talk about the Mortal Realm Heavenly Emperor, he suddenly thought of what Emperor Hongshi had entrusted to Li Beifei. In addition to entrusting Li Beifei to help him find a suitable martial arts successor, Emperor Hongshi also hoped that Li Beifei would find Ye Hongchen in the future.
Although the rebellious disciple was naughty, he, as the master, could not be as knowledgeable as him.
So Gu Changsheng asked, "How is Ye Hongchen?"
The Heaven-Devourer was stunned. It did not understand why Gu Changsheng would suddenly care about the Mortal Realm Heavenly Emperor, but it still truthfully told him what it knew.
"Your Excellency, you know that I was just an Immortal Emperor back then. We Immortal Emperors were just the vanguard. Above us, there were experts in the Breaking Dao Realm, and I don't know what's above that."
"However, I once heard that someone was very interested in the cultivation technique of the Mortal Realm Heavenly Emperor, but even so, countless years have passed, and the Mortal Realm Heavenly Emperor is probably in more danger than good."
The Heaven-Devourer boldly stated its guess.
"Hehe, perhaps." Gu Changsheng chuckled but did not continue to discuss the issue of Ye Hongchen.
Seeing this, the Heaven-Devourer wisely did not continue the topic. It said, "Your Excellency, should I take action to deal with that big black dog and that turtle? Otherwise, if they make trouble, I'm afraid it will affect the coming-of-age ceremony of Yao Xian."
"No need!" Gu Changsheng waved his hand. "They are all my disciple's pets and won't cause any trouble."
"So that's how it is." The Heaven-Devourer was shocked and at the same time, extremely grateful that it had not rashly attacked them; otherwise, it would have caused a catastrophe.
"Your Excellency, if there's nothing else, then I'll take my leave first."
After the Heaven-Devourer finished speaking, it was about to leave.
"Wait," Gu Changsheng called out to stop it.
The Heaven-Devourer was stunned, but still asked, "Your Excellency, what else is there?"
Gu Changsheng looked at the Heaven-Devourer and said, "I promised you that as long as you protected her until she was born safely, I would return your freedom."
A trace of astonishment flashed in the Heaven-Devourer's eyes. It recalled the past. Gu Changsheng had indeed casually mentioned it to him back then, but it thought Gu Changsheng was joking at the time, so it forgot about it.
After all, who would easily let go of a Breaking Dao Realm existence, especially when this Breaking Dao Realm existence was once an enemy of this chaos.
"Your Excellency, are you not joking?" The Heaven-Devourer was still not convinced.
"Do you find it hard to believe that I'm letting you go after just being a bodyguard for a thousand years?" Gu Changsheng asked.
The Heaven-Devourer honestly nodded. How could it believe that it was being freed for such a simple matter? To it, a thousand years was just a blink of an eye and would not cause any ripples in its magnificent life.
It really did not understand why Gu Changsheng would free it for this reason.
"To me, she is very important. All things in the world are not worth even a billionth of her."
After Gu Changsheng finished speaking, he gently waved his hand at the Heaven-Devourer.
The Heaven-Devourer's expression shook. Gu Changsheng had placed a curse on it back then. Although it was called a curse, it was also a contract, a contract with Yao Xian. Now, it could feel that the contract had been lifted, and it looked at Gu Changsheng in astonishment.
"Now you are free, you can go back," Gu Changsheng said.
But the Heaven-Devourer shook its head and said, "Going back is definitely a dead end, so it's better to stay here. At least here, they will respectfully call me Earth Dog Lord!"
Gu Changsheng smiled and said, "As you wish."
After speaking, Gu Changsheng left the courtyard alone. He was going to settle accounts with his rebellious disciple for releasing the black dragon and Li Wangba to cause trouble.
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