Curse

Lu Yang felt that the prospective junior brother they had yet to meet might not necessarily join the Dao Seeking Sect. Besides, even if he did join, his motive for cultivating was another story altogether. What if he worked hard at cultivation just to break someone out of prison? Seeing Senior Brother Ji looking so smug and self-satisfied after doing a good deed, Lu Yang didn't have the heart to voice his doubts. When Ji Hongwen ran into Meng Jingzhou's carriage, greeting them was one thing, but finding two acquaintances to show off his good deed to was also part of his motive. "What about you two? Did you just leave the sect, or have you finished observing someone too?" Not knowing how to explain what had just happened, Lu Yang could only brace himself and say, "We've already finished observing one person, but he was claimed internally by the Wuji Sect beforehand. He probably won't join our sect." "Along the way, we also found a promising talent who wasn't on the list. An Ice spiritual root, but she was claimed internally by another sect as well." "Which sect?" "The Charm Sect." Ji Hongwen expressed a touch of regret. "Well, that truly is bad luck." He trusted the judgment of these two junior brothers. As for anyone who caught their eye, their character might be hard to guarantee, but their cultivation talent was bound to be that of an outstanding prodigy, a dragon among men. Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou nodded in unison. Bad luck indeed. "All right then, I'm off to observe my second candidate. See you back at the sect." Ji Hongwen waved, soared into the sky, and flew toward his next destination. "Goodbye, Senior Brother Ji." The carriage began to move, Old Horse traversing through space at breathtaking speed. Only a Body Integration stage powerhouse like Ji Hongwen could have noticed where the carriage was in the first place. ... Lintian City in Youzhou was an unassuming little city, where the highest cultivation level was merely at the Nascent Soul stage. As usual, Meng Jingzhou left Old Horse in the stables and took out carefully mixed fodder. Old Horse chewed slowly and deliberately, swishing its tail back and forth in pure leisure. Gu Junye was attending classes at the city's Bailu Academy, so he was very easy to find. "The sage said: 'To learn, and then to practice in due time, is that not a pleasure? ...'" The teacher chanted, swaying his head to and fro as he lectured on stage. Gu Junye sat in the corner, exuding an aloof air that kept people at a thousand miles' distance. His smooth, fair face bore sharply defined, cold and handsome features, with willow-leaf brows, a physique poised like a jade tree, and dark, brooding eyes, his well-tailored scholar's robe accentuating his tall, slender frame. The customs of Lintian City were relatively open-minded, allowing women to study as well. Even though Gu Junye wore a "strangers keep out" expression, many young women still cast secret flirtatious glances his way, ignoring the teacher's lecture to steal repeated looks at him. "Young Master Gu is so handsome." "Too bad Young Master Gu wasn't born to the principal wife. He's born of a concubine, so he can't inherit the Gu family estate." "If he can't inherit it, all the better for him to marry into my family!" "Oh, give it a rest. How many girls in the city are thinking the exact same thing? Why would it ever be your turn?" "I heard he's hiding some secret too. Someone saw him talking to himself often." The young women gossiped in hushed voices, peeking at Gu Junye with flushed cheeks and pounding hearts. Gu Junye seemed not to hear any of these murmurs, remaining fully focused on listening to the lecture and taking notes. His characters, just like his upright posture, were neat, balanced, and immaculate. After class was dismissed, a girl secretly called Gu Junye to a secluded corner behind the academy to boldly profess her feelings. "Junye, I like you." Gu Junye looked coldly at the girl; he could no longer remember how many people had confessed to him by now. The closer the girl got to Gu Junye, the more uncontrollably excited she became, her heart racing so fast it felt like it would burst from her chest. "I apologize, but I must study." "Furthermore, please do not call me Junye. The relationship between us is not so intimate." Gu Junye refused ruthlessly. As a Tribulation Transcendence powerhouse, he had endured eighty bolts of lightning tribulation in the Nine-Nine Immortal Ascension Tribulation, falling short of ascending to immortality by merely one strike. Sadly, his cultivation had not reached full perfection, and he had failed to survive it, perishing in the immortal tribulation before somehow arriving in this future era. In this lifetime, he would surely cultivate anew and become a supreme True Immortal!