He took a deep breath, realizing that if he let Gu Tang continue, he would probably be driven mad with anger.
"Come here," he finally said.
He extended a hand to Gu Tang, and as the other party moved closer to him as instructed.
With a forceful reach, she pulled Gu Tang onto her lap.
"Gu Tang." Qin Junche pressed Gu Tang down, keeping him in this somewhat shameful and embarrassing position.
He sat up straight, lowered his head, and bit Gu Tang's neck lightly.
"If one day I can't take it anymore," Qin Junche said through gritted teeth, "I will definitely drag you down to hell with me, and neither of us will get away with it."
As he spoke, his hand was already on Gu Tang's belt.
Then he heard Gu Tang chuckle softly and say in a low voice, "Okay."
He turned his head, his smiling eyes looking at Qin Junche, and murmured, repeating his words: "If you are going to hell, I will definitely go with you."
Mountains of knives and seas of fire, or even more dangerous places.
Even if it means facing death.
If you ask, I will definitely go with you.
But that's all.
...
Another month has passed.
Gu Tang felt that even if Qin Junche wasn't angry, he would go crazy.
The moonlight bathed the lotus pond in a layer of silvery ripples.
Gu Tang sat on the top of the pavilion.
He rested his chin on one hand, gazing wistfully at the night sky.
Is it really that difficult to have a child?
He lowered his head.
In the pavilion, Qin Junche was looking up at him coldly.
"Hehe." Meeting Gu Tang's gaze, he smiled emotionlessly and reached out his hand to him. "Get down."
"Sigh..." Gu Tang jumped into the pavilion, feeling a bit overwhelmed himself.
"Thank you for your hard work." He thought for a moment, not knowing what else to say, so he could only say this.
Qin Junche: "..."
After finishing this task, Gu Tang did not leave immediately.
Once their breathing had calmed down, he sat down on the stone bench in the pavilion, draped in a long robe.
Qin Junche was sitting opposite him.
He never asked Gu Tang why she was so insistent on having a child.
This time, after a long silence, Qin Junche suddenly said, "I'm leaving the capital tomorrow."
"Hmm?" Gu Tang nodded lazily. "When are you coming back?"
He reached out and absentmindedly fiddled with the teacup on the stone table.
This way of getting along with him inexplicably made him feel familiar and at ease.
It's like going back to those thousands of years ago, to how you interacted with your Daoist partner.
The other party didn't say much either.
They never ask each other about each other's affairs.
Except for his Daoist partner, who seemed to lack a soul, cold-hearted and indifferent, even more devoid of emotion than the Imperial Preceptor.
"It's still unclear." Qin Junche shook his head and said slowly, "In the East Sea of Chu, some people have seen giant snake-like beasts appearing, which have already injured many cultivators and fishermen."
"Hmm," Gu Tang responded, "Do I need your help?"
The highest-ranking beasts in this world are only Class A.
Although there aren't many top-tier cultivators, the Chu Kingdom is one of the three great powers of the world, so it's not like they can't find cultivators to deal with a mere alien beast.
Does Qin Junche need to make the trip himself?
“Three days ago, General Donghai organized cultivators to encircle and annihilate them, resulting in countless deaths and injuries, including one Rank A and one Rank B,” Qin Junche said.
"That's amazing?" Gu Tang's expression finally turned serious.
He sat up straight.
The difference between a cultivator who reaches Level A and a Level B cultivator is no longer as simple as just a single realm.
They have already begun to grasp the basics of the laws of heaven and earth.
Just like when he faced Qin Junche, although he couldn't beat him.
But if he really fought desperately, Qin Junche wouldn't be able to kill him so easily.
However, now that it is organized and there are obviously more cultivators, the strange beast was able to kill a Class A cultivator.
That beast's level is probably already above Grade A.
"Who are you taking with you?" Gu Tang asked.
Qin Junche looked into his eyes.
Instead of answering Gu Tang's question, he asked, "Are you worried?"
He didn't wait for Gu Tang's reply and quickly laughed to himself: "Of course you're worried about him."
Gu Tang and Qin Junche both knew perfectly well who the "he" Qin Junche was referring to was.
Gu Tangdu was speechless.
But he quickly asked again, "Are you really going by yourself?"
“Yes.” Qin Junche nodded. “If another Class A dies, your father will be unable to sit still on the throne.”
Grade A is very rare.
Moreover, level A cultivators are not so easy to die.
If two top-tier cultivators were to die in the Chu Kingdom within just a few days, the entire country would likely be thrown into panic.
“I’ll go with you,” Gu Tang said, standing up.
"When do we set off tomorrow?" he asked, flicking his finger to retract the water curtain. "I'll come find you."
Qin Junche is already the strongest cultivator in the Chu Kingdom.
If even he can't deal with that strange beast, then staying in the capital or staying in the East Sea makes no difference.
"What?" Qin Junche tilted his head slightly, looking at Gu Tang. "Are you worried about me? Or worried about him?"
"Is there any difference?" Gu Tang asked.
“Gu Tang.” Qin Junche seemed to sigh softly.
He seemed to only appear at night, and whenever he did, he always had a somewhat sinister look.
But when he sighed at this moment, he really did resemble the gentle man with a heart for all living beings during the day.
“Sometimes.” He reached out and grasped Gu Tang’s hand, which was hanging by his side.
Qin Junche pulled him to his side.
He lowered his head and casually played with Gu Tang's slender fingers.
After a long pause, he continued, "The greatest cruelty is giving concern that shouldn't be given."
Qin Junche looked up at Gu Tang again.
He laughed at this point, saying, "Because that will breed terrible desires that can destroy us."
He released Gu Tang's hand and stood up with a flick of his sleeve: "I will come to find you when I leave tomorrow. You should go back."
Gu Tang, somewhat dazed, jumped onto the high wall of the Imperial Preceptor's residence.
He turned around and looked at Qin Junche, who was standing in the pavilion with his hands behind his back and his back to him.
The other person's figure was so straight, yet it seemed as if the moonlight had coated it with an inescapable loneliness.
Chapter 50 The Imperial Preceptor's Unparalleled Brilliance (6)
"I heard you're going to the East Sea with me?"
As he expected, the person who came to see Gu Tang the next day was still the gentle Qin Junche.
The other person was sitting in the main hall of his Ninth Prince's residence, smiling at him: "Since Your Highness the Ninth Prince has fully realized the truth, you are a completely different person."
Qin Junche nodded with satisfaction: "I am also happy for Your Highness."
Gu Tang: "..."
For a fleeting moment, he felt like complaining.
If Qin Junche knew that he would climb over the wall every month to run to his mansion and do those things with him under the open sky, he would know that Qin Junche ...
I reckon the other party will break down first.
But Qin Junche was sitting in front of him.
His smile was warm, and his eyes were clear and gentle, completely concealing no trace of the sordid thoughts that might lurk in the shadows.
Gu Tang lowered his eyes and responded softly, "Thank you for your guidance, Imperial Preceptor."
“Since Your Highness has made up your mind, let’s set off.” Qin Junche nodded with a smile. “The journey to the East Sea is not far, but to save energy, it’s better to take a carriage.”
Qin Junche had already ordered a car to be prepared.
A carriage pulled by a mythical beast is much faster than a horse-drawn carriage.