28. The Hundred Ghosts Ridge
“In their eyes, the so-called battles for the glory of their sects and the survival of the continent are just predetermined outcomes.”
Gong Musheng shrugged. “No matter what the process is, they don’t care. I have a similar feeling when I use divination.”
“And the more accurate the divination, the stronger this feeling becomes.”
“And it drives you mad?”
“No.” Gong Musheng shook her head. “It makes you arrogant.”
“At that point, I no longer feel like an ordinary scoundrel. It’s as if the fate of everything is in my hands. No matter how talented the cultivator, how cunning the schemer, how ambitious the careerist, they are all just playthings in my hands.”
Well… in a sense, this wasn’t hard to understand.
The more you knew the future would unfold as you predicted, the more arrogant you would become.
They would no longer look at things with a calm mind, but would see themselves as gods, forcefully controlling others to do things, right or wrong.
“But Little Auntie,” Gong Yiling, having roughly understood this, asked with some confusion, “why didn’t you tell my parents about these things?”
“Your dad is still tolerable, but your mom is not.” Gong Musheng said bluntly, “The fewer people who know about this, the safer it is.”
“And me?”
“You?” Gong Musheng glanced at her. “Little girl, let me ask you one thing. The matter in the Heartflame Empire, was that also your doing?”
Gong Yiling nodded righteously.
Yes, it was her. She did it, and she wasn’t afraid to admit it. She was that brave.
“So there you have it.” Gong Musheng shrugged. “They were trying to make a move in the Heartflame Empire and the Baiyao Dynasty, but you messed it all up.”
“So whether I tell you or not, you’re one of their biggest enemies.”
Ah, this… alright.
That was true. From what that Prince Kui said before his puppet disappeared, her feud with the Heavenly Sin was now irreconcilable.
Even if she didn’t actively cause trouble for them, they would surely come looking for her. It was inevitable.
“So… what kind of trouble have I gotten myself into…”
Miss Gong sighed helplessly.
In a way, that girl Chuyue was right.
She, the Young Palace Master of a demonic sect, was now being targeted by other major villains.
Shouldn’t this be Chuyue’s job? What did it have to do with her?
Chuyue, you have to be more proactive! You have to step up and do what a protagonist should do!
As Gong Yiling was complaining to herself, Gong Musheng said with a smile, “Your personality is not like your mother’s at all.”
“I think my mother’s personality is not like mine at all.” Gong Yiling, coming back to her senses, said seriously, “If I were really like her, wouldn’t the Pear Blossom Blood Orchid Palace be in chaos?”
Gong Musheng chuckled. “You’re not exactly a worry-free child yourself, and you’re making fun of your mother. Although your mother is famously unreliable.”
“She was like this at home, and I thought she would grow up after leaving, but she’s still the same.”
Gossip about her mother?
Gong Yiling eagerly awaited some interesting stories, but Gong Musheng didn’t continue, instead saying,
“Let’s not talk about that for now. Do you have any other questions? I’ll answer them all for you this time.”
“Yes.” Gong Yiling immediately raised her hand. “The Hundred Ghosts Ridge. Why does Little Auntie want me to go there?”
Gong Musheng raised an eyebrow. “Oh, you’re asking about that.”
“It’s like this.” She clapped her hands. “With your current strength, you won’t even be able to get on stage at the Outer Battlefield.”
“Although the Hundred Objects, Not Predestined by the Heavens can’t predict specific events, I can predict that after you enter the Hundred Ghosts Ridge, your strength will undergo a dramatic change. That’s why your parents agreed to this.”
“I also have some business there, so I’ll take you with me.”
This… was interesting.
If she calculated the time, the Gong Yiling in the book should also have gone to the Hundred Ghosts Ridge to find a ghost physician to heal her meridians shortly after her meridians were damaged.
She didn’t know what happened to her there, but when she came out, not only were her meridians completely healed, but she had also gained unimaginable power.
But from the book’s description, it wasn’t hard to see that the original Gong Yiling’s mentality had also undergone a huge change after that secret realm encounter.
What kind of place was it? Miss Gong, with a different soul, was very curious.
And Gong Musheng’s so-called prediction was probably referring to the original book’s plot. So, was she trying to guide her back to the original path?
That was a subtle thought.
Just then, Yan Chuyue, having cut the mango and washed the strawberries, walked out of the back kitchen with a fruit platter.
She glanced at the uninvited Gong Musheng but didn’t show anything, just placing the fruit platter on the table and asking,
“What are you talking about?”
“Thank you, Chuyue~~” Gong Yiling first stuffed a strawberry into her mouth and said, her mouth full, “Nothing much. Just asking about the Hundred Ghosts Ridge.”
“The Hundred Ghosts Ridge!?”
This name made Yan Chuyue’s heart skip a beat.
“Why are you suddenly asking about that?”
“Because I’m going there soon.” Gong Yiling stuffed another piece of mango into her mouth and said, “Didn’t I tell you?”
“When did you tell me you were going to the Hundred Ghosts Ridge?” Hearing this, Yan Chuyue’s expression immediately became serious. “Listen to me. You’re not going.”
“Huh?”
Yan Chuyue, who had always let her do whatever she wanted, was now so firm in stopping her.
“Why?”
“Just don’t go. Don’t ask.” Yan Chuyue, saying this, glanced at the fruit platter on the table and then snatched it away.
“If you don’t listen, you won’t have anything to eat!”
“Hey, hey, hey—” Gong Yiling, bewildered by her actions, muttered, “If I don’t eat, I don’t eat. I’ve already promised someone I’m going. You have to tell me why you don’t want me to go.”
“You!”
Yan Chuyue pouted, and after a long time, she slammed the fruit platter on the table and stormed out.
“This…???”
Gong Yiling was completely baffled by this scene, not understanding what she was up to.
Just going to the Hundred Ghosts Ridge, why was Chuyue so angry?
