Gu Changsheng adjusted his attire, while Li Beifei lay on the bluestone ground like a dead dog, his body seeming to have ballooned in size. Even acquaintances might only see a swollen, disfigured person who vaguely resembled Li Beifei.
After a few breaths, Li Beifei nimbly sprung to his feet with a carp-like flip. He hadn't forgotten that the purpose of summoning the old geezer wasn't to get beaten up, but to deal with the Di Hong Clan.
However, the old geezer's beating was truly vicious. He'd lost a front tooth, and he could feel the cool breeze in his throat.
"Old..."
"Hmm?" Gu Changsheng narrowed his eyes, his gaze revealing danger and a hint of lingering desire for more.
Li Beifei shuddered in fright and quickly changed his words, "Master, please uphold justice for your disciple! This Di Hong Clan is forcing me to inherit his legacy, and he even said that if I don't, he'll kill my friends and my two adorable sword attendants. Master, I am your disciple, after all, so naturally I can't inherit his damned legacy. Therefore, I had no choice but to use a disrespectful method to summon you."
Gu Changsheng and the hidden Di Hong Clan twitched their lips as they listened to Li Beifei's half-truths. If Gu Changsheng hadn't personally witnessed the scene of Li Beifei's conversation with the Di Hong Clan, he wouldn't have been able to tell the truth from the lies without reading his mind.
"You brat, your skill in lying through your teeth has improved!" Gu Changsheng looked at Li Beifei with a smile that wasn't quite a smile.
Li Beifei shrank his neck, but thinking that no matter how rebellious he was, he was still Gu Changsheng's disciple, he shouldn't expose him at this time, right?
But just because Gu Changsheng wouldn't expose him didn't mean the Di Hong Clan wouldn't.
"Fellow Daoist, this disciple of yours has an extremely thick skin. No wonder he only suffered some superficial injuries even after being beaten so badly," The Di Hong Clan's phantom walked out. He looked at Li Beifei, who had gained a size, with extreme complexity.
He had already decided to entrust the martial path he created to Li Beifei, to have Li Beifei help him find suitable people to pass it on to, so that he could completely rest assured and accept the result of annihilation.
But the thickness of Li Beifei's skin exceeded his imagination.
"How does it feel that if I had half the thickness of your skin back then, I wouldn't have fallen under the heavenly punishment?" The Di Hong Clan looked at Li Beifei with a strange expression.
When Li Beifei heard the Di Hong Clan's familiar voice, he quickly pointed at the Di Hong Clan and said to Gu Changsheng, "Master, it's him! It's this guy who wants to harm your disciple! He not only wants to harm your disciple but also wants to harm my friends and adorable maids! Please, Master, do me justice!"
The Di Hong Clan's mouth twitched. This Li Beifei, who had just been cursing Gu Changsheng and calling him an old geezer, now seemed like a different person, calling him Master with every other word. This skin, thick, truly thick.
The Di Hong Clan ignored Li Beifei and instead said to Gu Changsheng, "Fellow Daoist, entrusting my martial path to him, not to mention whether he can find a suitable successor, just his thick skin alone makes me think that even if I perish, the martial path will not perish."
Gu Changsheng smiled wryly. He naturally understood the Di Hong Clan's words. This rebellious disciple's thick skin had already made the Di Hong Clan believe that he could protect the inheritance of the martial path with his skin alone.
"What the hell? Why can't I understand what you guys are talking about? Do you guys know each other?"
Li Beifei belatedly looked at Gu Changsheng and the Di Hong Clan. Damn, if these two knew each other, wouldn't that have been just a show just now? No, or rather, a test for him.
If it was really just a test, then summoning the old geezer wouldn't have caused anything bad to happen. Did he get beaten for nothing?
"Damn it!" Thinking of this, Li Beifei subconsciously cursed.
"Looking for a beating!" After hearing this, Gu Changsheng kicked Li Beifei's butt, which was now much more upturned than before. Li Beifei cried out in pain and flew out.
Gu Changsheng said to the Di Hong Clan, "I'll leave him to you. If there are any problems, feel free to beat him. It doesn't matter if you beat him to death, anyway, I can revive him."
The Di Hong Clan shook his head helplessly. He didn't have violent tendencies, and besides, he still needed Li Beifei's help. How could he hit him? But if Li Beifei held a grudge about what happened just now, he could still knock him around if it was absolutely necessary.
When Li Beifei heard this, his heart turned cold. Just as he was about to say something, he was grabbed by the Di Hong Clan.
"What do you want to do? Don't mess around! Master, save me, Master..."
The clueless Li Beifei was taken away by the Di Hong Clan, leaving only Gu Changsheng and the three people lying on the ground sleeping peacefully in the arena.
Gu Changsheng waved his hand and lifted the seal that the Di Hong Clan had placed on them.
Soon, Bai Yifei and the others woke up leisurely.
"Where is this? Huh, Sister, Young Master Bai, why are you here too?" Liu Yuran woke up first and noticed her sister and Bai Yifei, her voice full of surprise.
Bai Yifei and Liu Yanran were also at a loss.
"I remember I was fighting a demon beast, how did I end up here?" Bai Yifei asked in confusion.
"I was fighting a mechanical puppet, and I also don't know why I ended up here," Liu Yanran frowned slightly.
"Fighting?" Liu Yuran looked puzzled. What fight?
"Sis, what were you doing before you came here?" Liu Yanran asked.
"I..." Liu Yuran's face turned red all of a sudden. She stammered and said, "I...I...was with Gongzi..."
Liu Yanran's expression changed slightly. Could it be that her sister did *that* with Gongzi? But Gongzi?
"You were with Gongzi, but where did Gongzi go?" Liu Yanran asked.
"Actually...what I experienced was just an illusion," Liu Yuran said embarrassedly.
"I'm speechless!" Liu Yanran supported her forehead. This *fujoshi* is really hopeless. She was even thinking of doing *that* with Gongzi in the illusion. If the young mistress knew about this, she would definitely be driven out. No, she had to find some time to correct this girl's thinking.
Bai Yifei ignored the conversation between the two sisters. As an outsider, he naturally understood the two sisters' thoughts better than Li Beifei. These two sisters had completely surrendered their bodies and minds to Li Beifei, but Li Beifei, the blockhead, only had Qingyi Xianzi in his heart and hadn't noticed it.
Bai Yifei looked around, but when he saw Gu Changsheng, he was immediately shocked. He quickly stood up, walked to Gu Changsheng, and respectfully greeted him, "Junior Bai Yifei greets Senior Gu."
Bai Yifei's reaction also alarmed the two sisters. They came to Gu Changsheng in a flash, bowed ninety degrees, and respectfully said, "This servant greets Master."
Gu Changsheng waved his hand, indicating that they didn't need to be so polite. He looked at Liu Yanran and Liu Yuran and said, "I injured you last time. You don't blame me, do you?"
The two sisters shook their heads repeatedly. Liu Yanran said, "It's all our fault. We attacked you first, Master. It's already a great kindness that you didn't kill us. How could we blame you?"
"Yes, yes, in fact, my sister and I are very grateful to you, Master. If you hadn't broken our swords, Gongzi wouldn't have given us such good swords. We are thanking you, Master, and there's no way we'd blame you!" Liu Yuran took out the sword that Li Beifei gave her. This was a sword that Gongzi had prepared for the future, and it was mixed with some immortal gold. It was many times better than the swords they used to use.
"Hehe, I don't know what kind of luck my rebellious disciple had to meet you," Gu Changsheng said with emotion.
"Master, where is Gongzi?" Liu Yuran asked.
"Ah, he's in pain and happy at the same time!"
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