Chapter 1617: Chapter 1246: The Hidden World Clan Seeks Justice!

While the Dark Night Army on Gu Changsheng’s side dug pits for stoves and made fires to cook lunch, just two li ahead, the Northern Mongolian diplomatic procession also halted and started doing the exact same thing!

Since they had stopped here, the ten or so carriages of the Hidden World Clan trailing behind them naturally stopped as well!

Gu Changsheng could clearly feel it from her side: even with that stretch of distance in between, those unfriendly gazes shooting over from front and back!

Up ahead was Borjigin Lvchi, whom she had beaten into a cripple; behind them were the people of the Hidden World Clan, who had, for no reason at all, nearly been wiped out...

This...

Looking at Gu Changsheng’s group, you really couldn’t expect any kindness in their eyes, could you?

Thus, Gu Changsheng instantly had the feeling of being a piece of sandwich filling!

And honestly, being the filling in a sandwich felt really damn awful!

But hey, could she blame anyone else for that?

Who told Gu Changsheng to have such high-level martial arts? Who told her to have such keen senses?

If it were someone else, wanting to feel hostile gazes from several li away would only be wishful thinking!

But what Gu Changsheng was feeling here was just that real!

"Real my ass! What are you staring at, huh? Still hoping you can stare this old lady into feeling ashamed or something?" Beside the carriage, a thick carpet had been spread on the grass. Gu Changsheng, her evildoer, Shi Wujue, the edicine Immortal Old Man and the others were all sitting on the ground. Feeling those distant hostile gazes from front and back, Gu Changsheng spoke with a chicken leg clamped in her mouth, looking thoroughly displeased.

Damn it, that so-called self-awareness is for people whose moral enlightenment is maxed out!

If you expect Gu Changsheng to surrender and lay down her arms under other people’s stares, you’re honestly thinking way too much!

Gu Changsheng was someone with a skin thick as city walls. Don’t say you’re just glaring at her with unfriendly eyes— even if you stuck your face right up against hers to stare, she could stay as unmoving as a mountain!

She totally wouldn’t start feeling inferior from being stared at, nor would she develop any kind of guilty conscience!

What’s done is done, and even if it was wrong, Gu Changsheng was absolutely not going to regret it!

"If it were someone else, with enemies both in front and behind, most people would lose their appetite and not be able to sleep, but someone as broad-minded and chubby as you, this old man truly has never seen before!" Holding a wine gourd in his hand, the edicine Immortal Old Man slanted a look at his own disciple, his wrinkled face full of mischief as he spoke.

"Broad-minded and chubby, me?" When Gu Changsheng heard that, her eyes instantly bulged. Holding the chicken leg, she looked herself up and down.

Oh my god!

Lies!

She clearly still had a delicate willow-thin waist that fit snugly in one hand, okay!

Scared Baby half to death here; she almost thought she’d let herself go for a second and eaten herself into a fatso!

"Damn it, old man, you’re just jealous, okay! Look at that beer belly of yours— you’re just drooling over the fact that my figure’s better than yours!" Gu Changsheng rolled her eyes at the edicine Immortal Old Man, took an indignant bite of her chicken leg, and spoke in utter disdain.

"Who are you calling beer belly? This old man is prosperous-looking! Prosperous-looking, you understand? A fortune in old age is something money can’t buy. In this old man’s eyes, you’re the one who’s jealous!" The edicine Immortal Old Man immediately bristled at Gu Changsheng’s words, slapped his own beer belly, and stood straight up.

Gu Changsheng didn’t take the edicine Immortal Old Man’s anger to heart in the slightest, and just kept eating and drinking like nothing happened.

However, the edicine Immortal Old Man, who had just stood up and yelled at Gu Changsheng, suddenly showed a gleeful, gloating smile on his old face. He raised his hand and pointed toward the rear of their party. "Ha! You little idiot, you’re screwed! Someone’s coming to call you to account!"

"Huh?" At his words, Gu Changsheng immediately turned to look in the direction her old man was pointing.

That one glance nearly made the chicken leg in her mouth impossible to swallow!

Damn it, she might not be shamed by people’s looks, but when they really blocked her face to face like this, Gu Changsheng still felt a little guilty deep down...

After all, in the semifinals of the Nirvana Martial Contest, she really had killed quite a few people...

Calling it a river of blood wouldn’t be an exaggeration at all...

So when Gu Changsheng saw that group of Elders from the Hidden World Clan marching over in grand formation, bringing along the few surviving young disciples, she suddenly felt like she couldn’t sit still anymore...

Climbing off the carpet in slight panic, Gu Changsheng blinked her big, innocent eyes and muttered, "How about I go hide in the carriage for a bit first?"

As soon as those words left her mouth, Gu Changsheng was instantly met with several looks of pure contempt...

Those looks clearly spelled out: Aren’t you the Southern Emperor? Aren’t you always all frank and upright?

What, people show up at your door and you chicken out?

From a certain perspective, Gu Changsheng really couldn’t stand being goaded, so she immediately blew up. Planting both hands on her hips, she glared at the people around her and growled under her breath, "Damn it, what are those looks supposed to mean? Has this old lady ever run from a fight? I was just saying it, just saying it, alright! They’re just here to call me to account, so what? Who’s afraid of who? This old lady is not scared!"

With that, Gu Changsheng plopped right back down onto the carpet.

Then all the looks cast at Gu Changsheng from around them suddenly turned extremely weird, full of subtle, meaningful undertones...

Under all those gazes, Gu Changsheng couldn’t help pressing her fingers to her forehead with a bit of a headache...

Oh my god!

Honestly, she really should’ve found somewhere to hide...

After all, almost wiping out their entire line like that—yeah it wasn’t done while she was conscious, but no matter how you argue it, up to heaven or down to earth, she was the one who did it, no mistake!

In a certain sense, she, Gu Changsheng, was exactly the culprit, the main criminal who’d nearly driven the younger generation of the Hidden World Clan to extinction!

So as she watched the figures of the Hidden World Clan people drawing closer and closer, Gu Changsheng couldn’t help feeling, deep down, like she was about to step into court and face them at a public trial!

Oh my god, should she be thinking about how to phrase her confession?

How was she supposed to put it so she wouldn’t piss the Hidden World Clan people to death?

She really was actually pretty kind at heart; the Hidden World Clan was already miserable enough as it was, and at this point Gu Changsheng honestly had no intention of wiping them out completely...

So how should she say it?

How should she explain?

While Gu Changsheng was over here frowning in distress, over there Elder Yuh of the Yu Mansion had already led the other Elders of the Hidden World Clan, along with the few disciples who’d survived by sheer luck, to the edge of the carpet before Gu Changsheng and the others...

They bent at the waist and saluted...

In terms of etiquette, Elder Yuh and his group could be considered fairly thorough, but on each of their faces the expressions of grievance and fury were impossible to hide...

You really couldn’t blame them for being resentful. When they’d set out they’d been riding high, spring breeze in their faces and hooves flying; now they’d returned with the road deserted and carriages sparse. Put that on anyone, who wouldn’t be bitter?

The contrast really was a bit much!

"We pay our respects to the Southern Emperor, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mu, and the City Lord!" Elder Yuh cupped his hands in salute, speaking on behalf of the Hidden World Clan.

Since the greetings weren’t aimed at her alone, Gu Changsheng couldn’t be bothered to respond. Her gaze couldn’t help drifting to look past Elder Yuh...

She had to admit, after her demonic rampage that day, the number of young disciples of the Hidden World Clan who’d made it out alive was really small...

All told, there were only this handful...

And just her luck, every single one of this handful happened to be someone she knew...

For example, those few from the Dantai Family—Dantai Lan, Dantai Ling, and their sibling Dantai Heyu—were all still alive! As for the Yu Family, although she’d wiped out the outstanding Yuh Zhiqian, the three siblings Yu Qingqiu, Yuh Zhangzhu, and Yu Lianyi had survived. There was also Good Official Wei from the Wei Family, Bai Yu from the Bai Family, and Nangong Yun and Nangong Zhenni from Nangong’s Family...

These people who had all crossed paths with her, by some twisted fate, had all survived!

For a moment, Gu Changsheng really didn’t know whether she should call them lucky or unlucky...

I mean, you’ve already ended up in a mess like this, why not just keep your heads down, pack your things, and go home?

Why did you have to stick to my backside?

Following behind me, what good outcome do you think you’re going to get?

Seriously, don’t overthink it...

And just while Gu Changsheng was spacing out, Elder Yuh over there started talking again—not to Gu Changsheng, though, but to Shi Wujue, who was seated beside her...

"City Lord of Wujue, the Hidden World Clan held the Nirvana Martial Contest in Linyuan City, only to be inexplicably met with a massacre. Afterward, we sought audience with the City Lord of Wujue several times to investigate the matter, but who would have thought the City Lord’s Mansion would remain tightly shut, refusing all visitors! Now that we can finally meet the City Lord face to face, I would like to ask: does the City Lord of Wujue know what mighty figure came on the day of the Hidden World Clan’s Nirvana Martial Contest semifinals, and what grudge they bore against our Hidden World Clan, that they could lay such a vicious hand on our disciples?" Elder Yuh’s face was full of hatred as he asked heavily.

"How did the question end up at this City Lord’s door?" At those words, Shi Wujue’s world-stunningly handsome face instantly darkened. He shot a glance at Gu Changsheng, looking quite unwilling at being dragged into this. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"Who told you to be the Local Tycoon here? If we don’t ask you, who are we supposed to ask?" Gu Changsheng blinked at Shi Wujue, putting on an innocent face. Then she nodded to Elder Yuh, speaking with firm conviction, "Elder Yuh, I’ve heard a bit about the Hidden World Clan’s undeserved disaster. I deeply sympathize with what your clan has gone through. On this matter, you’re absolutely right to come to Shi Wujue. No matter how you look at it, it all happened on his turf—he has to give you an explanation!"

She had to admit, seeing Elder Yuh and the others all standing there dumbfounded, Gu Changsheng was absolutely dying of laughter inside!

That Little Monk Bu Jie of hers really was something else!

One look and you could tell a pro from an amateur; her Little Monk Bu Jie was definitely an expert at robbery, corpse disposal, and framing others!

Just that skill of wiping someone’s memories alone was enough for Gu Changsheng to give her Little Monk Bu Jie thirty-two thumbs up!

He’d done it so beautifully! So perfectly!

However, while Gu Changsheng was secretly delighted over here, that poor Shi Wujue, who’d been cleanly pushed out by her as a human shield...