Saving the White Moonlight Chapter 67

“Yes, Host,” the system explained before Gu Chen could. “Because children born between immortal cultivators and demonic cultivators are born with defects and are taboo to the heavenly Dao, they are called Heavenly Restraint Bodies.”
“Heavenly Restraint Body?” Yun Mixue asked in confusion. “Sect Master suspects Junior Sister Su is the daughter of the former sect master and a demonic cultivator?”
Gu Chen gave a slight nod. “Both of you have had contact with Su Qian’er. Could you tell whether her physique is a Heavenly Restraint Body?”
Yun Mixue frowned in thought, then shook her head. “Lianji has never seen what a Heavenly Restraint Body looks like, so I cannot judge.”
Gu Chen did not press her. He turned his gaze back to Yan Zhuguang. “There is still a trace of the Wall-Wind Formation’s aura on you. Was the spiritual medicine used to save Su Qian’er forced out of your hands by Li Ziyou through the Wall-Wind Formation?”
Li Ziyou was the former sect master’s name.
Yan Zhuguang’s heart jumped. She had not expected the Wall-Wind Formation’s aura to still be lingering on her, much less that Gu Chen would see it. Then had those elders also seen it?
“Sect Master-” Yun Mixue wanted to speak for Yan Zhuguang, but Gu Chen raised a hand and stopped her.
He looked at Yan Zhuguang. “The remaining aura of the Wall-Wind Formation is very faint. Not everyone can detect it. It is only because my cultivation method is special that I can sense a little of it.”
“I am not boasting,” Gu Chen said, and a trace of pride entered his voice. “Among the people of this sect, aside from those old monsters who never leave seclusion, I am the only one who can detect that trace of aura.”
“You do not need to worry. In a short while, even I will no longer be able to sense it.”
Yan Zhuguang thought, If I had known that, I would have come back a few days later. Now it seemed that some things could not be hidden from the male lead.
The system was very sympathetic toward its host. “As the child of fortune in this world, the male lead not only has maxed-out insight, but also many methods. There is rarely anything that can be hidden from him.”
After all, this was a domineering male lead. Aside from being domineering and arrogant, he had almost no flaws.
Yan Zhuguang had no strong like or dislike toward Gu Chen. Hearing the system’s description, she only raised a brow slightly.
So what if Gu Chen was impressive? Her methods were not poor either. Hmph. What was she afraid of?
Besides, to Yan Zhuguang, Eldest Senior Sister was the most important. Whether Gu Chen was impressive or not, and whether he was the male lead or not, what did that matter? The person Eldest Senior Sister cared for and protected most was her, not him.
System: “…Host, is your focus a little off? Are you going to get jealous of the male lead?”
“I can roughly guess why you hid the Wall-Wind Formation matter,” Gu Chen said slowly, unaware that Yan Zhuguang was discussing him with an invisible thing. “That ‘spiritual medicine’ must be far from ordinary.”
His gaze moved between Yun Mixue and Yan Zhuguang. “That spiritual medicine can only be the Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed, correct?”
Yun Mixue could not help looking at Yan Zhuguang with some worry.
She was not afraid that Gu Chen would harm Yan Zhuguang to get the Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed.
Although she did not interact much with this senior brother sect master, she had been able to recommend Gu Chen for the position of sect master, so she naturally understood his character. With Gu Chen’s conduct, even if the spiritual medicine was the precious Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed, he might not covet it.
But Yun Mixue was worried that Yan Zhuguang feared neither heaven nor earth. If she said something offensive and angered Gu Chen, offending the sect master would not be good for Zhuguang as a disciple.
Fortunately, what Yun Mixue worried about did not happen. Yan Zhuguang did nothing. She only nodded calmly. “It was the Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed.”
From Gu Chen’s manner, it did not seem like he was bluffing. His tone was at least seventy percent certain. Since that was the case, Yan Zhuguang had no reason to hide it. If she kept covering it up, it would only make her look guilty.
In any case, even if he knew, what could he do to her? Could the dignified sect master rob a disciple?
To borrow the system’s words, a proper male lead had to act openly and honorably. A gentleman took wealth by the proper path. He could not sneak around and steal, or the readers would scold him.
Besides, from Gu Chen’s tone, Yan Zhuguang could tell that he was probably only frightening her and had no plan to do anything to her.
Seeing how calm and justified she looked, the stern look on Gu Chen’s face actually eased a little.
Yan Zhuguang boldly asked, “How did Sect Master guess that the spiritual medicine was the Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed?”
Yun Mixue was also somewhat curious.
“There was no need to guess,” Gu Chen said. “I am the sect master. Li Ziyou is dead, so I can naturally receive everything he left in the sect master’s residence.”
The things in the sect master’s residence were all provided by the sect. If they were passed down, they would be passed to the next sect master. The sect master’s children could not inherit them.
“He left behind a large number of spiritual medicine texts in his residence. Among them, there were the most clues about the Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed. I knew he had been searching for it. Only this medicine could make him set up the Wall-Wind Formation.”
“You had the aura of the Wall-Wind Formation on you, and you said he left behind a last wish asking you to give medicine to his daughter. It seems the message asking for help was false, and the threat from the Wall-Wind Formation was real.”
Yan Zhuguang nodded. “Sect Master guessed correctly. At least ten years ago, the former sect master found the not-yet-mature Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed in that hidden realm. He set up a Wall-Wind Formation so that whoever came later would have to give one lotus seed to Su Qian’er to take before the formation could be broken and the seeds obtained.”
Gu Chen looked directly into Yan Zhuguang’s eyes. “In that case, giving the Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed to Su Qian’er was not your wish?”
Yun Mixue frowned slightly.
Yan Zhuguang nodded without hesitation. “You could say that. Although I was able to obtain the Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed partly because of the former sect master, if not for the Wall-Wind Formation, I naturally would not have handed the Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed to Su Qian’er.”
It was true that Yan Zhuguang had been able to obtain the Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed and the hidden realm’s inheritance because of the drawing the former sect master left behind and the aura of the Wall-Wind Formation.
But that drawing had been payment from the original Su Qian’er. Yan Zhuguang did not owe anyone a favor. As for the Wall-Wind Formation, that thing had forced her to swear an oath to the heavenly Dao. Was she supposed to feel grateful toward it?
Yan Zhuguang spoke so plainly and without avoidance that even Yun Mixue, who wanted to excuse her, did not know where to begin.
She felt helpless. She really had spoiled this girl. It was one thing for this little girl to speak without restraint in front of her, but now she spoke the same way in front of the sect master. The sect master was one rank above Yun Mixue and stronger than her. This time, she could not easily cover for Yan Zhuguang.
The former sect master had been Fenghua Immortal Sect’s sect master after all. The proper respect still had to be shown. Even if Yan Zhuguang had not wanted to give the Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed to Su Qian’er, she could have worded it more gently. How could she be so self-righteous? Yun Mixue worried that Yan Zhuguang’s detached attitude would draw Gu Chen’s blame.
Who knew that Gu Chen not only did not get angry, but even burst into loud laughter. He looked at Yan Zhuguang with a hint of appreciation. “I did not misjudge you after all.”
Yan Zhuguang looked at Yun Mixue in confusion. Had Gu Chen become stupid from holding the sect master position too long?
Yun Mixue was also at a loss.
Gu Chen rose to his full height. His wide sleeve drew an arc through the air as he clasped his hands behind his back. Looking at a green plant beside the steps, he said calmly, “There are many hypocrites among cultivators. Whatever they do, they insist on dragging out some grand reason. I find that most annoying.”
“You dare to speak directly. That suits my taste.”
“As for the Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed, forget you. If it were me, I would also be unwilling to hand it over because of a Wall-Wind Formation. So what if she is the sect master’s daughter? Who dares threaten me?”
Gu Chen looked at Yan Zhuguang. “You made only one mistake.”
Yan Zhuguang raised a brow. “What mistake?”
“Strength,” Gu Chen said. “Your strength is still too weak, so you were threatened by the Wall-Wind Formation. If your strength were enough, you could have broken the Wall-Wind Formation and would not have needed to be forced by it.”
Yan Zhuguang listened and nodded in agreement. “I think so too. The Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed appeared too early. If I had been strong enough and had a way to break the Wall-Wind Formation, I would not have used that foolish method. Unfortunately, chances pass in a blink. If I had not agreed then, even once I became strong enough, I might not have been able to meet such an opportunity again.”
Gu Chen nodded. “It seems you understand clearly.”
“This concerns myself. If I did not understand, how could I speak of cultivation?”
“Very good.”
As Yun Mixue listened, she felt something was wrong.
It was one thing for her to indulge Zhuguang herself, but how had the sect master senior brother, whom she had thought steady and dignified, not only failed to stop or guide Zhuguang, but even seemed to encourage her actions?
Yun Mixue grew even more helpless. She could not bear to discipline Yan Zhuguang and had hoped someone else might do it for her. Who knew this sect master senior brother would also be useless at it?
The system also scratched its head in its space. Why did it feel like the male lead and its host had a strange sense of mutual appreciation? It knew its host’s identity in her previous life had not been simple. Was this the special aura between favored children of heaven? It, an ordinary system, did not understand at all.
Gu Chen and Yan Zhuguang ended the conversation there and soon returned to proper matters.
Since the Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed that Yun Mixue and Yan Zhuguang had hidden was now known to the sect master, the two told Gu Chen some details as well, except for the hidden realm inheritance Yan Zhuguang had received. Gu Chen showed no intention of asking about it either.
After listening to their account, Gu Chen took out a booklet and handed it to Yun Mixue. “Look at this.”
The booklet was not finely made. It looked very ordinary. Yun Mixue took it and glanced through it, only to realize that it should be a copy, not the original.
She opened the first page, and surprise flashed through her eyes. She did not keep reading and instead handed it to Yan Zhuguang.
Yan Zhuguang opened it and found that it was a cultivation method.
This was a cultivation method said to allow one to cultivate all the way into the immortal world. Even after ascending, the path of cultivation would not be cut off.
In the current cultivation world, cultivation methods that could carry a person to Great Ascension were already rare. Would a method that could be cultivated into the immortal world not make the entire cultivation world fight over it?
But in truth, although this method did not circulate through the cultivation world, most large sects had it in their Library Pavilions. It was the kind of book that was placed there and ignored.
That was because the entry conditions for this method were too harsh.
To cultivate this method, one had to have a Heavenly-Matched Body and must never have cultivated before.
A Heavenly-Matched Body meant someone like Yan Zhuguang, who had both a heavenly spiritual root and a special physique that matched that heavenly spiritual root.
Yan Zhuguang had also heard of this cultivation method and had once gone to the Library Pavilion to read it out of curiosity. But her standards were high. After roughly flipping through it, she discovered that the method was full of errors and omissions, and she lost all interest.
Now, the booklet Gu Chen had given them was a copy of that method. The only slight difference was that the words “Heavenly-Matched Body” on the first page had been circled in red ink.
“Was this marked by the former sect master?”
Gu Chen nodded.
It seemed the cause of the former sect master’s death was now clear.