The people underneath the ancestral tomb suddenly fell silent.
Duanmu Sen's originally tense nerves seemed to suddenly freeze. He stared at that uncle who claimed to be Zi Dian, then stared at the little girl named Ying Ge.
Right, she should be called Blood Ancestor Ying Ge.
"So then, you can leave now," Gu Nan handed Duanmu Nianlan over and said.
Stupefied, Duanmu Sen accepted his daughter. His gaze flitted back and forth several times between Ying Ge and Zi Dian before finally resting on Ying Ge. "Blood Ancestor—"
Bam!
Gu Nan slammed a fist into Duanmu Sen's temple, sending him flying away along with his daughter. The pair was directly blasted outside of the cave.
"Too noisy." Gu Nan glanced towards the mouth of the cave and frowned.
If Shinto cultivators weren't so sturdy, then he would've hacked the Duanmu family's father and daughter to death already, but since there wasn't much to be gained from killing them now, Gu Nan was too lazy to bother.
"What a violent man," a fragmented mutter came from the side. It was precisely Ying Ge, the one in a blood-red cloak.
After Gu Nan cleared Duanmu Sen out, his eyes similarly shifted to Ying Ge. His cold gaze looked faintly dangerous.
"What? You want to fight me?" Ying Ge straightened out her clothes. "Seems like you still don't quite believe me? Then why don't you try—"
Before her voice fell completely, a shadow suddenly appeared in front of her. Looking at this force and speed, it seemed Gu Nan had absolutely no intention of showing any mercy.
Ying Ge seemed like she couldn't react in time at all. Her whole person swayed and almost fell over, but that shadow didn't hit her.
A figure was already standing in front of her, blocking the attack and neutralizing Gu Nan's law of shadows with a wave of his hand. He was precisely the handsome uncle Zi Dian.
This attack alone instantly clarified the situation greatly.
The little girl named Ying Ge was indeed just bluffing. At the very least, she didn't yet have the corresponding level of power to go with her title of "Blood Ancestor," but the uncle called Zi Dian did.
Not only could he easily block Gu Nan's attack, but he also clearly had a deep relationship with Ying Ge.
"Are you all right?" Zi Dian leisurely turned around and looked at the Ying Ge behind him.
His movements were too peaceful, not showing the slightest hint of nervousness. He didn't look worried. Rather, it was more like flirting between lovers, or PDA for short.
Ying Ge pursed her lips and shook her head, looking unhappy. "This person is so rude! Can we kill him?"
"I'm afraid not. He's very powerful." Uncle Zi Dian also shook his head.
"Then should we immediately make a run for it?" Ying Ge faltered upon hearing this uncle's answer.
"Too late." Zi Dian's expression was somewhat helpless. "His target is you."
Although Gu Nan held the curved blade "Ying Ge" in his hand, his gaze never left the girl "Ying Ge." This was enough to make Zi Dian understand.
Ying Ge and Zi Dian talked like no one else was around, but in a rare occurrence, Gu Nan didn't interrupt them.
The reason was very simple. Top players must be able to clearly differentiate between which plot dialogues could be skipped and which ones might be related to mission clues.
Even Gu Nan was curious about these two fellows' identities and relationship.
"Someone asked me to protect the owner of this blade," Gu Nan said as he tossed the crescent blade in his hand up and down.
Gu Nan's mission had already ended, but based on the usual pattern behind Evil Events, he could still obtain some resources from the event's vicinity.
And the remuneration most likely to benefit him was undoubtedly the reward that Red once mentioned.
This little girl named Ying Ge could take him to the Myriad Heavens Starry Road. Gu Nan's hopes for collecting more personal dungeons—which hadn't happened in a long time—might just fall on her.
On the other hand, this Evil Event gave too high of a completion reward, which probably meant there were hidden risks, and he needed enough information to dispel those risks.
Zi Dian froze slightly, his eyes revealing a little seriousness. He seemed to hold great fear towards the person Gu Nan mentioned.
But Ying Ge suddenly became lively, which was completely different from her original obedient child act. "So you're here to be my bodyguard?"
The next moment, she saw Gu Nan's figure suddenly disappear. Not even Zi Dian could stop it this time, because it was too fast.
Blink's super-high priority over other laws rendered useless all attempts to restrict it using laws. This teleport skill really was a genuine instantaneous teleportation.
Gu Nan appeared behind the girl, pressing his palm onto the back of Ying Ge's head and eliciting a continuous plea for mercy from her.
"I'msorryI'msorryI'msorrypleasesparemeI'mbeggingyouit'sallmyfault!"
A series of words jumped out of Ying Ge's mouth without pausing for breath. Then she turned around and stared at Gu Nan with tears in her eyes.
Gu Nan ignored her expression and tightened his grip slightly, picking her up and placing her down in front of him.
"You can enter the Myriad Heavens Starry Road?" Gu Nan's voice was calm, but his meaning was clearly expressed.
For Void Cutter cultivators, the Myriad Heavens Starry Road was no longer a mysterious term. If they were lucky enough to step into Star Ruler Realm, then they could all enter this place.
What was the Myriad Heavens Starry Road?
It could be understood as a place similar to the core of the Myriad Heavens Universe, existing above the countless planes.
Only souls could enter this place, and only figures at Star Ruler Realm who had already completely constructed their own laws could enter.
The Myriad Heavens Starry Road contains dots of light that correspond to every plane; each dot represents a world.
As long as they could control a world's origin, then the Stars Rulers would be able to truly control that world, thus becoming a genuine ruler of an astral world. This was why the Myriad Heavens Starry Road was also called the "hub."
In other words, the Myriad Heavens Starry Road was the Star Rulers' "hunting ground" used purely to capture different planes.
Gu Nan didn't know how Star Rulers obtained worlds' origins. However, from his few experiences in the Starry Road, he could see that it was at least related to the "mission" mode.
Qiu Wenran, Zuo Zuo, and Zi Yi didn't show any suspicions about the mission format, which meant it was normal to complete missions in the Starry Road.
"Alright." This time, Ying Ge pouted and didn't speak. Instead, Zi Dian answered for her. "She wants to restore her strength, so worlds' origins are precisely what she needs right now."
"Oh, then can you take me there?" Gu Nan still wasn't sure what exactly he needed, so he could only ask in an ambiguous way.
"What happens if we refuse?"
"I'll beat you guys to death."
Zi Dian shrugged helplessly. "Looks like there's no way to refuse. So then, before you become a party member, can you let us verify your strength?"
This uncle really was polite, even in this situation.
"Alright." Gu Nan nodded and was about to properly "verify" it with Zi Dian, but that 300 Evil Value reward inexplicably appeared in his mind again.
So he changed what he was about to say.
"Let's see who can kill them faster," Gu Nan said, pointing outside the cave.
Under the night sky, two figures—one gold and one purple—were swiftly rushing over.