**Chapter 28 Bai Lu's Letter**
[Gu Ziyi:
I believe with your intelligence, you've already guessed that my cousin and I have returned to the Haotian Sect.
It's probably not hard to figure out the reason for the decision. My eldest cousin discovered the relationship between you and my cousin.
After we helped her obtain a Spirit Ring that day, my cousin said she wanted to return and invite you to join the Haotian Sect. Unfortunately, her eldest brother refused her request, saying you were not qualified enough.
Naturally, my cousin refused to agree, and after repeated attempts to persuade him, my eldest cousin finally directly exposed the matter between her and you.
Although I don't know how he found out, that doesn't matter now. Now that her feelings have been discovered, the outcome was obvious.
My eldest cousin refused my cousin's request, and the second eldest cousin also opposed your entry.
After the second eldest cousin learned of the situation, he wanted to go back and give you a beating, but luckily he was held back by the eldest cousin.
Later, both my eldest cousin and second cousin persuaded my cousin, saying you were completely unworthy of her feelings. They claimed that if she really wanted to be with you, it would bring shame to the entire Haotian Sect.
In the end, my eldest cousin threatened that if our father found out about the situation… Ah, you might not know, but our father is the leader of the Haotian Sect. So anyway, my eldest cousin hinted that if she didn't comply, our father would learn about it, putting you in danger.
Although my cousin was very sad and depressed, for your sake, she finally agreed to her eldest brother's demands.
After returning to the sect, I also asked my cousin if she wanted to write a letter to say goodbye to you.
But my cousin refused. She's afraid that if she keeps any contact with you, you might get hurt because of it.
In the end, I thought it wouldn't be fair to you, so I wanted to tell you the reason. After all, we're also friends, right?
After all, you were the one who solved my cousin's problem of being unable to cultivate.
If you truly like my cousin and want to be with her, go ahead!
Find a way to become stronger. If you can become strong enough that the Haotian Sect is willing to accept you, you can still be with my cousin.
Anyway, you're still young, and there's plenty of time in the future to decide your fate.
So, my young friend, work hard to become stronger!]
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Looking at the letter in his hands, Gu Ziyi was surprised. He didn't expect the letter was actually written to him by Bai Lu.
After reading the letter, he was silent for a long time.
Everything was as he had imagined.
As expected, Tang Xiao had discovered Tang Yuehua's feelings.
Gu Ziyi, who had expected this, wasn't too angry after reading the letter.
However, this incident made him realize that relying on the favor of others isn't as easy as it seems.
If you have no value, or if you don't show enough value, you won't even be able to afford a light meal.
Especially in Douluo Continent, a world where strength is respected.
The reason he was able to win Tang Yuehua's affection before was that she was relatively young and couldn't practice cultivation before. Gu Ziyi helped her solve her problem of being unable to cultivate, which had a big impact on her. He had the opportunity to seize the moment.
In the original work, the reason Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong fell for Yu Xiaogang wasn't just because of his wisdom and romantic qualities, but also because he was the son of the leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
Now, he had earned Tang Yuehua's love, but there was nothing he could do if the Haotian Sect rejected him.
Tang Yuehua's concerns were truly justified. If he tried to pursue her, it would be the same as seeking his own death.
She may have been worried about this, so she lost hope in their relationship!
Gu Ziyi knew that Tang Yuehua still had feelings for him at this time.
But that's useless unless, as Bai Lu said, he becomes stronger.
He also believed that he would become stronger in the future.
However, after this incident, would he become stronger just to pursue Tang Yuehua at the Haotian Sect?
Gu Ziyi was unwilling. He wasn't in a rush.
"You'd shame the Haotian Sect by being with me?"
After taking a closer look at the way Tang Yuehua's brothers were described, Gu Ziyi laughed bitterly.
"If you say that I and she are shaming the Haotian Sect due to our relationship, you two brothers will certainly shame the Haotian Sect in the future too!"
"You both fall in love with a Spirit Beast!"
"Especially Tang Hao, even knowing that Ah Yin was a Spirit Beast, he didn't give up his feelings, regardless of the fact that such behavior would shame the sect!"
"The Haotian Sect is the number one sect in the world right now, and it has the responsibility of protecting the Douluo Continent as its top priority. Now you've abandoned all those responsibilities!"
"They'll praise you as a genius member of the sect, but you'll abandon the sect for the sake of your wife!"
"Now he has the nerve to lecture me about his sister!"
Gu Ziyi grumbled in his heart as he tore the letter into pieces.
"At least I didn't lose much this time. I still got a soul bone!"
"The advanced meditation technique was developed relatively quickly thanks to Tang Yuehua's help!"
"All I lost was a potential novice rich bride-to-be!"
After destroying the letter and removing all traces of it, Gu Ziyi quickly calmed down.
As for Tang Yuehua, he always thought that if it worked out, fine, and if she left, he wouldn't be upset.
"I can't stay at Tianbao Academy any longer…"
"Since Tang Xiao hinted at using me to threaten Tang Yuehua, he might not have any intention of keeping me out of his heart!"
"I can't rely on the hope that others will never change their minds!"
"I must leave immediately; I have to leave today!"
After calming down, Gu Ziyi also realized that his situation wasn't completely safe.
Especially since he still had a soul bone with him!
Even if the Haotian Sect didn't directly get rid of him, as long as they spread the word about giving him a soul bone, it would put him in danger.
Even if the Haotian Sect openly mentioned gifting a soul bone in gratitude for someone helping Tang Yuehua solve her cultivation issue, this could still be risky.
In this way, they could publicize the sect's kindness, showing how magnanimous the world's number one sect could be, while indirectly paying him back with ingratitude.
So he had to leave the academy as soon as possible.
The semester had ended, so Gu Ziyi's departure wasn't unexpected.
He went back to his dormitory, packed his things, and left on the same day.
Gu Ziyi, who had left Tianbao Academy, felt a bit lost for a while, not knowing where he should go.
Should he find another Intermediate Soul Master Academy to join now?
With his current Soul Power level, it would be much easier to find an Intermediate Soul Master Academy than before.
But could he avoid the Haotian Sect by enrolling in another Intermediate Soul Master Academy?
Gu Ziyi found that hard to believe.
"If I want to escape, I need to go somewhere the Haotian Sect cannot afford to offend!"
After thinking this way, Gu Ziyi quickly made a decision, and his eyes became determined.
"Spirit Hall!"
That's right, Gu Ziyi was preparing to join the Spirit Hall.
With his unique martial soul, it wouldn't be hard for him to join the Spirit Hall.
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(End of chapter)
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(In Parallel Universe)
As soon as Gu Ziyi leaves Tianbao Academy.
He only feels the wind blowing past him. A clear killing intent lingers in the air.
He tries to use his physical strength to run.
But he is not fast enough.
He notices his body upside down and has one last realization in his death.
'I have been decapitated..."
The assassin disappears into the shadows with a speed that cannot be matched by normal people and many Soul Masters.
A swallow flies past in the trees and the wheels of fate continue to move as before the stranger in the world disrupted its movement.
Further in the future, the events that happened that day were forgotten like leaves in the wind.
And everyone's lives continued without further disturbance.
[This text is not part of the original work. I just added it because it is the end of the first chapter and I wanted to celebrate with some original text written by me. I hope you like it~]
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N/E: End of the first chapter, the next one is the beginning of the second. I hope you enjoyed this first one, I tried to improve my translation and follow the names, titles, powers, factions consistent with the original work (both the one I'm translating and Douluo Dalu). I hope to be able to finish this work, there are still at least 200 chapters to be translated (it's still active).