After the mind-reading cripple junior sister, the entire sect rose to prominence.

Chapter 134 Feud Between Two Families

Poison masters often have few friends. Gu Su's master spent his days burying himself in making poisons, except for finding herbs and poisonous insects, and then using himself and his apprentices to test the poisons.

Not to mention Kosui, even he himself had been nearly poisoned to death several times, but his actions did not stop because of this.

It is evident that he was quite ruthless towards both his apprentices and himself, as if no life was more important than the great cause of poison making.

Gu Su cured Hunyuan Monkey. The monkey was very intelligent and attached to him. It followed him everywhere and accompanied him no matter what he did.

More than a year passed like this. One day, Gu Su tested the poison in front of the monkey. The poison was too fierce. Gu Su vomited blood and convulsed, which terrified the monkey. Fortunately, his master saved him in the end.

From then on, the monkey started vying to test the medicine for him, and no one could stop it.

Gu Su felt both heartache and gratitude. Every time the monkey was poisoned and struggled in pain, he would prepare an antidote for it while shedding tears and trembling.

Later, Gu Su's master was finally poisoned to death by his own poison, and Gu Su seemed to have become like his master—

Alone and brooding.

The difference was that he had a monkey by his side to keep him company and dispel his loneliness.

As it turned out, Gu Su's master had excellent judgment; Gu Su did indeed have a talent for making poisons.

With his master's not-so-dedicated teaching and the knowledge he had figured out on his own over the years, Gu Su made rapid progress.

A few years later, by chance, he, who had gained some fame, was introduced to a young lady from a small noble family to detoxify and cure her illness. This process took a long time, more than a month.

It was during this month or so that the young lady fell in love with him and insisted on marrying him.

He inexplicably found love and became known as someone who had "climbed the social ladder" in the eyes of the world.

With the backing of a small, powerful family, Gu Su, already exceptionally talented, began to shine even brighter, and his reputation spread far and wide. However, at that time, few people came to him seeking poison; instead, many sought his medical treatment.

Gu Su enjoys the process of making and detoxifying poisons, so he welcomes all who come to him for help.

This earned them good relationships and a wide network of connections, which in turn elevated the status of their wives' families, transforming them into a mid-level aristocratic family.

But precisely because of this, his wife's relatives began to hate and be wary of him, believing that he wanted to seize the family property and the position of family head from them. To this end, they did not hesitate to secretly harm him and spread rumors that were detrimental to him.

But who could easily kill a powerful poison master? Not to mention he has a clever and sharp-witted monkey by his side to help him.

However, Gu Su's wife, Geng Lin, who was easily influenced, listened to a lot of instigation and gradually drifted away from him. The two were always arguing, and their feelings for each other grew weaker and weaker.

Gu Su, fed up with this life, endured it for several years before resolutely divorcing Geng Lin, leaving the Geng family, and starting her own household.

Life is always difficult at the beginning. Gu Su walked the road ahead very steadily, laying a good foundation step by step. So even if there is a new beginning, it will still be much smoother.

Having come from a background of wandering cultivators, he had endured countless hardships along the way and deeply understood the importance of having a powerful background, so he consciously worked to strengthen the Gu family.

He received many offerings and also bought or rescued many orphans and girls from outside, and hired masters to train them from childhood.

They also spent money to hire some guards and attendants, which made up for their lack of combat strength.

That wasn't enough. To ensure the continuation of the "Gu" surname, it was essential to have more descendants. So Gu Su took wives and concubines, making a total of nine people.

The Gu family's development went very smoothly, and within a few years, a new member was added to the family.

However, the more successful Gu Su became, the more painful it was for his ex-wife Geng Lin, with whom he had divorced.

She was still trapped in her relationship and couldn't get out, but he suddenly had a bunch of beautiful wives and concubines.

After the divorce, when others mentioned Gu Su to her, their tone was full of hidden meaning, and the mockery and ridicule in their eyes felt like a slap in the face.

Look, your Geng family doesn't want such a talented young man? Are you blind?
Now look what's happened! They've started their own business, and in a few years they'll surpass your Geng family. How about it, are you regretting it now?

Geng Lin was unwilling to admit her mistakes, and only resented Gu Su for not remembering their past relationship. Her hatred for him grew day by day.

"Wait, could it be that the strange behavior of that Hun Tian Monkey is related to the Geng family?" Meng Ling asked, sensing something amiss.

Gu Qingxiu nodded, "That's right. Geng Lin later found a Daoist partner under her father's arrangement and had children."

Geng Lin has started a new life, but she still can't let go of Gu Su. One reason is that she can't forget her old love, and the other is that she is unwilling to accept the situation.

Her second husband was extremely violent and would beat and scold her at the slightest provocation. Whenever he did, she would mention Gu Su and compare herself to him.

She was resentful. Why was Gu Su's life getting better and better, while she had ended up like this? She was the one who had taken a liking to him back then, and he only got to where he was today because of the Geng family's influence!
Geng Lin lived a life of immense sorrow, pouring out all her pain to her children. From a young age, her children were instilled with hatred, and they glared angrily at the Gu family and Gu Su, regarding them as enemies.

Whenever they saw the Gu family, they would provoke and verbally abuse them, acting as if they were doing them a favor. The Gu family felt utterly bewildered and, naturally, would not suffer in silence, but would choose to retaliate.

This led to the growing enmity between the Gu and Geng families, eventually escalating to the point where both sides were plotting against each other.

Thus began a blood feud.

Years later, Gu Su became an even more powerful poison master. After he became rich and powerful, he did not mistreat Hunyuan Monkey. He would feed it any good things he had, and treated it with even more care than he would his own children.

Once, while out collecting herbs, Hunyuan Monkey accidentally ate an extremely rare spiritual herb and nearly died from poisoning. However, after surviving, he became immune to all poisons and even his lifespan was greatly extended.

Not only that, the Hunyuan Monkey can also identify and detoxify poisons. If the Gu family has a prescription they are unsure about and put it in front of it, it can even guide them to complete it!

That is why it was regarded as a sacred beast by the Gu family, and everyone had to treat it with the utmost respect, as if it were an elder, and there were even people to serve and take care of it.

Many years have passed, and both Geng Lin and Gu Su have died one after another after their lifespans have run out, but the feud between the two families continues and has never stopped.

The Gu family's poison-making skills were terrifying, but the Geng family's descendants produced several exceptionally talented geniuses. The two sides reached a strange balance of power, and neither could destroy the other.

But both sides have done their fair share of backstabbing, sabotaging, and undermining each other.

Everything else is fine, and even if we suffer losses, they are all within our tolerance range, mainly in terms of manpower or crystals.

Until this time...

Hunyuan Monkey, something's happened!