Transcending Heavens: Starting with the Ancient Tomb Sect

Two men.

A pot of wine, a story.

In the story of wine, a middle-aged man's defenses are broken down, and he completely collapses.

The pain that seeped into his bones was even more unbearable than when Gongsun Zhi's family's secret martial art of sealing acupoints was broken.

A middle-aged man under immense pressure can often break down in an instant.

At this moment, Yue Que transformed into the Great Sage Huang Feng, becoming a good friend to Gongsun Zhi in his words.

He didn't say anything, he just poured wine glass after glass and gave it to the other person to drink.

Even without Yue Que's prompting, Gongsun Zhi gradually began to tell this seemingly beautiful yet frustrating love story.

This is a story that is somewhat different from Qiu Qianchi's.

If Qiu Qianchi's version is a story of meeting the wrong person, then Gongsun Zhi's version is also a story of meeting the wrong person.

"..."

Yue Que didn't speak, only occasionally uttering words of agreement, just like a brother who was drinking with him to ease his mind.

But deep down, he also felt a sense of pity for Gongsun Zhi.

This is not exactly the same as my experience when I went to the ancient tomb, but it's not much different either.

Who could have imagined that the person they envisioned would be like that?

The difference is that even though Yue Que lost a game, he used all his skills and talent to turn the tide and even brought his aunt into the game. Now he can at least make his moves safely.

But Gongsun Zhi was different.

He was more naive than me, less talented, and when he fell into depravity, he became even less human, a complete hypocrite.

Come to think of it, a young man who has never left the valley suddenly encounters a female knight-errant who descends from the sky. She has a good figure, is beautiful, has an extraordinary temperament, is knowledgeable, and has seen the world.

Moreover, she seems to be a gentle and caring older sister.

Even childhood sweethearts can't withstand such a stroke of good fortune.

It's truly like searching for her a thousand times in the crowd, only to find her suddenly when you turn around, deep within the flowers of love.

The Gongsun family had always lived in seclusion and owned the Valley of Heartbreak, making them quite wealthy. However, Qiu Qianchi married into the Gongsun family.

Then...then Gongsun Zhi experienced what it meant to be a "rouge tiger".

Moreover, Qiu Qianchi is capable of killing a tiger.

Gongsun Zhi always believed that he was Qiu Qianchi's husband, not her son.

Gongsun Zhi couldn't win in reasoning, martial arts, knowledge, or talent... even his family's martial arts skills relied on Qiu Qianchi's intelligence to compensate. He was like a swallow in Qiu Qianchi's palm, to be played with however Qiu Qianchi wanted.

That thing was like soft clay, and Qiu Qianchi could shape it however she wanted.

This is a complete and comprehensive suppression. If we were to describe it in terms of data graphics, it would be like Qiu Qianchi's hexagon completely surrounding Gongsun Zhi's data.

hiss--

Upon hearing this, Yue Que couldn't help but gasp.

That suffocating pressure hit me hard.

Even inside the ancient tomb, Yue Que did not experience this kind of continuous, wave-like pressure.

Judging from the reactions of the other disciples of the Valley of Heartbreak, it seems that these lower-ranking disciples don't think there's anything wrong with Qiu Qianchi being in charge of the Valley. For everyone's happiness, they have no choice but to wrong the Valley Master, Gongsun Zhi.

This is likely why, in the original story, no one stopped Gongsun Zhi from being expelled from the Valley of Heartbreak.

The worst thing is comparison. After this comparison, Yue Que actually felt that he was quite happy.

After all, what Xiaolongnu wanted was a man who was willing to die for her and stay with her in the Ancient Tomb forever.

Thinking of this, Yue Que couldn't help but pat Gongsun Zhi on the shoulder, offering some comfort to this frustrated middle-aged man.

for a long time.

After recounting that tormenting story that still haunted Gongsun Zhi, the middle-aged man gave a bitter laugh and suddenly asked, "Young Master Yue, what about you?"

"……Um?"

Yue Que, regaining his senses, was quite surprised.

"I can see that Xiaolongnu and Li Mochou have the shadow of Qiu Qianchi in them." Gongsun Zhi was experienced in that kind of decisive and ruthless methods, and he spoke in the tone of someone who had been there before.

At this moment, Gongsun Zhi's clever mind took over, replaying his previous observations and experiences in his mind. He looked up at Yue Que sitting to the side, his eyes revealing pity and admiration.

It turns out that Yue Que is just like me.

There is only one of my own, but there are at least two Yue Que.

"Young Master Yue, you mustn't lose."

"If you lose, you might be in a worse situation than me," Gongsun Zhi thought to himself.

"..." Yue Que rolled his eyes upon hearing this, and said seriously, "I'm better than you, I'll win."

"ha!"

Gongsun Zhi chuckled upon hearing this. After venting his pent-up frustrations, even though his cultivation had been disrupted, he seemed much more energetic and his sickly appearance had lessened.

Fan Yiweng, the eldest disciple of Yue Que, also known as Gongsun Zhi, brought a pot of wine.

……

When Yue Que walked out of the woodshed, the moon was already high in the sky.

Upon arriving at the Love Flower in the valley, Yue Que met his senior martial uncle, Li Mochou.

She stood to the side, holding a whisk, quietly observing the so-called highly poisonous love flower, looking at it with utmost care and attention.

Upon hearing Yue Que's footsteps, Fairy Chi Lian suddenly spoke up, saying, "This Iron Palm Lotus is indeed powerful."

"If her limbs hadn't been crippled, I might not have been her match in a head-on fight back."

"This Qiu Qianchi is the person you mentioned back then, my junior brother, but you didn't say anything about her, right?"

Li Mochou refers to the example Yue Que used when creating his skill, an example he had hesitated to give at the time. And this person, in the eyes of the Crimson Serpent Fairy, is now the Iron Palm Lotus.

Not to mention the jujube pit nails she painstakingly pierced in the underground cave, her internal strength was pure and profound, and even the Gongsun family's traditional martial arts were completed by Qiu Qianchi for Gongsun Zhi.

Even the dignified Red Serpent Fairy had to admit that the Iron Palm Lotus was indeed outstanding when facing Qiu Qianchi.

The last person Li Mochou could acknowledge as outstanding was Huang Rong, the female strategist who had used the term "elder sister" to subtly criticize her.

Moreover, Li Mochou was ashamed of her own inferiority to these two women in terms of managing the overall situation, because the Red Serpent Fairy did not have this experience. There were only a few people in the Ancient Tomb, and she only gained two more disciples when she went out into the world.

If you let Li Mochou handle it, she'd be completely dumbfounded.

After their exchange, the Crimson Serpent Fairy looked at Qiu Qianchi with a feeling akin to looking in a mirror, but—

"Qiu Qianchi, she's too extreme."

Recalling Qiu Qianchi's anger at Gongsun Zhi's answer during their conversation, she couldn't let go of her resentment towards the deceased maid Rou'er. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she couldn't help but vent her anger during her casual conversation with Fairy Chilian.

These past experiences reached Li Mochou's ears, and even though she had almost wiped out the entire Lu family, she still couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed.

She once fantasized about traveling the world with Lu Zhanyuan. At that time, Lu Zhanyuan was weaker than her, but he wasn't like this.

Love shouldn't be like this.

Qiu Qianchi's coercive methods were so extreme that even Li Mochou, who had wiped out an entire family, found them perverse.

Qiu Qianchi was not only extreme, but also very domineering.

If it weren't for her junior disciple's arrangement, Fairy Chilian felt she wouldn't have been able to speak politely to the other party, and the two would have resorted to violence upon meeting.

Because the two sides have different values.

What is love that makes people willing to die for each other? It's not that it makes people willing to die for each other.

Qiu Qianchi was too extreme.

Junior Sister Xiaolongnu is too extreme.

Since returning to the Ancient Tomb, Li Mochou felt her worldview, shaped by years of experience, was constantly being challenged. This made her wonder if the problem lay with her or with the world.

"……Well!"

Yue Que didn't speak, but simply nodded, indicating his agreement with his senior uncle's opinion.

"Oh, right."

Pulling herself back to reality, Li Mochou asked, "Junior Nephew, what did you say to that Valley Master Gongsun?"

"Hmm!"

Yue Que replied, "A deal was made."

"I gave him courage, and the Valley Master gave me the Valley of Heartbreak." Yue Que briefly stated his gains after transforming into the Yellow Wind Great Sage, and the Ancient Tomb Sect's sphere of influence expanded once again.

Li Mochou: "???"

How did they discuss this? It's such a good deal, she wants to try it too.

The Crimson Serpent Fairy was puzzled, but she still spoke up to the person in the corner, saying, "Junior Sister, you don't need to keep standing there in the cold wind."

"Shouldn't it be the junior sister who stands in the shadows with her senior sister this time, letting her brave the cold wind?"

Little Dragon Girl's white figure slowly emerged from the corner, glanced at Red Serpent Fairy, and then strolled to Yue Que's side.

From the moment Xiaolongnu stepped into the Valley of Heartbreak, she felt her fur begin to flare up without her realizing it. She had a feeling that Yue Que had deliberately found this Valley of Heartbreak, and that the scene between Gongsun Zhi and his wife was something Yue Que wanted her to see.

"..." The Crimson Fairy's face turned crimson.

Yue Que: "..."