Chapter 3

Chapter 3

She… Was Courted by a Human?

And this ghostly thing of unknown origin…

had been with Jiujiu for a long time.

Jiujiu only knew that this ghostly thing was called—【Path of Ascension】.

Its function was to make her return to the past countless times, like reincarnation, watching her parents break apart again and again, watching her mother fall into her arms again and again.

She didn’t like this.

She didn’t want to go back to the past again and again.

However, it was like a nightmare that kept haunting her. If she resisted this reincarnation, her brain would fall into an inexplicable pain.

So, she found a way to find amusement in hardship.

In hundreds of reincarnations, Jiujiu had seen enough of the world’s coldness and warmth. She would tease and play with everyone she met in the reincarnation with a playful and joking attitude.

Through hundreds of reincarnations, Jiujiu had seen many, many people she had met countless times, and their identities never changed.

The wealthy families in Guanzhong, after hundreds of reincarnations, were still the wealthy families in Guanzhong.

However, this person named Gu Jiangming was the first stranger Jiujiu had encountered in hundreds of reincarnations.

But, for a demon like Jiujiu, she wouldn’t take a momentary curiosity to heart. Time would make her forget everyone on her journey.

And that so-called forbidden area in Guanzhong…

Jiujiu had also been there many times, but her knowledge all came from her mother. Her understanding of other demons was also in a vague state.

In previous reincarnations, Jiujiu had also visited the exterminated Du family to investigate the situation. It was an extremely evil aura.

Without deeper clues, she wouldn’t inquire or delve deeper.

After all, for a demon like her, this kind of thing wasn’t important.

To go or not to go depended on whether she wanted to or not.

Seemingly in a good mood, Jiujiu decided to take another look, because today someone from Guanzhong had offered her some tributes.

Even if it was just a few sesame cakes.

【You met a familiar person.】

【He squatted in the dilapidated courtyard with a heavy expression, reaching out his fingers to touch the traces on the ground, as if investigating something.】

【”Why are you here?”】

【He noticed you.】

【And you remembered his name, it seemed to be Gu Jiangming.】

【”Could this be your home?” Gu Jiangming said with a serious expression, “This is not a place where ordinary people can live. You’d better not stay here.”】

【He seemed to have misunderstood, mistakenly thinking that you were really a beggar, a homeless, pitiful beggar wandering the streets, staying in such a sinister place for shelter because you had nowhere to live.】

【”Seven years ago, a strange case happened here. A whole family living here was exterminated. This doesn’t seem like the work of an ordinary martial arts feud.” Gu Jiangming explained to you, “It’s more like the work of an evil demon. It’s very dangerous for you to live here.”】

【A playful thought came to your mind. You wanted to tease this serious man.】

【”I don’t have a home.” You said, “The only places I can live are those where ordinary people don’t dare to live.”】

【”Those ruined temples… there are… many beggars who are stronger and taller than me who have taken them.”】

【”But they won’t let me stay unless I share the food I beg for every day with them.”】

【He fell into thought, then said, “I should be staying in Guanzhong for a long time, and I’ll probably buy a house to live in.”】

【”I happen to need a servant by my side. If you don’t mind, come with me, and I’ll provide you with food.”】

【You wanted to refuse, but in the long years, it was interesting that a somewhat interesting human suddenly appeared.】

【You finally agreed to this matter.】

【You went back to the city with him from outside the city.】

【He bought you a set of servant clothes and didn’t realize you were a girl at first.】

From another perspective, Gu Jiangming was also integrating all the information he had now.

The extermination of the Du Clan, he was basically certain it was the work of an evil demon.

This world really did have demons.

As for the beggar he picked up on the road, Gu Jiangming didn’t have any other thoughts. To put it bluntly, he was just keeping him for fun.

Besides, in the laws of the demon world…

There were three kinds of people you should never offend: beggars, famous prostitutes on flower boats, and ‘Buddha statues’ in temples.

Just consider it as accumulating good fortune for himself.

It was just that Gu Jiangming didn’t expect that the beggar he thought he had picked up was a boy, but now after washing up and changing into a new set of clothes, it was basically confirmed that this was a girl.

However, Gu Jiangming was even happier.

How pleasing to the eye this was.

Looking at this portrait, looking at this appearance, Gu Jiangming felt some release from the pressure of the invisible terror.

It was fake anyway, virtual.

What?

Wouldn’t you even let him have a wife in it?

Moreover, with his current martial arts skills, he probably wouldn’t live for many years to investigate this matter he wanted to investigate.

How could a mortal body resist evil demons?

Under such pressure, it was normal to keep a ‘wife’ to relieve stress.

【In the thirty-second year of the Tianming calendar, you opened a morning tea shop here, selling some breakfast to maintain your current life.】

【After you learned that Jiujiu was a girl, you took good care of her and gave her some rouge, flower rouge, and hairpins every day.】

【As time passed, you told her the whole story of why you came to Guanzhong.】

【You told her that you came to find your missing father, who had disappeared for a long time. Eight years ago, he lost track of him while investigating the extermination of the Du Clan, a prominent family in Guanzhong, Northern Wei.】

【Your father treated you very well, and finding your missing father was very urgent for you.】

【And judging from the situation at the Du family residence, you sighed that this was probably an evil act committed by a great demon, and with your current level of cultivation, further investigation would most likely lead to death.】

【”Then don’t delve into this matter anymore.”】

【She advised you to give up.】

【You just smiled.】

【”Father taught me swordsmanship and taught me the principles of being a human being. How can I hesitate because of danger and evil?”】

【”If you give up when you encounter something you can’t do anything about, then such a life is destined to be a failure.”】

【You lived together for another three years.】

Gu Jiangming felt that his time was almost up, and he had to take action no matter what.

His cultivation had now reached a point where it was completely difficult to make any progress.

Whether it was the sword technique Heaven and Earth Concealing or Facing the Heavenly Palace, both were almost at their maximum level in the current stage.

“This time, the cause of death should be being killed by a demon.”

He thought of how he had inherited Gu Changqing’s disposition before. In this reincarnation, he was deeply affectionate and could only have one romantic interest.

Now there was no other candidate.

Moreover, after living together for so many years, although Jiujiu was a poor person from a beggar background, she was indeed a good girl, and her appearance perfectly matched his aesthetic.

There was no reason not to give it a try.

It was also a way to draw an end to this life of his.

Go for it!

Thinking of this, Gu Jiangming became somewhat nervous.

He was actually quite afraid of being rejected in 【Path of Ascension】. After all, being rejected by an NPC was truly embarrassing.

And when he proposed marriage…

Looking at Jiujiu in the scene in his mind, her expression gradually became abnormal, and her emotions fluctuated for the first time in a long while.

Being… she… was being courted by a human?

What… what was going on?

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