Chapter 4

Chapter 4

A Hundred Years Later, I Will Leave Him

Jiujiu never expected… that things would develop to this point.

Because she really didn’t expect this human to make such a… request?

At first, she really just wanted to tease this seemingly kind-hearted…’young master’?

Unknowingly, she had lived with him for four years.

Of course, for a Great Demon with a specific title like Jiujiu, four years was nothing.

However, during these four years…

The days and nights spent with Gu Jiangming made her feel a long-lost ease.

He would make tea for her.

When the tea got cold, he would refill it for her.

He would give her hairpins.

Even though she didn’t like hairpins very much, she was still happy to receive a gift prepared with care.

Although she was ostensibly a ‘servant’, this human never seemed to really treat her as one, ordering her to do anything.

Unfortunately, demons could never be with humans.

Jiujiu had witnessed everything her mother went through. She refused to repeat the same mistakes and didn’t believe in the outcome of this impulsive decision.

【You are about to reject his request.】

【But after all the time spent together, you have developed a certain dependence on him, and your rejection failed.】

【You ultimately accepted by default.】

【However, you still believe that this is not love, it’s just your way of teasing him.】

【Anyway, he can only live for a hundred years at most.】

【You think so.】

【A hundred years later, I will leave him.】

Jiujiu looked at the last line and thought about it. It seemed there was nothing wrong with it.

Humans were humans.

He wouldn’t live long, he would die in a hundred years at most.

But she was a demon.

Playing with him wouldn’t affect anything.

【You got married.】

【On the wedding day, he sincerely confessed to you that he was not an ordinary person.】

Jiujiu suddenly felt a little nervous looking at this text.

【He recounted the ins and outs of the matter in detail.】

【This time, coming to Guanzhong was to find your father, Gu Changqing. It might be a life-or-death pursuit.】

【Gu Jiangming gave you the jade bracelet left by his mother. He said it was a gift his mother wanted to leave for his daughter-in-law.】

【For some reason, you were slightly touched.】

【When you took the jade bracelet, you seemed to not want this relationship to be as frivolous as the teasing you mentioned.】

【You asked him.】

【”If… if I marry you, one day, I mean one day, a group of sanctimonious people who flaunt justice come to the door and ask you to do something that betrays me, will you do it?”】

【He didn’t understand the deeper meaning of your words, nor could he understand the meaning behind them.】

【He just said calmly: “I won’t let anyone hurt my wife.”】

【”If someone dares to come to the door, they’ll have to ask my sword first.”】

【The thirty-sixth year of the Tianming calendar, this was the first year after your marriage, and he took care of you as meticulously as ever.】

【But after you got married, you secretly cast a spell so that although you shared a bed, you couldn’t consummate the marriage. This was because you hadn’t learned how to completely control the demonic power in your body and prevent it from wandering freely.】

【As a powerful demon with abundant magic power, a mortal body couldn’t withstand your immense demonic power.】

【You were not yet like your mother, a Great Demon who could easily mobilize magic power. Moreover, you were still afraid of that happening again.】

【And he didn’t know about this.】

At this moment, Gu Jiangming was still immersed in the joy of successfully marrying a wife. After so many reincarnations, Gu Jiangming actually had opportunities to marry before.

But he had strict requirements for the character portraits.

Although Jiujiu came from a beggar background, under his meticulous care, her heavenly beauty was gradually unearthed by him.

Every day, Gu Jiangming prepared all kinds of beautiful clothes for his wife, like skins in a game, constantly changing them for her.

However, as the days went by, time became increasingly urgent.

Gu Jiangming decided to teach Jiu’er all of his family’s sword techniques and internal cultivation methods.

Regarding the matter of finding his father, Gu Jiangming definitely had an accurate judgment. And after his death, whether Jiujiu, a girl, could take care of herself was something Gu Jiangming was very worried about.

Not only sword techniques and mental cultivation methods, Gu Jiangming also wanted to leave some of the Gu family’s property to her.

【You taught Jiujiu all the sword techniques of Heaven and Earth Concealing and the Gu family’s mental cultivation method “Facing the Heavenly Palace”.】

【To your surprise, her martial arts talent was extremely high, and she understood almost everything you taught her instantly.】

【In just one year, she learned almost everything you taught her.】

?

Gu Jiangming’s eyes widened.

Was he the swordsmanship genius, or was Jiujiu the swordsmanship genius?

It took him eighteen years to surpass Gu Changqing, his father in this reincarnation, and become the new generation of Sword God in Northern Wei.

And the wife he picked up casually surpassed him in one year?

Who was the genius after all?

However, this was good too. With the martial arts she had learned now, no one should be able to bully her.

Gu Jiangming clicked on the main quest on the screen and started to continue investigating the truth of the Du Clan’s extermination.

【In the thirty-eighth year of the Tianming calendar, you bid farewell to Jiujiu in your Guanzhong residence and set off to investigate the truth of the Du Clan’s extermination.】

【You left your house.】

Jiujiu looked at this fool who bid farewell and was about to leave.

Staring at the two options given on the screen.

【1: Follow Gu Jiangming.】

【2: Leave him alone.】

On a whim, Jiujiu chose to follow Gu Jiangming.

This human, at least had to accompany her for a hundred years before she would allow him to die.

Thinking of this foolish human, afraid that she would be bullied, teaching her his family’s martial arts, and telling her to be tough and not let anyone take advantage of her easily, Jiujiu felt it was somewhat funny.

But as she laughed, Jiujiu felt a little reluctant.

Because she could feel that this guy seemed to be going to seek death, and he might not come back this time.

Follow him, and if there was any danger, take him and run away together.

【In the same year, several tragic cases similar to the Du Clan’s extermination suddenly occurred in Northern Wei. For a time, the entire Northern Wei was in a state of panic.】

【Gu Jiangming followed these traces bit by bit, and along the way, he also met many friends in the Jianghu.】

【In the thirty-ninth year of the Tianming calendar, the Wang Clan of Yongliang was exterminated. Like the Du Clan, they died in the same way in their own territory. Only the second young miss of the Wang family, who was studying martial arts outside, survived.】

【Upon learning the news that her entire family had been slaughtered, the second young miss of the Wang family rushed home in a hurry.】

【Gu Jiangming took the initiative to approach her.】

【”I am Gu Jiangming, the son of Gu Changqing, the Sword God and inheritor of the Northern Wei Gu Family Sword School.” You cupped your hands and introduced yourself to her, “My father went missing while investigating the Du Clan extermination case.”】

【”Over the years, I have been traveling around, also investigating this matter. Your family has suffered this disaster, and I suspect that it was caused by a demon, and it is the same demon that exterminated the Du Clan.”】

【Gu Jiangming said with great certainty: “Besides this, I can’t think of any other possibility. May I ask if your Wang family has offended anyone?”】

【The second young miss of the Wang family, whose real name was Wang Qinghe, was immersed in grief and couldn’t forget it.】

【After the Wang family was exterminated, people dispersed and the tea grew cold. Most of the prominent families who had been friends with them before disappeared.】

【She said resentfully: “Prove that you are a descendant of the Gu family first, don’t be another conman coming here to swindle and deceive.”】

【You didn’t say much, took out the long sword from your waist, and displayed the Heaven and Earth Concealing sword technique. Seeing the continuous sword shadows, Wang Qinghe finally believed your identity.】

【”Where is Listening to the Water Pavilion? Without your family’s heirloom sword, Heaven and Earth Concealing cannot exert its full power.”】

【”I left that sword to my wife.” You said, and at this moment, you suddenly remembered your father, Gu Changqing, who left home.】

【Perhaps, when Gu Changqing left, he had already thought… that this was a departure with no return.】

【That sword was the final farewell.】

【Wang Qinghe sneered, “This matter is dangerous, you’re not really kind enough to help me, are you?”】

【”I’m doing this to find my father.” Gu Jiangming said simply and directly.】

【She paused for a few seconds and said, “I’ll believe you for now, but my Wang family has always been kind to others, so revenge is unlikely.”】

【”If you want to find clues, I’m afraid you can only start looking elsewhere.”】

【Gu Jiangming fell into deep thought, “Is there any relationship between the Du Clan of Guanzhong and your Wang family?”】

【”No, Guanzhong is Guanzhong, Yongliang is Yongliang. What connection could there be between the prominent families of Guanzhong and Yongliang? Our biggest similarity is probably that we are both well-known martial arts families in Northern Wei.” Wang Qinghe said, “Wang Clan’s saber, Du Clan’s throwing darts, Yue Clan’s spear, Gu Clan’s sword…”】

【When Wang Qinghe said this, Gu Jiangming suddenly realized that among the eight great families of Northern Wei martial arts, the Wang Clan’s saber and the Du Clan’s throwing darts had both been exterminated.】

【Why would a demon exterminate these people?】

【Suddenly, Gu Jiangming’s expression changed slightly, “Perhaps it’s looking for the masters of Northern Wei martial arts.”】

【”Wang Clan, Du Clan, my father is a master of the Gu Clan. He disappeared, and it’s very likely that he is also dead.”】

【”Your Wang Clan was exterminated, the Du Clan was exterminated, and my father is missing. As long as we find the other families, we might even encounter that guy.”】

【You voiced this possibility.】

【Wang Clan’s saber, Du Clan’s throwing darts, Yue Clan’s spear, Gu Clan’s sword, Song Clan’s halberd, Huo Clan’s fist, Li Clan’s whip, Zhang Clan’s staff.】

【You said the names of the eight great families of Northern Wei one by one.】

【Throughout this year, you traveled between these families.】

【But that demon seemed to have quieted down and hadn’t appeared for a long time.】

【In the forty-first year of the Tianming calendar, the Yue family of Kaifeng was also exterminated. However, when you arrived at the scene, it was too late.】

【Only one old man survived from the entire Yue family. He had been completely frightened out of his mind and could only repeat one sentence, “This saber technique, such good saber technique.”】

【”This sword technique, such good sword technique.”】

【”Hahahaha—”】

【When he saw Gu Jiangming, his face was filled with terror.】

【”You—aren’t you on him?”】

【”He’s here, he’s here again—”】

【The clue was cut off once again.】

【You and Wang Qinghe were both in low spirits. After a night of heavy drinking, Wang Qinghe got drunk.】

【You carried her to bed and pondered the words of the old man from the Yue family.】

【”It’s too dangerous to continue searching like this, Gu Jiangming… you should take care of yourself.”】

【Wang Qinghe murmured in bed, her eyes unable to hide the worry in her heart. She said to you, “There are some things that we can’t continue to delve into.”】

【After years of chasing the murderer together, Wang Qinghe already regarded you as her best confidant. The sense of security brought by your presence made her cherish you, this friend, immensely.】

【She seemed to know something, so she kept trying to prevent you from encountering danger.】

【Therefore, all along the way, she had been persuading you not to continue desperately seeking the truth, and to stop when it was time to stop.】

【Wang Qinghe’s eyes flickered with a faint tenderness, and with the ‘drunkenness’ surging in her heart, she said, “Do I still have a chance?”】

【You silently tidied up the room and said calmly, “My wife is still waiting for me at home, Miss Wang, you’re drunk… just have a good rest tonight.”】

【With that, you jumped onto the roof and looked into the distance.】

【Looking at the dazzling and brightly lit river, you suddenly missed her a little.】

【When I miss you, if you also miss me, how wonderful that would be.】

【You picked up the wine gourd from your waist and drank with your head raised.】

Seeing this line…

Jiujiu was lost in thought for a moment.

【In the forty-second year of the Tianming calendar, after the extermination of the Yue family, the other members of the eight great families of Northern Wei finally realized something was wrong, feeling that this was a premeditated attack. After contacting each other through letters, they decided to gather in one place and invited Gu Jiangming, the inheritor of the Gu Clan, and Wang Qinghe, the only survivor of the Wang family, to join them.】

【In May of the forty-second year of the Tianming calendar, they decided to meet together in the suburbs of the Northern Wei capital.】

【At the foot of the capital, there was the aura of the emperor. Even if it might be the work of a demon, it would have to give way here. This seemed to be the last safe place for them.】

————–

Please rate and review this novel on NU.

If you like the translation, please consider buying me a coffee on Ko-fi.