bioinnovel Chapter 169 Do you and Dugu Xun actually have...?
Chapter 169 Do you and Dugu Xun actually have...?
"Cousin, you're out of seclusion!" Jiang Miao said with a smile, sticking close to him.
"Um."
"Now that you have time, why don't you teach me alchemy?" Jiang Miao affectionately hugged Gu Yan's arm, rubbing against her like a cat. She was already 1,500 years old, but she didn't look much older than she had 500 years ago, only about a year or two older, and now she looked about 14 or 15 years old.
"You should consult the imperial physician."
"No, everyone knows that in the entire Lieyang Palace, your alchemy skills are the best, cousin. Even Master Mo Fan said you are better than him," Jiang Miao said reproachfully.
"Next time, I have to go out for a while," Gu Yan said.
"Get out of here. Where are you going?" Jiang Miao asked, following behind Gu Yan.
I won't tell you.
Gu Yan smiled as she spoke, then disappeared in front of Jiang Miao, carrying the Snow Shadow Tiger.
"Cousin? Cousin?"
Jiang Miao searched everywhere but couldn't find Gu Yan. She stomped her feet in frustration. Her cousin was so mean! She liked him so much, and he always disappeared like this.
After shaking off Jiang Miao, Gu Yan originally intended to go find his mother, but he found Jiang Xue, Jiang Yuan, and the others fawning over her. He hid where they couldn't see him, gazing at the scenery, until they all left before going to see his mother.
"daughter."
Gu Yan walked over from the waterway. Jiang Shunhua looked at him and said with a smile, "You've come out of seclusion! Let your mother see you."
Gu Yan walked over, and Jiang Shunhua looked him up and down for a long time before smiling and patting his head: "My son is even more handsome than before."
Gu Yan: "Mother, I am over five hundred years old this year."
"so what?"
"Can I not pat your head?" Gu Yan asked with a stern face.
Jiang Shunhua chuckled, "Alright, alright, I won't touch it anymore, I won't touch its head. Our Yan'er is all grown up now."
Jiang Shunhua smiled and sat down. Gu Yan put down the Snow Shadow Tiger and let it play by itself, while she sat down opposite her mother. A maidservant busied herself serving Gu Yan tea. Jiang Shunhua looked at Gu Yan and smiled, saying, "You're an adult now. Shouldn't you consider marriage? Several of your older cousins want to marry you. Why don't you marry them all?"
"Cough cough... cough cough..."
Gu Yan was so startled that she choked on her tea.
"No, absolutely not, Mother, what nonsense are you talking about? I've already said that I don't talk about personal matters; I only like cultivating." Gu Yan said.
"Sigh," Jiang Shunhua sighed heavily, "If you keep not getting married, the rumors about you and Dugu Xun will spread like wildfire throughout the city."
The entire Jade Wave Continent knew that Emperor Tianyin was in love with King Wushuang. Emperor Tianyin delayed establishing an empress and taking concubines, and King Wushuang also refused to marry. All the beautiful princesses of the Jade Wave Continent were available for King Wushuang to choose from, but he chose none of them.
Gradually, people began to suspect Gu Yan's sexual orientation.
Does the Peerless King prefer men?
This conjecture terrified countless girls who secretly harbored feelings for Gu Yan, but excited many princes and noblemen who tried to seduce her on various occasions, only to be soundly defeated each time. Thus, gossip arose: the Peerless King did indeed like men, but he already had someone in his heart, and his relationship with the Emperor of Tianyin was ambiguous.
They say they're sworn brothers, but heaven knows what kind of brothers they really are.
The rumor has spread so far that it's impossible to suppress. The people of the Tianyang Empire have always been fanatical about Gu Yan, especially the Tianyang royal family, to the point that now even the people of the Tianyang Empire look down on the people of the Tianyin Empire.
You bastards! Your emperor is a scoundrel! How dare he seduce our peerless prince!
Shameless!
Several conflicts even broke out between the people of the two empires over this matter. Only the two people involved did not take it seriously at all.
When the rumors first spread, Jiang Yuan and the others frantically hinted that they would marry their cousin to quell the gossip, and later they made it clear. However, Gu Yan didn't care about the rumors at all, thwarting their schemes.
"Let them talk, I can't be bothered with them." Gu Yan picked up a piece of spiritual fruit cut from the fruit plate and stuffed it into her mouth.
Jiang Shunhua waved away her attendants and asked Gu Yan in a low voice, "It's just the two of us here, mother and daughter. Tell me the truth, did you and Dugu Xun really...?"
Gu Yan: "..."
Gu Yan stared at her mother without saying a word, and when Jiang Shunhua's face started to ache from that gaze, she finally spoke up: "Mother, you're being too harsh."
Jiang Shunhua got her answer and breathed a sigh of relief. She still couldn't accept that her son liked men. It's good that he doesn't, it's good that he doesn't.
"Mother, I'm planning to go for a walk," Gu Yan said.
"Let's go, where are we going?"
"It's just to gain experience," Gu Yan said.
"Where can we gain experience?"
"Cloud Sky Continent," Gu Yan said.
"Yuntian? No, no, that's too dangerous," Jiang Shunhua said.
Gu Yan said, "With my current strength, those old monsters in Yuntian can't stop me. Alright, I'll just let you know I'm leaving."
He laughed as he rose, transforming into a golden rainbow that swept away the playing snowflakes before flying out of the Blazing Sun Palace. Jiang Shunhua shouted loudly:
"You should go, but wait until your grandfather comes out of the pass before you go, Yan'er—"
But Gu Yan had vanished without a trace.
Jiang Shunhua sighed, "A son grows up and is no longer under his mother's control."
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half a month later.
The Cloud Sky Continent is the territory of the demon race, and the entire Cloud Sky Continent is occupied by the demon race.
The demon race has also developed its own civilization on this continent, and there are five great empires here.
Gu Yan, disguised as an ordinary young demon, walked down a street in a city of the Baiyue Empire. Everywhere he looked, there were buildings with a distinctive demonic style. The men and women on the street had all taken human form, but retained some racial characteristics, such as scales on their skin, horns on their heads, and tails.
Of course, there are also people who look exactly like humans. If you don't look closely at their pupils, it's almost impossible to tell the difference in appearance.
Gu Yan stepped into the city's renowned restaurant, Lan Yue Ge.
This pavilion was built on the canopy platform of a huge ancient tree, offering a panoramic view of the city. He chose a private seat by the window and ordered several exquisite dishes made with rare spiritual fruits and flowers, as well as a jar of their signature wine. The wines of this demon race are all very strong, and the signature wine Gu Yan ordered, called "Burning Flames," is a famously potent liquor.
Gu Yan poured himself a bowl and drank it down. Sure enough, the wine made his dantian feel like it was burning. However, for Gu Yan, who was at his current level of cultivation, the burning sensation disappeared after a short while. Instead, he felt a sense of exhilaration and drank bowl after bowl, unconsciously finishing a whole jar.
"Hey buddy, bring me some more wine."
"Okay."
The waiter brought over another jar, and Gu Yan opened the jar and drank another bowl in one gulp.
A voice sounded from one side:
"You have a good capacity for alcohol, Daoist!"