There was a courtyard that was situated right at the outskirts of the Imperial City, sitting in the midst of the dense forest which completely covered the sky and the sun, but at this moment, it was slowly revealing itself in front of Gu Ruoyun's eyes under the lead of Elder Yu.
"I have never thought that such a place would exist in the Hundred Herb Hall." Gu Ruoyun smiled faintly, "This place seems to be quite suitable for me to grow and mature in secret. Until my feathers are fully grown, I do not want anybody to know about my power at the moment."
Letting out a slight smile, Elder Yu turned and looked at Gu Ruoyun. "This is the place where the young master used to have his training. The exterior is surrounded by the Five-Element Eight Trigram Formation. Unless there is a guide who leads the way, nobody else could ever come to this place. When the young master heard that you would like to train and cultivate your power, he asked me to show you this place, Lady Gu."
Dongfang Shaoze?
Stunned in astonishment, Gu Ruoyun knitted her willow-shaped eyebrows together and asked, "Actually, what is the relationship between your young master and my parents? Why does he keep helping me interminably?
"I am afraid I cannot tell you now, please forgive me. When the right moment comes for you to know the truth, the young master will surely explain everything to you without a doubt. It is just that, sometimes, knowing too much would bring more harm than good. The young master merely wishes for your wellness from the bottom of his heart."
These days, the current Dongfang family was no longer the same as they used to be. Even the young master himself was in deep distress and extreme misery right now. In such moment, how could the young master have the heart to drag her down along with him too?
Especially now that her strength was still not powerful enough...
Seeing as how Elder Yu refused to say another word, Gu Ruoyun stopped her queries. She calmly collected her thoughts and finally said, "Let's go, bring me to those people whom you have handpicked for me."
…
Inside the courtyard, the moment Gu Ruoyun entered the entrance, she could feel innumerable gazes with sharp vigilance directed towards her. Without uttering a single word, she unhurriedly took in the sight of all the people in the courtyard.
Without a doubt, all of these people who were handpicked by Elder Yu possessed great bodies with high potential, which definitely made them geniuses in cultivating. However, they all seem to have experienced some sort of hardship and trauma that showed in their eyes. Their eyes were not as bright and innocent as other commoners, but instead, they carried a sense merciless and ferocious kind of aura in them.
And this was exactly what she was looking for.
"Perhaps from the very start, Elder Yu has told all of you about the purpose of you being here but I am sure that it has never crossed your mind that the person who requested for all of you was a young little girl like me." Gu Ruoyun let out a faint slight smile, a smile so bright that it was not to be ignored. "Perhaps none of you would be willing to submit, thinking that such a young little girl like me should not be giving orders to any of you. But let me tell you just one thing, if you really want to change your destiny and turn the tables around on the ruffians who have been bullying you, as well as obtaining the highest absolute power in this world, then you will have to listen and obey to every command of mine!"
Undoubtedly, Gu Ruoyun had noticed the unwillingness from the eyes of this group of people from the very start.
Even though they have sunken to the current state that they were in due to certain matters that they did, it did not mean that they would be willing to submit and obey to a mere little girl who was not even in her twenties yet.
"Hurmph! Since you have such big words, why don't you show us your power and impress us instead?"
At this moment, a taunting sneer could be heard loudly.
Following the source of the voice, Gu Ruoyun's gaze rested upon a shabbily dressed young man in green. Faintly letting out a smile, she asked, "What's your name?"
"Xun Feng."
With his head high up in the air in an arrogant manner, he replied coldly.
"Not bad." Gu Ruoyun glanced at Xun Feng and nodded her head slightly, "You have your arrogance and your temper seems to be quite splendid too. Over here, I will not suppress your attitude. None of you would have to worry or restrain yourself too much. As for my power that you asked of, I will show you my real strength if you manage to pass my test. How about that? I wonder whether you have the guts to try it then?"
After all, there were certain things that she could only show at ease when they had become her followers through and through.
"Sure!" Xun Feng let out a scoff and said, "My life was rescued by Elder Yu, what is wrong if it is just one tryout? I hope you will not disappoint me then!"
Having heard his words, Gu Ruoyun merely let out a smile, "There are over a hundred of you right here, I will not take in all of you guys. Later, I will let all of you battle it out at Spiritual Beast Mountains. No spiritual energy is allowed during the battle, only hand-to-hand combat is permissible. During the course, you can choose to flee or escape. However, once you have escaped, I will no longer use you. Those who finally stay behind and survive will become the ultimate peerless powerful person in this world. The time duration is one month. Do you have any objections?"
Lightly lifting up her head, the delicate features of this young girl was filled with a soft and mild shine.
Dazed in a trance, all of the men no longer looked at the adolescent in front of them as a mere little girl of just fourteen or fifteen of age. It was as if she was a domineer over all the others, with her supremacy aura exuding relentlessly.
"Well, since it is just a mere one month, I am going for it."
Xun Feng swept his eyes over Gu Ruoyun. Frankly, he was willing to pledge his loyalty and allegiance to someone much senior compared to him, but then again, this was just a mere little girl who was barely twenty.
"Alright, such being the case, let's go then, Elder Yu."
Sweeping her eyes over all of the people that were behind her, she let out a faint smile and said, "I will come back to see the results in one month. I hope you guys will not disappoint me."
...
"What did you just say?"
In the Gu household, General Gu pounded the table hard and jumped to his feet, his face turned livid with rage. "Gu Ruoyun refused to come back home with you?"
"It is all this tramp's fault!" Second Master Gu glared fiercely at the Second Madam as he spoke, "If it was not for the things that she had said, my niece would not have acted so merciless towards us. I could see that she still harbors some feelings towards the Gu family and still has the inclination of coming back home. However, it was all because of this whore who hurled insults at my niece's parents right in front of her face! Which daughter could stand and pocket that kind of insult?"
Bam!
The table was pounded by General Gu so hard that it split into two halves. Gnashing his teeth in anger, he lashed out, "Who was the one who asked you to take in such a foolish woman as a wife? How could you even make that kind of mistake? If we were not able to hand Gu Ruoyun up, the Dongfang young master will never let the matter go just like that. I want you to annul your marriage with this foolish woman right now!"
"Yes, father!"
Listening to the exchange of words between the father and the son, the Second Madam fell and toppled to the ground and started to yell out loud in a frenzied manner all of a sudden.
"No! You cannot treat me this way! You cannot annul our marriage! Ling Xi will definitely come to hate all of you when he comes back!"
At this moment, she knew that Ling Xi was her only hope, the only leverage that she could use to secure her position in the Gu family...
Sure enough, General Gu became tongue-tied when he heard of this. After a long moment of silence, he finally went on speaking, "Alright, for the sake of Ling Xi, I will let you remain at Gu Family for the time being. However! You are no longer permitted to step outside of the Gu family's compound anymore. Not even half a step! If you do, you will be punished and disciplined! Do you understand?"
The Second Madam dropped down and slumped sluggishly, sweat was dripping down from her forehead. Right now, she looked entirely wretched in a sorry state.
The hatred in her heart had now reached a profound stage. What would not she have done to shred and rip Gu Ruoyun into thousands of pieces right now!
It was all because of her! It was all her fault that I am now being reduced to the outcast wife.
As expected, she and her wanton mother were exactly the same and not of any good at all! No, wait! She was even worse than her wanton mother! How dare she became so treacherous and traitorous, with not even the slightest sense of respect for the Gu family. Even her own mother would not dare to be so defiant and supercilious.
"Gu Ruoyun, I should have strangled you little malicious girl to death when I had the chance to so that you would have had no chance to cause any damage at all in the first place. But do not worry, just you wait and see! It will be your death sentence when my son comes back, you little whore!"
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