After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband

Chapter 1193 - 23: Journey to the Southern Border (Part 12)

The voice of the Holy Daughter lingered in the great hall.Almost everyone was speechless, unsure of how to retort.

Chu Shun frowned and looked at the Holy Daughter, saying, "Does the Holy Daughter know the predecessor was wrong, yet still wish to emulate her?"

The Holy Daughter’s face stiffened.

Chu Shun continued, "She broke her promise and gave up the position of Holy Daughter, do you wish to follow her example and relinquish the title too?"

In terms of brazenness, apart from the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion, Chu Shun and his people feared no one.

To break promises with him was to underestimate him!

The Holy Daughter was so furious she wished to kill, but had no words to retort.

The Seventh Elder looked at the Holy Daughter and said, "Why should the Holy Daughter stoop to their level?"

"It’s just about removing the Unity Gu, there’s no harm in telling them."

The Holy Daughter’s gaze was unfriendly even towards the Seventh Elder.

If not for his urgency to save his grandson and exposing the matter of the Holy Gu, how would she be subjected to such interrogation?!

Did he think revealing the method to remove the Unity Gu was an easy matter?!

She had pondered this for nearly twenty years and hadn’t managed it?!

Don’t they want to know?!

Then tell them!

The Holy Daughter gave a cold smile and said, "I don’t want to tell you the method to remove the Unity Gu, because I don’t want to waste a life over a few words."

"Since you are so eager to know, I will tell you."

Chu Shun and Qin Hanhan exchanged a glance.

Why would removing the Unity Gu cost a small life?

The Holy Daughter’s voice spread, "One party inflicted with the Unity Gu must personally stab a knife into the other’s chest, this is the only method to remove the Unity Gu."

Chu Shun’s face changed.

Is this a solution?

This is to take his life!

The ones inflicted with the Unity Gu are Su Jin and Xie Jingchen, neither can die.

He worked hard to come to the Southern Border, and this was the message he would bring back to the Emperor?

He would rather return with no success than reveal this method of removing the Gu.

Moreover, Chu Shun suspected the Holy Daughter was deceiving them.

But no matter how he suspected, he couldn’t find evidence, as only the Holy Daughter knew how some Gu insects were raised and their detoxification methods, not even the elders of Wangu Mountain were exceptions.

Looking at the Holy Daughter, Chu Shun’s eyes moved slightly.

Finding the Gu Raising Skill and taking a look himself, wouldn’t that solve it?

He was indeed too clever.

Then—

They were driven down the mountain by Wangu Mountain.

Chu Shun, "..."

They weren’t even given the chance to stay.

Because with Qin Hanhan present, the Holy Gu would become agitated and harm the Holy Daughter.

Lingering without leaving almost got them thrown off the mountain.

Chu Shun unwillingly descended the mountain, contemplating the chances of sneaking back in.

Wangu Mountain was full of Gu insects, without Qin Hanhan, even multiple lives wouldn’t suffice to break through.

But in the end, he still got his wish.

Because the Holy Daughter never truly intended to let them leave the mountain.

Halfway down, the Holy Daughter’s people knocked them unconscious, bound them in sacks, and brought them back.

When Chu Shun awakened, the Holy Daughter had cut Qin Hanhan’s wrist.

Blood dripped continuously.

Chu Shun was bound hand and foot, with a gag stuffed in his mouth.

He had never been so humiliated in his life, wanting to save Qin Hanhan but was helpless.

The Holy Daughter collected a teacup of blood, with Qin Hanhan, pale and exhausted, collapsing beside Chu Shun.

"Keep a close watch on them."

After giving the order, the Holy Daughter left with the teacup.

Returning to her room, the Holy Daughter retrieved a thick book from a hidden compartment and poured the blood onto it.

This book was the Gu Raising Skill of Wangu Mountain.

Left by the predecessor and the Holy Gu together.

The book’s material was extraordinary, impervious to blades and fire, only the blood of the Holy Daughter could reveal its words.

Despite succeeding as the Holy Daughter for over a decade, she hadn’t been able to glance at the Gu Raising Skill.

Though she was the Holy Daughter, because her Gu raising skills were mediocre, she couldn’t impress the nine elders, and her prestige was far below the previous Holy Daughters.

She knew she couldn’t read the Gu Raising Skill because the Holy Gu did not approve her.

In the cell, seeing Qin Hanhan, she thought of using her.

Otherwise, how could she, the dignified Holy Daughter, recklessly treat the Holy Gu just to verify if Qin Hanhan was the illegitimate child of the previous Holy Daughter?

Regardless of whether she was, falling into the hands of the Holy Gu Mountain, killing them would be as easy as turning her palm.

As the blood fell on the book, the Holy Daughter casually flipped through it, and indeed there were words.

She was overjoyed.

Suddenly a voice came by her ear, "Great Elder."

The Holy Daughter whirled around.

A black shadow flashed before her; as she turned, the Gu Raising Skill disappeared.

Chu Shun held the Gu Raising Skill, casually flipping through it.

Unfortunately—

The words recognized him.

He didn’t recognize the words.

The Holy Daughter’s face turned icy as frost.

She didn’t know how Chu Shun broke free from the ropes, but how could the Gu Raising Skill fall into his hands?!

The Holy Daughter moved to snatch it.

Hmm, while she was a master of raising Gu, her martial arts were far from being a match for Chu Shun.

Gu insects surged from all directions, and Chu Shun ran with the Gu Raising Skill.

They pretended to let them go down the mountain only to secretly capture them back, even drawing blood, clearly engaging in disgraceful acts.

The more audacious they acted in broad daylight, the more cautious the Holy Daughter had to be.

To make it more chaotic, Chu Shun overturned the lamps, causing a fire in the Holy Daughter’s chambers, dispersing the Gu insects.

The Holy Daughter’s hall was on fire, an extremely serious matter, elders rushed in to see the Gu Raising Skill of Wangu Mountain in Chu Shun’s hands.

The Great Elder gritted his teeth, "We gave you a chance to leave the mountain, yet you returned to steal Wangu Mountain’s sacred artifact!"

Chu Shun, "..."

Could you refrain from speaking so rashly?

Could you use your brains at least a little?

Chu Shun was exhausted.

He hid behind the Seventh Elder, forcing the others to halt.

Chu Shun said, "It wasn’t us who returned, your Holy Daughter broke her word, released us, then captured us back!"

"She extracted my wife’s blood for your so-called sacred artifact, shouldn’t I then take your sacred artifact?"

Chu Shun spoke with justified confidence.

But what seemed a light matter he spoke of raised uproar as if a boulder was thrown into the lake.

This shock went beyond their surprise at the Holy Gu favoring Qin Hanhan.

They knew how the book was supposed to be used, yet the Holy Daughter used Qin Hanhan’s blood...

And her Gu skills were not much more advanced than theirs as elders.

The Great Elder’s face darkened, "After all these years, has the Holy Daughter not opened the Gu Raising Skill?"

"Do you believe him or me?!" The Holy Daughter replied with a question.

Chu Shun opened the Gu Raising Skill, saying, "If blood is needed to open this book, I must ask the Holy Daughter, where is your wound?"

The Holy Daughter clenched her teeth.

"If you claim it’s internal bleeding, I have no words," Chu Shun said.

"Wait a few days, bleed again, and see if the book shows words."

The Holy Daughter’s gaze was cold enough to freeze someone to death.

Her demeanor thereby confirmed Chu Shun’s words were not groundless.

All nine elders were stunned.

They had thought the Holy Daughter’s average Gu skills were due to lack of talent, but as long as she was loyal to Wangu Mountain, she’d be far better than the predecessor, minor flaws could be overlooked, not realizing she hadn’t read the Gu Raising Skill at all.

The Holy Gu rejected her, the Gu Raising Skill remained unopened.

Could she really be their Holy Daughter?

They had been kept in the dark for twenty years!