The moment he heard that voice, Gu Qingyang was stunned. Of course he could recognize the owner of this voice.
But it was also for this reason that he was dumbfounded, because he had met the owner of this voice not long ago.
The voice belonged to the old man.
The old man who should have died long ago, but relied on his tyrannical will to hold on for nearly ten years before falling.
Even though Gu Qingyang had used the soul-searching secret method on him, in the final analysis, Gu Qingyang still respected this person extremely.
Even if it was for no other reason than just his will, Gu Qingyang would respect this person. Because this person's will is very special.
He practiced Buddhism for two lifetimes and met many people.
Those people come in all shapes and sizes, and some of them are determined. But for those who can persist in those conditions for so long because of the obsession in their hearts.
That old man was the first person he had ever seen. He also knew very well that that was probably the last person he would ever see.
The old man has been suffering that pain silently, waiting for someone who can bring the coral back to Shui's home.
For this reason, the old man would rather endure the torture of both body and soul.
Watching my body decay before my eyes, I have been suffering the pain of soul death every moment in the past.
This kind of torturous life is not something that just anyone can live through. But the old man named Shui Dongliu held on until he appeared.
"Aren't you dead?"
Gu Qingyang closed his eyes and meditated, trying to communicate with this person using his soul as his mind. But Gu Qingyang still failed.
After making that vague sound of thanks, Shui Dongliu's voice never appeared again, let alone established communication with him.
But with his keen perception, he still noticed that there was a faint breath of soul in his body that did not belong to him.
"Water flows eastward."
While thinking of this name, Gu Qingyang also peeled off this touch of soul breath from his body, and then held it in his hand.
At that moment, Gu Qingyang smiled bitterly.
He thought about it carefully, and then he understood everything. It turns out that Shui Dongliu is really cautious enough when doing things.
Shui Dongliu himself also knew that it was extremely dangerous to just hand over a junior who he had high hopes to a stranger.
Therefore, even when he was dying, he had to leave a backup plan on this stranger's body to prevent his descendants from encountering any unexpected events.
However, the stranger he chose was still a little too powerful after all.
Therefore, his backhand was discovered just after he stayed there for a while.
After smiling bitterly, Gu Qingyang did not immediately obliterate Shui Dongliu's soul aura.
He was indeed very disgusted with Shui Dongliu's scheme against him, but he also knew that Shui Dongliu was right.
If you were to replace him and let him make a choice from Shui Dongliu's point of view, he would make the same choice as Shui Dongliu.
Shui Dongliu did this just to see if the life of the coral was easy.
Facts have proved that Gu Qingyang did not treat Coral badly.
Despite Gu Qingyang's always cold appearance, Gu Qingyang did take good care of the corals along the way.
At most, Coral would be afraid of Gu Qingyang when she was awake. Other than that, Coral had not been harmed by Gu Qingyang.
In fact, due to the protection of Gu Qingyang, Coral's sleep quality has improved linearly.
In the past, when accompanied by water flowing eastward, corals were always afraid to sleep peacefully.
She was afraid that her grandfather would be attacked and killed by some small wild beasts living in human towns, and she was also afraid that the two of them would be bullied by others.
Therefore, she always lived cautiously in the past and tried her best to survive using the survival methods she learned.
After meeting Gu Qingyang, she no longer needed to worry about survival.
Except for people from the Shui family, no one would expect a little girl like her to die.
Besides, those people were originally here for Gu Qingyang.
They came to Gu Qingyang just to kill Gu Qingyang.
As for this little girl, as long as she doesn't stand in the way of these people, why would these people kill her? It doesn't matter if she doesn't understand this.
However, Gu Qingyang himself knew everything.
At this moment, he was surprised, angry, and a little helpless. He was surprised, surprised that such a depleted person could still have a back-up plan.
He was angry because he was being plotted against and needed to be restrained for something that had nothing to do with him.
But he was also helpless.
He was helpless because of the realities he saw. In fact, Shui Dongliu just wanted to return the direct bloodline of the family to the family.
For an old man who has dedicated his life to his family, such a wish is indeed enough to become his last wish before his death.
And what about coral?
This little girl is still young and can't decide or do anything. Her fate is entirely passive.
In a sense, she does have the right to return to the Shui family, and she also has the right to inherit some of the Shui family's business.
But will that kind of life be the life she wants?
Is she willing to take over the Shui family and then die for the Shui family like her ancestors?
She is just a child, and she has the right to choose another life.
Maybe she can live a little freer and carefree. She could learn whatever she wanted and stay out of the fray.
She can find any place, hide far away, and enjoy the happiness of passing time while others are working hard for their own interests.
Of course, if this girl is determined to inherit her grandfather's last wish, then Gu Qingyang is willing to send her back.
Life is about making choices constantly.
Everything a person experiences in his life is the result of choices. Countless choices intertwined together are the final result.
In fact, the same thing applies to him. If he didn't choose to become stronger, then he would only be a coward.
In that case, there would be no more stories about Gu Qingying after his death.
A coward who dares not do anything is not qualified to live in this world.
In the same way, how could a coward become the first emperor to rule over the wilderness and set off this frenzy of fighting against the sky?
Thinking of this, he stopped thinking about it.
He was silent, turned around silently, and then fixed his gaze on the little girl. At this moment, he suddenly felt a sense of anticipation.
He wanted to see what kind of person this little girl would become in a few years. In other words, what choice will this little girl make in the end.
He was unwilling to accept his fate and used his help to get out of the dispute and enjoy freedom from then on.
Or is she willing to accept her fate and take over the Shui family on her own to take back everything that is rightfully hers?
Gu Qingyang is looking forward to it, really looking forward to it. He hoped that this little girl could bring him something special.
But his instinct was also telling him that maybe he shouldn't have expectations for this little girl. Because he has seen this little girl's personality.
Stubborn, stubborn... If a person with this kind of personality has strength, he can indeed become a strong person. But if you don't know how to use people, it will be a tragedy.
One person practices by himself, and one person practices with his family.
Both lives are lives, but they are two completely different lives.
Gu Qingyang knows very well that the difficulty of doing the latter is compared to the difficulty of doing the former, and the difference is huge.
This is a fact that no one can change.
"hey-hey--"
As if aware that Gu Qingyang was looking at her, the little girl did not forget to look up at Gu Qingyang while devouring her food.
She smiled at Gu Qingyang, her smile was seven parts excited, two parts grateful, and one part flattering.
In Gu Qingyang's opinion, this was a sincere smile. There is nothing wrong with such a smile, but it is a pity that such a smile loses its innocence.
But thinking about it--
The little girl Coral has been living in such an environment since she was a child. She is lucky to be alive, and she is even more lucky to be able to grow up like this.
Under such conditions, it is indeed too much to ask her to smile more innocently.
Gu Qingyang didn't notice that when he thought of this, his eyes looking at Coral had become much softer.
However...he himself didn't notice it, but Coral did. She put down the delicacies on her plate, tilted her head and smiled at him again.
At this moment, Gu Qingyang was stunned.
Because the smile that Coral smiled again was really full of warmth, like a lonely child who finally met his relatives.
Her smile no longer contained any deliberate intention to please, she just smiled, as if she was just happy that she had finally had a good meal.
"Good boy."
Gu Qingyang stepped forward, leaned down and reached out to caress her little head a few times. He muttered something that brought tears to Coral's eyes.
After doing all this, Gu Qingyang stood up again and suddenly looked to the east. It is early morning at this moment, and there is no morning fog here.
He could clearly see the sky in the distance.
It was all red there, and the same red sun had not yet emitted its bright and dazzling brilliance, it had just appeared.
Early in the morning, the sun is red, and the sky is full of red clouds!
This is such a beautiful scene of business, but unfortunately, what awaits him at the place where the red sun rises is not rebirth, but destined destruction.
When Hualu rubbed her belly and expressed that she could no longer eat, Gu Qingyang held her in his arms and rose to the sky again.
He could sense that there were no less than a hundred bone corrections approaching here rapidly.
Those people were obviously coming for him again. The difference was that this time, there seemed to be demon bone cultivators among these people.
This made his smile a little colder, and he felt that his discovery was indeed beyond his expectation.
But, this is also reasonable, right?
Until now, he has shown too many trump cards. Even if he doesn't reveal any more powerful cards, they will still covet his things.
Man——
As you grow up, you always become greedier.
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