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It was best to be the first to strike. Only then would he not be led astray by others.

Gu Danyan sat at the table. The pain was enough to clear her head and make her lose some of her sanity. At this moment, she was only stroking the shallow cut on her wrist that was made by Su Yu Wan's medical knife, and her face was dark.

She paid no attention to Duan Chengrui's reprimanding voice as she pressed a small amount of blood from the tiny wound to his nose. The blood's taste should have been extremely hard to change, but her blood seemed a little special.

"Are you hurt?" Duan Chengrui saw the dark red color on her fingertip.

"The blade is very sharp, but it's only an extremely shallow wound." Gu Mingyan used the handkerchief to wipe away the blood on her fingertip and regained her senses. "Tomorrow, we'll set out. Tonight, I'll go accompany the empress dowager for one night."

Last night, Duan Chengrui did not make a move and had long since missed his last chance.

Yue Qing, who was kneeling on the ground, was extremely unwilling, but she was powerless to do anything about it.

"Her Majesty does not wish to see you." Duan Chengrui looked at her helplessly. "The Empress Dowager thinks that you betrayed her most beloved son."

"Indeed." He placed one hand on his lap, listening to Su Yu Wan whispering something to Mu Qing. He reminded her: "Gu Cheng still has half a portion of the sheepskin scroll in his possession. Only by obtaining the news from his hands will I know the truth of immortality. Here, however, I have some ideas about the medicinal ingredients."

For example, she couldn't take an overdose herself.

Even if the others used the Bu Zheng Grass to make the soup, she could not drink much. She did not feel any discomfort. She only felt that the Bu Zheng Grass had a strange smell, but no one else could smell it.

If it was the Yun clan's flesh and blood, it was not without fault.

"Does immortality have anything to do with medicinal herbs?" Duan Chengrui came back to his senses.

There was a connection, of course. Before, many people thought that the way to live forever was to eat medicine, but this was not an empty thought. When Tyrant Er Dan was building the shrine, he was soaking in the soup day after day, collecting many unheard-of herbs that she had never seen before. When she stepped into the blood water in the future, the things she should have were only herbs, because what was needed to live forever were not human blood, but people's blood that flowed into water and flowed through the shrine. Gu Daiyan nodded and told him softly.

"Then where did this come from? No one has ever mentioned this before."

"A hundred years ago, there was a spring at the foot of the Sky Mountain, and water was common in the quicksand underground." A hundred years ago, there was a spring at the foot of the Sky Mountain, and water was common in the quicksand underground. Gu Mingyan paused for a moment, as if noticing that Mu Qing and Su Yu Wan had stopped talking, she continued: "The living water goes straight to the bottom of the shrine, and the four words' immortal 'and' immortal 'are the same. Only living beings can keep the living alive, disperse the blood aura in the water, and activate the Yellow Springs'."

Listening to Gu Liuyan's explanation, everyone had a look of disbelief on their faces.

"Then what is the reason for wanting the flesh of the person you love?" Mu Qing covered Su Yu Wan's mouth and said.

"I believe that it is not the consonance of Yin and Yang, but rather a very simple principle." Saying this, Gu Danyan smiled lightly: "People who have been together for a long time, regardless of appearance or habit, will all become more and more similar, and everyone here can fuse their blood together. The more you love someone, the more quickly you guys will become similar, and this way, when the time comes for blood exchange, the degree of harmony between you will be even higher, and the chances of success will be greater."

Su Yuwan's expression changed as well. Duan Chengrui reached out his hand and gently placed it on the back of her hand. "If that's the case, do you still need Duan Chengxuan for the ceremony …"

"I don't have to." Gu Danyan helplessly waved her hand: "Killing someone you love just to increase the chances of success by twenty to thirty percent is not worth it. Furthermore, I still don't know if the so-called Divine Wood is really a Blood Vine or a human rib."

After saying this, Gu Danyan's expression didn't change, with a hint of a smile on his face.

Mu Qing, on the other hand, believed that Gu Pingyan should know more than these things, which was why he was so indifferent towards his beloved's blood and bones.

"However, Duan Chengrui, if you leave this place, you will truly have no chance in the future." Before he left, Gu Danyan held onto Yue Qing's arm as she spoke to him.

"It's fine if we don't have this chance." Duan Chengrui went silent for a long time before he started laughing lightly.

Gu Danyan only raised the corner of his mouth and left calmly without saying anything else.

After getting on the carriage this morning, he fell into a deep sleep, while Duan Chengrui sat beside her, allowing her to lean on his shoulder. Yue Qing and Feng Zhu, who were opposite her, duly averted their gazes, while Su Yu Wan, who was curled up in the corner, stared at Gu Tianyan with a hint of fear in her eyes.

Currently, only Mu Qing was able to protect her. However, if yesterday's words were correct, she would also die together with Mu Qing.

With a myriad of thoughts running through her mind, she nervously caressed the scar on her face, gritting her teeth.

When it was quiet, the person who should have been sound asleep suddenly opened his eyes, as if he could see Su Yu Wan's every move. His thin lips parted: "Even if Mu Qing wants you to die, I won't let you die."

Everyone in the carriage was shocked. Duan Chengrui lightly supported her arm and looked at Su Yu Wan, "If you don't like her, then you naturally have a way to teach her a lesson."

"I like her." Gu Danyan grabbed Duan Chengrui's arm, as if he had thought of something, and asked, "Is Gu Cheng related to you?"

"Why do you say that?" Duan Chengrui's tone was filled with astonishment, but there was a smile on his face.

"I suddenly thought of something just now. Duan Chengxuan told me that the Zhu siblings were being chased by the Black Cloaked Army at the time, requesting the other half of the sheepskin scroll. The Black Cloaked Army is yours, so at that time, Gu Cheng had also disappeared. "It seems like you've been working together with Gu Cheng for a long time now. In addition, even though I was the one who asked you to help Gu Cheng leave back then, you did it very beautifully." Gu Liuyan raised his eyebrows: "Bring him to me, I have to discuss a condition with him."

She seemed to remember everything.

"You don't blame me for not telling you?"

"Why should I blame you? We're the same. " Gu Liuyan chuckled out loud, then leaned close to Duan Chengrui's ear and said, "We're both afraid that someone will take away our things, neither of us is willing to believe it."

Carefully placing his arm at Gu Danyan's waist, the raging fury in Duan Chengrui's chest was about to devour his remaining rationality. Why didn't he get to know her earlier? Why was it that it was Duan Chengxuan, that didn't know of the value of others, who obtained her?

However, the anger in the depths of Duan Chengrui's eyes suddenly disappeared, and he only retracted his hand to rub Gu Danyan's head: "But it will soon be different. I'll let you obtain everything you want."

The craziness on Duan Chengrui's face was reflected in his vision that was already much clearer than before, but Gu Danyan had stopped smiling.

In this respect, they were still different.