The Guan Family's Signature Move

Pleased as he was, he did not believe that a few simple promises could completely win someone over. Necessary measures still had to be taken, so he needed to ask the white fox about this. At a thought, every blade of grass and tree within the Golden Pearl space appeared in his mind.

Having reached Level Ten Qi Refining, the land inside the Golden Pearl had expanded dozens of times over. To Yue Qianchou's delight, streams and small lakes had begun to appear there. He had even specially brought in all kinds of fish to raise, along with quite a few birds, beasts, flowers, and plants.

The bamboo pavilion was empty. Sister Bai had probably gone off to fuss over those flowers and plants again! She was slowly changing. That was a good thing! Yue Qianchou's lips curled into a smile. With another shift of thought, he saw the white fox, dressed in snow-white robes, squatting amid a flowerbed and pulling weeds.

Guan Yu held the pile of high-grade Spirit Stones and clicked his tongue in amazement. "I still haven't asked how I should address you."

"Yue Qianchou. You can call me Boss from now on," Yue Qianchou replied. Then he said, "Wait here. I'll be right back." With that, his figure vanished in a flash. Guan Yu gave an indifferent sneer. "Yue Qianchou, Boss..."

"Beauty, pulling weeds again?" Yue Qianchou suddenly appeared beside the white fox in the flowerbed. She seemed long accustomed to such things and did not even raise her head, continuing with her work as she frowned and asked, "Why did you bring someone else in again?"

"Please don't blame me, Sister. The territory is getting bigger and bigger, so I specially found someone to plant trees and grow a forest," Yue Qianchou casually answered. The white fox said nothing further. Squatting beside her, he gave an awkward laugh and said, "Sister, I want to ask you something. I want to control someone and make him utterly loyal to me. Do you have any way to do that?"

The white fox stopped working and asked with a frown, "Who are you trying to control?"

"Ah! The guy I brought in. We were fighting for our lives outside just now, and your little brother nearly died by his hand. So I brought him in here. Since he couldn't beat me here, he submitted, but who knows whether he's sincere or merely pretending?" Yue Qianchou said worriedly.

Hearing that her little brother had nearly been beaten to death, the white fox's expression changed. She lifted her lovely face to look at him and saw the bloodstains clearly visible at the corner of Yue Qianchou's mouth, as well as his damaged clothes. It was clear that he had indeed fought someone and been injured. She immediately gave a cold snort and vanished in a flash.

Yue Qianchou froze. Then, a scream suddenly rang out from afar. While he was still staring in astonishment, the white fox abruptly reappeared, pinching a low-grade Spirit Stone between her fingers as she coldly said, "I have imprisoned his life-bound Primordial Spirit within this. You may command him without worry. If he dares harbor any disloyal thoughts, I will make him wish he were dead."

A blazing flame emerged from her hand and wrapped around the Spirit Stone. Another round of miserable howls immediately came from afar. When the flames vanished, the howls stopped as well. The white fox tucked the Spirit Stone into the little fragrant pouch at her waist.

Mother of heaven! She was that formidable! Good thing I never did anything excessive to Sister Bai. If she gave me a taste of that, it would really be something. Cold sweat broke out across Yue Qianchou's forehead. With an awkward smile, he said, "Sister truly has excellent methods. Could you teach me?"

"Unless one's cultivation has reached the Nascent Soul Realm, one cannot forcibly extract another's life-bound Primordial Spirit. Furthermore, the caster's cultivation must exceed that of the target, unless someone is willing to offer up their life-bound Primordial Spirit voluntarily." Having said that, the white fox squatted down again and continued with her work.

"Hehe! I'll go see how he's doing." Seeing that she was ignoring him, Yue Qianchou glanced at the rounded buttocks beneath her white robes, swaying slightly as she worked. His heart gave a little leap. What a sexy ass. His figure vanished in a flash.

Guan Yu's red face had turned deathly pale. He sat sprawled on the ground, and when his dull eyes caught sight of Yue Qianchou, he scrambled over and clutched his thigh, trembling as he said, "There was a woman... There's a woman here who forcibly extracted my life-bound Primordial Spirit. Yue Qianchou—no! Boss! Do you know her? Please beg her to return my Primordial Spirit."

Guan Yu had truly been scared out of his wits. When the woman in white first appeared, he had marveled at her beauty. Who could have imagined that the aura she suddenly unleashed would pin him down so thoroughly that he could not even move? With one hand on his head, she had effortlessly pulled out his life-bound Primordial Spirit. The pain had been enough to make him wish he were dead. He knew full well that once his life-bound Primordial Spirit was controlled by another, his very life lay in that person's hands. If they became unhappy, he would not even be able to flee.

"Ah!" Yue Qianchou cried. "Your life-bound Primordial Spirit was extracted too?"

Guan Yu's trembling body stiffened. Slowly raising his head, he said in shock, "Could it be that your Primordial Spirit was also..."

"Alas! Isn't that so?" Yue Qianchou shook his head mournfully and helped Guan Yu to his feet. "But you needn't worry. She is my sister. Since you're one of my people now, I guarantee that you'll be safe with your Primordial Spirit imprisoned in her hands."

"What? She's your sister?" Guan Yu shouted, shoving him away. He shrieked, "She's your sister, so of course you don't have to worry. Uh... it must have been you siblings conspiring to harm me. I'll kill you!"

Guan Yu had just raised his palm and taken a step forward when the muscles on his face twisted. With a bang, he collapsed to the ground. A miserable scream tore from his throat as he rolled about in agony. Even Yue Qianchou found it a little hard to watch.

The white fox's voice drifted through the air. "If you dare harbor even the slightest malicious intention toward my little brother again, I will make you wish you were dead."

"I won't dare again!" Guan Yu forced out with all his strength. Then his body went slack, and he sprawled on the ground once more.

This really was a good way to control someone! But he could not crush the man's enthusiasm for working for him in the future either. Yue Qianchou stared at him, and once he confirmed that he was all right, he sighed. "Yun Chang! You were too impulsive. Do you remember that Level Ten Qi Refining cultivator who calls me Boss? He was like you. My sister originally extracted his Primordial Spirit too, but he knew how to conduct himself! He knew my sister liked tending flowers and plants. Look at all these flowers, grass, and trees here—they were all cultivated by him. So what do you think happened? My sister was happy and returned his Primordial Spirit. Now he's living just fine. Yun Chang, that's something worth learning from!"

Guan Yu, who had been staring with dead fish eyes, moved his eyeballs, and some life returned to his gaze. His Adam's apple bobbed as he asked, "You didn't lie to me?" He struggled to his feet.

Yue Qianchou rolled his eyes at him and snorted. "Do I look like the kind of person who lies to people casually?"

Guan Yu's gaze fell upon the grove. He noticed that the trees truly were not native to the place; the signs of transplantation were obvious. He nodded thoughtfully.

"Do you know why I gave you the name Guan Yu?" Yue Qianchou asked. Seeing him shake his head, he continued, "Do you know there are other empires beyond the Huaxia Empire?" Guan Yu nodded to show that he did.

He asked again, "Have you ever been there?" Guan Yu shook his head again.

Yue Qianchou heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Let me tell you a story! In a distant land to the east, there was an empire where the government had decayed, and warlords rose up to carve the land apart. At that time, there were three heroes from humble beginnings named Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei... The three swore the Peach Garden Oath... Guan Yu slew Yan Liang and executed Wen Chou... Guan Yu's body was in Cao Cao's Camp, but his heart remained with Han... Guan Yu protected his sister-in-law across a thousand li, Passing Five Passes and Slaying Six Generals... Guan Yu took Huang Zhong with the Sweeping Saber... Guan Yu attended the meeting with a single saber... Guan Yu at Maicheng... Uh... never mind. In short, Guan Yu eventually became a hero known in every household throughout that empire, a figure of righteous courage and loyal devotion. Every family burned incense and worshiped him, calling him Second Master Guan." After saying that, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He had nearly mentioned how Guan Yu's head had been chopped off.

Seeing Yue Qianchou tell the tale so vividly, Guan Yu listened with his chest rising and falling. He abruptly sprang up and stared at Yue Qianchou, startling him. Then he slowly said, "You're not lying to me? There truly was such a heroic figure?"

"What? Do I look like someone who lies casually? I swear to heaven that if I made up Guan Yu's story, may lightning strike me dead!" Yue Qianchou thumped his chest and swore. I don't know whether Guan Yu's story is true either. In any case, I definitely didn't make it up.

"Since such a heroic figure truly existed, then taking his name is no injustice to me—it suits me well enough. From now on, I shall be called Guan Yu, Guan Yun Chang!" With that, he stroked his long beard and struck the Guan family's signature pose Yue Qianchou had described. He did bear more than a passing resemblance to it.