The Gu Estate was in Chess Player City.
Half an hour later.
When Ning Ye arrived at the Gu residence, it was shrouded in gloom and grief. Several members of the Gu Estate, dressed in mourning hemp and wearing filial headbands, wailed endlessly around a coffin in the center.
After he announced his identity, a woman in plain mourning clothes led Ning Ye inside. "Gu Xiaoxiao greets you, Immortal Master."
"Are you Gu Yanping's daughter?" Ning Ye asked as he surveyed his surroundings.
"Yes. These two are my elder brothers, Gu Yixuan and Gu Yizhi." Gu Xiaoxiao pointed to the two plainly dressed men beside her. Their features were identical; they were clearly twins.
Gu Yanping had two sons and a daughter—the three people before him—as well as one wife and two concubines, all of whom came forward to greet Ning Ye.
The one who caught Ning Ye's attention was Gu Yanping's third concubine, the woman named Lin Ruo'er.
The moment he saw her, Ning Ye sensed a trace of inexplicable hostility.
Oh? Now this is interesting.
Though Ning Ye had devoted most of his efforts to the Heaven-Deceiving Art and had spent little time cultivating the Heaven-Severing Art, Lin Ruo'er was clearly no formidable figure. He could therefore still detect that faint hostility from her.
Not bad. Not bad.
This Heaven-Severing Art truly was useful. To perceive the mysteries of the profound, discern loyalty from treachery—it was indeed a marvelous art.
Having grasped the situation, Ning Ye gave nothing away on the surface and merely said, "Open the coffin. Let me examine the body."
The Gu family did not dare object and opened the coffin.
Gu Yanping's body inside looked like an old corpse that had been scorched black.
With a casual stroke of his hand, Ning Ye cut