Enough

"What do you need me to do?"

"If you agree, I'll come find you when the time comes."

Shen Qingtian's voice lowered slightly.

"Besides, even if you don't take the initiative against Shen Qingyun, given his nature, he'll come after you sooner or later."

Gu Sheng fell silent for a moment, then shook his head.

"I don't want to involve myself in disputes between Heavenly Martial Realm experts for now."

"You won't need to fight."

Shen Qingtian seemed to have expected that answer.

"I only need to borrow your secret technique of Qi manifestation to help me unlock a restriction."

A sharp glint flashed through Gu Sheng's eyes.

"What do I get?"

The corners of Shen Qingtian's lips lifted slightly, revealing a cold smile beneath her mask.

"Name your price."

Their gazes met in the air, as if invisible sparks were flying.

Gu Sheng suddenly smiled.

"Interesting. But I'm curious. You're brother and sister—why are you determined to fight to the death?"

Shen Qingtian's body visibly stiffened for an instant.

She was silent for a long time before finally speaking, her voice filled with suppressed hatred.

"He and his mother forced my mother to death."

Gu Sheng said nothing and quietly waited for her to continue.

"My mother was originally a servant in the Shen residence."

Shen Qingtian's voice became distant, as though she had returned to the past.

"That year, Father suffered a qi deviation while cultivating and forcibly took her. Later, she had me. Father took her as a concubine, while Shen Qingyun's mother was his principal wife."

She raised a hand and lightly brushed the edge of her mask.

"When I was six, my mother died.

"They said she died of illness, but I saw it with my own eyes—I saw people holding her down in a