Something Happened

"Was it that Emperor Venerable's heir?"

Gu Sheng chuckled softly, neither confirming nor denying it.

He slowly walked over to an infant's corpse, crouched down, and gently brushed his fingers over its tiny forehead.

"Three hundred years ago, Qin Beichen used the Northern Star Flower to burn the Seven Great Sects to ashes."

He suddenly spoke, his voice low.

"Do you know why?"

Tantai Bing Tang's pupils contracted slightly.

Even the ancient records contained no account of this detail!

"Because they used living people to refine pills?"

She asked tentatively.

Gu Sheng stood and patted away dust that was not there.

"More or less."

He turned to Tantai Bing Tang, his eyes holding emotions she could not understand.

"You still have questions to ask."

It was not a question.

Tantai Bing Tang did indeed have a bold suspicion, but it was too absurd for even her to believe.

"I..."

She hesitated for a moment before finally shaking her head.

"There's nothing else I want to ask."

Gu Sheng seemed somewhat disappointed, but he quickly returned to his nonchalant demeanor.

At that instant, Tantai Bing Tang felt the oppressive force enveloping her body suddenly vanish, as though it had never existed.

She secretly let out a sigh of relief, only then realizing that her robes were soaked through with cold sweat.

"The seeds of the Northern Star Flower."

Gu Sheng suddenly said, as though he had read her mind.

"You want them."

Tantai Bing Tang's heart skipped a beat.

She had indeed intended to use the legendary Northern Star Flower to completely purge the festering tumor that was the Myriad Flow Sect.

"Yes."

She admitted it frankly.

"But it seems you don't intend to give them to me."

Gu Sheng smiled, and this time it was a genuine smile.

"Clever. I