This Train of Thought Was Completely Beyond Her

Gu Sheng set down his cup of water. His voice remained calm, yet it carried an undeniable force that pierced through everything.

"You do not truly lack that bit of spirit jade. You only took on guiding missions to give yourself a reasonable excuse to use spirit stones for cultivation in the future, so as not to arouse suspicion."

Gu Yuan's body trembled violently, and she instinctively clenched her fists, her nails digging deep into her palms.

Before Gu Sheng, she felt as though every disguise had been stripped away, leaving her utterly exposed beneath the sun.

"The place where you hid your resources..." Gu Sheng's gaze seemed to pierce through the wall and into the distant depths of the ruins.

"It is near the Hall of a Thousand Souls, isn't it?"

Those words completely shattered Gu Yuan's psychological defenses.

She sprang up from her chair and staggered back two steps, slamming hard into the wall. Her eyes were filled with extreme shock and instinctive wariness!

The Hall of a Thousand Souls! That was where her greatest secret lay!

How could he know?!

The true qi within her instinctively began circulating along that cold and sinister route. A faint aura of death started spreading through the room, and even the temperature seemed to drop several degrees.

Though she knew the man before her was unfathomable and resistance might be meaningless, her instinct to survive still made her assume a defensive stance.

Gu Sheng merely watched her quietly. There was no greed or covetousness in his eyes; instead, there was... scrutiny?

"No need to be nervous."

Gu Sheng slowly spoke, breaking the suffocating silence.

"I have no interest in what you hid inside the Hall of a Thousand Souls."

Gu Yuan's taut nerves did not relax, and the vigilance in her