Dao Child of Lingxu Sect

Upon hearing Ye Zhenghong invite him to serve as a Guest Elder, Gu Yuanqing could not help recalling how, when Yun Yinghe had visited Dark Bamboo Garden before, she had tactfully suggested that he should not drag Li Miaoxuan and the Lingxu Sect into his grievances.

Now that their attitude had changed, it was naturally because of the strength he had displayed.

His gaze unconsciously flicked toward Li Miaoxuan beside him, when a cool, familiar voice transmission suddenly sounded in his mind: "There is no need to worry about me. The Lingxu Sect was never bound to you by karma. Just choose according to your own heart."

A barely perceptible smile surfaced in Gu Yuanqing's eyes. He then looked toward Ye Zhenghong and tactfully declined. "Sect Master Ye, I appreciate your kind offer. But Gu is used to drifting like an idle cloud and a wild crane. I dislike constraints, and I am away year-round, so I fear I would find it difficult to fulfill a Guest Elder's duties. It would truly be inconvenient for me to accept. I hope Sect Master will forgive me."

Obvious disappointment flashed through Ye Zhenghong's eyes, but the other party's refusal was reasonable and justified, leaving him no grounds to press the matter. He could only smile. "Fellow Daoist's ambitions lie in all four directions. It was Ye who was presumptuous." His tone shifted, and his expression grew several degrees more solemn. "There is another matter on which I would like to consult Fellow Daoist. That Chaos Heaven Great Cultivator who attempted to assassinate Miaoxuan that day, only to be erased by Fellow Daoist's intervention... does Fellow Daoist know his origins?"

Gu Yuanqing pondered briefly, seeming to recall that fleeting exchange, before saying, "Judging from the nature of his cultivation technique, his aura was