Gu Ming took a small step back at those words. He turned in a circle, then pointed at himself and asked, "Don't I look like him?"
"Look like who?" Wan Qu asked.
"Don't I look like Lord Gu?"
"No!"
Gu Ming tugged helplessly at the corner of his mouth. "I'm the Lord Gu you're looking for. If you have something to say, say it. If not, get lost. If you want to stay, help me scrub the Night Soil Bucket!"
Wan Qu and Qian Ye exchanged a glance, looking Gu Ming up and down.
At last.
Both struck at once, attacking Gu Ming.
Caught off guard, Gu Ming was sent flying by a palm strike, his eyes widening as he pitched forward.
Then he reacted swiftly. With a light push of his toes, he leaped onto the Night Soil Bucket. His lips curved slightly as he brushed off his shoulder.
"Did Yu send you to get revenge on me?"
"So you really are Lord Gu."
Qian Ye murmured the words, and she and Wan Qu both drew their weapons, unleashing sword techniques as they thrust at Gu Ming.
Gu Ming thought little of human martial arts.
Yet when their sword qi swept toward him, he actually caught a faint trace of a phoenix's presence in their internal energy.
His brows drew together slightly. "Why does your internal energy carry a phoenix's presence?"
Wan Qu and Qian Ye did not answer him. They simply attacked with their techniques, throwing every ounce of strength into them.
Gu Ming darted aside, his eyes narrowing.
A thousand years ago, the Demon God Jiyan had been able to command every beast in the world.
Only the phoenix and the Qilin had never bowed to the Demon God.
The harder something was to obtain, the more