"Of course, as long as you don't anger me, I won't make you do that."
Xia Jue understood now. It was Entwined Branches, a type of Love Gu. Anyone afflicted by Entwined Branches would experience a surge of desire and resonance when the gu first took hold.
After that, the Love Gu would align their feelings and make them fall in love with each other for no reason at all.
It was among the hardest types of Love Gu to remove.
"So when Gao Yang inexplicably left the Enforcement Hall back in Jade Sun City, it was because you sent him to find this Love Gu?"
Shen Qingyue stopped hiding the truth and openly admitted it.
Xia Jue nodded, then asked, "And the severe injuries he returned with were also from stealing the Love Gu?"
Shen Qingyue sighed softly. Thinking of Gao Yang, she still felt some regret. After all, he was the childhood sweetheart she had grown up with, and she could not quite bear to use him like this. But for the sake of her future, she could only choose one over the other.
To her, Xia Jue was naturally more important.
"Yes. Entwined Branches is one of the Wuyi Tribe's Three Great Treasures. A Yang made quite a few sacrifices to bring it back this time."
Something flickered in Xia Jue's eyes, but Shen Qingyue failed to notice anything amiss.
"You also told him to trap A Jiu in the Seal Grounds."
At this, Shen Qingyue could not help laughing. "Senior Brother, why would you think me so wicked? I never instructed Gao Yang to do anything like that." She had merely given Gao Yang a few hints. She had not expected him to carry things out so perfectly to her liking.
Of course, there was no