Seeing how Xiao Wu depended on him, he could not bear to part with her either.
So, for the sake of his plans, and to keep Xiao Wu from waiting so bitterly for him,
Gu Shengge took Xiao Wu into the small world inside his body, allowing him to bring her wherever he went.
That way, Xiao Wu would not be lonely or wait so bitterly for him.
Originally, he had wanted to bring Aya, Da Ming, and Er Ming into his small world as well, so they could keep Xiao Wu company.
A family should stay together.
According to the original story, Xiao Wu's mother seemed to have been killed by Bibi Dong and become her Soul Ring.
But now that Aunt Aya had become his mother-in-law, and he had appeared in this world, he could not let Aunt Aya die again.
Bringing Aunt Aya, Da Ming, and Er Ming into his small world was also meant to protect them.
However, Aya, Da Ming, and Er Ming refused his proposal.
As Aunt Aya put it, they lived here, and this was their home. If they left for too long, some of the ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts deep within the Star Dou Great Forest would occupy the place.
She did not want those Soul Beasts that had yet to develop intelligence to ruin her home.
Da Ming and Er Ming also chose to stay and protect the place together.
So, before Gu Shengge left, he gave Da Ming, Er Ming, and Aunt Aya one Qi-Blood Pill each, refined from Immortal Herbs and the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings.
After Da Ming and Er Ming took the pills, blood-colored cocoons appeared around their bodies, enveloping them.
Seeing this, Aunt Aya did not take her pill.
She would wait until Da Ming and Er Ming had completed their transformations before taking it.
Otherwise, if they all took the pills and underwent their transformations, Gu Shengge would have to stay here to guard them.
But Gu Shengge still had his own plans to carry out. To avoid disrupting them, Aya decided to wait until Da Ming and Er Ming woke up.
After all, she could spare that little bit of time.
Xiao Wu also took the pill refined from the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, along with the Qi-Blood Pill refined from the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings.
Then, just like Da Ming and Er Ming, a blood-colored cocoon formed around her entire body, and she lay inside his small world, undergoing her transformation.
After bidding Aunt Aya farewell, Gu Shengge returned to the area outside the Clear Sky Sect and waited for the brothers Tang Hao and Tang Xiao to leave on their travels.
That wait lasted three years.
Over those three years, his cultivation reached 380,000 years, leaving him only a year away from breaking through to 400,000 years.
And now, he had waited three years. Three years.
Did you know how he had spent those three years?
Xiao Wu had been sleeping in his small world and still had not awakened.
Presumably, Da Ming and Er Ming were in the same state in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Now, as Gu Shengge watched the brothers Tang Hao and Tang Xiao walk out of the Clear Sky Sect, his eyes brightened slightly.
After three years of waiting, these two fellows had finally come out.
As Tang Hao and Tang Xiao set out on their travels, Gu Shengge followed behind them.
After following them for a little over a month, Gu Shengge made his move before the brothers could when they were dealing with a bandit gang.
"Brother, you're pretty good."
"My name is Tang Hao, and this is my older brother, Tang Xiao. How old are you?"
"May I ask your name, brother?"
After the last bandit was dealt with, Tang Hao looked at Gu Shengge and asked.
"Eighteen."
Hearing Tang Hao's question, Gu Shengge answered.
No matter how many years passed, he would always be eighteen.
After all, a man remained a boy until his dying day.
Saying he was eighteen made him only about six years older than the two of them, which would help him fit in better.
"My name is Gu Shengge. Gu as in 'without restraint,' and Shengge as in 'music and song every night.'"
"Hahaha, that's an interesting name, Brother Gu."
Hearing Gu Shengge give his name, Tang Xiao burst out laughing.
Even Tang Hao beside him laughed at Gu Shengge's introduction.
"Are you traveling alone, Brother Gu?"
"Or did you come here specifically to deal with these villains?"
The brothers Tang Hao and Tang Xiao came up to Gu Shengge and asked.
"I'm traveling the continent alone, dealing with injustices when I see them."
"After all, killing one villain can save a hundred people."
"Well said, Brother Gu!"
Hearing Gu Shengge's words, Tang Hao and Tang Hao's eyes filled with agreement.
"Brother Gu, the two of us are also out gaining experience. Why don't the three of us travel together from here on?"
Looking at the unfathomable Gu Shengge before him, Tang Xiao extended an invitation.
"Of course."
"You two brothers are very much to my taste, too."
"Hahaha, in that case, with Brother Gu here, our travels will probably be even more interesting."
After joining the Tang brothers and traveling with them for about a year, Gu Shengge's cultivation rose to 400,000 years.
When it was time to undergo his tribulation, Gu Shengge found an excuse to leave. The heavenly tribulation had barely appeared before he swallowed and refined it outright.
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After more than a year of traveling, I've finally found you, Ah Yin.
Within his mind, Gu Shengge discovered Ah Yin being besieged.
Those people did not have high cultivation; they were only at the Soul King level.
Ah Yin's current strength, meanwhile, had only just reached Soul King.
As for the Tang brothers, their strength at twelve years old was only rank thirty-eight.
So, when the three had originally met, Ah Yin should have dealt with all these people herself.
But since he was here now, he would be the one to stage this scene of a hero rescuing a beauty.
"Something's happening up ahead. I'll go first."
The moment Gu Shengge finished speaking, he shot forward.
The speed at which he charged out was not even one-thousandth of his full speed.
Even so, in the eyes of Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, it was enough to make their jaws drop in shock.
They had originally thought that since Gu Shengge was six years older than them, he would at most be a Soul Ancestor.
But at the speed he was displaying now, even an agility-type Soul King might not be as fast as him.
This fellow truly was unfathomable.
Over the past year, they had wiped out dozens of bandit hideouts, large and small, yet they had never seen this fellow release his Soul Rings.
With physical strength alone, he could sweep through and crush those bandits.
"Come on, big brother! Let's go help Brother Gu."
Hearing Tang Hao's voice, Tang Xiao came back to his senses and charged after Gu Shengge.
Meanwhile, Gu Shengge had already reached Ah Yin.
Looking at the one Soul King and four Soul Ancestors surrounding Ah Yin, he struck without hesitation.
Curling his right hand into a claw, he swiped at the five of them.
With a ripping sound, the bodies of the five Soul Masters who had still been attacking Ah Yin were torn apart as easily as tofu by Gu Shengge.
At the sight, Ah Yin froze in place.
After coming back to her senses, Ah Yin turned to look at Gu Shengge, who had helped her, and froze in place again.
That single glance was ten thousand years.
How could there be such a handsome man in this world?
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