Chapter 1216

"Second Celestial Emperor?"

Qiu Mengyi looked as if she had heard a hilarious joke and reevaluated Gu Chen.

"Ever since the collapse of the Celestial Realm and the death of the Celestial Emperor, the position of the Celestial Emperor of the Celestial Court has existed only in name."

"I've heard about the mess this kid caused in the Divine Realm. He does have some skills, but isn't he overestimating himself by claiming the title of Celestial Emperor?"

"Hai Dongqing, I didn't expect you to be so blind that you'd put a kid on such a high pedestal!"

Qiu Mengyi's words were sharp and unkind. She was dismissive of what Hai Dongqing had said.

Gu Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry at her words. He didn't expect to be looked down upon like this.

Hai Dongqing's expression became even worse, and his voice became colder. "Fellow Qiu, you've been locked up in this Yao-Sealing Tower for a year. You probably don't know what's going on in the outside world, do you?"

"What do you mean?" Qiu Mengyi frowned. She had been locked up here all day, so she knew very little about the outside world.

Seeing that she didn't know what was going on, Hai Dongqing wanted to explain, but Gu Chen waved his hand.

"Ye Qingshuang, can we talk in private?" he asked, ignoring Qiu Mengyi.

Ye Qingshuang's expression stiffened, and she nodded without hesitation. "Okay!"

"What's okay about that? Look at you. You're at his mercy no matter what he says!"

Qiu Mengyi said snappily, looking as if she was exasperated that Jiang Chen had not lived up to her expectations.

The Kunpeng Brothers and Penglai Island Master looked at Gu Chen strangely as they listened to the conversation between the master and disciple. Did this girl and Gu Chen have some special relationship?

Gu Chen was a little embarrassed. He touched his nose subconsciously and pretended that he didn't understand Qiu Mengyi's words.

"Master, I have my own thoughts. Please don't add to my troubles!"

Ye Qingshuang was embarrassed that her master had exposed her in front of her. She was worried that Gu Chen would take her words to heart.

Seeing that her disciple was really angry, Qiu Mengyi said helplessly, "Alright, alright, alright. Master did something unnecessary. If you want to talk to him in private, then go ahead!"

After saying that, she flicked her sleeves and left, as if she didn't want to deal with this group of people anymore.

Gu Chen led Ye Qingshuang to a corner of the Yao-Sealing Pagoda, deliberately keeping a distance from the people around them.

Ye Qingshuang and Gu Chen hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they were alone. For a moment, she pursed her lips and didn't know what to say.

Her heart was pounding violently, and she tried hard to suppress it to maintain her indifference on the surface.

"It seems like you've met a good master. Congratulations."

Gu Chen was the first to speak. His expression was very calm.

Although Qiu Mengyi's attitude towards him was not good, Gu Chen could tell that she cared for Ye Qingshuang from the bottom of her heart.

The two were like master and disciple, but also like sisters. Compared to other old friends who had stepped into the starry sky, Ye Qingshuang was undoubtedly luckier. This could be seen from her current cultivation level.

Celestial Prime level!

Even though Ye Qingshuang's Martial Sage Physique was not bad, given that she had been cultivating for such a short period of time, it was still quite extraordinary.

"Master has always been straightforward. Don't take it to heart, Gu Chen," Ye Qingshuang replied.

Ye Qingshuang replied. Seeing that Gu Chen was exceptionally calm when he was alone with her, she felt a little disappointed.

The two of them were once engaged. Thinking back to the first two years in the Wuchen Sect, although he always liked to hide his emotions in front of her, she could easily sense that he actually cared about her.

Later on, when he gradually rose to prominence, she could also feel that he treated her differently than others. Even if that was because of the stubbornness and affection left in his youth, it was fine.

But now, when Gu Chen saw her, he was exceptionally calm, as if she was just an ordinary old friend. This made her suddenly realize that she probably really didn't have a trace of her in his heart at all …

Ye Qingshuang's mood suddenly became very complicated, unable to tell if it was bitterness or regret.

"I heard that you were imprisoned in this tower because you snuck into the Great Leiyin Temple with bad intentions. What exactly happened?"

Gu Chen didn't have much intention to reminisce with Ye Qingshuang, so he asked directly.

He felt that it was definitely not a coincidence that one of the demonesses who might be related to the Man with a Bamboo Hat was Ye Qingshuang.

Ye Qingshuang quickly came back to her senses after hearing this. She looked at Gu Chen and said nervously, "Gu Chen, you must be careful of the Man with a Bamboo Hat. He's not dead yet!"

Gu Chen's pupils involuntarily shrank, and his heart was in turmoil!

When he heard from Hai Dongqing that the Man with a Bamboo Hat might not be dead, and even when some evidence was placed in front of him, he still held a skeptical attitude.

After all, he had personally witnessed the death of the Man with a Bamboo Hat. He didn't want to believe that he could still be alive under those circumstances.

However, when Ye Qingshuang confidently reminded him that the Man with a Bamboo Hat was still alive, he had no choice but to believe it!

Ye Qingshuang understood the Man with a Bamboo Hat very well. She had no reason to lie to him!

"Why isn't he dead? What's going on? "

Gu Chen took a deep breath and asked in confusion.

"My Sifu cultivates the same Dao of the Soul as the Man with a Bamboo Hat. Years ago, by chance, she once caught a strand of the Man with a Bamboo Hat's soul. In order to study it, she sealed it."

"When the Man with a Bamboo Hat confirmed his Dao, all the souls returned to their roots. However, because of my Sifu's restrictions, this strand of soul did not return."

Ye Qingshuang explained. Gu Chen's expression relaxed!

So it was just a strand of soul!

Although the Man in Bamboo Hat was still a very terrifying demon even if he was only a Divided Soul, with Gu Chen's current realm, a Divided Soul would not be able to cause much trouble.

"Where is the Man with a Bamboo Hat's soul now? What does it have to do with you being trapped here? "Gu Chen continued to ask.

When Ye Qingshuang heard this, her expression became unnatural. However, she quickly replied, "Not long after the chaos in the Divine Realm, the Man with a Bamboo Hat's soul consciousness awakened. He asked us to bring him to you."

"Does he want to find me for revenge?"

Gu Chen smiled coldly. Although the culprit behind the Man with a Bamboo Hat's death in the Divine Realm was the Gate of Decaying Dao, he was also a factor.

Ye Qingshuang shook her head and said in a strange voice, "No, he told us that the Ninth Realm could be destroyed at any time. If we want to save everything and the people we care about, we should bring him to see you as soon as possible."

Gu Chen frowned slightly. Since when did the Man with a Bamboo Hat become a good person who cared about the world?

Moreover, even if he wanted to save the Ninth Realm, what did it have to do with him?

Gu Chen did not think that the Man with a Bamboo Hat would believe in a savior like the Kun Peng Brothers.

"What happened after that? Why didn't you come to find me? "

Gu Chen continued to ask. He realized that Ye Qingshuang might have a lot of stories to tell in the past few years.

"Sifu agreed to the Man with a Bamboo Hat's request. The four of us set off and searched for you for a whole year. However, after the chaos in the Divine Realm, you disappeared completely. I thought that you might have returned to the Ancient Planet Cang Huang, but the Ancient Planet Cang Huang was no longer in the original Star Path. We still found nothing. "