Chapter 154: No Sparks Between You And My Daughter?

Pondering the old Heavenly Emperor’s words, Gu Changqing did not hastily answer.

He was thinking about how to enter the Jiang family, how to enter the Xuanyuan Ancestral Land.

Rely on that brother of his?

Obviously not feasible.

The Jiang family had guarded the Xuanyuan Ancestral Land for generations. How could they allow outsiders to enter and exit? Let alone take away the Xuanyuan Sword?

Even if the Jiang family agreed, that old thing within the Xuanyuan Ancestral Land would absolutely not consent.

Entering the Jiang family via Jiang Minghuang would actually be quite easy. Gu Changqing also believed Jiang Minghuang would support him. But his clan’s lack of support would put him in a difficult position.

As if sensing what Gu Changqing was thinking.

The old Heavenly Emperor chuckled lightly, patted Gu Changqing’s shoulder, and said, “I’ve long since made arrangements.”

After speaking, he raised his hand and waved. The void before them suddenly shattered, and from the endless celestial mist a man slowly emerged.

This man had an ordinary face, but a pair of sword-like brows extremely sharp, authoritative without anger. Subtle chills lingered about him, making people reluctant to approach.

His eyes were filled with world-weariness, as if an ancient creature tempered by endless ages. Yet within that boundless weariness there was an indescribable resilience.

What stood out most was the man’s single arm.

Gu Changqing’s eyes suddenly hardened.

Because this man was exactly the same as him!

The appearance, the aura, the build, even the spirit in the eyes!

He turned his head in astonishment and looked at the old Heavenly Emperor.

At this moment, only one doubt filled his heart: how could they be so alike?

The man across was obviously a figure the Heavenly Emperor had fashioned with some means, yet the likeness to him was overwhelmingly close.

This undoubtedly showed that even before he had met the Heavenly Emperor, the Heavenly Emperor had an extremely deep understanding of him!

The Heavenly Emperor paid no heed to the question in Gu Changqing’s eyes and merely said to himself, “This person is named Jiang An, he is a guest official of the Jiang family.”

The Heavenly Emperor showed the grin of an old rascal. “Of course, he is someone I modeled after your appearance. As early as the ancient age, I planted him into the Jiang family, the purpose being precisely this matter now.”

At this moment, ripples arose not only in Gu Changqing’s heart.

Even everyone outside the mirror felt endless shock rise in their hearts.

Arranging plans and planting pieces since the ancient age.

This step wasn’t the most important; the crucial point was that the pawn the old Heavenly Emperor had placed could look exactly the same as Gu Changqing!

Could it be that he knew the one who would take the Xuanyuan Sword would surely be Gu Changqing?

Had he long since set up everything so that Gu Changqing would naturally enter the Jiang family?

Was this a premonition?

At this moment, everyone outside the Bronze Ancient Mirror had a new understanding of this old Heavenly Emperor. In their hearts a trace of dread for him naturally arose!

A person like this was far too terrifying!

“Indeed, those who can become the Heavenly Emperor do not have simple minds.”

Outside the mirror, a cultivator murmured in admiration.

But they also sensed that the old Heavenly Emperor had likely been watching Gu Changqing for a long time, even with very deep attention.

Otherwise, how to explain the old Heavenly Emperor’s attitude toward the Heavenly Emperor?

How to explain the old Heavenly Emperor’s current arrangement?

…

Inside the mirror.

At the end of the celestial palace shrouded in immortal mist.

The Heavenly Emperor pointed at the man who looked exactly like Gu Changqing and said, “When you go to the Jiang family this time, you may borrow his identity. But remember, you must… retrieve the Xuanyuan Sword within a hundred years. Once a hundred years pass, even if you bring back the Xuanyuan Sword, it will be in vain.”

“Also, you must remember not to mention that this is a scheme of my Heavenly Palace. If it is exposed as the Heavenly Palace’s plan, it will surely cause internal and external troubles and plunge heaven and earth into chaos!”

After finishing, he lightly waved his hand, and the man before them suddenly turned into a clay figure.

The clay was extraordinary, containing nine-colored divine light.

After becoming the clay figure, the endless immortal mist enveloped it, washing the clay into a cloud of mist that dissipated from this world.

At the same time, the memories belonging to the clay figure surged into Gu Changqing’s mind.

These were memories of the clay figure being in the Jiang family. Memories regarding the Jiang family.

At this moment.

With the important matters finished, the old Heavenly Emperor seemed to lose his composure again.

He hooked his arm around Gu Changqing’s shoulder again, his face wearing a strong smile.

This smile was out of place with the lofty, sanctified Heavenly Emperor image. Indeed it felt somewhat cheeky.

He clasped Gu Changqing and said, “So, isn’t my daughter beautiful?”

“When you went to the Dragon Clan this time, you didn’t spark any little flame with her? I can tell, my daughter’s look toward you is a bit different now…”

As the old Heavenly Emperor spoke like this, his eyes were full of blazing, gossipy fire.

This was hardly the exalted Heavenly Emperor.

He was plainly an old rascal worried his daughter wouldn’t find a husband.

Gu Changqing did not answer, because he was quite stunned.

Similarly, outside the Bronze Ancient Mirror, the gathered cultivators were speechless.

Mu Nanzhi was so beautiful that calling her “as beautiful as a celestial” would be profane, so why on earth did the old Heavenly Emperor have to pick Gu Changqing?

Clinging on to this man and insisting on marrying off his daughter to him?

The cultivators felt a twinge of sourness.

…

Outside the mirror.

The crowd did not stay stunned at the old Heavenly Emperor’s attitude toward Gu Changqing for long.

Although the old Heavenly Emperor’s image was a huge contrast to outsiders, by now they had already grown accustomed to it.

At this moment, almost all cultivators’ gazes fell upon Jiang Minghuang.

“The Heavenly Emperor and Emperor Jiang are sworn brothers. Having not seen each other for so many years, surely when he goes to the Jiang family he’ll meet Emperor Jiang, right?”

Someone asked, voicing the question on all the cultivators’ minds.

They also wanted to know whether Jiang Minghuang would be involved in retrieving the Xuanyuan Sword.

However, Jiang Minghuang shook his head lightly.

“I was in seclusion during this period, and it’s a death-seclusion. He went to the Jiang family without my knowledge. In fact, I’ve never even seen that guest official called Jiang An at home.”

When Jiang Minghuang said this, his gaze grew complicated. “But come to think of it, it was at this time that my sister met him…”

The cultivators fell silent.

Knowing that Jiang Minghuang’s sister was a great wound between Jiang Minghuang and the Heavenly Emperor, they immediately dared not bring it up.

Instead they avoided that topic and asked, “The Xuanyuan Sword is such a divine weapon, but why have I never heard of it?”

“Yes, yes, I haven’t either.”

The cultivators were momentarily astonished.

The Jiang family was a top-tier clan. If they had such a divine weapon it would surely be the clan’s treasure. How could it have just been left in the Xuanyuan Ancestral Land unused?

Jiang Minghuang explained, “Indeed, the Xuanyuan Ancestral Land does contain this one immortal artifact.”

“However, except for the Xuanyuan Great Emperor, none of us juniors can wield this divine weapon. Even my father cannot lift this Xuanyuan Sword. And if even my Xuanyuan bloodline is like this, how could outsiders use it?”

Upon hearing this, the cultivators’ eyes suddenly contracted, and one by one their faces were filled with complete astonishment.