Rebirth of an Idle Noblewoman

Gu Xiqiao didn’t reply, standing up slowly.

“I’m just thinking about where Brother Jiang has gone to.” She said softly.

“Young Master Jiang?” Cecily waved her hand dismissively. “He must be on a mission, it’s not like you don’t know what happened recently.”

“No.” Gu Xiqiao closed her eyes, her mental power spreading out silently over the entire ancient martial arts world. “He didn’t take any, and he’s in the ancient martial arts world.”

She was the one who asked him to come back after all.

Baili Bin raised his head to look at Gu Xiqiao, his lips pursed. “Why are you suddenly thinking about it?”

There wasn’t anything wrong with the entire place, and she withdrew her powers. “I just felt a chi, and it’s a powerful one.”

“A strong chi?” Cecily closed her eyes to try to feel what Gu Xiqiao had said, but she couldn’t no matter how far she tried to feel. “No way, I can’t feel anything at all.”

“Your mental power is weak, that’s normal.” Gu Xiqiao turned to Wanqi Jue. “What about you, can you feel anything?”

Cecily, who had weak mental powers: “…” She makes me so angry.

Wanqi Jue’s mental powers are very strong, especially after receiving the seal of inheritance. His spiritual powers were vastly different than what he had in the past.

Hearing the question that Gu Xiqiao had posed to him, he raised an eyebrow and smiled. “Of course. I can feel two strong chi signatures, but I just can’t pinpoint the source. One of it is weaker… seems to be gradually rising though.”

Once he said that, Gu Xiqiao walked slowly to a window, raising her chin and looking in the south. “I can feel it, it’s Brother Jiang.”

“No way!” Wanqi Jue walked to her side, staring at her in disbelief. “You can even feel that? It’s such a vague touch. Also, if he really is here, why is he hiding his presence?”

He naturally knew that Gu Xiqiao was strong, and that her mental powers were rising rapidly.

When they first met, their mental powers were evenly matched. Coupled with the fact that he also had the seal of inheritance to increase his aptitude, his mental power at that point in time was already enough to have him laugh at everyone else in the world at how strong he was. But even with that, he still couldn’t keep up with Gu Xiqiao, he really wanted to know how the heck did she manage to keep increasing her mental power like this!

Of course, even the system couldn’t figure this matter out, so how could Wanqi Jue?

But these were all irrelevant at the moment, the most important thing right now was, how did Gu Xiqiao know that one of those chi signatures that she was feeling was Jiang Shuxuan?

“Gut feeling.” Gu Xiqiao replied, glancing at Wanqi Jue and replying to him with two words.

Wanqi Jue: “…” Very good, come have a hundred points for this reason.

Baili Bin was sitting at the table, looking at Gu Xiqiao with a gentle smile on his face. Occasionally, a couple of youngsters from the ancient martial arts world would come forward to talk to him, but they were quickly ushered away by Baili Bin.

The banquet was nearing its end, and there wasn’t much meaning in staying any longer. The ones who stayed back were there to watch Gu Xiqiao. However, because of the cold expression on her face and her display of strength previously, nobody dared to approach her nor harass her and settled for going to Baili Bin and the others instead.

The selection competition for the ranking tournament was tomorrow, Tang Wenbo mentioned casually, and shooed the youngsters back home to prepare for it, wanting them to strive for a few more placements if possible.

Gu Xiqiao also followed Shu Chen to leave, and the older woman had been joyfully laughing the entire evening on the inside. Think about it, praises of her daughter-in-law had been echoing in her ears the entire time, and those eyes of envy that looked at her after that display that practically slapped them all in the face was just too wonderful.

Especially those people who stood next to Jiang Tong. When they had seen Shu Chen, they had a look that said the older woman would regret her decisions.

After Gu Xiqiao’s little show of power, all of those faces turned into shock, awe, and disbelief!

A faint smile graced Shu Chen’s face—she was in fact extremely proud inside. ‘Looking down on my daughter-in-law, insisting that Jiang Tong was better? Does it feel good to have it thrown back in your face? Did you know that your face could feel the pain from it?’

Gu Xiqiao didn’t know what Shu Chen was thinking, and if she knew, she’d probably be dumbfounded, not knowing if she should laugh or cry at the older woman’s thoughts.

A group of people stepped out the gates of the Tang family household, and those who had left earlier were still loitering around, secretly observing Gu Xiqiao from the side. She was used to stares and eyes on her, so she didn’t feel the slightest bit awkward or embarrassed. She continued to walk forward and away from the place.

When she was about ten steps out of the place, she suddenly stopped and looked up, a surprised expression on her face.

“What’s wrong?” Shu Chen, who had been walking arm in arm with her, asked as she stopped too.

Baili Bin and the others who were behind her also stopped to look at Gu Xiqiao.

She continued to look up at the stars in the sky, her eyes widening slightly. Raising her hands, purple lightning appeared and circled her body. Baili Bin and everyone else who were beside her were suddenly thrown dozens of meters backward.

At the same time a fiery ball of fire fell from the sky, coming straight down onto Gu Xiqiao’s head. The tumbling fire roared violently, and everyone within the ten-mile radius could feel the chi in their body burning up from the heat.

Strong!

So strong!

“No!” Baili Bin’s eyes were red, looking at Gu Xiqiao’s direction. He immediately got up to rush towards her, but the scorching heatwave blocked his path, and he was unable to find an opening to go through.

If the surroundings were already such a blazing heat, what kind of heat was Gu Xiqiao feeling now, being right in the center of it?

“Qiao Qiao!”

“Miss Gu!”

“Er Qiao!”

Outside the circle of fire, Baili Bin and the others tried their best to find an opening for Gu Xiqiao to come out. Wanqi Jue even took out his seal of inheritance, but it was all for naught. None of them were able to do a single thing to the fire.

***

At this time, Xixi, who was breathing fire at Yao Jiamu, stopped suddenly. “Chirp chirp chiiiirp!” (Not good!)

After chirping, it vanished from the spot.

Dripping full of sweat, Yao Jiamu wiped his face with his arm. Xixi had never left in the middle of training like that before, and he felt the uneasiness rise inside him.

“What happened?” Wu Hongwen asked, slightly stunned at the sudden disappearance of the bird.

Yao Jiamu shook his head. “I feel something bad has happened.”

The only one who would affect Xixi like that was Gu Xiqiao.

He turned to look in the direction where the ancient martial arts world lay, and couldn’t help but purse his lips tightly.

***

Being wrapped in flames, Gu Xiqiao wasn’t in too difficult a situation, but it wasn’t a walk in the park either.

She gritted her teeth harshly, the barriers on her body breaking down layer by layer from the fire. Her entire face was bathed in the color of sunset, and sweat was sliding down her face, evaporating from the heat before it even touched the ground.

The white fox fur coat that she wore exuded a glowing light, protecting her body.

Raising her eyes, she watched as a blurry figure solidified in front of her eyes, a soft glow enveloping the person. The figure appeared from the fireball that exploded above her, his eyes as deep as the abyss. He wore a long green robe, and his hair was as black as ink. Under the scorching heat and roaring winds within, his robes and hair didn’t move at all.

He was floating in mid-air, and he exuded a feeling of not being human.

His eyebrows were an elegant arch, and his face looked extremely youthful, but you could see his eyes were old.

His unwavering gaze settled on Gu Xiqiao, and he opened his mouth, “An outsider of the world, you shouldn’t exist in this world.” He raised his right hand, a pure, white fire emerging from it. “Go to where you should go.”

He was a few meters away from Gu Xiqiao, but as soon as he raised his hand, the white fire appeared in front of her.

Rumble rumble rumble!

Thunder roared, and the sky turned dark, the winds howling.

The man raised his head, finally showing some movement. “You can control the forces of nature. Such a pity that you don’t belong in this world.”

With a slight twist of his palm, a strong pressure pressed down on Gu Xiqiao. She raised her head, a raging fire that could rival the heat around her in her eyes. She sneered coldly, “So what if I’m an outsider of this world?”

Saying that, six golden needles appeared from her body, purple lightning crackling around the gold. The power flowing through the weapon would be enough to wipe out an entire country.

“Beauty Gu!” A huge red bird appeared from thin air, standing in front of Gu Xiqiao. Xixi blocked the incoming white fire, and opened its beak to spit out the same white flame. It then turned to Gu Xiqiao, its eyes curving up as it said, “You can’t leave me behind this time, right?”

Looking at the big hole that burnt through Xixi’s body, Gu Xiqiao softly said, “Xixi.”

Xixi smiled at Gu Xiqiao, then turned back around and raised its head, spewing out black flames at the figure.

This was the strongest flames it had.

“It’s a phoenix.” The black flames that Xixi spit out didn’t hurt the man at all, and he even reached out to grasp the fire in his hands. His eyebrows finally gave a twitch. “When the Vermillion Bird appears, catastrophe will follow.”

He murmured under his breath, and looked at Gu Xiqiao, a calm expression on his face. “Outsider of this world, only when you disappear will the catastrophe of this world vanish.”

He only needed a single thought to kill someone.

“F*ck off!” Xixi glared at him with its large, beady eyes. “You don’t know what Beauty Gu has done, and you’re saying that catastrophes will disappear once she’s gone?! If you want to hurt her today, you’ll have to step over my dead body!”

Xixi straightened up after saying that, puffing its chest out. The charred part of its body on its right half was growing slowly.

The man glanced at Xixi and lightly waved his hand, and the bird was thrown to the side in an instant.

Gu Xiqiao stared at the hole in Xixi’s chest, her face darkening.

The skies outside the fire had already turned completely pitch black, and purple lightning burst forth, bigger than it was before.

A gust of wind swept around Gu Xiqiao, and the chi in her body was also rising rapidly.

The man’s face finally changed at the scene. “You’ve broken through again, now?” Even he was surprised at the speed of her advancement, and a hint of regret appeared on his face. “Unfortunately, you’re an outsider of this world.”

He stood with his hands behind his back, waiting for her to complete her breakthrough.

Ten minutes later, the thunder and wind subsided, and Gu Xiqiao opened her eyes slowly. There was a faint flash of purple electricity lingering in her eyes. Her hair floated slightly, swaying in the wind. The purple of the lightning reflected on the white fox fur, lighting up her face slightly from it. She raised both hands, the six golden needs in front of her crackling with lightning shooting forward, piercing the man’s chest.

Before the needles could reach its mark, the air in front of it distorted, a space crack appearing.

“If you had time to grow, you might have a chance against me.” The man looked at Gu Xiqiao. “Unfortunately, you won’t get the chance.”

Saying that, a green, jade flute appeared in front of him.

The jade flute slammed into the golden needles, and with a crisp, sharp sound, the golden needles clattered to the ground. The flute shot towards Gu Xiqiao after getting rid of the obstruction.

“Beauty Gu!” Xixi pulled itself up with its remaining strength, hauling itself in front of Gu Xiqiao. “I already said I wasn’t too late this time…”

Gu Xiqiao didn’t reply to that, and just looked at the bird. “Don’t worry, you can’t die.”

As she spoke, her hand reached out to draw a formation, and Xixi shrank to its smaller size, falling to the ground with a thud.

At the same time, another terrifyingly huge aura burst from the south side of the area.

The man turned towards the direction, then urged his flute to increase speed. The green flute sped up, but before it reached Gu Xiqiao, the space in front of her distorted.

A figure appeared slowly, and he was dressed in an ordinary white shirt and black slacks. His head was lowered slightly, and you could only see the smooth profile of his face. In one arm, he held the exhausted Gu Xiqiao, while the other held the green, jade flute. He raised his head slowly, revealing a pair of cold, frosty eyes.

“She’s an outsider of this world, and also the bane of your existence. She can’t be permitted to live in this world.” The man’s indifferent face finally showed some expression.

“Whether or not she’s my bane, I don’t care what you say. You only need to know one thing, Dubhe,” Jiang Shuxuan spoke, his voice light. “If you kill her, I’ll destroy the world.”