bookbashuk Chapter 174 I genuinely want to be your friend
Chapter 174 I genuinely want to be your friend
Cloud Sky Continent.
Inside the restaurant, Gu Yan, whose appearance had changed, was drinking tea in a corner. He held a cup of spiritual tea, and the voices of several demons could be heard beside him.
"Have you heard about that matter?" asked a young demon with ox horns.
"What's wrong?" asked the red-haired demon man with beast ears.
"A quasi-god level powerhouse suddenly appeared out of nowhere. This guy is named Li Bai. He's incredibly arrogant. First, he took liberties with the Empress of the Baiyue Empire. The Empress was no match for him, and he escaped. Emperor Qingpo of the Baiyue Empire angrily went to hunt him down. Guess what happened?" said the horned youth.
Another blue-haired demon with scales asked, "What's wrong?"
"That Li Bai raped Qingpo," said the horned youth.
The demons were stunned and couldn't believe it.
Gu Yan, who was standing next to her, almost spat out her tea.
Did he rape Qingpo?
Who spread rumors about him?
The surrounding demons were so engrossed in their conversation that they didn't notice Gu Yan.
"Impossible, right? His Majesty Qingpo is a quasi-god, how, how could this be..."
"It's true, the news has already spread throughout the Moon Worship Empire."
"This, this, this..."
The demons stared wide-eyed in disbelief. A quasi-god, actually... you know... this was too outrageous!
"That Li Bai, he must already be at the god level, right?" a purple-haired demon asked.
Unless Li Bai has already become a god, it's really hard to believe that he's so arrogant as to dare to provoke the most ferocious and powerful brother and sister pair on the Cloud Sky Continent.
"This...this is probably possible."
The young demon with ox horns clicked his tongue twice: "Li Bai really doesn't discriminate between men and women, or between vegetarians and non-vegetarians..."
"The obscene demon!"
Suddenly, a blond demon chimed in, and the other demons nearby wholeheartedly agreed.
Gu Yan, standing beside her: "..."
How did he become a lecherous monster again?
So, is Li Bai associated with the word "lustful demon"?
"Speaking of which, where did this Li Bai come from? Is he some kind of powerful figure from the Cloud Heaven Continent? Is there such a person on the Jade Wave Continent?"
"Aren't there only six Spirit Emperors on the Yunlan Continent? As for Quasi-Gods, there are only two. The strongest one is Jiang Qian from the Tianyang Empire."
"Could it be that Jiang Qian disguised himself as Li Bai... and then..."
"It's unlikely. If it were Jiang Qian, he would have been recognized long ago. That Li Bai didn't use any of the Great Sun Golden Crow clan's techniques, so it shouldn't be him."
"If they really were those Spirit Emperors from Yunlan Continent, they would have been figured out long ago."
"Who exactly is it?"
The demons discussed Li Bai's origins, offering various speculations and opinions.
Gu Yan, who was standing nearby, overheard this, silently stood up, paid the bill, and left the restaurant.
From then on, the lecherous Li Bai became famous throughout the Cloud Sky Continent.
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More than ten days later.
In a certain canyon, two long rainbows sped across and then landed on an open space.
The one in front is a young man dressed in white. This young man in white looks ordinary, but he has an extraordinary temperament and his posture is as graceful as an immortal.
The other was a young man dressed in a moon-white robe, who looked to be no more than twenty years old. His long, silver-white hair was like flowing silver moonlight, his skin was as white as ice and jade, his appearance was extremely handsome, his temperament was noble, and there was a crescent-shaped red demon mark between his eyebrows.
"Li Bai, you lecherous scoundrel! I considered you a friend, yet you humiliated my mother and defiled my uncle! I swear I will never forgive you!!" Mu Yue angrily gripped her long sword and charged towards Gu Yan.
Mu Yue and the other clansmen split up to search for Gu Yan's whereabouts, and Mu Yue found Gu Yan first. While dodging the incoming sword energy, Gu Yan explained, "Mu Yue, calm down, can you let me explain properly?"
"I won't listen, go die!!"
With a single slash of his longsword, the handsome, silver-haired demon wolf prince unleashed hundreds of sword energies towards Gu Yan. These hundreds of sword energies howled, stirring up terrifying storms wherever they went, causing the surrounding canyons to collapse instantly, and even the space itself to shatter.
Faced with the incoming blade energy, Gu Yan simply flicked his long sleeves, and the blade energy was dispersed by him.
Then, Gu Yan flashed in front of Mu Yue and sent her flying with a single palm strike.
Mu Yue's strength was far inferior to his, posing no threat to him whatsoever.
With a loud thud, Mu Yue crashed to the ground, creating a large crater. His long sword slipped from his grasp. Just as he was about to get up, Gu Yan was already upon him. Mu Yue launched a sweeping kick at Gu Yan, who parried the kick. Mu Yue then flipped to his feet, unleashing a punch that produced tens of thousands of silver fist imprints. Gu Yan also threw a punch, similarly producing tens of thousands of golden fist imprints.
The fist imprints collided with each other, creating a thunderous explosion.
After exchanging several blows with Gu Yan, he was pinned to the ground by Gu Yan.
"Let me go!"
"Listen to me first."
"What's there to say?"
In the collapsed canyon, the smoke and dust had not yet dissipated when the white-robed youth pressed the handsome demon prince to the ground.
Looking at Gu Yan's face so close to his, Mu Yue felt hatred and regret. He remembered how he met Gu Yan and traveled with him. At first, he thought he had made a good friend, but who knew that this friend harbored evil intentions.
"You shameless bastard, go ahead and kill me if you dare."
"Use your brain and think about it, okay? If I really had any ill intentions, you, your mother, and your uncle would be dead long ago," Gu Yan said loudly.
Mu Yue's struggle paused for a moment, and the anger on his handsome face froze for a split second, as if that were indeed the case. Gu Yan noticed the change in his expression but didn't let go. He continued to hold Mu Yue's hands tightly until Mu Yue coldly said:
"Let go!"
Gu Yan then released him.
The silver-haired, blue-eyed demon prince sat on the ground, coldly staring at Gu Yan. His face, more handsome than many stunning women, was as cold as unyielding ice. His long silver hair cascaded down his back like cascading moonlight, untouched by a speck of dust.
If we're talking about looks, excluding Gu Yan herself, this demon prince is the most handsome man Gu Yan has ever seen. Of course, while Mu Yue is handsome, he can't compare to Gu Yan. Gu Yan doesn't consider looks when making friends; after all, no one is as good-looking as herself.
Mu Yue stared coldly at Gu Yan, her expression clearly indicating that she wanted to hear his explanation.
Gu Yan took out the immortal jade she had snatched from Empress Shu Lan: "That day I only sensed the aura on this pendant, so I followed it with my divine sense. I didn't expect to see your mother..."
"Anyway, it's a misunderstanding; this thing is very important to me."
"And what about my uncle?" Mu Yue asked coldly.
"I didn't abuse him, and I don't like men. I just took one of his clothes, and I even helped him stop the bleeding," Gu Yan said.
Mu Yue sneered: "But it is a fact that you seriously injured my mother and my uncle."
Gu Yan: "..."
He couldn't refute this, and could only weakly say, "Well, it's because you wouldn't listen to my explanation that I had no choice."
"You approached me with ill intentions and ulterior motives," Mu Yue sneered again.
"No, I genuinely wanted to be your friend. I didn't know your mother had this celestial jade at the time. It was only when you took me to your house that I sensed it," Gu Yan said.