Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World

Chapter 205: Chapter 124: Turmoil of Civil Strife!_2

”Jingang, you...”

Gu Changming’s expression changed dramatically as he suddenly felt the Qi Blood Power within him become inexplicably sluggish, refusing to obey his commands. It became ten, a hundred times more difficult than usual to mobilize it, and his muscles and bones started to ache and swell!

Gu Dajiang felt the same.

”Gu Jingang, you actually poisoned us!”

Their eyes were filled with disbelief as they looked at Gu Jingang like he was a stranger, the Iron Fist Jingang they had known who was always so hearty and righteous was no more.

At this moment, Gu Jingang’s expression was devoid of joy or sorrow.

”This is Blood-locking Pills, which I mixed into the food and drinks, and now the medicine has taken effect. For the next 24 hours, you won’t be able to use your Qi Blood Power.”

”What do you want to do?”

Gu Changming shouted.

Gu Jingang turned his head, his face extraordinarily indifferent, sneering as he said:

”What do I want to do? What do you think? Since the clan elders don’t trust me, let’s make them get what they deserve! Changming, Dajiang, you, as the main house’s scions, are afraid of being ridiculed after death. I, Gu Jingang, am not!”

”Gu’s Manor shouldn’t be like this now, relying on others, how can it survive? I need strong power, and Gu’s Manor needs a stronger person to control it!”

Gu Changming and Gu Dajiang were furious beyond compare.

”You want to kill the clan elders and take over Gu’s Manor?!”

Gu Jingang shook his head and laughed:

”You’ve made me out to be too ruthless. How can I say Gu’s Manor has been kind to me? Although the clan elders are annoying, they don’t deserve to die. I’ll just find them a place to settle down for their remaining years.”

He clasped his hands behind his back and turned to leave.

”You two just rest here well; after everything is resolved, I’ll come back and discuss with you how Gu’s Manor should survive.”

Gu Jingang strode forward, ignoring the angry curses from the two behind him.

As he walked out of the courtyard, a woman in a purple dress made him stop, having evidently been there for quite some time.

Gu Jingang’s expression became somewhat complicated.

”Yuhuan, I...”

The woman’s eyes were full of affection as she reached out, gently stroking Gu Jingang’s face, and said:

”Yuhuan only knows that my husband has endured too many grievances over the years. Don’t worry about me, husband, just do what you want to do. Brother Changming and Brother Dajiang will stay at our home and won’t interfere with you.”

Gu Jingang’s heart surged with infinite emotion as he pulled his wife tightly into his embrace.

”Don’t worry, I won’t disappoint you. Once the turmoil in Canghe County is over, I’ll take you all away.”

”Yes!”

Gu Yuhuan nodded resolutely, gazing blankly at Gu Jingang’s back before starting to arrange things at home.

In the courtyard.

Gu Changming and Gu Dajiang had calmed down. Neither of them intended to resist or escape, knowing that since Gu Jingang had come this far, he must have thought through everything thoroughly without leaving any loopholes.

Gu Changming sighed long and weary:

”We’ve really underestimated Jingang; he’s endured for a full month for today.”

Gu Dajiang didn’t reply. After a while, he suddenly said:

”Gu Changming, you’ve known about the Blood-locking Pills for a long time, haven’t you?”

Gu Changming was instantly stunned and turned to see Gu Dajiang staring at him angrily, his eyes twitching, ultimately muttering silently:

”That’s right, I’ve felt that Jingang wasn’t wrong. Although the clan elders have the clan’s best interest at heart, they’re indeed not fit to hold power anymore; Gu’s Manor needs to advance...”

Gu Dajiang angrily said:

”So you let Jingang do it? You’re a main house descendant, afraid of bearing infamy, while Jingang is a farmer’s son, without burdens? Have you considered Yuhuan, considered Jingang’s child?”

”Gu Changming, you’re truly despicable!”

It dawned on him afterward that Gu Changming, being cautious and wise, wouldn’t have been so easily poisoned by Gu Jingang.

Gu Changming also got a bit irritated, suppressing his anger as he said:

”What could I have done? Fight to the death with Jingang, then see Gu’s Manor cease to exist?!”

”Yes, I’m despicable, but Jingang is the most suitable choice. If you or I did it, wouldn’t we be afraid of being scorned behind our backs?”

In the main house, the bloodline is entangled, and many clan elders are their uncles or even of higher generations.

Gu Dajiang fell silent.

He said in a hoarse voice:

”Then...will Jingang do anything to the clan uncles...”

Gu Changming slowly shook his head.

”We all know Jingang’s character; he’s definitely not someone cold-blooded or unfeeling, the clan elders won’t be in danger of losing their lives...”

His voice was firm.

As if comforting Gu Dajiang, and perhaps also comforting himself.

...

Late at night.

Gu Sheng was awakened by shouting from the direction of the main house. He stepped up onto the tiled wall, gazing into the distance where the main house was faintly ablaze with lights.

”What’s happened?”

Gu Sheng thought about everything that had happened recently; with no external enemies, it was likely an internal feud.

After hesitating for a moment, he decided to check it out, the Snake Breath Skill quietly circulating, making him move like a ghost, leaping over ten meters in a single bound, his speed swift.

At the main house.

By now, everyone was in a panic, chaos slightly discernible, and the servants were as if the sky was falling, fear written all over their faces.

Just now, the manor’s top expert, Gu Jingang, had actually rushed in with a group of people. Though they didn’t kill anyone, they bound a large number, even the ever-so-revered clan elders were tied up!

What a shocking event.

Inside the clan hall.

Gu Jingang sat carefreely in the high chair that had always belonged to the Great Clan Elder, his eyes slightly narrowed, looking comfortable, with several martial artists behind him.

”No wonder you, Great Clan Elder, are unwilling to get off this seat; it’s indeed comfortable.”

Gu Jingang shifted his position, smiling with narrowed eyes as he spoke.

The clan elders were now tied up in rows, in a sorry state.

With Gu Changming and Gu Dajiang absent, in Gu’s Manor, there was practically no match for Gu Jingang; the main house martial artists were basically opponents who could be defeated in an instant. Moreover, many people wouldn’t even oppose Gu Jingang, as his teaching over the years had not gone in vain.

Without bloodshed, Gu Jingang had all the clan elders tied up.

”Gu Jingang, what do you want to do?!”

The Great Clan Elder yelled, his hair and beard bristling in anger.

”Have you forgotten Gu’s Manor’s nurturing and kindness towards you? Do you intend to act in reverse?”

Gu Jingang laughed heartily, his Qi Blood Power oscillating, his laughter thunderous.

”This kindness I naturally won’t forget, Great Clan Elder rest assured, I don’t quite fancy this seat, only temporarily borrowing it for a sit.”

”As for Gu Changming and Gu Dajiang, don’t count on them; they’ve been poisoned by me and won’t be coming over for a while, giving us ample time to settle matters.”

Looking at the slightly panicked expression of the Great Clan Elder, Gu Jingang felt inexplicably satisfied.

Did he hate the Great Clan Elder and others? Not quite.

But he did feel oppressed in his heart.

Now, this feeling of oppression was being released, filling him with immense satisfaction.

”Jingang...what exactly do you want? If you want the Blood Strengthening Pill, you can have the clan’s...”

A clan elder spoke tremblingly.

The Great Clan Elder immediately shouted:

”Shut up!”

Gu Jingang laughed and shook his head.

”The Great Clan Elder said I’m an ungrateful wolf once; today, I, Gu Jingang, let you reap what you sow, show you what an ungrateful wolf is like!”

The clan elders turned pale, and the Great Clan Elder’s face twitched.

”How dare you?!”

”Why wouldn’t I dare?!”

Gu Jingang’s eyes widened in anger, his fierce aura surging out, as if the next moment he would pounce like a ferocious tiger. The clan elders couldn’t help but shudder; living long didn’t always mean seeing everything clearly, often making one even more afraid of death.

Seeing the clan elders in such a state, Gu Jingang instead felt a bit unmotivated.

He looked at the Great Clan Elder and the tied-up martial artists behind him and simply said:

”Rest assured, I won’t harm the clan elders, just need to move you to another place to live out your life in peace. As for you, as long as you listen to me in the future, the clan elders will naturally be fine.”

The clan elders first breathed a sigh of relief, then immediately changed their expressions.

”You want to usurp!”

The Great Clan Elder said furiously.

Endless regret rose in his heart.

”If I’d known back then, I shouldn’t have nurtured someone like you with a wolf heart and dog lungs!”

Gu Jingang’s eyes turned cold, but he paid no heed, only addressing everyone:

”I, Gu Jingang, don’t deny I have a private agenda, but I won’t take Gu’s Manor; once Xiao Jiang grows up, I will hand it over to him.”

”Great Clan Elder, your era is over.”

Gu Xiaojiang, just brought in, heard these words, and his heart was filled with a myriad of emotions.