Chapter 14: The Distinguished Guest of the Divine Medicine Workshop

Watching Ye Geyue's smile, Jun Liuyi momentarily lost herself. That smile was faint and shallow, yet it carried a sense of reassurance and clarity, peerless in elegance, as graceful as an immortal.

"What the Strange Gu Alliance lacks most is a foundation of guarantee. We can establish a Blood Gu Oath." Above that faint smile, Ye Geyue spoke these words with casual indifference.

"A Blood Gu Oath?" Jun Liuyi couldn't help but gasp!

A Blood Gu Oath causes profound harm to the user of Gu. Because a blood oath established through Gu is used to demonstrate sincerity when the other party is not skilled in Gu arts or is difficult to trust. In other words, the person making the blood oath uses damage to their own body and internal strength as the sincerity of the vow to form an alliance.

To speak of a blood oath so simply with such a casual smile was deeply shocking to Jun Liuyi.

Amidst her astonishment, Ye Geyue's voice came again: "For this alliance, the Saintess and I can also perform a Blood Gu Oath."

"It matters not." Before the voice had even faded, Shangguan Jun had already spoken.

Ye Geyue's sincerity was already on display; furthermore, to put them at ease, he had even conceded by allowing Jun Liuyi to establish the blood oath. Such an attitude was more than enough.

"Perhaps many do not understand the Blood Gu Oath, but I do. Within the Strange Gu Alliance, a Blood Gu Oath binds one's life to the Gu Mother. The Gu Saint has taken this as his oath; if I were still to demand the Saintess swear an oath out of precaution, would that not be a betrayal of the Gu Saint's sincerity?" Shangguan Jun's phoenix eyes were smiling, a peerless and enchanting smile hanging upon his face.

Regarding Shangguan Jun's decision, Jun Liuyi merely held a smile and said nothing.

After the Blood Gu Oath was established, the three of them conversed for a long time before finally returning to the main hall.

No one knew exactly what decisions the Strange Gu Alliance and the Spirit Control Sect had reached in that short span of time, but all the members of the Strange Gu Alliance saw only how unsightly Ye Geyue's expression was when he walked back into the hall.

Those familiar with him knew that their Alliance Leader had just taken men to engage in a contest, and seeing the current situation, the outcome had surely been decided.

Seeing Ye Geyue being forced to release people in exchange for the antidote for the Strange Gu Alliance disciples, the various Elders wore expressions of even greater indignation.

Jun Liuyi led the people of the Spirit Control Sect to rise and leave, but she stopped as she stepped through the gates: "Gu Saint, do not forget—what you promised: for three years, you shall not offend my Spirit Control Sect!"

Leaving those words behind, Jun Liuyi led her people away from the Strange Gu Alliance.

In the main hall, everyone's expression grew even more grim. The Left Protector darkened his face and said hurriedly, "My Lord, are we just going to let the people of the Spirit Control Sect be this arrogant?"

"Do we not have our people among them?" Ye Geyue's expression was unsightly, and his gaze toward the Left Protector held a few more degrees of gloom.

"But to look down upon our Strange Gu Alliance like this, how can my Lord..."

"I, the Gu Saint, did not even know that our own people had been planted in the Spirit Control Sect without my knowledge. Do I now need to report even the decisions I make to you?" Speaking these words slowly, Ye Geyue unfurled his folding fan, fanning himself rhythmically. The surrounding Gu insects gradually gathered toward the center of the hall.

"This position of mine is open to any of you at any time." With silver hair falling to his shoulders, he spoke indifferently, "As long as you have the ability!"

Seeing the Gu Saint's anger, everyone knelt one after another: "My Lord, please calm your anger."

"Calm my anger?" Ye Geyue narrowed his eyes halfway. "What is there to say when one is inferior in skill? If you had the ability, I would naturally yield my position. A single Saintess of the Spirit Control Sect could successfully transplant my Gu poison; if a real conflict arose, what could you possibly achieve?"

"My Lord is speaking of restraint, then..." A person harboring a sliver of hope asked timidly.

Ye Geyue leaned against the back of his chair and said, "Foolish!"

He snapped his fan shut, and the Gu insects dispersed completely.

His indifferent gaze swept over those present, yet they still felt an aura of danger. "The Saintess is a disciple of the Ghost Doctor of the Divine Medicine Workshop. If a disciple of the Ghost Doctor can contend with you, if a real fight breaks out, do you think the Divine Medicine Workshop will stand idly by? The Ghost Doctor is notoriously protective of his own; have you all forgotten?"

His words caused everyone, who had been blinded by rage, to freeze in place.

The Ghost Doctor of the Divine Medicine Workshop was famous for his protectiveness. It was said that his direct disciples inherited his temperament; all disciples under his jurisdiction would certainly ignore anyone who offended a fellow disciple. As the saying goes, "mountains and rivers meet again," but once the Divine Medicine Workshop felt the need to intervene, they would absolutely refuse to help the dying!

If a conflict truly broke out, the Spirit Control Sect would have the Divine Medicine Workshop as an added strength, and the advantage of the Strange Gu Alliance would vanish.

Seeing the crowd frowning, Ye Geyue finally spoke slowly: "The three-year agreement is my gentleman's pact. Within these three years, all disciples of the Strange Gu Alliance must improve their cultivation and their control over Gu poison."

"Yes!"

"The people planted in the Spirit Control Sect must be cautious and perform their monitoring and responses diligently," Ye Geyue added.

After giving a few more instructions, he left the Right Protector, who had planted the spies, and dismissed the crowd.

Meanwhile, Jun Liuyi and the others had left the Strange Gu Alliance and quickened their pace to escort Elder Wu and the others back to the Spirit Control Sect.

Seventy miles away from the Spirit Control Sect, the Divine Medicine Workshop in Penghai City also welcomed a rare guest.

As Sikong Qimo stepped into the Divine Medicine Workshop, he finally removed the hat from his head. As the concealing hat was removed, his black robes framed facial features as sharp as carvings, allowing the domineering aura radiating from him to flare wildly.

Taking a jade pendant from his waist, he spoke coldly, "I wish to see your manager."

The person receiving him saw the jade pendant and their expression changed instantly: "This young master, please, come inside!"