She had long known Su Cheng was Nangong Mo.
However, Su Cheng's original memories had not yet been restored, and he himself did not know he was Nangong Mo.
Therefore, Su Cheng's current devotion and kindness towards her stemmed from his personal feelings.
Tears streamed down her cheeks.
Gu Qianying cried silently.
"Su Cheng, don't beg her, Su Cheng, come back, I don't want you to wrong yourself like this, Su Cheng, come back."
Watching Su Cheng kowtow to Murong Yun, she felt immense heartache.
Su Cheng paid no attention to Gu Qianying.
At this moment, as long as Murong Yun would spare Gu Qianying, nothing else mattered.
Even if he had to abandon his dignity and everything in front of Gu Qianying, it was all the same to him.
As long as Murong Yun did not harm the one he deeply loved, he would do anything.
"Little brother, it seems you've fallen truly for Miss Gu. Seeing how pathetic you are, I, your elder brother, shall give you a chance."
Murong Yun's voice echoed as he tossed a dagger at Su Cheng's feet.
"Little brother, cut off your arm with this dagger, and your eyeballs too, and this face of yours. Although you look exactly like me, your elder brother, I simply dislike this face of yours."
"I also dislike having someone in this world who looks exactly like me. So... little brother, cut your own face. As long as you do as I say, I, your elder brother, will kindly spare Miss Gu. I am serious this time, I can swear on our eldest sister."
Murong Yun gazed at Su Cheng kneeling at his feet.
To him, the word "twin" was an insult.
Yin Gu people were Yin Gu people; they should live in darkness, becoming kings of the darkness.
Therefore, kinship meant nothing to him.
For years, he had also disapproved of Su Cheng's ways.
Nourishing small animals with his own blood, then eating those live creatures. While this method could sustain life, in his eyes, it was useless, a cowardly act.
The strong should eat people.
What was wrong with eating people?
What was wrong with eating one's own kind?
That was how one became stronger. The weak should become food for the strong.
This was the way of heaven.
"Alright, I can cut off my arm, and I can dig out my eyeballs. As long as you spare her, brother, I can do it all."
Saying this, Su Cheng crawled to pick up the dagger from the ground.
"No, don't, Su Cheng, don't!"
Gu Qianying watched from the side, shaking her head and crying.
As Su Cheng picked up the dagger, he turned to look at Gu Qianying, "Qianying, it's alright, it won't hurt. Qianying, you must listen to my brother. I will send you away from Nanyi Kingdom. Qianying, be obedient, be good."
Gu Qianying cried, shaking her head, "No... don't..."
Earlier, when they were admiring the moon together, Su Cheng had told her that disguise was also a form of protection.
He was telling Gu Qianying that Murong Yun was untrustworthy and that to survive, she needed to pretend.
"Be good, be obedient," the epitome of pretending to be foolish.
He had once told her a story about a prince in the Northern Ridge Kingdom's imperial palace who was bullied from childhood and was considered foolish.
But one night, Su Cheng encountered that prince and discovered that the foolish prince was not foolish at all.
And in daily life, because the prince was so foolish, he was also good and obedient. It was precisely because of this that the foolish prince had lived for many years.
Now, that foolish prince was the Third Prince of the Northern Ridge Kingdom, who had already been enfeoffed as a king with his own territory, and had gone to his fiefdom with his newlywed princess consort.
At this moment, what Su Cheng meant by "be a bit good" and "be a bit obedient," Gu Qianying understood he was telling her how to escape from Murong Yun.
Su Cheng knew her nature well; being obedient and good was never something she did.
Looking at the tears on Gu Qianying's face.
Su Cheng smiled.
He knew that Gu Qianying understood what he was saying.
With this, he was relieved.
Gu Qianying had lost her martial arts and could not protect herself.
And his own life was on a countdown.
At the same time, he understood Murong Yun very well; he knew what kind of person Murong Yun disliked the most.
He wondered about the situation of Gu Qianying's close friends.
When no one could save her and she could not save herself, only by feigning foolishness could she preserve her life.
And Murong Yun would not be interested in a woman who suddenly became foolish.
This was the last thing he could do for Gu Qianying.
As he raised the dagger, Su Cheng averted his gaze.
However... just then, Xuan Ling Nu, hidden within Gu Qianying's sea of consciousness, actually spoke.
"Master, I'm coming out of seclusion! Master, please close your eyes!"
Gu Qianying's body trembled.
Xuan Ling Nu's voice came to her most timely, like a lifeline.
"Good."
Gu Qianying closed her eyes.
Suddenly.
A beam of white light flashed at the center of her brow.
Following that... a white figure appeared before everyone.
It was a woman with exquisite features, clad in flowing white robes, like a celestial maiden.
The woman stood before Gu Qianying and first paid homage to her.
Then, with a flick of her sleeve, a surge of spiritual energy erupted from her palm.
The dagger in Su Cheng's hand fell to the ground. Murong Yun's eyes widened in shock as he looked at the woman in white, "Who are you?"
Xuan Ling Nu did not speak. She attacked with a palm strike.
Powerful spiritual energy ensnared Murong Yun.
Murong Yun's subordinates behind him were all astonished the moment Xuan Ling Nu appeared.
As Xuan Ling Nu made her move, these men drew their swords and charged towards her.
However... before they could get close to Xuan Ling Nu, they were all sent flying far by her palm strike.
Their swords clattered to the ground. Some lay askew, while others were thrown against the wall behind them.
All of Murong Yun's subordinates had fallen.
After dealing with them, Xuan Ling Nu turned her gaze to Murong Yun.
Her voice was cold and emotionless, "Next... it's your turn..."
Seeing that the situation was not good, Murong Yun immediately dodged as Xuan Ling Nu attacked him.
Powerful spiritual energy enveloped him. A ball of black mist condensed in Murong Yun's palm.
He had used demonic power.
While fighting Xuan Ling Nu, he found an opportunity and escaped.
There were hardly any people left downstairs in the inn.
The innkeeper and the waiter had also fled, terrified by the extraordinary events upstairs.
After Murong Yun escaped, Xuan Ling Nu helped Gu Qianying to a chair and had her sit.
Simultaneously, she helped Su Cheng onto the bed, telling him to lie down.
Xuan Ling Nu heard from Gu Qianying that Su Cheng was in a critical state and also heard Gu Qianying instruct her to save Su Cheng.
Sitting by the bedside, Xuan Ling Nu transferred thirty percent of her spiritual energy to Su Cheng.
However... she realized this was not enough.
"Master, this won't work. Su Cheng is an Yin Gu person; spiritual energy cannot save him, unless..."
Xuan Ling Nu stood up and walked over, helping Gu Qianying adjust her robes and checking her pulse.
She wanted to inform Gu Qianying about her own condition, but Gu Qianying was only concerned about Su Cheng's health.
"Don't worry about me for now. What about Su Cheng? Unless what?"