Doupo: Rebirth of Gu He, Starting with a Strategy to Win Over Yun Yun

Chapter 184 Space Trade FairLieshan handed the Dragon King Token of the South Dragon King to Gu He, signifying his submission.

Gu He demanded that Lieshan take the news of the South Dragon King’s death to the West Dragon Island and North Dragon Island.

”You should be capable of handling such a small matter, right?” Gu He asked lightly.

”Ha, ha, of course I can. Rest assured, Lord Gu He!”

Lieshan was extremely quick to pledge his allegiance.

”Three days. In just three days, the three islands will surely submit to the East Dragon Island!”

”That will suffice.” Gu He stood with his hands behind his back and drifted away.

...

East Dragon Island was as picturesque as a painting.

As the willow catkins, white as snow, settled down, Gu He’s figure appeared in the Void Realm above the Dragon Island.

”Zi Yan, I’ve returned.”

As if sensing his presence, Zi Yan immediately ran out after Gu He’s soft sigh.

The two walked on the large plaza of the Dragon Island. Zi Yan’s features were delicate and charming, but a trace of worry lingered in her eyes.

”I wanted to ask for your help in dealing with the Southern Dragon Island. Their South Dragon King is especially arrogant, shouting provocations across the distance. I really can’t stand it anymore...”

Her voice trailed off.

”It’s not like I called you back because I wanted to see you...!”

Gu He broke off a peach blossom branch from a small path on the plaza and handed it to Zi Yan.

The peach blossoms in spring were exceptionally delicate, carrying a unique fragrance. Gu He smiled slightly, ”I’ve already resolved the Southern Dragon Island matter for you.”

He handed the Dragon Token to Zi Yan.

Zi Yan rubbed the jade token, utterly incredulous.

Gu He had actually dealt with such a major crisis as the South Dragon King of Southern Dragon Island behind her back!?

She no longer needed to worry about it at all!

”You don’t need to worry too much about West Dragon Island and North Dragon Island. Now that the South Dragon King is dead, everyone understands the situation. Following the powerful is the norm.”

Zi Yan giggled: ”Who describes themselves like that? It should be said, ’A wise man submits to circumstances.’”

”Hahaha...”

Gu He mentioned another purpose for his visit this time, also a little surprise he had prepared for Zi Yan.

”I brought you some gifts.”

Curiosity flashed in Zi Yan’s light purple eyes, beautiful like lovely amethysts in the sunlight.

”What is it?”

They both stopped walking.

Gu He said: ”First, you mustn’t be disappointed. What I brought isn’t expensive, nor will it help your cultivation.”

Zi Yan pouted and gave Gu He a sidelong glance, ”Am I short on money?”

Dragons love shiny things. Their Ancient Void Dragon Clan was not lacking in coins, jade, or antiques.

”You are not.”

”So, what I brought you is this.”

Gu He took Zi Yan’s hand, turned her shoulders, and together they looked at a patch of wasteland behind the plaza.

Only then did Zi Yan realize that Gu He had stopped her here with a specific purpose in mind.

Gu He flicked his sleeve. A gentle breeze arose, and before Zi Yan’s eyes, the wasteland transformed, revealing numerous plants.

There were camellias, roses... also walnuts, bergamots.

A great variety. And because spring had arrived with suitable temperatures, they were all in full bloom, exceptionally beautiful.

”Wow~”

Zi Yan couldn’t help but open her small mouth wide.

She had previously found this empty plot a bit unexpected, bare and unadorned. But she had been busy with cultivation and management affairs, so she hadn’t paid much attention or tended to it. She never expected Gu He to have prepared such a surprise for her!

These little flowers and trees didn’t require much money, but they required a heartfelt intention.

This showed that Gu He had been thinking of her during his time away!

Zi Yan was extremely happy and joyful.

”Chirp chirp...”

In the quiet spring, the plants Gu He had brought quietly took root, sprouted, and bloomed...

Occasionally, birds searched for leftover food in the crevices, peaceful and lovely.

Zi Yan stood on her tiptoes and gently planted a kiss under the peach blossom tree.

”Mwah~”

It was gratitude, admiration, and the joy of being cared for.

...

After resolving Zi Yan’s matters, Gu He went to inspect his own territory near East Dragon Island and observed his new Pill Refining Room.

”Truly not bad,” Gu He said.

Zi Yan giggled: ”Of course! I supervised the construction! No one dared to slack off!”

Gu He waved his hand and set out Alchemy equipment: ”Then I’ll refine some Medicinal Pills for you. You can give them to whoever you please in the future.”

Zi Yan nodded vigorously, ”Okay!”

Then, she lowered her head and whispered softly, ”You don’t need to refine them too well, otherwise I might not be willing to part with them...”

”Hahaha...” Gu He let out a hearty laugh.

His Alchemy skills were indeed very strong now, so strong that Zi Yan couldn’t possibly casually give away his pills.

Because his strength had Advanced to the Dou Sheng Expert level, his insights into Alchemy had naturally deepened, promoting him from an Advanced Eighth-Grade Alchemist to a Ninth-Grade Alchemist.

He could now also refine some mid-tier Ninth Grade pills. However, due to limitations in Materials and Pill Formulas, he hadn’t had the chance for practical application.

Subsequently, he began refining pills, both for practice and as gifts for Zi Yan, allowing her to use them as favors.

After all, in Gu He’s eyes, she was still that little girl who hadn’t fully grown up. Gu He thought, if he could help, he would, and he would help as much as possible.

...

Once the pills were refined, Gu He prepared to bid farewell.

”Wuwuwu, why do you have to leave again~” Zi Yan’s little mouth curved into a crescent moon shape.

Gu He said, ”Have you heard of the Space Trade Fair?”

”What’s that?” Zi Yan was curious.

Why was Gu He in such a hurry to attend this fair?

”Similar to an auction, but it’s pretty much the highest-end one.”

”I’m interested in a fragment of a map inside.”

”Hmm... never heard of it.”

Gu He ruffled her hair, ”The Earthwalk Sect, the Void Profound Gate, and the Treasure Appraisal Mountain. Heard of them?”

Zi Yan nodded: ”Somewhat familiar.”

Gu He turned slightly and tapped Zi Yan’s nose, ”If you really didn’t know, I’d suspect you ate too much and became silly.”

”Who will compensate me for my once so clever and lively little Zi Yan!”

The corners of Zi Yan’s mouth lifted, revealing two small dimples.

”Hmph!”

Gu He explained: ”Initially, the Space Trade Fair didn’t have a specific host. But everything needs rules for balance, so these three forces, seemingly inconspicuous but actually not inferior to the One Hall, One Tower, Two Sects, Three Valleys, and Four Pavilions, were designated to preside over it.”

”The fair primarily involves bartering. After all, experts at our level no longer care for mundane wealth. And at the fair, Heaven Rank Dou Skills have appeared several times, stirring waves of fierce competition among experts...”

”So complicated!” Zi Yan grumbled, ”Then can’t you take me?”

”I want to see it too, and I can return to East Dragon Island on my own!” Zi Yan tugged at Gu He’s robe, acting coquettishly.

Gu He looked at Zi Yan with a helpless expression and sighed: ”Go quickly and hand over your Dragon Emperor affairs.”

Zi Yan nodded and hurried to the main hall, dumping a pile of tasks onto several Elders.

...

The Space Trade Fair was held in a desolate desert in the northeastern region of the Central Plains.

On ordinary days, this place was often ravaged by sandstorms. It was even more desolate than the Tagor Desert where Gu He had met Medusa, as it lacked the rich fire-attribute elements of Tagor.

Because of this, the place was almost uninhabited.

However, ordinary people couldn’t imagine that this place, where even wild beasts were reluctant to tread, had become the venue for the highest-level trade fair in the Central Plains.

”Whoosh whoosh—”

On the golden desert, fierce winds howled. Gu He, with Zi Yan, rode on his Flying Beast, ’Setting Sun Radiance,’ skimming over the dunes below.

The Flying Beast was majestic, but Gu He didn’t let it fly too fast because he still had some precautions to discuss with Zi Yan.

”Once we arrive, don’t just think about eating. You need to restrain yourself a bit,” Gu He instructed, looking down.

Zi Yan stuck out her pink tongue, acting coquettishly like a kitten: ”Is that how you see me in your heart~?”

She leaned against Gu He’s arm, ”I’ve noticed, the weakest here is a Three-Star Dou Zun. The one who just passed by us was a Ninth Revolution Dou Zun. I also sensed many existences at the ’Sheng’ level...”

Zi Yan was, after all, a Dou Sheng Expert. Although this Dou Sheng status was somewhat inflated due to the boost from her Awakening Bloodline, she was still one of the top Dou Sheng Experts, and her perception wasn’t poor.

Gu He tapped her forehead: ”I’m afraid you might be careless. There are too many old monsters here.”

He paused briefly, then spoke decisively and clearly: ”But if you provoke anyone, I will definitely protect you.”

Zi Yan’s heart softened, but she remained stubborn: ”Why can’t it be others provoking me?”

Gu He said: ”If someone is blind enough to provoke us, I will exterminate their nine generations.”

The Flying Beast skimmed over the glittering yellow sand, flying deep into the desert. It showed signs of stopping atop a tall sand dune. Gu He controlled the Flying Beast, held Zi Yan, and leaped down. Both landed steadily on the sandy peak.

In a depression of the towering sand mountain, a spatial black hole, a full hundred zhang in size, was slowly rotating. A powerful suction force gradually emanated from within.

”So rich, creating a separate space just for a trade fair,” Zi Yan muttered.

Gu He recalled his Flying Beast named ’Setting Sun Radiance,’ patted Zi Yan’s shoulder, ”Let’s go, I’ll take you treasure hunting.”

...

After entering, Gu He and Zi Yan arrived at the fair’s venue, the Spatial Town.

The streets were bustling, with stalls of various colors on both sides. Various powerful experts sat behind cyan stone platforms, waiting for destined individuals to exchange items with them.

”Earth Rank Advanced Cultivation Technique...” Zi Yan pointed at a stall, surprised. Then, turning her head, she saw another Earth Rank Advanced Cultivation Technique.

Heaven, Earth, Mystic, Yellow. Earth Rank Advanced Cultivation Techniques were already very powerful. Some people could spend their entire lives without obtaining one.

”Why do they seem so common...” Zi Yan asked Gu He.

Gu He smiled: ”An expert who has trained for so many years couldn’t have only obtained one Cultivation Technique. But some techniques conflict with their main cultivation method. Some have strange cultivation methods or prerequisites, like ’to succeed, first castrate oneself.’ Since they can’t use these, they naturally bring them out to exchange for useful things.”

”If you see anything you like, just use the Eighth Grade Pills I gave you to exchange. My pills still hold considerable exchange value.”

But Zi Yan’s focus wasn’t there. She asked curiously: ”’To succeed, first castrate oneself’? Does that mean they’d have no descendants?”

Gu He said calmly: ”They could have children first, then castrate themselves.”

Zi Yan was puzzled: ”Why do you speak about this topic so calmly?”

”...” Gu He retorted: ”Why are you, a young lady, getting so excited?”

”...” Zi Yan asked: ”If I dislike someone, can I make them castrate themselves?”

A flicker of complexity passed through Gu He’s eyes: ”If you can defeat them, it doesn’t matter.”

Zi Yan nodded: ”Of course, I wouldn’t pick a fight with someone I can’t beat!”

”Then who do you want to castrate?”

Zi Yan said with a smile: ”The Dragon Kings of West Dragon Island and North Dragon Island.”

”They rebelled immediately after my father disappeared, showing no regard for past ties. I hate them!”

”...” Gu He fell silent for a moment.

What kind of blatant, innocent-looking darkness is this!?

Was his Zi Yan like this??

”As you wish.”

They walked slowly. Zi Yan took a liking to two Cultivation Techniques and bought them, saying she’d bring them back for her clansmen.

”I remember clearly those who are good to me!”

Zi Yan looked up at Gu He’s face, her eyes flickering as if pondering something.

Gu He was the best to her. What gift should she prepare for him?

Meanwhile.

Gu He suddenly spotted a stall emitting a multicolored glow. He squeezed Zi Yan’s palm, indicating he would leave for a moment to check it out.

”How do you exchange for this?” Gu He asked.

He was inquiring with an extremely gaunt old man. On the old man’s cyan stone platform lay a pebble of seven colors.

This pebble was about half a fist in size, with seven extremely clear lines on its surface. Faintly, a special energy emanated from it.

”Heh, good eyesight. This is a seven-colored origin stone,” the gaunt old man lifted his eyelids.

The seven-colored origin stone was a type of mutated Spirit Stone. It was said that such stones only had a chance of appearing in places where a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python had perished.

The seven-colored origin stone had absorbed the blood of the Sky Swallowing Python and contained special energy. For the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, it was a truly great tonic.

Gu He asked: ”How do you exchange for it?”

He wanted to buy it for Medusa. After all, they had a child together, and he had an obligation to prepare supplements for the child’s mother.

Of course, the stone itself wasn’t important; what mattered was the energy inside and Gu He’s thoughtful intention.

Behind the cyan stone platform, the old man spoke slowly: ”If you want to exchange, you need to give me two Eighth Grade Pills that can summon at least Three-Colored Pill Lightning.”

”Tsk...” Gu He frowned.

The seven-colored origin stone was indeed rare, but its use was very specific, only beneficial to the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python and useless to others. So the old man’s asking price was too high.

The old man snorted: ”Take it or leave it!” Then he disdainfully rolled his eyes, ”Don’t waste my time!”

”There are plenty of people behind you waiting to see my treasure!”

”Two Eighth Grade Pills with Three-Colored Pill Lightning? You might as well rob someone!”

Zi Yan approached at this moment.

”Disrespectful in old age, so greedy at such an Advanced age, nya nya nya~”

Zi Yan stuck out her tongue, provocative the old man.

Since becoming the Dragon Emperor, her behavior had been somewhat restrained. This was also why she pestered Gu He to come out and play. If she held back any longer, she would burst!

She needed to let loose!

The old man wasn’t affected by Gu He’s ’tsk.’ In his eyes, Gu He could buy it or not. But he couldn’t tolerate Zi Yan’s expression and actions. Immediately, his beard bristled with anger:

”Hey, control your person!”

”If you’re not buying, then get lost! Coming to a trade fair without anything decent to offer! Shaming yourself at such a young age.”

Gu He Pull the furious Zi Yan and shook his head slightly at her, ”I’ll buy it.”

Hearing Gu He’s intention to buy, the old man’s beard seemed to float even higher.

”You want to buy? Well, I’m not selling anymore!”

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