Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 1399: Chapter 1052: The One as Fierce as a Wolf or Tiger Is Me!

”What’s wrong with collaborating with him?” Gu Changsheng heard this and turned his head to glance.

Upon seeing her indifferent attitude, Borjigin Nian immediately got angry, anxiously tugging at her sleeve, ”Gu Changsheng, I’ve heard that back in Licheng City, you almost fell into the hands of Dugu Jieao. Now, after just a few seductive words, you agreed to collaborate with him. You’re clearly dancing with wolves and negotiating with tigers!”

”Haha!” Gu Changsheng laughed at Borjigin Nian’s anxious demeanor, pointed at Borjigin Nian, then at herself, ”Borjigin Nian, in your eyes, am I really that foolish? Dancing with wolves? Negotiating with tigers? Who is the wolf? Who is the tiger?”

”...” Borjigin Nian was taken aback by Gu Changsheng’s questions, and couldn’t help but blink her deep-set large eyes.

”People should see themselves clearly but not underestimate themselves! If I Gu Changsheng were so easily fooled, I’d have died 800 years ago! That old bastard Dugu Jieao, despite his age, still lingering with schemes—I couldn’t just let him run in vain, could I? In other words, I call this respecting the elder and loving the younger! People with such noble qualities as mine aren’t common these days!” Gu Changsheng said, shaking her head and continuing onward, ”Indeed, this is dancing with wolves and negotiating with tigers! But the wolf-like, tiger-like one is me! Not the self-assertive Dugu Jieao!”

”Gu Changsheng, you mean you did it deliberately?” Borjigin Nian finally understood and quickly caught up to ask.

”Yes! I did it deliberately. If I hadn’t, how could I see through the complexities within the Hidden World Clan?” Gu Changsheng said with raised eyebrows, walking along, ”The Hidden World Clan has been secluded for a long time with little known to the outside world. To truly understand them, one must find a breach from within! Borjigin Nian, right now the situation in Northern Mongolia is unpredictable, and Linyuan City is in a crucial location by the Three Kingdoms’ coast. The Hidden World Clan choosing to hold the Nirvana Martial Contest here seems quite purposeful to me!”

Borjigin Nian tightened her eyes hearing Gu Changsheng mention Northern Mongolia, and immediately said, ”Gu Changsheng, you mean their intentions?”

”Exactly! If it were merely a prelude to entering the world, the Hidden World Clan would not send all their young talents. You should know what the younger generation means to a family! It signifies the continuation of the bloodline and the future! Their bold action surely indicates other calculations! Borjigin Nian, we’re already pawns on someone else’s chessboard. While the chaos can be advantageous for us to seize opportunities, the Hidden World Clan is not to be underestimated! The manipulator is already making me wary, and I won’t allow extra complications! Therefore, I must comprehend the ultimate intentions behind the Hidden World Clan’s Nirvana Martial Contest!” Gu Changsheng spoke with a determined look in her eyes, ”I want the Nirvana Martial Contest First reward, and I want to understand their secret plans! I won’t let them ruin my major affairs!”

”Gu Changsheng...” Borjigin Nian became tense after hearing this, looking at Gu Changsheng with a serious expression. After considering for a while, making sure there was no one else around, she still spoke up to ask, ”Gu Changsheng, how certain are you about this all being manipulated by someone?”

”Absolutely certain!” Gu Changsheng replied without hesitation.

”Why?”

”Because the chaos in Northern Mongolia is odd in itself. Even though they took your Father King hostage, those rebels are desperate enough to risk everything, as the saying goes, ’No profit, no early morning rise.’ Knowing that in the end, they won’t gain much from the internal turmoil in Northern Mongolia, they still revolted. This is enough to prove that there’s a greater temptation awaiting them!” Leaning against a corridor column, Gu Changsheng halted her steps, looked out at the sky, and murmured softly.

”Why? Why must it be my Northern Mongolia?” Borjigin Nian retorted angrily, ”Why must it be Northern Mongolia? The Northern Mongolian people are simple, living a nomadic life by the water; why must the flames of war ravage my Northern Mongolia?”

”Indeed! Why must it be your Northern Mongolia?” Gu Changsheng echoed, lowering her long eyelashes, murmuring softly. Then she looked up at Borjigin Nian and spoke gently, ”Borjigin Nian, if I say it’s because you and I are friends, and that’s why they used your Northern Mongolia as a pawn, dragging you and your nation into this game, would you blame me?”

Gu Changsheng has never been one to shirk responsibility.

Since this surmise arose in her heart, she naturally wouldn’t conceal it!

Especially not in the presence of Borjigin Nian!

Gu Changsheng, both in her past and present life, always carried pride; Borjigin Nian is her only female friend!

Whether it was the whirlwind in Liuzhou City, she accompanied her!

Or the chaos in the Southern Border, risking her life to block Southern Chen’s advances, securing her rear!

She is her first girlfriend!

A friend connected by life!

”You!” Borjigin Nian’s face turned pale instantly upon hearing this.

”Borjigin Nian, it’s because of me! Along this journey, everything we’ve encountered makes me have a premonition that the hidden hand behind it all is determined to use the entire world as a chessboard, merely to lure me step by step north, reaching the place they want me to get to!” Taking a deep breath, Gu Changsheng looked at Borjigin Nian, with certainty, ”Borjigin Nian, you are my friend, I, Gu Changsheng, treat you like family! They must have banked on this! Banked on the fact that something happened in Northern Mongolian, you would definitely come back, banked on my past affections, I would surely head north to lend you a hand! What’s more, there’s something I dream of acquiring in the Far North Land to the north of Northern Mongolian. That person behind the scenes really has calculated everything perfectly, having cunning moves, turning clouds with a flip of the hand, making rain with another.”

”Borjigin Nian, this time, it’s me again who has implicated you...”

At this point, the look in Gu Changsheng’s eyes inevitably darkened.

She actually didn’t want to reveal everything.

She was afraid!

Afraid she might lose her only girlfriend!

”Gu Changsheng...”

It was quite some time before Borjigin Nian returned from Gu Changsheng’s words, looking somewhat pale at Gu Changsheng, furrowing her brows, and softly asking, ”I only ask you this, when did you first discover that there was something amiss?”

”Xunyang City, when my son was ambushed by the Wolf Transform Clan, I had some suspicions!” Gu Changsheng candidly revealed without reservation.

”Xunyang City, it hadn’t been long since we’d entered the Liaodong territory, then why didn’t you retreat? Clearly knowing there are schemes, aware someone means you harm, why did you still proceed to Linyuan City?” Borjigin Nian looked at Gu Changsheng and asked seriously.

”I...” Gu Changsheng hesitated, caught off guard by Borjigin Nian’s question, a gleam flashed in her Phoenix Eyes, looking at Borjigin Nian with an excited expression.

”Bang!”

In the next moment, a fist fell directly on Gu Changsheng’s shoulder, toppling her slightly against a corridor pillar.

”Gu Changsheng, in this world, you’re not the only clever one! I, Borjigin Nian, am not a fool! Knowing there’s a trap waiting for you and yet you came, what reason do I have to blame you?” Borjigin Nian, with a self-assured look that didn’t resemble the Central Plains’ women, confidently spoke.

”You...” Gu Changsheng was stunned by Borjigin Nian’s words, a lively and bright excitement flashed across her face, ”You knew? You knew all along?”

The life-and-death friendship between her and Borjigin Nian, if at this moment she can’t perceive Borjigin Nian’s thoughts, then she’d be a wooden club!

Seeing Gu Changsheng looking at her this way, Borjigin Nian raised her eyebrow and ensured that no one was around before speaking thoughtfully with a frown, ”Yes, I knew! Shortly after arriving at Linyuan City, I had this vague instinct! The chaos in Northern Mongolian definitely has external forces steering it!”

Upon hearing, Gu Changsheng’s Phoenix Eyes immediately glimmered with a bright light, looking at Borjigin Nian with disbelief, eager for her to continue.

”The battle at Hengtang Lake, you also faced off against my cousin, you should have some understanding of what kind of person Borjigin Lvchi is. Just such a reckless man, how could he have the patience to participate in Northern Mongolian’s rebellion and usurpation?” Borjigin Nian lowered her voice, confidently saying, ”My Northern Mongolian people, regardless of gender, are born with a straightforward and bold character. Whether right or wrong, once decided, they do it, come what may, it’s the result, there’s no dragging on! I followed their plan north, yet they excluded me from Northern Mongolian, leaving me in Linyuan City worried and besieged. This is not their style, it feels like they’re waiting for something! Gu Changsheng, my Father King is still trapped in the Royal City, can you imagine, if I hadn’t detected that something was off, would I sit here distressed and inactive for so long? You know me, I’m no fool; if it wasn’t for this bit of insight, back in Southern Border, you would have had enemies all around, the outcome still unknown!”

”Ah!” Gu Changsheng exclaimed in shock upon hearing this.

”Bang!”

In the next moment, Gu Changsheng raised a fist and punched Borjigin Nian on the shoulder.

”I’ve always known you are more perceptive than you appear, but I didn’t expect it! Borjigin Nian, you’ve truly got some wisdom, worthy of being my friend!” Gu Changsheng exhaled deeply, looking at Borjigin Nian excitedly.

”Ha!” Borjigin Nian sneered upon hearing Gu Changsheng’s words, giving him a sideways look, contemplating, ”But I must say, Gu Changsheng, as a friend, I wish to ask you to stop heading north and turn back now! But, as a Princess of Northern Mongolian, I urgently want to see who is capable of such a grand scheme, using the world as a chessboard...”