novel Villain Is Here - Chapter 213

The magnificent Mountain Gate was like the gate of the Heavenly Court in ancient times, incomparably tall.

And amidst those fascinating sights, a myriad of auspicious clouds shone in the sky, looking lofty and majestic, like a Fairyland. 

One after another, supreme rainbows travelled through the Heavens and Earth, bringing multi-coloured Qi with them, which seemed to contain an infinite, profound heritage.

Jiang Chuchu appeared here with her entire face covered by a thin veil and a layer of mist shrouding it, ensuring that no one could see her true face, nor hear her true voice.

Judging from appearance alone, no one could tell whether she was male or female.

She was travelling alone, with none of her followers around, yet she still possessed a certain aura of confidence and unflinching poise. That subtle but overwhelming aura made one feel as if she was not meant to be underestimated.

Hearing her words, the Gu Family’s Immortal Guards, patrolling in front of the Mountain Gate, looked at her in shock.

“A descendant from the Human Ancestral Hall?”

Their expressions were quite puzzled. From what they remembered… 

‘Wasn’t the mysterious woman from the Immortal Wang Family the descendant of the Human Ancestral Hall?’

‘How did another descendant pop up out of nowhere?’

‘Or is this person impersonating the descendant of the Human Ancestral Hall?’

The memory of that day – Mother Gu’s birthday banquet – where the Forbidden Demonic Arts’ Inheritor had tried to assassinate the descendant of the Human Ancestral Hall was still very clearly imprinted in their minds.

That incident had caused a big stir, and there were a lot of uproars.

“Who is so bold to dare impersonate the descendant of the Human Ancestral Hall?” 

At that moment, one of the guards opened his mouth and asked, with eyes like a supreme sword, as if he wanted to pierce through the void and see through Jiang Chuchu.

A majestic pressure befell her instantly.

Had it been an ordinary person, they would definitely be unable to bear the crippling force and would have fallen to the ground in a slump.

But Jiang Chuchu was no ordinary person. The young lady looked unusually calm in the middle of that pressure, as if nothing in the world could attract her attention.

Buzz!

She simply raised her jade-like hand and, nestled within her five slender fingers, was an exquisite token carved from a mystical material.

And inscribed onto the token was…

• Human Ancestral Hall!

The three characters appeared majestically in the void, revealing their identity.

“Human Ancestral Order!”

Seeing this token, the Immortal Guards’ expression changed wildly in recognition.

Even within the Upper Realm’s countless domains, there was not a single individual who would not recognise this particular token and what it represented.

The Human Ancestral Order was the face and prestige of the Human Ancestral Hall.

A token of power that could command many Daoist Forces once shown.

Their expressions became suspicious and shocked for a moment, but they couldn’t let a person enter just because of this token.

The Immortal Gu Family still had its own strict rules.

So what if they are the descendants of the Human Ancestral Hall?

“The current Human Ancestral Hall doesn’t only have one descendant.”

Seemingly understanding why the guards were so confused, Jiang Chuchu opened her mouth and explained it to them flatly, “I also hope that you will report to Young Master Changge that a descendant of the Human Ancestral Hall wants to talk to him about something important.”

Her detached status and otherworldly reputation would not help here, as she did not dare act presumptuously in front of the Immortal Gu family’s Mountain Gate. Everything had to be done according to the rules.

“Okay, please wait a moment.”

Several Immortal Guards looked at each other before turning into a collection of supreme rainbows to leave, as it would take a long time to pass the Mountain Gates and arrive at the central Divine Island.

Moreover, that was after passing through many Teleportation Arrays.

“Gu Changge…”

Watching the group of Immortal Guards leave, Jiang Chuchu’s crystal clear eyes flashed with bright runes as she whispered his name softly.

During this time, after Jiang Chuchu left the Heavenly Dao Ancient City, she went straight to the Ancient Immortal Ye Family, wanting to know more about Ye Ling.

Since she had a unique Secret Technique, she would’ve been able to determine Ye Ling’s exact location according to a relatively similar bloodline of the Ye Family.

With such thoughts, Jiang Chuchu rushed to the Immortal Ye Family. And with her identity, the Immortal Ye Clan dare not neglect her, instead, they tried their best to cooperate with her.

The Immortal Ye Clan did not want to be associated with the Inheritor of Forbidden Demonic Arts either.

But in the end, after Jiang Chuchu performed the Secret Technique, the entire Immortal Ye Clan was shocked by the unexpected result.

Ye Ling’s breath… had already dissipated long ago.

This matter shocked the entire Immortal Ye clan.

In other words, that meant that the Forbidden Demonic Arts’ Inheritor who caused the recent uproars was not Ye Ling but someone else entirely.

Although Jiang Chuchu was slightly surprised by this conclusion, she had expected this would be the case. The reason for that was that she had felt as if there was something wrong with this Ye Ling from the beginning, for his actions were too passive, his movements often rushed or unplanned.

Making it seem like there was an invisible hand pulling the strings from behind.

In Jiang Chuchu’s opinion, Ye Ling’s death was more or less guaranteed; it was just a matter of when.

On the other hand, she always felt something was wrong with Gu Changge.

Unfortunately, this was just her institution, without any evidence.

Therefore, to confirm her guess and figure out the truth, Jiang Chuchu travelled all the way to the Immortal Gu Family’s residence.

She had also heard about Wang Zijin’s failed assassination along the way.

Hearing all about the supposed massive organisation behind the Forbidden Demonic Arts’ Inheritor and the supposed involvement of the Heavenly Emperor’s Mountain.

And the coincidental appearance of Emperor Mountain’s Heavenly Prince simultaneously.

Jiang Chuchu felt that there were many inconsistencies in this series of events.

But since she was not the party involved, she did not know many details.

‘As long as I can meet Gu Changge, I’ll be able to know about what happened and even determine the real culprit….’

Jiang Chuchu stood quietly under the mountain gate while she waited for the Gu Family’s response.

Many Gu Family members passing by glanced at her and were a little curious, but no one came forward to question.

‘I wonder what Gu Changge’s attitude will be, rumours are not completely credible after all and I need to witness it with my own eyes.’

‘I just hope my guesses are wrong….’

Jiang Chuchu felt that if Gu Changge had something to hide, he would definitely not let her in at this time.

After all, she was different from Wang Zijin, who had not been deeply involved in the outside world.

Since she had come so arbitrarily, she felt confident in her abilities.

And just when all kinds of thoughts flashed through Jiang Chuchu’s mind…

“The young master has prepared a banquet, and is waiting for your arrival.”

The Immortal Guards, who just returned, brought such a reply.

‘So easily?’

Jiang Chuchu was surprised. It seemed that Gu Changge didn’t mind her arrival, which showed that he didn’t care.

“This might become a little troublesome.”

Jiang Chuchu followed the guards with a calm expression, passing all the way through the Outer Islands and Inner Islands.

After traversing multiple Teleportation Arrays, Divine Formations, and Immortal Mountains, she finally arrived at the mountain peak where Gu Changge resided.

The Immortal Gu Family’s foundation made her previously still mind ripple, and it was becoming difficult to calm down.

At this moment, she understood that if Gu Changge was really the culprit, it would be an extremely terrifying disaster for the entire Upper Realm.

The only way to stop him was to kill the infant tiger before it grew wings.

“The Young Master is waiting for you in the hall. I will retire first.”

The leading group of attendants and Immortal Guards quickly left.

Jiang Chuchu couldn’t help but frown, and a faint unease suddenly appeared in her heart, shaking her mentality.

The once Fairyland now seemed like a Demonic Cave to her.

“Even if there really is a problem with Gu Changge, he wouldn’t dare to act while I’m here. If I have an accident in the Gu Family, the Human Ancestral Hall will surely investigate it… At that time, the whole world would turn into chaos… Gu Changge is not so stupid.”

At this moment, that uneasy intuition grew thicker and thicker, causing Jiang Chuchu’s brow to furrow deeply.

The Seven Senses Immortal Soul is already a high-level innate talent in the world, rare throughout the ages.

She, however, possessed an even stronger Nine Senses Immortal Soul, and her perception talent was astonishingly powerful. 

To the point where she had the ability to roughly predict the future.

That’s why Jiang Chuchu always believed in her intuition.

Jiang Chuchu soon arrived at the Mountain Peak and entered a lofty, majestic hall.

As soon as she entered the hall, she noticed the young man at a glance.

Stars fell in his presence, and dense multi-coloured mist permeated the air as if coming from the depths of the universe.

Gu Changge was sitting at the Main Hall’s highest throne.

He was dressed in a large robe, with his flowing hair tied and hanging down behind his head, an expression of indifference permanently etched into his features, showing a noble, aloof temperament.

A bountiful banquet had been set.

Filled with Spiritual Fruits, Immortal Wine, the meat of wild Primordial Beasts, and so much more. Everything was available at the dining table.

There were even many beautiful and talented Heavenly Daughters dancing humbly in the hall.

Their graceful figure and dancing posture, accompanied by the peaceful zither and calming ceremonial music, made the environment tranquil and lofty.

“Might this Gu know how he should address this Daoist Friend? I see you’ve come from hundreds of millions of miles away to meet me, and I do wonder what the reason for that could be?”

Gu Changge didn’t seem all that surprised when he saw Jiang Chuchu coming and spoke naturally, gesturing for Jiang Chuchu to take her seat.

He had a warm and perfect smile, an expression devoid of flaws.

In fact, when the Immortal Guards first reported the situation, Gu Changge had already guessed that the visitor would be the other descendant of that Human Ancestral Hall.

He was actually waiting for her arrival.

And it was due to her that Gu Changge had not left the Gu Family’s territory yet.

In fact, he has already heard a lot of news regarding Jiang Chuchu from Wang Zijin’s talkative mouth.

Her strong innate talent. Her renowned title as the fabled reincarnation of an Ancient Immortal in the Human Ancestral Hall.

But seeing was believing.

When he saw the huge amount of Fortune Value she possessed, Gu Changge couldn’t help but feel a little excited, almost breaking his character.

‘This is one lively leek!’

‘She even took the initiative to bring herself to his door!’

‘Although this descendant of the Human Ancestral Hall is not a Favoured Daughter of Heaven, she is someone with great fortune. There aren’t many people with the same ludicrous amount of Fortune Value as her in the world.’

‘It seems cultivators related to the Human Ancestor are indeed not simple….’

All kinds of thoughts flashed in Gu Changge’s mind, but nothing unusual showed on his face, maintaining his welcoming facade.

In fact, he already knew Jiang Chuchu’s purpose in visiting him.

He didn’t know what to say besides praising her bravery.

‘Is she too smart and confident, or too stupid?’

“Jiang Chuchu greets Young Master Changge!”

At this moment, in front of Gu Changge, Jiang Chuchu also dissipated the mist on her face and spoke pleasantly, no longer concealing herself.

She intended to get straight to the point.

As Gu Changge would not allow her small tricks to work on him anyways.

Seeing it on her own, she now knew just how wrong the rumours were.

Gu Changge’s strength really couldn’t be judged based on mere rumours.

But this made Jiang Chuchu even more convinced that Gu Changge was concealing something from the world.

However, she remained calm, believing Gu Changge wouldn’t dare to attack her in the Immortal Gu Family’s house.

“Chuchu?”

“It’s a good name. Really touching, describing the Miss perfectly.” Gu Changge sighed with admiration.

At this moment, although a veil covered Jiang Chuchu’s face, her eyes were as cold as a frozen lake, permeating the lone cultivator, making one feel as if the world had become still.

‘From her looks alone, of course, there is no need to say too much.’

‘If Human Ancestor is some kind of protagonist, then Jiang Chuchu is definitely the heroine related to him.’

‘Such courage is not something an ordinary woman could have.’

“Young Master Changge is too kind.”

Jiang Chuchu replied indifferently, neither humble nor arrogant, and then sat down at the table with her eyes slightly lowered.

In those eyes, many strange runes began to flicker and fade.

Divine Tracing, her innate ability, could track back the truth and cause of anything between Heaven and Earth, no matter how archaic.

She wanted to determine whether there was any problem with Gu Changge, and this banquet was a wonderful opportunity to do so.

This type of talent was one that, apart from her, no one knew about.

Jiang Chuchu didn’t believe that Gu Changge could detect anything abnormal.

Moreover, her movements were very concealed.

It looked as if she didn’t want to meet Gu Changge’s eyes, so she naturally set her sights on the Immortal wine and spiritual fruits at the banquet.

“I wonder why Saintess Chuchu has come to visit this Gu?”

Gu Changge acted as if he hadn’t noticed Jiang Chuchu’s subtle actions.

He raised his glass to his lips and casually asked with a light smile.

He, of course, knew of Jiang Chuchu’s true purpose but simply didn’t care.

Jiang Chuchu started tracing the aura of Gu Changge using her talent.

Hearing his question, she was slightly startled before replying calmly.

“I’ve heard rumours that Young Master Changge and the Demonic Arts’ Inheritor have battled against each other. And Chuchu has always been very curious about that battle, so I wanted to visit Young Master Changge to ask for some details regarding the fight.”

“Asking for details? Could it be that Saintess Chuchu also intends to hunt down the abominable Ye Ling?”

Gu Changge asked in surprise upon hearing her words.

However, he did not wait for Jiang Chuchu to answer but instead continued to speak, and his tone was laced with a hint of regret.

“Unfortunately, Saintess Chuchu, I am afraid you are too late, Ye Ling… has already been confirmed dead. Do you really not know about this matter?”

Hearing this, Jiang Chuchu abruptly raised her eyes to look at Gu Changge, her heart freezing slightly as a chilling vigilance rose silently from her heart.

‘Why is Gu Changge being so straightforward?’

‘Saying something like that right away? Could it be that he killed Ye Ling?’

“What does Young Master Changge mean by this? How did that Ye Ling die? Chuchu can’t understand.”

However, Jiang Chuchu’s expression remained calm, speaking indifferently.

At this moment, she was already quite confident in her heart that Gu Changge was absolutely related to the Inheritor of Forbidden Demonic Arts.

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand.”

“Saintess Chuchu will understand it later.”

Gu Changge shook his head, “It’s just that Saintess Chuchu has arrived from many hundreds of millions of miles away, and this Gu has not yet welcomed you properly. I will propose a toast.”

He took the initiative to pour a glass of wine and drank it all in one go.

Jiang Chuchu hesitated for a moment.

“What? Are you afraid that this Gu has poisoned the wine?”

Seeing her appearance, Gu Changge couldn’t help but sneer, and his words pierced Jiang Chuchu’s heart.

“Young Master Changge is thinking too much….”

Jiang Chuchu frowned. Even if she did think so, she naturally couldn’t admit it right now.

After all, this was equivalent to not giving face to the host, Gu Changge.

Their relationship had not yet soured into becoming enemies, and they were still stuck in an awkward middle ground, in a fake host and guest bond.

The other side’s face should be more or less considered.

However, Gu Changge waved his hand in a bored manner and interrupted her, “Forget it, don’t drink. It’s normal for Saintess Chuchu to be so vigilant, I did poison this wine, after all.”

Hearing this, Jiang Chuchu was stunned for a moment, and when she realised the meaning of Gu Changge’s words, her pupils suddenly shrunk.

Faced with this sudden onslaught, even the best mental fortitude would fail.

Jiang Chuchu’s face paled.

It was at this moment that her Tracing Talent had finally succeeded.

Buzz!

And she was almost suffocated.

Her entire mind was instantly filled with a maddening, incomprehensible, unnameable black smoke, amidst which resided a horrible existence of unspeakable appearance, primaeval and hungering. A being with countless open, biting mouths.

As if it wanted to drag all of creation into its gaping maw.

This aura was majestic and chaotic as if it was made out of countless origins and laws, glorious and mighty. She was but a small ant compared to it.

‘Sure enough.…’

‘Devouring numerous origins and physiques….’

Jiang Chuchu’s expression under the veil grew a little pale, but she still restrained herself with strong willpower so as not to show any flaws.

Now she can be sure that Gu Changge was the True Forbidden Demonic Arts’ Inheritor!

It was too terrifying and horrific!

Guessing was one thing…

But now that it’s confirmed, even her usually stable state of mind trembled slightly. The thing she didn’t want to happen the most, really happened.

Gu Changge looked at her with interest.

As if he didn’t know what Jiang Chuchu just saw.

“What wrong, Saintess Chuchu? Your face has suddenly turned a little pale. What Gu said just now was just a joke… why are you worrying about it?”

Jiang Chuchu quickly regained her composure and nodded when she heard his words, “Thank you, Young Master Changge, for your concern. But if this is your style of a joke, then it is better to make less of them in the future.”

If she was outside, she would still have the confidence to fight Gu Changge.

But in the Immortal Gu family’s house, she dared not let this Gu Changge notice the slightest bit of her abnormality.

The premise that Gu Changge wouldn’t do anything to her was that she did not figure out his true identity.

Now, if Gu Changge noticed it, would he let her go so peacefully?

However, Jiang Chuchu was confident that Gu Changge would not easily move against her nonetheless.

‘Once he acted rashly, the entire Immortal Gu Family would become the target of the common populaces’ ire.’

‘Unless Gu Changge is willing to risk his identity potentially being exposed…’

All kinds of thoughts flashed in her mind, and Jiang Chuchu was already ready to retreat at this moment.

Her initial instinct was indeed right.

It’s just that after determining Gu Changge’s true identity, how will she expose him? Since she possessed no hard evidence.

Tattle on him to the people behind the Human ancestral hall?

But with her words alone, how could it be possible to shake Gu Changge and the Gu Family’s ancient foundation?

It might even be inferred that she was deliberately framing Gu Changge.

Because… she simply could not come up with any evidence that Gu Changge was the Inheritor of Forbidden Demonic Arts. If his identity had been simpler, things would have been much easier.

‘However, Gu Changge’s background predestined him to be the highest figure in the Upper Realm.’

‘Who would dare to say such words without evidence?’

‘This matter needs to be considered in the long run.’

“Hm, how can I not be worried.”

Hearing this, Gu Changge’s smile suddenly became a little intrigued, “After all, since the Saintess Chuchu has travelled so far to meet me, this Gu will keep your kindness in my mind. Take care of yourself. You know you can tell me if you encounter any problems?”

Jiang Chuchu just wanted to leave at this moment.

“Young Master Changge is overly concerned.”

“I’m in a hurry today. And since Young Master Changge has said that Ye Ling is now dead, then I should go look for other clues.”

She replied, tactfully stating that she wanted to say goodbyes.

But how could Gu Changge let her leave so easily?