"When Lady Lin told this story, I didn’t find anything wrong with it, but now that I think about it carefully, why does everything seem off?
Why would Witch Ancestor Mountain shelter so many masters?"
Manager Qiao’s eyes flashed slightly, "It’s naturally... to enhance their own strength."
All the masters secluded themselves at Witch Ancestor Mountain, which in a sense, further highlighted its status as the dominant power in the world, didn’t it?
Not just Mr. Dan He and Mo Family Patriarch, but descendants of many other secluded sects were also taken to Witch Ancestor Mountain, many of them not of their own volition.
Manager Qiao’s added content made Bai Junjun and Li Wenli realize right away that Witch Ancestor Mountain was essentially forcibly detaining talents on their own turf, probably feeding them plenty of Gu insects.
"My Gu insects are dead, and the Gu Master surely thinks I have perished. Now I am practically like a wraith. I can act as a guide and take you both to Witch Ancestor Mountain—they will not expect this."
Facing such a Manager Qiao, Bai Junjun was astonished.
At first, this man was tight-lipped like a clam, unswayed by any of their threats or temptations.
Yet, now, once the right frequency was tuned, he went mad—volunteering to be their guide without them even asking.
Bai Junjun was truly impressed.
However, Bai Junjun didn’t know what Manager Qiao’s strength was like without the Gu insects, so it was better not to take risks to prevent Wu Nuan from finding them only for their uncle to die—an absolute human tragedy.
Better to wait for them to bring Wu Nuan out, and let the two of them reunite with their family.
What fun is there in raising insects? It would be better to go farming with them.
Having already planned out even his niece’s career, Bai Junjun stared sternly at Manager Qiao.
Manager Qiao sprang up, "Of course! Xiao Nuan’s friends are my friends."
He had always dreamed of Xiao Nuan being an ordinary person. He hadn’t dared to hope before because the Gu insects couldn’t be removed, and they couldn’t leave Witch Ancestor Mountain, so his greatest wish was to be an ordinary citizen of Witch Ancestor Mountain.
But now it was different. If Bai Junjun could help Xiao Nuan remove her Gu insect, wouldn’t she be free to soar?
So Manager Qiao was filled with hope for the future.
Bai Junjun glanced at him and nodded, "We can trust you for now, but if you make a wrong move, you know what we are capable of."
Manager Qiao nodded seriously, ready to follow Bai Junjun and Li Wenli’s lead.
"We will help you look for Wu Nuan, but before we find Wu Nuan, we still have some finishing tasks to do in the Imperial Capital. Moreover, we have to settle everyone first, so you will need to play dead at Bai Residence for a while. As long as you don’t step out of Bai Residence, the Gu insects from Witch Ancestor Mountain won’t find you."
"Good! Good!" Manager Qiao said eagerly, he had waited all these years, what were a few more days? Not going out was no issue at all!
Thus, the following day, the sky over Bai Residence changed.
The previous day, Bai Junjun and Li Wenli brought Manager Qiao back and repeatedly warned them, never to go near this courtyard; the person inside was a bad person and extremely dangerous.
But this morning, Bai Junjun and Li Wenli came out for breakfast with that very "bad person."
Everyone was stunned.
Especially Ah Dao, who had encountered Gu Masters in An County, knew the prowess of these Gu Masters.
Seeing the old man walking out with Bai Junjun and the young master, his immediate thought was that these two were either changed by Gu Master’s insects or had been bewitched by the Gu Master.