Little Pink Starfish

And so, the two of them spent five whole years alone together.

During this time, aside from the initial period of traveling through countless places, seizing countless opportunities, and being somewhat busy, the rest of the time was spent leisurely exploring this starry sky in its entirety.

As a result, news from many, many places where they had not seized opportunities also reached Ziche Shubai’s ears.

For example, the Black Fiend Pirate Group was annihilated by a mysterious person, and their lair was completely looted…
Ziche Shubai: Hehe, no need to say, that must have been that pervert. No wonder he spat out such a huge pile of treasures that day.

For example, the Red Bee Pirate Group, which was on par with the Black Fiend Pirate Group, had become even more rampant, appearing and disappearing unpredictably, making it even more frustrating to deal with…
Ziche Shubai: No need to say, this must be that pervert using snake gu to control them specifically for robbing and accumulating wealth—wait, hold on, isn’t the leader of the Red Bee Pirate Group a stunningly beautiful □□?* In the original novel, she even had some ambiguous interactions with the protagonist Gu Xing, almost having a thing with him. This girl, who wasn’t true love and wasn’t slept with, also got harmonized?

_{*[T/N: Wow, the fear of women has gotten so bad he can’t even say the word.]}

For example, the treasury of a major family in one of the great powers of the galaxy was looted…
Ziche Shubai: No need to say, that must have been that pervert.

For example, another major power in the galaxy saw a drastic change in the style of one of its families, suddenly becoming aggressive, ruthless, and cunning…
Ziche Shubai: No need to say, still that pervert using snake gu…

And so on and so forth.
These tragic incidents—yes, they were tragic incidents—who knew how many had taken place?

The more he heard, the more—Ziche Shubai’s face darkened.
He had figured it out! That pervert’s mysterious work efficiency.
Damn it, it’s spread across half the starry sky, ge really had a bad feeling about this!

The thought that the pervert might one day take him to some densely populated star cluster and set off brilliant “fireworks” for him made Ziche Shubai’s scalp tingle.
At the very least, that pseudo-girl was still his best buddy, and his son was practically his nephew. Since he had already robbed his own nephew, couldn’t he be a bit kinder to this world?

Ziche Shubai: Ge really is a four-virtue youth, okay!

Other than that, everything was really good.
But!
The pervert still had not successfully pounced on Ziche Shubai.
He could only follow him around with a face full of grievance—And it was worth mentioning that, building upon the foundation of his original body’s strength, Ziche Shubai’s cultivation level had once again broken through, directly becoming an ascension-level master among masters.

So, here came the problem.
The reason the Ascension Realm was called the Ascension Realm was that it ultimately meant one had to ascend to become an immortal. But they had originally come by breaking through the void—so when they ascended, would they really ascend to the Immortal Realm, or would something unexpected happen?
And the bigger problem was that while he could ascend using Shangguan Yu’s body, the pervert’s strength had long surpassed even the highest levels of ascension-realm qi cultivators in this starry sky—so strong that he could probably sweep through the immortals… If he ascended, would the pervert destroy this world in a rage?

No matter how he thought about it, it was a tragedy.
Ziche Shubai silently turned his face away.
If ascending meant becoming a sinner, ge would rather… ahem, ge just wouldn’t ascend then.
As for going to hell himself—let’s forget that.

After three seconds of deep thought, Ziche Shubai cheerfully threw this matter to the back of his mind.
Ascension and all that—he’d deal with it when the time came!
At worst, ge would just drag the pervert up with him when the time came!
Anyway, with the pervert around, he probably wouldn’t die… right?

Then, Ziche Shubai spoke: “Come with me.”
Kongshan Dawang wrapped both arms around his beloved’s slender waist and let out a sweet, sticky voice from his throat: “Okay, gege, I’ll listen to whatever you say…”

Ziche immune to the pervert’s sweet words Shubai’s ears turned slightly red. He turned his head and flew off in a certain direction.
…Of course, in the next moment, he was teleported into a cage, now only useful for giving directions.

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The place Ziche Shubai was heading to was the exit of the dungeon where, in the original novel, the protagonist Gu Xing would escape with one of his true loves.

That inheritance site was indeed a very hidden place, but because of the law that protagonists were always surrounded by enemies, several local forces happened to detect strange fluctuations there. They gathered a large number of people to block the site, preparing to explore it.
And at this moment, the fluctuations of the secret realm intensified, and suddenly, the protagonist and one of his true love girls appeared from inside… The result was predictable.

The protagonist—was ganged up on.
The protagonist’s girl—was also ganged up on.

Although in the original story, Gu Xing displayed divine might, fought desperately, and the girl, having obtained some abilities in the secret realm, was able to assist him, allowing them to ultimately escape the encirclement—
This time, however, the one following him in was not one of his true love girls but Shangguan Yu’s idiotic, good-for-nothing younger brother!
That idiot usually only remembered to bicker with the protagonist and make trouble for him. Who knew if he even remembered to cultivate properly!

The most tragic thing in the world was:
What the girl could do, this idiot brother might not be able to do at all!

Ziche Shubai sighed silently.
How could he not lend a hand?
Otherwise, that idiot brother might not only get himself killed but also drag the protagonist down with him… After all, he was his original body’s younger brother and big nephew. He couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.

Especially because Ziche Shubai felt a little guilty.
He had stolen Gu Xing’s opportunity, and his brother would likely be a burden.
No matter how he looked at it, they were in the wrong.

Of course, all of this assumed that the idiot brother hadn’t already gotten himself killed or pushed the protagonist’s patience to the limit and gotten himself killed.
At this point, should he trust the protagonist’s patience?

Thinking of this, Ziche Shubai had already spotted the secret realm’s exit.
As expected, just like in the original plot, several factions were lurking nearby, ready to rush in for treasure the moment the secret realm opened.

But with Ziche Shubai and the pervert’s strength, they naturally remained undetected.
Thus, amidst the pervert’s occasional, restless teasing, Ziche Shubai, mentally and physically exhausted, waited for the possibly already-dead idiot brother and protagonist Gu Xing.

Fortunately, it seemed that the protagonist’s patience was indeed impressive.
—Just like now.

“You stay still!”
“You think I’ll stay still just because you say so, you bastard?!”
“Move again and I’ll throw you out!”
“You, you bastard!”
“Hmph, shut up.”
“You think I’ll shut up just because you say so, you bastard?!”
“If you don’t shut up, I’ll throw you out!”
“You—you’re too much! You did that kind of thing, and yet, yet…”
“…Enough, there’s movement outside. We need to escape.”
“Then hurry up, damn it!!!”

This conversation drifted from afar, but who was Ziche Shubai? He immediately heard every word clearly.
Sure enough, their whereabouts had been discovered.
And Gu Xing, ever so intelligent, had already detected the strong and dispersed presences outside.
He was already considering a hundred escape strategies—and dismissing each one.

Ziche Shubai: “…”
No doubt, the biggest reason Gu Xing kept dismissing his escape plans was the idiot brother slung over his shoulder.

…Unbelievable.
Was the idiot brother truly more naïve and cutely dumb than brain-dead and foolish?

How shocking.
His eyes involuntarily widened by a millimeter.

Kongshan Dawang, however, narrowed his eyes slightly, accurately catching the key point in that childish exchange.

“That kind of thing”… What exactly did Gu Xing do?

In his eyes, Gu Xing was someone who endured quietly but repaid every grudge. How could he be so tolerant toward someone who constantly sought trouble with him? Though they still seemed to be bickering endlessly, their relationship appeared to have softened considerably.

For him, this was actually a good thing.
If things were truly as he imagined, then gege would still be his alone… Those two annoying people would no longer be in his way.

While Ziche Shubai and the pervert each had their own thoughts, the forces ahead had already encircled Gu Xing and the idiot brother, Shangguan Jue.

At this moment, Gu Xing directly tossed Shangguan Jue onto his back, gripped his long spear, and charged forward with sweeping strikes, left and right, forcing his way out.

Spear shadows flickered—Gu Xing fought fiercely. Shangguan Jue kept shouting that he wanted to help, but Gu Xing ignored him, obviously fearing that he would only make things worse.

Ziche Shubai silently covered his face.
It seemed things were unfolding just as he had anticipated.

…His idiot brother was really not as useful as a girl.