FIMA Ch79: The End

“Soul-Fixing Talisman! You actually attached a Soul-Fixing Talisman!” The Han Family Old Ancestor collapsed on the ground, his expression withered and dispirited, but his resentful gaze constantly lingered on Han Mingye.

Dragging his weak body, Han Mingye desperately scooted backward, distancing himself from the Old Ancestor.
After gasping for breath for a long while, he finally burst into loud laughter: “Although I don’t know when this Soul-Fixing Talisman was attached, nor who attached it, there’s no doubt that you’ve failed! Do you still have the energy to attempt another possession?!”

He had never imagined that the Old Ancestor actually wanted to possess his body and take it over.

“If it wasn’t you, then who was it?! Who did this?!” The Han Family Old Ancestor yelled with a ferocious face, “Who is trying to harm me?!”

“En, perhaps it was me.”
A faint, cold, and aloof male voice drifted leisurely from the cave entrance.

The Han Family Old Ancestor and Han Mingye both looked up in unison toward the source of the voice. Seeing that familiar tall figure, their eyes widened: “How could it be you?!”

Gu Siyuan nodded lightly, looking at their wretched states, and nodded in satisfaction: “It seems it really came in handy. Not bad.”

The Han Family Old Ancestor’s eyes looked as if they were going to split open: “You truly are my fated nemesis!”

“Blegh!” Hearing these words, Xie Xuanxing immediately couldn’t help but open his mouth and gag.

In this tense, swords-drawn moment, such a sudden noise made everyone’s gaze immediately shoot over to him.

Luo Chuan even chuckled, a teasing thought arising: “What’s wrong? What’s wrong? Are you expecting? How many months?”

“…” Xie Xuanxing.
Perhaps Gu Siyuan was right, Luo Chuan is just a massive psychopath. I’m a man, how could I be expecting?!

Xie Xuanxing glared at him: “Can’t you tell? I was grossed out! A hundred-year-old man with a face full of wrinkles and a twenty-year-old handsome, talented youth in his prime—talking about being ‘fated’ with each other. Isn’t that disgusting enough?”

Luo Chuan let out a light laugh.

Gu Siyuan reached out to pinch his little lackey’s puffed-out cheek. He’s acting spoiled with me again.
He thought for a moment and nodded: “It is indeed disgusting. En, I am only fated with you.”

“…” Xie Xuanxing’s face flushed beet red.
…This… why is this person suddenly saying such things? It really makes one embarrassed.
Though, he can say it more often in the future.

Gu Siyuan didn’t know about his little lackey’s wild thoughts.
By this time, he had already looked back at the Han Family Old Ancestor: “Enough with the disgusting talk. If there really is such a thing as fate, then you were fated to fail today. Destined to draw water with a bamboo basket—all in vain.”

“No, no…” The Han Family Old Ancestor shook his head stubbornly, resisting the truth, “I have spiritual roots! I am the darling of Heaven! I cultivated for half my life; how could I fail, how could I die?! It’s you, it’s all you! Why do you always have to go against me?!”

Gu Siyuan sneered: “To be old and not die is to be a thief. When it’s time to go, you should go. I am doing a good deed.”

Xie Xuanxing chimed in: “And whether you want to go or not right now is no longer up to you.”

The Han Family Old Ancestor could feel his vitality slipping away bit by bit, showing no signs of stopping, entirely beyond his power to reverse.
His half a lifetime of scheming had all gone up in smoke today.
He even wanted to wail out loud, yet the pain had reached such an extreme that he couldn’t shed a single tear.

After a long while, he let out a long sigh. Looking at Gu Siyuan as if accepting his fate, he asked feebly: “But… how could you know about my possession plan? No one knew about it.”
He hadn’t told anyone.
Not his personal attendant boy, not the younger generation of the Han family—absolutely no one knew.

Gu Siyuan sneered: “It was merely a guess. Cultivation has extremely high requirements regarding age. Even if spiritual energy revived, with your advanced age of over a hundred, it would be impossible for you to successfully reach Foundation Establishment. So what were you being so proactive for? Add to that the grand possession array you painstakingly prepared in the lake at Hongtan Villa… what’s left to not understand?”

“So that’s how it is. You recognized the array in the lake,” the Han Family Old Ancestor looked up at the cave ceiling and sighed deeply. “What a pity. That array at Hongtan Villa was destroyed by you. And today, I made several moves and my body could no longer hold on, so I could only hastily prepare for the possession. To weaken this brat’s original divine soul’s resistance, I even made him swallow a Spirit-Shattering Pill to cripple all his spiritual energy and spiritual sense. In the end… it was all ruined by a single Soul-Fixing Talisman of yours.”

As he spoke, he suddenly started laughing loudly, his laughter carrying traces of a sob.

After crying and laughing by himself for a moment, the Han Family Old Ancestor looked at Gu Siyuan again, still puzzled: “Then how did you know I was going to possess Mingye and not Xie Yuchen? I clearly brought them both away.”

Gu Siyuan sneered coldly: “Because of Xie Yuchen’s past experiences. That is an obvious protagonist’s trajectory; he is a Child of Destiny of this realm. How could you possibly possess him? Therefore, you would only think of ways to share in his karmic luck. And what identity is more fitting for that than a Dao Companion? You cultivators would kill your own wives and children for the sake of the Great Dao of immortality—what does possessing a grandson count for?”

Hearing these words, both the Han Family Old Ancestor and Han Mingye paled.
Han Mingye felt a lingering terror at having narrowly escaped death.

The Han Family Old Ancestor, however, felt the helpless resentment of knowing that all was lost. He sighed: “Nothing can escape your grasp.”

Gu Siyuan remained expressionless at the praise, merely saying faintly: “Alright, enough nonsense. Go down the mountain and turn yourself in.”

The Han Family Old Ancestor shook his head. He suddenly raised a finger and gently tapped his own heart. A thin streak of spiritual energy pierced through, and his entire body slumped over, collapsing to the ground, completely devoid of life.

Gu Siyuan and the others raised their eyebrows, not even having the time to lament.

Right at this moment, they suddenly heard another sound of vomiting.
It came from Xie Yuchen, whom they had captured and brought inside.

Xie Yuchen looked at the Han Family Old Ancestor lying on the ground—covered in dirt and filthy blood, his body twisted and hunched, his hair grayish-white and sparse, his appearance ugly and disgusting to the absolute extreme.
The moment he thought about how, if Han Mingye had been successfully possessed today, he might have ended up dating and being romantically involved with this old man in the future… his face instantly changed color, unable to hold back his nausea.

Gu Siyuan turned his head to look at Xie Yuchen, slowly narrowing his eyes.

He suddenly thought of something interesting. All the events occurring now had been pushed forward by more than half a year compared to the original plot.
Therefore, Gu Siyuan highly suspected that the “Han Mingye” who appeared later in the original story might have already been possessed and was no longer the original person.
Furthermore, all the supernatural cases and ultimate rewards that Han Mingye and Xie Yuchen were slated to experience together half a year later in the original plot… in reality, all of those were likely things arranged by the Han Family Old Ancestor many years in advance.
Those were most probably resources the Old Ancestor had planned out and left for his post-possession self. Along the way, he would use those experiences to deepen his bond of shared adversity with Xie Yuchen, making it easier to share his karmic luck in the future.

If it weren’t for Gu Siyuan’s appearance now, the Han Family Old Ancestor’s plans might have actually proceeded as normal.
By then… heh.
Gu Siyuan couldn’t help but hook up the corners of his mouth.

Right at this moment, a sharp, distinct pain suddenly came from the back of his hand.

Gu Siyuan looked down.
Xie Xuanxing was glaring at him fiercely.

Gu Siyuan frowned, puzzled: “What’s wrong?”

“…” Xie Xuanxing.
Just a moment ago you were talking about being fated with me, and now you have such an impatient tone?!
Oh, I must have interrupted you staring at someone else and smiling like an idiot! Especially staring at Xie Yuchen and smiling!

Xie Xuanxing was genuinely angry.
He turned completely around. At least until the day was over, he wasn’t planning on speaking to this guy.

Gu Siyuan narrowed his eyes.
In the next moment, he reached out his broad hand, pinched his little lackey’s fair, delicate chin, applied a little force, and forcefully made Xie Xuanxing turn his head to look at him.
His gaze was freezing cold, his voice even colder: “If you have something on your mind, say it clearly right now. You are not allowed to give me the cold shoulder.”

Xie Xuanxing puffed out his cheeks, glaring aggrievedly with his large, watery eyes.
Why are you being so fierce?!
Do you think I’m scared of you?!

However…
Once Gu Siyuan got serious, he usually didn’t dare to throw a temper tantrum.

Xie Xuanxing simply remained silent and lowered his eyelids, his neat, beautiful eyelashes casting a pathetic, adorable little shadow over his fair under-eyes.

Gu Siyuan looked at his fair, exquisite face and his aggrievedly puffed-out cheeks. His heart softened slightly. He reached out his other hand to pull the person into his embrace, pressing him extremely tight, before lowering his voice and saying deeply: “Speak.”

Leaning against that familiar, warm chest, feeling the large hand gently stroking his lower back, and hearing that deep, magnetic voice by his ear, the grievances in Xie Xuanxing’s heart gradually dissipated quite a bit.
He looked up, glared at the man, and muttered softly: “You were staring at him again… and you even smiled at him!”
When he said the word ‘smiled’, his voice even cracked.

“En?” Gu Siyuan’s eyes narrowed slightly, his face full of complete bewilderment: “Looking at who? Smiling at who?”

En?
Is he telling the truth or faking it?

Xie Xuanxing also frowned slightly: “Xie Yuchen! What were you thinking about when you were looking at him just now?”

Gu Siyuan said casually: “I was thinking about how those two would have gotten along if that old man had actually succeeded in the possession.”
Speaking up to here, he remembered that he did indeed smile a bit just now.
However, it was purely a mocking smile.

Xie Xuanxing immediately realized he had misunderstood.
Instantly feeling incredibly awkward, a faint pink rose on his cheeks, and he pressed himself tightly into Gu Siyuan’s embrace, unwilling to come out.

Such a cute little lackey.
Of course, I can only choose to forgive him.

Gu Siyuan lowered his head, placed a soft kiss on the crown of his jet-black hair, and said in a deep voice: “Why do you love acting spoiled so much? It’s time to head down the mountain. Do you still want me to carry you down?”

“Yes!” Xie Xuanxing’s little head immediately popped out, answering loudly.

“…” Xie Yuchen.
You two finished acting out your little play, and it turns out I was just a tool.

Luo Chuan turned his bright gaze to Gu Beilin and feigned surprise: “Second Brother is so romantic!”

“…” Gu Beilin.
What’s romantic about it?
Isn’t it just carrying someone? Isn’t that how they came up here in the first place?

However, he still said honestly: “I will carry you down.”

“Okay,” Luo Chuan’s smile grew even brighter.

“…” Han Mingye and Xie Yuchen.
Are you two brothers just going to leave like this? Aren’t you afraid the two of us will run away?

“Are you two pieces of trash going to move or not? Do you want my older brother to just kick you down the mountain?” Right at this moment, Gu Siyuan, carrying someone on his back, turned his head to look at them. His expression was freezing to the extreme, and his tone even colder. Where was the half-gentle, sweet affection he had when facing Xie Xuanxing just a moment ago?

“…” Han Mingye and Xie Yuchen.
Are you a master of face-changing?!

“…” Gu Beilin.
Stinky younger brother, do you think I’m your hired thug?
Why do I have to kick them? Do you not have legs yourself?

However, in the next moment, the long blade in his hand flashed with a cold light, bringing a sharp, chilling wind that felt as painful as an icy blade finely slicing across their necks.

Han Mingye and Xie Yuchen’s expressions drastically changed. They immediately and obediently walked out of the cave, keeping up with Gu Siyuan’s footsteps ahead.

Han Mingye had been fed the Spirit-Shattering Pill by the Old Ancestor; his spiritual energy had entirely dissipated, his meridians were damaged, and he was now undoubtedly a cripple. As for Xie Yuchen, he was never good at combat to begin with. Even if he was quite skilled in the Dao of Talismans, in front of the infinite talisman master Gu Siyuan, what room did he have to speak?
Not to mention, the God of Slaughter, the Northern Heavenly Wolf, was right there too.

By the time they returned to Fengdu County, matters had basically settled.

The aristocratic family cultivators in the city had all been executed under the firepower suppression of the Special Police’s psionic weapons and the metaphysical mopping-up by the Special Control Bureau’s cultivators.

Gu Siyuan handed these final two—Han Mingye and Xie Yuchen—over to He Pan as well. He also reminded him that the Han Family Old Ancestor’s corpse was still on the mountain, telling him to remember to send people to retrieve it and cremate it as soon as possible to transcend his soul.
That old geezer was a troublemaker. If he died with unwilling resentment and jealousy, and his soul lingered in the mortal world to become a ghost cultivator, it would be quite ‘fun’.

He Pan agreed repeatedly and immediately sent people to handle it.

Gu Siyuan nodded, then continued carrying Xie Xuanxing on his back toward the hotel where they were staying.

Xie Yuchen watched the retreating backs of the two, his gaze heavy.

He used to think that back in S City, he had permanently surpassed Xie Xuanxing. Later, even when they bumped into each other at Luojun Mountain, although he was shocked, he hadn’t taken Xie Xuanxing seriously.
But later, one after another, all the schemes aimed at Xie Xuanxing and the Special Control Bureau had failed, and Xie Xuanxing had become a shadow looming over his heart.

Yesterday, he thought it would be the final time, and from then on, he and Xie Xuanxing would no longer be people of the same world.
But who knew that everything was nothing but a grand pipe dream.
He had now become a prisoner with no future to speak of, while Xie Xuanxing was triumphant in both love and career, enjoying infinite glory.
And the biggest key to all of this was Gu Siyuan.

Xie Yuchen suddenly turned his head slowly to look at Han Mingye beside him, who had become a cripple. If the one I had met back then was Gu Siyuan…

Regarding everything happening behind them and Xie Yuchen’s thoughts, Gu Siyuan and Xie Xuanxing knew nothing about it, nor was it any of their business.

However, upon seeing the hotel’s main entrance, this little lackey Xie Xuanxing, not knowing what he had suddenly remembered, had a major fit. Not only did he insist on jumping down to walk by himself, but he actually proposed to carry Gu Siyuan upstairs on his back!

With a cold face, Gu Siyuan pointed at the elevator not far away: “Why do you need to carry me up the stairs? Is taking the elevator not good enough? It’s faster.”

“…” Xie Xuanxing glared at him.
The point isn’t taking the elevator!
The point is proving my boyfriend power, okay?!
He stared eagerly at Gu Siyuan.

Gu Siyuan ruthlessly and heartlessly ignored him, walking directly toward the elevator and pressing the button.

Someone happened to be coming down, so the doors opened a few seconds later.
Gu Siyuan stepped inside with his long legs, put one hand in his pocket, cast a lazy glance at the still-conflicted Xie Xuanxing, and said faintly: “If you want to take the stairs, I’m closing the doors.”

“…” Xie Xuanxing.

Xie Xuanxing hurriedly jogged over, darted through the elevator doors, and stood huffing angrily against the wall.

Gu Siyuan glanced at him from the corner of his eye, the corners of his mouth hooking up slightly.

The doors closed, and the elevator slowly started.
The layout of the county town hotel was simple, only seven floors high in total. Gu Siyuan’s room was on the third floor. In just a moment’s time, the bell dinged as they reached their destination, and the two walked out again.

As soon as they stepped out of the elevator, Xie Xuanxing completely changed his previously huffy attitude. He grabbed Gu Siyuan’s sleeve, looked up with his little face, and pleaded: “You worked hard just now. Let me carry you back to the room, okay?”

Gu Siyuan: “…”
What is wrong with my little lackey? Just a moment ago he was trying every trick in the book to get me to carry him, and now he’s acting up in every possible way wanting to carry me.

He gave him a deep look and pointed to the plaque on the wall ahead: “Do you know how to read that?”

Xie Xuanxing puffed out his cheeks: “312.”

Gu Siyuan took the room card out of his pocket, walked about seven or eight steps, swiped the card against the door lock… beep-beep… the door opened.
“Come in,” he said with a cold face.

Xie Xuanxing glared at him angrily and unwillingly dragged his feet into the room.
Then, with a leap forward, his whole body flopped onto the bed.

Hmph. My foreplay to prove I’m a fierce Top has been lost just like that.
If I had known, I shouldn’t have let Gu Siyuan carry me down the mountain.
What kind of fierce Top lets the person on the bottom carry him around? Sigh, a miscalculation.

…But…
Xie Xuanxing secretly poked his index fingers together: When Gu Siyuan carried me, I was genuinely really happy!
Even if time turned back, he definitely still wouldn’t have the heart to refuse.

Thinking of this, Xie Xuanxing suddenly bounced back up from the bed.
His gaze was bright and determined. I shouldn’t regret what’s already past! Seizing the present is the absolute truth!

He turned straight around, looked at Gu Siyuan, and said loudly: “You go in and shower first!”

Gu Siyuan was currently drinking from a bottle of mineral water. His Adam’s apple bobbed slightly, swallowing the water in his mouth, before he cast a sidelong glance at him.

“…” Xie Xuanxing secretly clutched his heart.
His Adam’s apple is so sexy.
Even just drinking water is so charming.
I heard that people with large Adam’s apples are also particularly impressive in ‘that’ aspect. Comparing it to Gu Siyuan’s past performances, it really does make sense.
However, from now on, such an impressive person will have to crawl beneath me. Just thinking about it feels a bit like a reckless waste of God’s gifts, but it also has an inexplicable thrill to it!

Xie Xuanxing patted his little chest, boundless heroic ambition suddenly surging within him.

Gu Siyuan watched him coldly, waved a hand, and said in a deep voice: “Come here.”

“Oh,” Xie Xuanxing responded, and out of habit, eagerly trotted right over.
But just as he crashed into the man’s embrace, he suddenly realized something was wrong. How can a fierce Top be so unsteady?!

He hurriedly stood up straight, cleared his throat, deliberately deepened his voice, and asked: “What is it?”

Gu Siyuan stroked his face, narrowed his eyes, and said softly: “I suddenly remembered what we talked about earlier. Why don’t we just go in and wash together this time?”

“…” Xie Xuanxing’s eyes widened.
So thrilling? For my first time being on top, is it going to be in the bathroom?!

He bit his lip and hesitated: “Will that really work…?”
There was an unspoken half to the sentence: I’m afraid you might get hurt.

Gu Siyuan raised an eyebrow: “Why wouldn’t it? If you’re not satisfied this time, after we return to Beijing, we can just buy a villa with a super-sized bathtub. The space should be enough then.”

“Alright,” Xie Xuanxing nodded blankly.
His mind was entirely focused on how he needed to work harder later and how to make Gu Siyuan feel good, completely failing to notice anything wrong with the latter half of the sentence.

The wide showerhead sprayed down warm water. In the late autumn season, under the steaming heat, the bathroom quickly filled with billows of white mist.
Xie Xuanxing’s little head was almost dizzy.

Right at this moment, cold fingertips slid beneath the hem of his shirt, touching his smooth, fair skin.

He abruptly opened his eyes, remembering that he had entered the bathroom with a mission!
Now, there was no need for Gu Siyuan to make a move. He hurriedly pulled off his own coverings and proactively reached out to strip Gu Siyuan’s clothes: “I’ll help you.”

“…” Gu Siyuan.
Is something off?
Although his little lackey was sometimes indeed very straightforward and passionate, he was usually still shy at times like this. Why was he…
However, no matter what, the sky wouldn’t flip upside down.

Gu Siyuan’s expression remained unchanged, letting him do as he pleased, treating it as pre-game benefits.

A long while later, the two faced each other bare and honest.

Xie Xuanxing looked at Gu Siyuan with sparkling eyes and reminded him: “It’s coming.”

“…” Gu Siyuan.
Why is my little lackey being too adorable today?
I can’t wait anymore.

He reached out, pulled the person into his embrace, and a passionate kiss rained down as his hands also began to wander everywhere.

“Wu…” Xie Xuanxing couldn’t help but let out a muffled groan, his entire body turning soft and limp.

It wasn’t until his head was entirely dizzy and his toes curled up comfortably that he suddenly remembered: Wait, that’s not right! Wasn’t I supposed to be the fierce Top today?!

An hour later, Gu Siyuan walked out carrying a person whose entire body was flushed and as soft as noodles.

He first fed him a few sips of water before tucking him back under the covers and lying down beside him.
However, just as he pulled the person into his arms, he looked down only to meet a pair of fire-spitting eyes.

Gu Siyuan kissed him and appeased: “What’s wrong? Acting spoiled again?”

Xie Xuanxing’s voice was hoarse as he said angrily: “Didn’t we agree?! Why did you go back on your word again?!”

Gu Siyuan frowned in confusion, then chuckled lightly: “Yes, we agreed to try it in the water once. Were you not satisfied? But your reactions just now didn’t say that…”

“…” Xie Xuanxing.
When did we ever agree on that?!

He puffed out his cheeks and retorted indignantly: “Not that! Didn’t we agree that I would be on top?!”

Gu Siyuan’s eyes lit up slightly. He touched the waist of the person in his arms and said in a deep voice: “So you meant that. I didn’t forget. Do you still have energy right now? Then let’s do it again.”

“Really?! You’ll let me be on top?!” Xie Xuanxing’s eyes widened in pleasant surprise.
Because he had just cried, his eyes were watery and bright, and the corners of his eyes were a crimson red, making him look even more charming.

Gu Siyuan was very much looking forward to seeing them brimming with tears again. He immediately nodded: “Of course. You can be on top.”

Having said that, his arms exerted a slight force, and the person in his embrace was flipped over, sitting right on top of his waist.
Next, those nimble fingers reached out toward a familiar spot on Xie Xuanxing’s body.

Xie Xuanxing immediately realized something was wrong, but he no longer had any room for regret.

In the end, Xie Xuanxing fell asleep crying. Even in his dreams, he continuously repeated: “Aowu, I’ll bite you to death, you big liar!”

On the flight back to Beijing, Xie Xuanxing was like a cripple who had been disabled for years, being carried on and off the plane by Gu Siyuan the entire way.

This time, almost all the metaphysical aristocratic families had participated in the rebellion, and all received their due punishments.
The masterminds had all their spiritual energy crippled and were sentenced to life imprisonment.
The accomplices, after serving a set prison term, were required to wear electronic monitors upon release, subject to state supervision for the rest of their lives.

The metaphysical forces organized in the form of families practically vanished completely.

Following this, the Special Control Bureau also introduced new management regulations.
The metaphysical inheritances of those rebellious families were confiscated as state property. All cultivators who joined the Special Control Bureau could exchange merit points to study them.
As for the rogue cultivators, from this day forward, they had to implement registration for duty. They had to pass Special Control Bureau tests to be issued metaphysical certificates; otherwise, they were not allowed to casually use spiritual energy or metaphysical methods in the secular world.
All Profound Gate cultivators had to operate under state supervision. Never again would using martial force to violate the bans be allowed to happen.

The human world restored its peace once more.

However, Xie Xuanxing’s recent days hadn’t been very peaceful.
The moment he saw Gu Siyuan, he couldn’t help but hold his lower back.

One day, he came home from work.
Several large packages had suddenly appeared in the living room.
Thinking that his birthday was coming up soon, Xie Xuanxing assumed these were gifts for him, and couldn’t help but open them with joyful excitement.

Then, that night, he transformed into a stage play actor. He played a little lion, then played a little fox, and in the end, he couldn’t even cry anymore.

He viciously bit Gu Siyuan: “Where did you get so many tricks?!”

Gu Siyuan said faintly: “I specifically went to a forum to ask.”

“En?” Xie Xuanxing was shocked.jpg.

Gu Siyuan said without changing his expression: “After you brought up wanting to do it in the water, and also wanting the riding position, I realized you are someone with high demands in this aspect. Naturally, I couldn’t let you down.”

“…” Xie Xuanxing.
Speak clearly! Whose demands were they exactly?!

However, he could never refuse anything Gu Siyuan decided on.
Therefore, Xie Xuanxing decided to share this good news with Gu Beilin and Luo Chuan. Share the blessings, share the hardships!
En, that’s exactly it.

…

Volume 5: Cannon Fodder in an Ancient Palace Intrigue Succession War Novel

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