182: Chapter 182 Gathering of Peerless Beauties, Cultivators' Dreams Shattered by the Gu Family

Gu Qingshan originally thought he could just go through the motions, and after a bit of perfunctory effort, his father would return empty-handed!

He didn't expect his father to be playing for real!

Gu Qingshan continued flipping through the portraits, then leaned back and lay down!

He tossed the Jade Slip with "Big Wavy Hair" written on it to the side, his tone listless, "I've even seen portraits of what a 'Big Wavy Hair' Physique looks like; tell me, what am I supposed to do?"

Ru Shuang smiled from the side, reached over, picked up a scroll, and opened it to look, "Since your father has already let the news out, there's no use in hiding. Instead of guessing blindly, you might as well pick a few that catch your eye and meet them; who knows, you might actually find someone suitable."

Gu Qingshan was silent for a moment, then finally sighed!

He reached out and randomly pulled a scroll from the pile of unread paintings on the table.

He opened it, glanced at it, and closed it again, "This one won't do. She's too old, she's already 1,000 years old! I'm still so young!"

Gu Qingshan was only in his twenties; the person in the painting was so much older than him that they weren't even on the same level!

He was still so young!

As the saying goes, a woman three years older is like holding a gold brick!

But this... this is so much older!

Am I supposed to hold Mount Tai instead?!

"Let me see?"

Gu Chen looked curious. What kind of thing had mixed in there?

He leaned over to take a look, "She looks quite lovely, her Cultivation is not bad, and her Family background is good too. It's just that she's a little bit old."

A little bit?

Is this even human talk?

Are you betting that she's still a maiden?

"Are you kidding? You call this a little bit? She's older than my father! I could call her Great-Grandmother!!"

Gu Chen and Ru Shuang couldn't help but laugh!

This was truly too abstract!

Being a few years older, Gu Qingshan could accept; a small age gap was negligible. But she was over a thousand years old and still thought of herself as a maiden!

Are you joking?

Gu Qingshan felt his father was completely unreliable!

What on earth was he thinking?

They looked at the portraits on the table all night.

Gu Qingshan picked and chose, and in the end, there were only four or five left in front of him.

He just glanced at them briefly and put them down, "This one won't do; the introduction is too long. Just looking at all these words makes me tired!"

Gu Chen leaned over to take a look: "Writing in detail shows sincerity."

Regardless, to Gu Qingshan, no matter how he looked at it, something was missing.

It was just that feeling of lacking something!

Just as they were still sighing over the pile of portraits, the area outside the Gu Family Mountain Gate was already bustling like a boiling pot!

Only a few days after the news spread, the open space outside the Mountain Gate was once again packed to the brim!

Those rarely seen beautiful young women were all here today!

For these women, beauty was just the most basic condition, merely an entrance ticket to the Gu Family!

Now that they all knew the strength of the Gu Family, they naturally wanted to climb the social ladder!

"Have you heard? A Saintess has come from the Tianheng Realm. It is said she has an Innate Ice Heart Physique; her Cultivation speed is several times faster than ordinary people, and she is extremely beautiful!"

"What's an Ice Heart Physique? I heard the Daluo Realm has also sent people. That daughter of the direct line is said to be born with Dual Spiritual Roots and is also proficient in Formations. That is someone who can truly be shown off!"

"Your news is all outdated! I just heard that the Old Ancestor from the Xuanguang World personally brought his granddaughter. That girl is said to be extremely pretty and is also skilled in Alchemy and medicine; she's much better than those show-offs!"

"Aren't those all clichés? I heard that several local noble families from the Desolate Ancient Continent have also brought people. Among them is a girl whom Young Master Gu saved in a Secret Realm years ago; she's here specifically to repay his kindness!"

"Repay his kindness? I think she's taking the opportunity to confess!"

Among the crowd, there were bold women who stood in the front, holding a flag with a few large characters written on it:

"Gu Qingshan, I like you!"

Outside the Mountain Gate, women gathered together!

The appearance of these women, however, caused the hearts of some Cultivators to shatter right here!

Some of those women outside the Mountain Gate were goddesses and white moonlight figures that these Cultivators had secretly admired for a long time!

They lowered their posture in front of Gu Qingshan, forming a sharp contrast to the arrogance they usually displayed toward their pursuers!

Seeing this scene, the Cultivators had mental breakdowns, wailing, fantasizing, their illusions shattered!

"Isn't that my goddess? I've chased her for eight years! She hasn't even looked at me straight once! Now she's actually come to the Gu Family in person?! And she's holding a portrait?!"

His voice wasn't loud, but that mention of "eight years" was enough to make several people nearby cast sympathetic glances at him simultaneously!

A full eight years!!

"Brother, what's that compared to anything? Look over there."

A Cultivator pointed to the front of the crowd, at a woman wearing a light purple long dress.

"That is the number one Saintess of the Xuanguang World. I once saw her from a distance, and I felt that just seeing her once in this lifetime was worth it! Now she's standing outside the Gu Family Mountain Gate, holding a cup of guest tea she just received, smiling like a flower. My white moonlight!!"

"Wuwuwu! My heart hurts so much!"

"My white moonlight is also over there! That female Cultivator from the Daluo Realm known for being cold and aloof! I heard she previously rejected marriage proposals from three Quasi-Emperors, and now she has come to the Gu Family herself, carrying a portrait and a resume, and is even asking the girl next to her what kind of flowers Young Master Gu likes!"

"No, Goddess! My Goddess! How can you be lining up outside the Gu Family Mountain Gate? You should be sitting in a divine temple being worshipped! I really can't stand this sight!"

"You still want to worship her? What about me? I've been secretly admiring that direct-line daughter from the Tianheng Realm for over three hundred years! Today, she specifically wore a new outfit, styled her hair in a way I've never seen before, and even wrote an introduction letter by hand! I feel like my three-hundred-year dream has officially shattered today!"

"Brother, wake up! She's aiming for the Gu Family; from beginning to end, she hasn't even looked at us ordinary Cultivators! Gu Qingshan is the Second Young Master of the Gu Family, and what are we? We are spectators! We are simps! We are clowns!!"

"Young Master Qingshan, I only ask one thing of you! Go easy on her! My goddess may have high Cultivation, but her Heart-Nature is pure. Don't... I still want to see her a few more times!"

"Get a grip! The Gu Family Young Master is busy picking people; why would he have time to pay attention to you?"

"I'm not reconciled! The last time she saw me, she coldly told me to get lost, but now she has rolled her way to the outside of the Gu Family Mountain Gate herself!"

"Brother, don't say any more; if you keep talking, I'm going to break down too! The one I like is also dressed up for the occasion today, and she even brought a box of handmade Spirit Cakes, saying it's a gift for Gu Qingshan! I've known her for so long, and she hasn't even looked at me once, yet she's willing to make Spirit Cakes by hand for a man she hasn't even met! My heart hurts so much!"

Sigh!

The discussions rose and fell, but in the end, they all converged into the same tone, and that was jealousy!!

They held their broken hearts, watching the scene before them—it was their goddesses and white moonlight figures!

But this was nothing more than the scattered illusions in the hearts of those Cultivators!