The Mighty Mage
Chapter 288: Semi God Grade

Chapter 288: Chapter 288: Semi God Grade

Gu Aihan’s expression remained frozen, but the flicker in her eyes betrayed her growing rage.

Then, slowly, she began to chuckle.

It started as a soft sound but quickly escalated into a cold, almost maniacal laugh that sent chills down Jin Mu’s spine.

"Ah, Jin Mu," Gu Aihan cooed, stepping closer and bending down to be at eye level with the bound woman.

"You’ve always been so clever. Too clever for your own good. You figured it out, I’ll give you that." Her tone shifted, becoming darker, "But knowing the truth isn’t going to save you."

In one swift motion, Gu Aihan’s hand lashed out, her palm connecting hard with Jin Mu’s cheek in a vicious slap.

The sharp crack of skin on skin reverberated through the empty space.

Jin Mu’s head snapped to the side, her face stinging from the force of the blow, but she bit down hard, refusing to cry out or show weakness.

Gu Aihan straightened herself, her eyes glinting with malice as she looked down at Jin Mu.

"You may know the truth, but no one will ever hear it from you. Do you really think I’d let you leave here alive after uncovering something so inconvenient?"

Gu Aihan chuckled,

"You’ll rot in this place for the rest of your pathetic life. No one will find you. No one will come looking. And in the end, your brilliant mind will die here, alone."

Jin Mu’s chest heaved with shallow breaths.

She had always known Gu Aihan was ruthless, but this... this was far beyond what she had imagined.

Even as the pain radiated through her face, she lifted her chin defiantly. "You can keep me here, you can try to bury the truth, but one day, Gu Jin will know.

She will find out, and when she does, you’ll fall, Aihan. You’re living on borrowed time."

Gu Aihan’s smile faded into something colder, more deadly.

"We’ll see about that, won’t we?"

With one final, disdainful glance, Gu Aihan turned on her heel, her heels clicking once more against the concrete floor as she walked out of the factory, leaving Jin Mu shackled in the suffocating darkness.

Jin Mu bit down her lips and muttered,

"Gu Jin, please...please be smart. I hope you will uncover the truth on your own."

Looking in the direction Gu Aiahn had left, Jin Mu gritted her teeth and took out a map-like thing.

The chains wrapped around her had the special property to restrain the magic or any magical artifacts the person restrained with the chain.

However, it was only valid for Soul Grade artifacts only.

According to Gu Aihan, Jin Mu was a thrown-out daughter with no background and support from her family.

How could Jin Mu have artifacts stronger than Soul Grade?

But Gu Aihan didn’t know...Jin Mu’s parents truly cared about her. Hence they gave away their ancestral treasure, a Semi-God grade artifact to Jin Mu.

(Ordinary --> Static --> Holy -->Spirit --> Soul--> Semi-God --> God)

The map-like thing in Jin Mu’s hand was a Semi-God grade-level artifact. It can transport the user to the other end of the world from their location.

It was a defensive artifact.

Jin Mu closed her eyes and muttered,

"Even if you can’t figure out the truth, please wait for me."

Whoosh.

Jin Mu inserted her mana into the map and the artifact was activated. The next moment, Jin Mu disappeared.

After exiting the factory, Gu Aihan motioned to the bodyguard and said with a smirk,

"Burn down the factory. After the entire place is in ashes I want Jin Mu’s ashes to prove that she is truly dead. If she doesn’t die here, the people who will die next will be you all."

The bodyguards nodded nervously, their faces paling as they rushed to obey Gu Aihan’s command.

They knew she wasn’t someone to cross, and the chilling threat she had just made left no room for hesitation.

The group hurried towards the factory’s entrance, preparing to set the entire building ablaze, ensuring that no trace of Jin Mu would be left behind.

Gu Aihan lingered outside, her eyes narrowing as she surveyed the dilapidated structure.

She felt a deep satisfaction building within her chest.

With Jin Mu out of the way, no one would suspect her identity for the time being.

Just then a black-cloaked figure suddenly appeared beside Gu Aihan,

"Is she dealt with?"

"Yes." Gu Aihan nodded, viciousness flashing in her eyes as stared at the factory that was slowly catching fire and would be soon burning down into ashes.

"Good."

"She will be dead. But what about others? Just one look at Gu Jin is enough to let my parents know who their true daughter is. How will we hold on till then?" Gu Aihan asked. Her tone was rapid indicating how panicked she felt.

The black-cloaked figure was silent before answering,

"We don’t need too much time. You need to speed up your marriage with Long Yifan. As long as you enter the Long Family and conceive Long Yifan or his big brother’s child the mission will be completed."

Gu Aihan clenched her fist in annoyance,

"Then what about me? How will I be able to survive?"

"Isn’t being the mistress of the Long family enough for you? They rule the Capital." The black-cloaked figure raised an eyebrow.

"They do. But the heir of the Long family is Long Yeiling, not Long Yifan! That ba*tard hardly reached the Super Rank, how can I be with him?" Gu Aihan almost shouted. These days she was living in fear and frustration.

She doesn’t want to rely on any man to gain fame, but the fame and fortune she truly wants can only be obtained by marrying someone extremely rich and influential.

Her talent was great, but it wasn’t on par with Long Yeiling who reached the Super Rank at the age of 16!

Gu family was influential in the entire capital but compared to the Long family they were slightly inferior.

Not to mention, she was just a daughter of the Gu Family, who will at some point need to stop going back to the Gu family or using their name.

Hell! She wasn’t even their real child.

Hence she wanted to latch herself to some influential man.

The identity of the Gu family was temporary, but it gave her the benefit of connecting with other influential people.

But her luck was truly worse! Even though she had Gu Family’s name, her engagement was fixed with a loser!

Disgraceful!

The black-cloaked figure coughed,

"Master is making a love potion. As long as Long Yeiling drinks it, he will fall in love with you. There is also a bone cleansing pill, which will improve your talent too.

And as I had promised, when the child is born, you will be given a position at..."

The more black cloaked figure talked, the more Gu Aihan remembered why she agreed to make the deal in the first place.

Finally, she nodded with a delightful expression,

"I know. I will speed up the process for my marriage."

...........

In a grand mansion.

"Ma’am he has finally opened his eyes, but he still can’t react for the time being. His cultivation has dropped by one rank and now he is at Heaven Rank." A doctor in a white coat reported.

Jasmine nodded with a calm face, but on a closer look her fingers were trembling. Soon she reached outside her brother’s room and motioned the doctor and the servant following behind her to leave.

Entering the room, the first thing Jasmine saw was another slightly opened door in the room.

It was an open secret that Long Yifan had a secret room in his room, but what was inside was hardly known to anyone.

Jasmine hesitated before closing the door, without looking inside, and walked up to Long Yifan’s bed.

On the bed, Long Yifan was sleeping peacefully.

At least that was how Jasmine was viewing him and consoling herself.

"Did you sense that she was in danger and hence used the forbidden art? Yifan you love her so much, how will you go through with the marriage." Jasmine questioned. Her eyes turned teary.

Long Yifan’s eyes remained closed.

"Yifan, break off the marriage. I will bear the brunt of Mother for you." Jasmine muttered.

She caressed Long Yifan’s cheeks, longing appeared in her eyes.

Long Yifan’s eyelashes fluttered slightly before the beautiful ocean-blue eyes met with Jasmine’s concerned eyes.

A hint of joy flashed in Jasmine’s eyes,

"Yifan you are awake?"

Long Yifan slowly blinked, before asking in a low voice,

"How is she?"

"She is fine. She had disappeared for 1 week, but now she had returned to Fujio city. She is completely alright."

Relief flashed in Long Yifan’s eyes.

"You care so much about her, why don’t you get together with her? If you tell her about your sacrifice, maybe she will agree to be your girlfriend even though you have pushed her so much." Jasmine joked.

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