Rest in a Demon's Embrace

Luo Xiao was being shown around the Gu family compound by the excited younger generation. All of them wished to get familiar with him, and they asked many questions throughout the journey. Even so, whenever the topic reached his previous life experience and where he grew up, he only answered with a slight smile and silence.

This was naturally done as he could not tell them the truth, but lies would easily be seen through. At the same time, when he was merely silent like this with a slight smile, the other youngsters would think up many different theories themselves.

While some of these theories were somewhat reasonable, many had become very unrealistic, but they all had one thing in common; they all painted Luo Xiao as a victim, and thus they came to the conclusion that they should avoid mentioning his past in front of him.

Gu Tianhu, who was aware of his true origin, was standing by the side and looking at how Luo Xiao was able to influence others without even telling the slightest lie. All he had to do was to smile and keep quiet, and everyone had already begun to create their own thoughts and beliefs.

Although the Gu family was not usually a family that would scheme and fight for power, Gu Tianhu was aware that he needed to be alert at all times, and that the family's future depended on him.

It was also due to this that he had long since become familiar with the scheming and backstabbing in the upper-class society, but even so, he had never thought that such outstanding results could be gained with the simplest means.

He soon realized that many of the members of the upper class were easily falling for the trap of being too elaborate. However, the more lies that were told, the more difficult the cleanup would become. By simply staying quiet, Luo Xiao had truly displayed the most successful way of influencing others while still ensuring that he had not said anything to sway their thoughts.

"Let us not speak about these things any longer. The Gu family residence is so big, and we should take brother Yu around to familiarize himself with the important locations." One of the previous silent members of the group suddenly spoke up and managed to break the delicate atmosphere, making them all eager to move forward.

While the Gu family was made up of those of the same bloodline, it was, in many ways, quite similar to how Luo Xiao had felt back at the Cloudsoar Academy.

Although everyone was from the same family, there were many branches, and only the direct line could be considered the core of the family. The many branches would ally with one another and could even scheme against each other, if it could increase the amount of resources they would gain.

Fortunately, the Gu family was not one of the families that struggled with in-fighting, but many of the more popular families within the continent had to always be alert against their family and enemies alike.

At the same time, although some of the students from these families would enter the Cloudsoar Academy, most of them would study at home, and thus the Gu family had various facilities at their residence to increase their cultivation. While it was not able to rival the Cloudsoar Academy, it was not to be looked down upon at all.

During the tour around the family grounds, Luo Xiao was shown where the various facilities were located. He found a Spirit Gathering Tower, a Gravitation Pagoda, a Scripture Pavilion, and even an Illusion Training Array.

These were already the most important facilities needed when cultivating, and although the cost to operate them was high, the family members still had a set quota for their personal use every month.

Luo Xiao had been shown the entire family grounds by the time he finally reached his own courtyard. The courtyard was indeed one of the best that could be found within the Gu family, and under usual circumstances, it would be impossible for a youngster to be given such privilege.

Fortunately, this specific courtyard had been empty for many years, and it originally belonged to Gu Xingxi, so as her alleged son, it could be considered reasonable for Luo Xiao to stay here.

All the courtyards within the Gu family were Siheyuans, which meant that they were small homes on their own. Each Siheyuan had three main houses, which were the main building, where the family leader would live, and then an east and west wing, which would usually be occupied by their children and their families.

Unlike the Siheyuans outside of the Gu family, these did not have both a main wall and a shadow wall, but only one wall surrounding their homes, but they still had the side rooms on both sides of the main room for the servants. A few of the more prominent Siheyuans would have a north hall at the back of the building, but that was quite rare.

Even so, when Luo Xiao finally had the time to take a look at the courtyard he had been given, he could not help but feel quite astounded.

The courtyard itself had the east and west wing as any other, and the main room and side rooms were also as one would expect, but unlike the others, that did not have a main wall and then a shadow wall within, this one had the double-wall all around the entire courtyard, and the distance between the two walls had been partitioned into various gardens.. The beauty and prosperity that Luo Xiao was met with made it clear that this place was definitely better than any of the other courtyards they had come across so far.