"Senior, please spare me!"
An incomparably decisive plea for mercy echoed throughout the hall, which immediately stunned everyone, even Zhang Yao.
'Although that senior is very powerful, Master, you're also someone who reigned over the world for over ten years… Did you really have to go that far!?'
The only person who wasn't affected was probably Gu Nan himself. He didn't pay attention to the other party's words at all and continued to suppress Qi Lengxuan with shadows, then collected the Five Elements Bead.
In the blink of an eye, over half of the demonic lion had been whittled away. Qi Lengxuan could only grit his teeth and say, "Senior, please wait! I know where Hall Master Yan is…"
When he said that, Gu Nan finally stopped and didn't completely erase the demonic Qi.
However, the Five Elements Bead was still in his hands. Under the erosion of the shadows, all the demonic Qi in the demonic bead quickly disappeared. Then the demonic bead shook slightly, and a human figure was shaken out.
This person's appearance was exactly the same as Qi Lengxuan's illusory figure earlier; even the clothes were the same. However, this was clearly his true body.
Lu Zhanyu amused by this. "To fuse your original body into an object. You really are creative…"
Fusing one's body and bloodline with a treasure was a crooked path. While one's cultivation might progress faster, there were also various disadvantages.
For example, the original body would also be greatly affected if the treasure was destroyed, which was why Qi Lengxuan had to plead for his life earlier.
Qi Lengxuan dared not retort and could only smile bitterly. It wasn't uncommon here to cultivate techniques to fuse one's body into treasures. It's just that Lu Zhanyu, who came from Star Realm, would naturally look down on this kind of crooked path.
"Gentleman…" A light exclamation came from beside Gu Nan. Lin Jun finally confirmed Gu Nan's identity, and her face was full of pleasant surprise.
Although his appearance had changed greatly, the aura from the power of shadows couldn't be faked.
Gu Nan glanced at her and nodded a little. "Your cultivation hasn't advanced a single inch in twenty years. As expected, your Goddess Sect really isn't a decent sect."
Lin Jun's expression suddenly darkened. She thought the other party would encourage her…
Gu Nan ignored her and looked at Qi Lengxuan. "Talk."
Qi Lengxuan had heard of Gu Nan's fierce reputation before and didn't dare to delay. He hurriedly explained, "Two months ago, a strange treasure appeared in the far north. The three of us went to investigate together. However, we ran into a natural barrier…"
Speaking of this, he glanced at Gu Nan carefully and continued, "This Junior was able to escape together with the old Daoist in the south, but Hall Master Yan was caught in it."
"More like you two joined hands to trap her there, didn't you?" Gu Nan smiled. "That girl is still too naive… Where is this?"
"In a remote place in the far north. This humble one can lead Senior there," Qi Lengxuan immediately said respectfully.
"Okay, lead the way." As Gu Nan spoke, he turned and left. As for the people in Azure Dragon Hall, including Xue Haoran and even Zhang Yao, he never took them seriously from beginning to end.
Zhang Yao may be Yan Xiaoxiao's enemy, but what did that have to do with him? Let her handle the revenge herself.
"My Lord, please wait!" At this time, a deputy hall master stopped Gu Nan. He was one of the other two deputy hall masters and hadn't heard the stories about Gu Nan from twenty years ago.
"Qi Lengxuan is the Northern Jin Dynasty's advisor and a major trouble for our Azure Dragon Hall. My Lord, if you allow the tiger to return to its mountain today, I'm afraid you won't be able to explain this to the Hall Master when she returns tomorrow."
This deputy hall leader spoke with composure, but he was confident. 'In consideration of the Hall Master's face, even he will have to…'
Slap!
A clear sound rang out. Everyone saw only a dark shadow pass by. The deputy hall master had been swatted away and hit his head on a pillar. Blood instantly flowed down.
"My Lord…" Han Youchan was also about to speak but quickly held back when she saw this. The rest of the people also kept their silence.
'This person may be connected to Azure Dragon Hall, but he clearly isn't a good person…'
...
Azure Dragon Hall was located in the middle of the continent, so it was quite a long journey to travel to the far north. There weren't any good methods of transportation in this world, so Gu Nan and the others had to take a carriage and travel slowly.
They didn't reach their destination until over half of the mission's timeframe had passed.
Of course, at this point, the mission didn't hold much meaning anymore.
Originally, this mission should be for the reincarnators to protect Zhang Yueying and deal with the pursuers along the way, all the way until they reach a safe location.
This was originally a mission for Innate Realm martial artists. But after Gu Nan's interference, the Jin Dynasty withdrew directly, so there were no pursuers anymore.
As for why the Jin Dynasty withdrew so obediently… It was because Qi Lengxuan sent a letter to the king of Jin. The letter only contained a few words. The general meaning was as follows:
[Yan Xiaoxiao's teacher from Azure Dragon Hall has reappeared in the world. Your Majesty, if you don't want the entire royal family to be slaughtered, you'd better withdraw as soon as possible.]
"My Lord, that strange treasure appeared right up ahead," Qi Lengxuan stood beside Gu Nan and whispered.
Gu Nan looked up. In front of him was a camp that looked like it was recently built, but the layout was quite reasonable. Clearly, it had been made by experts to guard the treasure up ahead.
"Let's go." Gu Nan walked ahead, and the party hurriedly followed.
There were currently five people in Gu Nan's party. In addition to Lu Zhanyu and Zhang Yueying, even Lin Jun followed them. She also wanted to see the place that trapped Yan Xiaoxiao for so long.
After the five approached the camp, some people soon noticed them. They walked over and saluted. "Martial Uncle Qi."
Qi Lengxuan greeted them without saying much, then turned to Gu Nan and explained, "They are that old Daoist's trusted disciples. He sent them to guard this place."
Gu Nan nodded. People all over the world believed that the north and the south were like fire and water, but who would've thought that the two strongest cultivators from each side actually wore the same pair of pants and even addressed each other as martial brothers?
In fact, this wasn't surprising. After all, there were only three Prodigious cultivators in this world. Why did they have to fight to the death? Wouldn't it be better to enjoy life together?
Everyone else, such as Zhang Yao and the others, wouldn't be able to threaten their status at all.
The old Daoist from Four Gates had also gone back and wasn't here.
Gu Nan soon came to the place where the so-called strange treasure appeared. It was a bottomless green pool.
"The strange treasure is at the bottom of the pool." Qi Lengxuan explained, "When we dived in together, we encountered an inexplicable suction force… Hall Master Yan was sucked away."
Not even a Prodigious master would be able to survive at the bottom of this pool for two months. That was why he believed that Yan Xiaoxiao had already died and ordered the Jin army to go south to occupy Azure Dragon Hall.
Yan Xiaoxiao's collection over the years was also very tempting to Qi Lengxuan.
Gu Nan stared at it for a while and dipped his hand in some pond water, but he didn't find anything unusual. He simply said, "Wait for me here. I'll go down and take a look."
"Senior!" Qi Lengxuan hurriedly said, "The water pressure at the bottom of the pond is great. Senior, it would be better to wear metal armor…"
"No need." Gu Nan waved his hand impatiently.
What armor could compare to his own body? Moreover, his core skill was now at Level 2. In this world's terms, he was at Prodigious Realm's Infinitesimal Stage. Thus, he had many methods of handling this situation.
He stepped into the pool and was immediately surrounded by shadows, which kept the water away from him.
The four people with him stared in dumbfounded silence.
Devotee's Game System Inspired Note
» This section of the chapter is a Fan based created system to mock-up or simulate the 'Status Information' of our MC - Gu Nan. This implies that you are free to skip reading this and continue your journey onto the next chapter.
» All catalog data below is a summary of various information achieved by Gu Nan that corresponds till the end of the related chapter and is compiled into a singular 'Status Screen.' Additionally, the invented system below would continue to evolve as we progress and learn more about the novel itself.
MC's Status Information
Name: Gu Nan
Current Location: Gu family's residence, Ruby Fish Star
Current Soul Location: Far North, Immortal Demon World
Status: ⟪ Evil God ⟫
Advancement Direction: Agility Type
Current Evil God Rank: Tier 3
Equivalent/Current Martial Art: Prodigious Realm
◈ Comprehension of Innate ability: Infinitesimal Stage
Chosen Core Skill: The Law of Shadow
Current Evil God Temple Quest:
→ Main Mission Objective/s:
-— Evil Event: Ruby Fish Star's Martial Arts Competition. - Evil God Temple Issued
◈ Status: On Going
-— Protect Zhang Yueying for 30 days. - External Source
◈ Status: On Going
→ Side Quest Objective:
-— None. - N/A
◈ Status: N/A
Current Evil Points: 1500
Overall Evil Points: 3775, Overall Evil Value: 97
Core Skill Acquired
— Shadow. ｢Also known precisely as 'The law of Shadow' - its one of the highest-ranked laws in the game. Skill 'Power of Shadows' LVL +1｣
Normal Skills Acquired:
— Locked ｢N/A｣
— Locked ｢N/A｣
— Locked ｢N/A｣
Exclusive Skills Acquired:
— Deceitful Steps. [ Passive Ability ] ｢Movement Speed increased by 30%. Attack Speed increased by 50%｣
— Power of Shadows. [ LVL 2 ] ｢Allows the players to activate the skill "Hidden Shadows" at LVL 1 and unlocks the skill "Shadow Form" at LVL 2..｣
▸Hidden Shadows. ｢The power to manipulate shadows to a fine degree.｣
▸Shadow Form. ｢An incomparable handy skill that allows the player to manipulate shadows to create things, like weapons and armor. At the highest level of mastery, it could even create a humanoid clone.｣
Equipment being worn
→ Armor
-— Dawn Sage's Robe. ｢Basic level defense. If you are not attacked within 3 seconds, you will receive the "Praise of Dawn" effect.｣
→ Weapon
-— Four Element Crossbow. ｢A Tier 2 crossbow weapon that can generate four types of elemental arrows—earth, water, wind, and fire—based on the user's needs and does not need to load arrows.｣
→ Accessories - Facial Accessories, Necklace, Earrings
-— Observer Eyepiece. ｢An eyepiece that have a fixed Tier 2 magic 'Insight' inscribe in it.｣
-— Dragon Heart Pendant. ｢Allows players to activate the skill "Dragon Power". This skill cannot be upgraded｣
-— Shadow Earrings. ｢Skill 'Power of Shadows' LVL +1｣
Equipment Skills Acquired:
-— Insight. [ Passive Ability ] ｢Ability to obtain high-precision data analysis when looking at people or objects.｣
-— Dragon Power. ｢Greatly enhances the player's strength and physique. Duration: 5 seconds. Cooldown: 5 minutes｣
-— Praise of Dawn. [ Passive Ability ] ｢Increases self-healing ability by 300%｣
Item/s owned:
→ None.