Chapter 891
Anyway, you won't die, will you?
Chapter 891 Anyway, you won't die, will you?
"If that's the case, then let's give up for now, observe the situation, and decide later," Gu Yuanqing said calmly.
Even he found these things somewhat troublesome.
He could easily kill these people with a wave of his hand, but what effect would that have?
The Great Wei Dynasty has more than just this many people; killing them will only bring others.
Not to mention, he couldn't possibly kill everyone in this realm. Even if he did, once the full moon passed, these people would be resurrected and attack again, leading to another great war.
For these people who are neither alive nor dead, this might be a source of amusement, but Gu Yuanqing cannot keep killing like this.
Of course, this was no big deal for him. These people couldn't stop him or hurt him, and he could leave at any time. But others couldn't. Even if Li Chengyi entered the Ancient Realm, it would be extremely dangerous.
Therefore, if the Great Wei Dynasty insists on doing so, the entire Linglong Realm may have no choice but to give up the resources of the Ancient Realm.
"That's the only way. It's just a pity about this business that has been built up over hundreds of years," Li Chengyi said.
Gu Yuanqing smiled and said, "As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood. We can enter again when the Qian Yuan Realm becomes stronger in the future. Besides, there isn't much here. It's just this magic array, and it won't take much time to rearrange it."
"Hmm," Li Chengyi replied.
Gu Yuanqing smiled and said, "To be honest, it may not be a great loss to my Qian Yuan Realm. This Nine-Bend Mountain was just a place I casually arranged to stay. The spiritual veins here are just average and don't produce much."
If the Great Wei Dynasty truly expels everyone, then perhaps we can find another place to come in next time.
Li Chengyi understood the implication and laughed: "Where would Father like to change to?"
Gu Yuanqing said, "The Misty Forest is actually quite nice. That region is rich in soul-nourishing medicines, and it's a waste that it's always been controlled by the Three Yang Sect. However, I can't bully the weak without good reason. Of course, the best place is naturally the Ancient God Mountain!"
Li Chengyi said, "Then I'll find out later whether the Great Wei Dynasty has taken action against the Misty Forest."
Gu Yuanqing nodded slightly and then asked, "What losses has my Qian Yuan Sect suffered this time?"
“Other sects are not quite clear yet, but in my Qian Yuan Sect, one of the Heavenly Transformation Elders suffered a broken soul, and five Void Heaven Realm deacons were seriously injured. Among them, I'm afraid two of them are…” Li Chengyi shook his head with a bitter smile, “It’s a pity that even if we wanted to help them take revenge, we couldn’t.”
Celestial cultivators can enter with a divided spirit. Even if the divided spirit is killed, it only damages their cultivation, but their lives are not in danger.
However, the Void Realm is different. The entire soul enters, and if one dies, one is truly dead. Even if a part of the soul or spirit escapes back to the body, it will be difficult to stabilize one's cultivation. The result of a drop in realm and backlash of vital energy is self-evident.
Even if the backlash is stabilized, the spirit will be weakened and lifespan greatly reduced, so there won't be many more years to live.
As for revenge, even if you find the person who did it and kill them, it won't make much difference to others than taking a nap.
Gu Yuanqing closed his eyes slightly, and after a moment, said, "There is no need to worry too much. I have already seen them. Their lives are temporarily safe, but their souls are severely damaged. Even if I use the power of the Taixu Creation Wheel to nourish their souls with a bit of their spiritual essence, it will only save their lives. Perhaps they can barely maintain their cultivation at the Void Heaven level in the future, but it will be extremely difficult to advance any further."
Li Chengyi breathed a sigh of relief, a hint of joy in his eyes, and said, "Thank you for your help, Father. It's a miracle they survived."
Gu Yuanqing shook his head. For cultivators, sometimes the path to enlightenment is more important than life itself.
In the Qian Yuan Realm, those who have reached the Void Heaven now possess excellent aptitude and comprehension, but to encounter this calamity and have their path to enlightenment severed is indeed a pity.
However, he only sighed slightly.
Centuries have passed. He has traveled the world in his own form and often connected with the Qian Yuan Realm in spirit. He has witnessed countless life and death separations and all sorts of unpleasant things. Perhaps the only people he truly cares about are those around him.
He said to Li Chengyi, "Have the people in Jiuqu Mountain prepare to evacuate. My avatar will stay here for a few days. Refine the resources of the ancient world that can be refined, and take away those that can be taken with Void Stones. If you can't take them away for the time being, put them into your Qiankun Bag and give them to me. I will find a place to hide them temporarily and take them out when I come back in the future."
"Yes, I will make the arrangements immediately!" Li Chengyi bowed and took his leave.
“Go!” Gu Yuanqing said.
After Li Chengyi left, Gu Yuanqing's gaze first fell on the soldiers of the Great Wei Dynasty opposite them, who were still waiting.
But the military general was often seen looking in a certain direction.
"It seems we're waiting for reinforcements!"
However, Gu Yuanqing was still not too worried, unless it was a true god level being coming, it would not pose a threat to him.
He was also somewhat curious whether there were any true gods among the Great Wei Dynasty.
In my previous understanding, I had never heard of any rumors about a true god in the Great Wei, but this world itself is full of great secrets, so who can say for sure!
For example, the Boundless River, these beings that are neither alive nor dead, and the ancient battlefields—each of these is extraordinary.
To be honest, Gu Yuanqing didn't know much about the Ancient Realm, or rather, the Linglong Realm didn't know much about the Ancient Realm.
After all, people from the ancient realm are unwilling to contact people from outside the realm, and the Great Wei Divine Dynasty is even more so. Perhaps only the Primordial Divine Sect knows more.
He withdrew his gaze, closed his eyes, and began to sense the aura of this world.
Although he did not attain enlightenment in this world, he had refined the Boundless River Soul and consumed the divine soul elixir of this world. His body was also formed from the rules of this world, so he was very familiar with this world.
"The Great Dao of this world is no different from before, and the sudden changes in the Great Wei Divine Dynasty seem to have nothing to do with it."
"If it has nothing to do with the world, then it has to do with people!"
Gu Yuanqing couldn't help but think of the Ancient Divine Sect again.
Zhuo Ming's reaction was rather strange; the connection between the Ancient Divine Sect and the Great Wei Divine Dynasty might be far deeper than imagined.
Moreover, the fact that something happened at this very moment in all these years in the ancient realm is too much of a coincidence.
Just as he was pondering this, he saw a flying boat rapidly approaching from afar and landing in the opposite army formation beside him.
Then, someone flew into the air and took out a divine wind bag.
He chanted the incantation, opened the bag, and a boundless divine wind suddenly rose, heading towards Mount Jiuqu.
The great general of the Great Wei Dynasty also stood in mid-air and laughed loudly: "You cultivators from outside the realm, do you dare to resist with your meager array?"
Behold this destructive divine wind! This wind does not originate from the Five Elements; it specifically erodes the spiritual light of arrays and dissolves the Daoist charm of runes.
No matter how many formations you use, under this wind, they will crumble like sandcastles encountering the tide!
The divine wind strikes your body, penetrating your very soul, eroding your cultivation! I urge you to quickly withdraw from the ancient realm; you may still preserve your souls. If you remain stubborn, once the divine wind has eroded the great formation, that will be the time when your cultivation and souls are utterly destroyed!
The words traveled through the magic array into the Nine-Bend Mountain.
Some cultivators couldn't help but look over, their expressions changing slightly.
Everyone present was at least at the Void Realm level or above, and had some knowledge of the Dao of Space. They could sense or see that the void rippled with strange waves wherever the wind passed, as if even the spatial structure was being slowly weathered away.
It landed on the mountain-protecting array, making a faint rustling sound, as if it were being polished and eroded by millions of fine sands. The originally stable array shield began to ripple and gradually thin.
A chill seemed to seep into their very soul.
Li Chengyi's expression changed slightly. He also cultivated the Way of Wind and Thunder and could see that this wind was strange.
Gu Yuanqing was also slightly surprised.
The newcomer was only at the level of the Undying Chaos Realm, but this magic weapon seemed to be at least at the level of a demigod. In addition, the strange wind in the bag could even shake the magic array that he himself was presiding over.
"Fortunately, they arrived relatively quickly, otherwise Cheng Yi and the others wouldn't have been able to hold out with the formation here. The Great Wei Dynasty is indeed extraordinary; even a random person like them possesses such abilities!"
Of course, I was only slightly surprised.
After all, a mere immortal being can command my slight respect. If word gets out, he could become famous throughout the Spirit Realm and the Linglong Realm!
With a slight thought, the entire Nine-Bend Soul-Sweeping Array changed once again, and the underground spiritual veins were also altered by his thoughts.
He then made a hand seal with his fingers, gesturing in the air.
As the fingertips passed by, a faint golden trail was left behind. In the blink of an eye, a rune containing the true meaning of the creation of the universe flew out, quickly enlarged, and disappeared into the magic array in the mountain.
The next moment, a strange change occurred.
The destructive divine wind that had been frantically eroding the formation suddenly weakened.
Not only that, but vortexes appeared on the surface of the barrier, seemingly drawing in and absorbing some of the divine wind to nourish the formation, and even emanating a cool spiritual energy that stabilized the soul.
This gave the many Qian Yuan Sect cultivators, who had been feeling uneasy, a sudden sense of relief.
"That's interesting!" Gu Yuanqing was also intrigued by these changes.
He rarely used the power of the Taixu Creation Wheel before, since it was only at the level of the Chaotic Undying, which was a level lower than his cultivation and not very useful.
Now that this divine power seed talisman has ignited the divine fire and transformed into a demigod level, its power characteristics seem to have changed a lot, and it actually has such wonderful uses!
Gu Yuanqing became interested and kept combining the power of the Taixu Creation Wheel with the Nine-Bend Soul-Sweeping Array to explore the wonders of the changes. He even almost forgot that there were enemies outside.
Outside the mountain, Wang Ce was also somewhat surprised, clearly not expecting the other party to have a way to resist the divine wind.
He laughed and said, "This person from another world does indeed have some tricks up his sleeve. No wonder he dares to put up such a stubborn resistance! Very well, I'll test him again!"
The commander-in-chief of the Great Wei frowned and said, "Wang Ce, this matter was entrusted to us by His Majesty. Don't just think of yourself and forget the important matter!"
Wang Ce glanced at it and smiled, "General Qin, don't worry, it won't cause any problems, like this..."
Then, he took out a Qiankun bag and handed it to General Qin, whispering a few words to him.
General Qin then tossed it to his adjutant, who patted his Qiankun bag, from which 108 earthen-yellow flags flew out and landed in the hands of the surrounding soldiers.
With a command given, countless soldiers flew out, each taking their positions and chanting incantations as they frantically poured their magical power into the flags.
Om-!
More than a hundred array flags simultaneously lit up with a thick yellow light, the light intertwining to instantly form a huge array phantom covering an area of dozens of miles, its array patterns deeply embedded in the mountainous land below.
A heavy wave suddenly erupted, its target being the flow of spiritual energy in and around the earth veins beneath and around Mount Jiuqu!
In their view, the protective array of Jiuqu Mountain was indeed powerful, but any array would rely heavily on the support of the earth's spiritual energy.
Once the earth's veins are severed or disturbed, the formation becomes like a tree without roots, its power will inevitably be greatly reduced, and it may even collapse on its own due to insufficient spiritual energy supply.
A low rumbling sound came from beneath the ground, and the earth's energy around Jiuqu Mountain was clearly beginning to become disordered.
Inside the mountain, the array's protective barrier, which had just stabilized, began to fluctuate slightly again, while the disruptive divine wind continued unabated.
"Father, they're trying to forcibly sever the earth's veins to break the formation!" Li Chengyi frowned.
Gu Yuanqing opened his Heavenly Eyes and watched the operation of the array opposite him. He was also proficient in array formations and could see the ingenuity of this array.
Cutting off the earth's veins is not something that can be done at will. The deeper you go underground, the greater the influence of the geomagnetic field becomes, and the more power cultivators need to expend.
Moreover, although the earth veins here are not particularly strong, they are connected to larger earth energy veins. Generally speaking, setting up a magic array involves drawing energy rather than using brute force.
In that case, not only would the formation fail, but the entire earth vein would also suffer a backlash.
But the magic array before us, though seemingly forced, is ingenious in every way!
"It seems that although these people from the ancient realm are limited by the rules and their power and cultivation can no longer increase, they can still achieve things in terms of skills that are difficult for ordinary people to reach. After all, this period of time has been too long!"
Just like the Heavenly Transformation cultivator that Gu Yuanqing encountered back then who intended for him to kill him, although his cultivation level was average, his mastery of the sword was far beyond what Gu Yuanqing could achieve at his level.
"However, trying to set up such a formation in front of me is a gross underestimation of me!"
Gu Yuanqing chuckled softly. A gentle force emanated from beneath his feet, silently seeping down along the rock strata of the mountain. This force quietly entered the magic array set up by his opponent along the earth's veins.
Then he snapped his fingers lightly.
Boom!
A loud bang was heard, the ground shook, and a huge surge of earth vein energy rushed upwards along the force that had severed the earth veins.
The faces of the cultivators who were originally holding the ochre flags changed drastically. First, the flags in their hands broke, and then the huge force of the impact caused them to explode like a powder keg being ignited.
One by one, the soldiers were sent flying backward, their armor flashing with runes, but they couldn't stop it at all. The power of the earth veins struck them directly, and they were severely injured in an instant, spitting out blood. Some of the weaker ones were even turned into ashes on the spot!
General Qin was stunned for a moment, then turned around and swung his halberd at the great formation of Nine Turns Mountain, roaring: "You dare to kill my Great Wei soldiers and otherworldly cultivators, you have completely enraged me!"
Gu Yuanqing revealed himself and smiled gently: "General, why be angry? You won't die anyway, will you?"
(End of this chapter)