Chapter 151 - Wei Shengren"s Return
At the sight of thirty people blocking their way, Long Wanqing"s eyes went wide in anger. Just as she was about to flare up, Gu Hai stopped her from acting!
It wasn"t that Long Wanqing couldn"t solve it, it was because it wasn"t the moment to fight; they were being eyed by tens of thousands cultivators! Things wouldn"t just stop at thirty people, others would jump in later.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we want to go in, are you not going to give way?" Gu Hai asked in a calm voice.
Gu Hai"s tone was extremely calm, yet it sounded extremely cold. Just as he said this, he took a step forward, starting at the thirty men before him coldly.
A slight frown immediately appeared on everyone"s face. After all, everyone was more or less aware of Gu Hai"s notorious reputation.
"Mister Gu, we are Nine-Two Island"s Marine Clan disciples, we-" that cultivator coldly introduced himself.
However, just as he had spoken halfway, Gu Hai cut him off.
Gu Hai"s face turned colder as he said, "I don"t care who you are, let me repeat myself again; we want to go in, whoever blocks us, his end will be the same as all the disciples of four major sects of Nine-Five Island!"
While speaking, Gu Hai took another step forward, glaring at the people in front of him, his eyes radiating a cold light.
All the disciples of four major sects of Nine-Five Island, that would be over twenty thousand disciples! The same end with them!? Everyone killed by Gu Hai!?
Spotting the bloodl.u.s.t radiating in Gu Hai"s eyes and recalling the end of the four sects, a chill ran down the spine of that cultivator.
Gu Hai, staring at the cultivator at the forefront with a chilling gaze, pressed ahead step by step.
At this moment, that cultivator felt that it all happened so suddenly that he was at a loss. Gu Hai wasn"t a soft egg that he could be kneaded as he wished. Gu Hai was a ruthless devil! Almost all of Nine-Five Island disciples had been completely ma.s.sacred by him, and he had been so stupid as to rush ahead!?
Step by step, Gu Hai approached closer, staring at that cultivator like a wild animal choosing its prey.
Being stared at by Gu Hai like that, the man was unable to avert his eyes. Each step Gu Hai took was like stepping on his heart. Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead. All the confidence from earlier seemed to have been washed away in the blink of an eye. He even forgot what he came here to do...
Watching Gu Hai coming closer step by step, that man felt Gu Hai"s threat growing bigger and bigger.
The moment Gu Hai reached his side, he ultimately couldn"t hold his ground. He took a step back, giving way to Gu Hai.
With one giving way, the others also followed suit, one after another.
Gu Hai, leading Long Wanqing and the others, made their way through the thirty cultivators.
The thirty cultivators, on the other hand, had backs drenched in sweat. Not to mention blocking Gu Hai"s team, with them lined up on either side of the road, they looked more like they were there to greet his team!
Only when Gu Hai and his team left did everyone heave a sigh of relief as they looked at one another. The pressure was simply too much for them to handle!...
Everything looked extremely calm, yet extremely strange.
At least in the eyes of every other cultivator, this scene was too strange. Gu Hai simply didn"t do anything to them, and yet they were scared silly.
All around, there were cultivators waiting for these thirty men to get started so that they could make their move. However, these thirty men suddenly went soft, leaving those cultivators who were itching for action at a loss as to what to do!
In a flash, Gu Hai"s team seemed to have suppressed everyone"s arrogance!
Step by step, Gu Hai"s team made their way towards the giant peony flower. No one dared to block their way again.
Long Wanqing was at a complete loss after seeing this. "Gu Hai, they came bearing down on us with an ever-imposing momentum, yet why did they suddenly became afraid...?"
"They came looking for trouble because many in the vicinity were also itching to make a move. They felt like they were part of everyone, they believed that they were just the vanguard... nothing more, nothing less. As they outnumbered us, they were feeling confident, they were unafraid of us.
“But when I stared at them, staring directly at them with an ice-cold gaze, I gave them a feeling that "I am only targeting you", making them feel isolated. And feeling alone is one of the most feared emotions. They suddenly felt scared. Naturally, they would give way to us!" Gu Hai explained in a low voice.
"Isolation?" Long Wanqing looked at Gu Hai in surprise.
"These tens of thousands of cultivators are not a whole body. They are guarding against each other. I just magnified that emotion. Thus, that group felt alone!" Gu Hai explained.
Long Wanqing looked at Gu Hai with complex emotions. Was this using human weaknesses for oneself?
As they continued to proceed towards the peony flower, everything went calmly for some time. Finally, another group of fifty men came up and blocked Gu Hai.
However, just as before, Gu Hai"s team tread their way through the fifty men very smoothly. The onlooking cultivators looked confused at the sight of this confounding scene.
"What"s going on? Again? They had already stepped up, but why did they suddenly retreat?”
"Are they stupid? Why did they retreat again?"...
All the cultivators had a dumbfounded look on their faces.
When it happened the first time, everyone was still aiming for Gu Hai. When it happened the second time, everyone found it strange. But when Gu Hai walked through a team of a hundred men for the third time as easily as if they were under some kind of binding spell, all tens of thousands of cultivators sank into silence at once.
After that, no other cultivators came forward to block Gu Hai. Everyone was just watching Gu Hai and his team"s backs as they pa.s.sed by, a confused and vacant look on their faces.
Gu Hai"s team had made they way to the peony"s flower.
The peony was surrounded by countless clouds. One could not clearly see the situation inside, everything was blurred and hazy.
Gu Hai"s team slightly hesitated in front of the peony.
Gu Hai took a deep breath before taking a step forward onto a petal of the peony.
With Gu Hai taking the first step, Long Wanqing, Gu Qin, and the others also followed suit, one after another.
At this moment, all the cultivators didn"t have any intentions anymore. All they could do was watch patiently.
Nine-Five Island, where once used to be Clear River Sect...
With the destruction of the Clear River Sect, Gu Hai had sent people to be stationed here. Over the next few months, the Clear River Sect also had recovered some semblance of the past. A large number of ordinary soldiers were stationed here, working the spirit stone mine.
On the peak where Long Wanqing once used to reside, Gu Mansion managers were keeping accounts at this moment, keeping a record of how many spirit stones were mined every day.
The peak held a lively atmosphere.
Suddenly, the s.p.a.ce around the mountain peak rippled with a thrum.
"Hmm?" Everyone"s expression changed at the sight of this.
Right then, a vortex appeared amid the ripples as a silhouette wearing a long robe, half black and half white, walked out and landed on the small square atop the peak.
Spotting the silhouette, an old manager"s eyes lit up. He immediately put down his brush and walked up the silhouette.
The old manager slightly bowed to the man who had appeared and said, "The lowly Gu Mansion manager greets Senior Wei Shengren!"
"Mhmm!" Wei Shengren answered in a deep voice, after stepping out of the spatial vortex.
Just as he opened his mouth, two overlapping voice resounded, a young and an old voice.
"Senior Wei Shengren, my Lord Gu Hai asked me to remain here to inform you that Grandmaster Liunian has returned, and Hall Lord Long Wanqing is alright! They have gone to the Peony Clan! My Lord is at the Gu Mansion, ready to welcome Senior anytime!" the old manager reported.
"Oh?" Wei Shengren calmly answered.
"Ah, right, this news is eight days old. Every ten days, my Lord will send a new message. This was the message from eight days ago!" the old manager respectfully said.
Wei Shengren gazed at the old manager for a while before nodding.
"Where is the Peony Clan?" Wei Shengren asked in a calm and poised manner.
"Oh, yes, my Lord gave me a map of Nine-Five Island. Senior, please wait a moment!" the old manager answered respectfully.
Very quickly, the old manager found a map. And just as he was about to go forward to hand it over to Wei Shengren...
"Don"t come closer!" Wei Shengren stopped the old manager, waving his hand.
A weak gale of wind sent the old manager tumbling back to the ground. The map also fell on the ground.
"Senior, this lowly one did not mean to offend!" the fallen old manager said, at a loss.
"You didn"t offend me, it"s just that there is a ghost by my side. The aura on you is harmful to her!" Wei Shengren stated calmly.
"Ah?" A sliver of a perplexed look appeared on the old manager"s face.
There was only Wei Shengren standing before him, where was the ghost?
As Wei Shengren stretched his hand out, the fallen map was sucked into Wei Shengren"s hand. With a wave of his other hand, a small porcelain bottle was thrown to the old manager.
"This pill for you!" said Wei Shengren to the old manager.
Catching the pill bottle, the old manager turned his gaze to Wei Shengren, only to see Wei Shengren, his gaze completely focused on the map, gently take a step forwards.
Wei Shengren disappeared into thin air with a thrum, like he wasn"t ever there.
The old manager looked at the pill in his hand, and then at the place where Wei Shengren disappeared before respectfully bowing down and saying, "Senior, thank you for granting me the immortal pill!"
The Peony Clan...
Countless cultivators in the outer ring had their eyes aimed at Gu Hai as he stepped into the peony flower world.
"There goes another group. The Heavens know what happened to the people who went in earlier? Did they die after entering the weiqi of life, or did they fall into the weiqi of death? There is no news!"
"Gu Hai"s weiqi skills are extraordinary, perhaps it will be different this time!"
"But can"t you see? That"s Elder Guanqi"s puppet, it"s Elder Guanqi! No matter how good Gu Hai"s weiqi skills are, can they be better than Elder Guanqi?"
"Earth dragon vein! Since it"s the Thousand Islands Seas, there aren"t many experts vying for it. After all, the Thousand Islands Seas is a backward region in the eyes of Divine Continent experts. How could they possibly think that there could be an earth dragon vein here?"
"Although there are many earth dragon veins on the Divine Continent, the experts there are too terrifying. You need to be at least in the Nascent Soul Stage to even try to vie for the dragon vein, but here, even a Xiantian cultivator could try for it!"
"Gu Hai is just an Xiantian cultivator, can he even get the dragon vein?"
"In my opinion, he is just seeking his own death!"...
Countless cultivators broke into a discussion. Some admired Gu Hhai, some were jealous of him, some had taken a neutral stance, waiting and watching. But there were many who wanted the dragon vein. They were waiting for an opportunity, thinking that perhaps they could get their hands on it!
While the countless cultivators were patiently waiting, Gu Hai and his team had arrived at the peony"s center.
"Once we came in, we can"t go out!" Long Wanqing looked to Gu Hai, worried.
"Might as well! Didn"t you go out?" Gu Hai said with a smile.
Long Wanqing, nibbling her lips, took out a bracelet-sized golden ring and handed it to Gu Hai. "Gu Hai, I have involved you in my troubles. Take this Dragon Locking Ring, you can escape with it! If you can"t solve the weiqi game, you can escape by yourself!"
Gu Hai looked at Long Wanqing, surprised. "You are giving me the Dragon Locking Ring? Then, what are you going to do?"
"I asked for it! If I can"t go out, then, I can"t go out, it"s my fault anyway! But you, I pulled you into my troubles," Long Wanqing replied as a wry smile crept up on her lips.
Gu Hai stared at Long Wanqing for a while before the corners of his lips rose into a smile as he said, "Don"t worry, I have never lost at weiqi!"
"You have to take it!" Long Wanqing shoved the ring into Gu Hai"s hands.
Gu Hai stared at Long Wanqing for a moment. Although sometimes Long Wanqing was confused, at the end of the day, she was still a sentimental girl.
"Alright, I will keep it for now. However, rest a.s.sured, since I dared to come in, I sure as h.e.l.l can take you out with me!" Gu Hai"s eyes shone with confidence.
"Mhmm!" Long Wanqing bit her lips, and nodded her acknowledgment.
Raising his chin, Gu Hai turned his gaze to the huge weiqi board, the white weiqi board of life.
Before the weiqi board sat a white-haired old man clad in white. Gu Hai recognized the old man at first glance. He looked just like the puppet programmed by Elder Guanqi he had encountered in the s.p.a.ce between his glabella at the Xiantian Endgame World!
"I have been waiting for you a long time, come here!" the white-haired old man said with a slight smile.
"Well? He recognized father!?" Gu Qin furrowed his brow as he blurted out in surprise.
Shaking her head, Long Wanqing spoke with a weird look, "No, he says the same thing to everyone. He said the same to Grandmaster, as well. Maybe this puppet has been waiting for a particular person! I wonder who that man is? Nonetheless, he says this sentence to everyone!"