Everyone stared at Qin Wanli, kneeling on the ground, bleeding from his seven orifices, his head battered and bloodied.
At this moment, everyone in the chamber held their breath, their hearts trembling uncontrollably.
In just one exchange, Qin Wanli had been brought to his knees. Whether he was alive or dead, no one knew, and no one dared to check.
Qin Wanli was a genius who had opened three colors, and all three were the natural gold colors!
His strength was so formidable that even a Pure Golden Core True Being like Zi Yun wouldn't dare claim he could defeat him, and the same went for Da Qian, a Pure Golden Core True Being who had cultivated for over a thousand years and weathered a longevity tribulation.
Yet, such a powerful genius had been so utterly helpless against Gu Qingfeng.
This couldn't help but remind everyone of what Qin Wanli had said earlier—that Gu Qingfeng wouldn't be able to withstand a single move from him.
Many had believed it at the time.
Only after witnessing this scene firsthand did everyone realize it wasn't that Gu Qingfeng couldn't withstand Qin Wanli's move, but that Qin Wanli couldn't withstand a single move from Gu Qingfeng.
Was Qin Wanli too weak, or was Gu Qingfeng too strong?
Everyone knew the answer, but no one dared to believe it, and no one dared to accept it. It was too bizarre, too inconceivable, too utterly bewildering. So bizarre that even seeing it with their own eyes felt like a dream, unreal.
Mu Yulong felt this way. Zi Yun felt this way. Da Qian felt this way.
Qing Ning, standing not far away beside Wei Qing, felt the same. She knew Gu Qingfeng was terrifying. Wei Qing had warned her repeatedly on the road, but just how terrifying Gu Qingfeng was, Wei Qing hadn't said, and Qing Ning didn't know.
Even though she already knew in her heart that Gu Qingfeng was terrifying, she was still frightened by the scene just now, her pretty face filled with terror.
The man in white simply walked over, never pausing along the way, stopping only when he reached the stone gate, where he stood still.
He stood there, hands clasped behind his back, gazing at the profound array pattern on the stone gate.
Just gazing.
Not saying a word.
Gu Qingfeng when he wasn't speaking wasn't scary.
Gu Qingfeng in silence was even more terrifying.
But no one knew whether, at this moment, he didn't want to speak or was simply silent.
At this moment, the great hall was utterly quiet.
Quiet as in serene.
Silent as in dead still.
The serenity made one forget the passage of time; the dead stillness made one feel as if they had fallen into fear.
Time passed, bit by bit.
No one knew how long had passed when the man in white suddenly turned and walked toward another stone gate. As he raised his hand, his five fingers pinched and moved, murky light like electric sparks crackling at his fingertips. One profound Spiritual Art after another condensed and manifested.
What these Spiritual Arts were, those who didn't understand couldn't comprehend. Like True Being Da Qian, who was proficient in mechanisms—he didn't understand, couldn't understand even a single Spiritual Art.
He didn't understand, but that didn't mean others didn't.
Two people in the chamber could understand: Monk Bu’er and Wei Qing.
Monk Bu’er had stopped munching on his delicacies. His mouth hung open, eyes wide, as if he had seen a ghost or a god.
Wei Qing was also watching, but the corner of his mouth twitched.
Those who didn't understand didn't understand; those who did understand were afraid.
Wei Qing could understand, and he could see that the Spiritual Arts Gu Qingfeng was manifesting seemed to invert Yin and Yang, seemed to evolve the Five Elements, seemed to deduce the Eight Trigrams, and seemed to misalign the Nine Palaces…
As if all the profound mysteries of the great nature were being turned over in his hands, clouds and rain at his whim.
The more he watched, the uglier his expression became, the more intense the terror in his eyes, the faster his heart beat.
Soon, he closed his eyes.
He didn't dare watch anymore.
Because it was too terrifying, so terrifying it made his soul tremble.
At this moment, he made an oath in his heart.
In the future, even if he provoked the King of Heaven himself, he would absolutely never provoke Gu Qingfeng.
Absolutely!
Before the stone gate, Gu Qingfeng flicked his five fingers, and instantly hundreds of Spiritual Arts condensed and manifested. The mechanism array on the stone gate was instantly broken.
Inside the stone chamber were scattered some blue granules, filling the room. It looked similar to the chamber True Being Da Qian had opened earlier.
Gu Qingfeng gazed at the blue granules on the ground, then pinched his five fingers again. Another several hundred Spiritual Arts shot out, and the many scattered blue granules on the ground instantly coalesced, forming a profound azure pattern on the floor.
He turned.
Gu Qingfeng walked toward another stone chamber opposite, where Da Qian and over a hundred others were guarding.
When Gu Qingfeng walked over, Da Qian and the others were scared out of their wits, faces ashen. No one dared block his path. When Gu Qingfeng turned toward them, Da Qian and the others immediately moved aside.
Gu Qingfeng looked at the stone chamber, which now contained only a few blue granules. He turned, his dark eyes sweeping across them, his silent gaze passing over each person's face as he said faintly, "Hand over the granules from the stone chamber."
Everyone looked at each other. Who would dare hesitate? They hurriedly and carefully placed the blue granules in their hands into the stone chamber.
"Sir…" True Being Da Qian said, trembling. "Sir, these… these are what this old one… what we worked hard to obtain. You… you can't break the rules…" When Gu Qingfeng's gaze fell upon him, Da Qian didn't dare say another word.
"I'll say it once more. Hand over the granules from the stone chamber."
His voice was very calm, still devoid of any emotional color—no sorrow, no joy, no anger, no resentment. Very quiet.
Yet, it was precisely this calmness that, when it reached everyone's ears, sounded like the voice of death, making them tremble with fear.
True Being Da Qian didn't dare hesitate any longer. Honestly and carefully, he placed the blue granules in his hand into the stone chamber.
Then True Being Zi Yun also handed his over, trembling.
"You!"
Gu Qingfeng, with one hand behind his back, pointed a finger at one person.
It was Mu Yulong. He raised his head, his handsome face deathly pale. Just as he was about to say something, a tremendous suction force pulled him over. Mu Yulong didn't even know what was happening before he found himself appearing in front of Gu Qingfeng in the next instant.
Gu Qingfeng gripped his wrist, then suddenly twisted it. *Crack!* Mu Yulong's wrist snapped. His hand opened, revealing over twenty blue granules in his palm.
Gu Qingfeng collected the blue granules, then with a backhanded slap struck Mu Yulong's chest. *Bang!* Mu Yulong was sent flying sideways like a kite with its string cut, smashing into the wall and crashing to the ground. Blood seeped from his mouth, ears, and nose. He tried to get up, *wah!* vomiting a pool of blood before collapsing on the ground, unable to move.
Gu Qingfeng scattered the blue granules from his palm into the stone chamber, then pinched a Spiritual Art. Light flashed, and the various blue granules on the ground condensed into a profound azure pattern.
At the same time, a dull *hum* echoed as the white stone gate of the main hall slowly opened.
As Gu Qingfeng stepped forward, he flicked his hand, and over a hundred beams of light scattered across the great hall. Everyone looked over—these were over a hundred blue fragments, each the size of an index finger, crystal clear like ice sculptures, containing pure Tai Yin Spiritual Qi within.
Could these be…
Could these be Blue Nurturing Frost Fragments?
A single one of these fragments was worth far, far more than the granules they had just picked up.
What was going on?
Why was he doing this?
No one knew.
As Gu Qingfeng walked into that white stone gate, his silent, calm voice slowly drifted over.
"One each. Take them and get lost!"
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