Gu Qingfeng's words were nothing short of arrogant.
One must know that a Nine Luminaries Golden Immortal was a Golden Immortal who had stepped into the Eighty-one Heavens realm. Looking across the entire Dual-Pole Celestial Domain, there weren't many experts of this level.
"You arrogant, conceited fellow!" Mu Lingyao exclaimed. "I've seen my share of people who don't know their own limits, but someone as ignorant and arrogant as you is a first for me!"
Initially, Mu Lingyao might have been probing Gu Qingfeng's peculiarities, but now she was genuinely infuriated by his arrogant words. Especially when Gu Qingfeng had just said that even if she exhausted herself today, she wouldn't be able to shake him in the slightest—this made Mu Lingyao even more furious.
She stood up and shouted, "Follow me!"
"Where to?"
"To a spacious place, of course! This time, I'm going to teach you, this ignorant fellow, a proper lesson!"
"No need for such trouble. Let's do it right here."
"Right here?" Mu Lingyao said. "There are so many tables and chairs here. What if they get broken? Do you even know how powerful a single immortal technique from me can be? Let me tell you! Listen well! With just a casual immortal technique from me, forget these tables and chairs—even this entire garden would be reduced to ruins."
"Little sister," Gu Qingfeng said, picking up the wine pot to pour himself another cup. He shifted to a more relaxed posture and lazily continued, "Today, forget about hurting me or turning this garden into ruins. If you can even break a single one of these pots, pans, bowls, or dishes on this table, I'll consider myself the loser."
"Good! Good! Good!" Mu Lingyao was so angry she gritted her teeth. Staring at Gu Qingfeng, she said, "You said that yourself!"
Huadiexianzi truly couldn't see through Gu Qingfeng. She stood up, signaling for the others to leave. Just in case, she casually set up a formation, enveloping Gu Qingfeng, the single table, and Mu Lingyao within it. This was to avoid injuring innocent bystanders and to prevent damage to other parts of the garden.
"Don't say I'm bullying you. I'll let you prepare first!"
"Prepare what? What's there to prepare?" Gu Qingfeng crooked a finger. "Come on, make your move."
"Aren't you going to prepare?" Mu Lingyao found it hard to believe because she noticed that Gu Qingfeng was just sitting casually in his chair, legs crossed, one hand resting on the table supporting his head, the other holding a wine cup. Leaning to one side, he looked at her. This posture didn't look like someone preparing for a fight; it looked more like someone watching a spectacle.
"I'm already prepared. Just come at me with all you've got."
"You!" Mu Lingyao felt like she was about to lose her mind. In an instant, radiant light shimmered around her—a mingling of azure and white light. The white light represented the Metal Luminaries, while the azure light represented the Wood Luminaries.
The interweaving azure and white light swirled and flowed around Mu Lingyao's body, cycling endlessly. This indicated that Mu Lingyao had not only cultivated the Taibai Metal Aura but also the Year Star Wood Aura.
The two lights of the Metal and Wood Luminaries transformed and evolved, much like the interplay of the Five Elements' metal and wood, endlessly regenerating and filled with profound mysteries. This showed that Mu Lingyao had not only cultivated a Taibai Metal Heart but also a Taibai Wood Heart.
In other words, Mu Lingyao was a Year Star Golden Immortal with a cultivation at the Eighteenth Heaven of Great Perfection!
And according to rumors, Mu Lingyao also possessed a great Fortune, and it was an Innate Great Fortune at that. Who knew how terrifying her true strength was?
Looking at Mu Lingyao, whose Immortal Power was formidable within the formation, Qian Niao was very worried. She asked, "Sister Ling'er, will Little Drunkard really... be alright?"
Qianling shook her head slightly. She couldn't answer that question either.
"I'll ask you one last time. It's not too late to back out now!" Mu Lingyao deliberately circulated her immortal spirit with full force, wanting to see Gu Qingfeng's reaction. But she found that this fellow showed no reaction at all. Not only did he show no reaction, but he also looked somewhat impatient.
"I say, little sister, if you're going to make a move, hurry up and do it. Don't dawdle."
"Then I won't hold back!" Mu Lingyao swung her arms, her ten fingers weaving intricate patterns as immortal techniques layered upon one another in complex changes. Immediately after, an immortal seal condensed and formed, instantly enveloping Gu Qingfeng. Then, the immortal seal began to bloom layer by layer like a rose. Each bloom contained powerful Immortal Power, and each bloom also held boundless profound mysteries.
Although Mu Lingyao was inwardly furious, it was just anger. When she made her move, she still held back. Otherwise, she wouldn't have used this particular immortal seal.
This immortal seal was called the Ninefold Zijin Thunder Flower.
The Zijin Thunder Flower would bloom nine times, with the profound mysteries of the immortal technique growing stronger with each bloom. This way, if Gu Qingfeng couldn't withstand it, she could stop it in time.
When the Ninefold Zijin Thunder Flower bloomed around Gu Qingfeng, the Great Sun Radiant Robe on his body also began to radiate light. When the two Immortal Powers came into contact, a series of crackling, crisp sounds rang out.
Clearly, the Ninefold Zijin Thunder Flower Mu Lingyao had unleashed had triggered the formation contained within the Great Sun Radiant Robe.
It truly was a case of getting what you paid for.
If it were any other immortal armor, it would likely have disintegrated when the Ninefold Zijin Thunder Flower bloomed for the first time.
But the Great Sun Radiant Robe Gu Qingfeng was wearing could still hold on until the third bloom of the Ninefold Zijin Thunder Flower. However, it was only holding on. As the Zijin Thunder Flower bloomed layer by layer, the Immortal Power and profound mysteries grew increasingly powerful. The formation within the Great Sun Radiant Robe was clearly beginning to falter; its radiance was dimming. By the time the Ninefold Zijin Thunder Flower bloomed to the sixth layer, the formation within the Great Sun Radiant Robe had become blurred and distorted, in danger of collapsing at any moment.
If the formation within the Great Sun Radiant Robe collapsed, this immortal armor robe would be completely ruined.
Seeing that Gu Qingfeng was still sitting there, unmoved, Mu Lingyao anxiously shouted, "Your Great Sun Radiant Robe hasn't been tempered at all! You have no cultivation, so you can't use Immortal Power to support the robe's formation. If you don't make a move soon, this immortal armor robe will be destroyed!"
"Ah, I forgot. I thought I was still wearing my old treasure robe," Gu Qingfeng said unhurriedly, picking up the wine pot to pour himself another cup. He looked down at the Great Sun Radiant Robe on his body and said, "But for this thing to hold on for so long, it's still worth the price. Not bad, not bad."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Ninefold Zijin Thunder Flower enveloping Gu Qingfeng had already bloomed to the seventh layer. With a *snap*, the Great Sun Radiant Robe could no longer hold on. Its radiance dimmed completely. Just as the formation within it was about to collapse, Huadiexianzi and Qianling outside were preparing to intervene. Even Mu Lingyao rushed forward, shouting, "Be careful!"
But just as she rushed over, the Ninefold Zijin Thunder Flower that had been enveloping Gu Qingfeng inexplicably stopped blooming. It hung suspended in mid-air, motionless, like a cloud in a painting.
Witnessing this scene, both Huadiexianzi and Mu Lingyao were utterly astonished.