To tell the truth, encountering Mortals in the vast and boundless Great Desolate wasn't considered anything particularly rare.
The servants and maids in the various trading worlds were uniformly Mortals from the Mortal World, including the servants, maids, and courtesans on the various passenger ships present—almost all of them were Mortals from the Mortal World.
After all, some menial tasks and those servile duties were too lowly; Immortals wouldn't do them. Even the most ordinary Mortal Immortals rarely took up such Laborer roles.
And those Mortals who came from the Mortal World to the Great Desolate to work as Laborers either couldn't make a living in the Mortal World or harbored dreams of ascending to the heavens in a single step.
But regardless.
Mortals in the Great Desolate would more or less possess some Cultivation Level; some even had a fairly decent minor fortune.
Yet this fellow truly didn't have the slightest bit of Cultivation Level on him.
Could it be?
Had this fellow just recently come up from the Mortal World, merely a new Laborer on the ship?
And hadn't started cultivating yet?
This situation wasn't impossible.
If he truly was a Mortal who had just come from the Mortal World and hadn't yet begun cultivating, facing this vast Great Desolate, facing so many Immortals, and even Upper Immortals and Upper Demons, shouldn't he be cautious, fearful, and honestly hide in a corner?
But this person?
Cautious?
Fearful?
Honest and simple?
No.
Not at all.
Look at this fellow's leisurely and carefree manner—where did he look like a ship's Laborer? He seemed more like a great lord who feared neither heaven nor earth.
Moreover, no one had ever heard of any Laborer being so ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth. Even if one were utterly ignorant and lacked discernment, when Old Lady Jin Hua and the others arrived, everyone else on the deck had risen and left. Seeing this situation, even a fool would know how esteemed the status of Old Lady Jin Hua and her companions was.
Of course.
No one said that upon seeing members of the Eternal Life Pavilion, one must necessarily pay respects.
But the Eternal Life Pavilion was, after all, one of the Seventy-Two Blessed Lands.
Even if one didn't bow in greeting, at the very least, one should show basic respect.
How could one leisurely sit while esteemed seniors like Old Lady Jin Hua and Lixin stood nearby?
This was far too ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth, far too reckless with one's life.
However.
There was also a small minority who believed that where there was abnormality, there must be something sinister.
Seeing Mortals in the Great Desolate wasn't strange.
Seeing Mortals without Cultivation Level in the Great Desolate wasn't strange either.
But if a Mortal without Cultivation Level dared to be this leisurely and carefree in front of the Eternal Life Pavilion...
This person was either a fool, or his existence wasn't as simple as it appeared on the surface.
A fool?
He didn't really seem like one.
But if he wasn't as simple as he appeared, everyone looked him over and still couldn't see anything particularly special about this fellow.
Just then, someone heard people on the great ship say this fellow was a Worthy One, and moreover, an unfathomably profound and extremely arrogant rogue Worthy One.
They said he was unfathomably profound because back in the Golden Sun Heavenly Domain, he had merely waved his hand lightly and obliterated a demonic beast whose strength rivaled a ninth-level perfected Great Luo Golden Immortal.
They said he was extremely arrogant because this person's tone was enormous, exceptionally arrogant. Not only did he style himself as a great lord, he also said things like 'the old of the ancestors, the lord of the heavens, the greatest of heaven and earth.' His tone was so grand, it was truly the height of arrogance.
They called him a rogue Worthy One because earlier, this person had not only openly flirted with Immortal Yunyan, but had also gotten handsy with her, and in the end, even carried Immortal Yunyan off to do something indecent—as rogue as they come.
Upon hearing that Gu Qingfeng was a Worthy One, everyone present was astonished.
Because in legends, the existence of Worthy Ones had always been mysterious, bizarre, and unfathomable, and each one was a master of immense strength and vast supernatural powers.
Could it be that this leisurely fellow was truly a Worthy One?
They didn't know.
No one was clear.
After all, the existence of Worthy Ones was a legend; few had truly seen one. Whether it was true or false, no one knew.
Most people felt this matter was quite possible.
If this fellow wasn't a Worthy One, facing experts of the Eternal Life Pavilion like Old Lady Jin Hua and Senior Lixin, he probably wouldn't dare be so presumptuous, right?
There was also a portion who believed that, setting aside whether this fellow was a Worthy One or not, even if he really was one, he still had no right to be so presumptuous in front of seniors from the Eternal Life Pavilion.
Although the legendary Worthy Ones were formidable.
They were just legends.
Legends were always exaggerated.
The so-called Worthy Ones might barely count as experts in the ancient era.
But if placed in the Present Era, that was not necessarily the case.
In the ancient era, resources were scarce, spiritual energy was relatively thin, and there weren't many cultivators across the myriad realms. Just cultivating to the Nascent Soul stage could make one a master dominating the Mortal World. If one ascended to become an Immortal, they were like a god.
And now?
In the eyes of people in the Present Era, experts who had cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage in the ancient era were probably not even worth an ant.
As for the Immortals who were like gods in the ancient era, in the Present Era, forget the Great Desolate, even in the Mortal Realm, they could be grabbed by the handful, found everywhere.
Thus, it could be seen that those so-called Worthy Ones from the ancient era were probably nothing special in the Present Era.
Moreover.
Since ancient times, the Human Dao had always been a lowly Great Dao. The status of the Human Dao wasn't the absolute lowest, but it wasn't far off. Not only could it not be compared to the Immortal and Buddha Daos, even the status of demons, ghosts, and monsters was higher than the Human Dao.
Furthermore, the Present Era was dominated by the Immortal Dao.
Forget about some Worthy One.
Even a Great Dao Human Sovereign bearing the Mandate of Heaven, or a Great Dao Human King bearing the Mandate of Heaven, might not be taken seriously by Upper Immortals like Mo Baiyu, Yunzhou, and Yuanwu present here.
Meanwhile, Old Lady Jin Hua and Lixin standing on the deck had also noticed Gu Qingfeng's presence.
It wasn't because when they appeared, everyone else had risen and left, with only Gu Qingfeng sitting leisurely and carefree.
To be honest.
They didn't care about such things. Not only did they not care, sometimes they even felt helpless.
Yes.
Helpless.
Whether it was Old Lady Jin Hua or Lixin, neither felt they were nobler than others. It was just that these people viewed them as too esteemed, or more precisely, viewed the Eternal Life Pavilion behind them as too esteemed.
Initially, they might have gestured for everyone not to be like this, but as time passed, they became numb to it, too lazy to say anything more, and accustomed to everyone's attitude towards the Eternal Life Pavilion.
The reason they noticed Gu Qingfeng's presence was also because they discovered he didn't have the slightest bit of Cultivation Level on him. When they heard someone say Gu Qingfeng was a Worthy One, both were quite surprised. But after thinking about it later, they felt it wasn't very likely.
They both knew that the existence of Worthy Ones indeed possessed immense physical strength, but that didn't mean Worthy Ones couldn't cultivate, nor did it mean they had no fortunes. On the contrary, the Worthy Ones they knew of were not only masters with powerful Cultivation Levels, but each also possessed a body full of fortunes.
Worthy Ones might be a legend to others.
But to them, they weren't a legend, because they had both seen true Worthy Ones, and had seen more than one.
That wasn't important.
What was important was that their Eternal Life Pavilion had a Worthy One.