Daoist name Floating Life?
From Changsheng Pavilion?
For some reason, when Gu Qingfeng heard this name, it felt very familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.
Looking at the particularly powerful Emperor's Heavenly Mandate and Lord's Heavenly Mandate on the man opposite him, Gu Qingfeng thought carefully and suddenly recalled a name.
Imperial Lord Floating Life.
He vaguely remembered that since awakening from his ten-thousand-year slumber, many people had mentioned the name Imperial Lord Floating Life of Changsheng Pavilion.
They said how extraordinary this Imperial Lord Floating Life was.
How formidable his aptitude, how peerless his comprehension—not only did he bear the Emperor's Heavenly Mandate, but also the Lord's Heavenly Mandate. He was a Present Era Imperial Lord who shook the Great Wasteland, and the minor Thousand Realms Creation 'Rainbow Piercing the Sun' he created was revered as a classic by contemporary youths.
It was said that Imperial Lord Floating Life was chivalrous and righteous, a true hero of the Present Era who deserved the title without shame. He complied with the Heavenly Mandate, protected and forged, benefited all living beings, and possessed immense influence and prestige in the Present Era.
He never expected to run into him here today.
"So it's the renowned Imperial Lord Floating Life."
Gu Qingfeng smiled slightly. "I've long heard of your great name."
Perhaps not expecting Gu Qingfeng to be so polite, Imperial Lord Floating Life looked somewhat taken aback. "The Nine Nethers Emperor flatters me."
"Ah, right, do you have a disciple named Qingqing?
And also a junior sister named... what was it again?
Lixin, right?"
Gu Qingfeng suddenly remembered that while drifting through the Great Wasteland earlier, he seemed to have met a Changsheng Pavilion disciple named Qingqing and a fairy named Lixin, who claimed to be disciples of Imperial Lord Floating Life.
"Qingqing is indeed my disciple," Imperial Lord Floating Life said. "If Qingqing and my junior sister Lixin offended you earlier in the Great Wasteland, I hope the Nine Nethers Emperor will forgive them."
Clearly.
Imperial Lord Floating Life already knew that Gu Qingfeng had met Qingqing and Lixin, and he specifically apologized to Gu Qingfeng on their behalf.
Gu Qingfeng waved his hand, indicating it was nothing. He had only mentioned it casually, without any other meaning. Moreover, Qingqing and Lixin hadn't offended him.
Suddenly.
Gu Qingfeng seemed to sense something and turned to look behind him.
Because just then, he detected another powerful spiritual aura rushing toward them.
At the same time, Imperial Lord Floating Life also seemed to sense it and looked over.
Before long.
A figure gradually appeared within the sight of both.
This was a youth.
That's right.
A youth.
The youth appeared to be about fourteen or fifteen years old, dressed in a set of jade-green robes, hands clasped behind his back. His feet didn't move, yet he slid through the turbulent currents.
Both Gu Qingfeng and Imperial Lord Floating Life couldn't help but frown upon seeing this youth.
They could tell this youth was definitely no ordinary youth.
To be precise, he wasn't human.
But a demon.
To be even more precise, not an ordinary demon, but a demon who bore the Emperor's Heavenly Mandate. In other words, this was a Demon Emperor.
This Demon Emperor's imposing manner and temperament were no less than Imperial Lord Floating Life's, if not greater. The spiritual auras emanating from him were each more mysterious and powerful than the last.
What surprised Gu Qingfeng most was that just as his divine sense couldn't detect Imperial Lord Floating Life's presence, it also couldn't detect this Demon Emperor's existence.
This was truly bizarre.
Usually, he never encountered beings he couldn't detect, but this time he actually ran into two of them, damn it.
Imperial Lord Floating Life came from Changsheng Pavilion, but where did this Demon Emperor pop out from?
"So it's the Peacock Great Emperor."
Clearly, Imperial Lord Floating Life knew this Demon Emperor.
When Gu Qingfeng heard the name Peacock Great Emperor, he showed no reaction. He thought carefully but had no impression of the Peacock Great Emperor in his mind.
Indeed, it was normal for him not to know.
After all, Gu Qingfeng had slept for a full ten thousand years in the Present Era, and too many things had happened over those millennia, with many influential representative figures emerging.
The Peacock Great Emperor, like Imperial Lord Floating Life, was a prominent figure born in the Present Era. If Imperial Lord Floating Life represented the immortal path of the Present Era, then the Peacock Great Emperor represented the demonic path of the Present Era. However, in the Present Era, the immortal path dominated heaven and earth, so Imperial Lord Floating Life's name was known throughout the Great Wasteland.
"Imperial Lord Floating Life, it's been a while."
Imperial Lord Floating Life was the epitome of elegance, while the Peacock Great Emperor, though a youth, possessed a natural noble bearing, like a dragon among men, as if born with a noble temperament.
Compared to these two, Gu Qingfeng seemed rather ordinary—even calling him ordinary was a bit of a stretch. Especially set against the elegant Imperial Lord Floating Life and the naturally noble Peacock Great Emperor, Gu Qingfeng appeared particularly vulgar.
He had no imposing manner, no refined temperament, and his looks couldn't be called handsome. Standing there with arms crossed, rubbing his chin, glancing now at Imperial Lord Floating Life, now at the Peacock Great Emperor, he resembled a spoiled young master who had never seen the world.
However.
Despite such vulgarity, neither Imperial Lord Floating Life nor the Peacock Great Emperor dared to look down on Gu Qingfeng. In fact, they were both particularly wary of his presence.
It must be known that while Gu Qingfeng's divine sense couldn't detect them, their divine senses equally couldn't detect Gu Qingfeng's existence.
Most importantly, Gu Qingfeng simply couldn't detect them, but for Imperial Lord Floating Life and the Peacock Great Emperor, they couldn't sense Gu Qingfeng's presence at all. If they closed their eyes, it was as if Gu Qingfeng had never existed.
"You must be the Nine Nethers Emperor, I presume?"
The Peacock Great Emperor stared at Gu Qingfeng, his eyes somewhat complex.
Although Imperial Lord Floating Life had never met Gu Qingfeng before, he recognized him at a glance. Similarly, so did the Peacock Great Emperor.
As Imperial Lord Floating Life had said, throughout past and present heaven and earth, no one was unaware of the Nine Nethers Emperor's existence. Even if they hadn't seen him, they had certainly heard of him. From the heavens above to the earth below, all beings of the Great Dao were the same. Moreover, Gu Qingfeng's characteristics were very distinct. Not just beings like Imperial Lord Floating Life and the Peacock Great Emperor, but even others could guess Gu Qingfeng's identity at a glance.
"Correct."
Gu Qingfeng nodded in acknowledgment. Looking at the Peacock Great Emperor, he asked with a smile, "Your name is Peacock?"
"Peacock is indeed my Daoist name."
"Which Peacock?"
Gu Qingfeng asked curiously, "The Peacock of the Peacock Bright King, or the Peacock of the Peacock Demon Ancestor?"
Truth be told, Gu Qingfeng might not have heard of the Peacock Great Emperor's reputation, but he wasn't unfamiliar with the word 'Peacock'.
Among the Peacocks he knew, one was the Peacock Bright King of the Buddhist path, who was both righteous and evil, a fusion of demon and Buddha. Legend said the Peacock Bright King had some connection with the Great Sun Tathagata and was a top-tier existence in the Buddhist path.
As for the Demon Ancestor Peacock, that was also an existence that couldn't be ignored in mythical legends. The Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermilion Bird were hailed as the Four Symbols; Chaos, Taotie, Taowu, and Qiongqi were called the Four Fiends; Baixi, Tengshe, Baize, and Qilin were known as the Four Spirits; while Peacock, Roc, and others were among the Four Essences.