Gu Qingfeng's kick had torn Zhou Cheng's robes to shreds, and what was unbelievable was that on his body was a totem.
It was a blood-colored totem.
On his chest, it resembled a dragon; on his back, it resembled an elephant—vivid, lifelike, as if real, extremely bizarre.
Seeing the totem on his body, everyone present was shocked and horrified, for this totem was none other than the famous Chixiao Dragon-Elephant Totem.
And everyone knew that only those Chixiao People who had followed the Chixiao Monarch back in the day would bear the Chixiao Dragon-Elephant Totem. Although Zhou Cheng was a deputy hall master of the Dianyun Branch Hall, he was not a Chixiao Person. How could he have the Chixiao Dragon-Elephant Totem on his body?
No one knew. Everyone was extremely suspicious and alarmed.
Especially the twelve Chixiao People present—they simply couldn't believe their eyes. They knew all the Chixiao People who had followed the Chixiao Monarch and were still alive, and they were absolutely certain Zhou Cheng was not one of them.
"Zhou Cheng, you are not a Chixiao Person. Why do you have the Chixiao Dragon-Elephant Totem on you?"
Senior Ziyang and the other dozen or so Chixiao People flashed over, angrily demanding.
Just as they were shocked and suspicious, something even more astonishing to the twelve Chixiao People occurred. The Chixiao Dragon-Elephant Totem on Zhou Cheng's body suddenly came to life, letting out a ferocious roar and transforming into a terrifying monster that coiled around his form.
This monster was about nine meters in size, resembling both a primordial dragon and a celestial elephant, its entire body blood-red, its appearance extremely violent and savage.
Chixiao Dragon-Elephant!
It was actually a real Chixiao Dragon-Elephant!
Just as Zhou Cheng summoned the Chixiao Dragon-Elephant, a kind of blood-colored radiance flickered around the bodies of the twelve Chixiao People.
The radiance resembled raging flames, flashing wildly.
This was not spiritual power radiance, but a kind of blood-qi fierce aura, also unique to the Chixiao People.
Chixiao People, blood-qi fierce aura, Dragon-Elephant spirit.
"We, the Chixiao People, have our Dragon-Elephant fused with our bloodline. Only after drinking blood will the Dragon-Elephant emerge!"
The twelve Chixiao People roared mightily, the blood-qi fierce aura around their bodies erupting in rolling waves, instantly shattering and dispersing Zhou Cheng's Chixiao Dragon-Elephant.
"Kneel!"
Bang!
Zhou Cheng, shaken until his entire body was covered in blood, knelt on the ground.
The twelve Chixiao People, enveloped in blood-qi fierce aura, looked murderous.
At that moment, Gu Qingfeng walked over. Looking at Zhou Cheng kneeling in the pool of blood, he said nothing. Raising his hand, a murky radiance flickered. His five fingers pinched and transformed, forming spiritual arts one after another. With a *whoosh*, he extracted a thumb-sized blood-colored stone from Zhou Cheng's dantian.
"A spirit seed."
Gu Qingfeng examined the blood-colored stone in his palm and said, "It seems there really is no shortage of capable people. To actually use the Chixiao Dragon-Elephant spirit to gestate a Dragon-Elephant Seed."
Hearing this, the expressions of the twelve Chixiao People changed repeatedly. They could also tell this was a spirit seed, and moreover, a seed containing the aura of the Dragon-Elephant. To gestate something like this would necessarily require the Chixiao Dragon-Elephant spirit, and in this world, only the Chixiao People possessed it.
Could it be that a Chixiao Person really had gestated a Dragon-Elephant Seed?
"If this truly is the work of one of our Chixiao People, we Chixiao People from across the world will definitely not let it go!"
"To think that after we secluded ourselves for a hundred years, such a thing would happen. Someone actually gestated a Dragon-Elephant Seed."
The twelve Chixiao People felt immense shame and deep regret that over all these years they had only known seclusion, paying no heed to worldly affairs. Now, someone had gestated a Dragon-Elephant Seed, and they hadn't even known.
This matter was no trivial affair, and its consequences were extremely severe.
Because the significance represented by the Chixiao Dragon-Elephant was far too great.
The twelve Chixiao People decided to personally go to the Dianyun Branch Hall to inquire what was going on.
"Forget it."
Gu Qingfeng's voice came, causing the twelve Chixiao People to freeze.
What did he mean, forget it?
How could such a matter be forgotten?
"Ordinary people don't have this capability."
Gu Qingfeng put away the Dragon-Elephant Seed. He had observed this thing carefully. It was indeed gestated using the Dragon-Elephant spirit, but it was very complex, containing other elements as well. The methods used were also extremely sophisticated. He could be certain that the mastermind behind gestating such a thing was definitely no ordinary figure. If these twelve went to investigate like this, they might not return.
"Moreover, this matter isn't that simple either."
Gu Qingfeng looked at the long-dead Zhou Cheng and said, "He planted a Gu insect in Elder Shi Tong's mind, clearly wanting to use the old master. It was likely premeditated for a long time, probably aiming to play a big game. There's bound to be someone powerful backing him. Let me find some time to investigate it."
"Young Lord Chiyan, we..." The twelve Chixiao People wanted to say something, but Gu Qingfeng had no interest in listening further.
He was tired.
To be precise, it was a kind of helplessness.
This helplessness was not because he was mistaken for an evil cultivator, nor was it related to the twelve Chixiao People. Of course, it wasn't because of this Dragon-Elephant Seed either.
The Chixiao Dragon-Elephant Totem was merely a way of worshipping the Dragon-Elephant back then, without any special reason—at least not for him. As for what significance it held for the Chixiao People, he couldn't be bothered to think about that.
To be honest, if someone really had gestated a Dragon-Elephant Seed, so be it. It was no big deal. Even if it was a Chixiao Person who gestated it, even if it was an immortal or a demon, he wouldn't pay it much mind.
What truly made Gu Qingfeng feel helpless was the divine ability and method used to gestate the Dragon-Elephant Seed.
That's right!
It was the divine ability and method.
He had just observed carefully and discovered that the divine ability used to gestate this kind of Dragon-Elephant Seed was very, very special—so special that he couldn't help but think of one person.
A woman.
A woman he had never been able to see through in his entire life.
Jun Xuanji.
That is, the one known as the World-Honored Empress, Jun Xuanji.
The divine ability used to gestate the Dragon-Elephant Seed was called the Great Luo Form-Spirit Life Art.
This divine ability was created solely by Jun Xuanji. In this world, and perhaps even between heaven and earth, there was likely no second person who knew it.
Back then, after Jun Xuanji left this world, where exactly she went, he didn't know.
Whether she was dead or alive, he knew even less.
However, up to now, Gu Qingfeng still clearly remembered what Jun Xuanji said to him before she left.
She said she was leaving, to search for her true self.
When she found herself, she would return.
And Gu Qingfeng also remembered that woman telling him to wait for her.
In the past, Gu Qingfeng couldn't understand. Now, thinking about it carefully, things seemed rather bizarre. How did that woman Jun Xuanji know he would definitely return?
He didn't understand. He didn't know.
Jun Xuanji had always been mystical and cryptic, true and false, and no one between heaven and earth could see through her.
Gu Qingfeng currently couldn't be sure whether the so-called Dragon-Elephant Seed truly came from Jun Xuanji's hand. If it really was that woman, then this matter would be complicated—complicated enough to give him a headache.
Back when he was in this world, he had been entangled by Jun Xuanji for most of his life, entangled until he was both mentally and physically exhausted, sometimes even emotionally wounded.
If he got entangled by Jun Xuanji again in this lifetime, then damn it...
That would be just too unlucky!