Gu Qingfeng's words were nothing if not arrogant.
Had it been before, no one would have believed him.
But now, no one dared to doubt.
Because everyone had just witnessed with their own eyes how the combined efforts of Wuse Mountain's famed Eighteen Swordsmen and Twenty-Four Junior Knights had failed to budge him even a hair.
It was also this time that everyone gained a preliminary understanding of Gu Qingfeng's physical body—far more formidable than imagined, perhaps truly the legendary Bedrock Physique.
If that was the case, whether this person was the true Young Lord Chiyan was no longer important.
At least, it was no longer important to Wu Hen, Chi Yu, Wei Chaoqun, Li Qianhua, and the others. Even though Gu Qingfeng's physical strength exceeded their imagination, shocking and surprising them...
Beyond shock and surprise, they felt more excitement.
In their minds, the stronger Gu Qingfeng's body, the more miraculous the Mystic Tortoise in his possession must be. They all wanted to claim the tortoise for themselves, believing that drinking its blood would grant them similarly powerful bodies.
But thinking was one thing, excitement another.
No one dared to act rashly.
After all, Young Lord Chiyan's physical body was too formidable. Whether it was Wu Hen, Chi Yu, Wei Chaoqun, or the others, none had absolute confidence in victory. They were all contemplating, waiting for the right opportunity.
In the pavilion.
Gu Qingfeng was still playing his guqin. The melody was heavy, heavy as if chanting scriptures. Opposite him, Old Master Ku Mu, still kneeling on the ground, trembled violently. His already withered Nascent Soul was rapidly dispersing. Everyone could see that the old master's Nascent Soul would completely dissipate before long.
The people of Wuse Mountain were filled with fury, yet they could not defeat him. Watching Old Master Ku Mu's Nascent Soul on the verge of collapse, Profound Heart Dao Venerable no longer dared to hesitate. He rushed forward, intending to first take Old Master Ku Mu away from this place.
"The old master's condition is critical now. No one may move him even a hair!"
Gu Qingfeng played the tune with his left hand, set down the wine cup with his right, and with a backhand flick of five fingers across the strings, a series of notes rang out. Profound Heart Dao Venerable had just approached Old Master Ku Mu when, without knowing what happened, he was struck by the sound, grunted, and was sent flying sideways!
What happened?
No one understood.
And at this moment, no one had time to ponder the question.
Whoosh!
Another figure flashed forward, wanting to take the old master away. It was none other than Liu Qingyan.
"My apologies, Goddess. You're no exception."
Without even looking, Gu Qingfeng plucked a single string with one finger. A resonant hum sounded, and Liu Qingyan was as if blown by a great gale, unable to steady herself, her body retreating uncontrollably!
"I'll stop him! Master, you all take Grandmaster away quickly!"
A figure flashed—it was Qing Xi.
However, she did not charge toward Old Master Ku Mu, but directly assaulted Gu Qingfeng.
At this moment, Qing Xi's body erupted with a pure, shimmering radiance. The Nascent Soul power of the Transformation Realm surged forth violently. The Great Natural Order's Eighty-One-Fold Great Perfection Color Spirit bloomed like a layered, colorful flower. Simultaneously, her entire aura skyrocketed, azure light erupting, vast and majestic as the sea.
What kind of immortal art was this?
No!
This was no immortal art.
It was a kind of Fortune's might.
As for what Fortune it was, what kind of destiny, no one knew. They only knew it was powerful, so powerful it even overshadowed Qing Xi's own Great Natural Order Eighty-One-Fold Color Spirit might.
One might, vast and majestic as the sea. Another, the transcendent, perfected might of the Great Natural Order's Eighty-One-Folds. Two great mights swept forth, madly suppressing Gu Qingfeng in this space. At the same time, Qing Xi summoned a sword. As her hands formed seals, the flying sword transformed into thousands of sword shadows, raining down on Gu Qingfeng like a storm of pear blossoms.
Yet.
It was useless.
It simply wouldn't work.
Whether it was Qing Xi's two powerful mights or the storm-like sword shadows, none could affect Gu Qingfeng in the slightest.
"You!"
Qing Xi forcibly suppressed the shock in her heart!
With a whoosh, she leaped into the air, spinning. As she rotated, her body actually erupted with a dim, murky light. This light was somewhat turbid, yet it contained a strange and powerful force, a force that seemed to possess infinite transformations, utterly incredible.
This was another kind of Fortune.
As for what Fortune it was, similarly, no one knew.
They only knew it was powerful, more powerful by a third than Qing Xi's own transcendent, perfected Great Natural Order Color Spirit and the vast, majestic sea-like might. Moreover, after summoning this Fortune, Qing Xi's entire being became strange.
The previous Qing Xi gave people a gentle, amiable feeling. The current Qing Xi gave people a feeling of aloofness and cold isolation. Even her eyes had turned an eerie azure-blue, exceedingly strange.
The transcendent, perfected might of the Great Natural Order Color Spirit.
The vast, boundless might like the immeasurable sea.
And the eerie azure-blue might of infinite transformations.
Three great mights swept forth. Qing Xi, wielding an azure-blue flying sword, brandished thousands of sword shadows, directly assaulting Gu Qingfeng's chest.
"Oh?"
Perhaps Qing Xi's strange Fortune had caught Gu Qingfeng's attention. He looked up with a light sound of surprise. His left hand still played, but as his right arm gently lifted—without any visible spiritual power surging from his body—with just that lift, the thousands of sword shadows instantly dispersed and vanished. When Qing Xi attacked, Gu Qingfeng used only a single finger to block the tip of the flying sword in Qing Xi's hand.
Others might not know what Qing Xi's two mysterious Fortunes were, but that didn't mean Gu Qingfeng didn't know.
Long before Qing Xi made a move, he had already seen that the two mysterious Fortunes on Qing Xi's body—one, the vast, majestic might like the sea, came from her true body. Qing Xi had likely achieved a Treasure Body true form, and a very powerful one at that.
As for what kind of Treasure Body, Gu Qingfeng couldn't tell at a glance. He only knew that after summoning this Treasure Body's might, Qing Xi was unable to control it.
What surprised him was Qing Xi's other Fortune.
That azure-blue Fortune.
This Fortune was ever-changing. In the blink of an eye, it had undergone thirty-six transformations, then another seventy-two. Each transformation was different. Even more bizarre, the might contained in each transformation also differed, each transformation like the cosmos shifting.
Even though Gu Qingfeng had cultivated for five hundred years, ascended to the heavens, descended into the earth, claimed the unparalleled throne of Immortal Monster King, even the Nine Nethers Emperor's throne, and dealt with the Three Thousand Great Daos, he had never seen such a peculiar Fortune. What baffled him even more was that with each transformation, Qing Xi's body, even her Nascent Soul, and even her Great Natural Order Fortune and Treasure Body Fortune would also change accordingly.
Moreover, Gu Qingfeng had long seen that this Fortune was something Qing Xi simply could not control. Not only could she not control it, but after summoning it, Qing Xi's consciousness became abnormal, as if she had turned into another person entirely.
"If you dare harm my Grandmaster today, I will definitely not forgive you!"
Whoosh!
The radiance around Qing Xi erupted once more. Her body spun wildly, pushing the sword hilt, wanting to pierce through Gu Qingfeng's chest.