Duan Qingming stood up and walked in front of him, looking down at him, the expression on his handsome face still unreadable.
Although his Dantian was slightly damaged, Gu Pinglin did not feel any pain at all. He only felt the lightness after the breakthrough. He slowly stood up and wiped the blood from his lips: "I never do anything that I am not sure of. Your worry is unnecessary."
This is a fact. The Creation Art itself has the function of repairing the Dao Meridians. Even the destroyed Dantian in the previous life can be restored. The minor damage is really nothing, so he dared to break through forcefully.
Duan Qingming said "hmm" and smiled, "It seems so."
"Anyway, thank you for this time," Gu Pinglin stood up and faced him, "You don't have to interfere in the future."
Even if it was difficult, it was only a matter of time before he could break through. He would not be reduced to the point where he had to rely on his past life rivals for help. Gu Pinglin had his own pride, and if he helped someone, he would do it again. Even if Duan Qingming was willing, Gu Pinglin would not allow himself to be overly dependent on external forces.
If you fail once, try a hundred times, a thousand times; if you fail in one year, try ten or twenty years.
How far can the road to ascension be
Gu Pinglin has this kind of resilience, otherwise he would not have been appreciated by Yue Songting and chosen as the successor in his previous life. At that time, his qualifications were not as good as Bu Shuihan's.
Just a pity.
This wonderful character in front of him, a former opponent, would not maintain his interest in the weak for long.
Gu Pinglin does not admit that he is a weak person, but this cannot change the fact that he is lagging behind in the Tao. Even if he possesses the Creation Art, the progress of this cultivation is too slow. Even if he has not discovered it now, he will discover it sooner or later. After all, the gap between the two will become larger and larger.
Okay.
Gu Pinglin couldn't help but sigh in the end. He turned sideways, took a slightly stiff step, walked up the high reef, and looked at the black sea ahead.
"I was wrong just now," Duan Qingming followed him onto the reef, his tone smiling, no different from usual, "Although the sea may not necessarily change into mulberry fields, but driftwood grows, fish and beasts come and go, there are also storms, and the tides rise and fall, so there are still changes."
Gu Pinglin said: "It's not damp here."
Duan Qingming pointed at the black water under his feet and said, "Who said there is no water? The sea water drops three to five inches every ten years, and rises again after sixty years. Isn't that the tide? It's just that the time between the rise and fall is too long, so ordinary people can't feel it."
"What!" Gu Pinglin suddenly lost his voice and turned to look at him, "But all the records I've read say that the water in the sea realm comes from the Great Wilderness Fairy Sea and remains unchanged all year round."
Duan Qingming said: "Perhaps what you said is correct, but I have seen an ancient book with different records. I don't know whether it is true or not."
Gu Pinglin was silent for a moment, then snorted coldly: "Don't you already know which is true and which is false?"
Duan Qingming said nonchalantly: "It was only after you asked Yan Sen that I realized that there might be something wrong with the time in your memory."
He thought of the key, and then deliberately watched himself look through it for a few hours. Gu Pinglin resisted the urge to draw his sword, turned around and walked down the reef: "Since you know it, then act as soon as possible."
The island is made up of black reefs and is uneven. Many places on the island are still submerged by sea water. Gu Pinglin had already explored it before. This time he went straight to the large pond in the middle, secretly used his true energy, and suddenly raised his hand. A large amount of sea water formed a water column and was sucked out of the pond and fell into the sea in the distance.
Three feet underwater, a strip of reef emerged, like a long black sword stuck upside down in the ground.
Before the water level in the pond could rise again, Gu Pinglin burst out with sword intent.
Summoned by the sword's will, the sword stone actually began to move upwards slowly, inch by inch, as if being manipulated by an invisible giant hand.
Guessed it right. Gu Pinglin raised his eyebrows happily.
Stone sword is also a sword.
Baichuan Patriarch is a sword cultivator. Most of the inheritances in Yinhuang Cave are sword cultivators. Under normal circumstances, he must hope that the successor is a sword cultivator. How to judge the identity of the visitor? The mechanism he arranged is a sword stone. The sword intention must be the best key. The stronger the sword intention, the easier it is to open the mechanism. Gu Pinglin's sword talent is just ordinary. It is already good to have this speed. If Duan Qingming is here, the result will be different. I think among the few people who opened the mechanism back then, there must be a sword cultivator with good talent.
As the sword stone was pulled out, the entire reef island began to shake, and a rumbling sound was heard underground, like thunder, which startled everyone in the camp and made them stand up.
"What's that noise?"
"what happened?"
…
The noise grew louder and louder, the air currents around became chaotic, and finally formed a gust of strong wind, which made everyone feel very uneasy.
Yan Sen disagreed and pressed his finger on the hilt of the Soul Wood Sword. A dazzling sword energy immediately flew out from the sword, turning into a two-meter-long sword shadow in mid-air and stabbing towards the ground!
Amidst the loud noise, a large amount of dust was blown away by the wind, and a pit appeared on the rocky ground. The pit was not big, but it was bottomless, which showed the purity of the sword energy. Yan Sen's move was an authentic soul sword style trick, which fully demonstrated the characteristic of "breaking the surface with a point".
"Good sword." Duan Qingming finally stood up and walked to the edge of the pit. "Real soul sword style, not bad."
Yan Sen bent down, stared at the pit, and shook his head: "No... There is something underneath that is blocking my sword energy. How strange! How strange!"
The shaking continued. The Tiancan Sect disciples were indifferent to each other, and seeing that Zhou Yi did not express anything, they all disappeared at the fastest speed, leaving Zhou Yi behind.
Jun Muzhi walked quickly to Nanzhu and said, "Young Master, there might be something strange on the island. Why don't we evacuate first?"
Nanzhu did not object, and the Penglai guards received the order and prepared to evacuate.
Qu Lin hurriedly said something to Bu Shuihan, who looked around and strode towards Nanzhu: "Young Master Nan, wait a minute, Junior Brother Gu hasn't come back yet!"
Nanzhu motioned for everyone to stop and confirmed that Gu Pinglin was not there. She immediately said to Jun Muzhi, "Brother Bu and I will go find Brother Gu. You take them..."
"Young Master, take the young lady and leave first," Jun Muzhi bowed and interrupted him, "I will go find Master Gu."
The two were young companions, and he rarely performed formal greetings like this. Nanzhu knew he was determined to do so when she heard his words. When she was about to discuss it, Ming Gongnu also stepped forward and said sternly, "Envoy Jun Ling is right. Please put the overall situation first."
Seeing Nanzhu in trouble, Bu Shuihan knew that his words were inappropriate, and quickly changed his words: "It's okay, you go first, I will go look for it with my brother."
Nanzhu was silent for a moment, then said, "Biyou Siyin stay and follow Brother Bu's orders."
"Penglai cannot do without the young master, but it does not lack spiritual sand envoys," Jun Muzhi smiled slightly and bowed again, "Penglai's benefactor is still inside, how can I be ungrateful? Let me go find Master Gu on behalf of the young master."
His cultivation was low, and it would undoubtedly be more dangerous for him to stay. Bu Shuihan was originally very disdainful, but when he heard this, he was stunned and his expression became complicated.
"No!" Nanzhu refused decisively.
The king and his ministers were in a stalemate, while the Qi clan monks tried to persuade Qi Wan'er. Qi Wan'er lifted her red brocade cape and took a few steps towards the island: "What are you afraid of? You're so scared at the slightest noise." He pretended to glance at Duan Qingming casually, and was immediately more satisfied when he saw Duan Qingming sitting safely on the stone. He said with his hands behind his back: "I have to see what's going on. You guys can leave first."
How could they dare to leave? They complained bitterly. One of the monks asked Yao Feng for help: "Master Yao, look..."
"He's right." Yao Feng interrupted him.
Everyone looked at each other.
Qi Wan'er turned around and looked at Yao Feng, about to speak, but suddenly remembered that she was angry before, and quickly turned sideways: "Since you are a sword cultivator, there is no reason for you to run away without seeing your opponent clearly!"
"Great!" Yan Sen praised, "Sword cultivators are supposed to kill people all over the world. How can they be timid? There are only two things we cannot lack, one is the sword, and the other is courage! Qi family boy, you are very suitable for my temper, haha!"
He is a demon cultivator, his words are extreme, but his logic is correct. Sword cultivators are a group that excels at attacking. Since their emergence, they have dominated the world of cultivation and become the main force of each sect and family. As a sword cultivator, you can be without wisdom, vision and mind, but you must be courageous. A sword cultivator who is afraid of fighting cannot achieve great success. Even the non-war sects and families such as the Lingxin Sect and the Yao Family are not afraid of starting a war if they really encounter something.
Duan Qingming said: "Wan'er, it's rare that the senior admires you so much, why don't you ask him for some pointers, it will surely benefit you for the rest of your life."
Qi Wan'er sneered, "The Qi family's children don't care about the evil ways, so you can ask him for help yourself."
Duan Qingming smiled but said nothing.
Yan Sen was proud of his Soul Sword School. Hearing this, he was not angry at all. Instead, he asked in confusion, "Wan'er, is that you? Are you a boy or a girl?"
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Qi Wan'er's face turned pale, but she didn't jump up and down because of her family's upbringing: "Of course it's a man!"
Yan Sen laughed: "Why did your parents give you a girl's name?"
"What are you laughing at, old devil?" Qi Wan'er was so angry that she was embarrassed. However, the gap in strength was too big, so she could only grit her teeth and say, "You are surprised by what you have seen!"
After this commotion, the tense atmosphere dissipated a lot. Only the people of Lingxin Sect were anxious and uneasy. Bu Shuihan whispered to Duan Qingming, "I will go in to look for Junior Brother Gu. You take care of Junior Brother Gan and the others."
Before Duan Qingming could say anything, Jun Muzhi beside him coughed twice, closed his fishbone fan, pointed to the depths of the reefs and said, "I'm afraid there may be danger in there. Do you dare to go in and take a look?"
Qi Wan'er was feeling embarrassed, so she left after hearing this: "What are you afraid of? I'll go take a look."
This is not how sword cultivators train their courage. The Qi family members chased after him with bitter faces: "Young Master!"
Yao Feng pursed his lips tightly and glanced at Jun Muzhi. Jun Muzhi was still fanning himself as if nothing had happened. Yao Feng said nothing and quickly went to find Qi Wan'er.
"Let's go, everyone go in." Without waiting for Bu Shuihan to object, Duan Qingming took Gan Li and others and left.
Yan Sen was strong enough and was not afraid at all. Zhou Yi followed silently with his sword in his arms. Nanzhu looked at Jun Muzhi and walked towards the reefs. Jun Muzhi did not stop him this time and waved his hand to signal the guards to follow.
As soon as everyone walked into the reef, the roar from underground stopped.
The atmosphere fell into an eerie silence.
Everyone stopped and looked around vigilantly. Bu Shuihan suddenly felt something: "There is a signal! Junior Brother Gu is fine!"
Gu Pinglin was still alive, so this shock had a great origin. Everyone had their own thoughts, and they rushed to follow Bu Shuihan into the reefs.
By the pond in the middle of the island, the moment the sword stone was completely pulled out, it exploded with a "bang", and fragments flew everywhere. The water level in the pond dropped rapidly, but the bottom of the pond was nowhere to be seen. Instead, a dark circular abyss appeared in the center of the pond.
Gu Pinglin walked forward and looked down.
The entrance to the abyss is about ten feet wide, pitch black and bottomless. No one knows where it leads to, which makes people feel fear from the bottom of their hearts.
"Hmm?" Gu Pinglin suddenly raised his hand and brushed it across the sky above the abyss. "It's actually Fu Feng?"
Floating Wind is an extremely rare natural weak wind, just like weak water that cannot carry people. There is no spiritual power to rely on above the floating wind, and almost all magic spells are ineffective. In such a place, even a Dan Shen realm cultivator will die if he jumps down.
Gu Pinglin leaned over to look for a moment, and his brows gradually relaxed.
There are many protruding stones on the wall of the abyss, of different heights and distances, giving a sense of deliberate disorder. This should be the way down.
"Junior Brother Gu!" Bu Shuihan's voice sounded behind him.
Gu Pinglin stood up: "Well, you are all here."
People arrived one after another, gathered around the abyss and talked about it. They were all excited, but Yan Sen was the only one who was not very excited. He stretched out his hand in the air and tried again and again: "Hey, it's actually Fufeng!"
The crowd suddenly became restless, but Xin Ji remained calm, as he had already noticed it.
The sea is a mysterious place, and nothing is unusual. After a while, everyone calmed down. Lady Ming pointed to the cave wall and said, "Those stones are the way down."
"You have a point, my lady," Jun Muzhi agreed, "The situation down there is unclear, so don't act rashly."
Bu Shuihan looked into the abyss: "Who will go down first?"
No one answered.
Duan Qingming said: "Senior Yan has the highest cultivation level, so naturally he should go first."
His eyes flickered and Yan Sen laughed: "I have no interest in this crappy inheritance. You guys go by yourselves." After saying that, he sat down cross-legged on the ground.
This was of course not the truth. Who wouldn't want the ancestor's inheritance? The reason he didn't go was simply because he had the same concerns as everyone else - if there was still floating wind below, and the magic didn't work, one person would undoubtedly be the most dangerous. It would be better to wait outside. No matter who got the inheritance, he would be killed. Anyway, he had the highest cultivation level here, so wouldn't it be easy to rob him
He had a good plan, and everyone was not stupid either, they all secretly cursed this old devil for being cunning.
Jun Muzhi happily said, "Young Master, shall we go check it out first?"
Going down first is very dangerous, but it also gives you an advantage. If it weren't for the concerns about the floating wind, who would be willing to fall behind? Penglai Island has the most people, so they are fearless.
"I'll go." Gu Pinglin suddenly spoke.
Instantly, all eyes were focused on the Lingxin Sect.
Knowing that the Creation Art was not here, Gu Pinglin was not worried about what would happen to Yan Sen. He turned around and said, "Everyone from the Lingxin Sect should follow me, including Brother Zhou and Miss Qu."
Zhou Yi wanted to follow him anyway, so of course he wouldn't refuse. Qu Lin was both surprised and uneasy: "I'm injured, I'm afraid I'll be a burden to you..."
Gu Pinglin waved his hand: "With Senior Brother Bu here, it's okay."
Bu Shuihan immediately stood beside Qu Lin, signaling her to rest assured. Qu Lin was reluctant to give up the opportunity and whispered a thank you.
Xin Ji rolled his eyes: "Master Gu, this old man..."
"Junior Brother Gan, thank you for your help, senior." Gu Pinglin interrupted him and made arrangements directly.
He wanted to take Gan Li with him, which surprised everyone. Gan Li hadn't even reached the Zhoutian realm, and he would be a burden if he went down with him. Would he be so generous as to let Gan Li snatch the inheritance
Gan Li was also puzzled, but he did not ask and walked forward obediently.
Xin Ji was originally worried that he would not be allowed to go down, but he was overjoyed when he heard this, and stroked his beard to assure: "Don't worry, Master Gu, the safety of young friend Gan Li is in my hands."
Yan Sen looked at him and said, "Old man, why do I feel like I've seen you before?"
Xin Ji was startled and clasped his fists perfunctorily: "I am a disciple of Feijian Palace, nice to meet you."
"Flying Sword Palace?" Yan Sen sneered, then looked at him carefully, with some doubts still in his eyes.
Xin Ji urged calmly: "There is no time to lose, let's go."
"Junior Sister Qu is injured, please be careful," Duan Qingming said to Bu Shuihan, "How about this, I will follow you and take care of you if anything happens."
Bu Shuihan was about to agree, but Gu Pinglin said decisively: "Senior Brother Duan should lead the way, and I will take care of them."
"Oh, I'll go?"
"Brother, be careful."
Duan Qingming did not refuse. He took a few steps forward and fluttered into the abyss like a white butterfly.