"With Senior Brother Lu leading the Heaven-Severing Sect, this junior brother is merely enjoying the shade of your legacy," Gu Qingfeng said politely.
This was to maintain his persona as the Dao Child of the Heaven-Severing Sect.
Although the Dao Child was inwardly arrogant, he was still very respectful when facing those stronger than him. In short, he bullied the weak and feared the strong.
Lu Wen, however, smiled inexplicably. "Junior Brother Ye, to tell you the truth, I am preparing to step down from the position of Sect Master. I'm afraid this might be our last meeting."
Gu Qingfeng instantly paled in shock and asked, "Senior Brother, why is this?"
"Now is the time when this epoch is flourishing and heaven and earth are recovering, so I am preparing to enter life-and-death seclusion to see if I can take another step forward."
Gu Qingfeng was in a daze. He had thought his luck halo was so heaven-defying that the moment he returned to the Heaven-Severing Sect, the Sect Master would voluntarily abdicate and yield the position to him.
In that brief moment, he had even thought of a title for his story: Three Years and Another Three Years, I've Already Gone Undercover and Become the Sect Master, So Why Hasn't the Eternal Epoch Opened Yet?
So it turned out he was just going into seclusion to break through to the Half-Step Immortal Lord realm.
But on second thought, this was also a good thing. If this Lu Wen successfully broke through, there would be one more candidate in the Heaven-Severing Sect for him to devour in the future.
At this time, Lu Wen spoke faintly again, "Junior Brother, if this seclusion fails, then this will be the last time we brothers meet. If I succeed, when I come out of seclusion, we will drink and talk..."
"Senior Brother, please do not raise death flags! You will definitely succeed!" Gu Qingfeng hurriedly interrupted the other party's flag, looking forward to it with genuine emotion.
Seeing his junior brother's expression, Lu Wen understood that the other party truly hoped for his success, unlike some malicious fellow disciples who couldn't stand seeing others do better.
He was slightly moved at the moment and said straightforwardly, "I'll borrow your auspicious words, Junior Brother! I will definitely succeed! Oh, right, Junior Brother Ye. I was having a headache over the candidate for the new Sect Master earlier, but now that you've become an Immortal King, it couldn't be better.
Only an Immortal King is qualified to compete for the position of Sect Master. Rest assured, Junior Brother, I will definitely recommend you!"
Uh...
Gu Qingfeng was slightly dumbfounded and gasped, mentally exclaiming that a Child of Destiny was truly terrifying!
He was really going to go undercover and become the Sect Master!
Suddenly, Lu Wen took out an ancient-looking book and handed it to Gu Qingfeng, saying, "Junior Brother, now that you have advanced to the Immortal King realm, I didn't prepare any gifts. This is my cultivation insight from my many years in the Immortal King realm. It records all my experiences from the early stage of the Immortal King to the peak Immortal King. It can save you from taking many detours. Please accept it."
Gu Qingfeng took the cultivation insight, really wanting to say: How about you actually prepare a gift instead? To this Emperor, even a single piece of Immortal Jade is more valuable than this cultivation insight.
After all, this Emperor could kill a peak Immortal King like you with a single punch. What use is there in reading your cultivation insight?
Moreover, the current Gu Qingfeng did not lack cultivation methods at all, because he had the Epoch Fire.
Left with no choice, in order to maintain his persona, Gu Qingfeng could only reluctantly accept the Immortal King realm cultivation insight.
Seeing Gu Qingfeng's reluctant appearance, Lu Wen instantly felt greatly gratified. Although he verbally claimed his cultivation insight had little value, that was far from the truth. The cultivation insight of a peak Immortal King, if its true value were calculated, could absolutely rival an Immortal King weapon.
Didn't Gu Qingfeng's demeanor precisely show that he felt the gift was too precious and was unwilling to accept it?
Of course, Lu Wen wasn't giving gifts for nothing; he had his own purpose.
That was hoping Gu Qingfeng would also give a gift in return. He planned to rub off some of the other party's luck. As the saying goes, when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven. Under the shroud of luck, if you stay close, you might just receive the protection of that luck, adding a bit of certainty to his breakthrough above the Immortal King realm.
However, his wishful thinking was destined to fail.
Because after Gu Qingfeng accepted the Immortal King insight, he didn't show any intention of reciprocating.
This made Lu Wen somewhat troubled. He thought to himself, how could Junior Brother Ye be so ignorant? He beat around the bush a few more times, but Gu Qingfeng remained unmoved.
Finally, with no other option, Lu Wen had to speak bluntly, "Junior Brother Ye, could you give me a personal item of yours..."
"What!!" Gu Qingfeng instantly paled in shock.
A personal item!?
Damn it, did Ye Chu have an affair with Lu Wen?
Why didn't his memories show this?
Seeing Gu Qingfeng's reaction, Lu Wen's face instantly darkened. He explained, "Junior Brother, you are a person with great luck. Your personal items might also carry a lot of luck. My breakthrough this time is fraught with danger, so I want to borrow a bit of your luck."
Gu Qingfeng instantly breathed a sigh of relief. If Ye Chu really had an affair with Lu Wen, he would rather expose himself than maintain this persona.
Immediately, Gu Qingfeng took out a jade pendant belonging to Ye Chu from his Qiankun Ring and handed it to Lu Wen.
Lu Wen's face lit up with joy, and he accepted it directly.
Faced with the temptation of transcending the Immortal King realm, he couldn't care less about a little bit of face.
He originally planned for Gu Qingfeng to offer it voluntarily, so he could get the item and save face.
Now that there was no other way, he could only ask for it.
Perhaps feeling a bit awkward, after a few minutes of forced conversation, Lu Wen used his impending seclusion as an excuse to send Gu Qingfeng away.
After leaving the main hall, Gu Qingfeng did not return to his own cave dwelling. Instead, he went to the peak of that beautiful master of his.
Both in reason and in emotion, as a disciple who had turned danger into safety and returned to the sect, he definitely had to go and report his safety to his master.
Yes, just a simple report of safety.
An hour later.
Gu Qingfeng appeared before a mountain peak with beautiful scenery and a quiet environment.
Although the beautiful master in his memories held a high position and possessed great power, she did not like crowds, so she had always lived in seclusion on this rather inconspicuous mountain peak.
Following Ye Chu's memories, he walked along the mountain road, passed through a winding and secluded path, and arrived at a bamboo forest.
Deep in the bamboo forest, there was a small bamboo hut with three ancient characters written on it: Emerald Bamboo Dwelling.
As soon as he stepped forward, before he could knock, the door opened automatically.
A cold and aloof woman in fluttering white clothes, carrying a long sword on her back, walked out from within.
The woman was extremely beautiful, with a clear and exquisite face. Her highly coiled hair was diagonally pierced with a wooden hairpin. Her spotless white clothes wrapped around a proud and upright bearing. It was as if she were an immortal sword standing tall in the forest, making all the surrounding landscapes lose their color before her.
This woman was exactly Ye Chu's master, Mu Yuhan.
An existence who, just by hearing her name, one would know was full of water.
"You've returned," Mu Yuhan said coldly, her distinct black and white eyes gazing at Gu Qingfeng.
"This disciple greets Master," Gu Qingfeng said, cupping his hands.
He appeared respectful on the surface, but his heart was actually extremely agitated.
What a cold, secluded, and independent female sword immortal!
Mu Yuhan, what a moist and watery name.
If he wasn't thinking about finding opportunities to open the Eternal Epoch, Gu Qingfeng would probably not be able to resist launching a sneak attack right now.
Facing this kind of Half-Step Immortal Lord level expert, he had the confidence to win, but he was not certain he could make her stay.
With a single flash, she could return to her own world of laws, making it impossible to find her. To deal with such an existence, he could only rely on sneak attacks and strive to subdue her instantly.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
or! A blessing for those who struggle with love, a guidebook for dating novices. Quickly match with your dream goddess! Complete walkthroughs earn rewards, and perfect walkthroughs unlock limited achievements!】 Shen Yi, an ordinary office worker, accidentally downloads a mini-game called Dating Simulator. The mini-game is simple: randomly search for dating targets, simulate dates, and receive rewards upon successful confession. Rewards include but are not limited to money, attributes, and skills. The higher the evaluation, the better the rewards, with perfect ratings unlocking mysterious achievements. Shen Yi plans to use this mysterious mini-game to continuously pursue targets and improve himself, making his life better and better. ...... However, after several successful walkthroughs, Shen Yi suddenly notices something strange - the targets he previously simulated dating seem to be searching for him in real life?
