Your Majesty, What Kind of Being Is He

The Lord of Annihilation understood implicitly and replied, "Yes."

His cultivation, vast as a sea of stars, instantly withdrew like an ebbing tide. His aura steadily sank and settled, ultimately stabilizing at the Heaven and Human Realm without the slightest leak.

At this moment, he looked just like an inner sect elder with pure cultivation and a steady aura. Only the vicissitudes of countless ages hidden deep in his eyes faintly revealed his extraordinary background.

Meanwhile, in the spiritual herb garden, the Azure Heaven Bull King, who was lying down for a nap, suddenly shuddered. It raised its massive bull head, its bell-like eyes full of suspicion and uncertainty.

"Weird, truly weird," the old bull muttered in its heart. "That oppressive might just now... how could it make my calves go soft?"

Although that terrifying aura vanished in the blink of an eye, the heart palpitations from that fleeting moment were definitely not an illusion.

This newcomer was definitely not simple!

The Azure Heaven Bull scratched its hooves, unable to suppress its curiosity. It secretly separated a wisp of divine sense, thinner than a strand of hair, and stealthily probed over.

Before that divine sense could even touch the corner of the person's clothes, the Lord of Annihilation's gaze swept over lightly.

With just that one glance, an utterly ordinary glance, the old bull's fur stood on end. Its four hooves gave way, and it almost fell to its knees!

It was as if the entire sky had crashed down upon its old bones with a booming roar, making it impossible to even breathe evenly.

"Mother of mine!" The Azure Heaven Bull was scared out of its wits, howling in its heart. "How... how is this an elder? Even a Quasi-Emperor wouldn't be this terrifying!"

The Lord of Annihilation's heart stirred slightly. "To think it's an Azure Heaven Bull at the Great Sage Realm."

However, thinking of Gu Changge's heaven-defying strength, having such a demonic beast watching his garden was quite reasonable.

He was about to withdraw his gaze when his line of sight inadvertently swept past the spiritual field behind the Azure Heaven Bull. There lay a concealment array casually set up by Gu Changge, its aura ethereal.

Yet, in the gaps of the array's fluctuations, the Lord of Annihilation's pupils suddenly shrank!

Through a sliver of space beside the old bull, he clearly glimpsed several tea trees standing quietly. The branches and leaves of each tree seemed to be condensed from the purest Dao charm, naturally evolving different trajectories of laws.

The leaves moved without wind, shedding specks of spiritual radiance, filling that small world with lingering Dao sounds and flying rain of light. These were actually Enlightenment Tea Trees.

What shook his mind even more was that beneath the tea trees were several divine medicines of various shapes. They breathed in and out life essence as vast as the sea, their rosy clouds and auspicious glow illuminating that spiritual soil like a supreme immortal realm.

That majestic vitality and unique Dao charm clearly belonged to Elixirs of Immortality, capable of driving Great Emperor-level existences mad.

"Complete Enlightenment Tea Trees... and more than one... plus several Elixirs of Immortality..." A cognition that had long been annihilated in the long river of eternity was completely overturned.

How rare was an Enlightenment Tree? Even in his long life, he had only obtained a very small amount of Enlightenment Tea leaves.

The Xuanhuang Great World once had a surviving remnant, regarded as a supreme treasure by a certain Lord of a Forbidden Zone, yielding merely a pound or two of tea leaves every century.

As for Elixirs of Immortality, they were heaven-defying marvels that could allow a Great Emperor to live a second life. For an ordinary cultivator, just seeing one was a heaven-defying opportunity, yet several coexisted here.

The Lord... just what kind of existence was he?

To possess so many complete, vibrant Enlightenment Tea Trees, and to allow these Elixirs of Immortality—which should mutually repel each other and fight for the world's destiny—to coexist peacefully?

This foundation, these methods, had completely exceeded the cognition the Lord of Annihilation had formed over endless years of the past.

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through the Lord of Annihilation's mind. Did Gu Changge intentionally let him glimpse this foundation as a silent deterrence, or did he simply not care?

He instantly suppressed his churning emotions, forcibly wiping away the horror deep in his eyes, and his expression returned to its usual placid calmness.

He calmly shifted his gaze away from the spiritual field, as if he had merely caught an inadvertent glimpse of some slightly precious spiritual plants, showing no further abnormality.

The oppressive feeling that suffocated the Azure Heaven Bull instantly dissipated, as if everything just now had been an illusion.

The Azure Heaven Bull's massive body went limp, sprawling on the ground and panting heavily. Its bell-like eyes were full of lingering fear, and it dared not harbor any more stray thoughts.

Having restrained his aura, the Lord of Annihilation turned to Gu Changge. His tone was peaceful, carrying a hint of inquiry: "Lord, I wonder what duties I need to handle as an elder on a daily basis?"

Before becoming an Emperor, he was a peerless genius devoted to the Dao. After ascending to the Emperor's throne, he overlooked the ages. Serving as a peak elder and handling mundane affairs was truly a first for him.

Gu Changge pondered for a moment and said, "There are not many affairs within the peak for now. You can usually cultivate in seclusion at the summit and familiarize yourself with the environment. If there is anything important, I will naturally send you a message. Your primary responsibility is to keep an eye on the sect's safety and protect the Purple Bamboo Peak."

The Lord of Annihilation nodded slightly: "I understand."

"As for your residence..."

Gu Changge's gaze subconsciously swept over the several bamboo cabins of different styles not far away, and his mouth twitched imperceptibly.

'Great, I forgot about building a house again...'

Asking a Great Emperor who once suppressed an era and had now regained his throne to go to the back mountain to chop bamboo and build a house himself seemed somewhat inappropriate.

Thinking of this, spiritual light flickered at Gu Changge's fingertips. A pale gold transmission talisman turned into a stream of light and instantly vanished in the direction of the main peak.

A moment later, a hearty laugh rang out. Xuanyangzi landed on the summit of Purple Bamboo Peak, his robes fluttering, his voice arriving before he did.

"Junior Brother Changge, why did you call for me?"

Before his voice faded, his gaze fell on the figure beside Gu Changge, and his laughter couldn't help but pause slightly.

As the sect master, his eyesight was naturally sharp. Although that aura seemed to only be at the Heaven and Human Realm, the person's bearing was extraordinary. This person's background was definitely not simple.

Gu Changge wore a faint smile on his lips. He raised his hand and introduced, "Senior Brother, you came at the perfect time. This is Daoist Annihilation, an elder I specially invited to oversee Purple Bamboo Peak."

He turned to the Lord of Annihilation and introduced with a somewhat solemn tone, "Annihilation, this is the Sect Master of my Qingxuan Sect, Xuanyangzi."

Xuanyangzi felt a chill in his heart, but the smile on his face grew brighter. He cupped his hands and said, "So it is Elder Annihilation! Welcome, welcome! To be able to invite you into the sect is truly Qingxuan's fortune!"

While speaking polite words, his divine sense quietly probed out like a spring breeze brushing the willows, attempting to perceive something deeper.

However, when his divine sense touched the other party, it was like a clay ox entering the sea. He only felt that the other party's aura was perfectly integrated and bottomless; he couldn't detect the slightest hint of truth or falsehood.

'Just as I thought!' Xuanyangzi was horrified inwardly. 'This person's cultivation is definitely beyond the Heaven and Human Realm! Where did Junior Brother invite such a figure from? A Sage? Or perhaps... even higher?'

At the same time, the Lord of Annihilation's gaze also fell on Xuanyangzi.

In those imperial eyes that could see through the eternal cycles of reincarnation, the exquisite aura-concealing technique around Xuanyangzi was as transparent as thin gauze, and the cultivation realm hidden beneath was clearly visible.

What caught his attention even more was that this sect master had reached the Sage Realm, and his aura was upright and peaceful, with a solid foundation. Obviously, he also walked a path of steady and solid progression.

"Interesting." Ji Mie's heart stirred slightly. "To think that the master of a sect would conceal his sharp edges so well, willingly embracing such an ordinary existence."

This Qingxuan Sect... from top to bottom, it exuded an aura of being completely aloof from worldly strife, yet it felt unfathomably deep. It was definitely no coincidence that His Eminence had chosen to cultivate in seclusion here.

His interest in this sect grew even stronger.