"Chengcheng..."
Hearing Lin Qingyan's call, Gu Chengyin was extremely worried, but his face remained completely expressionless.
At the same time, his mind raced, thinking of all the possible problems that could arise and their corresponding solutions.
Qi deviation? Call Elder Qiu.
Inner demon losing control? He could command it.
Breakthrough failure? He had backup plans.
However, what he heard next was beyond Gu Chengyin's expectations.
"I..."
Lin Qingyan paused, as if confirming something, and then her eyes lit up slightly.
"I've reached the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm."
Gu Chengyin: "..."
Mid-stage... of the Golden Core?
"You broke through successfully?" Gu Chengyin's voice carried a rare hint of uncertainty.
Lin Qingyan nodded. Her movement was small, but very certain.
"Yes, I just broke through successfully."
"I wasn't sure, so I checked carefully again. Now I can confirm that I have indeed succeeded."
Gu Chengyin's eyes instantly lit up, his tone filled with unconcealable joy:
"That's wonderful, Little Aunt!"
"You've finally found your own immortal path!"
A smile appeared on Lin Qingyan's aloof face.
"Mhm!"
A single word, yet it carried more weight than any lengthy speech.
Gu Chengyin immediately turned to walk out. "Since you have successfully broken through, I'll hurry and tell..."
Before he could finish speaking, his wrist suddenly tightened.
He was pulled back.
Gu Chengyin turned around and met Lin Qingyan's eyes, which were still aloof but currently held a vaguely shifting gaze.
"What's wrong, Little Aunt?"
Lin Qingyan turned her head slightly, avoiding Gu Chengyin's gaze, leaving only a beautiful side profile.
"Chengcheng, have you forgotten?"
Gu Chengyin was taken aback. "Forgotten what?"
Lin Qingyan pursed her lips and whispered:
"If I broke through, then the inner demon..."
She didn't finish, but Gu Chengyin already understood.
Lin Qingyan broke through.
That meant the inner demon naturally broke through along with her.
In other words, the inner demon that had originally been weakened to the extreme was now also at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.
It had grown stronger again.
Since the inner demon had grown stronger, it had to be weakened.
Gu Chengyin's gaze slowly fell on Lin Qingyan's face.
She still had her head turned away, not looking at him, but her fair ears were quietly dyed with a layer of faint red.
That touch of red spread from the tips of her ears all the way down to her neck, faintly visible at the edge of her collar.
Lin Qingyan also knew that it was full of people outside right now.
About two hundred experts from the inspection team were surrounding the hall building, Chen Busha was personally guarding the door, and Elder Qiu was waiting outside with two Golden Core enshrined experts.
Even the Golden Core experts sent by the Divine Capital's Heavenly Master Mansion were rushing over here.
But the inner demon had indeed reached the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.
If they didn't take this opportunity to weaken it right now, who knew what might happen.
Yes, exactly.
It was all the inner demon's fault!
Thinking this way, the slight guilt in Lin Qingyan's heart was quickly replaced by self-righteousness.
Anyway...
Anyway, Gu Chengyin hadn't said anything either.
Lin Qingyan slightly raised her eyes and secretly glanced at Gu Chengyin.
Gu Chengyin was currently struggling with whether he should help Lin Qingyan weaken it, or help Lin Qingyan weaken it?
Sensing the gaze beside him, he turned his head and met her eyes perfectly.
Lin Qingyan immediately looked away again, pretending nothing had happened.
But her shifting gaze and the faint arcs of electricity caused by her nervousness betrayed her.
Outside the hall building, Elder Qiu stood before the steps with his hands behind his back, looking at the still tightly shut door, his brows slightly furrowed.
Aside from the burst of spiritual energy just now, why was there no movement at all?
Just as he was wondering if he should ask, he suddenly sensed a faint spiritual energy fluctuation coming from inside.
It was so faint that perhaps only a Golden Core realm cultivator like him could detect it.
Elder Qiu was taken aback, and then his expression became somewhat subtle.
This is... a soundproof array?
A look of deep thought gradually gathered between Elder Qiu's brows.
A soundproof array.
Instead of focusing on her breakthrough, what was Lin Qingyan doing setting up a soundproof array?
Having cultivated for so many years, he had seen at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, breakthroughs.
This was the first time he had seen someone set up a soundproof array instead of a breath-concealing array during a breakthrough.
Unless, they were doing something that could not be known by outsiders.
Elder Qiu's eyes flickered slightly, and he suddenly thought of a person.
It couldn't possibly be because of Gu Chengyin, could it?
Once this thought appeared, it could no longer be contained.
Elder Qiu suddenly remembered that night, the night they were ordered by imperial decree to besiege and kill Gu Chengyin.
The moonlight was like frost, and the Luo Capital's Heavenly Master Mansion was fraught with murderous intent.
He personally led people to lay an inescapable net, just waiting for Gu Chengyin to walk into the trap.
The person did come, but his expression was incomparably calm.
Even with a blade at his neck, Gu Chengyin's expression didn't change.
With murderous intent descending upon him, Gu Chengyin did not panic.
He just stood there quietly, as if everything was nothing more than an insignificant farce.
What happened next?
Emperor Luo withdrew the imperial decree.
Ever since ascending to the throne, Emperor Luo's words were as precious as gold, and he had never withdrawn an imperial decree.
But an exception was made that night.
Elder Qiu had never figured out the reason behind it.
Why did Emperor Luo suddenly stop?
Who could make this emperor change his mind?
Elder Qiu thought for a long time and considered many possibilities, but none could convince him.
But now...
What if there was something between Lin Qingyan and Gu Chengyin?
Otherwise, how could one explain why Lin Qingyan set up a soundproof array.
And right after Gu Chengyin went inside, no less.
If that was the case, then everything made sense.
In the entire Great Luo, the only person who could truly make Emperor Luo withdraw an imperial decree was one person.
Lin Qingyan.
Jingzhe of the Heavenly Master Mansion, an unparalleled peerless genius who could fight three opponents at once even at the early stage of the Golden Core realm.
Bestowed the title of Jingzhe by Emperor Luo himself, she was an existence that the entire cultivation world had to show respect to.
As long as Lin Qingyan spoke up, Emperor Luo would definitely give her face.
And if Lin Qingyan spoke up for Gu Chengyin...
Elder Qiu's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
He couldn't help but remember the slight displeasure in his heart when Gu Chengyin said he was going inside earlier.
Thinking about it now, it was simply ridiculous.
If Lin Qingyan was truly on Gu Chengyin's side, then as the person in charge of the Luo Capital's Heavenly Master Mansion, not only could he not afford to offend Gu Chengyin.
He also had to build a closer relationship with him.
At the very least, he couldn't let their relationship sour.
Elder Qiu suppressed the surging thoughts in his mind, his gaze profound.
Right at this moment, he suddenly sensed something.
It was an extremely faint fluctuation of spiritual energy, coming from very far away, yet it was as clear as if it were right in front of him.
Elder Qiu abruptly raised his head, narrowed his eyes, and looked towards the horizon.
At the end of the distant sky, a few specks of light were tearing through the air towards them.
The lights were extremely bright, dragging long tail flames across the darkening sky at an astonishing speed.
In just a few breaths of time, they had drawn significantly closer.
Elder Qiu focused his gaze to look closely, and then relaxed.
They were not enemies; he recognized this aura.
They were Golden Core enshrined experts from the Divine Capital's Heavenly Master Mansion, two of them in total.
Being able to rush from the Divine Capital to the Azure Sword Sect in such a short time, these two were at least at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, perhaps even not inferior to him.
Elder Qiu understood in his heart. He knew the Divine Capital's Heavenly Master Mansion would send people, but he just hadn't expected them to arrive so quickly.
pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
