RPAGF 41. Yongcheng is closed.
41. Yongcheng is closed.
No one noticed the fleeting shock and accompanying relief on the faces of Blood Shadow and Light Shadow, the Shadow Masters, as they watched the battle unfold in their favor thanks to Gao Zhun's intervention, in the center of the battlefield below.
However, due to the time difference between the two sides, Gao Zhun did not arrive at the best time to rescue Weng Yewei, even though the speed of light is so fast.
Even at the speed of light, it can't be faster than ten times the flow of time. Gao Zhun could only watch helplessly as the dozen or so Akomo experts approached Weng Yewei step by step before her World-Burning Heavenly Fire could spread, tearing her clothes apart with almost brutal means.
"No!"
The light in Gao Zhun's eyes grew brighter and brighter, but a sharp pain from the depths of her soul struck her, and her gaze went out. She fell downwards like a piece of paper...
Yun Mu Ning, who possessed the wind attribute, reacted the fastest and was the first to rush over, catching the falling Gao Zhun in her arms.
Wu Yaqiubai, Xuanyuan Huanyu, and Mo Nishang, who arrived shortly after, all looked anxiously at Gao Zhun in Yun Muning's arms and asked urgently, "How is she?"
You Ruolan, who was guarding the unconscious Gu Xinling, could only watch from a distance, her eyes filled with worry.
“His spiritual power is completely exhausted, I’m afraid…” Yun Mu Ning’s voice choked up. Gao Zhun had almost burned the entire Akomo camp to ashes by himself, doing what all of them wanted to do but could not. How could she, who was used to being proud, not feel admiration?
"Could I give it a try? After all, I am a friend of Brother Gao."
Suddenly, a gentle voice reached the ears of Yun Muning and the other girls. Looking in the direction of the voice, they saw Qin Hanyuan standing ten steps away from them, holding a Jiao Wei Qin with a worried expression.
"Young Master Qin, thank you for your trouble."
The women knew Qin Hanyuan well, so they immediately made way for him. They had all heard of Qin Hanyuan's musical skills, and now they could only hope that this man truly lived up to his reputation.
Qin Hanyuan took a few steps and stopped three steps away from Gao Zhun. He sat up in mid-air, placed Hanyue on his lap after crossing his legs, nodded to Yun Muning who was embracing Gao Zhun, lowered his head and gently stroked the body of Hanyue's zither, and said softly, "Hanyue, help me."
After he finished speaking, ethereal music was born from Qin Hanyuan's near-perfect hands. Everyone who heard the music felt their souls being refreshed by a cool sensation. The physical and mental fatigue of the day seemed to be swept away by the seemingly ordinary music, and their spiritual energy slowly became full and overflowing. Even Gu Xinling, who had fainted before, relaxed her furrowed brows and woke up after a while.
"Hmm..." Gao Zhun, who had already fainted, suddenly uttered a murmur. His pale face, which had been drained of mental energy, gradually regained some color, which calmed the girls' hearts.
Qin Hanyuan played the third chapter of the unique Nourishing Spirit Music of the String Sound Sect. Originally, with his cultivation level, he was most comfortable playing the second chapter, and the third chapter was almost his limit. However, Gao Zhun's mental energy was too severely depleted, so he could only play the third chapter, which he could not yet fully control, despite the risk of soul backlash. He did not quite understand why he would do this to this person he had only met once. Perhaps he was frightened by her recklessness just now.
The String Sound Sect places great importance on self-cultivation, and Qin Hanyuan had never met such a person in his life. Perhaps it was because of this that he felt reluctant to let such a person perish.
The time it takes for an incense stick to burn has passed. Below, only a few people from the Akomo camp are still barely clinging to life. As for Weng Yewei, who caused Gao Zhun to go somewhat mad, she is now huddled in the arms of Bai Wenxuan, who arrived just in time, her clothes tattered. Her once clear and innocent eyes are now filled with fear. Today will become the biggest nightmare of her life.
Because of the disappearance of the Eye of Truth, the Alliance lost track of Gao Zhun again. However, having survived the ordeal, they still had a sense that someone in the sky was watching them in some way. This feeling was especially strong for the two Shadow Masters.
After the third movement of the Nourishing Spirit Melody was played in its entirety, Qin Hanyuan felt his soul tremble slightly. However, it was not a backlash, but rather a loosening of his cultivation level, which had stagnated for a long time after entering this illusion. He subconsciously looked up and, sure enough, it was as if a crack had opened in the sky. The crack grew larger and larger, and soon a crack resembling a door formed. Everyone understood that this was the opening of the door to reality after the balance had been completely broken.
No one noticed that everyone below, whether from the Alliance or the Archimonian faction, was instantly reduced to dust and vanished with the wind the moment the rift appeared.
What was initially thought to be an imbalance caused by the League's defeat by Archimonde turned into an imbalance of Archimonde's complete defeat due to Gao Zhun's strong intervention. That earth-shattering scene remained in the hearts of many people and was not forgotten even years later.
Someone revealed Gao Zhun's identity, and suddenly everyone seemed to understand. This young man was actually a member of the Gao family, albeit from a collateral branch. After this battle, everyone knew that if Gao Zhun survived, given the strength he had just displayed, it would be a certainty for him to join the Gao family's main line. Compared to this unexpectedly talented young man who was only thirteen years old, most of the other young geniuses here did not feel jealousy or a desire to kill him, but rather a secret determination to win. They were fortunate to be considered geniuses of the same era as someone who had single-handedly turned the tide, and they also took him as their goal to surpass.
After the Gate of Truth opened, everyone gradually emerged from the illusion. Upon exiting, the sudden surge of spiritual energy in their long-depleted dantian forced many to sit cross-legged on the spot, struggling to adapt to the powerful absorption rate of spiritual energy. Some even intended to use this opportunity to break through their cultivation bottlenecks that had been lingering for a long time. If they could break through to the Nascent Soul stage in one fell swoop, they would be directly sent back to their place of origin by the laws of Yongcheng, and then everything that had happened in Yongcheng would be reported back to their family, sect, or affiliated force.
Finally, it was Yun Mu Ning's turn to lead the still unconscious Gao Zhun toward the Gate of Truth. However, as soon as Yun Mu Ning stood up, she keenly sensed the presence of the Mirror Spirit Tian Hua.
"Master, don't panic. Tianhua is only here to give this item to the person in your arms in accordance with the last words of the previous master. There is no ill intent."
Hearing Tianhua say this, Yun Muning still looked at him warily and said in a cold tone that she hadn't used in a long time, "Tianhua, I hope to get a satisfactory explanation from you about what just happened."
However, Tianhua simply shook his head, holding a square box the size of a chessboard in his hand: "Tianhua is just a mirror spirit. Everything in Tianhua's illusion mirror was set by the former master. Tianhua has no way of knowing the former master's thoughts, and before that, he knew nothing about anything."
Tianhua's answer did not surprise Yun Muning. She turned her gaze to the square box in Tianhua's hand and asked, "Do you know what's inside that box?"
"I don't know, but the previous owner instructed that only she could open this item." As he spoke, the square box in Tianhua's hand transformed into a stream of light and entered Gao Zhun's storage ring, while the Mirror Spirit Tianhua also disappeared from the world in an instant.
"Xiao Ning?" Wu Yaqiubai, who was walking ahead, looked to her side and found that Yun Mu Ning, who was originally walking beside her, had disappeared. She turned around in a panic and saw that Yun Mu Ning was just standing not far away and had not moved. She was relieved, but still called out in confusion.
Yun Mu Ning briefly recounted her conversation with the Mirror Spirit Tian Hua to Wu Ya Qiu Bai. After listening, the latter remained silent for a while before saying, "Since Tian Hua has said so, then this is Gao Zhun's opportunity. It's enough that you, I, Tian Hua, and Gao Zhun know about this. After all, when you entered the illusion earlier, your ancestor said that there would be no reward."
Yun Mu Ning nodded in agreement. She understood the principle that "the tallest tree in the forest will be felled by the wind." However, today, there were too many secrets belonging to just a few of them, and the implications were too far-reaching. She felt that something was being foreshadowed in the dark.
Yun Mu Ning thought to herself, "If only her bloodline talent could awaken sooner."
As the last person left the illusion, Yun Mu Ning felt a warmth between her brows. Control over the Heavenly Illusion Mirror returned to her, and the illusion's gate was completely closed.
Looking at everything around her, even though the mountains and rivers were still the same, she felt that something had changed. Perhaps it was her state of mind that had changed.
After leaving the illusion, Qin Hanyuan left behind the words that Gao Zhun only needed a few days of rest to wake up before departing. He was as ethereal and otherworldly as a banished immortal, making it impossible for people to understand why he had intervened to save him in the first place.
Perhaps Gao Zhun was just lucky and her life wasn't meant to end. Three days later, she did indeed wake up. However, the sudden burning sensation in her dantian pulled her back into the abyss of pain. At the same time, almost all the visiting cultivators had the same experience as Gao Zhun. The time for Yongcheng to close had arrived.
Yun Mu Ning and the other women, who were waiting for Gao Zhun to wake up in the next room, as well as Gao Yun Zhong, who considered himself a servant, were all startled by the sudden change in their bodies. In particular, Xuan Yuan Huan Yu and Gao Yun Zhong, who were burdened with the Spirit Locking Seal, had their Spirit Locking Seal forcibly extracted under the domineering laws of Yong City. Such a simple and brutal way of removing the seal was unbearable and almost caused them to die from the pain.
"Ah Zhong is also an outsider?" The girls all thought of this key point at the same time. As for Yun Mu Ning, she thought of something else. Recalling the list of guests reported by the daily routine, she immediately understood that Ah Zhong's identity was indeed not simple.
An hour later, the cultivation levels of all the outside cultivators in Yongcheng were forcibly raised to the Nascent Soul realm, and then they were kicked back to their respective places of origin by the laws of Yongcheng. In an instant, nearly 100,000 advancement light pillars and Nascent Soul tribulation lightning formed simultaneously in various places of the Immortal Spirit Continent, creating a magnificent spectacle that was unprecedented in history.
Gao Zhun is naturally included in this category.