266: Don't let me take it away

It's not that Lu Chen wanted to cultivate the Heartless Dao; rather, there was truly no need for much interaction with cultivators like Shen Qingyu, with whom he had only met a few times and who couldn't even be considered friends. Moreover, the reason he acted was simply because he took a fancy to that Red Dragon.

Furthermore, Shen Qingyu's strength was a bit weak, and they wouldn't have much interaction in the future, so why waste this time maintaining some meaningless social connections?

There was absolutely no need.

'Could this kid, like the Holy Son, also be someone obsessed with cultivation, a guy with a singular focus?' Jiang Daoqing secretly wondered in his heart, but he didn't ask further.

In the cultivation world, there are actually many, many Heavenly Pride who cultivate with single-minded devotion like Lu Chen and Holy Son Zhao Yujing.

These Heavenly Pride often advance by leaps and bounds at the beginning of their cultivation, progressing smoothly. Thus, they become engrossed in cultivation, immersed in the profound mysteries of breaking through realms, finding endless joy and having a singular focus.

However, most Heavenly Pride do not possess the talent of Zhao Yujing and Lu Chen.

This is because in cultivation, one will always encounter various Bottlenecks. When a Bottleneck appears, secluded cultivation loses its effectiveness.

And when you are blocked by a certain Bottleneck for a hundred years, several hundred years, or even a thousand years, you will gradually shift your focus to other matters, for example, finding a Dao Companion!

But Heavenly Pride like Lu Chen and Zhao Yujing are fortunate; they can continuously grasp the profound mysteries and joys of cultivation, and thus can also achieve a singular focus. Jiang Daoqing actually greatly envies monstrous and abnormal talents like Lu Chen and Zhao Yujing.

This is because, currently, he has encountered a Bottleneck, his cultivation has stagnated, and it has been stagnant for as long as five hundred years!

"Hmm?" Just as he was lost in thought, Jiang Daoqing suddenly let out a surprised nasal sound: "People from the Gu Family."

Lu Chen, who had just thrown the Red Dragon he had just obtained into the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin to be a Dao Soldier seed, heard Jiang Daoqing's whisper and immediately became spirited: "Are there any demons?"

Jiang Daoqing nodded: "There are quite a few, but they've been found by the people from the Gu Family, so it might not be your turn."

Lu Chen's eyes lit up: "It might not be my turn."

If he couldn't kill demons, couldn't he still pick up corpses!

He had experience with this. Back during the Jiyuan Sea and the Qing Ming Great Cleansing, he had accumulated rich experience in picking up corpses and was not unfamiliar with it at all.

............

Within the clouds a thousand miles away from Lu Chen and Jiang Daoqing.

Gu Qingtian held up the jade gourd in one hand and clasped the other behind his back.

Beside him, there were dozens of Heavenly Pride from the Starry Sky Gu Family, each of them at the peak Yang God Realm, exceptionally fierce.

At this moment, array patterns lit up one after another in the Void, crisscrossing and finally weaving into a terrifying killing formation filled with soaring Killing Intent, trapping hundreds of Demon Clan Heavenly Pride within the formation. They were slaughtered until the world changed color, the wind and clouds surged, Killing Intent from the formation was everywhere, demon energy shredded by the Killing Intent was everywhere, as were the roars of the Demon Clan Heavenly Pride.

"You blind monsters, you dare to surround and kill this God Child! I will make sure you never return!" Gu Qingtian's lips curled into a cold smile.

Earlier, he had successively slain several Demon Clan Heavenly Pride from the Starry Sky with his Natal Spirit Treasure, the jade gourd. However, because of this, he was targeted by those Demon Clan from the Starry Sky, to the extent that for a period of time, he no longer dared to slay demons alone.

This time, the Heavenly Pride from the Starry Sky Gu Family joined forces with him, set up a killing formation here, and dug a big pit. As expected, they trapped this group of Demon Clan Heavenly Pride from the Starry Sky within the killing formation. Now, it can be said they are like turtles in a jar, or beating a dog behind closed doors.

Finally, Gu Qingtian was able to vent his frustration!

"Brother Qingtian, it's fine to call yourself God Child in the Gu Family of the Azure Underworld, but if you go to the Ancestral Land of the Starry Sky Gu Family, don't refer to yourself as God Child anymore," a Heavenly Pride from the Starry Sky Gu Family reminded him indifferently.

This caused the smile on Gu Qingtian's lips to instantly freeze.

Although they were all from the Gu Family, aristocratic families like this had many internal power struggles and unpleasant affairs. While they didn't treat him with outright coldness or do anything as outrageous as stepping on his head, Gu Qingtian always felt that these Heavenly Pride from the Starry Sky Gu Family had strong opinions about him, this God Child of the Azure Underworld Gu Family!

Or perhaps, they were targeting him? Or looking down on him?

That was roughly the feeling!

Gu Qingtian also knew clearly that these Heavenly Pride from the Starry Sky Gu Family likely regarded him as a frog at the bottom of a well. In fact, not just him, the God Child of the Azure Underworld Gu Family, but all the Heavenly Pride of the entire Azure Underworld were seen as country bumpkins by these people.

Especially since he held the title of God Child of the Gu Family, it naturally displeased these Heavenly Pride from the Starry Sky Gu Family even more!

What are your capabilities?

In the Starry Sky Gu Family, you can't even get a ranking. Heavenly Pride from the Gu Family with higher talent and stronger power than you have never been called God Child. And you, a country bumpkin from the Azure Underworld Gu Family, call yourself God Child?

The Azure Underworld is just a declining place. How many cultivators are there? What skill is it to be able to rank in this small place?

Gu Qingtian could probably guess that most of these Heavenly Pride from the Starry Sky Gu Family held such thoughts, which was why they were not interested in him.

Although it was never explicitly stated, how could Gu Qingtian not know!

However, in the cultivation world, strength has always been the measure, and people submit to strength. If one's strength is insufficient, and they are also the God Child of the Azure Underworld Gu Family, they will naturally be envied!

But Gu Qingtian was not without pride, nor was he without backing. Their lineage also held an important position within the Starry Sky Gu Family. Naturally, he would not easily bow his head, otherwise, if he went to the Starry Sky Gu Family in the future, wouldn't these arrogant guys constantly suppress him?

"Brother Wenhai has just arrived in the Azure Underworld and is probably not yet familiar with our Azure Underworld," Gu Qingtian said indifferently. "Although our Azure Underworld is not large, it also has extraordinary Heavenly Pride, not much inferior to those renowned Heavenly Pride in the Starry Sky."

Gu Wenhai chuckled lightly: "Is it Gai Qingfeng from the Martial God Palace who was beaten into helplessness by the Starry Sky Demon Clan? Wang Wanli? Or Wei Wenlong from the Dragon Elephant Institute who was also beaten to the point of spitting blood? Wan Futu? Or perhaps Shen Qingyu from the Yu Chan Sect who was entangled by an Evil Dragon and fled everywhere? Or Monk Huixin from the Dajue Temple who was beaten until he didn't dare to show his face?"

He paused: "Brother Qingtian, why don't you tell me, who exactly are the formidable Heavenly Pride in your Azure Underworld?"

Gu Qingtian could clearly sense the mockery in Gu Wenhai's words: "That Feng Jie, who has a Natal Divine Hall and has now entered the Da Yan Holy Land, slaying demons alongside Solitary Pride, can it be that he doesn't count as a Heavenly Pride? Also..."

Gu Qingtian was about to continue speaking when he suddenly heard a voice filled with laughter: "Brother Gu, are you slaying demons?"

As soon as the voice sounded, the group of Heavenly Pride from the Gu Family all turned their heads to look.

They saw a heroic and handsome young man arriving on the wind, a smile on his lips.

Brother Gu?

Everyone here is from the Gu Family with the surname Gu, which one are you calling?

Some of the Heavenly Pride from the Starry Sky Gu Family quickly withdrew their gazes; they didn't recognize the newcomer. Only Gu Qingtian's eyes lit up: "Brother Lu."

In the Azure Underworld, there weren't actually many people who could truly be called a Heavenly Pride in the entire Starry Sky, but without a doubt, Lu Chen was definitely one of them.

For Gu Qingtian, his arrival was just perfect!

"Do you want the Monster Corpses? If not, I'll take them," Lu Chen didn't look at the Heavenly Pride from the Starry Sky Gu Family beside him. He just looked at the Demon Clan Heavenly Pride trapped within the killing formation, his eyes sparkling with energy, as if radiating light!