15: Chapter 15 The Hidden Abodes of Powerful Figures

Days passed as blandly as water, without raising a single ripple.

During this time, Sect Master Min Qingrou completely shed her ingrained image as the "monstrous Devil Head with terrifying might who killed without blinking."

She truly transformed into a virtuous, thrifty, and devoted wife and mother.

Because that activated Talismanic Incantation could directly track the Soul.

Therefore, there was no escaping it.

She only wanted to spend this final period of time in loving intimacy with Gu Qingge.

At the same time, her strength had also recovered to the Peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Just one step away, and she would be able to return to the Golden Core Stage!

Everything passed in warmth, as if time could not take away a single trace.

Additionally, Gu Qingge learned from Sect Master Min Qingrou the news that she was pregnant.

Beyond the pleasant surprise, this also intensified his conviction to become stronger.

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The outskirts of the Hundred Thousand Monster Mountain Range.

At this very moment, it was bustling with activity, with a crowd of people gathered here.

Furthermore, these people all had aggressive Auras, as if they might break into a violent skirmish at any moment.

They had gathered here by Destiny for no other reason than the fact that the Immortal Cave of a powerful expert had appeared and was about to open!

"The strange treasures of the world naturally belong to those capable of taking them," a burly man in the crowd said to the group of Qingxuan Sect Disciples.

"And what does your Qingxuan Sect count for?"

The burly man spoke these words with neither servility nor overbearingness, exceptionally tough.

This was only because the greatest advantage of being a Loose Cultivator was having no ties or burdens.

Even becoming a bandit, killing, and looting were things they were all too familiar with.

Of course, if they truly offended some big shot they could not afford to offend, even if they fled to the ends of the earth, they would still find it hard to escape death.

However, looking at the present situation, these Qingxuan Sect Disciples clearly did not possess such transcendent deterrent power.

Nor could they intimidate this group of Loose Cultivators, whom they usually regarded as petty villains.

After all, if one died here, one was truly dead.

Every year on the Lingzhou Continent, the number of Disciples from major Sects who died while out on trials was countless.

Although Sects would use clues to obtain information about the perpetrators and then issue relevant bounties via Sect trial missions using contribution points.

But who would want to become the background fodder for such trial missions?

"Brother Mo's words make sense. If your Sect Master or Elders were here, we certainly wouldn't dare to act presumptuously."

Someone among the group of Loose Cultivators echoed the burly man who had just spoken.

"But looking at you few small fry, you don't have the ability to make us back down!"

Upon hearing this, the Qingxuan Sect Disciples all wore expressions of gnashing teeth, yet they were helpless.

If they had brandished the name of the Qingxuan Sect in normal times, which of these Loose Cultivators wouldn't be fawning over them?

But now, with a great treasure before them, greed was infinitely magnified by the prospect of benefits that could allow them to ascend in a single step; even threatening them with the name of the Qingxuan Sect had no effect at all.

"You…"

These Qingxuan Sect Disciples were accustomed to being arrogant in their daily lives.

Where would they ever receive such treatment?

The leading Qingxuan Sect Disciple wore a flowing azure robe and swept his cold gaze across the Loose Cultivators in the distance.

This person was named Lin Wuya; he was a master ranked eleventh on the Qingxuan Sect's Inner Sect Top 100 List, and his cultivation had reached the Peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

At this moment, the Longyun Sword in his hand was already half-drawn, as if he wanted to strike and slaughter these ignorant Loose Cultivators.

However, his desperate act was stopped by a beautiful figure beside him.

This beautiful figure was named Li Yanyun; she was also on the Qingxuan Sect's Inner Sect Top 100 List, ranked thirty-seventh, with a cultivation at the eighth layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage, and her combat power was quite extraordinary.

"Senior Brother, please endure it for now. I have already sent out a communication talisman to notify the nearby Sect Disciples."

"Let's stall for a while; reinforcements will arrive immediately."

"By then, the power of life and death here will be ours to decide," Li Yanyun advised.

Relying on their strength alone was not enough to control the entire scene.

If they were to force a fight, not only would they fail to obtain the treasure in the end, but they would also end up as the snipe and clam in the idiom "the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman gains," with the fisherman reaping the benefits.

Considering the changes in the current situation, Lin Wuya calmed down slightly and immediately nodded heavily: "Junior Sister's words make sense."

Just at this moment, an arrogantly limitless, aged voice rang in everyone's ears.

"This treasure belongs to my Qingxuan Sect."

"Everyone present, who agrees, and who opposes?"

The next second, an old man in black robes with a long beard descended before the group of Qingxuan Sect Disciples.

"Elder Mo, you've come! That's wonderful!" The group of Qingxuan Sect Disciples felt as if they had found their backbone.

This old man in black was named Mo Chi, one of the Inner Sect Elders of the Qingxuan Sect.

His strength had already reached the Peak of the Early Stage of the Golden Core Stage, and he could break through to the Middle Stage of the Golden Core Stage at any time.

Furthermore, judging by his entrance, he was ready to stage an act of supreme arrogance at any moment.

Seeing this, the group of Loose Cultivators dared to be angry but dared not speak, not doubting for a second that Mo Chi would strike to eliminate them.

After all, for a Golden Core Stage Cultivator to kill a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator was as simple as eating or drinking water.

However, what Mo Chi did not expect was that he was not the only Golden Core Stage Cultivator to appear here.

"Giggle! A fine 'who agrees, who opposes'."

"Those who didn't know any better would think the Qingxuan Sect could truly cover the sky with one hand."

Accompanied by a delicate laugh and clapping, another voice, as crisp and lively as an oriole, rang out in this place.

"Is that Shen Bingyao of the Holy Spirit Sect?"

"Why did she come too?"

With the appearance of this newly arrived group, the situation changed abruptly once again.

This newly arrived group belonged to another Sect in the Northern Heaven Region, the Holy Spirit Sect.

Although they were a newly emerged force, they clearly had the posture of being on par with the Qingxuan Sect.

If one were to truly discuss their foundations, they were not inferior to the Qingxuan Sect.

The leader, Shen Bingyao, possessed the cultivation of the Half-step Golden Core Stage.

And the old woman in red beside her was a genuine Middle Stage Golden Core Stage Cultivator.

In the field, according to the division of forces, it was clearly divided into four groups.

The Qingxuan Sect, the Holy Spirit Sect, various other small Sects, and the largest and most motley group of Loose Cultivators.

At this moment, Gu Qingge was hiding alone on the trunk of an ancient tree, quietly watching the tense crowd not far away.

Judging by the Aura drifting in the air, that Immortal Cave was at the very least the place where a powerful Golden Core Stage Cultivator had passed away.

The treasures hidden inside should not be few.

For Gu Qingge, if there was an Opportunity to scheme, it was not to be missed.

Previously, on his journey, being able to become the number one person in the Qingxuan Sect's Inner Sect was far from something he could achieve relying solely on Opportunity.

At the very least, his talent was also superior to his peers.

And Gu Qingge fit this point very well.

Besides being a Cultivator who normally inhaled and absorbed Spiritual Qi to improve his cultivation, he was also a Third-Grade Alchemist.

A System, if one had it, could become a cheat-like aid.

But if one relied on it entirely, it wouldn't be very realistic.

One couldn't just rely on the System to become a sovereign or emperor, and then if the System disappeared, become a stray dog on the side of the road, right?

At the same time, although Gu Qingge had read many books before his Transmigration and could be said to have a thorough understanding of System-genre Transmigration novels.

But one point had always puzzled him: what exactly was the System?

The Heavenly Dao?

Or the "One" that escaped from the Heavenly Dao?

The Great Evolution is fifty, the Heavenly Dao is forty-nine.

All these things were thought-provoking.

However, focusing on the present, the question was how to steal that Opportunity, which the group of Cultivators in the distance all viewed as "fat meat."