Chapter 354 Who is the Number One in the World? (Part 2)

"My Master is not only the State Preceptor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but also the world's number one geomancer!"

"The current Nine Great Blessed Lands were all created by my Master, who proposed the plan and personally surveyed the Spiritual Veins back then!!"

At this moment, the Pavilion Master of Heavenly Secrets standing behind Gu Xingzhou spoke in a respectful tone.

"Changli! You talk too much!"

Gu Xingzhou, the Master of the Number One Estate Under Heaven, gave a cold reprimand.

"This disciple knows his mistake!"

Ji Changli, the Pavilion Master of Heavenly Secrets, who was known in the Jianghu for his unerring calculations and revered by countless people as the Divine Diviner, did not dare to be the least bit presumptuous before Gu Xingzhou at this moment.

Because all his skills came from the other man.

Everything he knew, the other man knew.

But what the other man knew, he might not necessarily know.

The Buddhists and Daoists present all recognized Ji Changli's identity; after all, they were all figures who had cultivated in the Jianghu for hundreds of years and stood at the very peak of the Jianghu, so they naturally knew each other.

However, those few words of his set off stormy waves in everyone's hearts.

Even Daoist Taiwei, who had always been indifferent to worldly desires and detached from external things, almost plucked out his own beard.

The birth of the Nine Great Blessed Lands was the most legendary event in the world.

Bar none!

None of the people currently alive knew what the world was like before the birth of the Blessed Lands; although there were records in historical documents, no one had seen it with their own eyes.

The world knew even less about who exactly had created the Blessed Lands.

History only recorded that a mysterious person offered a plan to Emperor Wulie to change the flow of the world's Earth Veins, drain all the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, and control the methods of cultivation advancement by controlling the Blessed Lands, all to achieve the goal of making the Imperial Dynasty last for ten thousand years.

But who that mysterious person was remained unknown, and no trace could be found in the historical records.

To think it was the person right before them, appearing so plainly in their sight!

"What a fine Master of the Number One Estate Under Heaven! What a fine State Preceptor of the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

Suddenly, a sharp shout came from high in the distance. Li Jichuan, the Grand Ancestor of Great Jin, descended like a Divine Being, with dragon shadows coiling around him and a long sword on his back.

"The reason we are all gathered here today is all your doing, isn't it?"

"A thousand years ago, when I entered Heavenly Pillar Mountain, you were also the one who injured me and let a Ghost General take the opportunity to seize my Physical Body!"

As he spoke, the zhan yue sword on his back hummed, and a sword light unsheathed, its chilling edge slashing down toward Gu Xingzhou.

Boom! Crack!

Gu Xingzhou once again pointed out a finger, and the world-shaking sword light shattered like glass, turning into countless fragments that flew off in all directions.

"Hehehe..."

Gu Xingzhou shattered the sword light and chuckled:

"Fellow Daoist Li, you overstate things!"

"If not for my strike back then, how could you have found life in the face of death and survived in the face of destruction?"

"Now that your soul and body are one, your cultivation is more than thirty percent stronger than it was a thousand years ago, isn't it? Under the possession of the evil spirit and the nourishment of Origin Qi, your Physical Body has not weakened but has instead grown stronger, right?"

"Hmph!"

Li Jichuan struck once and did not strike again after landing.

Everyone present was an expert among experts, especially Gu Xingzhou, whose depth even the current him could not fathom.

A life-and-death struggle would only allow others to reap the benefits!

His goal was not to fight to the death, but to ascend the Heavenly Pillar and enter the Heavenly Gate!

Emperor Li Heming followed closely behind Li Jichuan, and seeing so many experts gathered, he was shocked again and again.

He had originally thought that after refining the Luck of a nation and the Luck of the Child of Destiny, Xue Bai, he would be a top-three expert if not number one in the world, with few rivals.

To his surprise, there were still so many unfathomable old monsters in the world!

...

Compared to the so-called old monsters waiting outside Heavenly Pillar Mountain not long ago who hadn't even reached the Yuantai Realm, these were the real old monsters.

At this time, Gu Xingzhou pointed at Li Jichuan and introduced him to everyone:

"This Fellow Daoist Li was the number one in the world a thousand years ago!"

"Since the collapse of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the world has been in chaos for over two thousand years. Warlords fought, and the people suffered unspeakably. During this time, countless strong men established nations, yet none ever unified the world."

"Only this Fellow Daoist Li emerged with his sword and founded the Great Jin Dynasty, another powerful dynasty after the Great Zhou Dynasty. Though it did not unify the world, it surpassed all the heroes before it!"

"Hmph!"

Facing Gu Xingzhou's lavish and generous praise, Li Jichuan still gave a cold snort.

"amitabha!"

Hearing Li Jichuan's identity, Great Master Liaochen of the Buddhist sect chanted a Buddha's name, and the other monks behind him did the same, their tones unreadable.

Daoist Master Mingxin, Venerable Zixiao, and others from the Daoist sects also looked at each other.

They hadn't expected the Grand Ancestor of Great Jin to be alive as well.

Today was truly like seeing ghosts!

People who were thought to have long since vanished into the dust of history were now all appearing.

Where were you all before?

And now you're here showing off your presence!

It was like a stage play; everyone watched Gu Xingzhou's performance in silence, wanting to see what he really had up his sleeve.

Just as Gu Xingzhou finished speaking, more people arrived from afar.

One group was led by the Old Dean of the White Deer Academy, including Emperor Fang Yuheng of the Southern Wei, an instructor from the White Deer Academy, and Daoist Master Xuanzhen of Funiu Temple.

Another group consisted of the old man in brocade robes, accompanied by four juniors and the Sword Saint of the East Sea, Xiahou Xi, arriving unhurriedly from the distance.

"Oh? Quite a few more people have arrived!"

Gu Xingzhou had a faint smile on his face, his demeanor calm and relaxed as he chuckled:

"Your Majesty, your descendants are right here. The Ji Bloodline of the Great Zhou Dynasty has survived to this day, and it is them!"

He pointed at the group with the old man in brocade robes, causing the old man's heart to skip a beat.

Following his gaze, the old man looked at Emperor Wulie, Emperor Wu Lie, Ji Hengjiang, who stood in the air. He shuddered violently, an expression of disbelief appearing on his face.

In his Ji family's ancestral hall, portraits of the family heads of past generations were enshrined.

Emperor Wulie, the Last Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was among them.

Although this emperor was the chief culprit who single-handedly caused the collapse of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he also created the Nine Great Blessed Lands. His fame and achievements were comparable to those of the Great Ancestor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Therefore, the old man was very familiar with his portrait.

With this look, wasn't the person in front of him the very one from the portrait in the ancestral hall?

Combining that with Gu Xingzhou's words...

"Could it be..."

The old man's pupils constricted. He was already eighty percent certain in his heart, but he still cautiously sought confirmation:

"May I ask, is Your Excellency my Ji family ancestor, Old Ancestor Hengjiang?"

Emperor Wu Lie, Ji Hengjiang's expression was indifferent. Even upon hearing Gu Xingzhou's words, his expression didn't change at all, but he still nodded:

"I am the Martial God of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Wu Lie, Ji Hengjiang!"

"It really is Old Ancestor Hengjiang!!"

The old man in brocade robes looked excited and hurriedly performed a grand bow:

"Your unworthy descendant Ji Bo pays his respects to the Old Ancestor!!"

The people behind him also knelt one after another, kowtowing in respect.

All of them were deeply shaken; no one had expected that before they had even done anything at the foot of the Heavenly Pillar, they would first acknowledge an ancestor.

However, the situation here was unclear, and the auras of those present were each more profound than the last. Acknowledging an ancestor was a good thing, as it provided them with a backer.