523: Master and apprentice meet

“It is the greatest honor of my life to be able to answer your questions, Fellow Daoist,” Jinhua said earnestly.

Lecturing Gu Qing was probably the most glorious moment of her life.

Gu Qing smiled, said nothing more, and with a thought, the Creation Green Lotus emitted a brilliant divine light, entering the Tiangang Secret Realm.

The Innate Gang Wind, capable of annihilating Immortal Emperors, struck the Creation Green Lotus like a gentle breeze, failing to stir even a ripple, and was completely shifted away.

Although the Innate Gang Wind was powerful, it was, after all, an uncontrolled inanimate object.

The Creation Green Lotus, possessing the origin of the Great Dao, could completely evolve the Innate Gang Wind, existing in a symbiotic and antagonistic relationship with the external Innate Gang Wind.

Divine light swirled in Gu Qing’s eyes as he deduced the essence of the Innate Gang Wind.

The Innate Gang Wind was formless and immaterial, yet it was indestructible; if he could control it, this would be another supreme grand divine ability.

Since he had encountered it, there was no reason for Gu Qing to miss it.

Furthermore, the Innate Gang Wind itself was an Innate Treasure, possessing the power to create heaven and earth.

Gu Qing vowed to collect this treasure bestowed by nature.

Soon, Gu Qing deduced the Great Dao of Wind and comprehended the mysteries of the Innate Gang Wind.

Boom!

Gu Qing waved his hand, unleashing several streams of Innate Gang Wind, which collided with the external Innate Gang Wind.

The Innate Gang Wind divine ability was complete.

With the blessing of Chaotic Immeasurable, comprehension meant perfection.

Jinhua and Tian Yi saw this scene, and their faces couldn't help but twitch.

“Tian Yi, Little Husband’s Innate Gang Wind divine ability reached perfection upon comprehension. Could our Little Husband truly be the incarnation of the Great Dao?”

“Even if he isn’t, he’s probably very close.”

“Hmm? Little Husband wouldn’t be thinking of collecting the Innate Gang Wind, would he?”

As Jinhua’s voice fell, the Creation Green Lotus erupted with brilliant divine light, devouring the free-floating Innate Gang Wind.

The Innate Gang Wind was an Innate Treasure; the reason no one collected it wasn’t that they didn’t want to, but that they were powerless to do so.

Because the Innate Gang Wind divided into countless streams, formless and immaterial, to collect it, one had to gather all the free-floating Innate Gang Wind and then refine it into one.

They were suppressed by the great dao divine runes of the secret realm, let alone collecting it, even self-preservation was difficult.

Only Immortal Emperors of the third stage and above could be fearless of the Innate Gang Wind, but to refine the Innate Gang Wind into one, perhaps only Immortal Emperors of the seventh stage could achieve it.

As they thought, their gazes unconsciously fell upon the Creation Green Lotus.

This was a Chaotic Treasure; perhaps it didn’t require powerful cultivation to refine it into one.

The Creation Green Lotus could indeed do it.

After all, it could even melt an innate treasure; melting mere Gang Wind was a piece of cake.

However, Gu Qing did not intend to refine it into one, but rather chose to melt it, making it a part of the Creation Green Lotus to enhance its power.

Whoosh!

The Creation Green Lotus circled the Tiangang Secret Realm once, devouring all the Innate Gang Wind.

The Tiangang Secret Realm was immediately exposed to the three of them.

Looking around, what met their eyes was a vast and boundless continent, with myriad auspicious rays, and innate spiritual energy so dense it was almost liquid.

The vast continent was permeated with a profound and mysterious Dao rhythm, as if it were a blessed land of the Great Dao.

The key was that it did not prohibit Immortal Emperor-level power.

Gu Qing’s expression hardened, and he immediately used a secret art, his divine sense interacting with the external rules, deducing Zhi Meng’s location.

“Found her.”

Sensing Zhi Meng’s position, Gu Qing breathed a sigh of relief, then sensed Lin Xuan’s position.

His divine sense swept across the heavens and earth, searching the entire vast continent, but he found no information about Lin Xuan.

“Did you find Lin Xuan?” Gu Qing asked.

“No!”

“Then let’s split up.”

Gu Qing pondered for a moment and said, “Killing Lin Xuan, just leave it to me. You must not expose yourselves. In front of outsiders, we must pretend not to know each other.”

“Do we really not need to act?” Empress Tianyi asked with a frown.

Although their strength was not as good as Gu Qing and Lin Xuan, they were not weak at all.

With them joining, it could greatly restrain Lin Xuan and prevent him from escaping; their role was undeniably significant.

“No need; you just need to provide me with his coordinates.”

To kill the protagonist, he, the anomaly, still had to act; the heroine just needed to be a good traitor.

After discussing with the two, Gu Qing impatiently controlled the Creation Green Lotus to leave, heading towards Zhi Meng’s direction.

“Tian Yi, it seems we worried too much. Little Husband is generous and disdains to scheme against us.”

Seeing Gu Qing leave without a trace of reluctance, Jinhua said gloomily.

They had always been wary of Gu Qing abandoning them after their usefulness, but now it seemed they had completely overthought it; Gu Qing probably didn’t even consider them sisters important.

Their many years of apprehension were completely self-inflicted trouble.

“Perhaps!”

Empress Tianyi said indifferently.

Regardless of whether Gu Qing would scheme against them, they would stick with Gu Qing to the end.

For no other reason than they also wanted Lin Xuan and Lin Feng dead, their goals were consistent.

“I hope this trip goes smoothly, that we kill the scoundrel surnamed Lin, and regain our freedom.”

As they spoke, the two stepped into the vast continent, with myriad laws swirling around them, bathed in sacred profound light. The two seemed like divine women towering above heaven and earth... The Creation Green Lotus traveled through space and time, quickly arriving at an innate grand formation.

Gu Qing put away the Creation Green Lotus, his figure transforming into a streak of light, passing directly through the formation.

The space inside was a void, with wisps of Dao rhythm floating within it.

Zhi Meng sat cross-legged on the Ten Thousand Souls Lotus, her divine light brilliant, devouring the Dao rhythm of the space.

Seeing this, Gu Qing did not rashly disturb Zhi Meng’s enlightenment, his gaze curiously surveying this space.

“Strange, what kind of space is this?”

Gu Qing had never seen a space that could derive Dao rhythm before.

He immediately used his Dao Pupil to probe its mysteries.

The more he looked, the more novel he found it.

This innate formation merged with the external heaven and earth rules, deriving corresponding Dao rhythm based on the external rules.

“What a mature and sensible grand formation…”

Gu Qing couldn’t help but praise this formation; it was too sensible.

Thinking this, Gu Qing’s gaze returned to Zhi Meng.

Early stage of God Emperor Second Realm.

Zhi Meng’s breakthrough speed was even faster than the old monsters of the Ancient Era, almost as if she had a cheat.

And indeed, she did.

Zhi Meng really did have a cheat.

With so many innate treasures on her, and having searched Lin Xuan’s divine soul, her foundation was no weaker than the protagonist’s.

Coupled with countless years of cultivation in the Boundless Space, her accumulated Dao arts were unfathomable.

Gu Qing pondered for a moment and decided to cultivate here as well.

Searching for Lin Xuan was too time-consuming, mentally and physically exhausting, and he might not even find him.

But if he left it to Empress Tianyi and Jinhua, they would surely find him.

In the unseen world, fate would naturally lead the protagonist and the heroine to meet.

Gu Qing only needed to wait for the news; there was no need for him to endure hardship unnecessarily.

“A Qing…”

Zhi Meng, who had been closing her eyes to comprehend the Great Dao, her eyelids twitched, and she opened her eyes, a faint smile appearing on her face.

Her pair of majestic and profound ice-blue eyes were filled with gentle smiles.

“Master!”

Gu Qing stepped onto the Ten Thousand Souls Lotus, sat beside her, and hugged his Master’s slender, graceful, snake-like waist.

“Mmm~ Rebellious disciple!”

A clear, masculine scent assailed her nose, making Zhi Meng blush. She chided him softly, but showed no intention of stopping him.

She had told Gu Qing so many times, but Gu Qing remained unrepentant, and she was too lazy to say more.

“Master, we have become Transcendent,”

Gu Qing hugged her tightly, his voice filled with emotion, looking at his Master’s shyly flushed face, his eyes swirling with emotion.

He recalled that back then, he was just a mortal in a small border town, but now he had become an existence revered by All Heavens Myriad Realms.

A thought to create the world, a thought to destroy the world, Free and Easy in the World, immortal and indestructible.

“Mmm!” Zhi Meng responded, her beautiful eyes gentle, her slender jade hand caressing her disciple’s cheek.

After watching for a while, she recalled her first meeting with Gu Qing, his nervous and awkward appearance holding a storage bag. It was truly… Zhi Meng couldn’t help but laugh: “Rebellious disciple, why did you use spirit stones as a disciple-acceptance gift?”

At that time, she was already at the peak of the Saint Realm; spirit stones were useless to her.

Moreover, for her, she could have as many spirit stones as she wanted.

How dared Gu Qing use spirit stones as a disciple-acceptance gift?

“Ji Ning misled me. She told me to prepare, and I thought it was to prepare a disciple-acceptance gift. At that time, I only had spirit stones.”

Gu Qing recalled, also unable to help but laugh.

His younger self was truly too naive, fresh out of the mountains, knowing nothing about the cultivation world.

Fortunately, Zhi Meng did not despise him and did not bother with him.

“So that’s it.”

Zhi Meng suddenly understood, then took out a storage bag and waved it in front of Gu Qing: “The disciple-acceptance gift you gave me, Master has always kept it close. This is the most precious gift Master has ever received.”

She took Gu Qing as a disciple not because he had the Zhou Tian Star Divine Body, but merely because she wanted to take a talented tool-person to teach her rotten sister’s disciple a good lesson.

The evildoers of the world, no matter how good their talent, had nothing to do with her; she didn’t need an heir.

But because of this storage bag, her perception of Gu Qing changed somewhat, and she began to genuinely consider taking him as a disciple.

If not for this storage bag, perhaps she and Gu Qing would never have had a master-disciple relationship.

Therefore, this storage bag was the storage bag that changed her destiny; saying it was the most precious gift was no exaggeration.

The word ‘ fate’ (fate/karma) is wonderfully ineffable.

“Let me see!”

“Be careful. Now that we are both Transcendent, if the storage bag and spirit stones are contaminated with our aura, they will immediately undergo a qualitative change.”

“Oh!”

Gu Qing restrained his aura, took out the spirit stones, and looked at them again and again, full of memories.

“The luckiest thing in my life, Master, was taking you as a disciple!” Zhi Meng whispered softly, burying her head in Gu Qing’s firm chest, her usually cold and indifferent face revealing boundless tenderness.

She thought of her life of countless evil deeds, cold-blooded and bloodthirsty, unbothered by external matters. To become stronger, she killed her closest blood relatives, she killed all living beings.

Her greatest wish in this life was to kill Jiang Yu and protect Luo Rou to live a long and free life.

Zhi Meng had long prepared for her demise; one day, she would encounter a powerful expert, be killed by that expert, and die on the path of Dao seeking.

This was also the fate of all living beings.

There were always stronger among the strong; no one could remain strong forever.

Until she met Gu Qing, her life took on a different color.

And because of Gu Qing, she was able to achieve Transcendent Dao.

If not for Gu Qing, perhaps she would still be struggling in some corner of the Immortal Realm, exhausted from striving for cultivation resources.

“Meeting Master was also the greatest fortune of my life.” Gu Qing pinched his Master’s pretty face, a reminiscent look appearing in his eyes.

In the lower realm, although Zhi Meng had never helped him directly, simply becoming her disciple brought him endless benefits.

After ascending to the Immortal Realm, she taught him to temper his state of mind.

Now, both of them had achieved Transcendent, free and unfettered between heaven and earth.

“Rebellious disciple!” Zhi Meng’s eyes widened for a moment, then she angrily pinched his waist.

She had always been strong-willed; this was the first time she had been pinched on the face like a little woman.

“Hehe!”

Gu Qing chuckled, his hands moving up and down, teasing Zhi Meng until her face was flushed red, burning like fire.

It wasn’t until Zhi Meng was about to lose her temper that Gu Qing changed the subject: “I’m going to enter the Boundless Space to sort out my Great Dao and break through to the second stage. I’ve entrusted the matter of finding Lin Xuan to others; once he’s found, you must notify me.”

“Okay!” Zhi Meng responded, her pair of arched willow eyebrows furrowing involuntarily.

She had fought with Lin Xuan; although her strength firmly suppressed Lin Xuan, Lin Xuan was not weak at all.

Killing Lin Xuan was too difficult, almost impossible.

Unless her realm surpassed Lin Xuan’s.

After all, if he couldn’t win, he could just run away… Gu Qing entered the Boundless Space, sat cross-legged on the Creation Green Lotus, and was not in a hurry to break through.

Although he was at the peak of the first stage now, he was still far from breaking through to the second stage; they were completely two different levels of realms.

Gu Qing hadn’t even comprehended the slightest bit of the second heaven.

He hadn’t even fully comprehended the first realm… Zhi Meng’s divine sense fell on the source pool, swallowing the Chaotic Origin Fluid inside in one gulp.

Then she put the miniaturized Hongmeng Immeasurable Tower into her sleeve before leaving the formation.

This innate grand formation had accumulated Dao rhythm for countless years, which she had completely devoured.

The speed at which the grand formation converted Dao rhythm could not satisfy her cultivation at all.

Continuing to cultivate here painstakingly would be somewhat counterproductive.

After all, this secret realm was opened by a great deity in the Ancient Era, containing countless treasures.

Zhi Meng sat cross-legged on the Ten Thousand Souls Lotus, refining the Chaotic Origin Fluid while searching for opportunities, her divine sense sweeping across the land.

She directly killed any cultivators she encountered along the way, letting the Ten Thousand Souls Lotus devour their divine souls.

She also collected any discovered ore veins, immortal medicines, and so on.

Missing no treasures, those she couldn’t use could be given to the sect disciples.

“Innate Geng Metal ore vein…”

Zhi Meng’s face showed joy.

Her divine sense fell on a mountain range, and with a thought, a golden giant dragon rose from the ground.

She collected the entire Geng Metal ore vein into the chaos cauldron to melt it, enhancing its power and defensive capabilities.

The chaos cauldron had once devoured the Dao rhythm of the Boundless Chaotic Mother Nest, causing it to undergo a qualitative change, giving rise to innate immortal spiritual light, containing the Chaotic Great Dao.

Possessing the power to melt all things and devour all things, theoretically, the chaos cauldron was an infinitely evolving magical treasure.

As of today, the chaos cauldron had advanced to a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, with unparalleled defense, suppressing the universe and space-time, and infinite power.

After collecting the Innate Geng Metal, Zhi Meng continued her treasure hunt without stopping for a moment.

One year, ten years… Zhi Meng searched the entire vast continent, acquiring countless innate ore veins, innate divine iron, innate bronze… and also found a large piece of Nine Heavens Breath Earth.

She found dozens of Dao Fruit Divine Trees and countless types of immortal medicines.

Even ten innate grand formations that generated Dao rhythm were found, and she collected all the Dao rhythm inside them and delivered it to Gu Qing.

This trip was truly fruitful.

“Fellow Daoist, as a God Emperor, do you not feel it beneath your dignity to kill Immortal Kings?”

At this moment, three Immortal Emperors appeared before Zhi Meng, their faces so gloomy they looked like they would drip water.

They emerged from the innate grand formation, and all their descendants had actually been massacred by Zhi Meng.

This was simply too much.

“The strong are revered; survival of the fittest.”

Zhi Meng’s expression was calm, her tone cold, without the slightest awareness that seniors should not kill juniors.

In her eyes, all living beings in heaven and earth were but weeds, the only difference being whether they were useful to her.

These Immortal Kings were useful to her, so she killed them.

“Hahaha!”

“Fellow Daoist has a good disposition.”

“However, Fellow Daoist, if one day you encounter someone stronger, how will you respond?”

The three men smiled, but there was no trace of a smile in their eyes.

“We cultivators, if we don’t achieve Dao, then we die on the path,” Zhi Meng said indifferently, her expression unchanged.

After a pause, she added, “Ever since we embarked on the path of cultivation, we have been beyond our own control, haven’t we?”

Hearing this, the three men were stunned, looking at Zhi Meng, silent.

Indeed, once on the path of cultivation, life and death were no longer one’s own; survival of the fittest, the strong dominate the weak.

They had all committed monstrous acts of slaughter, having killed countless living beings in their lives, some by their own hands, and some affected by their divine abilities.

The number of cosmic planes destroyed by their divine abilities was unknown.

Who would care how many ants died?

In their eyes, all living beings were like ants; no matter how many died, it was their destined calamity.

However, this time, it was their most promising descendants who had fallen, those who had hoped to achieve the Immortal Emperor Dao.

And it was Zhi Meng who had deliberately killed them.

Truly devoid of morality, despite her powerful demeanor.

Yet, the three of them could not accuse Zhi Meng.

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