90: One drink and you're intoxicated like an immortal; one dream and you're buried like an immortal!
"Hmm?"
Seeing the two women's reactions, Gu Qingchen was slightly startled, then immediately understood.
He looked down and indeed found his clothes torn, almost leaving him bare.
"Cough, cough."
Gu Qingchen lightly coughed twice, his expression still calm, as if nothing had happened.
He raised his hand and waved it, and as a divine light flashed, he was instantly clad in a snow-white robe, its sleeves fluttering, making him appear like an immortal descending to the mortal world.
"I just went through a difficult battle, so I didn't pay much attention to my appearance."
"That's not right."
Seeing Gu Qingchen change into a white robe and return to his extraordinary appearance, An Zhiyu finally lowered her hand, her face still tinged with a blush.
She blinked, a hint of curiosity flashing in her eyes, and softly asked, "With your husband's combat power, even if you broke through ten stages consecutively, you shouldn't be in such a sorry state."
She was quite clear about Gu Qingchen's combat prowess.
He could even suppress Saint-Grade existences!
The combat power trial of the Reincarnation Immortal Palace was indeed terrifying for others, but it should be nothing for Gu Qingchen.
Crushing through all the stages should have been the normal situation.
Hearing An Zhiyu's words, Su Anning's eyes flickered slightly, seemingly curious.
She tilted her head slightly, her gaze falling on Gu Qingchen, with a hint of inquiry in her eyes.
She knew the difficulty of the Immortal Palace's combat power trial all too well.
Even after her combat power had grown by leaps and bounds following the Awakening of her Three Lives Pupils, she had only managed to clear nine stages on her first attempt.
Yet, from An Zhiyu's tone, it seemed her husband should easily pass even ten stages?
"For some reason, my combat power trial had a slight anomaly; it wasn't quite like yours."
Hearing An Zhiyu's words, Gu Qingchen didn't hide anything and roughly explained the situation he encountered in the combat power trial.
After listening to Gu Qingchen's account, An Zhiyu was dumbfounded, her red lips slightly parted, her eyes filled with disbelief.
Even Su Anning's small mouth slightly opened, a look of shock appearing on her face.
"Husband, are you saying your combat power trial required you to simultaneously defeat the combined forces of ten young Great Emperors?!"
"Exactly."
Gu Qingchen nodded.
"And these Great Emperors were all peak existences among Great Emperors, like Great Emperor Linglong, Great Emperor Chaos, and Great Emperor Yuanshi?"
An Zhiyu continued to press, her eyes full of incredulity.
"Hmm... there were also slightly weaker ones like Great Emperor Jiuyang and Great Emperor Ziwei."
...
Hearing this, An Zhiyu's eyes lifted slightly, and she rolled her eyes playfully.
Listen!
Listen to what you're saying!
Are Great Emperor Jiuyang and Great Emperor Ziwei weak?
At the very least, they are on the level of Holy Land founders.
Even if they couldn't compare to existences like Great Emperor Linglong and Great Emperor Chaos, they were still not weak among the Great Emperors.
"I didn't expect the combat power trial to have undergone such a change. Could it be that some unknown condition was triggered?"
After her surprise, Su Anning was also a little puzzled.
She frowned slightly, a hint of contemplation in her eyes.
"Hehe, maybe it's because husband's combat power is too strong."
An Zhiyu said with a proud smile, her eyes full of pride.
She linked her arm with Gu Qingchen's, her tone carrying a hint of triumph: "This Reincarnation Immortal Palace detected husband's strength and believed that the ordinary combat power trial couldn't put any pressure on him, so it increased the difficulty.
Since the difficulty increased, the rewards should also change accordingly, right?"
"Probably."
Gu Qingchen smiled slightly, raised his hand, and two clusters of divine radiance appeared before him, shimmering brightly.
Faintly, one could see a fruit and a talisman Seal within the divine radiance, exuding a mysterious and powerful aura.
"These are the great reincarnation fruit and the reincarnation seal."
Gu Qingchen explained.
He glanced at the two women and continued, "There's also a 'Reincarnation Immortal Canon,' directly sealed in my Primordial Spirit sea, which can be activated for Legacy at any time."
"great reincarnation fruit?"
Hearing this, An Zhiyu exclaimed, a hint of shock flashing in her eyes: "Is it the fruit rumored to be borne only by the great dao source tree in the Origin Ancient Realm?"
"Yes."
Seeing Gu Qingchen nod, a hint of curiosity flashed in An Zhiyu's eyes: "Legend says this great dao source tree only bears fruit once every epoch. I never expected to see such a divine fruit with my own eyes one day.
These fruits contain the Origin power of the Great Dao, and consuming them will bring endless benefits."
"That's not an exaggeration."
Gu Qingchen nodded.
Huang Liner was the best example.
Refining merely one percent of the great yin-yang fruit had caused her to undergo a complete transformation, which was enough to illustrate the power of such fruits.
"As for this talisman Seal, it is the reincarnation seal, which can be used against enemies and also allows me to return to this grand hall anytime, anywhere."
Gu Qingchen continued, a hint of ease in his tone.
"It seems this is what truly counts as passing the combat power trial."
Su Anning, standing nearby, gained a flash of insight after hearing all this.
"The Reincarnation Fruit, the reincarnation seal, the 'Reincarnation Immortal Canon,' combined with the name of this Immortal Palace—Reincarnation Immortal Palace—it's clear that this is the Legacy of a true Immortal Palace."
"Oh, right."
An Zhiyu also reacted, a look of sudden understanding flashing in her eyes: "So, we weren't even qualified to participate in the true trial before?"
Realizing this, she secretly gritted her teeth in anger.
To think that she, An Zhiyu, was also a Prodigy-level figure, yet she didn't even have the qualifications to undergo the true trial.
"I'm angry, husband, drink with me!"
An Zhiyu took out a celadon jade wine jar from her storage ring and placed it on the jade table with a 'smack.' The jar's body shimmered with star-sand-like patterns.
"Haha."
Gu Qingchen rubbed An Zhiyu's head and laughed, "Alright, I want to see just how potent this drunken immortal brew is, to dare take such a name!"
After an unprecedented great battle, he indeed wanted to have a good drink and relax his tense nerves.
Immediately, he turned to Su Anning and Xian Yu and asked, "Do you two want to drink some too?"
"I don't need any."
"Drink, drink!"
Su Anning shook her head, while Xian Yu rushed over with a 'whoosh,' hugging the celadon jade wine jar, her eyes full of excitement.
...
An Zhiyu's curved lips stiffened, then she grabbed her rabbit ears and pulled her away.
"Xian Yu, you're not as cute after transforming. Why don't you change back?"
"But Master, I don't know how to change back..."
Xian Yu lowered her head, sounding a little wronged.
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Gu Qingchen was a little surprised.
Even after transforming, ordinary Yao Race members could still revert to their original forms at any time. Had Xian Yu become fixed after transforming?
She really had become a rabbit-eared girl.
"It's alright, this is pretty good too."
Gu Qingchen spoke his true thoughts.
He gently patted Xian Yu's head, a hint of a smile in his eyes.
No matter how cute a rabbit was, could it be as cute as a rabbit-eared girl?
"Come, drink!"
Gu Qingchen unsealed the celadon jade wine jar and opened its lid. Immediately, the rich aroma of wine slowly diffused once more.
After pouring it into cups, the wine's fragrance assailed them even more, as if transforming into fine threads, intertwining at everyone's nostrils.
Xian Yu sniffed deeply nearby, then her eyes rolled back and she collapsed to the side, completely drunk.
"Is this wine really that potent?"
An Zhiyu was stunned, then said weakly, "How about you drink it all, husband?"
Hearing this, Gu Qingchen raised an eyebrow, a hint of a smile in his eyes: "That's no problem, but the Reincarnation Immortal Palace chose this drunken immortal brew as your reward among many treasures. Perhaps it has some special function?"
"That's true..."
Thinking of the issues with her own body, An Zhiyu nodded thoughtfully.
She gently pursed her lips, a hint of hesitation in her eyes: "Then I'll just drink a little bit."
She picked up the wine cup and took a small sip.
Gu Qingchen, meanwhile, drank heartily, the wine flowing down his throat like a cascading river of stars.
In an instant, his ears seemed to echo with the murmurs of countless beings, and the world before his eyes became blurry and ethereal.
He saw the jade-like liquid of the drunken immortal brew transform into specks of divine radiance, merging into every inch of his flesh and blood.
An Zhiyu's exclamations became faint, the girl's face in the starlight of the grand hall seemed to drift closer and farther, evoking a sense of déjà vu.
"Hus... husband, I seem to see us in a world full of Death Qi... bur... bury..."
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