From the first half of Huangfu Xiu's words, Gu Yanran and the porcelain vase were indeed rare treasures to be able to guide the people of the Treasure Mysterious Paradise without asking for anything in return.
Although a naturally nurtured Dharma artifact was important, the Treasure Xuan Grotto's heritage was weak at that time. With Gu Yanran in charge, the Treasure Xuan Grotto was no different from having an experienced ancestor. It would allow all the cultivators in the Treasure Xuan Grotto to avoid many detours on their path of cultivation.
However, there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world. If Gu Yanran was able to do that, what she was plotting must not be simple.
I originally thought that the story between two men and a woman would be nothing more than love. Even if it wasn't about that, there would still be some flirtatious elements. I never thought that it would be a matter of heritage.
Huangfu Xiu paused at the turning point. Tears even welled up in his eyes.
He took a deep breath to compose himself before continuing, "It was another Heavenly Grand Ritual. With Gu Yanran's help, our Profound Grotto-Heaven is one step closer to the throne of the top.
But at that moment, Gu Yanran suddenly gathered all the Heavenly Adept Realm cultivators in our grotto-heaven. "
"At the time, the Treasure Mysterious Paradise had just achieved good results in the Allheaven Competition. Everyone was in a good mood, and with Gu Yanran's urging, the seniors of the Treasure Mysterious Paradise gathered together. They all guessed that Gu Yanran was going to teach them some secret cultivation technique.
"But that wasn't the case … After Gu Yanran gathered all the elders, she didn't say much. She just activated the array she set up and used the power of the array to suck all of them dry!"
Huangfu Xiu clenched her fists tightly as she spoke. Boundless rage surged from her eyes as she glared at the vase in the distance. It was as if she wanted to swallow someone whole.
But in the end, he resisted the urge. After a long sigh, he said in a hoarse voice, "This Gu Yanran never had any good intentions for us. The only reason she helped us so much was because she wanted to escape from the bottle and needed the blood of hundreds of Heavenly Masters to set up a formation. That's why she taught us how to cultivate … We shouldn't have trusted someone of unknown origins so easily, but the Mystical Cave had been weak for many years. We saw a glimmer of hope and had no choice but to grab it with all our might …"
As she spoke, the anger on Huangfu Xiu's face gradually disappeared, replaced by sorrow.
Officer Wang patted him on the shoulder and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't.
Beside her, I also sighed.
Gu Yanran, the artifact spirit, was too shrewd.
For his own needs, he did not hesitate to sacrifice the lives of over a hundred people.
I don't know what human life means to artifact spirits, but from a human's point of view, Gu Yanran's methods are too bloody.
No wonder Cang Feng was willing to sacrifice Duan Jia's sword just to get some information about her. No wonder Duan Jia couldn't help but want to kill her as soon as he discovered her aura.
There was no romance between them, as the outside world had imagined. There was only a scarlet red that was paved with lives.
At that moment, Cang Feng and Duan Jia were like mad demons. Their sword auras kept bursting out.
Every strike looked powerful, but it was ineffective. Without exception, they were all swallowed by the strong light emitted by the porcelain bottle.
Although hatred could incite anger, it was obvious that the two of them, who were bursting with anger, had no way of breaking the light screen of the bottle. Their frenzied attacks were just a way to vent their emotions.
While the two of them were venting their emotions to their hearts' content, Huangfu Xiu had already collected her emotions. She looked up at the battle between Cang Feng and Zang Feng. Continuing her earlier words, she continued, "Originally, after Gu Yanran devoured more than a hundred people from the Mystic Grotto-Heaven, she could have completely recovered her strength. Fortunately, someone discovered her scheme in advance. At the last critical moment, they sacrificed their lives to destroy the array formation she had set up, causing Gu Yanran's hundred years of planning to go down the drain.
However, the seniors who were trapped in the formation still couldn't be saved. All of them lost their lives in Gu Yanran's formation.
As for Gu Yanran, she was only severely injured and had to escape.
So, after Grand Uncle Cang Feng returned, the Mystical Cave put down everything and began to search the entire world. We swore to find her and destroy her soul! "
Huangfu Xiu's current emotions were probably the same as when I saw Lu Zhenyang. She wanted to eat his flesh raw.
Just as I was thinking about how to comfort Huangfu Xiu, I heard the Qilin snorting. I turned to look. I didn't know what was wrong with him, but he suddenly stood up from the ground. He raised his head, and his hooves stirred up the wind. He lifted his feet and flew in the direction of the porcelain bottle.
"What are you doing?
Come back! "
I frowned and hurriedly called out to stop him.
Although the Qilin was miraculous and could break formations and eat sword energy, he was just a beast. He didn't have a high intellect, so he couldn't understand Huangfu Xiu's story. He didn't know that this had become the Mystical Cave's family business, and outsiders couldn't interfere. All we could do was watch them handle it and keep quiet.
Although I didn't know what the Qilin was thinking, considering how he had swallowed the sword energy, he couldn't do anything good this time. That was why I couldn't help but call out to stop him. I hoped the Qilin wouldn't disturb them.
However, the Qilin was the same as before. When he heard my voice, he didn't turn around. He even moved his head and sped up, flying toward the porcelain bottle.
I wanted to stop him, but it was too late.
At that moment, the Qilin had already landed in front of the porcelain bottle. The sword energy from Unload Armor and Sheath Edge whistled. My heart was in my throat.
Of course, I wasn't worried about the Qilin. He was really strong, and from his previous performance, the sword energy couldn't hurt him.
What I was worried about was what would happen if Sheath Edge Armor discovered that the Qilin had stopped him from taking revenge!
Sheath Edge Armor hated Gu Yanran more than anyone else in the Mystical Cave. After all, they were the ones who had brought Gu Yanran back to the Mystical Cave.
It was also because of what they had done that had led to the tragedy of the Mystical Cave.
Such a strong hatred that had been accumulated for hundreds of years had finally found a way to vent, but someone had stopped him. I didn't need to think to know what they could do.
Their hatred would definitely be transferred to the person who had stopped them.
They would soon realize that they weren't the Qilin's opponent. Who would they think of then?
It had to be me, because I was his master!
Their anger will all be directed at me!
Although they wouldn't be able to defeat the Qilin and the others, they would definitely win against me!
With that thought, I couldn't help but take a few steps forward. I didn't care about the fact that my power was far from the Qilin's. I wanted to rush over and carry him back.
However, just as I took a few steps, the Qilin moved.
He didn't care about Sheath Edge Armor, who was trying to attack him. Instead, he moved his head and used the horn on his head to stab at the porcelain bottle …
I instantly stopped. What is the Qilin doing?
Could it be that he wasn't here to fight Sheath Edge Armor, but to help them deal with the vase?
Very quickly, the Qilin confirmed my guess.
As the horn got closer and closer to the porcelain bottle, the porcelain bottle once again released a strong light. However, this time, it was different from the previous times. The strong light that could devour and absorb the Sword Qi of the Deconstructing Sword did not even have the slightest bit of power in front of the Qilin's horn. It was like an eggshell. The moment the two came into contact, a cracking sound came from within the strong light.
Finally, as the Qilin's horn stabbed in, the strong light shattered into countless pieces and scattered everywhere. In the end, it disappeared.
All of this happened very quickly. After the Qilin got up and broke the formation, Sheath Edge Armor released another sword energy. We only felt that the strong light on the vase shook slightly before it disappeared. Right after that, the sword energy continued to move forward and fell on the white porcelain bottle.
Without the protection of the strong light, the porcelain bottle didn't look strange anymore. When it met the sword energy directly, it didn't have any power to resist.
Right after that, there was a cracking sound.
Wang Can, Huangfu Xiu, Hidden Edge Armor, and I had all seen the Qilin break the formation on the Heavenly Grand Ritual's stage. In a sense, the light screen on the vase was also a kind of formation.
Seeing the Qilin break the formation again, our expressions didn't look any better.
The strong light that hadn't moved in front of Sheath Edge Armor had been broken by the Qilin's horn with just a gentle touch. It was too magical.
As for Sheath Edge Armor, I had never seen the Qilin's ability before. At that moment, the sword shivered. After a while, I couldn't help but sigh. "The Qilin Divine Beast is really magical. Gu Yanran's formation has a strong defense, but it can't even resist the Qilin."
Just as everyone was sighing, a sudden change occurred. A whirlwind suddenly rose from the shattered pieces of porcelain on the ground. The whirlwind was powerful, and as soon as it appeared, it swept through the entire hall of the Daoist Palace. The pressure from the whirlwind was so strong that I almost couldn't breathe.
In the whirlwind, I heard a woman's voice. "It's you two brats again. Isn't it enough that you've lost your bodies?
Do you still want to go against me? "
The voice was crisp like a young girl's. However, I quickly realized that it was Gu Yanran's voice in the vase!
I squinted and looked at the center of the whirlwind.
At that moment, Sheath Edge Armor was flying in the whirlwind and spinning. The blade emitted a green light and released several sword energies to protect Hidden Edge Armor behind it.
Sheath Edge Armor didn't say anything, but Hidden Edge Armor's voice was like thunder in the wind.
"Gu Yanran, we've been looking for you for so many years. Do you think that we don't have a way to deal with you?"