"System: Hidden Dungeon Quest Five has been completed. You have returned to Lu Ban's side."
The journey back was very smooth. The people from the Heavenly Court didn't show up at all. Gu Han and the others easily returned to the underground palace of Xianyang Airport and saw Lu Ban … but compared to the last time they met, this underground palace was now filled with people … or rather, a sea of primordial mountains and primordial seas. Who knew how many primordial bandits were living in this underground palace. It wasn't like the first time Gu Han came here. Aside from Lu Ban, there wasn't a single primordial bandit. All of the primordial bandits had been moved away.
"Master!"
Lu Xihua walked over with a slightly dissatisfied expression. Three days ago, when they left to collect souls, Guhan had forced Lu Xihua to stay.
Guhan's reason was very straightforward. Lu Xihua was not strong enough. If he went, he might cause more trouble. So, Guhan had Lu Xihua stay.
"Very well. Mr. Military Governor, take out the Peach Tree of Immortality you collected!"
Guhan took out the Peach Tree of Immortality the moment Lu Ban finished speaking. Lu Ban nodded. "Then, I'll have to trouble Mr. Military Governor to cut this Peach Tree of Immortality into six equal pieces!"
"System: Hidden Dungeon Quest Six has been generated. Please cut the Peach Tree of Immortality into six pieces and carve the six pieces of Peach Tree of Immortality into the likeness of the Great Sages!"
"Cut it into six pieces?" Seeing the quest prompt, Guhan pondered for a moment and understood Lu Ban's intention.
"Lord Lu Ban!
Are you planning to use this Peach Tree of Immortality as the bodies for the resurrection of the six Great Sages? "Guhan asked directly.
"I didn't expect you to be able to figure that out!"
Lu Ban praised and nodded. "That's right. This Peach Tree of Immortality is the wood of longevity. It is also the most suitable material for storing souls. If you use this Peach Tree of Immortality to carve the bodies and combine it with the three innate materials, you can resurrect the six Great Sages!"
"This is great!
The six Great Sages can finally be resurrected! "
Hearing Lu Ban's words, Artoria was the first to cheer excitedly. This emotion spread throughout the underground palace, and everyone cheered with her.
Once the six Great Sages were resurrected, it meant that the 800 years of struggling at death's door and hiding were finally over. How could this not make the remaining Yuan Kou's cheer?
Guhan frowned slightly when he heard the cheers around him. He immediately asked Lu Ban, "Can this peach tree be divided into seven parts?"
"Seven portions?"
Lu Ban's expression was one of shock. Artoria, who was beside him, immediately reacted. She walked up to Lu Ban and whispered a few words in his ear. She had obviously told Lu Ban about Yi Qing.
"So you wanted to resurrect Zhe Tian Jiandi as well!
Can you guarantee that Zhe Jiandi will be on our side? "
Lu Ban said with some uncertainty. "You know, this mission is extremely important. If anything goes wrong, forget about the millions of souls, Military Governor, you must not be harmed at all!"
"I know that!"
Guhan nodded. "I can guarantee that Zhe Tian Jiandi will definitely be on our side. If Zhe Tian Jiandi is here, our chances of completing this mission will be even higher!"
"This …" Lu Ban hesitated for a moment before saying, "I'm afraid there's still a problem. Even if we divide the peach tree into seven parts, we still need to carve out the original appearances of the six Great Sages. I have the appearance of all six Great Sages in my mind, and I believe I can carve out their appearances accurately.
However, I've never seen Zhe Tian Jiandi before, so I'm afraid I won't be able to carve out her appearance! "
"That's not a problem!
Just leave it to me! "Guhan said nonchalantly.
"Mr. Admiral, don't think that this is a simple matter … To put it bluntly, even with this old man's talent, without 40 years of painstaking cultivation, I still can't say that I can sculpt the six Great Sages with 100% accuracy!
Aren't you oversimplifying things by patting your chest and making a promise? "Lu Ban's tone was a little displeased.
Lu Ban was known as the God of Carpentry in the history of mankind. He was the ancestor of all carpentry, and his carving skills were naturally superb … Even Lu Ban needed forty years of hard work before he could say that he could carve peach wood … Gu Han, a young man in his early twenties, who had never touched carpentry before, dared to say that he could carve peach wood … Lu Ban was a little displeased that Gu Han, a young man in his early twenties who had never touched carpentry before, dared to boast like that!
"It's fine!
I can do it! "Guhan ignored Lu Ban's displeasure and insisted.
"Fine!
Then cut it into seven pieces! "Lu Ban could do nothing about Guhan, so he reluctantly agreed.
However, before that, Lu Ban asked Guhan to take out the Living Soil of the Nine Heavens. He divided it into seven pieces and placed them on each side of the peach tree. In Lu Ban's words, the seven pieces would be used to temporarily absorb the souls condensed in the peach tree.
After waiting for about an hour, Lu Ban suddenly shouted, "Do it!"
Six streaks of sword light flashed, and the Heavenly Peach Tree was evenly divided into six sections. Each section was around 1.8 meters in length, so it wouldn't be an issue for them to carve out the appearance of a normal human.
"Since you insist on carving Zhe Tian Jiandi, I'll give you this peach tree. I hope you can finish carving this before I finish the other six. Otherwise, you'll waste too much time!" Lu Ban handed one of the peach trees to Guhan.
"Finally, it's time to use you again, my old friends!"
Lu Ban took out a very simple-looking carpenter's tools and stroked them affectionately. After that, he began to work on the six pieces of peach tree.
Lu Ban lived up to his reputation as the legendary God of Carpentry. All his movements were orderly, and the knife in his hand was superb. In just an hour, a piece of coarse peach wood had been transformed into a human figure in Lu Ban's hands … If it were not for the fact that the color of the wood was so different from that of a real person, everyone would have thought that it was a living person lying there at first glance.
"I'm getting old!
It took me more than an hour to carve such a small person! "
Lu Ban, who had finished carving the first person, rubbed his shoulder and deliberately spoke in Guhan's direction. At the same time, his eyes unconsciously drifted to Guhan's position. He wanted to see how the puppet that Guhan was carving was doing!
However, as soon as he saw Lu Ban, he was so angry that his beard could not stop blowing. Guhan was not doing anything. He was just sitting in front of the peach tree and meditating. He did not seem to have any intention of doing anything.
"Is this Military Governor going to trouble me to do it in the end?"
Lu Ban sighed in his heart. He had no other choice but to continue carving the peach tree.
However, the following process was not as smooth as the first peach tree. As his energy continued to be consumed, Lu Ban's spirit continued to decline, and it took more and more time to carve. In the end, when Lu Ban finished carving all six figures, 20 hours had passed. Including the time that Guhan had spent collecting souls, four and a half days had passed since the one-week deadline. Guhan only had about two and a half days left.
"Mr. Military Governor, if you really can't carve it, give me a photo, and I'll try to carve it for you according to the photo!"
Lu Ban said helplessly when he saw that the peach tree in front of Guhan was still not moving.
However, in the face of Lu Ban's kindness, Guhan did not move at all. He was still quietly sitting in a meditative posture, looking calm and collected.
"Ah!
In the end, I still have to do it myself! "
Lu Ban smiled bitterly and reached out to move the peach tree in front of Guhan. However, when Lu Ban was less than a meter away from Guhan, a piercing sword energy suddenly erupted, and Lu Ban was pushed back by the sword energy. His right hand was instantly drenched in blood.
"Master Lu Ban!
Are you okay? "
Artoria quickly rushed over when she saw Lu Ban's injury. Lu Ban exclaimed, "What a powerful sword energy! I can't believe it could injure my hand so badly in such a short time. Amazing!
Amazing! "
This was indeed an extremely amazing thing. After all, no matter how weak Lu Ban was, he was still a Universe Level Yuan Kou. Without absolute strength, it was impossible to injure a Universe Level Yuan Kou's hand so badly in such a short time!
"You bastard, how dare you hurt Lord Lu Ban! Take this, the power of Noxus!"
When Traeus saw that Lu Ban was injured, he immediately swung his big axe and chopped at Guhan's head.
"Stop!"
Just as Traeus's axe was about to land on the defenseless Guhan's head, a blue sword energy appeared out of nowhere and blocked Traeus's axe.
"You can't hurt him!"
Artoria said calmly. After fighting alongside Guhan, Artoria understood that Guhan was an indispensable combat force in this operation. He might even be the key to the final victory or defeat. She couldn't let Guhan get hurt.
"Bang!"
At this moment, Guhan, who had been in a meditative state, raised his hands and pulled out the Immortal-Extinguishing Sword and the Immortal-Slaying Sword at the same time. Countless sword energies, as fine as scalpels, gushed out of the two swords and struck the peach tree tree in front of Guhan.
Sawdust filled the entire underground palace like snowflakes. Those who were closest to Guhan couldn't even see the faces of the people around them. They were all covered in light yellow sawdust.
The dust came and went quickly. In less than a minute, all the dust had fallen. At this moment, a woman as gentle as water was born under Guhan's sword energy!