Gu Zhan felt the qi and blood within him like an ocean roaring and surging, vast and boundless, with endless power!
Gu Zhan exhaled a foul breath and looked at the system page:
Player: Gu Zhan
Realm: Second Realm of Divine Sight
Title: Martial Arts Pioneer
Note: 1. Wearing the title of Martial Arts Pioneer will grant inference ability, allowing the inference of same realm skills using experience points.
2. Wearing the title of Martial Arts Pioneer will grant the ability to become stronger when encountering challenges, pioneering Martial Arts Peak, invincible by my creation.
Cultivation Technique: Great Yellow Court (Seventh Floor 0/10 billion)
Skills:
Water Manipulation Skill (Great Success)
Rain Summoning Technique (Great Success)
Thunder Slash (Great Success)
Celestial Spirit Golden Body (Great Success)
Elephant Armor Skill (Great Success)
Experience Points: 2.3 billion
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The afterglow of the sunset did not reach the back mountain of Sword King Mountain, but only faint glimmers of light could be seen on the mountain peaks, visible through the mountain valleys.
Gu Zhan lifted Gai Qingcheng’s shoulder, stepped lightly, rose against the wind, and flew to the mountain peak,
where a half-red sun like blood appeared,
Gu Zhan landed on the mountain peak, slowly extended his hand, as if the sun was within reach, overlooking the vast clouds flowing at the mountainside.
"Is this the highest place in Yunzhou?" Gu Zhan said slowly.
Gai Qingcheng stood behind, slightly tilting her head, a touch of doubt appearing on her charming face, then slowly raised her head, seeing that silhouette as if it had already touched the sky.
"Sword King City is indeed the highest in Yun Yunzhou, and now it is beneath your feet, Marquis!" Gai Qingcheng bent slightly and saluted.
A cold wind came, blowing Gu Zhan’s long robe,
The sunlight of the setting sun shone on him, at this moment, the semi-ring of the setting sun on West Mountain was like the rising sun at dawn, enveloped in a faint light,
In the blur of the moment,
Gu Zhan seemed to see the fifth year of Qingli,
On that day, the sun set in the west, leaving a glow scattering over the human world.
Outside Linjiang City, he rode madly, two Horizontal Sabers inserted on the right side of the saddle, a Cold Iron Bow and a Quiver on the left side, with a dozen Feathered Arrows inside the quiver.
He carried a parcel on his back, under the sunset glow, his shadow and that of the horse extended long as he headed west.
Looking up, he once gazed at that round setting sun sinking westwards,
The sound of horse hooves like a youth traveling far with a saber.
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The setting sun was deep red, casting Gu Zhan’s shadow long again, as he slowly took off the Horizontal Saber strapped to his back,
"In the fifth year of Qingli, I left a saber on the city wall of Linjiang City, in the sixth year, I left a saber on Lingxi Mountain in Pingyang Prefecture, and in the seventh year, I left a saber on the city wall of Canglan City, today..."
Gu Zhan drew the saber from its sheath, flicking his finger lightly on the blade, a clear blade ring echoed in the air, and the Horizontal Saber was inserted into a huge stone on the ground, embedded two feet deep.
The Horizontal Saber was cold and sharp, reflecting the sunset, shining with a frosty gleam.
Gu Zhan slightly turned his head, looked at Gai Qingcheng, and asked, "Miss Gu Qi, where do you think my next saber will be left?"
Gai Qingcheng remained calm and pondered for a while before saying, "Naturally, it’s at a place higher than Sword King City!"
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In Yunxi Land, it’s been waves upon waves recently, with successive major events drawing the entire Martial World’s attention. However, because of the prior revolt of Yun, Qing, and Liang Three States, Yunxi does not seem that overwhelming.
Nonetheless, the Martial World is indeed somewhat different,
Gu Zhan broke the Martial Arts limit, created the Method of Divine Sight, and killed Elder Celestial Master and Wei Wuya, eventually becoming the center of the Martial World, even as the Martial World of Southern Jin and Beiwei became turbulent.
The revolt of Yun, Qing, and Liang Three States shook the foundation of Xia Kingdom, but whether it was Gu Zhan’s Method of Divine Sight or Wei Wuya’s New Grotto Heaven Method, they both were inheritances that could rewrite the cultivation era, and none of the Grotto Heaven Level forces could ignore them.
However, because of the revolt in Three States, Yunxi, being in the center, was still merely internally turbulent, yet anyone with insight could feel that Yunxi would soon become the vortex center.
To be precise, Gu Zhan would,
because today, two techniques that could alter millennial rules were in his hands.
For ordinary people, they might not sense the importance of those two techniques, but those forces standing at the pinnacle of the world all felt the pressure, the gateway to a new era was in Gu Zhan’s hands,
even if the Grotto Heaven Level forces were careless, they might become ashes in this torrent.
Under such circumstances,
not only from the Xia Kingdom mainland, Southern Jin, Beiwei, and some small nations, people secretly headed towards Yunxi.
However, at this moment,
as the protagonist who might ignite turmoil across the world next, Gu Zhan felt no pressure at all and, after leaving Sword King City, went to the Ten Thousand Mountains to find the Grotto Heaven inheritance of Moon Worship Sect.
But he was rather disappointed.
The Grotto Heaven Method was inferior to that of Sword King City, and as for Treasure Techniques, there were none, Magic Techniques were available, but held no meaning for him.
After leaving the Ten Thousand Mountains, he began continuously gathering forces across Yunxi, recruiting armies everywhere.
The Beidou Bang also frantically regrouped Yunxi during this stage, rebuilding Yunxi, yet compared to the previous Yunxi, the current Yunxi is vastly different, mainly dominated by Gu Zhan as Marquis Yun and Grand General suppressing Yunxi, recruiting armies, and reconstructing the Government Office.
Furthermore, after leaving Sword King City, Gai Qingcheng immediately and hastily headed towards the ancestral land of the Gu Family.