"Ahhhh—" a tragic scream rang out. Daoist Zhiyang, his "wreckage" scattered around the Immortal Welcoming Stone, was pacing frantically, "What should we do, what should we do? How could our Great Evolution's Immortal Welcoming Stone shatter!"
The sect master of Great Evolution Sect and a group of disciples were also stunned by this scene.
What was the Immortal Welcoming Stone?
It was a meteorite from the thirty-second heaven outside the upper realm. It was said to be an immortal stone that even the heavenly tribulation lightning for ascension couldn't shatter, yet it had "turned to dust" with just a touch from someone?
The mountain lords of the Five Peaks all wore expressions of utter despair and disarray, their souls completely lost.
This was catastrophic! This matter was far more urgent than the disciple-snatching incident. They rushed to Gu Junshi's front in disbelief. Daoist Zhiyang, his voice breaking with anger, roared, "What did you do to the Immortal Welcoming Stone?!"
The other four mountain lords also fixed their stern and sharp gazes upon her. These five were at least at the late Golden Core stage. If they released their pressure, let alone mortals with no cultivation, even Foundation Establishment cultivators might not be able to withstand it.
Gu Junshi, still possessing a mortal body, felt the sudden influx of spiritual pressure like her shoulder blades were about to snap.
Hmph.
She dimmed her eyes and was about to act when a thunderous roar echoed through the heavens, cutting off the clouds.
"Who dares to destroy the Immortal Welcoming Stone of my sect?!"
A figure arrived, riding the flying clouds and mist. He hovered in the sky, reflecting the blazing sun. Golden light mingled with his embroidered robes of crimson fire phoenixes and coiled dragons, making everything seem dazzling.
Everyone's eyes were blinded. They swallowed a mouthful of saliva and bowed in unison to greet him, "Greetings, Sect… Sect Master—"
This was the end of them. Their perverted and cruel sect master had been provoked by this couple!
Gu Junshi found the voice vaguely familiar at first, but that person never spoke in such a rough, booming male voice. He always spoke in a saccharine, affected tone. She thought she had mistaken someone, but as she looked closer, she saw a tall man descending gracefully. He wore a dark red, intricately patterned sea-tide robe that reached his feet. His waist was slender, his eyes long and narrow. Even in his rage, he exuded a seductive, almost demonic aura.
Gu Junshi: "..." To meet again in life, it really was him?
Wei Li, a nine-tailed fox with a severed tail, had once been infatuated with her for decades in a past life. However, after accidentally witnessing her ruthless slaughter of a sect, he had been scared away, weeping profusely.
So, before his tail was cut off, he had been the sect master of the Great Evolution Sect?
One truly couldn't judge a book by its cover.
Wei Li gasped, staring blankly at the scattered fragments of stone. To found the sect, he had almost exhausted the fox clan's fortune, painstakingly buying a piece from a demon butcher in the twenty-eighth heaven's Immortal Dwelling Cave to adorn the gate. Now, the money was gone, and the Immortal Welcoming Stone was destroyed…
His heart ached as if from a blow. Tears welled in the corners of his slightly red eyes, and he looked on the verge of weeping.
If he found out who did it, he would dig out their heart and chew it to pieces!
"Sect Master, it's her! After she touched the Immortal Welcoming Stone, it mysteriously exploded."
Seeing him fall into a state of mournful distress, the elders of the Great Evolution Sect shivered. The disciples, in a panic, all pointed at Gu Junshi, urgently identifying the culprit to take responsibility.
The domineering figure, pointed at by everyone, had not expected to meet the nine-tailed fox here. His mind was always a bit twisted, and it was better to interact with him as little as possible. Thus, her previous words and intentions changed. She deliberately avoided his gaze and said plainly, "I am merely an ordinary village woman from the mountains. You can see… with my废灵根 (waste spiritual root), how could I possibly destroy your sect's Immortal Welcoming Stone?"
Wei Li's fox eyes narrowed into slits. He scrutinized her dangerously. His slightly silvery eyes shot out killing intent. It was obvious she had a waste spiritual root, but he was someone who didn't mind killing innocent people.
Evidently, Liu Jiangfusheng also realized the seriousness of the situation. Her dark, ebony pupils tightened, and she bit her red lips, unable to help but speak up in her defense, "It wasn't her, the Immortal Welcoming Stone exploded on its own."
"Exploded… on its… own?" Wei Li laughed furiously, raising his arm. His wide sleeves, which fluttered without wind, shot out countless sharp golden threads, like needle tips, dangerously pressing forward.
He thought she was fooling him.
"What is the Immortal Welcoming Stone? Even a celestial artifact wouldn't be able to break even a sliver of its skin. You tell me it exploded on its own?"
Daoist Zhiyang's face changed drastically. He quickly stepped forward, pulling Liu Jiangfusheng behind him, scratching his head and anxiously persuaded, "Sect Master, calm down. Since the Immortal Welcoming Stone cannot be broken by a celestial artifact, this ordinary woman certainly cannot. And this one here is my newly accepted disciple from the lower realm, a pure lotus seed with a heavenly spiritual root. With such talent and potential, he will definitely bring glory to our Great Evolution Sect in the Centennial Newcomer Ranking of cultivation."
He emphasized "heavenly spiritual root" and "newcomer ranking," determined to prevent the money-grubbing sect master from acting impulsively and causing the Great Evolution Sect to be ridiculed by other sects for hundreds more years.
"Him?"
Wei Li narrowed his eyes, staring at the slender youth who dared to challenge him, looking like a delicate white flower. His killing intent was still stirring.
The other mountain lords also held their breath.
"Yes, yes, his name is Fusheng, his fate disc shows the Nine Luminaries Emperor Star, this old daoist has absolutely no calculation errors!" Daoist Zhiyang's face was flushed as he spoke with certainty.
Wei Li raised an eyebrow, his thick, dark, and lustrous hair falling over his shoulders, emitting a faint glow. After weighing the pros and cons in his heart, he unhappily and wrongedly slammed his palm backward. A cold, bright beam of light shot out. A hundred zhang away, there was a tremendous roar. The earth shook, and dust and mist billowed up. A small mountain range, with undulating green peaks, was annihilated and flattened.
Everyone's gaze shifted from afar to near, hesitant and stunned. Their faces turned pale.
Damn, they were scared to death!
Liu Jiangfusheng also witnessed for the first time a cultivator's attack capable of causing world-destroying devastation. The rushing wind lifted his clothes and hair, and his dark pupils flickered, his limbs numb.
Although he should have been shocked and afraid, he somehow felt more excitement and madness in his heart. It was as if a chest had been split open to reveal a burning heart, and it was roaring. One day, he too would stand at the pinnacle and decide life and death.
Wei Li naturally knew that the Immortal Welcoming Stone could not be destroyed by a mere touch from someone with a waste spiritual root. However, it was fine for others to touch it, but it was this one who touched it and caused it to happen. She had bad luck but dared to randomly touch and damage other people's things!
In his anger, his nose, however, keenly detected a wisp of deathly energy within the shattered fragments of the Immortal Welcoming Stone. He suddenly opened his eyes and sniffed again.
That's right, it was deathly energy!
But how could there be deathly energy in the spiritual realm?
His heart was filled with doubt and uncertainty.
Could it be that the ancient demons or ghost cultivators destroyed the Immortal Welcoming Stone?