Chapter 273 A Big Risk for a Big Reward

Wei Yuan once again arrived at the headquarters of Gui Xu, a core area existing in the deepest part of the East Sea of the Age of Gods, a secluded and deep vortex. This time, Wei Yuan entered the headquarters of Gui Xu with Qilin, crossing the limit of swirling currents and entering a special area connecting the myriad worlds amidst countless swirling blue lights.

Guards wearing magical artifacts and wielding lightning were stationed near the entrance.

Gui Xu's great formation possessed spatial characteristics, capable of accommodating millions of people simultaneously for information exchange, task acceptance, and submission without appearing crowded. Today, however, it seemed particularly empty. All those participating in the Gui Xu Master's advancement ceremony were top-tier Gui Xu Walkers, the accumulated assets of Gui Xu over thousands of years.

Wei Yuan and Qilin displayed the tokens of the Four Guardians of Gui Xu.

The guardian, who exuded a rather powerful aura, having transcended mortality and reached the realm of gods, respectfully said, "Welcome, esteemed Guardians."

"Please, come inside."

Qilin simply waved his hand lazily, appearing as a refined scholar, even his magical artifact was a huge bamboo scroll.

With the demeanor of a gentleman, educating people, how could he be as crude as a boorish warrior engaged in constant fighting?

"So, how do you use your scroll?"

"To roll it up and hit people."

Instantly answered!

Wei Yuan lowered his eyes, the golden-red flames within his brown pupils seeming to never cease, and then, following Zhu Que's habit, said in a calm and gentle voice, "Withdraw, I..."

Wei Yuan paused, answering with Zhu Que's catchphrase, "Got it, *za*."

Qilin couldn't help but laugh, then belatedly covered his mouth, his shoulders shaking violently.

His face flushed red.

Wei Yuan glanced at him, expressionless.

Calm... calm down.

His own junior brother, his own, calm down... At this moment, Wei Yuan was wearing a trench coat, his medium-length hair reddish, and an iron-cold mask covered the lower half of his face, revealing his smooth forehead and amber eyes. Behind him, he carried a weapon resembling a phoenix feather, looking like a handsome girl who could captivate a large number of girls.

That's how it should be.

This was Zhu Que's original style, the Southern Bird, one of the Four Spirits of Heaven.

*Dan Feng* sings, at that high ridge; *Wu Tong* grows, facing the morning sun.

God knows how such an existence would turn into a trendy girl holding milk tea, doing manicures, and opening accounts on various social platforms. If the heavens and earth had self-awareness back then, would they regret their choice if they knew Zhu Que and Qilin were so unreliable?

Wei Yuan was lost in thought, maintaining the persona of a cold, androgynous, beautiful girl.

In fact, beneath his trench coat was not the delicate body others assumed, but the powerful strength to directly blast apart the Gui Xu Master. If he wasn't worried that the Gui Xu Master would desperately destroy the Dao fruit, which was extremely precious to both the Clear and Turbid Realms, or even directly dismantle it, Wei Yuan might have already killed him with a single sword strike.

Well... the number of participants this time wasn't that many, but there were still hundreds.

Each one possessed a considerable level of power.

Wei Yuan scanned the faces within the entire formation, and then his gaze paused, seeing a familiar figure—one of the Four Spirits, the original incarnation of the Northern Emperor Yu Qiang, later given a new fate and name, receiving the jade book of the Heavenly Court Talisman Array in the human world, thus becoming the legendary Northern Pole Zhenwu Exorcist Emperor, one of the iconic figures of the first echelon beneath the Dao Fruit.

Possessing extremely powerful defense and regeneration abilities, possibly second only to Cang Long among the Four Spirits.

Although Xuan Wu had previously entered Gui Xu and become a Gui Xu Walker.

But what are you doing here for such a task?

"The explanation for this mission is a top-level exploration mission. All participants will receive a large amount of points as a reward upon success, and a higher level of exchange directory will be opened, containing many rare items, even effective for the first echelon beneath the Dao Fruit level."

"This has led to the emergence of top experts hidden in Gui Xu."

Qilin held the new exchange directory.

"Really, it doesn't seem stingy at all like usual."

"This time, the Gui Xu Master is so generous that it's frightening."

"Generous to the point where it's like he's taken out even his coffin money." Wei Yuan glanced at it.

Perhaps because the Gui Xu Master had truly decided this time, no longer delaying or hesitating, even at a great cost, he would not hesitate. Anyway, this time, either he would step into the Dao Fruit level and ascend to the heavens in one step, or he would die and his soul would be destroyed. And regardless of the outcome, these things, which would be called treasures in any world, would be useless.

So, he boldly displayed all the treasures. It turned out that Gui Xu wasn't poor, but stingy.

The preciousness of the items on these exchange lists made even Wei Yuan gasp. It could be seen how much determination the Gui Xu Master had made, like pieces of fresh meat with a bloody smell, poured into the deep sea in one breath. The bloody smell rolled, and sharks within a hundred miles would swim over smelling the scent.

The powerhouses of the entire Gui Xu, even those who had become overlords of one world, calling themselves Dao Ancestors and summoning wind and rain in some small world, couldn't resist the strong temptation. They put on their armor again, picked up their weapons, and sharpened their blades. To get, you have to pay, this is Gui Xu's creed. Everyone knew the difficulty and danger of this mission.

But everyone was like gamblers with red eyes, without any hesitation or delay.

No wonder Xuan Wu would choose to participate in this mission. Wei Yuan understood.

"Ah ha ha ha ha, old brother Qilin, little sister Zhu Que, you're here?!"

A hearty laugh was heard from afar.

Then a burly man with a magnificent figure, broad shoulders, and carrying a mountain-splitting axe walked towards them, his body filled with a chillingly cold sharpness. This was the purest *Jin* (metal) energy, one of the Four Spirits of Heaven, Bai Hu. His eyes swept over Qilin, then landed on "Zhu Que," his eyes lit up. With a clatter, he released his battle axe and opened his arms to embrace Zhu Que: "Ah ha ha ha."

"Little sister Zhu Que, long time no see."

"Your getup today is really cool, but sadly, I still prefer seeing you in a little skirt."

"So stylish!"

Wei Yuan's mouth twitched.

What's going on? Fire overcomes metal, is this Bai Hu crazy? Or is he possessed by an Lsp?

Wait, what would Zhu Que's own reaction be to such praise? But in any case, Wei Yuan didn't intend to let this burly man, who exuded a strong fermented smell of not having washed his face or bathed for a week, approach him. His right hand raised, and a fiercely hot aura violently emanated.

Then the blade like a phoenix feather directly tore out a flame as if burning mountains and boiling seas, pointing straight at Bai Hu's nose.

Wei Yuan used Zhu Que's gentle voice to coldly say:

"Get lost!"

Bai Hu raised his hands, smiling to indicate that he had no hostility, then took steps back.

This wasn't being a coward, just a journey of listening to his heart.

Because it wasn't just Zhu Que who made a move, another sword was unsheathed by three inches, and a rising coldness like frost spread out. Bai Hu retreated several steps, laughing loudly, "Ah ha ha ha, just kidding, no need for you two to react so much, right?"

"Don't you think so? Little sister Pixiu?"

Wei Yuan's gaze slightly raised, following the aura of the sword.

The girl with a Pixiu mask on her face was dressed in red martial attire, her black hair tied into a high ponytail with gold rings, hanging down. Her amber eyes shone, her right hand pressed on the hilt of the sword, silent, but there was a cold chill locking onto Bai Hu over there. Even though the latter had retreated, she still didn't take her hand off the hilt.

Maintaining that stance as if she would draw her sword and chop off the other's dog head at any moment.

Until a hoarse voice rang out: "Alright, the mission hasn't even started yet, why are you already fighting among yourselves?"

"If you really have so much energy and killing intent, release it when you get to the destination later."

Only then did Bai Hu withdraw his gaze, laughing and saying, "What are you saying, we didn't fight, just teasing little sister Zhu Que, a girl like that is hot enough, tasty enough ha ha ha." He laughed to himself, but there wasn't a trace of turbidity in his eyes, they were very clear.

He was planning to create some disputes in advance, and then muddy the waters to facilitate action later.

However, he didn't expect Zhu Que's personality to change, to return to that fiery personality.

Hmph, could it be that someone else replaced her?

Such a thought circled in Bai Hu's mind, then he dismissed the possibility - this was the most core place of Gui Xu, it was entirely possible that some low-ranking Gui Xu Walkers could sneak in, and to some extent, it was tolerated. But to say that one of the dignified Four Guardians would be suddenly replaced was absolutely impossible.

It seemed that her usual appearance was just Zhu Que's concealment and disguise to the outside world?

Hmph, she still has quite a bit of cunning.

Wei Yuan hesitated for a moment, then pretended that he didn't recognize Jue, didn't recognize Pixiu, and nodded slightly, imitating Zhu Que, his tone gentle and cold:

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." Jue's voice was gentle and soft.

Wei Yuan simply stood near Jue and Cang Long with Qilin, the cold and sword-wielding Guardian Pixiu, Zhu Que who only revealed two eyes and a smooth forehead, and Qilin who looked like a dull scholar and was indeed a dull scholar, the three great Guardians gathered together, very eye-catching.

While quietly waiting for the huge and extremely complex Heavenly Mystery Array to open, Pixiu suddenly said:

"Have we met before?"

The expression on 'Zhu Que's' face was well concealed by the mask, "I was previously carrying out missions in the southern world, this is the first time I've met Pixiu."

"Is that so? Then I must have been mistaken."

Jue replied, then Cang Long and Yao Ji had reminded her that at this time, she shouldn't have special behaviors that would attract the attention of the Gui Xu overlord. But the girl just replied that she didn't know why, she had instinctively made a move.

It was as if she couldn't stand by and watch when facing that Zhu Que whom she had never seen before.

Along with the magnificent flow of Yuan Qi tides, the huge formation opened. The Gui Xu overlord stood on another spatial node, overlooking the huge formation below. Countless mysterious texts were combined together, like the huge altars of the most ancient and barbaric mythological years. Fresh blood sacrifices and offerings were placed on the altar, dedicated to the ancient gods, in order to obtain the hoped-for future.

Everyone standing on this huge formation was his family property, the masters he had accumulated over thousands of years, enough to help him achieve his goal.

And he stretched out his hand, as if he could easily grasp everything in it.

"Let's begin."

"This time I must succeed, [Omnipresent in the Myriad Realms], using this to step into the Dao Fruit level."

"Then I'll find that Daoist from back then, revenge, revenge!"

"Using the moves he used on me back then, I'll beat him to death bit by bit! I want to hang his corpse above the sun, parading it in every corner of every world day after day! Let him be burned to ashes, and then scattered into the tides of the North Sea."

The Gui Xu overlord spoke domineeringly to himself, like Goujian after enduring humiliation, pressing his hand on the famous sword placed on the table, looking at the enemy in the distant direction, countless midnight dreams, countless unforgettable memories, finally to avenge his shame and then glorify the world, it seemed that he was finally about to breathe a sigh of relief.

He leaned on his sword and looked around.

Oh, my nemesis, where are you, at the edge of the sky, or at the corner of the sea!

And on that huge formation, he didn't know that the nemesis he was thinking about was standing there.

"You really don't have to be so formal, it's just a small effort."

"I still want to thank you for your righteous action just now."

"It's nothing, if you're willing to get to know each other, you might as well make friends."

"I should be a little older than you, you can call me elder sister without any problem."

"Then... elder sister Pixiu?"

"Little sister Zhu Que."

Qilin covered his mouth, suppressing a wild laugh, his shoulders shaking violently.

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