— — -you must enter the city before nightfall.
Before those cultivators left, they solemnly told Gu Qing Shan this.
Gu Qing Shan put the letter away and looked up at the sky.
Night was about to fall.
Gu Qing Shan sped up.
— — -there's still enough time, there's no need to expose a Divine Skill like [Ground Shrink].
He flew under the low grey clouds, through the cold wind, and passed through large areas of ruined cities.
At a certain point, rain began to fall, slowly turning into a torrential downpour.
On the plains, a large number of ruined buildings were bathed in the rain.
After observing for a while, Gu Qing Shan noticed that these buildings were all made from extremely sturdy materials, some of them even gave off unique energy fluctuations.
Perhaps it was because of this that even after countless years of being exposed to the elements, they still maintained their original state when they were first destroyed.
However, what exactly was it that destroyed these cities?
A large-scale war?
A natural disaster?
Or something else?
Gu Qing Shan carefully observed the ruins.
Almost all of the roofs had been lifted off, various items were scattered all over the ground.
Some of the items here seemed to be more attractive than others, as there were signs of people organizing and selecting them.
This must be the work of someone who came later.
Since so much time had passed, and the entire site was destroyed by people who came later, many traces of what happened back then were already gone.
Under such circumstances, Gu Qing Shan couldn't come to a conclusion.
"Hey"
All of a sudden, a voice resounded in his Thought Sea.
Gu Qing Shan was startled and stopped in mid-air, asking: "Who is it?"
"It's me"
A young man was flying towards him from afar.
Gu Qing Shan looked at his appearance, then at the turtle shell on his back and exclaimed in shock: "Young Tortoise! Why are you here!? "
Indeed, this young man was one of the four Divine Beasts of Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace, the Spirit Tortoise.
Young Tortoise flew in front of him and said: "Your Shifu left in a hurry and forgot to tell you something, so she sent me here to deliver a message"
"What is it?"
"You must enter the city before nightfall"
"Ah, I see. But why is Young Master Turtle here?"
Young Turtle replied: "Wasn't it because you obtained the twin swords Heaven and Earth in the end? My mission was completed, and it just so happened that your Shifu went to the Primordial Heaven Realm again, so I followed her back to your world"
Gu Qing Shan said, "Now that you're following my Shifu, are you here to help her transcend the tribulation?"
"Exactly!" Young Tortoise said.
At this time, the rain became even heavier. Everything within a few meters was covered in mist. It was a vast expanse of whiteness, and nothing could be seen clearly.
The sky darkened further.
Young Tortoise urged: "Let's talk on the way, we can't delay any longer."
"Alright."
The two of them flew towards Heaven Pillar City.
"Is my Shifu facing the {Mahesvara King} realm Tribulation or the Sumeru Lord realm Tribulation?" Gu Qing Shan asked while flying.
"Didn't you see her?" the spirit turtle asked.
Gu Qing Shan explained: "No, she's using a spell clone, I can't judge her strength"
"Ah, is that so? She came here to face the Sumeru Lord realm Tribulation"
The spirit turtle lowered its voice and continued: "Your Shifu seemed to have run into some sort of unique encounter, so she insisted on coming here to face the Sumeru Lord realm Tribulation. Her disciples and I couldn't stop her no matter how much we tried"
Gu Qing Shan was confused and couldn't help but ask: "Don't all cultivators have to face their Tribulation? If she wants to advance, she naturally has to come here to face her Tribulation, why are you stopping her? "
The spirit turtle glanced at him and explained: "Your Shifu refined a golden lotus into a golden light and fused it into her Thought Sea. From then on, whenever she wants to advance, she can directly breakthrough without facing a Tribulation"
"No need to face a Tribulation, directly breakthrough?" Gu Qing Shan thought he heard wrong, so he asked again.
The spirit turtle nodded.
Gu Qing Shan was shocked.
When Xie Dao Ling was born, she was accompanied by a golden lotus that stole the fortune of heaven and earth, causing the Divine race to be wary of her and place a vicious curse on her.
Xie Gu Hong tried everything he could think of to seal her inside an ice crystal and make her sleep, only waking her up after the curse was lifted.
This was what Gu Qing Shan knew.
— — he knew that his Shifu must be very special and would become very powerful in the future.
But he didn't think that his Shifu would be able to breakthrough without facing a Tribulation!
Gu Qing Shan hurriedly asked: "Then why did my Shifu come here to face her Tribulation?"
The spirit turtle sighed and replied: "It was for Shen Wu world — — after all, there aren't any good scriptures or scriptures in Shen Wu world that would allow cultivators to cultivate all the way to {Yama King} realm and above"
"Then why did my Shifu — — -"
"She had a few scriptures, but they seemed to only be suitable for her to cultivate. That's why she came here, wanting to obtain a few scriptures or scriptures from cultivators of other worlds to help the living beings of Shen Wu world quickly grow stronger"
Gu Qing Shan nodded as he listened.
At this point, a gigantic black shadow appeared from the misty rain in front of them.
They had finally arrived at Heaven Pillar city.
The two of them flew up the city wall and landed.
The spirit turtle sighed in relief.
The other cultivators were already waiting for them here.
"It's good that you made it here before nightfall" one of them said with a relieved tone.
The others also nodded, apparently relieved of their worries.
Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised and clasped his fist: "Fellow Dao seekers, have you been waiting here for us?"
A male cultivator replied: "That's right, the {Mahesvara King} realm Tribulation isn't just a normal level of danger, the more people there are, the more I feel at ease"
The female cultivator next to him seemed to be his Dao companion, so she followed up: "If there aren't enough people, I'd rather retreat a realm and go back to cultivate for a few hundred years"
A monk spoke: "Amitabha, according to our world's records, to successfully reach the summit of Mount Sumeru, the more people there are, the more likely it is to succeed"
Gu Qing Shan looked at the other people's expressions and saw that they also had a look of agreement, so she understood.
These people were waiting for him here to see if he had made it here safely or not.
— — they were counting the number of people.
Gu Qing Shan tried asking: "That person who went through our Inventory Bags, isn't he one of us?"
The main reason why she asked this was because she was afraid that Shifu would be found out in the future, so she wanted to test everyone's reaction first.
Gu Qing Shan could understand Shifu's difficulties, and he would definitely stand on Shifu's side in this matter.
The cultivators exchanged glances, all a bit hesitant.
That thief didn't steal anything, he only went through everyone's scripture jade tags.
However …
"I've checked my scripture jade tag" a cultivator said, "according to the residual fluctuations of the technique on the jade tag, I found that a copy of the jade tag was made"
"Hmph, mine as well, someone else made a copy — — - to steal this humble one's unique scripture, this humble one will never forgive this person" another coldly scoffed.
Another person said: "I don't mind taking some spirit stones, but scriptures are the foundation of us cultivators. If that person dared to steal my scripture, I will definitely not cooperate with him"
"That's right!"
"That's right!"
The cultivators all echoed in agreement. The crowd was furious.
Gu Qing Shan shook her head, exchanged glances with the Spirit Tortoise, and prepared to leave.
At this point, a cultivator suddenly laughed and pridefully said: "This humble one's scripture is the most precious one in the sect, I have to spend a lot of time studying it every day, so I've been prepared for it, that person didn't manage to steal it"
"Ah? You didn't put the jade tag in your Inventory Bag? "another cultivator asked.
The cultivator said: "Please take a look!"
Everyone followed his gaze.
Layers of runes and formations appeared from the void of space above his head.
Amidst the densely packed arrays, a single jade slip floated back and forth by itself.
The cultivator said: "With so many formations around, even if I wanted to take it out myself, it would take quite a bit of effort, and that thief wouldn't be able to take advantage of me while I'm unprepared"
"Furthermore, as long as these formations are affected in the slightest, the jade tag will be transported back to our world and appear in the sect's Scripture Pavilion"
"So even if I die, there won't be any issues with the scripture jade tag"
The cultivator was a bit prideful and smiled: "This is a foolproof method, no matter what that thief does, he wouldn't be able to steal my scripture"
Hearing that, the cultivators all thought about it and found that there really wasn't any other way.
"Hm, that's a good method"
"Hiding it in the void of space, protected by formations, but not taking it yourself, what a wondrous idea"
"Ahaha, that thief is definitely going to lose this time"
"Serves that thief right for wasting his time. He didn't get anything from you, Fellow Daoist. How satisfying."
The cultivators all praised and laughed.
"If I catch that thief next time, I will definitely torture him to relieve the anger in my heart."
"Indeed, that's how it should be"
"Kill the man, the woman, heh heh, let's show her how strong we are"
"That's right, ahahaha"
Gu Qing Shan silently listened and squinted her eyes.
You — — -
I can understand that you're in a bad mood after your scripture was copied.
But you insulted my Shifu right in front of me …
Then …
"Young tortoise, let's go" Gu Qing Shan told the Spirit Tortoise.
"Ah, yes"
The two of them moved and flew towards the city.
Not even a cup of tea's worth of time later, they had already landed in the city, entered a palace, and stood in front of Xie Dao Ling.
"Shifu, why did you become smaller?" Gu Qing Shan was surprised.
Xie Dao Ling's real body was naturally still the same 7-8 year old appearance.
"Hm, it's just a spell, it's quite useful to me, so I haven't dispelled it yet" she replied.
At this point, a commotion could be heard from the city wall, echoing throughout the entire city.
The Spirit Tortoise couldn't help but say: "Strange, when we just left, they were still fine, why are they making a ruckus now"
"Because of this" Gu Qing Shan casually replied.
He put his hand forward.
A jade tag appeared in his hand.
Gu Qing Shan infused her inner sight into it and memorized its contents.
Sure enough, it's a decent scripture.
He lightly tossed the jade tag and let it fly in front of Xie Dao Ling.
"Shifu, the scripture on this jade tag seems to be quite unusual, I still have something to do later on so I won't be able to return to Shen Wu world, please take it back to the sect, Shifu" Gu Qing Shan said.
Xie Dao Ling received the jade tag, glanced through it and smiled.
"Indeed, this scripture contains Elemental spells, Secret Arts, Blades, Swords, Staffs, Thaumaturgies, etc, it's very useful to our world"
She put the jade tag away.
The Spirit Tortoise's eyes were staring closely at the jade tag, recognizing it to be the item from that person just now.
He couldn't help but ask: "Gu Qing Shan, how did you get this jade tag?"
Gu Qing Shan cleared her throat and replied: "There are treasures in the world, and I'm good at borrowing them"
Xie Dao Ling's eyes lit up, repeated those words in a low voice, then slapped the chair: "That's a good way to put it, Dao comes from the world itself, and the things of the world are naturally for those who are good at borrowing them, not from others, but from the world itself"
"That's right, that's right, Shifu is right!" Gu Qing Shan praised.
The Spirit Tortoise looked at Xie Dao Ling, then at Gu Qing Shan.
— — this pair of master and disciple are both skilled at stealing things, and their words are also quite ostentatious.
Speaking of which, isn't Bai Hua sect an inherited sect of Barren Cloud Heavenly Palace?
This is a famous righteous sect that's been around for over 10,000 years!
That's just and honorable!
"Like hell I'll believe you" the Spirit Tortoise silently sighed and spoke: "You Bai Hua sect disciples are truly evil"
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