In just two clashes, the cultivators had lost two of their comrades.
The remaining cultivators quickly gathered together and carefully distanced themselves from Gu Qing Shan.
One of them called out: "His swordsmanship is too terrifying, it seems we'll need old man Cheng to personally come to deal with him"
At this point, a loud noise came from below.
Everyone looked down to see that an old man had arrived at the courtyard.
"It's old man Cheng"
"Good, old man Cheng is here!"
"There should be no more problems now"
The cultivators were glad.
Gu Qing Shan followed their gazes and saw that the old man had a head full of white hair and a long smoking pipe in his hand.
Was this person the strongest among them?
Gu Qing Shan stared closely at the old man.
The old man squinted his eyes and cautiously looked at Gu Qing Shan.
The old man spoke: "Brat, you — — -"
His expression suddenly changed as his hands quickly formed a hand seal.
In an instant, Gu Qing Shan's eyes glowed with sword qi.
[True Soul Severing Eyes]!
The old man abruptly disappeared, dragged into the void of space by Gu Qing Shan's eye technique and slashed with her sword.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye.
"Ah? Not dead? Quite impressive "Gu Qing Shan muttered.
The old man flashed and reappeared where he stood, still a bit shaken.
He wasn't injured at all.
To be able to remain unscathed even after Gu Qing Shan's sudden attack, the old man's strength was quite impressive.
"[Sword Eye]? What a rare technique, your swordsmanship clearly hasn't reached that level yet, but you've already thought of a way to restrain the power of your flying sword "
The old man flew up and hovered in front of Gu Qing Shan.
Seeing how Gu Qing Shan held her sword tightly, the old man smiled instead.
The old man's tone changed: "Unfortunately, your Thaumaturgy can't hurt me. I can use the power of the five Void Revolution realm cultivators here to temporarily boost my strength to Three Thousand Worlds realm"
Gu Qing Shan asked: "If you really have a Three Thousand Worlds realm cultivator, why didn't you kill me?"
Three Thousand Worlds realm was the realm of people like Xie Gu Hong, while Gu Qing Shan was currently only at Void Wanderer realm, two realms apart from Three Thousand Worlds realm, so she wouldn't be a match for him in a real fight.
The old man said calmly, "It doesn't matter if I tell you, this is my defensive ability. I can borrow the power of five people, but there are strict rules and restrictions: I can only defend and not attack."
"In other words, I can't do anything to you, and you can't do anything to me" Gu Qing Shan said.
"That's right. That's why you have to make a choice," said the old man.
"What choice?"
"Miss Zhi Luo's life and death."
Gu Qing Shan remained silent for a while, and a murderous aura surged out from her body.
Seven hundred long swords appeared from the void behind him, emitting a buzzing sound.
"Are you threatening me?" Gu Qing Shan asked in a low voice.
"I'm not, I'm simply stating a fact"
The old man paused, then continued: "Although the mountains of the Mahesvara realm are sturdy and Zhi Luo has many defensive measures, there will always be a day when her mountain will be destroyed by us and she will be killed by us"
There will always be a day when — — -
Seems like Zhi Luo will be fine for now.
Gu Qing Shan relaxed a bit.
"I thought you wouldn't kill anyone who stays here" he said.
The old man replied: "She's weak, but she has a mountain of her own in this place, arranged numerous defensive measures on top of that, and even thought of a way to help you successfully face your Tribulation. From my rough calculations, she has already used up most of her Karma"
"That's why you can kill her without any qualms?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Indeed, that's one thing, but more importantly — — you still care about her, so as long as you don't leave, we can promise you that we won't kill her"
The old man squinted his eyes and grinned like a cunning and cruel wolf.
"I want to kill you right now" Gu Qing Shan muttered.
The old man shook his head and purposely sighed: "You won't be able to kill me — — my Thaumaturgy can last for about an hour. During this time, you will either fail to face your Tribulation or leave this place, you won't be able to wait for my Thaumaturgy to end"
"Young man, it's time for you to make your decision"
"As long as you're willing to stay and save her, I guarantee that you will be able to live a life like a deity with her from now on"
"But if you decide to face your Tribulation and leave, you'll have to wait for her to die in our hands"
Gu Qing Shan seriously listened to him without saying anything.
The old man pridefully continued: "She once helped you face a Fire Tribulation, so I'm guessing that your relationship must be quite good — — so do you want her to die, or do you want to stay with her for a long time?"
Gu Qing Shan suddenly said: "When she ran out of Karma, you decided to kill her; but on the other hand, when she had Karma, you didn't want to kill her — — so her Karma is actually quite useful to you — — you want to obtain Karma, don't you?"
The old man glared at him.
Gu Qing Shan continued: "Since you want Karma so much, it means that Karma is a good thing in this world"
"Similarly, if I stay here, you'll also be able to obtain new Karma"
"That's why you're using such a disgusting method to keep me here because you're after my Karma"
The old man went silent briefly.
Not too far behind him, the cultivators all appeared surprised.
"This brat — — this brat is a monster" one of them muttered.
The old man regained his composure and looked straight into Gu Qing Shan's eyes: "Regardless of what kind of person you are on the outside, in this place, you only have a single choice — — – to stay and save her, or to live on your own"
Gu Qing Shan couldn't help but sigh.
He already didn't intend to find Zhi Luo.
Time was limited, not only did he have to face these cultivators, he also had to face his Fire Tribulation.
"Activate!"
Gu Qing Shan lightly shouted.
Seven hundred flying swords spread out from his back, surrounding him and forming a tight defensive sword formation.
These flying swords were connected to his mind.
Wielding the Chao Yin sword, Gu Qing Shan fell into a daze.
— — -he began to face his Tribulation in front of everyone here!
The cultivators exchanged glances.
"So he's a cruel and unscrupulous bastard, no wonder his cultivation progressed so quickly" someone commented.
"Hmph, poor big sis Zhi Luo, she did so much for him, but this guy doesn't care about her at all" a female cultivator commented.
She couldn't help but cast a spell at Gu Qing Shan.
As soon as the spell entered the range of the sword array, it was stopped by a flying sword.
Clang!
A clear sound.
The flying sword was knocked away, and the spell also disappeared.
Gu Qing Shan abruptly opened his eyes.
He seemed to be a bit scared and glad, then thanked the female cultivator: "Thank you"
Saying so, he closed his eyes again and began to face his Tribulation.
The female cultivator froze.
Thank me?
Thank me for what?
At this point, the old man's voice came.
"Everyone, don't attack him anymore, because his flying sword is connected to his mind. Any movement will wake him up."
Everyone was enlightened.
To put it bluntly, the Fire Tribulation is actually an illusion of despair.
When a cultivator is inside an illusion, they'll be alerted by the flying sword outside and realize that it's an illusion.
That's basically helping him escape from the illusion!
"This brat, even at a time like this, he's still thinking of using us to break the illusion of the Fire Tribulation!" someone couldn't help but exclaim.
"That's why I told all of you not to attack, right now we can only hope that he dies in the illusion!" the old man shouted.
Everyone fell silent.
At a time like this, he's still thinking of using an enemy, this is truly unbelievable.
What a terrifying guy.
Time slowly passed.
Gu Qing Shan's figure slowly disappeared from this world.
He managed to survive the Fire Tribulation just like that.
The cultivators looked at each other and saw the intense hatred in each other's eyes.
"What a cold-blooded sword cultivator" someone sighed.
"Only someone as heartless as him would be able to break through the Fire Tribulation" someone angrily said.
The old man and the other great cultivators all had grim expressions as they gathered to discuss what to do next.
In the end, they made their decision.
The group of cultivators flew towards Zhi Luo's Clear Crystal Peak.
…
Time passed.
Explosions resounded all over Clear Crystal Peak.
The cultivators unleashed a barrage of attacks on the mountain.
It would take at least a few dozen days to completely destroy this mountain, but the cultivators didn't intend to do that.
They decided that after killing Zhi Luo, they'd take over this mountain.
About half an hour later.
A miraculous sensation suddenly appeared in the world.
The cultivators all stopped.
Everyone had joyful expressions as they looked at the old man.
"The world has sensed it ahead of time, a few more cultivators will come to face their Fire Tribulation — — what a good day today" the old man smiled.
"That's right, seems like we're destined to get some Merit today"
"That's right"
"That guy just now was a demon in human skin, no need to pay attention to him, as long as the people who come this time are a bit more normal, we'll definitely be able to keep him here"
"That's right"
The cultivators all smiled in agreement.
"Let's go, we'll come back for this mountain later" old man Cheng waved his hand.
Under his lead, the cultivators all returned the way they came.
They once again returned to the courtyard, silently waiting for the newcomer to arrive.
One breath.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
A screen of flame appeared.
A figure could clearly be seen inside the flame.
The old man gestured with his hand.
All the cultivators began to enjoy themselves.
A cultivator walked in front of the screen of flame, waited until the figure had almost fully appeared, then spoke: "Ahahaha, a new Dao seeker has arrived today, everyone — — -"
His voice suddenly stopped.
The figure had fully appeared.
Gu Qing Shan.
It was still Gu Qing Shan.
"Why is it still you!?" the cultivator couldn't help but exclaim.
Gu Qing Shan replied: "That's right, it's still me"
He stood there without moving. His flying swords had already spread out to surround the entire courtyard.
All the cultivators who were pretending to be enjoying themselves froze.
They all understood one thing:
A cultivator would have to face a total of three Fire Tribulations in their life, respectively Void Beholder realm, Void Wanderer realm, and Void Revolution realm.
After just half an hour, this person's aura had already reached Void Revolution realm.
— — in other words, he's here to break through to Three Thousand Worlds realm!
How inconceivable was that?
"Why?" the old man asked in a hoarse voice.
"It's just a pill, I don't know if you've ever heard of a Realm Breaker Pill" Gu Qing Shan casually replied.
A Realm Breaker Pill!
A legendary treasure.
He actually had such a good item.
The cultivators were all speechless, not knowing what to say.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the old man, then carefully sensed the old man's spirit energy waves.
Hm.
The old man's Thaumaturgy has ended.
It shouldn't be too hard now …
He was wielding the Chao Yin sword.
The old man looked at Gu Qing Shan, seemingly also stunned.
If he wants to use his Thaumaturgy again, he'll need to rest a bit more.
But now that he's standing in front of me again, even after using his Thaumaturgy, he's only one realm lower than me.
Thanks to his swordsmanship, as well as his Void Revolution realm spirit energy, the power of his swordsmanship has increased to a terrifying degree.
Even if I can break through to Three Thousand Worlds realm again, he could easily break through my defenses and kill me!
Not to mention, my Thaumaturgy can only be used for defense, not offense.
The old man quickly understood this point, and the murderous intent on his face gradually disappeared.
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