Gu Xuan's eyes were filled with sympathy. He could imagine Ji Shenhai's feelings. Back then, Ji Shenhai was already the most powerful person in the world, the absolute number one. No one in the entire continent could defeat him.
However, there would always be a day when an emperor's lifespan ran out. Ji Shenhai went deep into the heart of the Flame Beast Mountain Range to search for a glimmer of hope to break through to the saint realm.
He didn't expect that after breaking through to the saint realm, he would be trapped here and slowly grow old. Endless years of torture for a peerless expert was truly terrifying.
Even Gu Xuan was a little suspicious. If it was him, would he be able to sit there for a thousand years like Ji Shenhai?
"Has no one discovered senior in these thousand years?" Gu Xuan asked.
"Of course. I've sent out a message to every martial artist above the emperor realm in anticipation of their arrival. However, these people are too cautious!"
Ji Shenhai sneered, "This used to be the hinterland of the Flame Beast Mountain Range, and it had the strongest Flame Beasts. These Flame Beasts were all killed by me a thousand years ago, but this group of trash still doesn't dare to come here. Cultivating to the Emperor Realm has already worn away most of their spirit."
"That's true." Gu Xuan nodded. In the Burning Sky Continent, the emperor realm was already the top existence. Even if they joined a super sect like the Taoist sect, they would still be able to obtain a high status.
For such people, the most important thing was to enjoy their status and status. They had already lost their drive to improve.
A choice was placed in front of them. If it was dangerous, they might die. If it was an opportunity, it might not be of much help to them and might even cause trouble.
If Gu Xuan was already an emperor, he might not have chosen to come here.
As for ordinary martial artists, they wouldn't dare to come. Although there were no powerful flame beasts here, it was still the deepest part of the Flame Beast Mountain Range. Ordinary people wouldn't want to come here to die.
Only a strange sect like Ying Tian Sect would set up their sect so far away from the teleportation formation of the Flame Demon Ancient Mansion. Only then would they cross such a large area of the Flame Beast Mountain Range and touch the edge of Ji Shenhai's senses.
In the end, Ying Tian Sect's establishment was related to Gu Xuan. Now, Gu Xuan was benefiting because of this. Karma was really hard to explain.
"But I'm at the peak of the emperor realm. Why did senior choose me? Didn't you only summon Martial Emperors? "Gu Xuan raised his eyebrows and asked.
"That was several hundred years ago." Ji Shenhai snorted, "It's not that none of the Emperor realm warriors I summoned before didn't respond to me. After hundreds of years, I've summoned dozens of them, and finally one of them came to me. However, he was obsessed with me. Seeing that I was not far from death, he wanted to control me and obtain the secret to stepping into the Emperor realm. Unfortunately, he underestimated the power of the Saint realm and was killed by me in one move."
Ji Shenhai paused for a moment, then sighed, "It's just that it's hard for me to recover my strength. Although I killed him, just this one time, I used up a hundred years of my lifespan. If a few more people came, even if I could kill him, my lifespan would slowly run out. So from now on, whenever an Emperor Realm cultivator came, I would think of a way to expel them. Fortunately, no one was willing to come to this place, which saved me a lot of effort."
Gu Xuan nodded his head in realization. No wonder when he sensed it earlier, Ji Shenhai didn't directly explain his intentions. He only said the word "good" at the end. It seemed that he didn't want to use too much of his Saint realm power and waste his lifespan.
"Then why is senior trapped here, and why did you summon me? Could it be that I can help senior?" Gu Xuan asked doubtfully.
"That's right, I want you to help me." Ji Shenhai nodded his head, his eyes filled with anticipation, "You don't need to know why I'm trapped here, but you can indeed help me."
"Senior, please speak." Gu Xuan's eyes flashed with a hint of passion. This was a Saint realm expert, a peerless expert that even at his peak, he could only look up to.
If he could make such an expert owe him such a huge favor, once this person escaped, then …
"In this world, there is no one else who can help me, only that great existence!" Ji Shenhai's eyes revealed a hint of reverence.
"Great existence?" Gu Xuan's heart trembled. Ji Shenhai was already in the Saint realm, the great existence he spoke of?
What kind of person was that? Could it be an expert in the Saint realm?
Ji Shenhai's eyes were filled with seriousness, "That's right. When I reached the peak of the Emperor realm, I sensed this great existence. At that time, I felt that his strength wasn't inferior to mine, but I didn't expect that after I stepped into the Saint realm, I would understand that his strength was thousands of times greater than mine!"
Gu Xuan held his breath. A Saint realm expert like Ji Shenhai was an inconceivable existence in his eyes, but there was actually someone who was thousands of times greater than him. Although it was very likely that there was an element of exaggeration, it was still terrifying enough.
"This great existence is a strange person. Every year, he would test some Emperor realm experts and even Emperor realm experts. He said that he was selecting disciples, but others thought that he was crazy. He actually said that he would select disciples in the Emperor realm and gave him a nickname …"
"Crazy old man?" Gu Xuan blurted out.
"So you've heard of him." Ji Shenhai gave Gu Xuan a meaningful look.
"I've heard of the crazy old man's great name." Gu Xuan nodded, but his heart was in turmoil.
This crazy old man had once investigated Gu Xuan and said that Gu Xuan's talent was not bad, and he could be his disciple in name.
Because the crazy old man's strength was only one star Emperor realm, Gu Xuan didn't put him in his eyes at all. He thought that this crazy old man was really crazy and even looked down on everyone, and was even blasted out by Gu Xuan.
But he didn't expect to hear from Ji Shenhai that this crazy old man was a supreme existence that far surpassed the ordinary Saint realm.
This was really …
Gu Xuan originally thought that this crazy old man was here to humiliate him, and even wanted to go against the heavens and kill an Emperor in anger. Now, he was glad that he didn't do so. Otherwise, if he provoked this kind of existence, he might not even have the chance to be reborn.
"Since you know, then I don't need to introduce you. I just want you to beg that crazy old man!" Ji Shenhai said in a serious voice, "Become his disciple, even if it's just an in-name disciple, you can make a request of him. I hope you can beg him to save me. Only his strength can free me!"
"Senior has so much confidence in me. What if I can't enter the crazy old man's eyes?" Gu Xuan asked again, "Moreover, the crazy old man's request is probably not ordinary. What if I'm not willing to use it to save senior?"
Hearing Gu Xuan's straightforward reply, Ji Shenhai laughed, "You're interesting, you can actually think for me. However, you don't have to worry about that, ever since I started attracting the Emperor Stage Martial Artists, there have already been seventy-three people coming over, and you are the seventy-fourth."
"Uh …"
Gu Xuan was slightly embarrassed. He originally thought that he was the only one, but now it seemed that he was overthinking it.
However, it was normal. Emperor realm warriors had already reached the peak of the continent. They had everything they wanted and valued their own lives incomparably. As the saying goes, the son of a rich family does not sit under the awning.
Although Emperor realm warriors were also peak existences on the continent, there were still tens of thousands of them. They could only be considered second level characters. Many people were still willing to take a gamble when faced with an opportunity. It was normal for there to be more than 70 of them in a few hundred years.
"As for what you said about not being willing to use this request to save me, how could I not consider it in a thousand years? Naturally, I won't let you help me for nothing. I will give you a great opportunity. When you rise in the future and really catch the crazy old man's eye, if you don't use this request to help me, your martial heart will be damaged."
Ji Shenhai smiled and said, "A genius like you won't destroy your martial heart just for a request, right? Therefore, if you receive my benefits, my whereabouts won't be exposed. I also don't need to be afraid that you won't fulfill your promise. As for the evil people, I will directly kill them. "
"That won't happen. If you lose your martial heart, no matter how many opportunities you have, it will be useless." Gu Xuan nodded.
"Alright, that's all I have to say. Now, I'll give you two choices. One, I'll use the power of the Sage Realm to help you recover to the King Realm. Two, I'll use the power of the Sage Realm to help you strengthen your foundation. You choose." Ji Shenhai said.
"I choose the second choice." Gu Xuan said straightforwardly.
Gu Xuan didn't worry about increasing his cultivation level now. He cared more about his foundation. His foundation was originally incomparably solid, but because his cultivation level increased too quickly, it was somewhat unable to keep up.
If a Sage Realm expert helped him strengthen his foundation, then as long as he had enough resources in the future, he could break through all the way. This was a hundred times more cost-effective than simply breaking through to the King Realm in one go!
"Very good, you really didn't disappoint me. To be honest, although the other seventy-three people are ordinary Emperor Realm experts, I still think highly of you!" Ji Shenhai's eyes lit up as he said with some excitement.
Gu Xuan smiled and didn't show too much. His talent in his previous life was enough to make the crazy old man value him and want to take him in as a disciple. Now that he had obtained the supreme flame and cultivated again, it would be strange if the crazy old man didn't take a fancy to him again.
"Alright, I will now give you a strand of my Sage Realm power. This strand of power will consume one year of my lifespan. At most, I will give the others the equivalent of one month of lifespan, but I will give you one year. I hope you won't disappoint me!"
Ji Shenhai's voice carried a serious tone.
His intuition told him that Gu Xuan was the one who had the most hope of reviving him, so he was willing to gamble once and use one year of his lifespan to help Gu Xuan recover his strength faster and enter the crazy old man's eyes.
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