Chapter 524 - 352: 2,800 Strands, the Black Pupil Within the Cliff!
Chapter 524: Chapter 352: 2,800 Strands, the Black Pupil Within the Cliff!
A seemingly ordinary figure quietly appeared, with one hand behind his back, smiling gently while looking at himself. In his palm, a golden jade box quietly emerged.
"Gu, Little Friend Li, have you broken through?!"
The Three-headed Infant Fox glanced up and down at Gu Yuan, eyes filled with shock.
One year ago, invited to stay at the Yunji Sect, he had already roughly guessed that Gu Yuan was about to break through.
But now seeing it with his own eyes, he still couldn’t help but be surprised.
In just a year, the person before him seemed to have undergone earth-shattering changes. That Thunder Escape Technique just now was ingeniously mysterious. He hadn’t noticed anything until the Escape Light landed in front of him.
What does this imply? It implies that Gu Yuan’s Divine Thought and Mana seem to have completely surpassed his own.
He had spent hundreds of years refining at the Late Stage Great Demon, and yet, this person surpassed him in a single breakthrough?
This was what surprised him the most.
He knew that the Late Stage Golden Core couldn’t trap Gu Yuan, but he thought he could slightly suppress this person with his age advantage, but now it seems, it was all a delusion.
"Fellow Daoist has excellent grace!"
Master Xuanlu, relying on the power of the Spirit Peak Array, was the first to discover Gu Yuan.
But he had a feeling, unless the Sect’s Mountain Protection Array was activated, the Illusion Array on the peak wouldn’t be able to stop Gu Yuan at all.
This person had just broken through to the Late Stage Golden Core but already made him feel a sense of oppression.
"Greetings to you both!"
"The agreed item has been retrieved for you, please verify!"
Gu Yuan bowed to them and then handed the golden box to the Three-headed Infant Fox.
"No, now that you’ve broken through to the Late Stage Golden Core, we should address each other as Fellow Daoists. The term ’senior’ is something I cannot bear!"
The Three-headed Infant Fox hurriedly waved his hand upon hearing this.
Master Xuanlu also slightly turned his body, avoiding the bow from Gu Yuan.
"It’s just a form of address, you two seniors have practiced profound arts for hundreds and thousands of years, you are worthy."
Gu Yuan chuckled lightly, indifferent.
"Just some old seniors who’ve lived many years!"
Master Xuanlu laughed heartily upon hearing this, but grew more appreciative of Gu Yuan.
Observing a leopard through a tube.
The person before them had rapidly increased in Dao Practice, yet could still control his mindset without overstepping boundaries, a rare quality.
"Choosing little friend was indeed the luck of my lifetime!"
Being practitioners themselves, the Three-headed Infant Fox didn’t dwell on titles, and immediately opened the jade box, took out a small, fist-sized white fruit, surrounded by mist, and sighed.
"Entrusted by others, loyal to carrying out their affairs!"
Gu Yuan laughed.
"Bang!"
The Three-headed Infant Fox carefully secured the Longevity Fruit, then took out the Restriction Compass and canceled the restrictions they had set in front of them.
The cause and effect were settled, this matter was concluded.
"To be honest, little friend, I don’t have much lifespan left. I’m planning to stay in Yunji Sect for a while longer and refine this fruit. I wonder what your plans are?"
The Three-headed Infant Fox stored the Longevity Fruit and asked Gu Yuan.
"Having cultivated for so long, it’s time to return to the Thousand Waves Sect for a look..."
Gu Yuan had already decided when he exited the retreat, planning to return to the Thousand Waves Sect to see if he could find a Tier Four Spiritual Land to place the Daoist Jade Golden Bottle.
"Little friend, now renowned in the world and at the height of your fame, might face petty threats. Why not wait for me a while and travel together?"
The Three-headed Infant Fox pondered slightly and said to Gu Yuan.
"Renowned in the world... Haha, me, an unknown person? What makes me renowned?"
Gu Yuan laughed heartily upon hearing that, seeming extremely happy.
The Three-headed Infant Fox clearly understood the deep meaning in Gu Yuan’s words, sighed helplessly, and didn’t press further.
"The mountains are high and the road is long, seniors, until we meet again!"
Having fulfilled the agreement and broken through the realm, Gu Yuan was in a great mood, he bowed and then vanished from Luling Peak in a flash.
Seeing the flickering thunder light vanish, the Three-headed Infant Fox felt somewhat melancholic.
Seeing this, Master Xuanlu chuckled inwardly but didn’t reveal it.
This wasn’t about fearing the person would encounter petty threats, but fearing that he himself might encounter petty threats and wanted to travel together.
However, that person was spirited, how could he endure waiting idly here?
If he was willing to share the opportunity, perhaps it would be possible, but now it seems, Fellow Daoist Infant Fox wasn’t willing.
...
As for Gu Yuan, after leaving Luling Peak, in just the blink of an eye, he had already seen the Yunji Sect’s mountain gate.
Just as he was about to step out of the mountain gate, his figure in the clouds suddenly changed, transforming into a rather ugly, broad-faced man with a yellow face, and his aura suddenly shifted from Late Stage Golden Core to Mid-Stage Golden Core.
Then, he aimed towards the direction of the Thousand Waves Sect, riding the Thunder Light, speeding away.
But just after Gu Yuan flew no more than a thousand miles, from a Spiritual Peak hundreds of feet high under the clouds, a pitch-black eyeball suddenly emerged from the cliff, staring at Gu Yuan’s back as he flew off.