Gu Changge's True Face, Heaven Will Take You Down
Gu Changge’s True Face, Heaven Will Take You Down
The System’s notification ringing in his mind left Gu Changge rather satisfied.
This random quest had been simple enough, netting him a full seven hundred Fatums. Counting the hundred points he’d spent exchanging for the Beginner’s Guide to Alchemy...
He now had three thousand Fatums to his name, which could be considered quite a fortune.
As for how the rating was determined, the System surely had its own method of evaluation, and Gu Changge couldn’t be bothered to think too deeply about it.
He had merely spoken his true thoughts.
His humble and gentle attitude toward Su Qingge and the others was naturally because he had designs on them.
As for this Karuran Saint Jin Yang, what was he even worth? Did he really think he was the same as the Fortuitous One? That he could offend Gu Changge and still hop around freely?
A little ant that didn’t even qualify to be a leek.
Gu Changge could crush him with a casual wave of his hand; he had simply found a suitable excuse now.
As for Ye Chen’s whereabouts?
He didn’t care in the slightest. From beginning to end, his only goal had been to complete the System’s random quest.
The Star-Picking Pavilion fell deathly silent. Watching this scene, everyone’s faces turned pale, and some of the young prodigies even trembled. No one dared to speak.
“My lord, please forgive us...”
“The Saint was foolish and offended you...”
The Karuran Saint and his guardian were deathly pale, kneeling prostrate on the ground, their hearts seized with terror.
Yet Gu Changge didn’t even lift an eyelid, saying indifferently, “Ming Lao...”
“Young Master, your old servant is here!”
The void rippled violently, and a black-robed elder appeared, his expression reverent and respectful. It was none other than Ming Lao.
Although he had returned to his family, he had in truth remained by Gu Changge’s side the entire time, not daring to stray even a step away.
At this moment, seeing Ming Lao appear, the crowd was even more shocked and horrified. This was their first time laying eyes on this legendary figure who had broken through the void and ascended thirty thousand years ago—the Lin Family’s Ancestor.
And he was displaying such a deferential attitude, no less. The rumors were indeed true!
“I don’t want to hear news of the Karura Holy Land still existing tomorrow...”
Gu Changge said lightly.
“Yes, your old servant will handle it at once.” Ming Lao replied respectfully. Then the void blurred, and he stepped into it and vanished.
Sss!
At this moment, everyone felt as if their scalps were about to explode, a terrifying chill rising up their backs.
“You...”
The Karuran Saint spat out another mouthful of blood with a pu, his face full of disbelief, his eyes wide.
He had never imagined that this would bring such a terrifying calamity upon his sect.
For a moment, his heart was filled with anger, fury, and regret all at once.
This young lord from the Beyond was truly ruthless!
“It’s over, it’s all over...” His guardian’s face was ashen, his eyes filled with nothing but despair.
The Primal Saint, the Myriad Flowers Fairy, and the others couldn’t help but turn pale as well. As fellow great powers of Middle State, they couldn’t help but ask themselves—if it had been them, the result would likely have been the same.
Never mind how gentle and mild this young lord had appeared before.
In truth, before him, all of them were like ants, with no difference between them whatsoever.
This single offhand sentence had decided the fate of the Karura Holy Land in an instant.
They could almost already see boundless seas of blood.
All because they had offended this young lord.
Even Su Qingge and Lin Qiuhan felt a chill run down their backs. This was the first time they had seen Gu Changge like this.
Cold, aloof, looking down upon everything like a god.
And this—this was his truest face!
Thinking of this, Su Qingge couldn’t help but feel fortunate. The way Gu Changge treated her was truly very good already.
It could even be said to have reached the point of doting.
...
The matter of the Karuran Saint publicly defying the young lord from the Beyond in the Star-Picking Pavilion spread from Moonward Metropolis to every corner of Middle State almost instantly, causing a massive uproar and setting off monstrous waves.
Countless Cultivators were shocked and horrified, chills running down their backs.
The cause and course of events were spread by several young prodigies, quickly sparking intense discussion everywhere.
The Karuran Saint had not only sworn brotherhood with the enemy of the young lord from the Beyond, but had also shielded and concealed his whereabouts, refusing to speak, which enraged the young lord and ultimately brought calamity upon his sect.
Countless Cultivators sighed, feeling that the Karuran Saint had been far too foolish—courting death himself and dragging his entire Holy Land down to be buried with him.
Of course, there were also those who secretly rejoiced, crying out that he deserved it.
Who told him to court death?
The Karura Holy Land had, after all, been passed down in Middle State for over a hundred thousand years. It had once produced a Partial-Enlightened Ancestor who ascended to the Beyond, possessed numerous techniques and rare treasures, and had an unfathomably deep foundation.
But that very day, it was directly crushed beneath a colossal palm that blotted out the sky. Their Ancestral Weapon awakened, yet all resistance was futile, as if facing the vast might of heaven itself!
The pavilions and mountain ranges within a radius of five thousand li were all reduced to ruins.
The pressure of the Partial-Enlightened Realm blanketed the sky, and countless Cultivators trembled, utterly terrified.
“Those who commit many injustices will bring about their own destruction...”
“Someone will always come to take you down...” In the end, only these words from the Karura Holy Lord echoed and reverberated between heaven and earth.
And so the Karura Holy Land was erased from Middle State.
This matter caused a huge sensation across Middle State and even the other regions. If even the Karura Holy Land, which had produced a Partial-Enlightened Ancestor, met such an end, what hope did the rest of them have?
Countless Cultivators were horrified, chilled from head to toe, their fear of that young lord from the Beyond reaching its absolute peak.
After all, to the Cultivators of the Beyond, no matter what kind of existence one was in the Overworld, they were ultimately nothing more than ants, utterly unworthy of notice.
That Cultivator named Ye Chen, who had come from the Eastern Barren, had also become famous once again across Middle State—countless Cultivators now regarded him as a plague god.
Some Cultivators and factions, in order to curry favor with Gu Changge, even began inquiring about Ye Chen’s whereabouts everywhere, preparing to capture him alive and deliver him over.
...
In the Central Sky Domain of Middle State, in a remote little town.
A man with a resolute face and ordinary features, upon hearing this news, felt as if he had been struck by a bolt from the blue, frozen in place.
“Brother Jin Yang...”
“I will definitely kill Gu Changge to avenge you, to avenge your Karura Holy Land!”
His eyes were red, his teeth clenched tight, his body trembling with boundless grief.
He had originally planned to join the Karura Holy Land through his connection with the Karuran Saint, since the Karura Holy Lord had thought quite highly of him.
But he never imagined that the entire Karura Holy Land would now be annihilated, erased from the world. This filled his heart with boundless rage and icy killing intent—he was practically mad with hatred.
“Shifu, tell me quickly, how can I become stronger fast? I want to kill Gu Changge!”
“I want to kill him!”
Ye Chen’s teeth were clenched, his eyes red. Jin Yang could be considered a true brother he had sincerely befriended—a man of loyalty who had treated him extremely well.
Yet in the end, because of him, Jin Yang had been implicated, leading to the destruction of the Karura Holy Land.
And the source of all of this was Gu Changge. He wished he could cut him into a thousand pieces, tear him limb from limb—and even that wouldn’t be enough to vent his hatred.
“Xiao Chen...”
Within the ring’s space, Yan Ji shook her head, somewhat helpless. This matter had ultimately developed into the outcome she had least wanted to see.
She had also given up on trying to persuade Ye Chen to let go of his hatred and prejudice, because Ye Chen’s eyes had long since been burned red by fury.
It was useless now.
The result now was either Ye Chen’s death or Gu Changge’s demise.
She was actually in quite a difficult position herself, since her impression of Gu Changge was actually rather good.
But she couldn’t just abandon Ye Chen either...
Yan Ji sighed and said to Ye Chen, “According to that torn page you obtained, the Ancient Sky Domain is about to open. Not only is an ancient demonic artifact sealed within it, but also the inheritance of the one who sealed that demonic artifact back then...”
“I will definitely obtain the inheritance and kill Gu Changge!”
The grief on Ye Chen’s face vanished, and he quickly calmed down. Hearing this, he couldn’t help but clench his fists and grit his teeth.