What Use Is Your Sentience? This Girl Has Really Gotten Full of Herself
What Use Is Your Sentience? This Girl Has Really Gotten Full of Herself
The commotion within the Stone Gathering Square shook all of Kunwu City, and countless Cultivators and living beings turned to look in shock.
Many even began trembling uncontrollably, suppressed and intimidated by the aura from moments before, their very souls seized with terror.
“What just happened? Could it be that a True Daoist made a move...”
Several ancient beings from immortal orthodoxies appeared high in the sky with grave expressions, gazing toward the Stone Gathering Square with wary looks.
In the current Beyond, True Daoists were gradually awakening.
However, they were all ancestor-level figures of their respective races, and the significance they represented was entirely different—unless it was a critical moment, they would not act.
Yet now, they had actually sensed fluctuations at the True Daoist level.
Did that not mean a True Daoist had appeared there, or perhaps that a great battle was underway?
This left their expressions extremely grave, with an ominous premonition.
The Ji Family had yet to march their army into Kun Mountain—could it be that a terrifying battle would erupt within Kunwu City first?
The situation was extremely urgent.
Thinking of this, the ancient beings of the various races dared not delay. Their figures flickered as they strode toward the Stone Gathering Square.
Inside the Stone Gathering Square, there was dead silence—not a sound could be heard. Everyone trembled in shock and fear.
Even the leaders of the great sects felt their hearts quiver, frightened by Gu Changge’s domineering methods.
“As expected, Gu Xianer is his reverse scale—untouchable.”
The Phoenix Lady looked at Gu Xianer with a complicated gaze.
She had already witnessed many occasions of Gu Changge standing up for Gu Xianer. It had been the same back at the Godly Illusion Tomb.
That time, even the princess of the Godly Illusion Clan had nearly been killed by Gu Changge.
If not for her substitute puppet, she would have long since perished, her beauty turned to dust.
Although Gu Xianer knew Gu Changge would definitely stand up for her,
she had not expected him to be so domineering and utterly merciless, nearly slapping An Xi to death on the spot.
Looking at An Xi—who had been so smug and self-satisfied just moments ago—now covered in blood in a wretched, miserable state,
she still felt somewhat vindicated.
“So that’s the page?”
“Then let me see if it dares to flee now.”
Gu Changge’s black robes billowed like banners in the wind. The myriad star and beast patterns upon them seemed to come alive at this moment, manifesting in the void with soul-seizing might that pressed down until people could barely breathe, their skin nearly splitting apart.
His expression calm and indifferent, he spoke, lifting his gaze to sweep over Niu Tian before raising his palm and reaching toward him.
Niu Tian’s expression changed, his face instantly turning somewhat pale.
He tried to dodge, but found himself seemingly frozen in place—even his blood and soul felt frozen solid.
In Niu Tian’s hand, he still clutched the dark gold page, its Hidden Celestial Characters glowing brilliantly, dazzling radiance spreading and intertwining.
Boom!!
At this moment, it too sensed the approaching pressure and began to awaken on its own, breaking free from Niu Tian’s grasp.
Then, tens of millions of strands of Sword Qi erupted forth, magnificent as a black sun, blinding and resplendent, slashing toward Gu Changge.
Everyone in the Stone Gathering Square paled. Even the great sect leaders could not help but feel their hearts palpitate, involuntarily moving to defend themselves.
Huala-la!!
In a trance, a black river seemed to manifest, with vengeful spirits and withered bones rising and sinking within it, billions of living beings buried in its depths.
Those tens of millions of sword lights evolved in unison, possessing terrifying burial power, opposing Gu Changge.
However, as Gu Changge’s palm reached out, it was as if all the stars of the heavens condensed within his hand, an entire universe evolving within it.
Boom!!
His palm slammed down, as if the sky collapsed and the earth perished, all heavens turning to ash.
All the sword lights crumbled, all order reduced to dust.
The void blurred.
Sensing something was wrong—that it was no match for Gu Changge—the dark gold page directly transformed into a streak of golden divine light, attempting to flee.
“Trying to escape?”
Gu Changge’s expression did not change. His palm continued to descend, the surrounding void freezing solid, collapsing into terrifying great ravines.
Even the great sect leaders felt their hearts palpitate, finding themselves unable to break free.
Weng!!
The dark gold page erupted with dazzling brilliance, attempting to resist this palm, but under the suppression of absolute power, even with its sentience, it was utterly helpless.
In the end, with nowhere left to flee, it let out an unwilling, mournful cry and was seized directly in Gu Changge’s palm.
Everyone who witnessed this scene was scared silent.
The dark gold page that had left everyone helpless just moments ago could not escape Gu Changge’s hand at all.
Such terrifying strength truly horrified them, and the many Young Prodigies fell silent.
“Since you won’t serve me, what use is your sentience?”
Gu Changge’s gaze was cold. Terrifying aura intertwined in his palm, and before everyone’s horrified eyes, he directly erased the sentience within the dark gold page.
Seeing this, Niu Tian, An Xi, and the others turned even paler, their faces filled with dread.
The many great sect leaders and older-generation figures could not help but shudder as well, never expecting Gu Changge would not even spare its sentience.
Such ruthless decisiveness made many involuntarily shiver.
“What did you erase its sentience for?”
Watching this, Gu Xianer actually felt a bit distressed.
After all, that was a supreme sword technique. What if Gu Changge had ruined it? Wouldn’t she have suffered a huge loss?
“Since it wouldn’t behave, what use was keeping it?”
Gu Changge shook his head lightly, though he had no intention of giving the page to Gu Xianer.
He could tell that it indeed contained a supreme sword technique.
It wasn’t that he wanted to snatch Gu Xianer’s things—he was simply somewhat interested and had yet to figure out the origins of this sword technique.
Seeing through Gu Changge’s intentions, Gu Xianer puffed out her cheeks, huffed, and turned her head away.
“Don’t you even think about keeping it for yourself.”
She had a feeling that once this sword technique fell into Gu Changge’s hands, he wouldn’t return it to her anytime soon.
This made her sulk a little.
“You silly girl, when have I ever snatched your things?”
Seeing her wary expression, as if guarding against a thief, Gu Changge really wanted to flick her on the forehead.
“You’ve always been trying to take advantage of me...”
“Would you really be so kind? Hurry up and give me back my things.”
Gu Xianer huffed softly, glared at him, and quickly dodged his incoming knuckle.
Just then, several divine rainbows descended outside the Stone Gathering Square, landing together at this spot.
The newcomers all looked extremely ancient and weathered, with white hair and beards and hunched figures. One of them leaned on a cane, staring at everything before him in utter shock.
“Grand Uncle...”
Seeing the newcomer, the fear on An Xi’s face receded slightly, but she could not hide her grief.
This was an ancestor of their An Clan lineage, whose cultivation had reached the True Daoist realm many years ago.
He had emerged recently due to the campaign against the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, and had accompanied her to Kunwu City these past days.
“What on earth happened here?”
This True Daoist of the An Clan had a bad feeling, and upon seeing An Xi covered in blood, his heart skipped a beat.
His gaze swept over everyone in the Stone Gathering Square. Many looked at him with great interest, showing none of the respect and fear one would expect toward a True Daoist.
Quite a few forces that had conflicts with the An Clan even wore expressions of schadenfreude.
“Could it be that you caused trouble?”
His face darkened. Being a shrewd old fox through and through, the moment he saw Gu Changge not far away, he vaguely guessed what had happened.
So he directly questioned her in a stern, reprimanding tone.
However, before An Xi could answer, he cupped his fists toward Gu Changge and said, “This old man, An Wangshan, greets Young Master Changge.”
As a True Daoist of the An Clan, his status was extremely exalted. Ordinarily he stood high above all, and everyone had to show him respect.
But before Gu Changge, he dared not put on airs.
“Oh, back in the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, did we meet?” Gu Changge looked him over with great interest.
“I didn’t expect Young Master Changge to actually remember this old man.”
An Wangshan’s expression grew solemn as he said, “Back then, before the Aether Abyss, this old man had the honor of fighting shoulder to shoulder with Young Master Changge.”
It was precisely because of this that he knew just how terrifying Gu Changge was.
Now that An Xi had offended him, she should abandon any thought of revenge. The best course was to obediently admit fault and beg for forgiveness.
Seeing this, the other ancient beings who had rushed over also watched with great interest.
They too had guessed what had just happened, and were not at all opposed to the drama, wearing expressions of spectators enjoying a show.
An Xi also knew her Grand Uncle could not seek justice for her. She could only suppress the grief in her heart, her face slightly pale, and speak: “Grand Uncle, please forgive me. Xier accidentally offended Young Master Changge just now...”
“I have already received my due punishment.”
She was very smart. Knowing Gu Changge would not reason with her, she softened her attitude, putting on an appearance of guilt and self-blame for her wrongdoing, without any resentment or anger.
Seeking flowers
The many Cultivators and living beings present who had witnessed everything from beginning to end wore varied expressions at this scene.
Many felt An Xi should have learned her lesson today—a Sacred Emperor Realm old servant had been casually slapped to death by Gu Changge, and she still had to obediently admit fault.
Just now, she had taken a trip to the gates of hell and back.
But only before Gu Changge would she act this way. With anyone else, this grudge would be utterly irreconcilable.
“Xier was ignorant and caused much offense. I hope Young Master Changge can forgive her.”
After hearing An Xi’s explanation, An Wangshan inwardly thought as expected, secretly resenting Gu Changge’s domineering tyranny.
If that old servant had not saved An Xi, what he would have found upon arriving would likely have been An Xi’s corpse.
Still, on the surface, he apologized with sincerity, giving full face.
Moreover, before Gu Changge could speak, he barked at An Xi, “Why haven’t you apologized to this Xianer xiaojie yet?”
An Xi also understood this was her Grand Uncle giving her a way out—otherwise, today’s matter would not end easily.
So she was quite decisive, able to bend and yield. Squeezing out an expression of guilt and self-blame, she said to Gu Xianer, “It was my fault just now. I hope Xianer xiaojie, in your great magnanimity, can forgive me.”
Given her status and position, for such a thing to happen before so many orthodoxies and forces in Kunwu City could be called a complete loss of face.
Even in the future, it would bring her humiliation, making it hard for her to hold her head up among her peers.
However, An Xi buried this humiliation deep in her heart.
Gu Xianer glanced at An Xi, clearly not taking her apology to heart.
But since Gu Changge had already stood up for her today, and she was not the type to hold on relentlessly, she couldn’t be bothered to pursue the matter further.
“Xianer xiaojie, should we still cut this raw stone?”
At this moment, the stone-cutting masters responsible for cutting the Ghost Blood Rock earlier glanced at Gu Changge with some fear, then stepped forward and asked respectfully.
When Gu Changge had made his move just now, they had been watching from the side, nearly prostrating themselves on the ground—the fear in their hearts ran deeper than anyone’s.
But before them still sat the raw stone that Gu Xianer had charged to Gu Changge’s tab, worth five million Spiritual Stones, yet to be cut.
Seeing this, many people finally remembered that stone-cutting was the main event today.
That mysterious sword technique just now had also been cut out by Gu Xianer for one and a half million Spiritual Stones.
And now there was still a raw stone worth five million Spiritual Stones left uncut.
“Could it be that Xianer xiaojie also possesses the inheritance of a Divine Source Master?”
Many of the old fossils who had just arrived appeared quite curious, casting friendly looks toward Gu Xianer.
“Cut it. Of course we cut it.”
Gu Xianer came back to her senses and once again turned her gaze to the Ghost Blood Rock.
Truth be told, she was also somewhat curious about what would be inside.
“The stones I bought are all charged to your tab. Remember to settle the bill later—you’re not allowed to stiff them.”
Remembering another matter, she glanced at the Stone Gathering Square’s shopkeeper in the corner, whose face was somewhat pale, then her little face grew serious as she instructed Gu Changge.
She looked exactly like someone terrified that Gu Changge would skip out on the bill.
“Hm?”
Hearing this, Gu Changge paused slightly, then raised an eyebrow, somewhat doubting whether his ears had heard wrong.
He looked Gu Xianer up and down once more. Well, well—she bought raw stones and actually charged the bill to him?
This girl had really gotten full of herself.
“Hm what?”
Seeing Gu Changge’s scrutinizing, dangerous gaze, Gu Xianer immediately glared back and said discontentedly, “Do I look like someone who has Spiritual Stones?”
“No Spiritual Stones and you still dare come gamble on stones? Seems you’re quite confident.”
Gu Changge couldn’t help but laugh, suddenly reaching out to pinch her nose.
Gu Xianer swatted his hand away in disgust and said matter-of-factly, “That’s exactly why I charged it to your tab.”
“Cut away. Whichever stone in this Stone Gathering Square you want to cut, cut it.”
“But you have to agree to one condition of mine.”
Gu Changge smiled, then swept his gaze over the many raw stones in this floor of the pavilion, speaking unhurriedly.
“What condition?”
Gu Xianer looked at him warily, feeling that Gu Changge definitely had no good intentions—he was probably thinking of some new way to bully her.
She had to think this over carefully.