Demon Slaying, Gaining 60 Years of Cultivation From the Start Chapter 101: Chapter 97: Secret News1

"This..."

Standing behind King Huai, Master Gongsun seed hesitant. Dark-level demons, just by strength alone, were already not weaker than a Human Clan's innate realm grandmaster. If they were to rge with the devil sect's innate realm martial artists, as Gu Chen had said, their strength would be amplified several tis over. Even he would not be entirely confident when facing them.

The calm gaze of King Huai gradually sharpened, and an overwhelming aura surged within the great hall, oppressing all hearts. Gu Chen instantly felt a chill in his heart.

Only to hear King Huai speak in a cold voice, "These malevolent spirits have invaded the territory of the Human Clan and are the public enemy of all under the heavens in Da Xia. They should be executed by everyone. Regardless of everything else, the devil sect's martial artists are fundantally still part of the Human Clan.

However, now they have chosen to fall into the evil path and rge with demons, which is even more despicable than these evil beings. They are no longer worthy of being part of the Human Clan. From today on, by my decree, Da Xia will suppress the Six Union God Sect with full force. Any martial artist from the devil sect will be slain without rcy."

"Yes!" Master Gongsun responded in a deep voice.

At this mont, King Huai's gaze shifted, looking towards Gu Chen, saying, "You have worked hard today."

"This is part of this official's duties. If Your Highness is unhard, then I shall take my leave first."

After receiving King Huai's nod, servants ca forward to lead Gu Chen away.

After Gu Chen had left, King Huai's expression beca grim, saying, "Three hundred years ago, after Dugu Yun of the Six Union God Sect died, Da Xia, together with the major forces of the martial world, ascended to the total headquarters of the Six Union God Sect and completely obliterated the devil sect.

It is unexpected that, after more than three hundred years, they have revived from the ashes with the help of demons."

Dugu Yun was the leader of the Six Union God Sect over three hundred years ago, the person who had brought the sect to its peak.

Master Gongsun spoke solemnly, "Dugu Yun was truly a personage like a hero. It is a pity that with him, the devil sect prospered, and with him, it fell. If he had not harbored the ambition to lay hands on the entire world, aspiring extravagantly, the Six Union God Sect would not have been annihilated because of it."

Although he had reached the innate grandmaster level, one of the very few at the pinnacle in Da Xia, facing a person like Dugu Yun, even an innate realm grandmaster would still not be enough. Although the martial world despised the devil sect and called for their elimination, it did not an that they did not admire Dugu Yun.

At this point, Master Gongsun seed to rember sothing. His eyes flickered, and he looked at King Huai, saying, "Your Highness, do you think that with the ergence of the Six Union God Sect back into the martial world, the Six Great Holy Lands will make a move?"

Upon hearing this, King Huai harrumphed coldly, saying, "Don't expect the Six Great Holy Lands to deal with the devil sect. They have always maintained an aloof posture, condescendingly looking down upon the millions of living beings in Da Xia, unless the Six Union God Sect can reach the zenith of Da Xia and threaten them like before, otherwise, they definitely will not get involved.

The death of the commoners is insignificant in their eyes."

Hearing this, Master Gongsun nodded slightly, looking towards the sky with a trace of yearning in his eyes. The Six Great Holy Lands, that's a place every martial artist in Da Xia dreams of reaching; regrettably, the Holy Lands remain detached, never interfering with worldly matters.

Perhaps, in Da Xia, only personages like the Emperor Xia and Dugu Yun could attract the attention of the Six Great Holy Lands.

All these matters discussed by the two were secrets of the martial world, known to few in the land of Da Xia.

"What I am most curious about now is where the devil sect obtained such secret thods that allow the fusion of the Human Clan and demons?"

King Huai knitted his brows. Demons are unique; their existence is the polar opposite of the Human Clan and all other living beings, even more so than the opposition of water and fire. Now that the devil sect has such secret thods that allow for a perfect fusion of a martial artist and a demon, this was the most puzzling aspect for King Huai.

"Your Highness, I will imdiately dispatch people to investigate," said Master Gongsun.

"Hmm."

King Huai nodded. This matter was crucial, and only by finding the source could they devise ways to cope. The power of demons was like a fatal poison to living beings, and he did not believe that there truly existed so thod that could achieve perfect fusion between humans and demons without any consequences.

"By the way, Master Gongsun, what do you think of the Gu Chen that we saw today?"

At these words, Master Gongsun was taken aback, not expecting King Huai to suddenly make such an inquiry.

After a mont of contemplation, he replied, "This junior's cultivation is currently only at the External Energy Stage, but I note that his vitality is abundant, his physique robust, and for so reason, his inner breath is exceptionally vigorous. Even so of the martial artists at the peak of the External Energy Stage may not possess such profound cultivation as his. This does puzzle sowhat."

Imdiately, Master Gongsun looked at King Huai, saying, "Your Highness, are you thinking of recruiting this young man?"

King Huai, with his handso features and elegantly warm deanor, smiled, "Let's observe him for a while longer. Today I summoned him to see for myself just how much substance there is to this newly-risen top contender on the River of Stars List. After seeing him today, I can truly say his reputation is well-deserved, far surpassing his predecessors."

Hearing this, Master Gongsun was quite surprised. With his status, there are few matters in the martial world that could capture his attention; usually, only those of his own caliber would invoke his interest. He had not expected King Huai to have such a high opinion of a junior like Gu Chen.

"Indeed, as with each era of the martial world, new talents erge, dominating for hundreds of years. This Gu Chen has achieved no small feat in the ridian Opening Stage," King Huai murmured to himself.

Master Gongsun didn't speak. No matter the achievents, what difference does it make? After all, Gu Chen had only opened fifty-six ridians. In his view, the accomplishnts of Gu Chen in the ridian Opening Stage were hardly worth ntioning.

After all, he was an innate realm grandmaster, and Gu Chen was far too inferior to him; not to ntion Gu Chen, even Chen Yu, or even so of the veteran commanders of the Jing Tian Departnt, were not worth an extra glance from Master Gongsun.

Throughout his life, he had seen many talents, and so had reached the limit of the ridian Opening Stage. Still, very few could beco true grandmasters of martial arts. It wasn't that opening more ridians guaranteed success in martial arts, becoming a monuntal figure. Countless difficulties and dangers line the path, and Gu Chen would face many more challenges.

Not to even speak of becoming a great grandmaster, it was a question even to reach the master level in Master Gongsun's eyes.

"Master Gongsun, how about we make a wager?" King Huai said with a smile.

Taken aback, Master Gongsun asked, "What would Your Highness like to bet on?"

"Let's bet on the boy's achievent in the Vajra Stage. If I lose, I'll take out a set of Heavenly Martial Skills for you to see," King Huai said indifferently.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Gongsun's eyes lit up. Heavenly Martial Skills, even for soone like him who was a master at the Innate Realm, were still highly coveted. Only soone like King Huai could remain so indifferent to Heavenly Martial Skills.

Concerning a set of Heavenly Martial Skills, Mr. Gongsun could not afford to be careless. He pondered for a good while before saying, "I bet the boy can reach the third level of the Vajra Stage, with a body as strong as a savage dragon."

Mr. Gongsun felt he had already greatly overestimated Gu Chen. After all, in the vast lands of the nine provinces, those who could reach the third level of the Vajra Stage were rare indeed.

However, upon hearing this, King Huai slightly shook his head. Seeing this, Mr. Gongsun imdiately frowned and asked, "What would Your Highness suggest?"

Clothed in a cyan casual outfit, King Huai looked handso and refined, gentle and amiable, sitting there with scrolls in hand. He smiled faintly and uttered just four words.

"Vajra Indestructible!"

The mont these words ca out, Mr. Gongsun's pupils instantly contracted.

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Elsewhere, after leaving Prince Huai's Mansion, Gu Chen glanced up at the sky and then headed towards the place he had agreed to et with his aunt Xu Qinge and her daughter.

The agreed place was a restaurant which had a good reputation in the inner city. Xu Qinge and Gu Qingyan had difficulty coming to the inner city, so Gu Chen decided to take the two to have a good al; after all, he was not short on money now.

But when he arrived at the restaurant, he found that his aunt Xu Qinge and her daughter hadn't arrived yet. Knowing that it was not yet the appointed ti he found an empty table, sat down, and began to wait.

However, after waiting for half an hour, which was past their scheduled ti, they still had not arrived.

Gu Chen's expression changed imdiately, sensing that sothing might have gone wrong.

He left the restaurant to start looking for them on the streets, but the inner city was just too big, and Gu Chen did not know where the three of them could have wandered off to. He searched for quite so ti but did not find Xu Qinge and the others.

Just then, Gu Chen's ears twitched slightly as he faintly heard a voice in the distance. It was his aunt Xu Qinge's.

So, Gu Chen activated his movent technique and turned into a phantom on the streets of the inner city. Passersby only felt a gust of wind sweep past, and the person who had been standing there a mont before vanished, leaving them looking at each other in bewildernt.

At this very mont, on one of the bustling streets of the inner city, Xu Qinge was surrounded by several young n in fine clothes, with her daughter Gu Qingyan and Maid Xiao Yu.

Behind them followed several robust followers, each with calloused hands and cultivation at the External Strength Realm. That these young masters could garner such skilled warriors indicated their exceptional status.

Protecting her daughter behind her, Xu Qinge looked at the group of n warily. "What do you want?" she asked.

The young n in fine clothes wore unruly smiles. "Nothing serious. We just saw that the lady is beautiful and were moved with admiration. We rely wanted to ask for her na," one said.

Another young master eyed Xu Qinge's voluptuous figure and said with a smile, "The sister here looks good too. Might I inquire as to your na?"

Xu Qinge's face darkened upon hearing this. She was old enough to be the mother of these n, and yet they were daring to harass her so blatantly. To say she wasn't angry would be a lie.

Now she finally understood the significance of the words her husband had said before leaving. Most of the residents in the inner city were dignitaries, and her daughter was extrely beautiful. Walking on the street, it was sotis inevitable to attract the attention of those with ill intentions. She was now sowhat regretting bringing Gu Qingyan to the inner city.

One of the n pointed at Maid Xiao Yu. "That little maid looks good too. She's my type. Ha ha, I'll take her." Xiao Yu, with her pretty looks, was only fourteen years old, and had never seen such a scene before. She imdiately beca flustered, her legs turning to jelly.

"You are far too bold. This is Tiandu, and you dare to behave like this in the streets!" Xu Qinge exclaid angrily, her eyebrows lifted in a manner that added a certain charm to her still attractive deanor.

A young master replied with a laugh, "What of Tiandu? You are welco to report us. Besides, we haven't done anything. We just feel that the three ladies are quite pretty and wanted to make their acquaintance. We haven't even laid a hand on you."

The young n shrugged their shoulders, displaying an air of unconcern and audacity. They clearly didn't take Xu Qinge's words to heart, obviously having strong backing to dare such behavior on the street.

Xu Qinge wanted to escape with her daughter and Xiao Yu, but seeing the fierce-looking followers behind the young masters, she knew it was not possible.

The three won, with no martial abilities among them, stood no chance against this group of n.

Gu Qingyan was also sowhat panicked. When they lived in the outer city, her father, Gu Chengfeng, was a mber of the Royal Sword Guard and would patrol daily. Although she attracted attention on the streets, such things had never happened there.

"What's the matter with this lady? Did so serious illness suddenly strike? Why the pale face? I do know a bit of dicine. Perhaps, I could take a look?" said one of the young masters, reaching out his hand toward Gu Qingyan.

Xu Qinge and Gu Qingyan's faces changed imdiately, especially Gu Qingyan, who, like a startled deer, scread and backed away.

"Stop!"

This scene was exactly what Gu Chen, who had just arrived, saw. He beca furious at once.