"You have so discernnt, but only just, do you have any last words?" the elder said calmly.
"There are no last words, though I do have a suggestion," Gu Shanhai pondered that it would have been better if the other party had not spoken those words, for it only ant that rescue was no longer possible.
"Let’s hear it. If it touches the old ancestor’s heart, leaving your entire corpse isn’t out of the question," the elder said mockingly.
"My suggestion is that you better find a corner to squat in and hold your head. You might not get beaten up in a mont," Gu Shanhai suggested sincerely.
Not for any other reason, but because God Slayer cha and Peeping Dao Elders were already on their way, and would arrive in at most a breath’s ti.
If the elder didn’t kill Gu Shanhai and rely beat him up, it actually wouldn’t be a problem, as long as Gu Shanhai wasn’t in any mortal danger, the other party was still very safe, but the elder was after Gu Shanhai’s life, which was practically going against the entire Mahayana Xuanzhen Sect.
"Just based on..." the elder began with disdain in his tone, but didn’t finish his sentence.
Suddenly, a magnificent radiance instantly pierced through the entire ruins and lifted them.
Nurous powerful presences arrived instantaneously, and a vast amount of Spiritual Sense locked onto the elder.
If he dared to make the slightest move, they would skip the entire funeral service and scatter his ashes on the spot.
At this mont, the elder also broke out in cold sweat. What was this situation? Had Peeping Dao beco as worthless as dogs outside during the years he slept?
These Peeping Dao presences, at least a hundred of them, in his mory, not even the three major sects had this many Peeping Dao cultivators.
"Squat in the corner, hands over your head." A cold voice rang out, and the elder, with a pained expression, very obediently found a corner to squat down in and held his head, not daring to resist.
"I say, what are you thinking, boy? You got what you ca for and could just leave, why dig deeper?" Ling Cheng was truly at a loss for words.
"Oh, that? I deduced using the Divination of Heaven’s Secrets that there’s sothing here worth a lifespan of one million years, maybe it’s this guy. Why don’t you guys take him back for a thorough interrogation, maybe you’ll discover why he’s so valuable?" Gu Shanhai thought letting Mahayana Xuanzhen Sect take him back for questioning might uncover sothing.
Ling Cheng sized up the elder, his expression sowhat peculiar. "He is worth one million years of your lifespan? Are you sure you didn’t add an extra ’ten thousand’ when ntioning lifespan?"
Clearly, he was very disdainful of the elder.
From his observation, the elder was indeed out of the ordinary, nearly at the Peeping Dao Stage, and a prodigy, but once at the Upper Three Realms, prodigies were essentially worthless. Who wasn’t a prodigy?
Moreover, from the perspective of his strength, he was just a Loose Cultivator, completely negligible.
"I wouldn’t lie to you, there are no sweets in it for , and it would be a waste of my saliva." Gu Shanhai asserted he never deceived anyone unless he couldn’t help himself.
"Interesting, but he’s just at the Magic Awakening Stage, let him speak frankly. If he dares to deceive you, I’ll flay him alive," Ling Cheng simply didn’t regard the elder as a threat.
"Damn...your arrogance will get you killed soday." Gu Shanhai observed Ling Cheng’s state, which had been sowhat inflated recently.
Yet, Ling Cheng just smiled: "I usually don’t travel alone, I always have companions."
The implication was that it wouldn’t be so easy to kill him; when he went out, it was either with Peeping Dao cultivators or Upper Three Realm cultivators piloting God Slayer chas, so typically they were the ones ganging up on others.
His arrogance and sense of superiority were directed at Loose Cultivators, not his own people; he was still pleasant and friendly with his own.
"Speak, what do you have on you that would make our Great Mahayana Truth Dharma Transmission Elder lose a million years of lifespan? Speak up, and I will spare your life." Ling Cheng emitted a terrifying pressure characteristic of the Peeping Dao Stage, rendering the old man completely helpless to resist.
"I... I don’t know!" The elder was nearly in tears, clueless about what it could be.
"Unwilling to talk, huh? Then I have no choice but to use the Soul Search," Ling Cheng said with a hint of regret in his voice.
"No! Not that!! Not that!!! Elder, give a hint, please. How is this different from asking nothing at all?" The elder was so terrified that his voice nearly broke.
With Ling Cheng’s attitude, it was clear that he did not care about the old man’s life. So, if he really let him perform the Soul Search, even if it didn’t kill him, his soul would shatter, leaving him a mindless idiot.
"How have I not given a hint? Sothing worth a million years of lifespan," Ling Cheng responded, wondering how he hadn’t ntioned it.
The elder felt numb; if he really had sothing worth a million years of lifespan, would he still need to lay dormant? He buried himself because his own lifespan was nearing its end, hoping to make a final breakthrough in the Peeping Dao Stage.
Instead, he ended up getting dug up by Gu Shanhai before achieving that final step, almost ruining all his previous efforts and now targeted by a group of Peeping Dao Elders—it was the ultimate misfortune.
Saying ’almost’ because if he buried himself again and managed to replenish the missing essence, it could still be continued.
Unfortunately, now it seed that continuing was out of the question, and whether he could even save himself was debatable.
"Young servant, let think, I need to think." At this point, the elder had no other choice. If only one Peeping Dao elder had co, he might have thought of using the thod of not bullying the weak to protect himself. But seeing the line of people surrounding him, it was clear that he had to comply honestly.
"We’ve identified him; he was quite famous a hundred thousand years ago, known as the Purple Stone Daoist, true na currently unknown. He was on the verge of exhausting his lifespan during the Magic Awakening Stage. If he had not made a breakthrough to the Peeping Dao Stage fifty thousand years ago, he would have already died of old age. Now it seems he used so secret technique to slow down the decline of his lifespan, which is how he’s still alive today," Xi Huan said, directly addressing the matter and handing Gu Shanhai a docunt.
Hearing this, Purple Stone Daoist’s heart sank—his secret was out.
After perusing the docunt, Gu Shanhai finally said, "I have one question: why did you use your secret technique to extend your life in this relic?"
"This... Actually, I was here first; the relic was built later," admitted the Purple Stone Daoist hesitantly.
Hearing this, Gu Shanhai narrowed his eyes. Alright, it turned out that this person was the original owner, just deeply hidden and due to so serendipitous coincidence, this situation had arisen.
The "Heart Intent Dragon Elephant Demon Suppression Skill" had a long history, but that didn’t an the relic did; it was very likely that a later person first acquired this legacy and then built the relic around it, making it second-hand, not original.
"Didn’t you notice anything strange initially?" Gu Shanhai asked.
"Not at all, I didn’t even know soone built a relic above . If it weren’t for you, Elder, digging out and bleeding , I wouldn’t have woken up," the Purple Stone Daoist said helplessly. He truly didn’t know anything; when his lifespan was nearly exhausted, he naturally reduced his own consumption, so even if the builder was at the Divine Phase, he wouldn’t have been able to disturb him unless soone like Gu Shanhai dug him out directly.
It wasn’t a child’s play—when running out of lifespan, he was ready to stake everything on a breakthrough. How could he have had any other plans?
"Alright, you go coordinate with the elders at the Great Mahayana Xuanzhen Sect, and you, don’t hide anything. Confess everything, and I, on my own authority, will give you a Lifespan Extension Pill. It won’t let you live another lifeti, but it will let you prepare for your breakthrough comfortably. Don’t worry, we won’t use Soul Search or any other forceful thods," Gu Shanhai said.
The Purple Stone Daoist could only nod bitterly; he wished he could refuse, but it was only wishful thinking.
Given an out, he had to take it; if he played dumb, those Peeping Dao Elders wouldn’t be so easy to talk to.
Thus, he agreed, allowing everyone to keep their dignity. Otherwise, he would undoubtedly be the one in trouble, not this Spirit Origin Stage Supre Elder.
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