Gu Chengming snapped his eyes open and sat up from his bed.
He cald his breathing and imdiately filtered out the nonsense coming from 《Hundred Bones Resonating》 in his mind.
The flirtatious gesture made by the Hundred Bones Resonating Phantom at the final mont in the room for the 【Hundred Bones Resonating of Love】 had indeed deviated from the normal scope of martial arts sparring, but that wasn't the point at all.
The point was that after taking the hit from "Emperor Bai, help !", which had gathered countless negative statuses and self-harming buffs, that phantom had truly taken a step back.
In the underlying logic of gas, as long as a boss with invincibility fras or a super-armor chanism experienced hitstun or displacent, it proved that the opponent's defense threshold was not in an absolutely locked state.
The logic behind the "monkey show" was not wrong at all.
Gu Chengming sat cross-legged on the bed and began to calmly review the situation from just now.
The items he had used in the Training Ground, whether it was the "Jiao Reverse-Scale Pill", the "Bone-Corroding Heart-Rotting Pot", or even the low-quality "Eternal Karma Fire Stone", were all just cheap goods he had picked up randomly in the Market City.
The blood qi surge, near-death health-locking, and karma fire damage provided by these cheap items were all basic nurical additions, and there were even pharmacological conflicts between them, which wasted a lot of power.
That series of tedious operations just now was rely an experint to verify whether "forcibly stacking buffs in front of a boss would be interrupted."
"Since the chanics allow it, the rest is just a matter of nurical optimization."
Gu Chengming rubbed his chin.
If he replaced those low-quality pills with higher-grade peak-quality ones and then adjusted the multiplier algorithms for each buff—especially once he obtained that "Blood-Burning Breakthrough Pearl" as the core of this build after the Sect Disciple Grand Examination—completely shattering that phantom's defense threshold would be far from a pipe dream.
Thinking of this, the corners of Gu Chengming's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a rare look of determination.
Although this path was troubleso, the direction was clear; the rest was simply a matter of ti and resources.
While Gu Chengming was focused on calculating data and creating spreadsheets in his mind, Emperor Bai's attitude was quite subtle.
【《Hundred Bones Resonating》 spoke through gritted teeth: What a humiliation! Although that phantom is my limit, how could she harbor such wretched thoughts?! If I cannot beco stronger than her, wouldn't Emperor Gu be... by that fake... No! Absolutely not! I must beco stronger imdiately to uphold the prestige of this Emperor!】
Hearing this speech full of things to complain about, Gu Chengming didn't even know where to start comforting it for a mont.
He thought about it and decided to simply ignore it, instead focusing on gathering the gains from the 【Laboratory of Love】 earlier.
Gu Chengming circulated the 《Zhou Rites Heavenly Rectifying Art》, and his noble qi surged like a rushing river, quickly smoothing out the remaining chaotic spiritual energy.
Gu Chengming's ridians expanded smoothly, and the spiritual power vortex in his dantian let out a cheerful chi, its volu suddenly expanding by a full circle.
True essence flowed, endless and regenerating.
Third Realm, Fifth Level; it was a natural progression.
A warm current flowed from his dantian to his limbs and bones, and bursts of numbness ca from his ridians, a signal that his spiritual power was returning to balance after breaking through the bottleneck. The surrounding spiritual energy seed to be drawn by sothing, silently gathering toward him before slowly dissipating a mont later.
Gu Chengming slowly opened his eyes, feeling the spiritual power in his body that was several tis thicker than before, but his face did not show much joy.
He walked to the window and looked at the spiritual bamboo swaying in the wind outside the courtyard, his gaze deep.
Admittedly, breaking through to the Third Realm, Fifth Level had greatly improved his basic stats. Whether it was the power of the 《Huiyuan Sword Manual》 or the physical strength of 《Hundred Bones Resonating》, both had risen accordingly.
However, Gu Chengming knew very well that for his current self, the marginal returns from simple realm breakthroughs and stacking proficiency in conventional sword arts were becoming lower and lower.
He needed a new multiplier, a completely new cultivation thod that was independent of the existing system and could greatly raise his upper limit.
Gu Chengming turned and walked back to the table, taking out a heavy volu bound in unknown beast skin from his storage pouch.
《Unfettered Freedom Art》.
This was the life's work of that Sixth Realm senior who had left the cultivation world in a ss with his extrely malicious and outrageous actions.
Since this cultivation thod dared to call itself "Unfettered Freedom", it must have a unique chanism that broke all conventions.
Gu Chengming opened the book, skipped over those frustrating and wicked biographies at the beginning, and locked his gaze on the last few pages of obscure mantras.
It was ti to comprehend this little terror cultivation thod.
...
Over the next few days, Gu Chengming stayed behind closed doors and began to grind away at this Sixth Realm cultivation thod.
However, progress was unexpectedly difficult.
The entire 《Unfettered Freedom Art》 had no clear energy circulation routes or specific move diagrams; it was filled with abstract concepts like "use all things as the law, follow no set pattern" and "seek truth by discarding the false, act against the heavens."
Gu Chengming tried the most orthodox ditation and breath-holding thods of the cultivation world, attempting to comprehend the aning of "unfettered" within the manual.
He sat still for a full day and night, his mind empty and clear, and the spiritual power in his body circulated steadily.
But the system remained dead silent, with no prompt for "Comprehended a new cultivation thod" appearing at all.
He then tried to do the opposite, circulating his true essence while standing on his head and even intentionally reversing his ridians to try and match the concept of "acting against the heavens."
The result was that, aside from making his blood qi surge and nearly suffering a qi deviation, he still gained nothing.
Gu Chengming closed the beast-skin volu, rubbed his throbbing temples, and let out a long sigh.
"Did that senior intentionally write a fake manual to ss with future generations?"
He began to seriously ponder that senior's psychological state.
That was a peerless prankster who would tie explosive talismans to his senior sister's flying sword and set up a marriage booth at the front gate of the Hehuan Sect.
How could the "Dao" of such a person be comprehended through honest ditation?
To enter the threshold of this 《Unfettered Freedom Art》, he probably couldn't use conventional cultivation thinking to solve the puzzle. He had to do sothing "interesting" that matched that senior's way of thinking and completely jumped out of the boxes of traditional cultivators to resonate with it.
But he, Gu Chengming, had always been a practical and steady person. Asking him to do those wicked things... he really didn't have that kind of talent.
"Forget it, I'll have to try a middle-ground approach."
Gu Chengming rubbed his chin, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind—sothing Sect Master Shen Qianqiu had complained to him about while holding a teacup in the Main Peak hall not long ago.
"With the grand examination approaching, the younger disciples have actually beco a bit slack. I don't know if the pressure is too high or what, but they can't even get their spirits up for morning lessons."
Gu Chengming's eyes lit up.
Urging his fellow disciples to cultivate hard was definitely a great thing for the future of the sect.
As for using so slightly unconventional and sowhat stimulating thods in the process of this urging, it surely counted as "following no set pattern," which happened to fit the intent of the 《Unfettered Freedom Art》.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt this idea was feasible, and a hint of interest gradually appeared in Gu Chengming's eyes.
It wasn't truly behaving badly, and it could actually help the sect, killing two birds with one stone.
If that Sixth Realm senior knew about this in the afterlife, he would probably appreciate this kind of "serious-to-the-core lack of seriousness."
As for the specific operation, Gu Chengming quickly finalized the plan.
With the enhancent of the 《All Wonders Sa Source thod》, it was not difficult for his divine consciousness to cover the entire Wenjian Sect's Outer Sect disciple residences. Combined with the Red Dust Technique derived from the 《Red Dust Phantom Step》, he could weave a massive dream network covering all the slack disciples.
The key was what kind of image to arrange in the dream to "teach" them.
Based on Gu Chengming's daily observations, the male disciples of the Wenjian Sect feared nothing in heaven or earth, except for those female sword cultivators from the Daoning Gate who acted with swift and decisive vigor.
Fear has always been the primary productive force.
This provided an excellent entry point.
Once the plan was set, Gu Chengming no longer hesitated.
He spent half a day repeatedly simulating the coverage area of the Red Dust Technique and the stability of the illusion. After ensuring everything was foolproof, he sat with his teacup and quietly waited for nightfall.
In the middle of the night, when the moon was dark and the wind was high.
Gu Chengming sat cross-legged in his small courtyard, his hands forming a complex seal. The red dust aura spread out silently, precisely locking onto thousands of sleeping Outer Sect male disciples.
To leave an indelible impression on them in their dreams, an ordinary Daoning Gate female cultivator image was clearly not shocking enough.
Gu Chengming closed his eyes and began to ticulously sculpt that perfect ntor who would take on the heavy responsibility of "urging" them.
"Go, for the future of the Wenjian Sect."
Gu Chengming offered a silent prayer in his heart and completely activated the red dust illusion.
...
The next day, at daybreak.
The horizon had just turned pale, and the heavy morning mist had not yet dissipated.
Outside the Main Peak hall of the Wenjian Sect, Shen Qianqiu was walking with his hands behind his back, preparing to start his new day of inspection.
However, when he walked to the edge of the Training Ground, the scene before him made him freeze in place.
On the vast Training Ground, thousands of Outer Sect disciples stood in a dense crowd.
Not a single person was slacking, and not a single person was whispering.
Everyone was swinging their Dharma Swords at a near-frenzied speed.
Their eyes were bloodshot, their faces were pale as paper, and the sweat on their foreheads rolled down like waterfalls. The swords in their hands were swung so fast they even left afterimages. Along with every sword swing, one or two shrill, ghost-like roars would occasionally burst from the crowd.
"Don't co over! I'm swinging! I'm still swinging!"
"I'll practice the sword-drawing stance another ten thousand tis!"
Shen Qianqiu was greatly shocked by this bustling and sowhat eerie sword-practicing scene.
After a good while, he recalled his previous complaint to Gu Chengming about the disciples becoming slack in their cultivation again.
He thought to himself that this couldn't be Little Gu's doing, could it?
Shen Qianqiu imdiately turned around and headed straight for the back mountains of the Huiyuan Gate.
The courtyard gate was not closed, and Gu Chengming was sitting by the stone table drinking morning tea.
"Chengming, those disciples of the Wenjian Sect..."
Shen Qianqiu strode into the courtyard and asked point-blank.
Gu Chengming put down his teacup, stood up to bow respectfully, and replied without changing his expression, "This disciple heard that the Sect Master was worried about the cultivation of our fellow disciples, so I took the liberty of contributing a bit of my humble effort. Perhaps there is indeed a small amount of credit from this disciple."
Shen Qianqiu was puzzled and couldn't help his inner curiosity. "How did you do it? Did you teach them so shortcut to sword dao comprehension?"
"There is no such thing as a shortcut," Gu Chengming smiled and told the truth. "This disciple simply used the Red Dust Technique to construct a unified illusion while they were asleep. In the illusion, I arranged a strict teacher to constantly urge them to practice their swords, that's all."
After hearing this, Shen Qianqiu raised an eyebrow. "Just that simple?"
Gu Chengming nodded calmly. "Just that simple."
In his heart, he silently added: It was just that the teacher's image slightly combined Vice Commander Liu's face, the muscles of a body cultivator, and the identity of a Daoning Gate female cultivator. If a disciple stopped practicing, they would be forcibly embraced.
Upon hearing this, most of the doubts in Shen Qianqiu's heart were instantly dispelled. He patted Gu Chengming's shoulder, his eyes full of relief and emotion.
"Chengming, you are not only exceptionally talented yourself, but you also always have your fellow disciples in your heart, even willing to personally handle such small matters. Having a pillar of talent like you is truly the great fortune of my Wenjian Sect."
Shen Qianqiu urged him to rest well and not to waste too much ntal energy on teaching his fellow disciples, then he left the courtyard with his hands behind his back, feeling satisfied.
His back looked incredibly relaxed, as if he could already see the glorious future of the Wenjian Sect dominating the cultivation world.
It wasn't until the sound of Shen Qianqiu's footsteps completely disappeared at the end of the mountain path that Gu Chengming sat back down at the stone table and turned his gaze toward the translucent panel that only he could see.
Accompanied by flickering golden light, a new line of words slowly appeared.
【《Unfettered Freedom Art》 has reached the entry level.】
【Current Favorability: 10/Stranger】
Looking at this prompt, Gu Chengming sighed inwardly. It seed that the threshold for this Sixth Realm senior's understanding of the word "unfettered" was truly too low.
He was clearly a man of integrity, yet he was judged by this cultivation thod to be a kindred spirit.
However, what made Gu Chengming most curious was not his undiscovered talent for pranks, but the attitude of this new cultivation thod.
From the ti he had mastered this manual until now, it hadn't said a single word.
Was it acting like a silent master?
Gu Chengming was a bit puzzled, unsure if this was a characteristic of the cultivation thod or if his understanding of a Sixth Realm manual was inadequate.
Furthermore, after mastering this manual, it didn't give any nurical values or chanisms as Gu Chengming had expected, having no effect other than a slight increase in spiritual power circulation speed.
This gave Gu Chengming the feeling of having been scamd.
The most crucial thing was that it didn't even provide a dialogue box; wasn't that a bit too much?
Did I accidentally buy a dostic galga?
...
For the ti being, he set aside the issues with this strange cultivation thod.
Since it refused to speak, he would just let it remain silent; after all, there would always be chances to slowly figure it out in the future.
Right now, there were more pressing matters to focus on, as the Sect Disciple Grand Examination was already close at hand.
And while Gu Chengming was looking toward the grand examination, at the other end of the Wenjian Sect, soone else was also troubled by this matter.
Wenjian Sect, Daoning Gate.
Sea of clouds swirled year-round around these cold peaks, and the perennial snow made the entire Daoning Gate look like a lunar palace.
At this mont, inside a quiet room in the main hall of the Daoning Gate, sandalwood incense rose in curls.
Elder Jingxuan, a highly experienced elder within the gate, was sitting on a prayer mat, holding a letter stamped with Sect Master Shen Qianqiu's private seal.
The handwriting on the letter was vigorous and powerful, but the content had left this female elder, who had weathered many storms, speechless for a long ti.
The content of the letter was actually quite simple, detailing the matters of the upcoming grand examination for the major sects.
In previous grand examinations, the leader of the younger generation representing the Wenjian Sect had always been the focus of all parties.
According to the original structure of the Wenjian Sect, this leading position should have undoubtedly fallen to the current dao child of the Daoning Gate, Su Qingng. Su Qingng possessed supre talent and Jianxin Tongming; since she entered the sect, she had been the apple of the eye of the entire Daoning Gate, a well-deserved treasure.
However, the world is unpredictable.
Shen Qianqiu had made it very clear in the letter that for this Sect Disciple Grand Examination, the leader of the Wenjian Sect's younger generation would be Gu Chengming from the Huiyuan Gate.
Elder Jingxuan gently placed the letter on the low table in front of her and rubbed her throbbing temples.
Even though the Daoning Gate had always held itself in high regard, and even though Elder Jingxuan rarely praised male disciples, facing this letter now, she had to admit that Shen Qianqiu's arrangent was beyond reproach.
The current Gu Chengming was indeed a peerless genius that no one could match.
In just two short years, this young man, who had once been unknown within the sect, had like a runaway black horse broken into the vision of all high-level cultivators in Daqian with an extrely arrogant and overbearing posture.
He had killed Third Realm evil cultivators in the capital, made a great na for himself at the Northern Border Great Wall, and even turned the tide in the Tianque Secret Realm; there were even rumors that he had brought back an entire Dao Throne spectacle.
In terms of achievents and strength, Gu Chengming had already left his peers far behind.
If he were to take the lead, not a single person in the Wenjian Sect would dare to say a word against it.
While she completely agreed rationally, what Elder Jingxuan found extrely troubleso was an old matter from two years ago.
Two years ago, at that ti, Gu Chengming had not yet shown his brilliance. His cultivation was diocre, and he was not particularly outstanding among the disciples.
On such a seemingly ordinary day, Gu Chengming had actually co to the Daoning Gate to personally ask Su Qingng to beco his dao companion.
The result was, naturally, without suspense.
The Daoning Gate practiced a sword dao of pure heart and discarded desires, and Su Qingng had put all her heart and soul into the sword dao, having no interest whatsoever in such romantic affairs.
She hadn't even shown any extra emotion before very decisively rejecting the other party's request.
In Elder Jingxuan's eyes at the ti, this was just an ordinary disciple who didn't know the heights of heaven and earth, having a daydream about a toad eating swan at; if he was rejected, he was rejected, it wasn't worth ntioning.
But who could have imagined that in just two short years, the tables would turn?
The ordinary disciple who had been rejected to his face and seed to have left in dejection was now a monster ranked at the top of the Hidden Dragon Ranking, while the once high-and-mighty dao child now had to sit below him in the Sect Disciple Grand Examination and follow his orders.
Elder Jingxuan's heart was filled with worry. She was afraid that Su Qingng, being young and lacking experience, having been in seclusion for two years, would suddenly encounter such a huge gap upon coming out. What if she couldn't handle it?
If her dao heart was damaged and an obsession was created, then all the effort the Daoning Gate had put in over the years would be in vain.
"Sigh, what a ss."
Elder Jingxuan let out a long sigh and picked up the spiritual tea on the table that had already gone cold, having no heart to taste it at all.
Just then, a very light sound of footsteps ca from outside the quiet room.
"Disciple Su Qingng requests to see the elder."
A cold voice sounded outside the door.
"Co in."
Elder Jingxuan quickly hid the worry on her face and replaced it with a dignified and kind expression.
The wooden door was gently pushed open.
Su Qingng, dressed in a plain white sword uniform, stepped into the quiet room.
She was tall with a peerless face, her long black hair tied up with only a simple, unadorned wooden hairpin. As the energy circulated around her body, there was a faint, sharp sword intent that was contained but not released.
Elder Jingxuan's gaze was sharp as she looked her up and down, and a light of relief imdiately appeared in her eyes.
Third Realm, First Level.
Two years of closed-door cultivation had not only allowed Su Qingng to successfully break through her realm, but her foundation was also incredibly solid, and that unique sword intent of the Daoning Gate had already begun to take shape.
Judging solely from the progress of her cultivation, Su Qingng had definitely not let down the title of dao child.
"Qingng, you've co out of seclusion. These two years of hard cultivation have truly not disappointed ."
Elder Jingxuan praised her warmly.
"Thank you for your guidance, Elder. This disciple was just following the steps and gained a little sothing."
Su Qingng bowed slightly, her expression calm, not showing any arrogance because of her breakthrough.
Elder Jingxuan pointed to the prayer mat opposite her, signaling Su Qingng to sit down.
Once Su Qingng was seated, the atmosphere in the quiet room fell into a brief silence.
Elder Jingxuan picked up the teapot and poured a cup of hot tea for Su Qingng. The tea splashing against the cup made a faint sound, seemingly serving as a prelude to the upcoming conversation.
"Qingng, your timing for coming out of seclusion is quite good. Before long, it will be the ti for the grand examination where all the major sects gather."
Elder Jingxuan chose her words carefully, her tone very gentle, trying to soften the upcoming heavy news.
Su Qingng held the teacup with both hands and gently blew away the floating leaves on the surface. "This disciple understands. Bringing glory to the sect is my duty. For this grand examination, I will definitely go all out and not let the reputation of the Daoning Gate fall."
Seeing Su Qingng's matter-of-fact appearance, Elder Jingxuan felt even more conflicted.
This girl obviously still thought she was the undisputed leader.
"Having such a heart is naturally very good."
Elder Jingxuan coughed twice. "However, regarding the arrangents for this grand examination, the Sect Master has made a new decision. For the leader of the younger generation, the sect already has soone else in mind."
Su Qingng looked up, a flash of appropriate confusion appearing in her cold eyes, but no resentnt or disappointnt could be seen.
"Soone else?"
Su Qingng put down her teacup and asked in a steady tone, "May I ask the elder which gate's senior brother or junior brother has received such favor from the Sect Master?"
Elder Jingxuan took a deep breath, thinking that a quick death was better than a slow one, and simply stated it directly.
"It is Gu Chengming from the Huiyuan Gate."
As soon as those four words ca out, Elder Jingxuan almost held her breath. She was ready with a whole set of words to soothe her emotions, but Su Qingng's reaction greatly exceeded Elder Jingxuan's expectations.
"So it is Daoist Gu."
Elder Jingxuan was stunned. That was it? No other reaction?
"Qingng, don't you feel wronged?"
Elder Jingxuan asked tentatively, afraid that this girl was forcibly suppressing all her emotions in her heart, which would actually make it easier for her to suffer from qi deviation.
Su Qingng, upon hearing this, instead showed an extrely puzzled look.
"Wronged? Why would the elder say that?"
Su Qingng tilted her head slightly and spoke frankly, "The Sect Disciple Grand Examination has always been about the capable taking the lead. Since the Sect Master decided to let Daoist Gu lead, it must be because Daoist Gu has the ability to convince everyone. Why should this disciple feel wronged?"
Elder Jingxuan was left speechless by the question.
However, what Su Qingng said next confird that she truly knew nothing about the situation outside.
"It's just that this disciple has been in closed-door cultivation for these two years and knows very little about external matters."
Su Qingng frowned slightly, her tone carrying a hint of curiosity. "After coming out, I occasionally encountered a few junior sisters. Whenever they were chatting and saw , they would imdiately stop talking, and they were even more secretive about that Daoist Gu's matters."
Su Qingng paused for a mont, as if finding her junior sisters' behavior quite laughable. "This disciple previously thought that Daoist Gu had encountered so trouble in his cultivation and the junior sisters were afraid of affecting my cultivation, so they didn't speak of it. Now it seems the junior sisters were afraid I would know that Daoist Gu's cultivation has advanced greatly, thus creating a gap in my heart and destabilizing my dao heart?"
Elder Jingxuan's old face turned red, and she coughed to hide her embarrassnt.
It wasn't just the junior sisters who were afraid; wasn't she, as an elder, also scared to death just now?
It seed the entire Daoning Gate was carefully maintaining this dao child's potentially non-existent fragile self-esteem.
"Cough, they were just concerned and acted out of confusion."
Elder Jingxuan quickly changed the subject. Since Su Qingng's mindset was fine, she no longer held back and laid out Gu Chengming's deeds from the past two years like precious treasures.
Killing evil cultivators in the capital, showing his might at the Northern Border Great Wall, turning the tide in the Tianque Secret Realm—each and every one was enough for an ordinary cultivator to look up to for a lifeti, and all these things had actually happened to the sa person, and in just two years.
Su Qingng listened quietly to the elder's narrative. As Gu Chengming's achievents were revealed one by one, a strange light gradually lit up in her originally calm eyes.
She had always thought her cultivation at the Third Realm, First Level was already outstanding among the younger generation. Now she knew that there was always soone better. And this person was from the sa sect.
"The elder is absolutely right. Regarding this matter, this disciple naturally has no objections. Letting the stronger lead the sect forward is a matter of course."
At this point, she smiled and then added, "However, achievents are ultimately stories told by others, and fa is but a passing cloud. For us sword cultivators, if we truly want to understand a person, we naturally have to speak with our swords."
Su Qingng stood up, her posture as straight as a pine tree. The long sword she had been carrying on her back let out a crisp chi, as if responding to its master's state of mind.
She cupped her hands and gave Elder Jingxuan a solemn bow.
"If there is ti, please ask the elder to convey a ssage to the Sect Master for . Before the grand examination, this disciple hopes to have a fair and just match with that Daoist Gu."
Elder Jingxuan looked at her battle-ready disciple, opened her mouth, and in the end, all the thousands of words were stuck in her throat.
She really wanted to tell Su Qingng that Gu Chengming often didn't even draw his sword when fighting now!
He relied on pure physical blood qi to blast his enemies into dust punch by punch! If you go and compete with him in swordplay and he gets impatient and gives you a punch, what then?
But seeing Su Qingng's heart for the Dao, which contained not a single trace of distraction, she silently sighed in her heart and prayed that Gu Chengming would know to be a bit gentle when the ti ca.
"Fine. I will convey your aning to the Sect Master as it is."
...
Small courtyard in the back mountains of the Huiyuan Gate.
Gu Chengming had just finished clearing the fallen leaves in the courtyard when he received a flying sword ssage from Sect Master Shen Qianqiu.
The content of the letter was concise: the Daoning Gate's dao child, Su Qingng, was seeking a match before the grand examination and wanted to have a sparring session with him.
After reading the ssage, Gu Chengming held the letter with a quite subtle expression.
He was not unfamiliar with the na "Su Qingng." After all, before transmigrating, it was precisely by controlling the ga character to confess to this dao child that a series of events had been triggered.
Putting aside the slightly awkward plot at the ti, Gu Chengming had a very deep impression of this dao child's character art; she was indeed extrely beautiful.
Before he could feel much emotion, a commotion broke out in his Sea of Consciousness.
【《Hundred Bones Resonating》 saw the content of the letter, and the dejection and self-isolation from being ground into the dirt by the phantom earlier instantly vanished. It danced with excitent in the Sea of Consciousness and shouted loudly: Emperor Gu! It's here! It's the classic plot of 'Thirty years in the East, thirty years in the West; do not look down on a poor youth!'】
For the satisfying revenge plots that only existed in storybooks, Lao Bai clearly had no resistance whatsoever, becoming so excited that even its surrounding blood qi began to surge.
Gu Chengming was completely speechless.
Lao Bai, how did you just instantly return to full health the mont you heard about a face-slapping plot?
Before he could finish complaining, another one joined in the fun.
【《Huiyuan Sword Manual》 vigorously swung the great sword in its hand and echoed angrily: Exactly! She actually dared to reject Chengming before; she's simply blind! We must give her a taste of her own dicine on the stage and let her know how powerful Chengming is!】
Gu Chengming let out a sigh in his heart.
Huiyuan Mama, don't just blindly join Lao Bai's excitent.
Even though the dialogue boxes in front of him were very noisy, Gu Chengming still wrote back to Shen Qianqiu, decisively agreeing to this duel.
It was just a sparring session between fellow disciples; there was no harm in having one.
...
A few days later, at the Main Peak Training Ground.
Although this sparring session was not publicly announced, the news still spread like wildfire among the disciples. The Daoning Gate dao child versus Gu Chengming of the Huiyuan Gate—just the collision of these two nas was enough to ignite the passion of the entire Wenjian Sect. However, to avoid affecting the performance of both parties, the elders had to personally co out and clear the area.
The autumn wind was bleak, and the surrounding disciples were cleared out by the elders, leaving only the empty bluestone arena.
Gu Chengming arrived as scheduled and finally t this legendary dao child, "Su Qingng."
Across a distance of several yards, Gu Chengming looked her over a few tis and gave an extrely objective evaluation in his heart.
She was indeed very beautiful.
A plain white sword uniform, a wooden hairpin in her black hair, her face peerlessly beautiful and cold, her sharpness contained but impossible to ignore—the real person was far more vivid than the character art on the screen.
Seeing him walk onto the arena, Su Qingng did not imdiately draw her sword, but instead nodded slightly and spoke first.
"Daoist Gu, is it?"
Her voice was like a cold spring hitting a rock, crisp and calm.
"Inviting you to a battle today was sudden."
Su Qingng looked directly into Gu Chengming's eyes, making her attitude very clear.
"I have only just co out of seclusion and heard that there is such a peerless sword cultivator among my peers. I was simply eager for a match to verify my own sword dao. This battle is only about the level of sword arts and has no intention of targeting you at all; I hope you do not overthink it."
These words were open and honest, perfectly displaying the purity of a seeker of the Dao.
Gu Chengming nodded, feeling that the other party was an extrely ticulous sword cultivator.
He was just about to say a few polite words and ntion the fact that he occasionally didn't use a sword much.
At that mont, in the center of his vision, a massive translucent pop-up window appeared without any warning.
The border of this pop-up window even flashed with extrely exaggerated five-colored neon light effects.
【Ding, the Rebirth Revenge System has been activated】
【In my previous life, I was humiliated when I confessed to her, oppressed by my fellow disciples, and despised by my teachers, finally dying in misery and having my Dao path cut short!】
【In this life, I have returned from rebirth and awakened the Rebirth Revenge System. I will definitely make this woman understand: Thirty years in the East, thirty years in the West; do not look down on a poor youth!】
【Task 1: Display overwhelming strength and completely crush her in this match, making her feel despair. Reward: 10 revenge points】
【Task 2: Deliver a harsh slap in the face, making Su Qingng deeply regret her rejection back then. Reward: 30 revenge points】
【Task 3: Completely shatter her pride, subdue Su Qingng and her master as slaves, and perform a master-disciple play. Reward: 100 revenge points】
Gu Chengming froze in place, the words at the tip of his tongue were forcibly swallowed back, and a question mark appeared over his head.
Where the hell did this ancient, trashy web-novel-style system co from?!
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