Chapter 172: Awakening the Devouring Divine Art
The old crone carried the beautiful young woman, fleeing in panic without choosing a path, running all the way to the Scripture Transmission Peak in one breath.
"Grandmother, please put me down."
There were eighty-one scripture transmission fields on the Scripture Transmission Peak. At this moment, all had stopped their transmissions, withdrawn their formations, and were looking up at the sky.
The arrival of the grandmother and granddaughter broke the dead silence and drew everyone's attention.
The reason was none other than this.
A Venerable Realm expert carrying a Spirit Sea Realm young woman was too bizarre a way to appear.
Feeling the gazes of those around her, the beautiful young woman's cheeks burned as she spoke in a small voice.
"Cough!"
The old crone coughed lightly, put down the young woman, and immediately returned to her aged and frail state, as if she could be blown over by a gust of wind.
"Hongdou greets all senior brothers and sisters."
Xiao Hongdou's eyes shifted as she suppressed the shyness in her heart and bowed in salute.
"There is no need for such courtesy, Junior Sister."
"Junior Sister Hongdou, if you don't mind, you can come listen to the sermon with me."
A kind-hearted young woman saw Xiao Hongdou's awkward situation and smiled as she issued an invitation.
"Thank you, Senior Sister!"
Xiao Hongdou was overjoyed and quickly flew over to sit beside her.
The gazes of those around her instantly shifted away. Xiao Hongdou heaved a long sigh of relief, as if a great weight had been lifted, and wiped the fine sweat from her forehead.
It was too terrifying.
She, a mere Spirit Sea Realm cultivator, being watched by tens of thousands of prodigies, the pressure was immense.
"I have not yet asked for Senior Sister's esteemed name."
Xiao Hongdou looked at her with a grateful expression and asked.
"Song Yanfang."
"Junior Sister, you are not a disciple of our Star Temple, are you?"
Song Yanfang looked at her carefully, her eyes glowing with spiritual light as she spoke thoughtfully.
"That's right! My grandmother and I came from the Moon-Gazing Continent, wanting to witness the peerless grace of your temple's Divine Son."
Xiao Hongdou immediately felt uncomfortable under her gaze, as if all the secrets of her body had been seen through.
"Junior Sister, you were fleeing in such a panic. Could it be that the matter earlier was related to you?" Song Yanfang transmitted her voice, her tone tinged with nervousness. Seeing Xiao Hongdou's evasive gaze, Song Yanfang's expression changed drastically, and she said sternly, "Speak quickly."
The people nearby also turned to look at Xiao Hongdou, their expressions cold.
"I..."
Xiao Hongdou's face turned pale. She did not understand why the kind big sister who had just helped her, and the indifferent people around them, had all changed their faces in an instant.
Each of them seemed to wish they could tear her apart alive.
Xiao Hongdou's mind raced, and she quickly realized that the change in their attitude was most likely due to Lin Xuan and Zhimeng. She quickly said.
"Yes, but I did not become his disciple."
"Hu!"
"That's good then. I apologize, Junior Sister. I lost my composure just now." Song Yanfang showed an apologetic expression.
"Not at all, it is I who troubled you, Senior Sister." Xiao Hongdou waved her hand, then hesitated, wanting to ask but not daring to, her expression vivid and exquisite.
Seeing this, Song Yanfang began to chat with a friend beside her, but she was in fact speaking for Xiao Hongdou to hear.
"Senior Brother, the Divine Son's talent is simply unparalleled in all ages. He joined the sect just over ten years ago and has already broken through to the Venerable Realm. His combat power is unmatched; he forcefully killed three Venerable Realm prodigies, and he is also a ninth-grade alchemy grandmaster."
Although Gu Qing had not yet been crowned as the Divine Son, this was already a foregone conclusion.
After all, the positions of Divine Son and Saintess never needed to be contested; one only needed the Ancestor's approval.
"Hehe, Junior Sister, your information is outdated."
"What do you mean by that?"
"I just received news that the Divine Son and the Saint had a great battle in the Star Sea Secret Realm..."
Xiao Hongdou perked up her ears to listen, and the more she heard, the more her heart pounded.
It turned out that the hostility from those around her earlier was because they were afraid of retaliation from Zhimeng's disciple.
When she heard about Gu Qing, Xiao Hongdou felt her entire worldview being overturned.
A Venerable Realm expert in his thirties, and also a ninth-grade alchemy grandmaster.
He had fought a Venerable Realm peak expert from the Fourth Layer of the Venerable Realm and forcefully killed him.
The more Xiao Hongdou listened, the more incredible she found it. She could not believe that such a monstrous prodigy could exist in this world.
After all, the higher the realm, the more difficult it was to break through.
Upon reaching the Void Dao Realm, prodigies with special constitutions measured their seclusions in years. It was possible to gain nothing, and breaking through even a minor level was a great opportunity.
As for alchemy, anyone who has refined pills knows it is even more difficult than raising one's cultivation.
However, Gu Qing was rapidly improving his cultivation while also maintaining his combat power.
Under such circumstances, he had still become a ninth-grade alchemy grandmaster.
Xiao Hongdou could not imagine how Gu Qing had accomplished this.
This could hardly be called human; describing him as a god would not be an exaggeration.
"Is this true? Has Ye Bufan, who defeated many of our temple's peerless prodigies, truly fallen?"
Someone questioned in disbelief.
In truth, not only did he not believe it, but most of those present were unwilling to believe it.
Ye Bufan was no ordinary Venerable Realm peak expert but a peerless prodigy who could fight a Saint Realm First Layer expert without defeat. How could he be killed by a Venerable Realm Fourth Layer expert?
"Of course it's true."
"What? Do you suspect I would spread rumors about such a major event?"
"No, no. Please continue, Senior Brother Zhou."
"Do you know of the starry cosmos body?"
"We do."
"Senior Brother Zhou, you mean..."
"That's right. The Divine Son is the starry cosmos body."
"Hiss~"
"No wonder the temple wanted to seal the news. The Divine Son had the Ancestor's favor because he is the starry cosmos body."
"Our temple has finally produced another starry cosmos body..."
"Master, you hid this from me for so long..."
Hearing that Gu Qing was the starry cosmos body, the entire crowd erupted.
This was the legendary supreme divine body, the same constitution as the founding ancestor.
Gu Qing only needed to cultivate step-by-step to become an immortal and an ancestor.
For a moment, the crowd's envy and jealousy were palpable.
Some prodigies who had coveted the position of Divine Son bitterly complained to their own masters.
"The starry cosmos body..." A look of worship appeared in Xiao Hongdou's beautiful eyes as she thought to herself, "I wonder what kind of peerless grace a supreme divine body possesses. If only I could see it just once."
Time flew by, and five days passed in an instant.
Gu Qing ended his seclusion, his face beaming with joy.
Things had gone just as he expected. By refining with the Chaos Treasure Vessel Seal, with the assistance of the Primordial Yellow Mother Qi, he could awaken Great Dao laws.
"System, display my attribute data."
[Name] Gu Qing.
[Realm] Venerable Realm Fifth Layer.
[Constitution] Supreme Dao Bone, Dao Pupil, Chaos Indestructible Body.
[Talent] Great Dao Accompaniment, Unprecedented in Antiquity, Eternal Life in a Single Thought.
[Destiny] Variable.
[Fate] Unknown.
[Fortune] 1,320,000.
[Innate Divine Abilities] Chaos Treasure Vessel Seal, Yin Yang Wheel, Star-Plucking Hand, Chaos Returning Ruins Sword Art, Star-Shattering Finger, Star Battle Divine Fist, Divine Prison, Drop of Blood Reformation, Primordial Yellow Heaven-Sealing Art, Space Divine Art, Devouring Divine Art.
[Divine Abilities] Spatial Shift (Great Accomplishment), Reincarnation God Eye, Life and Death Wheel, Nine Heavens Profound Sword Art, Qi and Blood Transforming Dragon, Heaven-Opening Divine Halberd (Destroying Eight Desolations, Five Elements Division, Yin Yang Heaven-Opening, Yin Yang Chaos, Minor Accomplishment.)
[Magic Treasures] Reincarnation God Halberd, Profound Fire Treasure Mirror, Void Flying Boat, Heavenly Dipper Nine Swords, Yin Yang Bracelet, Star Bell.
[Accompanying Spirit Treasure] Calamity Black Dragon.
[Innate Spirit Root] Nine-Color Soul Lotus.
[Innate Magic Treasures] Golden Gourd, Space Divine Pattern, Profound Heaven Sword, Grandmist Ruyi Pagoda, Return-to-One Sword, Fire Spirit Pearl, Gold Spirit Pearl, Earth Spirit Pearl.
[Cultivation Method] Chaos Indestructible Scripture.
Gu Qing looked it over and was satisfied.
Breaking through a minor level in fifty days was already incredibly fast, and Gu Qing had no complaints.
Additionally, this lottery yielded an Earth Spirit Pearl and a divine artifact, the Star Bell.
As for Zhang Xueyuan's reward, Gu Qing drew a divine artifact-level wide-sleeved glazed immortal skirt, which was very gorgeous and had many special functions.
"Senior Brother, let's go."
"Mm, you go to Master first. I still have something to do."
Gu Qing glanced at the messaging jade, and his expression gradually darkened.
That bastard Lin Xuan, even now, still wanted to take Chu Ling'er as a disciple.
For the sake of a reward, he no longer cared about whether Chu Ling'er and the Chu family lived or died, only thinking of his own reward.
On the other side, Chu Yao's face was so dark it looked like it could drip water.
Looking at the calm and composed Lin Xuan, a hint of disgust appeared in her eyes.
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