[At this moment, in your mind, there was nothing else!]
[All that remained was that colossal female phantom's finger pointing through the void!]
[A finger like a dragonfly skimming the water, yet it seemed to directly detonate your thoughts!]
[The Silk-Drawing Cocoon-Peeling Finger could actually have this kind of effect?]
[You found it inconceivable!]
[Your mind was entirely filled with the might of this finger.]
[However, perhaps due to your special actions, at this exact moment, you suddenly saw—]
[That figure disappearing into the distant horizon, that figure standing atop the white lotus, like a Buddha disregarding all living beings—the White Lotus Ming Consort dharma idol—turned its head and looked toward this city of Lin'an from afar.]
[You could even feel that at this very moment, 'she' was looking at no one else but you, who was in the midst of an epiphany regarding the Silk-Drawing Cocoon-Peeling Finger!]
[This single glance caused you to directly recover from that indescribable state of epiphany.]
[Your epiphany ended, and you gained a massive improvement in your comprehension of the Silk-Drawing Cocoon-Peeling Finger. Current Level: Level 7, 19% (Integrated and Mastered).]
[You stared blankly at the figure departing into the distance.]
[It was as if, in this instant, this phantom was completely engraved into your mind!]
[System Prompt: You have been affected by the 'White Lotus Buddha Heart Crossing'. When someone uses the 'White Lotus Buddha Heart Crossing' on you again, you will sense it and subconsciously approach them.]
"Fuck!?"
Seeing this final feedback prompt, Chen Xuan cursed out loud!
It could actually do that?
Is this Changle Palace invincible?
It could set a trap for him from so far away?
However, before Chen Xuan could finish lamenting, in the next moment, his heart relaxed slightly.
[System Prompt: Your 'Vajra Seal' has taken effect. When this special cultivation art activates, you can use the Vajra Seal to resist it.]
[You breathed a sigh of relief in your heart and highly praised, 'Lord Buddha is awesome'.]
[However, you only relaxed slightly. You also understood that since this true hidden trump card of Bai Lianxiang could observe you at this time, whether you were affected by this special secret art or not, you would ultimately be locked onto.]
[It was nothing more than a matter of going through a few extra procedures, and a choice between you going by invitation or them showing up at your door.]
[Thinking of this, you sighed inwardly. You knew that in this life, it would probably be very difficult for you to sever ties with these damned demonic sect evildoers.]
[Strength!]
[You understood that, in the end, it was still because your own strength was insufficient!]
[After this matter is over, putting everything else aside, secluded cultivation! You must enter secluded cultivation!]
[You made up your mind in your heart.]
[However, before you could react, you felt that you were flying again!]
[It wasn't you flying, it was Long Qingyu beside you flying!]
[From atop this Tide-Watching Pavilion, floating gracefully toward the edge of the crossing not far away.]
[After all, this place was not too far from the crossing near the riverbank.]
[And it was precisely amidst the howling wind, as you quickly landed at the crossing, that you saw a scene you would never forget for the rest of your life!]
[It was none other than at that boat crossing you had been to an unknown number of times, where you clearly saw that longsword wrapped in Righteous Qi violently slash down in front of you.]
[Large sprays of fresh blood splattered out.]
[Gu Ping's seemingly somewhat sinister and somewhat unwilling head, like a firecracker shooting into the sky, flew out over the distant river along with this streak of sword qi.]
[The endless white lotuses, the pouring true essence, and the finally condensed dharma idol all completely collapsed and shattered at this moment!]
[And that headless corpse also fell into the spreading river along with those white lotuses at this moment.]
[*Splash*!]
[The crisp sound of water seemed incomparably piercing at this time!]
[You looked at this scene before you in disbelief, seemingly still unable to react.]
[Not only you, but also Long Qingyu who had followed, and all the other Jianghu martial artists who saw this scene, stared in horror at the corpse that dyed the river water red.]
[Cui Jianxing's movements did not stop in the slightest!]
[His figure abruptly fluttered across the surface of the water.]
[Whether it was the head severed by a single sword strike, or the headless corpse, both were grabbed by him and thrown onto the crossing on the shore.]
[You could see the sinister unwillingness on that face, which, although you had not seen many times, seemed incredibly familiar.]
[That's right, it was really Gu Ping!?]
[However, you still didn't dare to believe it. Did this Vice Palace Master of Changle Palace's White Lotus lineage, this Bai Ze of Guixu, really die just like that, so easily?]
[Yet, Cui Jianxing no longer had the strength to further search for anything.]
[Because at this moment, Cui Jianxing's body went soft, and that 'Righteous' longsword filled with characters allowed him to prop himself up on the ground, preventing him from directly collapsing.]
[Fortunately, Chen Wujiu, who arrived closely behind, supported Cui Jianxing and then looked at Gu Ping's corpse.]
[Chen Wujiu struck out with a palm.]
[This Vice Palace Master of the White Lotus lineage of Changle Palace, this Grandmaster who had broken through at the final juncture, had his clothes burst open in this last moment, exposing everything before the eyes of everyone in the world.]
[Even in death, he was not given the slightest bit of dignity.]
[And within Gu Ping's robes were two books and a snow-white, warm token. On the token, there was a lifelike white lotus symbol.]
[Obviously, all of this could undoubtedly prove Gu Ping's entire identity, as well as his complete and final death.]
[No one spoke. Even Long Qingyu clicked her tongue off to the side:]
["A Grandmaster, huh. They really didn't leave him any dignity at all!"]
[Long Wuxie chuckled from the side. "Demonic and crooked path evildoers, and they still vainly hope for some dignity?"]
[However, facing all this, you didn't open your mouth to say much.]
[Your gaze was still firmly fixed on 'Gu Ping's' corpse, and your brows furrowed slightly.]
[Obviously, from any angle, this Vice Palace Master of the White Lotus lineage was as dead as one could possibly be!]
[The cultivation arts carried on his person, the token representing his identity, and everything that had happened before all proved this point.]
[But, what about that thing that only you knew about?]
[Gu Ping didn't wear it on his body?]
[You pursed your lips slightly. Your gaze involuntarily shifted toward the very edge of the crossing. There, a small, continuously swaying boat was gently rocking back and forth.]
[You knew that Gu Ping was indeed dead.]
[Under the watchful eyes of the public, and under the circumstances where even the dharma idol figure behind Bai Lianxiang had given up on him, he was completely and utterly dead.]
[However,]
[What about Bai Ze?]
[Did Bai Ze die?]
[You didn't know, but you understood that no matter what, in this world and in this Jianghu, there would be no more White Lotus Vice Palace Master, no more Gu Ping, and no more 'Gu Tingzhou'.]
[Even if there was, he only had one identity and one name left:]
[Guixu: Bai Ze.]