"Is that bastard Immortal King targeting my sister again?"
Gu Sheng’s eyes ignited with rage, his voice turning hoarse.
The Great Elder nodded.
"Gongsun Yue took your sister and fled. Although they encountered danger in between, but..."
"The Azure Dragon Immortal King, Tianxuan Divine Girl’s brother, appeared and suppressed the Qiankun Venerate King, even beat him up badly."
Gu Sheng was stunned.
"Azure Dragon Immortal King? Why would he..."
"Consider it as compensation for breaking off the engagement."
The Great Elder took out a blue jade pendant from his sleeve and handed it to Gu Sheng.
"The Azure Dragon Immortal King left this, saying that if you crush it, he will appear to help you with a matter."
Gu Sheng accepted the jade pendant, its texture was smooth and like jade, containing a heart-palpitating power inside.
Staring intensely at the jade pendant, an internal struggle ensued within him.
Should he crush it now and call out the Azure Dragon Immortal King to get clarity? Or...
"I advise you to keep it."
The Great Elder saw through his thoughts.
"This jade pendant can save your life at a critical moment."
Gu Sheng forcefully suppressed the fury surging in his chest, tucking the jade pendant into his bosom.
"Where are Gongsun Yue and my sister now?"
"Safe."
The Great Elder assured.
"Azure Dragon Immortal King personally escorted them to a secure place. But..."
His hesitant demeanor tightened Gu Sheng’s heart.
"But what?"
"Although Qiankun Venerate King is suppressed, Supreme Immortal Sect won’t let it rest. Returning to Tianlan Sacred Land now would be more dangerous."
Gu Sheng remained silent.
"I’m not going back."
"What?"
The Great Elder frowned.
"Right now, there are people everywhere looking for you!"
"Precisely because of that, I can’t go back."
"If I return to the Sacred Land, it’ll only bring disaster to the sect. Moreover..."
Gu Sheng touched his chest, where a golden seed was pulsating.
"I have reasons to continue my trials."
The Great Elder looked at Gu Sheng for a long time.
"Forget it, you’ve always had your own opinion since childhood. But from now on, you must hide your name."
He took out a black mask from the Void Ring.
"This is the ’Night Shadow Veil’, once worn, it can alter your appearance and aura, even True Immortals find it hard to see through."
Gu Sheng accepted the mask, its touch was icy cold.
The mask was entirely black, with two narrow slits for eyes, dark golden patterns flowing along its edge.
"Remember."
The Great Elder sternly warned.
"Unless absolutely necessary, do not reveal your strength, and don’t use your most recognizable Magical Treasure."
Gu Sheng nodded, placing the mask on his face.
The black mask adhered tightly to the face, Gu Sheng could feel it completely altering his aura.
Attempting to release a trace of Divine Sense to probe himself, he was astonished to find even his own thoughts could not penetrate the mask’s disguise.
"Good stuff!"
Gu Sheng softly praised.
With this "Night Shadow Veil", traversing Xinghong Spirit Domain indeed became much safer.
He looked towards the west, where Qinghe Holy Land lay.
Ten Thousand Ghost Ridge — rumored as the gathering place for Ghost Cultivators and Evil Cultivators, was precisely his target this trip.
Only by tempering in such perilous grounds can one quickly break through to the Dao Palace Realm.
Bidding farewell to the Great Elder, Gu Sheng sped westwards.
Encountering various spirit beasts along the way, whether Three-eyed Demon Wolves or Iron-backed Bears, he punched through them, not even letting them slow his steps.
The ground beneath gradually transitioned from lush forest to endless yellow sand.
The scorching desert under the blazing sun stirred waves of heat, yet Gu Sheng moved as if on solid ground, each step precisely landing on the firmest part of the sand dunes.
A thick smell of blood wafted in with the wind.
Gu Sheng frowned, the freshness of it was nauseating, ahead surely must be a large-scale clash.
Before he could ponder, an enormous yellow wall that connected heaven and earth abruptly rose on the horizon — a sandstorm was coming!
Instead of retreating, Gu Sheng accelerated forward.
His muscles tightened, True Yuan circulated within, forming a thin shield on his body.
"Bang!"
The sandstorm engulfed him.
In a split second, the world lost its color, flying rocks and sand struck the shield with dense popping sounds.
Gu Sheng closed his eyes and concentrated, relying solely on his Divine Sense to navigate, trudging forward in the raging sandstorm.
Three hours later, when Gu Sheng finally broke through the sandstorm, the sight before him left him dumbfounded.


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