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Chapter 144: I, Gu Qingfeng, Have Never Been One to Follow the Rules
Chapter 144: I, Gu Qingfeng, Have Never Been One to Follow the Rules
"Your son, Gu Yang, has launched an attack on Taoyun Dao!"
"Your son, Gu Yang, has slain 368 warriors of the Skin Tempering stage!"
"Your son, Gu Yang, has slain 126 warriors of the Blood Tempering stage!"
"Your son, Gu Yang, has slain 3 warriors of the Bone Tempering stage!"
"Your son, Gu Yang, has been attacked by a mysterious powerful figure!"
"Your son, Gu Yang, has gained insights from his killing spree, and his Overlord Blade Slash has become even more refined!"
"Your son, Gu Yang, has sent troops to the Crimson Flame Sect!"
"Your daughter, Gu Shengnu, has purified her root bones, slightly enhancing her potential!"
"Your son, Gu Xuan, has made some progress in practicing the Gu Family Fist, improving his strength!"
"Your son, Gu Yang, has led an army to capture a city, spreading his fame far and wide..."
...
The lines of text refreshed on the information panel, and Gu Qingfeng read them with a calm expression.
Taoyun Dao!
Crimson Flame Sect!
In the past, Gu Qingfeng would have been quite wary of the Crimson Flame Sect.
After all, as a millennium-old sect, the Crimson Flame Sect had a profound foundation.
However, times have changed.
The Crimson Flame Sect was now nothing special to Gu Qingfeng.
Gu Yang had five peak Innate Realm experts by his side, making it easy to deal with the Crimson Flame Sect.
Not just one Crimson Flame Sect.
Even ten Crimson Flame Sects would be no match.
Therefore, Gu Qingfeng was not overly concerned.
At this point, he did not constantly check the information panel.
Because Gu Peng had returned, bringing back over a dozen crates of martial arts manuals.
These manuals were now stored in the Grinding Hall, where Gu Qingfeng spent his days and nights studying them.
Creating a perfect martial path.
Gu Qingfeng's goal was not just to benefit the Gu family's descendants; more importantly, it was to find a path for himself.
After all, the pinnacle of martial arts in this world was the Grandmaster Realm.
Throughout history, no one had ever broken the limits of the Grandmaster Realm.
At least, from Gu Qingfeng's current understanding, the Grandmaster Realm was the ultimate limit of martial arts.
In reality, however, Grandmasters were extremely rare.
For most martial artists, reaching the Master Realm was the highest they could aspire to.
Gu Qingfeng had Master-level manuals in his possession, but that was not enough. He needed to refine and integrate the knowledge from various martial arts to forge his own path.
Only by doing so would his martial arts be far superior to ordinary ones when breaking through limits.
It was a simple concept.
Take the lowest-grade martial arts, for example.
A common low-grade martial art and a low-grade martial art that perfectly refines the skin would have different effects when breaking through limits.
The former would lead to an ordinary Blood Tempering stage.
The latter, if it broke through, could likely result in a perfect Blood Tempering stage.
Of course, nothing was absolute.
Gu Qingfeng did not yet have a perfect martial path, so his current thoughts were only conjectures, not absolute certainties.
However, from what he had seen so far, the probability was quite high.
This was why Gu Qingfeng was so dedicated to creating a perfect martial path.
If he could create his own martial path and achieve perfection, then even if the world's martial arts were limited to the Grandmaster Realm, he could break through those limits and attain even greater power.
...
Ten days later.
Gu Qingfeng began to see some direction.
At this moment, a dark guard messenger came to report and handed him a letter.
Gu Qingfeng opened the letter, read its contents, and his brows furrowed, his expression turning cold.
"Truly a fine Crimson Flame Sect. It seems they haven’t realized their place!"
This letter was delivered by a dark guard sent by Gu Yang.
The content of the letter was straightforward.
The Crimson Flame Sect was willing to submit to the Gu Family Manor.
However.
The Crimson Flame Sect had one condition: the Gu Family Manor must provide one thousand civilians each year for the sect’s internal cultivation needs.
In fact,
This was not an unreasonable demand.
Any of these thousand-year-old family sects had sorcerers in residence.
The existence of sorcerers
was inseparable from the flesh and blood of living beings.
Throughout history, anyone who wanted to ally with these sects and families had to pay a certain price.
For example, the Heavenly Sun Sword Sect, which supported Pei Jing, and other family sects that backed Pei Jing, all had their own demands. If Pei Jing wanted their support, he had to agree to these conditions.
There was no way around it.
This was how the world worked.
These demands were the unspoken rules.
"Unfortunately for them, I, Gu Qingfeng, have never been one to follow the rules, and just because the world accepts them doesn’t mean they are right."
Gu Qingfeng sneered, his palm suffused with true qi, and the letter immediately turned to ashes.
Then,
Gu Qingfeng casually took a piece of blank paper and wrote a single word on it, handing it to the dark guard.
"Take this to Yang."
"Yes, sir."
The dark guard accepted the order and turned to leave.
Afterward,
Gu Qingfeng resumed his martial cultivation.
But unlike before, a fierce killing intent now radiated from him, enveloping the entire Grinding Hall. All the divine weapons inside trembled slightly, as if in fear or excitement.
After a long while,
The killing intent gradually subsided.
...
Three days later,
The dark guard met Gu Yang again.
"What did Father say?"
Gu Yang asked immediately.
The dark guard respectfully presented a letter, saying, "This is what the old manor lord asked me to give to you, sir."
In private, the dark guard referred to Gu Qingfeng as 'Venerable Lord,' but in front of Gu Yang, he called him 'old manor lord.'
After all,
The dark guard was now openly loyal to Gu Yang.
Of course,
Gu Yang didn’t care much about these titles. He opened the letter the dark guard had brought, and as soon as the paper was unfolded, a powerful blade intent surged forth.
This blade intent was terrifying. When Gu Yang’s eyes met it, he felt a slight sting and found it hard to look directly at it.
After a moment, the blade intent subsided, and he was able to read the content of the letter.
Kill!
A simple word.
But upon seeing this word, Gu Yang understood his father’s intentions.
"It seems Father’s thoughts align with mine!"
Gu Yang nodded slightly.
He had never been fond of the Crimson Flame Sect.
However,
The Crimson Flame Sect had agreed to submit to the Gu Family Manor. If he were to wipe out the Crimson Flame Sect now, it would truly break the last pretense and put him at odds with all the sorcerers in the world.
It was important to note,
Throughout history, any strong ruler who maintained their supreme position had the backing of an immortal sect or family.
In other words,
The rulers of the world were all supported by these sorcerers.
The struggle for power at the end of a dynasty was, in reality, a game among sorcerers, to see who would ultimately emerge victorious.
This made it clear
how high the status of sorcerers truly was.
(End of Chapter)
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