Chapter 96: Thirty-Seven Years
Chapter 96: Thirty-Seven Years
"Impossible!!"
In the city of Guangyang, Lu Wenxuan received the news from his subordinates and his face was a mix of fury and disbelief.
Gone!
Deputy Commander Jiang Qin and several other Spirit Realm Exorcists were all gone.
Shortly after they entered the Nine-Bend Path, they vanished without a trace.
However, everyone knew that in such a situation, losing contact meant something had gone terribly wrong.
How could Lu Wenxuan not be enraged?
While the Exorcist Bureau of Guangyang had many sorcerers, only a few had reached the Spirit Realm.
Now, with Jiang Qin and his team missing, they were most likely dead in the Nine-Bend Path.
This dealt a severe blow to the Exorcist Bureau's strength.
Worse still, it was now nearly impossible for the Exorcist Bureau to suppress the various factions in the martial world.
There was one more thing.
What kind of evil entity could have silently slain Jiang Qin and his team?
This was the truly critical and important question.
"Could it be the same evil entity from Linqian County back then? But that's impossible. Although it was a Catastrophe-level entity, it had been severely injured back then. It shouldn't have been able to recover in such a short time. With Jiang Qin's team's strength, even if they weren't a match, they should have been able to escape—"
"The incident in the Nine-Bend Path needs to be thoroughly investigated!"
With that thought, Lu Wenxuan immediately ordered the Exorcist Bureau to send the news to other regions, requesting that they send strong reinforcements.
Indeed!
He was seeking help!
Now that Jiang Qin and his team were already involved, Lu Wenxuan couldn't risk going to the Nine-Bend Path alone.
While his strength was greater than Jiang Qin's, it wasn't by much.
The evil entity in the Nine-Bend Path, which had caused Jiang Qin and his team to vanish, was clearly far too powerful for ordinary Spirit Realm Exorcists to handle.
Therefore, Lu Wenxuan had to seek aid from all sides.
The Exorcist Bureau of Guangyang was just one branch of the larger Exorcist Bureau. Other regions, including Taishan County and Qingyun Province, also had their own branches, all working together to suppress evil entities across the land.
---
Meanwhile, the news from the Nine-Bend Path spread like a hurricane throughout Guangyang.
All the major families and sects learned of it.
Some even dispatched their strongest members to the Nine-Bend Path, hoping to suppress the evil entity.
After all, a top-tier evil entity represented both danger and opportunity.
If they could suppress the entity and find a way to harness its power, it would be like holding an extremely powerful trump card.
The first batch of sorcerers in the world had come about this way.
As long as there was an evil entity, there was a way to contain it, though such methods often required a high human cost.
But in the current world, human lives were often the cheapest things.
For a time, even the conflicts on Taishan Path were subtly reduced.
---
Gu Family Manor.
Gu Qingfeng looked at the letter in his hand for a moment, then released a burst of energy from his palm, shattering the paper.
"Now, everyone is focusing on the Nine-Bend Path, hoping to suppress that evil entity. The Exorcist Bureau has remained completely silent so far, haven't they?"
As he finished speaking, Gu Qingfeng looked at the person in front of him.
Gu Peng respectfully said, "The Evil Suppression Bureau hasn't made any moves yet. Perhaps they have, but the news hasn't leaked out."
"An evil presence has emerged, and the Evil Suppression Bureau can't just sit idle. Despite all the rumors, they haven't taken action. It seems the evil presence in the Nine-Curves Path is indeed formidable!"
Gu Qingfeng muttered to himself.
The appearance of an evil presence would not go unnoticed by the Evil Suppression Bureau. The current calm of the bureau was eerie.
Gu Qingfeng suspected that the bureau had already taken action but failed to suppress the evil presence in the Nine-Curves Path, possibly even suffering a setback.
Only such a scenario would explain the bureau's complete silence.
Gu Qingfeng had never underestimated the power of the Evil Suppression Bureau. For them to be thwarted highlighted the terrifying nature of the evil presence in the Nine-Curves Path.
After that, Gu Qingfeng dismissed Gu Peng and continued to delve into the profound truths of the Grandmaster's Intent.
...
For several days, Gu Qingfeng focused on understanding the Grandmaster's Intent.
Deep down, he had a premonition that he was close to grasping the seventh-level Intent, but he couldn't quite break through that last barrier. This left him feeling frustrated.
So, he dedicated himself entirely to refining the Overlord Blade Slash and unraveling the mysteries of the Grandmaster's Intent, vowing not to stop until he broke through that barrier.
One day, after sitting in meditation for a long time, Gu Qingfeng's body suddenly jolted. A powerful intent surged forth, enveloping the entire Gu Family Village in an overwhelming blade aura.
Many people noticed their longswords trembling involuntarily, as if drawn by an unseen force.
Gu Yang, who was in the midst of his own training, also felt the disturbance and his face changed.
"Overlord Blade Intent!"
"Father has broken through again!"
Gu Yang himself had mastered the Overlord Blade Intent, so he was very familiar with this overpowering blade aura.
However, compared to the overwhelming Intent now present, his own mastery seemed weak.
Though they shared the same origin, they were on entirely different levels.
In the presence of such a powerful Overlord Blade Intent, Gu Yang found it difficult to even muster the courage to draw his blade.
This was the overwhelming power of true intent.
As Gu Yang was inwardly stunned, in the study, Gu Qingfeng opened his eyes, and a sharp, blade-like light seemed to cut through the air. His gaze was sharp and piercing, making it hard to look directly at him.
After a moment, the powerful blade aura subsided.
Then, Gu Qingfeng checked his attribute panel.
...
Name: Gu Qingfeng
Age: 37/200
Realm: Second Stage of Viscera Refinement
Martial Arts: Gu Family Fist (Impenetrable Level 1), Iron Body Technique (Body as Hard as Iron Level 1), Great Tombstone Hand (Flawless), Iron Leg Technique (Flawless), Iron Finger Technique (Flawless), Blazing Sun Palm (Blazing Sun Palm Power Level 4), Heaven's Thunder Sword Technique (Beginner), Indestructible Golden Body (Golden Body Unbreakable Level 9), Seven Kill Blade Technique (Slaughter Intent Level 2), Heavenly Gang Invincible Body (Protective Gang Qi Level 4), Heavenly Gang Divine Body (Immortal Divine Body Level 1), Azure Sun Technique (Fifth Level Flawless, Pure Yang Blood and Qi Level 4), Five Viscera Scripture (Second Level, Viscera as Gods Level 2), Mixed Treasure Mirror (Second Level, Viscera as Iron Level 2), Overlord Blade Slash (Minor Mastery, Overlord Blade Intent Level 7)
Enhancement Points: 4
...
This year, Gu Qingfeng was thirty-seven years old.
His Overlord Blade Intent had broken through again, advancing one step further on the foundation of Grandmaster-level Intent.
(End of Chapter)
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