Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

Li Guanqi's helpless voice echoed, instantly stunning everyone in the hall.

Jiang Yi's pupils trembled, his empty eyes darting back and forth across the void as he murmured in disbelief.

"Old Pavilion Master... survived the Heavenly Tribulation?"

From the void, an aged laughter echoed from all directions.

"Hehe, just a mid-stage Integration Realm cultivator, you won't die anytime soon."

Immediately afterward, a gaunt old man slowly emerged from the void, treating the thick, azure barrier as if it were nothing.

He simply raised a hand and tapped the barrier's array screen, causing it to shatter and collapse!

The old man stood with his hands behind his back, surrounded by fragments of the shattered array screen.

A vast pressure erupted from his body!!

The terrifying pressure caused the entire Celestial Mystery Domain to tremble and teeter on the brink of collapse!

The hunched old man's eyelids twitched slightly, his narrowed eyes scanning the crowd with no emotional fluctuation.

In an instant, four figures were struck as if by a heavy blow, collapsing to the ground with a thud!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Four towering pillars of light manifested from the void, directly suppressing the four individuals onto the ground!

The four pillars flickered with light, nearly crushing the four into minced meat!!

The old man's soft chanting reached Li Guanqi's ears.

"Spirit Spell · Seventy-Eight · Four Directions Heavenly Pillars."

Li Guanqi's heart trembled, his brow slightly raised. From the old man, he could only feel a pressure as heavy as a mountain.

Yet, he could not sense any aura, making it impossible to perceive... it was as if a thin mist blocked his divine sense.

Even though the old man stood beside him, it felt as if he had merged with the heavens and earth, becoming one with them.

Not only did he cast a Spirit Spell from the top hundred with ease, but he also acted so nonchalantly.

Li Guanqi even suspected that the old man didn't even need to chant the incantation aloud.

Gu Yong turned to Li Guanqi and smiled, then looked at Ji Yuchuan and said softly.

"You've worked hard."

Ji Yuchuan smiled and bowed respectfully, saying, "Congratulations, Pavilion Master, on successfully breaking through and entering the Mahayana Realm!"

The old man's calm face revealed a hint of a smile, his eyes turning icy as he looked at the people below.

He lightly flicked his fingers behind his back, and the ground shook.

Immediately afterward, another pillar of light shot up from the depths of the White Tower, directly piercing through the floor of the council hall!!

As the two pillars collided, the physical body of the Integration Realm expert that Yuan Hongyi had hired at great cost was smashed into minced meat!

The illusory nascent soul couldn't escape the old man's control either. With a slight clench of his withered hand, the nascent soul exploded with a bang!!

This scene sent shivers down the spines of the others, as the fear of death enveloped their hearts.

They all wanted to beg for mercy, but they found that even opening their mouths had become a luxury.

Gu Yong slowly walked to the center of the three, slightly raising his head to look at the ceiling.

He murmured with a sigh, "It would have been so much better to just do your jobs properly, why did you have to do this..."

As his voice fell, the ground shook again, even more violently than before.

Bang bang bang!!

Gu Yong didn't even give the three of them a chance to explain themselves.

Three pillars of light instantly pierced through the entire White Tower!!

From beginning to end, the old man's expression remained calm and indifferent.

He looked at Ji Yuchuan and said softly, "Let the Dark Pavilion Guards carry out the purge. It's time for the Celestial Mystery Pavilion... to eliminate these tumors."

Ji Yuchuan bowed solemnly and said, "Pavilion One accepts the order!"

Swish swish swish!

The figures of the Dark Pavilion Guards instantly vanished.

Leaving only Gu Yong and Li Guanqi, the old man smiled and said, "You've done well."

Li Guanqi glanced at the Red Lotus with some pity, shrugged his shoulders, and said.

"You've really found me a good job."

"But... your granddaughter had a hand chopped off, I didn't do a good job."

Gu Yong waved his hand, casually saying, "It's just a hand, it's not like it can't be reattached, and it's not like she lost her life."

"It's already very good that you could do this much."

Gu Yong put his hands behind his back, and the pressure slowly dissipated, like a kind old man.

"Let's go, let's go sit at my place."

Li Guanqi nodded, and then the two disappeared into the White Tower.

The mess left behind seemed to have nothing to do with them.

In Gu Yong's courtyard, the old man looked at the familiar house, feeling like he was in another world.

No one knew what kind of life-and-death crisis he had experienced, these things were not to be shared with outsiders.

The two sat cross-legged facing each other, and the old man lit a stick of high-quality spiritual incense.

The green smoke curled up, and the scent of the spiritual incense had the effect of calming the mind and focusing the spirit. The old man personally brewed a pot of spiritual tea.

Li Guanqi unfastened the jade pendant from his waist and placed it in front of the old man, jokingly saying.

"This thing is really scalding hot."

Gu Yong, who was pouring tea, smiled when he heard this, "If you don't want to return it... you can keep it."

Li Guanqi curled his lips and said, "Forget it, it's better to return this thing to you, old man."

"I have the 'Great Wilderness Dragon Travel Scripture', that body technique is enough."

Gu Yong made a gesture and took back the jade pendant symbolizing the Pavilion Master, softly saying.

"To be honest, if you wanted it, I would have really given it to you."

Li Guanqi picked up the spiritual tea and took a sip. The rich spiritual energy flowed throughout his body, and all the fatigue of the day was swept away.

Li Guanqi's eyes brightened as he rubbed his hands together: "Can you give me some of this tea later?"

Gu Yong laughed loudly when he heard this, then took out a verdant embroidered brocade pouch and handed it to Li Guanqi.

"Take it, I don't have much left either, I'll find some more for you next time."

Li Guanqi smiled and took it, carefully putting away the spiritual tea.

If he gave this thing to his father-in-law later, wouldn't he be happy.

After putting it away, Li Guanqi said with a serious face, "Old Gu, I want two people from you."

Gu Yong's slightly cloudy eyes seemed to be able to see through Li Guanqi's thoughts.

While pouring tea, he smiled and said, "You want Ji Yuchuan?"

Li Guanqi scratched his head a little embarrassed, but still nodded.

"I have privately established an organization called Cloud Gazing Pavilion, and I want Ji Yuchuan to go over and help me manage it."

"Also... I want Su You from the Yellow Tower, he is very suitable as a middle-level manager."

The corners of Gu Yong's mouth twitched, he didn't expect this kid's appetite to be so big, asking him for two people at once.

"Do you know that Su You is someone I was preparing to have enter the Dark Pavilion Guard?"

Li Guanqi closed his eyes, looking like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water.

"You old man, just give me a straight answer, are you giving them or not."

"I entered this Celestial Mystery Domain's dragon's den and tiger's den alone, the sect is panicking, my fourth brother's family is reclusive, painstakingly working hard for more than a month."

"People set traps for me, and I can only swallow my anger."

"I can't issue orders from above, and I have to secretly tamper with the Celestial Mystery Chart."

"I can't eat or sleep well every day..."

The old man quickly raised his hand to interrupt Li Guanqi's words: "Alright, alright, alright..."

Li Guanqi raised his head: "Then you mean you're letting them go!"

"Tsk, as expected of a Mahayana Realm senior, this magnanimity! This vision!"

Gu Yong's face twitched, he was thinking... maybe he should just give him the Celestial Mystery Pavilion.

He would abdicate and run to the Seventh Domain to live freely.