Gu Mingchao, the World's Greatest Stone Carving Master!

Haotian Palace, the Grand Elder led everyone to the Haotian Palace.

Before even entering Haotian Palace, the Grand Elder was completely bewildered by the various bizarre stone sculptures displayed outside...

Look at this mess... These stone carvings look like wind, rain, and mist... but they definitely don't look like human beings.

And the signatures on these stone carvings are even more outrageous!

Mystic God Gu Mingchao personally engraved it?

Meanwhile, the disciples responsible for guarding the Vast Heaven Sect are currently transporting various large stones into the Haotian Palace...

After asking, everyone found out.

It turns out that the sect leader recently remarked that his paintings had reached their pinnacle...

The sect leader stated that in terms of painting, Mystic God Gu Mingchao has already taken the lead in this era... Mystic God Gu Mingchao's paintings have reached a level that no one can surpass... In terms of the art of painting, Mystic God Gu Mingchao is unprecedented and unparalleled.

Painting can no longer satisfy the sect leader's needs, so the sect leader has decided to carve himself into a stone statue in the painting!

To be honest, the sect leader was truly ruthless when it came to art.

Look at these stone statues he carved for himself... If you didn't tell us these were self-carved portraits of the sect leader, we would have thought he was carving the Ling Mou Clan Chief of the Formation Spirit Clan...

These guys are all like octopuses, what do they have to do with you, Sect Master?

The sect leader also offered an explanation. "You simply don't understand art..."

Art is like martial arts. What is the lowest level of martial arts? It's seeing mountains as mountains!

The next step is seeing mountains as not mountains... the next step is seeing mountains as mountains again... and I, Gu Mingchao, have reached the next level, seeing mountains as not mountains again.

Therefore, the stone statues I carve also depict people as not being people...

How many master sculptors are there in this world?

But how many masters can truly have their own unique style?

Look at the stone statues I, Mystic God Gu Mingchao, carved. Can't you immediately see the strong style of Mystic God Gu Mingchao?

Even if you placed my work, Mystic God Gu Mingchao 'Gu Mingchao work, among all the masters in the world, wouldn't you recognize it as my work at a glance?

This is my style!

I am who I am! The most dazzling fireworks in the sky!

Hearing the words of the Haotian Palace disciples, the Grand Elder covered his face and suggested, "How about we dismiss the sect leader today?"

Sect Master, your self-portrait was fine... but you stepped into the Mystic God and, without a word, upgraded from painting to stone carving... What the hell are you trying to do?

The Grand Elder told the Haotian Palace disciples that they didn't need to announce their arrival... When the Grand Elder led a group of elders into the Haotian Grand Hall, they saw the Sect Master holding a carving knife, carving a stone statue of himself in the style of Gu Mingchao in the center of the hall.

Seeing the large number of elders suddenly burst in, the sect leader remained completely calm, then looked at them with an air of nonchalance...

The Grand Elder's eyes welled up with tears, but he couldn't be bothered to interfere with the Sect Master's peculiar personal hobbies.

He directly informed the sect leader about the matter concerning the Yuan Zheng.

After listening to the Grand Elder's important words, the Sect Master put on his clothes without saying a word, shattered the void with a palm strike, and left the Haotian Grand Hall.

Five minutes later, the void within the main hall shattered, and the sect leader returned to the Haotian Grand Hall.

Then, under the gaze of all the elders Gu Mingchao shook his head.

"I just went to the Bat Clan, but because a lot of time has passed, I can no longer find any trace of their presence. I also searched around the Bat Clan area, but I didn't find any trace of them."

Gu Mingchao was not willing to delay for even a moment when it came to Xinghe's safety.

Without a word, he put on his clothes and rushed to the Bat Clan. As soon as he detected even a trace of their presence, Gu Mingchao would follow that scent to catch up with them.

As long as he is caught, it doesn't matter whether he is Yuan Zheng or not... it doesn't matter whether he is Half-Step Mystic God or not... it doesn't even matter whether he wants to harm Xinghe. Gu Mingchao will not hesitate to end his life.

When Vast Heaven Sect disciples travel outside, few dare to harm them, not only because Vast Heaven Sect powerful, but also because Gu Mingchao is extremely protective of his own.

Gu Mingchao once said that no matter who it is, if they try to harm my Vast Heaven Sect disciples, I, Gu Mingchao, will never tolerate it in the slightest!

Moreover, given that this involves the Xinghe, there's even less to say.

Although the elders were somewhat speechless about the sect leader's stone carvings, they were still very satisfied with the sect leader's work.

Upon hearing the news of the appearance of this mysterious Yuan Zheng, Gu Mingchao declared... This matter concerns the safety of the Xinghe, and we must not take it lightly.

The elders all nodded in agreement with the sect leader's words.

Before the elders could say anything more, Gu Mingchao spoke up.

"Elders, Xinghe is the Future of our Vast Heaven Sect, so Xinghe absolutely cannot be in any danger. In my opinion, our Vast Heaven Sect must strengthen its defenses. All spies should be deployed. At the same time, Grand Elder, please inform the Wolf King of this matter and tell Wolf King that he must find the whereabouts of this mysterious Yuan Zheng- Wolf King no matter what!"

Just as the Grand Elder was about to nod in agreement with the Sect Master's arrangement, the Sect Master spoke again.

"Of course, Xinghe cannot be underestimated within the Vast Heaven Sect, so I propose that Xinghe move to my Haotian Palace. This way, I can safeguard Xinghe's safety at all times. Although this will waste my time on art, for Xinghe's safety, I, Mystic God Gu Mingchao, am willing to make this sacrifice!"

"Hey! What's with all those looks? I, Gu Mingchao, am a man who never shows favoritism. I only want to protect Xinghe's safety, absolutely not to take Xinghe as my personal disciple!"

The elders. "???"

The Grand Elder's tears fell...

Sect Master... what allows you to utter such shameless words?

What you said before was all perfectly normal... but the part about letting Xinghe enter Haotian Palace is completely inhuman, okay?

What does the safety of the Xinghe matter... what does entering the Haotian Palace mean?

Your abacus beads are practically hitting our faces!

Sect Master, have you no shame?

You're a Mystic God... Once your Mystic God Divine Sense is activated, it'll constantly overshadow our entire Vast Heaven Sect... and you even let Xinghe come to your Haotian Palace!

Don't even think about it! Do you think you can protect the safety of the Xinghe?

We're too embarrassed to call you out!

The Grand Elder didn't say much, but simply recited the detailed rules for removing the sect leader in front of the sect leader...

As the elders emerged from the Haotian Grand Hall, it was clear that Sect Gu Mingchao's eyes had become much clearer...

However, the sect leader's orders were carried out meticulously, and all except for the order to move Xinghe to the Haotian Palace were executed perfectly.

Of course, most importantly, after receiving this news, Sect Gu Mingchao's Divine Sense constantly enveloped the entire Vast Heaven Sect. No matter who it was, as long as they dared to step into the Vast Heaven Sect's territory, the Sect Master could detect their aura immediately.

Once discovered by the sect leader, regardless of whether he is Yuan Zheng or not, he will have absolutely no chance of survival.

However, it's unclear which elder spoke too quickly... but the news of the sect leader carving the stone statue still spread from the Vast Heaven Sect in no time.

Upon hearing this news, the powerful figures from all sides fell into deep thought!

In a short time, countless bigwigs from all sides sent out to seek out stone carving masters from all over the world... and bigwigs from various schools also followed suit to learn stone carving.

What the heck?

You're saying that Gu Mingchao's ability to become Mystic God (mysterious deity) has nothing to do with stone carving or even painting skills?

I urge you to be kind!

At first, we also thought there was no connection between them... but look at Cheng Xiaotian, the Martial Emperor City Lord, Cheng Xiaotian was the first to seek out an artist to learn painting techniques...

As you've seen, Cheng Xiaotian broke through to become Martial God without warning... Can you say there's absolutely no connection?

Now, Gu Mingchao has suddenly abandoned painting and started to pursue stone carving... There must be a deeper meaning behind this!

Go ask around in Martial Emperor City. This time, Cheng Xiaotian has been looking for the most stone carving masters... So this stone carving technique must be closely related to becoming Mystic God!

Even if we don't keep in touch... tell me, what's wrong with learning another art form?

If there is any connection, wouldn't we have found the crucial reason for entering the Mystic God?

Whether one can become Mystic God through stone carving is unknown, but after news of Gu Mingchao's astonishing stone carving skills spread, all the stone carving masters in the world were moved to tears.

In the past, no one cared about stone carvings. Even if you were a master stone carver, no one would pay attention to you.

But now, it is said that the only Mystic God Gu Mingchao is studying stone carving, and there are even rumors that the Mystic God Dao is hidden in the art of stone carving. As a result, the status of all the stone carving masters in the world has risen sharply.

Master stone carvers from all sides became honored guests of various powerful forces.

It must be said that the master stone carvers also knew how to reciprocate kindness...

The reason everyone's status has risen so much is all because of Mystic God Gu Mingchao... Therefore, we in the stone carving world are willing to respectfully call Gu Mingchao the World's Greatest Stone Carving Master!

And so, in a short period of time, Sect Gu Mingchao became the World's Greatest Stone Carving Master...

But Chu Xinghe stood Haotian Palace, gazing at the stone carving of the sect leader, lost in thought...

Are you all crazy? You call this a stone carving?

I could just grab any random rock and push it down the mountain. It'd roll all the way to the ground, and whatever it became would be more human-like than the stone statue our sect leader carved!

As for your claim that the stone carvings are related to the Dao of the Mystic Gods... have you no shame?

Let's not even talk about whether there's any connection or not. Even if there is, the stone carving techniques you've learned are wrong...

Our sect leader's stone carving technique involves going completely naked... You haven't even grasped the essence of it!

Putting aside the sect leader's stone carving method, Chu Xinghe, who had been resting for several days, was originally very happy.

These past few days I've been completely pampered, with everything done for me... This kind of carefree life is practically taking off!

Chu Xinghe that if this kind of life continued, he could accept it. After all, the more you do, the more mistakes you make. He figured he might as well just lie down and do nothing.

But as it turns out... it didn't work...

Just as he was happily relaxing, a piece of terrible news suddenly came from the Spirit Mine Mountain Range!

Wang Tieniu discovered several more large mines without warning. Although they were slightly inferior to Tianyi Spirit Mine, they were still top-tier mines among top-tier mines. The sect made a fortune!

Upon hearing this devastating news, Chu Xinghe couldn't sleep a wink all night...

Tieniu...

What are you doing...?