"I, Huang Yan, am willing to follow Your Excellency and obey Your Excellency's every command!"
Like Cang Liu before him, he dropped to his knees with a thud and swore to follow him unto death.
Gu Xingzhi nodded with a smile, neither refusing nor agreeing.
His purpose was to undergo trials and obtain the Rule Realm Authority. Whether he had subordinate forces or not did not matter.
He looked westward, the corners of his lips curling up as he said to Ao Shuang beside him, "Let's go."
Ao Shuang nodded.
With a flash, he wrapped an arm around Ao Shuang and vanished.
Huang Yan, who remained kneeling, was utterly baffled.
He looked toward the equally bewildered and confused Cang Liu. "Fellow Daoist, what did Your Excellency mean by that?"
Cang Liu shook his head. "I don't know. But an opportunity like this to cling to such a powerful figure will not come twice. We must seize it properly."
Huang Yan nodded in deep agreement. "Fellow Daoist speaks true!"
"Then we should follow Your Excellency."
With that said, they flashed away and chased after Gu Xingzhi toward the west.
The scene shifted.
Gu Xingzhi appeared with Ao Shuang in a golden treasure mountain in the west, shrouded in clouds and mist and soaring into the heavens.
Golden light shone through the clouds, dazzlingly illuminating the surroundings.
This was Golden Mountain, magnificent and mystical.
Gu Xingzhi had come for the Metal Control Authority.
Looking down upon Golden Mountain, Gu Xingzhi revealed that strange smile once more.
Ao Shuang frowned. "My ancestor, this Golden Mountain is rather strange. Ao Shuang cannot sense Jin Chi's aura either."
Gu Xingzhi maintained his eerie smile. "Yes. Golden Mountain has undergone an abnormal change. Jin Chi is not here."
His cultivation was supreme, and he controlled multiple