Gu Qingzhi did not know why she had suddenly entered such a strange state, but all she knew now was that she had to finish playing this piece.
Her intuition told her that as long as she finished this piece, she would gain tremendous benefits.
If she failed to finish it, she might suffer a massive backlash instead.
So now, her mind was utterly free of distractions as she played without pause.
Meanwhile, the dozen or so geniuses from earlier clutched their heads and rolled about on the ground. Wave after wave of zither music made even their Primordial Spirits tremble.
They felt as though their Primordial Spirits were about to split apart, and they could not mobilize any immortal power throughout their bodies. All they could do was passively hold their heads.
Damn it. If they had known this woman was so terrifying too, they would never have come.
But why?
Why had they, once geniuses, become like this?
They were geniuses too—why?
First, Ye Lin's reputation had crushed them until they could barely breathe. Then Xinyou had brutally beaten them down. And now, Gu Qingzhi was suppressing them so thoroughly that death would have been better than life.
This Second Region no longer seemed to be the Second Region they knew.
At this moment, their Dao Hearts could no longer remain steady. Even if they survived, they would surely make little progress in the future.
Setback after setback had utterly shattered their Dao Hearts.
But whether they could survive now was another matter entirely.
Elsewhere, after completely stabilizing his cultivation, Ye Lin finally reined in his aura and left the bottom of the well on his own.
At present, there was nothing left at the bottom of the well.
This time, his gains had been quite plentiful—quite plentiful