Do You Want to Die or Live?
Bai Xianghui felt a blur before his eyes, and then all his cultivation was sealed. When he saw the scene before him clearly, his heart sank to the bottom.
"Do you want to live or die?" Gu Yuanqing asked indifferently.
Bai Xianghui's pupils contracted. "Who exactly are you?"
"Hmm?" Gu Yuanqing frowned slightly and gently raised his hand.
Bai Xianghui immediately felt a murderous intent surrounding him. The entire Heaven and Earth around him instantly turned into a freezing winter, even the wind was terrifyingly cold. The whole world was hostile to him, as if he would be killed immediately if he didn't answer. He cried out urgently, "Want to live!"
Gu Yuanqing finally smiled, and his murderous aura vanished.
Just as Bai Xianghui breathed a sigh of relief, he saw Gu Yuanqing wave his hand and felt a sharp blade slice through his Divine Court, severing a Divine Soul.
The intense pain caused Bai Xianghui to clutch his head and scream in agony, staggering back several steps and nearly collapsing.
He felt Split Soul being pulled out of his body by a hand.
Then a faint phantom appeared in front of Gu Yuanqing, which could be vaguely seen to be Bai Xianghui's appearance. This phantom was also firmly imprisoned by the power of North Spring Mountain.
Then, a faint blue light flickered in Gu Yuanqing's hand, and he drew lines of Runes in the Void, firmly enveloping Bai Xianghui's Divine Soul. Afterward, Gu Yuanqing formed a Hand Seal and struck the air.
The Runes suddenly shone brightly, shimmering with a ghostly light, and merged into a Formation, disappearing into the illusory image.
With a flick of his sleeve, the Divine Soul disappeared into Bai Xianghui's Divine Court.
Bai Xianghui instinctively rejected this Split Soul.
Gu Yuanqing said calmly, "If you want to live, don't resist."
Bai Xianghui looked ashen-faced. He was a Divine Platform Ninth Layer expert, a renowned master in the Slanting Moon World, yet upon arriving in this Floating World, he hadn't even grasped the situation or known who his enemy was before being completely suppressed.
He could naturally guess what was in front of him. Once this Split Soul merged with his Divine Soul, his Life and Death would be in the hands of others.
However, faced with this situation, he was helpless, unless he wanted to die!
Bai Xianghui's mind raced. He didn't want to die, so he finally gave up resisting. His wisp of Divine Soul immediately merged with his main body, and the entire Array Formation was embedded in his Divine Soul. The Runes shone for a moment before disappearing without a trace.
As soon as Gu Yuanqing had a thought, he saw Bai Xianghui's Divine Soul spontaneously combust without fire. Bai Xianghui screamed in agony, rolling on the ground in pain, his veins bulging and his expression contorted.
Fortunately, Gu Yuanqing only tried it out before giving up. This technique was obtained from the Formless Heart Sutra the Myriad Manifestations Sect. This Soul Imprint Technique was truly useful. Once implanted, it could not only control the person's Life and Death, but also vaguely sense their thoughts. However, the person being imprinted had to be willing and not resist.
Bai Xianghui lay on the ground, panting heavily, sweat pouring down his face, soaking his clothes and leaving a puddle of water on the ground.
Gu Yuanqing smiled and said, "Now that you're considered one of us, I have a task for you to complete. I hope you can satisfy me."
After speaking, Gu Yuanqing threw out the Sky Burning Tower, which captured Bai Xianghui. At the same time, he said calmly, "You two are both surnamed Bai. You had better persuade your kinsman, otherwise I will have no choice but to kill him to prevent future troubles."
After speaking, Gu Yuanqing raised his hand again, and the Sky Burning Tower quickly shrank and fell into his hand.
Sky Burning Tower, Bai Xianghui had caught his breath slightly. He immediately spotted Bai Jianfei amidst the sky full of strange blue Divergent Flame, and his expression changed slightly.
"Second Brother!" He tried to step forward, but the Divergent Flame in the tower only gave him about One Zhang of space. As soon as his hand reached out of the safety hole, his skin hissed and he stopped in pain, withdrawing his hand.
"How... how could you submit to him, betray the Bai Clan, betray the Slanting Moon World!"
Bai Jianfei's voice was hoarse and weak.
His Divine Platform Physical Body was incredibly strong, allowing him to recover from injuries quickly, but the Divergent Flame continued unabated, leaving him covered in charred remains and looking utterly wretched.
He had seen and heard everything just now, and he knew that Gu Yuanqing had deliberately let him see it. But the scene before him made him feel heartache and anger. Bai Xianghui was his own brother, born of the Full Siblings. The two of them had cultivated together since childhood and achieved the Divine Platform together until today. In the past, he had always protected him and could not tolerate him being wronged.
He could even accept that Bai Xianghui would endure the torment, eventually succumb to the enemy, and in that case, he wouldn't be so angry.
But to everyone's surprise, he betrayed the Bai Clan so easily, opened his Divine Soul, and was branded.
Bai Xianghui fell silent. He had thought that if he were to fall into enemy hands in the future, he would resolutely speak out and face life and Life and Death with a smile. But when faced with an insurmountable obstacle, he never expected that he would immediately surrender to the enemy.
"How can you do this to the Bai Clan, to your father? This is not child's play, but World Conflict, a battle for the Life and Death of my Slanting Moon World and the Bai Clan! How could you betray us!" Bai Jianfei roared, tears of blood streaming from his eyes.
Bai Xianghui felt a pang of regret, but he quickly suppressed it. He took a deep breath and said, "Second Brother, I didn't want this either, but he's too powerful. I'm at the Divine Platform Ninth Layer Realm, and I have no chance of resisting. Even the clan's ancestor is probably no match for him. With him around, my Slanting Moon World has no chance of winning."
His words, which had been hesitant and fragmented at first, became more fluent as he spoke, as if he had convinced himself. He continued, "Since we can't win, my actions are also to find a way out for the Bai Clan. Even if the Slanting Moon World is ultimately defeated, my Bai Clan can relocate there as a clan. Such things have existed since ancient times, so it's nothing special."
Bai Jianfei struggled to his feet, staggered over, and angrily said, "Is this your excuse for being a coward?" He tried to rush towards Bai Xianghui, but just as he was about to reach the safe zone of about One Zhang in diameter, the Divergent Flame suddenly surged, blasting him backward.
"Second Brother!"
Bai Xianghui shouted anxiously.
"Don't call me Second Brother, I don't have a younger brother like you!"
Gu Yuanqing indifferently withdrew his gaze. Just as he had said before, he admired Bai Jianfei's character, but since they were enemies, it was natural to use some means.
This person is different from Zhang Xuanlin before. The Zhang Xuanlin who came to North Spring Mountain was just a Split Soul, so killing him would be useless. Gu Yuanqing also had something to ask for.
For Gu Yuanqing, Bai Jianfei's only use was to help him teach the Cultivator of this realm.
Gu Yuanqing then turned his gaze to the other people in the Floating World. He had been thinking about how to make good use of these people, but after feeling how useful the Soul Seal in the Formless Heart Sutra, he made a decision.
"Using other methods would still leave me with the worry of being attacked by these people. It would be better to control them all with Soul Seal, so that I can focus all my attention on cultivation."
His Void Piercing Heavenly Eye activated, quickly locking onto another person who was not far from the Heaven-Connecting Stele and trying to find out what was going on.
Gu Yuanqing triggered the Heavenly Fishing, Hun Tian Rope broke apart, sending him flying...