Meanwhile.
At the Dragon-Suppressing Platform Viewing Stand in the Profound Elixir Palace.
The spectators had just watched Gu Yu slaughter all the villains from Eight Heroes Valley inside the ancestral hall, including the Eight Evils, with a single slash.
"Wait, wait... what exactly happened just now? Wasn't Gu Yu using the Azure Profound Sect's Seven-Kill Blade?"
"Even with Eldest Brother Taiping teaching him, how did he master the Seven-Kill Blade to such consummate perfection in so little time?"
"And that last slash wasn't using Qi and Blood Power anymore, was it? Aren't mortals in the Immortal Burial Ruins unable to use any spiritual power other than Qi and Blood Power?"
"What on earth is going on?"
Inside the small spectator building in Spring Rain Pavilion, Commandery Princess Chu Xiaoxiao's voice chirped on and on like a little bird.
"And Gu Yu... mmph... Elder Sister, why won't you let me speak! ...mmph..."
Just as Chu Xiaoxiao was about to say more, Chu Tiancheng beside her finally covered her mouth.
Spring Rain Pavilion immediately fell quiet.
"Phew..."
Having seen all the bandits die beneath Gu Yu's blade, Duan Xiaoyu, who had been staring fixedly at the images within the Dragon-Suppressing Platform's projection, let out a long breath.
Then, with a trace of excitement in her eyes, she said:
"Eldest Brother Taiping must have realized long ago that Gu Yu's root bone was anything but ordinary!"
Beside her, Zhang Moyan frowned.
"But mortals in the Immortal Burial Ruins can't be born with spirit bones, can they?"
The same question troubled everyone else in Spring Rain Pavilion.
"There's a kind of root bone that isn't..."
"There's a kind of root bone..."
Almost simultaneously, Xiahou Qingyuan and Zhu Huai spoke.
Then, under the puzzled gazes of everyone in the building, Zhu Huai turned and