Divine Venerable Xuanming had no choice but to give up and pull his disciple out of the pile of rocks.
After returning, Nie Li began cultivating inside the Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Painting. With the painting able to conceal his aura, he drove the power of the Demon Blood Sacrifice to its fullest.
As he activated it, the Heavenly Way Power inside the Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Painting surged madly toward Nie Li, and his cultivation began shooting upward like a rocket.
Nie Li also drove the Heavenly Dao Divine Art frantically. Just as his cultivation reached a fever pitch,
A voice rang out.
"Hahahahaha! You cultivate Heavenly Way Power, possess a treasure like the Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains Painting, and even have the Demon Blood Sacrifice! Wonderful! Hand your body over to me!"
Nie Li had already taken precautions. He looked at this thing, which was exactly like the consciousness in the Phantom God Palace. That consciousness, however, could do nothing about time either and could only hide inside the Phantom God Palace.
Nie Li paid him no further attention and continued raising his cultivation.
Meanwhile, since Gu Heng had reported him to the family, Gu Bei had spent these past few days giving gifts to the elders one by one.
Gu Heng listened to his subordinates' reports. He believed that, having known these elders for over a decade and given them gifts every year, he had nothing to worry about.
Inside a secret chamber, there were only two people: Long Tianming and another elder.
"Gu Heng, that useless fool! He can't even deal with Gu Bei. All the effort I spent grooming him was wasted."
"Gu Heng is tied to our plan to take control of the Gu Family.