Gu Changqing was just as he always was upon waking.
First, he stretched lazily, then unhurriedly reached for the Wine God Gourd at his waist and tilted his head back.
Gulp... gulp...
Several great mouthfuls of fine wine slid down his throat. Only after that familiar, mellow fragrance flowed through his meridians and spread throughout his body did his eyes regain a measure of clarity.
Though his drunkenness had yet to fully fade, a sharpness that could see through everything already shone in the depths of his eyes.
He did not rise, merely tilted his head slightly and looked through his cave abode toward a stretch of void outside.
That was precisely the direction of the sanctuary Luohu had established.
With his cultivation as a Hunyuan Limitless Daluo Golden Immortal, how could any movement in the surrounding area possibly escape his senses?
The spatial rift Zhunti had torn open when infiltrating Luohu's sanctuary, the fierce clash between a Sage's might and the aura of the Devil Dao erupting within that space, and even Luohu's current predicament as he struggled to hold on after falling behind.
Gu Changqing sensed it all, down to the finest detail.
"Urp..."
Gu Changqing let out a wine burp. The corner of his mouth twitched as he murmured to himself.
"So the Buddhist School... wants to slip in while we're vulnerable?"
Though he had only just "woken," Gu Changqing's powers of perception allowed him to grasp the Buddhist School's intentions almost instantly.
He even pieced together the entire chain of causes and consequences in his mind.
Earlier, Hongjun had joined forces with the Elder of Chaos, brought their might down upon the Interception Sect, and seized the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe before leaving.
Though Gu Changqing had ultimately kept Hongjun from gaining much of an advantage in