Huang Qianzhou: "I Really Deserve to Die!"

"Grandpa, you speak, I'm listening."

Huang Qianzhou crouched down, lowered his head, and leaned closer to listen.

As he approached, Ge Duantian's eyes widened suddenly.

Then, as if using all its strength, it struggled to utter indistinct sounds:

"Q... get up... open, ci... step on... d--"

He was halfway through his sentence when suddenly his strength gave way.

The ground sank slightly.

Ge Duantian's eyes suddenly widened, but he stopped moving.

"Ancestor?"

"Ancestor!"

Sensing something amiss, Huang Qianzhou quickly looked over.

But the light in Ge Duantian's eyes, along with his aura, was rapidly dissipating.

Huang Qianzhou's expression changed drastically, and he quickly retreated.

In the blink of an eye, blood began to seep from the spot where he had just stepped.

Huang Qianzhou's pupils suddenly contracted.

In an instant, he seemed to understand what his ancestor was trying to say.

After being stunned for a full Sanxi, Huang Qianzhou finally came to his senses, quickly took out an object, and began to perform hand seals.

Saint Realm expert is not as fragile as a mortal.

Though the physical body perishes, the soul can live on.

Swish, swish, swish.

As Huang Qianzhou cast his spell, the object he had taken emitted a faint light, which fell around him, while a unique suction force emanated from it.

Visibly, Ge Duantian's soul was slowly pulled out of his body.

However, even though it was the soul of Saint, it was extremely weak at this moment. It seemed that its soul had been severely damaged by the Lightning Tribulation along with its body, leaving it utterly listless.

Around his soul, faint wisps of light gray power could be seen, emanating an ominous aura, clinging to Ge Duantian's soul.

Huang Qianzhou dared not delay any longer and carefully absorbed its soul into it.

After doing all this, his gaze swept across the room and landed on Ge Duantian's face.

Gazing into those dulled eyes, a voice seemed to faintly echo in my ears:

Why didn't you say so sooner?

The sound seemed to come from all directions, repeating itself over and over, like a spell.

Huang Qianzhou suddenly woke up with a start and slapped himself.

If it weren't for me, the ancestor might not have acted this way.

I deserve to die!

At this moment, everyone outside, except for the disciples, gradually began to come to their senses.

Faced with the surrounding chaos and the disciple's painful cries as he fell to the ground, he was overwhelmed.

Countless elders felt their hearts sink to the bottom.

Outside the core formation, a vast area has been razed to the ground, and the area closer to where the lightning struck has been turned into deep ravines and pits.

Some of the houses within the formation were also fortunate enough to escape unscathed.

Of course, the damage to the building is ultimately insignificant.

The casualties among disciples and elders are what we are even less willing to face.

What just happened?

A figure emerged from the entrance to the underground chamber, speaking in an aged voice.

Seeing this, Zhou Kun's gaze sharpened slightly, and without any hesitation, he said to Min Qianlan:

"Hurry up!"

As soon as the voice faded, his figure vanished.

Min Qianlan and the others also dared not linger.

In a flash, the Star Moon Holy Land departed hastily.

With a large number of powerful figures awakening in the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, if they were to make a move, they might not be able to escape.

Perhaps the departure of the people from the Star Moon Holy Land was too much of a shock.

In short, nobody cares about them.

"Did he die too?"

Lu Changzhi remained silent for a moment as Ge Duantian's personal information disappeared automatically.

The phrase "unexpected" is probably the most appropriate way to describe it.

Fortunately, I just happened to have another opportunity to acquire the talent for imprinting.

Lu Changzhi murmured something.

Gu Chen's talent for marksmanship has finally found a purpose.

As for the rest...

After looking around, Lu Changzhi asked the system:

"System, it's already like this, why is there still no movement on the trial mission?"

Upon hearing this, the system responded:

"Reporting to the host, the completion status of the trial mission is being calculated. Please wait."

Lu Changzhi nodded, then, as if remembering something, mentioned:

"Speaking of waiting, you haven't yet distributed the rewards from the last shop upgrade."

He had almost forgotten the entire Saint King if he hadn't suddenly remembered it.

"Don't worry, Master, it's being arranged."

The system responded with a message.

At this moment, in the distance, lies the sacred site.

The defensive array that had been suddenly shut down earlier suddenly rose up again.

At the same time, an elder spoke up to Huang Yunya:

"My Lord, the great formation has suddenly stopped working again for some reason."

The words had barely left his mouth when Huang Yunya flashed forward, appearing directly in front of him. He grabbed Huang Yunya's neck with one hand, his face ashen and filled with murderous intent.

"It suddenly broke down, then suddenly it worked again. Tell me, was it you who did this?!"

The elder's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly struggled to speak:

"Your Majesty, I'm innocent! I really didn't know anything!"

The distant void.

"I didn't expect it to cause such a commotion; the losses to the Cloud Heaven Holy Land are a bit excessive."

"In this world, accidents are indeed unavoidable. However, I don't recall any record of this Lightning Tribulation in the sect's ancient texts. It seems I'll have to ask my master and the others."

"Now that we've done our help, we should head back. If we hadn't helped deactivate the formation beforehand, the heavenly lightning just now would have been enough to destroy it."

The Xiao Clan.

On the eaves, on the roof, in mid-air.

It was packed with people.

At this moment, everyone looked in the direction of the Cloud Heaven Holy Land, their faces filled with shock.

"Was that just now... the legendary Lightning Tribulation?"

On the flying boat, Xiao Ye took a deep breath, recalling what he had just seen.

Beside him, Mu Fan pondered for a moment, then gently shook his head:

"I've never seen anything like this before, but..."

After a pause, Mu Fan seemed to remember something and changed his tone:

"Master said he had some things to attend to earlier, but now he's like this again. It's really quite intriguing."

Xiao Ye was taken aback, then an incredulous expression appeared on his face as he turned to look:

"Senior brother means... this is Master..."

"Just a guess."

Mu Fan waved his hand, but lowered his voice and said mysteriously:

"However, when it comes to any unusual or significant event, if we place the blame on Master, it's almost certainly true."

Xiao Ye's face showed a thoughtful expression.

This reminds me of what happened with the three elders earlier.

Yes, the possibility is very high.

A short while later, Xiao Ye returned to the house.

The matter concerning Xiao Zhong has now been handed over to the Xiao Clan for handling.

When the Xiao Clan family members saw Xiao Zhong's charred body, they were all shocked.

Xiao Ye was prepared for this.

The answer is that it was Master himself who intervened.

I must say, the reasoning is very effective.

"Tongtong, is the mission complete now?"

Xiao Ye asked.

As soon as the sound ended, a system notification popped up:

"Congratulations, host, on successfully protecting Xiao Ya unharmed and temporarily eliminating any future threats. Mission rating: 10."

"Full?"

Xiao Ye's expression shifted, greatly surprised.

After the system explained the reason, Xiao Ye understood and murmured:

"My second senior brother helped me a lot to get such a high rating this time, so I need to find a chance to thank him properly."

At this point, the system prompt popped up again:

"Task rewards are being distributed..."

The reward for this mission is: Dragon Scale Armor (Saint Rank High Grade) *1.

With a thought, the dragon scale armor appeared in front of him.

"There's actually Saint Rank High Grade?"

Xiao Ye murmured, his expression one of surprise.

"Made from Black Dragon scales, isn't the Black Dragon the same species as the one Master raised?"

Upon realizing this, Xiao Ye understood.

"No wonder it looked somewhat familiar at first glance."

At the same time, a system notification popped up on Lu Changzhi's system:

"Disciple Xiao Ye has completed the mission—protect Xiao Ya. Mission rating: Level 10. Reward: Saint Rank High Grade dragon scale soft armor *1."

"As the master, the host is granted one chance to draw a prize, limited to: defensive items; limited to: Saint Rank."

"Perform the extraction?"

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