Chapter 420: My Grandfather Is an Immortal King, You Can't Kill Me

The youth formed hand seals with both hands, and the six arms of that glazed dharma aspect simultaneously pinched out the same dharma seal.

A huge treasure seal condensed from endless immortal light appeared out of thin air, carrying a terrifying might that could suppress everything, and it smashed down toward Gu Yuan from above.

This strike had already expended his full strength; evidently he intended a killing blow that would destroy the corpse and erase all traces.

However, facing this strike that would make even an ordinary peak true immortal change color, Gu Yuan didn't even lift an eyelid.

He simply extended a single finger.

A fair, slender finger, as if unstained by even a speck of dust.

He lightly tapped it onto the treasure seal that had descended from the heavens.

"Crack."

A faint crackling sound, barely audible.

That huge treasure seal, condensed from endless immortal light and imbued with suppressive laws, was like porcelain struck by an iron hammer; starting from the point where Gu Yuan's fingertip touched it, it instantly became covered in dense cracks.

Immediately afterward, in the youth's eyes filled with shock and disbelief, it exploded with a boom!

Turning into a rain of light that filled the sky, it dissipated into nothingness.

"How… how is this possible?!"

The youth, as if struck by lightning, spat out a mouthful of blood, and the glazed dharma aspect behind him also shattered inch by inch.

He stared fixedly at Gu Yuan, his gaze like that of a mortal beholding a deity.

He could not comprehend why his all-out strike was so easily shattered by the opponent's casual flick of a finger.

This person before him had an ordinary aura, seeming no more than a common cultivator in black robes—just who could he be?

"You…"

He had just opened his mouth to say something when he found his throat as if gripped by an invisible giant hand, unable to utter a single word.

Gu Yuan's figure had, unbeknownst to him, already appeared before him.

"Why do you want to kill me?"

Gu Yuan's voice was very calm, as if he were asking about a trivial matter.

The youth trembled violently all over; he wanted to retreat, but discovered that his body, together with the surrounding space, had been completely immobilized by an irresistible force.

The terror in his eyes was quickly replaced by a frenzied bravado.

"I… I am the current Holy Son of Yaochi Holy Land, Yao Wushuang! My great-grandfather is a patriarch of Yaochi! You cannot kill me! You could spare me, and my grandfather will surely exchange resources for me!"

He brought out his greatest backing, trying to intimidate the opponent with it.

Yet Gu Yuan's face remained the same calm, unruffled expression.

He didn't even lift an eyelid, as if the patriarch capable of suppressing the ages mentioned by the opponent were no different from a stone by the roadside.

"I'll ask once more: why do you want to kill me?"

Gu Yuan's voice remained calm, but Yao Wushuang heard within it an icy chill that made his very soul tremble.

He knew that threats were useless.

"I… I…"

Yao Wushuang's eyes flickered madly; his thoughts raced as he tried to concoct a plausible excuse.

"Was it because you saw something you shouldn't have?" Gu Yuan spoke for him.

Yao Wushuang's pupils contracted sharply.

"Looks like I guessed right."

Gu Yuan nodded,

"Then, what are you actually looking for here? Or rather, what are you guarding?"

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Yao Wushuang flatly denied.

"Is that so?"

Gu Yuan gave a light chuckle and stopped pressing.

He reached out and lightly pressed his hand onto Yao Wushuang's crown.

A gentle yet irresistible devouring power slowly welled up.

"No——!"

Yao Wushuang let out a desperate howl.

He could feel his soul, dao fruit, and even his entire immortal essence being devoured by the opponent, turned into the purest nourishment.

During this process, his lifetime of memories flashed like a revolving lantern in Gu Yuan's sea of consciousness.

After a moment.

Gu Yuan withdrew his hand.

In place, only an empty shell devoid of any life force remained, along with a few scattered supreme treasures he had deliberately left behind.

Gu Yuan closed his eyes and quietly digested Yao Wushuang's memories.

After a while, he slowly opened his eyes, a glint of understanding flashing in them.

"So that's how it is."

From Yao Wushuang's memories, he finally understood the reason behind the opponent's abnormal behavior.

Yaochi Holy Land, as one of the oldest orthodoxies of the Taichu Immortal Realm, had an ancestor who, in a previous epoch, fortuitously entered this Send Heaven Palace.

That ancestor did not obtain any earth-shaking inheritance or supreme treasure in the Send Heaven Palace, but he accidentally discovered an astonishing secret.

Within the chaotic currents leading to the second layer, a supreme treasure lies hidden!

That treasure is called the Taichu Origin Dao Disk; it is a damaged supreme immortal artifact, its grade even surpassing that of an Immortal King artifact!

However, that treasure is wrapped in the chaotic currents and fused with the laws of the entire Send Heaven Palace; the ancestor tried every means, yet could not extract it.

Helpless, he could only pass on this secret through bloodline inheritance to his descendants, and he set up layer upon layer of seals so that only each generation's Yaochi Holy Son would be qualified to know it.

And Yao Wushuang's purpose for this trip was fundamentally not for those so-called Immortal King artifacts, but came with the family's expectations to try to obtain that 【Primordial Source Dao Disk】.

His reason for striking Gu Yuan with a killing blow was that he feared Gu Yuan would compete with him for this supreme treasure, and also he wanted to know how Gu Yuan managed to enter without triggering the restriction—this secret.

"What a pity, you not only failed to find it, but you personally delivered this secret right to my doorstep."

Gu Yuan's mouth curled into a playful arc.

He lifted his head, gazing at the endless churning chaotic qi flow, his eyes flashing with an unprecedented light.

The chaotic qi flow, like a natural barrier, separated inside from outside.

Within, laws are chaotic, time and space inverted; even an Immortal King's divine sense probing in would be instantly shredded.

Yao Wushuang held the token left by his family's ancestors, but could only anxiously wait outside, utterly unable to penetrate deeper.

But all of this posed no problem for Gu Yuan.

"Xiao Ai." He called in his heart.

【……What are you doing?】

A voice tinged with a bit of grievance and reluctance, that of a girl, echoed in Gu Yuan's sea of consciousness.

Obviously, regarding the matter of being extorted by Gu Yuan last time, the system classmate still bears a grudge.

"Help me scan this chaotic qi flow and find that so-called 【Primordial Source Dao Disk】." Gu Yuan directly ordered.

【Scanning is possible, but this is an extra service that requires a fee……】

Xiao Ai's voice carried a hint of vengeful slyness.

"Oh?" Gu Yuan raised an eyebrow, "Then forget it, I'll do it myself."