Chapter 752: Xu Gu's Opportunity

Just as Xu Gu was wallowing in sorrow.

A sudden burst of discussion rose around him, swiftly pulling his thoughts back to reality.

"Do you know? Over at Cangwu Mountain, something big happened!"

"Oh? With that Jiang clan leader there, what big thing could possibly happen?"

"You probably won't believe it when I say it, but Jiang Chen of the Cangwu Jiang clan actually defeated a Manifestation True Monarch, right before everyone's eyes!"

"Manifestation? Are you out of your mind?!"

"No matter how freakishly high Jiang Chen's talent may be, he still needs a certain amount of time to grow. How long has it even been? How old is he? How could he possibly defeat a Manifestation?"

"Right? If you said he defeated a Moon Wheel, maybe I could still believe it. But if you insist it's Manifestation, then the truth of it is certainly open to question........"

Hearing this, Xu Gu jerked his head up and looked toward the source of the voices.

Not far ahead, a passing group of Qingshan Sect disciples were chattering away, buzzing with discussion.

Listening to the content of their conversation.

Xu Gu's eyes went wide, a look of horror on his face: "Jiang Chen... defeated a True Monarch?"

If Ding Xuan becoming the Prefect of Tiandou Prefecture Prefecture was already an utterly incredible thing.

Then Jiang Chen defeating a Manifestation wasn't a matter of belief at all — it was something absolutely impossible!

One had to know, that was a Manifestation! The pinnacle combat power of Great Qin! The dream of countless cultivators!

Many cultivators spent their entire lives without even catching a glimpse of a Manifestation's shadow.

But how old was Jiang Chen?!

"This... this can't be real, can it?"

Just as Xu Gu was muttering to himself.

Voices came again from ahead.

"Look at the looks on your faces. Back then at Cangwu Mountain, plenty of people witnessed that earth-shaking battle with their own eyes!"

"There were many onlookers, so the news spread fast. It's probably already reached every major faction in Great Qin. Judging by that, how could it be fake?"

The moment these words fell, everyone present sharply sucked in a breath of cold air.

One had to know that their Qingshan Sect's ancestor was only at the Moon Wheel realm himself.

Manifestation?

What a distant word that was.

At this moment, Xu Gu's mind jolted, and he froze in place, staring blankly into space.

In an instant, the many memories sealed deep within his mind burst free, surfacing once more before his eyes.

The incomparably vivid scenes were as if everything had happened only yesterday.

Before that youth named "Jiang Chen."

He had actually dared, in front of Jiang clan leader Jiang Daoxuan, to open his mouth and try to recruit the other party, making all sorts of promises.

He had even brazenly claimed that the place where the other party lived was nothing but a barren land.

And that he could take them to far broader horizons.

At the time, he hadn't felt anything wrong with it at all.

But looking back now, those words were truly foolish and self-unaware.......

Not to mention that the Cangwu Jiang clan's resources and foundation far surpassed Qingshan Sect's by ten thousand times.

Jiang Chen's own talent was also far more terrifying than he had imagined!

His current strength was not only beyond his own, but he had also defeated a Manifestation, leaping in a single bound into the ranks of Great Qin's top experts!

Yet such a freakishly brilliant monster of a prodigy.

He had once actually thought about recruiting the other party — just thinking about it now was laughable!

Xu Gu's face wore a bitter look, his heart full of self-mockery.

He didn't gradually come back to himself until the surrounding crowd dispersed.

Then he lowered his head.

Staring at the broom in his hand.

He only felt himself toyed with by fate!

"Why is it that everyone else can obtain an opportunity, while I can only spend this life in such desolation?!"

Xu Gu cursed the world's unfairness, gritted his teeth, and violently hurled the broom onto the ground!

Right after, seemingly still not satisfied.

He immediately swung his fist and smashed it into the bookshelf beside him!

Even though he had pulled back nearly all his strength, a sliver of residual force still made the bookshelf shake ceaselessly.

In just an instant, several dozen books tumbled to the floor.

Seeing this, Xu Gu's heart panicked, and his reason returned.

He thought that if the Elders saw this scene, he likely wouldn't escape punishment.

So he could only force himself to stay calm, bend down, and begin picking up the books that had fallen to the floor one by one, placing them back on the shelf.

But in the process, he seemed to have made some discovery that made him unable to help but let out a soft "huh?": "Hmm?"

Xu Gu stared at the book before him.

Its surface, eroded by the passage of time, was already tattered and worn beyond recognition.

He casually opened a page; the paper was somewhat yellowed, mixed with a bit of dust.

Clearly, this book had gone many years without being opened by anyone.

Thinking about it, that made sense — these books weren't martial techniques or arts, so how could they stir anyone's desire to flip through them?

And at this moment, the real reason Xu Gu discovered something strange.

Was that one of the pages actually had a hidden compartment!

Because the paper was torn, a little bit of Jin Huang was revealed.

Xu Gu carefully tore it open, and immediately discovered a sheet of gold paper as thin as a cicada's wing tucked inside!