Chapter 392: Curse Kill!

"Ji You is breaking through again?"

"Yeah, it is said that the spiritual energy in Zhongzhou has become thin because of this."

"So exaggerated, what is he breaking through?"

"He walked the path of body refinement, and already had Boundless combat power early on. It is estimated that he is impacting the next major realm..."

"Wouldn't that be Spirit Travel combat power?"

The news of the Demon race entering the capital attracted countless people's sight, but what attracted attention was that Ji You suddenly returned to the capital during his retreat, which naturally caused speculation early on.

And now the news from Zhongzhou proved that Ji You was indeed preparing for a major barrier in his cultivation.

You must know that Ji You has only been in the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan for six years since he entered as a private cultivator from the countryside.

This period of time is just like a white horse passing through a crack for cultivators with long lifespans, not worth mentioning, but it truly makes people see how a person with no background rose to fame.

Six years of time is enough to suppress Boundless. I didn't expect that in another six years, what level he would grow to.

At the same time, a celebration for Shi Junhao being officially accepted as a direct disciple was being held in the Wuyu Hall of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan.

Back then, he and Xiao Hanyan followed the mission to the Western Regions, and the promise obtained was that whoever entered the Responding Heaven Realm first could be accepted as a direct disciple.

Later, Xiao Hanyan won a ranking in the Youxian Assembly and entered the Heavenly Dao Sacrifice, but died in the Chu family's layout because of this, so this quota naturally fell to Shi Junhao.

In fact, Shi Junhao had already reached the Responding Heaven Realm when the Barbarian and Demon races invaded, but because there were many things that happened in between, the official ceremony had been dragged until now.

It's just that as the direct disciple of this direct disciple ceremony, what everyone was talking about was still the news that Ji You was preparing to break through.

Because as Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciples, many people looked back six years ago and felt that they didn't seem to have made any progress, but they witnessed with their own eyes how the lonely and unsociable Ji You rode alone.

After the short wine party, Shi Junhao, He Lingxiu, and Chai Ze, the other three direct disciples, gathered in the tea pavilion on the top of the misty mountain, their expressions trance-like while holding cups.

For Immortal Sect disciples, the Immortal Hall direct disciple is the existence second only to the direct holy son.

A hundred years later, they are likely to become the hall masters of the Immortal Hall where they are, and become existences who control the wind and rain.

Especially since Yu Buyu was injured and fell from the realm back then, the current Abbot Yu Yingqiu has no direct disciples, and they might even go to fight for the position of Abbot in the future.

Such a noble status is already the peak among the many disciples of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, and it would have been a celebration from all sides in the past.

But the person who is least like a Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciple has now made the name of this hall master direct disciple seem worthless.

Because everyone knows that even if Yu Buyu hadn't fallen from the realm back then and became an Immortal Sect direct disciple, the first among the disciples would only be the one who is breaking through.

At the same time, countless clans were heading toward the Sage Land, and stepped into the deep mountains and forests, stepping on the withered fallen leaves.

Some of them came from Liangzhou, some from Qingzhou, and even some from Yuzhou, gathering together with the Zhongzhou clans who arrived early.

And besides these clan disciples who came facing the mountain, there were three female figures who had just landed in the valley next to Dongshan, landing gracefully in the void.

The woman in the middle raised her head lightly, revealing a face of national beauty and heavenly fragrance, and stared at the surging spiritual flow, her eyelashes trembling slightly.

"So many people."

"They are all here to watch the husband break through."

Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu whispered, then turned their heads to look at their own Jianzhu.

It was agreed that the son-in-law was just a kept man and didn't need to know about the pregnancy, but the son-in-law didn't guess it in the letter, and the Jianzhu herself couldn't help but trot over—truly saying one thing and meaning another.

However, they could understand; for a major event like having an heir, the Jianzhu naturally hoped the son-in-law would know sooner.

But given the Jianzhu's personality, even if the son-in-law knew, the Jianzhu would probably just say the little Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciple "did well" and that there would be rewards or something.

Amidst the chirping of crickets, Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi came back to her senses, and seeing the expressions of the two, she knew they were gossiping about her again, so she narrowed her eyes slightly.

In an instant, Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu stood up straight and began to look at their noses, their noses at their mouths, and their mouths at their hearts, just like good maids who were professional, serious, and never gossiped about their own young lady.

"Eh, Sister Jianzhu?!"

"?"

The three turned their heads at the sound and saw Yuanchen walking over with a look of surprise.

The little Jianzhu of Spirit Sword Mountain had specially chosen to land in the valley to avoid places with too many people, and this time it was very close to the restoration site of the Sages' Holy Land.

Yuanchen had been in seclusion for a long time and had finally come out to catch his breath, not expecting to meet another elder sister.

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi glanced at Yuanchen: "Have you been able to successfully awaken the holy artifact?"

Yuanchen's bright smile froze on his face in an instant.

Ever since his brother-in-law went into seclusion, no one could suppress his own elder sister, to the point where Yuanchen hadn't even dared to look at a storybook for a whole day; as a result, upon discovering that Sister Jianzhu had arrived, he was immediately overjoyed.

Because he knew that besides his brother-in-law being able to suppress his sister, Sister Jianzhu could too.

But what this Pill Sect direct disciple didn't expect was that both sisters said exactly the same thing.

"I can already awaken it, but it's still unstable."

"Where is Caiwei?"

"Sister is in the bamboo house to the east. Father said that since brother-in-law needs to charge a realm, the restoration work will be paused for a few days to ensure the even flow of spiritual energy. I will take Sister Jianzhu to find Sister."

Yuanchen had a plan in mind in an instant, thinking that once Sister Jianzhu arrived, his sister definitely wouldn't dare to do evil, nor would she keep staring at him, so he could sneak out to read storybooks in the afternoon.

So he revealed an expectant look, hoping Sister Jianzhu could go see his own sister.

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi had come here specifically to wait for the scoundrel to come out of seclusion, and since there was nothing else to do at the moment, she nodded in agreement, and then the four of them headed toward the temporarily built bamboo courtyard on the hillside.

"Sister, Sister Jianzhu is here!"

"Sister Jianzhu?"

Yuan Caiwei was copying a pill formula in the bamboo courtyard; hearing the sound, she turned her head to look and saw her younger brother pushing open the door, while Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi followed behind and walked toward the courtyard.

Seeing this scene, the Pill Sect's daughter put down her paper and pen and stood up, just about to speak, but her eyes suddenly froze on the other's lower abdomen.

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi saw her gaze and couldn't help but straighten her lower abdomen slightly.

Sister Jianzhu has good fortune, Yuan Caiwei thought to herself, a trace of envy appearing in her eyes...

"It has been a day since yesterday, right? Is he still absorbing spiritual energy?"

"Correct, there has been no sign of stopping until now."

On the eastern hillside, He Ye, Zuoqiu Jingyun, and several familiar family heads were staring at the magnificent, surging spiritual energy and discussing in low voices.

After a day and a night of breathing, the spiritual energy in various parts of Central Province was clearly thinning; if it weren't for the leaking spiritual energy from the Sages' Holy Land to supplement it, it would not have been impossible to be sucked into a spiritual energy vacuum.

This amount of spiritual energy was truly rare in the world, and it also explained why Ji You could still behead Chu Xian while being amidst killing intent.

It was just that even after breathing to this extent, the other party seemed to have not yet reached the limit, and this could not help but shock everyone, wondering what kind of terrifying combat power such a magnificent breakthrough would correspond to.

The afternoon sun slanted westward, and the sky gradually began to darken.

In the process of waiting, everyone felt a sense of moisture; looking up, they saw dark clouds gathering and knew that it was likely to rain today.

It was also at this moment that the flow of spiritual energy around the Sages' Holy Land gradually began to stagnate, and the spiritual energy that had gathered like a river due to the breathing also began to fade and disperse in all directions.

Boom!!!

Just when everyone had not yet reacted, a scorching aura suddenly shot out from the East Mountain, instantly whipping up endless wild winds; after rushing into the mountain forest, it bent countless ancient trees fiercely.

Countless immortal sect members were knocked back repeatedly by this sudden burst of energy and could not help but circulate their spiritual energy to stabilize their figures amidst the wind and waves.

Because this scorching energy burst out so suddenly, the air suddenly made an explosive sound; at the same time, the aura shot straight into the heavens, directly piercing through that thick layer of leaden clouds above the distant sky.

Boom—!

Perhaps because of the heat wave rushing into the sky, a thick purple lightning bolt bloomed directly behind the thundercloud, spanning the sky.

Amidst the pattering sound, a torrential downpour was blasted down into the human world ahead of time.

At this moment, inside the mountain cave, Ji You had already used his mind to ignite a spark, and when that spark fell, the blue spiritual lake within his body instantly ignited a raging fire.

Subsequently, the swaying flames rushed out, beginning to ignite the spiritual currents within his limbs and bones.

Matter between heaven and earth will not dissipate, only transform from one form to another, so the burning of spiritual energy also produced intense energy.

This energy instantly began to collide continuously within his body, and amidst the collisions, it gradually formed an energy barrier.

During his previous few attempts to charge a realm, Ji You would blast these energies directly out of his body; the humming sound like a tiger's roar and dragon's chant came from this.

And when he wanted to imitate the previous method again, he found that the feeling of tight binding that he would only encounter at the very end suddenly struck, wrapping around him fiercely, like a large hand gripping him tightly.

People say that cultivators perceiving the Heavenly Dao is acting in accordance with heaven, so perhaps tempering the physical body is a kind of acting against heaven.