AWB Chapter 645: I don't know what's in my head
Chapter 645: I don't know what's in my head
Chapter 645: I don't know what's in my head
After Canglan Xuanxian left, Gu Yun continued to sit under the Tongtian Divine Tree with a sour face.
That's just how it is when nothing goes right.
But he's still waiting for the next news...
at last.
Another cultivator approached him, knelt down and bowed: "Reporting to the Immortal Venerable, the interrogation results are in!"
"Speak." Gu Yun didn't even bother to lift his eyelids.
"There are a total of 1,322 cultivators from the Xuan Tian Realm in the Forbidden Zone of Dead Souls, but after interrogating and searching their souls one by one, it was found that none of them possessed the 'Primordial Soul Lamp' you mentioned!" Upon hearing this.
Gu Yun was absolutely furious.
"……No?!"
"How is that possible? The Dead Soul Witch King himself said that he was almost killed by the Primordial Soul Lamp, and that treasure was carried by some ant from the Xuan Tian Realm!"
"I must obtain that lamp!"
"Do I have to punish you for incompetence before you'll do your job properly?!"
His voice even had the power of a dragon's roar, the sound waves were so powerful that the cultivator who came to report the progress was only a Golden Immortal, how could he withstand such a fierce dragon roar? He was immediately blown away and then landed hard on the ground.
If Gu Yun wasn't particularly angry about the unpleasant news just now...
If this matter doesn't come to a conclusion, Gu Yun will absolutely not let it go. The Primordial Soul Lamp is the treasure that Gu Yun is currently eyeing closely!
Ever since he learned from the Death Soul Witch King that the treasure had been taken to the Lesser Xuantian Realm by a cultivator from the Xuantian Realm, Gu Yun immediately began to take action in order to obtain it.
Although he attempted to search the soul of the Death Soul Witch King, the Death Soul Witch King understood Gu Yun's ulterior motives. Even if he was going to die, he absolutely could not let the lackeys of the Immortal Realm benefit before he died.
The soul-searching attempt failed.
Gu Yun had no choice but to send people to sweep through the entire Forbidden Zone of Dead Souls!
All the surviving cultivators, especially those from the Xuan Tian Realm, were captured by him and secretly imprisoned in his territory.
after all.
The Primordial Soul Lamp was no ordinary object, and Gu Yun naturally didn't want other immortals to get involved.
Moreover, everyone has become somewhat estranged lately. Although the relationship hasn't completely deteriorated, it's not as good as it used to be.
Therefore, Gu Yun had no intention of sharing this important news.
He intends to get his hands on this treasure first!
but.
More than a thousand people were interrogated and their souls were searched, but there was still no trace of that treasure?
Does this sound like a word?
The Death Soul Witch King had no reason to lie to him; the matter concerning the lamp was absolutely true.
and so.
It's suspicious that the interrogation was conducted by people they themselves arranged!
Either they are incompetent, or they are planning to secretly take it all for themselves!
A moment later, the Golden Immortal shakily got up and stammered, "Immortal Venerable, please calm your anger. Your subordinate has not been negligent and has investigated everything thoroughly!" "Although there is no news of the treasure that Your Immortal Venerable needs, there is another new development!"
"...To be honest, there's no hiding it."
Ancient Immortal Venerable Gu Yun snorted coldly, softening his tone.
Even so, the Golden Immortal still felt a chill run through his body.
He took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, saying, "Immortal Venerable, after searching the souls of all those cultivators, we discovered that five cultivators are missing!"
Jin Xian did not come away empty-handed.
At least.
He realized that these thousand-plus cultivators were not all the people sent up by the Xuan Tian Realm!
Four girls and one man were not captured by them.
Although Jin Xian had considered the possibility that the five people might have been killed by the wandering ghosts in the Forbidden Zone of Dead Souls, this possibility was very small, because Jin Xian had seen many things through the memories of those whose souls were searched.
Among the four girls, there was a leader who was very skilled in swordsmanship and had a high level of talent. She also had a high-quality immortal sword in her hand!
It's unlikely she'll be killed by those vengeful spirits.
"You mean there were four female human cultivators and one male cultivator that you didn't capture, and there's no trace of them in the Forbidden Zone of Dead Souls?"
Gu Yun's dragon eyes immediately lit up.
Things have taken a turn for the better!
"Yes, but it's unlikely they could leave the Forbidden Zone of Dead Souls. They don't have the 'Array Key,' so they couldn't have passed through..."
Even Jin Xian wasn't sure if this new situation would satisfy Gu Yun. After all, no matter what, they were just five mortal cultivators, and no matter how powerful they were, they couldn't possibly do anything to that formation.
Although there was a young male cultivator... that young man, even the Golden Immortal felt that he didn't seem like a cultivator, too mediocre and ordinary, with a really low presence, he was probably really dead.
Even if there really is some treasure, it certainly has nothing to do with that kind of mediocre guy.
"Hehe, don't underestimate the power of that lamp."
"Although I have never seen the Primordial Soul Lamp, compared to it, the mere Immortal King Formation is no match."
Gu Yun sneered.
"what?"
Upon hearing this, Jin Xian's eyes widened in disbelief: "Does the Immortal Venerable mean that the treasure lamp can actually break the Immortal King's magic array?"
"Perhaps."
Gu Yun smiled and said, "That's normal. Even an Immortal Emperor would probably covet that lamp..."
"It's better to be safe than sorry. Since five cultivators are missing, let's assume they are still alive and have escaped the Forbidden Zone of Dead Souls!"
He certainly didn't know if the Primordial Soul Lamp could break the formation, after all, it was a treasure that even he wasn't qualified to see. But Gu Yun didn't want to let go of any possibility. Since none of the more than a thousand people had any information about the Primordial Soul Lamp, or even had seen it, then it could only be the remaining five guys!
Anyway, since it's in the Lesser Mystic Heaven Realm, whoever the Immortal Venerable wants, he can have.
No one can escape it.
"Since the Immortal Venerable is so certain, I will immediately arrange for men to capture those five who escaped the forbidden area!"
Jin Xian immediately replied respectfully, while secretly breathing a sigh of relief.
Fortunately.
The Immortal Lord did not blame him for his poor performance.
Otherwise, given the dragon's temperament, he probably wouldn't be able to save his life.
"Yes, make portraits of all five people and secretly distribute them to the loyalists. Let them spread the net and search the area around the Forbidden Zone of Dead Souls. In a week, they won't be able to get too far."
"But remember, you still have to avoid other immortals to prevent any further complications."
Gu Yun waved his sleeve, signaling the Golden Immortal to step back.
"Yes! Please await good news, Immortal Venerable!"
……
Deserted city.
Inside Gu Heng's residence.
From the back room came the intermittent sound of blacksmithing.
"Whoo~"
"Finally done."
Gu Heng stood beside the forging furnace, exhaled a long breath, and then stretched out his arms, rubbing his back and shoulders.
I haven't exercised in a long time, and my body is a bit stiff.
For some reason, even though he didn't feel tired when he was in the Holy Dragon Cave or the Forbidden Zone of Dead Souls, swinging his sword wildly as if it were water, he felt fatigued as soon as he returned to the forge and swung the forging hammer...
But at least he managed to get the "gift" for Qin Yiyao sorted out.
"Hopefully she'll find it useful."
Gu Heng muttered a few words, then wrapped the already-forged ice-blue longsword in cloth.
A long time ago, when he was still in Qingmu City, he had already crafted a rough prototype of a sword, but it was only a very crude prototype.
It was mainly on a whim that I decided to try forging something again.
He then put the project aside. In the past week, Gu Heng has been going through the first round of processing on this rather rough sword prototype, before moving on to the second, third, and so on…
A week had passed before the finished product was finally ready.
Today marks the true end.
He still owed Qin Yiyao a nice weapon.
Gu Heng dared not say whether this thing was good or not.
Anyway, he knew that his forging skills were already "superb", but if it were before, when he was still a mortal, they would probably not be very useful.
But now that I'm a cultivator, the weapons I forged myself should... be usable, right?
Anyway, once the sword is in the little girl's hands, let her decide for herself whether to keep it as a collectible or use it to kill enemies.
"noob!"
He called out towards the front yard. Then Little White came running over to him, wagging its tail.
“From now on, I may come back very late every day, or I may not come back at all. If Qin Yiyao comes back during this time, give her this sword. Consider it my way of returning the gift she gave me last time as her ‘master’.”
Xiao Bai silently took the sword.
"Alright, take good care of the house."
Gu Heng patted his dragon head, arranged everything, and then used his teleportation skill to send himself away.
After Gu Heng left, Xiao Bai confirmed that its master was really gone.
Then he quietly pulled back the cloth, and a sharp sword light shot out from it, almost poking his eyes out!
What a sword!
It's no wonder he spent a week working on it in the back room; the final product was so bad that it was hard to even describe its quality. Of all the magical artifacts he had seen in his past and present lives, it seemed that no more than five could compare to this sword...
"...The master didn't even dare to deliver the sword himself, he was afraid."
Xiaobai sighed.
He strongly suspected that Gu Heng was deliberately trying to avoid Qin Yiyao to prevent their relationship from escalating further.
Otherwise, why would I need him to handle everything for me, even just to send a gift?
Xiao Bai understood the implication of what he just said: either he wanted to wait for Qin Yiyao to come back before giving it to him, or he was subtly asking Xiao Bai to deliver it for him!
Is this a bad thing?
Xiao Bai didn't think so, but he felt it was meaningless because it was she who wanted to be with Gu Heng.
But there is another possibility.
In other words, Gu Heng really didn't know where Qin Yiyao was and couldn't deliver her himself...
Considering what his master might be thinking, he probably never really cared what his apprentice was doing.