The sun penetrates the clouds, bringing light to the world. And that bright brilliance also shines on the peaks and mountains within the ancient gate of the hanging coffin sect.
Liubo Lake still looks like its rippling blue waves. But today’s Hanging Coffin Ancient Sect is far less peaceful than in the past.
Today is the day when the disciples of the Ancient Hanging Coffin Sect return from the Tianyang Secret Realm.
For this trip to Tianyang, the Ancient Xuan Coffin Sect sent a total of more than a thousand disciples.
But until the end, only a handful of more than a hundred people returned.
Such a result made all the old monsters of the Hanging Coffin Sect look solemn.
As senior members of the sect, no one in the entire Hanging Coffin Ancient Sect knows better than them how costly it is to train young disciples.
However, young people are meant to keep growing. Death is just one of the costs.
Some people can become successful while they are still alive, that is because they have more blessings while working hard.
And such people are, after all, only a very small minority among generations of young people.
A trial in a secret realm, an adventure in a dangerous place to win treasure, it is a normal outcome that most people will perish.
As an old man from the sect, these old monsters have seen a lot of this kind of thing.
But after all, it's just that they have seen too much, and seeing too much does not mean that they will definitely be able to see this kind of thing thoroughly.
Some things, some results.
They just can't accept it.
But even so, when those survivors return to the sect, they will still smile and welcome them with other disciples.
Those disciples who have experienced the baptism of blood are like treasures in the hearts of these old monsters.
As far as living beings are concerned.
Killing is originally the fastest way to evolve.
As far as bone repair is concerned.
Life and death are enough to teach them many things.
Whether it is a small eighth-level demon sect like the Hanging Coffin Ancient Sect, or those extremely terrifying first- and second-level sects.
They actually all have something in common.
That is, no matter how large their scale has grown, there are still some things that they cannot directly teach the younger generations in their sect.
However, what the sect cannot do, the outside world can do. If it were simpler, then this so-called world would be the world of bone cultivators.
Therefore, although the results of the Hanging Coffin Ancient Sect were not very good, people from all peaks and prefectures still appeared in that square early.
Before dawn, they had already begun preparations.
At sunrise, they were ready.
And now, all of them have a premonition in their hearts. That is, the person they have been waiting for seems to be coming back.
"call--"
Finally, I don’t know how long it took.
On the horizon, people finally saw a huge bone flying boat, cutting through the clouds and sea of clouds, slowly revealing its true face.
"They're back!"
As a loud shout rang out from the crowd, the crowd immediately became excited. The disciples of the Hanging Coffin Ancient Sect would not leave the sect easily.
Maybe it's because of the fierce fighting inside the door, maybe because of the influence of other environments, or maybe it's because of other reasons.
Over the years, there have been not many disciples who want to go down the mountain to practice.
Most of the time, those disciples just want to stay in their place of practice.
As for such a situation, the senior officials of the Hanging Coffin Ancient Sect have never intervened.
In their view, this is actually extremely normal. After all, every bone cultivator should have a method of practice that is suitable for them.
"Disciple Qin Ming, I have met all the elders."
"Disciple Ye Lu, I have met all the elders."
"Disciple Lin Canghai——"
"Disciple Gu Qingying——"
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In this way, the ceremony to welcome these returning people ended naturally and quickly. These people also returned to their original lives.
The Ancient Xuan Coffin Sect has thirty-six peaks and seventy-two caves. When we first sent our disciples out for training, ten people from each branch left.
But when it comes time to return, the people who come back are only part of these branches.
Some branches have people who come back, and some branches send people who never come back.
Some people are happy and some are worried about this.
But without exception, as long as those who come back alive can almost see their respective masters immediately.
However, Gu Qingyang and Gu Qingying did not see Old Man Tianshi right away. In fact, they did not see his shadow from the beginning to the end.
Such a result made Gu Qingying a little surprised. But Gu Qingyang did not show any reaction.
He gave people the impression that none of this had anything to do with him.
And he and Gu Qingying returned to the bamboo forest as quickly as possible.
Gu Qingyang didn't have any communication with Gu Qingying. After he came back, he immediately found a place to meditate and practice.
Gu Qingying just watched all of this silently. There was a hint of worry in her eyes.
She and the people on the bone flying boat already knew that Gu Qingyang's current appearance was not his true appearance at all.
His true appearance is actually that of a steel giant who has a body of a hundred feet but is comparable to a thousand feet.
This is just like what he said when he faced the way of heaven.
He is no longer a human being now.
He once told Gu Qingying that at the moment when the heavenly fire came, he once again created a method, that is, the ghost soul armor technique.
With this method, he refined his body, which was still full of vitality, together with Qin Chi, into that steel body.
Therefore, strictly speaking, he is not a normal creature at all, let alone a normal human bone cultivator.
He is special.
In essence, he is more like a dead man who has become a lonely ghost.
And this body made from his own body is just a body.
Even though this body is really perfect, so perfect that it looks very much like a normal living being.
However, what is fake is fake.
Relying on the art of transformation that he had mastered in his previous life, as well as other magical means, he was able to disguise himself in an almost perfect way.
But he could deceive those people, he could deceive the bone cultivators of the Hanging Coffin Ancient Sect. But he could not deceive his sister.
"call--"
Staring at the figure sitting cross-legged on the boulder, accompanied by the bamboo forest, and inhabiting the heaven and earth, Gu Qingying couldn't help but sigh.
Her voice was very small and full of trembling. Ever since Gu Qingyang became like this, she felt that she could not sleep or eat well all the time.
If she could, she would rather the person who transformed into the armor was herself.
But at that time, Gu Qingyang did everything well with absolute power and an absolutely domineering way.
By blood contract, by blood relationship.
Gu Qingying could more or less feel the pain and the taste it brought when he was refining himself.
But she understood that the pain she felt was just the tiniest part of all the pain, nothing more.
Therefore, it is conceivable how deep the pain Gu Qingyang felt during that process.
However, just when Gu Qingying was involuntarily immersed in that kind of sadness, Gu Qingyang had already begun to think about ways to revive.
He knows that when facing the way of heaven.
Even though he resisted again and again.
But in the end, in order to implement the path he chose and to protect the most important people, he was still shackled in the murderous situation of heaven.
Moreover, the shackles were forged by his own hands. That was the magical power he created for himself.
Ghost Armor Technique.
This magical power is very strong and extremely extreme.
It is strong because it can force a dying person to stay in this world.
Moreover, on the basis of retaining its original strength, it can even improve its strength.
As for how strong the person who has been cast into ghost armor will be.
Naturally, it depends on the strength of the person being cast upon.
Before experiencing this incident, when he first came out of the Tianyang Secret Realm, Gu Qingyang's cultivation level could only be regarded as a level above the Bone Sacrifice Realm.
Of course, even if he has the blessings of the God-Devouring Ancient Demon Sutra and the Ancient God Immortality Sutra, his combat power is only comparable to that of the Bone Sacrifice of the Third Transformation.
And when he broke the original shackles and allowed the god-devouring demon bone to transform again, his life bone transformed into a life bone possessing the three natures of gods, demons and mortals.
His combat prowess is comparable to that of ordinary four levels.
But after his death, and after being completely changed by the Ghost Soul Armor Technique, his combat power was enough to crush any bone cultivator in the Bone Sacrifice Realm.
Unless he can possess the ten most powerful life bones like his sister, otherwise, any bone cultivator in the bone sacrifice realm will not be his opponent.
This is not because he is overconfident, but because the strength he possesses now is enough for him to do such a thing.
Don't look at his body that has turned into iron armor.
But in fact, all the magical powers he has practiced can be deduced normally. What's more, except for the original magical powers.
Now, because of the destiny sin pattern in his body, he can also use this as a basis to control a little bit of the thunder and calamity power of heaven.
This can also be regarded as a trump card.
And if Heaven doesn't want him to be like this, if it doesn't want him to control this little bit of power that should belong to it.
Then the only thing it can do is to set up another plan to remove the shackles on Gu Qingyang and let Gu Qingyang become a real person again.
But the question is, will it do so?
In order to suppress Gu Qingyang and turn Gu Qingyang into this state, how much effort did it put in and how many rules did it break?
It remembers all of this clearly. Gu Qingyang himself has naturally realized these truths.
And the biggest problem he is facing now is his inability to practice.
He is no longer a human being, no longer a bone cultivator.
Strictly speaking, he is now an existence like a magic weapon.
However, other magical weapons are dead objects without consciousness.
And he is an iron armor controlled by his own soul.
He is not a human being, not a bone cultivator.
Naturally, it is no longer possible to practice using the unique system of bone cultivation.
Naturally, it is just like those dead objects such as magic weapons, which cannot be improved.
If he can't improve his strength, how can he reach the peak he wants to reach?
So what, to face the way of heaven?
After thinking about it, Gu Qingyang, who had transformed into a human form, couldn't help but frown.
There were so many thoughts in his heart. But no matter how he thought or thought about it.
He couldn't find a way to break the situation.
He had to admit that Tiandao's attack this time was a sure blow for him!
He did save his sister's life, he did keep her by his side.
But this result was achieved by him using his spiritual path without hesitation.
And Gu Qingyang also realized that after much deliberation, the roads before him were nothing more than these few with traces to follow.
Or, let Gu Qingying use him as a Taoist soldier. As Gu Qingying's strength becomes stronger, as her Taoist soldier, his strength will naturally increase accordingly.
But is this what he wants?
Moreover, is this thing possible?
It’s not that he has never practiced, nor has he reached the peak of bone cultivation. He knows better than anyone else the meaning of the so-called Taoist weapon.
And besides that, if he wants to grow.
Then, he can only try again and try to re-open a practice system that belongs to him as it is now.
And the difficulty of accomplishing this kind of thing is no less difficult than becoming an emperor, that is, achieving the seventeenth level of bone cultivation.
There are only two methods that can be compared.
In contrast, the former still has the word Yuan and the word Dao to speak of.
But the latter is a real void and taboo.
Because no living being has been able to do this kind of thing throughout the ages. This kind of thing is equivalent to subverting the entire world.
It's not that Gu Qingyang didn't have the confidence to do it. Gu Qingyang was worried that he wouldn't have enough time to support him in doing it.
Creating a system takes an infinite amount of time.
This is not three or two years, nor is it thousands of years or millions of years, but countless years.
Maybe he does have such a long time. But can Gu Qingying afford it?
Not to mention the outside world, just within this ancient hanging coffin sect, there are countless ambitious people who are coveting her life and bones.
Now, with his strength, he can still protect her for a while.
But as time goes by, if he stagnates on the path of cultivation.
I'm afraid that he will become a burden to Gu Qingying before long.
If things develop like this, then he would rather disappear from this world completely. And besides these two roads, there is another way.
That's the third way.
At the same time, it also seems to be the easiest way, which is to seize the bodies of others like the remnant souls and Sky Skulls he once encountered.
In this way, he can have a brand new body. But such a thing is really too dangerous.
Moreover, everyone has an innate way of spiritual practice.
The way of others is not his way. Even if he takes it away, it is not his way.
What's more, he couldn't be sure that when someone else's body was taken away, Heaven would take action again and arrange another killing spree.
If this is really the case, it will be a disaster.
"call--"
A somewhat heavy sigh sounded in the air, and Gu Qingyang's eyes had become extremely deep.
Indeed, he could no longer think of a way out. What Heaven had left for him was a path of despair that could be seen at a glance.