"I'm absolutely certain of making it into the top 100, so whether I look at the rankings or not doesn't really matter anymore," Zhang Huangling said to Gu Yu. "Most importantly, after a series of battles, my lightning technique has made a new breakthrough. I've been busy cultivating my lightning technique recently, and I just finished it."
"Brother Zhang, congratulations." Gu Yu cupped his hands in greeting to Zhang Huangling.
"It is I who should congratulate Brother Gu on being number one, the undisputed number one," Zhang Huangling said, cupping his hands in a respectful gesture towards Gu Yu.
"Brother Zhang, is there something you need from me?" Gu Yu asked. Zhang Huangling hadn't originally planned to come, but he only showed up now that the event was over, and the moment he arrived, he came to see him. He must have something to ask him. Gu Yu had a good impression of Zhang Huangling, and he thought this person was worth getting to know better.
“Hehe…” Zhang Huangling scratched his head and chuckled when he heard Gu Yu’s words. “I’m here to see Brother Gu about a collaboration.”
"Cooperation?" Gu Yu was taken aback.
"We originally planned to join forces with Brother Gu to hunt down the Minotaur generals, but then that unexpected turn of events happened. Now that we're heading down Kunlun, we can cooperate again," Zhang Huangling said. "Unlike Brother Gu, who has a large group of people, I'm all alone and need allies. The Kunlun Origin Sect is extremely dangerous, and what I want is also very rare! So..."
"Brother Zhang, what do you want?" Gu Yu frowned.
“The Dragon Clan, there was once a clan called Thunder Dragons. According to records, they possessed a Thunder Dragon Pearl. I need to find the Thunder Dragon Pearl to cultivate my thunder magic,” Zhang Huangling said directly. He didn’t hide anything; if they were to cooperate, they had to tell the truth.
"Thunder Dragon Pearl?" Gu Yu frowned. Dragon Pearl, the supreme treasure of the dragon race, is hundreds of times more precious than dragon marrow, and there is only one, making it even more difficult to find.
“In the past, the Thunder Dragon Clan did indeed possess a Thunder Dragon Pearl.” At this moment, Long Yuan suddenly spoke, his tone somewhat sorrowful. “The Thunder Dragon Pearl was the weapon of the Thunder Dragon God. That thing was comparable to a divine artifact, no, it was a divine artifact. The thunderous power contained within it was so great that even the Thunder Department of the Heavenly Court, the Thunder Heavenly Lord, could only admit defeat.”
"Is the Thunder Dragon Pearl still around?" Gu Yu asked. Putting aside how easy it would be to find, it's questionable whether such a divine object even still exists at the Kunlun Source Sect.
“It should still be there!” Long Yuan thought for a moment and replied, “I’m not sure if that thing was destroyed. After all, you should know a little about the power of the Qiankun Two Gods and Demons by now! Even Ancestral Realm cultivators cannot survive the aftermath of their battle, let alone just a divine artifact.”
"Uh!" Gu Yu was stunned. If it didn't exist, wouldn't Zhang Huangling's plan fall through?
"Brother Gu, what's wrong?" Zhang Huangling looked at Gu Yu with some confusion. In fact, the reason he sought to cooperate with Gu Yu was because Gu Yu possessed the Dragon Source. Even if the Dragon Source wasn't the Thunder Dragon, Gu Yu's sensitivity to the Dragon Pearl was still very keen.
"It's nothing," Gu Yu said. He glanced at Zhang Huangling, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Brother Zhang, what do you plan to do if the Thunder Dragon Pearl no longer exists?"
"Uh!" Zhang Huangling frowned. "Brother Gu, was it the Dragon Source Senior on your body that said this?"
He had already guessed that Gu Yu had just been communicating with Long Yuan.
"To be honest, Brother Zhang, I was indeed communicating with Long Yuan just now." Long Yuan was no secret; Zhang Huangling had already learned about him during the last battle with Kong Yan's Fire Phoenix Source, so there was no need for him to hide it.
"Alright! If the Thunder Dragon Ball no longer exists, then it's because my fortune wasn't good enough." Zhang Huangling's expression was somewhat gloomy.
“Long Yuan didn’t say that the Thunder Dragon Pearl no longer exists, but there’s a possibility that it doesn’t exist. He’s not sure either,” Gu Yu said hurriedly. Long Yuan only said that it might not exist; no one knows for sure whether it actually exists or not.
“Such divine objects, even if they exist, are not easy to find. I just wanted to give it a try. Brother Gu, you don’t need to take it to heart,” Zhang Huangling said with a slight smile.
“Brother Zhang, since you are willing to cooperate with me, I will do my best to help you find it,” Gu Yu said. The Dragon Marrow is still missing one person, so he also needs Zhang Huangling, since he is not sure if the Source Space can hide from the Kunlun Source Gate’s restrictions.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Brother Gu. That thing has been a great help to me." Zhang Huangling clasped his hands in a fist and said again after hearing Gu Yu's words, "Brother Gu, would you mind if I told you a story?"
"Brother Zhang, please speak," Gu Yu said.
“There are actually only two people on Longhu Mountain,” Zhang Huangling said. “Everyone knows this. One is me, and the other is my teacher, Master Longhu, Zhang Tianling. More than 20 years ago, I met my teacher, Zhang Tianling, and he changed my destiny. I am an orphan.”
At this point, a trace of sadness appeared on Zhang Huangling's face.
"I was born on a stormy night. The thunder was terrifying, and my parents and family all died that day. As soon as I was born, thunder roared down from the sky, and my family all perished under the lightning." As Zhang Huangling said this, tears welled up in his eyes, but he held them back.
"The villagers regarded me as an ominous person, a demon, and someone punished by heaven. So they planned to burn me to death to appease the wrath of the heavens. Just as I was about to be burned to death, my teacher happened to pass by. He saw me and discovered that I had a thunder body, one in ten thousand, which is now called a special physique and an excellent candidate for cultivating thunder magic. He saved me and gave me the name Zhang Huangling. Later, I learned the truth: my thunder body would attract thunder every few years. Although it was beneficial to me, it would harm the people around me. So I secretly vowed to master all the thunder in the world and never let my thunder body harm the people who are important to me again. My thunder body needs the Thunder Dragon Pearl to activate it, so the Thunder Dragon Pearl is very important to me. I need it very much."
After Zhang Huangling finished telling his story, Gu Yu fell into deep thought. A special physique was something every cultivator dreamed of, but Zhang Huangling's special physique had brought him trouble, indirectly causing the deaths of his parents. It was a complicated matter. Therefore, Zhang Huangling actually hated lightning, but he was powerless to stop it. In order to prevent his lightning physique from harming those around him, he had to perfect it, control lightning, and become even stronger. The Thunder Dragon Pearl could be said to possess the strongest lightning in the world, which was perfect for him, absolutely perfect for him. The Thunder Dragon Pearl paired with his lightning physique—who dares to say it wasn't a good match?
“Brother Zhang, I feel deep sympathy for your experience. I will do my best to help you find the Thunder Dragon Ball,” Gu Yu said to Zhang Huangling.
“Brother Gu, thank you very much. If you help me find the Thunder Dragon Pearl, I, Zhang Huangling, am willing to follow your lead and join the War Department as a member.” Zhang Huangling said immediately.
“Brother Zhang, you flatter me,” Gu Yu said immediately. “We are friends and comrades-in-arms.”
“Yes, we are friends and comrades-in-arms.” Zhang Huangling said solemnly upon hearing Gu Yu’s words. Yes, they were comrades-in-arms. They had fought alongside each other against the Minotaur race, and they had been hunted down together. They were comrades-in-arms who had gone through life and death together.
At this moment, in Mobei City, Motai was busy with something in his office when suddenly a figure silently entered his office.
"Motai," the figure called out, looking at Motai.
Upon hearing the sound, Motai was immediately jolted awake, a hint of panic flashing in his eyes. When he looked up, the panic in his eyes turned into fear.
"Mo Gui, is that you?"
"You've ruined my Elimination of Origin, so it seems you've had a good life these past few years. But your good days are over," Mo Gui said to Mo Tai.
“Mo Gui, we’ve kept to ourselves all these years. You’re in the capital, and I’m in the desert. I’m no longer a threat to you,” Mo Tai said.
“Yes!” Mo Gui nodded, then found a chair to sit down, poured himself a cup of tea, and looked at Mo Tai with a gloomy gaze. “It’s a pity you found the wrong person. It was probably him who helped you break the source of evil!”
“Hmm!” Motai was taken aback.
“I’m very curious how an eighteen-year-old boy from an ordinary family could have such abilities,” Mo Gui said.
"You came here for Young Master Gu?" Mo Tai's expression changed immediately upon hearing Mo Gui's words.
“That’s right.” Mo Gui nodded, then took a sip of tea. “Mo Tai, do you think someone like you, who’s like a dog, is important in Gu Yu’s eyes?”
"What exactly do you want?" Motai's face was extremely ugly at this moment.
“Let’s make a bet! You call that Gu Yu right now and tell him someone wants to kill you, let’s see if he comes,” Mo Gui said with a playful tone, without answering Mo Tai’s question.
"What do you want to do to Young Master Gu?" Mo Tai asked hurriedly.
"Mo Tai, it seems you're very loyal to him!" Mo Gui continued playfully. "What you're doing isn't right. How can you be loyal to an outsider? I'm the head of the Mo family, and you're a member of the Mo family. You should be loyal to me."
“Mo Gui, I once thought of being loyal to the Mo family, but what have you done? You practiced evil arts, and in order to improve your cultivation, you even planted the Source-Destroying Evil on us, causing you to take away all the cultivation we had accumulated over the years, and even causing the entire Mo family to not have a single person at the Spine Realm.” Mo Tai pointed at Mo Gui and said.
“Hehe…” Mo Gui chuckled. “Mo Tai, you’re wrong. What use is the Spine Realm? Even if my Mo family has a hundred Spine Realm experts, they’re all just Spine Realm experts, not even General Realm experts. We’re still a third-rate family. But if my Mo family produces a King Realm expert, we can join the ranks of the first-rate. I’m doing this all for the sake of the Mo family.”
“You did this not for the Mo family, but for yourself. You killed your brothers and used evil techniques to devour the cultivation of the elders in the family. The once prosperous Mo family is now in chaos. You even killed your own children. You are simply a beast.” Mo Tai pointed at Mo Gui and cursed.
Although the Mo family was only a third-rate family in the past, it was full of talented people and extremely prosperous. However, Mo Gui's series of actions ruined all the talents in the Mo family. One by one, they were infected with the Elimination Curse. In order to avoid Mo Gui, they had to leave the Mo family and go to other places, suffering the torment of the Elimination Curse all year round.
“Back then, I was just an illegitimate child. My mother was merely a maidservant. That old bastard, one night while drunk, took my mother and conceived me. But that old bastard never fulfilled his responsibilities as a father. I was bullied by the legitimate children from a young age, called a bastard and a worthless slut. My mother died in despair. That day, I swore to take revenge on everyone. Finally, one day, I met someone who gave me the Myriad Origins Demonic Art. I practiced it desperately, and finally, I achieved something. Do you know who the first person I killed was?” Mo Gui looked at Mo Tai and asked.
Mo Tai frowned upon hearing Mo Gui's words; he knew about Mo Gui's past experiences.
"The first person I killed was that old guy." Mo Gui's tone was somewhat twisted. "That thing would never have imagined that I, a bastard child he always looked down upon, would poison him? Heh... I didn't kill him directly, but slowly, slowly absorbed his cultivation, as well as those who looked down on me and bullied me, heh..."
"I have never bullied you, and many people in the Mo family have never bullied you either. Why did you treat them like that?" After hearing Mo Gui's words, Mo Tai thought that although Mo Gui's actions were utterly immoral, would anyone else treat others with kindness? Even Mo Tai himself probably couldn't do it. It's just that Mo Gui's actions were too extreme. Moreover, in Mo Tai's eyes at this moment, Mo Gui was no longer a person, but a pervert, a demon.
"That's why I spared your life, and those guys' lives too. Do you think your cultivation level is of any help to me?" Mo Gui looked at Mo Tai. "Mo Tai, I'll give you a chance. Bring Gu Yu back, and I'll spare your life."
“You’re dreaming.” Mo Tai refused directly. Although he didn’t know why Mo Gui had set his sights on Gu Yu, he, Mo Tai, absolutely could not betray Gu Yu.
"Hehe..." Mo Gui laughed, his laughter was very lewd, "Mo Tai, I heard you have a beautiful granddaughter named Mo Yanran, right?"
"What are you going to do?" Upon hearing Mo Gui's words, Mo Tai's expression changed drastically, and his aura immediately surged outwards.
However, his Grandmaster level cultivation was utterly worthless in front of Mo Gui. With the slightest movement of Mo Gui's hand, Mo Tai immediately felt an intense pressure that rendered him unable to move.
"I don't understand. You can have another child if you lose one. Why are you so agitated?" Mo Gui said.
"You beast, you beast!" Mo Tai cursed upon hearing Mo Gui's words.
"Alas! A wise man submits to circumstances, but unfortunately, you don't understand this principle." Mo Gui shook his head, and then his eyes suddenly turned black. Mo Tai, who was struggling and cursing, also had his eyes turn black instantly, and then he became dazed.
"Master." Seeing this, Mo Gui released Mo Tai, and Mo Tai immediately knelt down before Mo Gui and said.
"Get up! Now we need to find a way to bring Gu Yu back, preferably alone," Mo Gui instructed Mo Tai.
“Yes, Master,” Motai immediately bowed and said.
At this moment, two men in black were also standing outside the Central Villa District, watching the area with some vigilance.
“Graf, can you feel it? It’s dangerous here,” said the leader of the men in black.
“I sense it. It will be very difficult to break in and capture Gu Yu’s parents.” The woman in black, called Graf, was not Chinese. She replied in broken Chinese.
“This is an array formation. It seems the Array Formation Manual is indeed in Gu Yu’s hands,” the man in black said.
"Then what do we do?" Graf asked.
“It seems we need to think of another way. Even if we join forces, it will probably be difficult to break this formation,” the man in black said. “Lord Kyle means that it is best not to make too much of a commotion, otherwise, if we alert the Royal Realm, not only will we be unable to assassinate Gu Yu, but we may even perish here.”
“Zhou Feng, your four guardians of China have been held back by the Star Emperors. Lord Kyle is at the peak of the Emperor Realm, while this time, including myself, you, Watanabe Jiro, Mo Gui, Han Dongnan, and Jiang Kuang, we have a total of six King Realm members. Isn’t that a big commotion?” Graf said. Let alone mobilizing Emperor Realm members, even mobilizing just one King Realm member would be a significant undertaking.
“Let’s discuss with the others first about how to proceed!” Zhou Feng said. “Gu Yu is no ordinary kid. He was able to blow up the Minotaur’s royal city. He probably has extraordinary abilities. That’s why we want to kill him. If someone like him grows up, he will be a huge threat. Most importantly, the organization is determined to get his Array Book.”
At this moment, Gu Yu had just boarded the plane, preparing for his return trip. He was unaware that someone was planning to kill him.
Meanwhile, in a room in Mo City, six men in black were sitting together.
"You mean there's a formation in Gu Yu's house?" Jiang Kuang asked.
“Yes, that formation is not simple. Even if Graf and I join forces, we will have to pay a price to break it,” Zhou Feng replied. “But that would cause too much of a commotion. The best way is to lure Gu Yu back and kill him with minimal losses.”
“It’s a bit difficult! Gu Yu is currently a key protected individual in China, and there are probably people protecting him in secret,” Han Dongnan said.
"Then what should we do? Not kill them?" Mo Gui asked, somewhat displeased.
“That won’t do. We need to come up with a foolproof plan,” Zhou Feng said.
"A foolproof plan?" Mo Gui frowned, his tone dismissive. "In my opinion, we should make a bigger commotion. China has just experienced the great battle of the Southwest Origin Gate, and according to reliable sources, the Northeast Origin Gate is about to open. Their Emperor Realm experts and strongmen are basically insufficient. As for those families, although they have strongmen, they have their own ideas and are observing. As for the Four Guardians, they are busy dealing with the Holy Mountain and have no time to spare. We should make a big commotion to relieve the suppression China is putting on us during this period!"
"Easy for you to say. What if a few Emperor Realm experts come from China? Are you going to defend against them?" Zhou Feng said coldly.
These people are only at the King Realm. If a single Emperor Realm expert came, they could be wiped out. Why make such a fuss? Isn't that just courting death?
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