Gou Yang tried to get the stone out of his mouth, but for some reason, no matter how hard he tried, it was no use.
"Oh, I forgot you had something in your mouth." Shu Jianyue beckoned with her finger, and the stone in his mouth was instantly crushed, leaving only the crumbs inside.
With a mouthful of lime residue, Gou Yang looked at Chong Jiu and said, "I was just following orders."
"Pooh……"
Shu Jianyue's eyebrows twitched. "Are you despising him?"
Gou Yang shook his head repeatedly, "No, I have too much lime in my mouth."
To think that a dignified immortal like him could be so easily mocked by an uncivilized brat in this desolate land of the Eight Desolations is truly humiliating.
Chong Jiu helped Shu Jianyue wash her hands, then walked up to Gou Yang and looked at him calmly. Just that made Gou Yang tremble with nervousness.
“Your Excellency, I am not lying. I was just following orders.”
"Then tell me, what did you do?" Chong Jiu pulled up a chair and sat down, leaning back with an air of superiority as he looked at Gou Yang.
The aura emanating from him made Gou Yang feel as if he were seeing the divine son of the temple. He had only been fortunate enough to witness the divine son's splendor once before, but even that aura was not as strong as this one's.
Gou Yang subconsciously made a swallowing motion, only to find that he had swallowed a bunch of ash and sand. "Cough cough..."
He has offended someone even more terrifying than the Son of God.
Shu Jianyue pulled up a chair and sat down next to Chong Jiu. She took two bottles of spiritual elixir, poured them into a cup, handed one to Chong Jiu, and then leisurely drank it herself.
Gou Yang looked at it and felt his mouth getting even drier. The spiritual liquid was of an extraordinary quality, and they were actually drinking it like water!
Gou Yang coughed again and said, "The Holy Lord of the Void has discovered an anomaly in the Eight Desolations. If nothing unexpected happens, a divine beast will be born in the next few years, so he sent me to investigate."
"But since the timeframe is unknown, I have no choice but to send someone else down."
"The reason I chose Shengshi Academy is simply because I think there's a high probability that the divine beast originated from Shengshi Academy."
Shu Jianyue frowned slightly. Is that all?
Chong Jiu put down his cup and looked at Gou Yang. "Tell the truth." He then lifted Gou Yang up.
Gou Yang immediately replied, "I'm telling the truth, really."
"The Void Saint King said that this divine beast is definitely extraordinary."
"Hmm?..." Chong Jiu tightened his grip on the object.
Gou Yang felt his life force slipping away. "I... I'm telling the truth..."
The moxibustion was intensified, and the pressure on the hands was increased.
Se Yang almost couldn't speak anymore, "I, I'll talk..."
Just as Chong Jiu was about to hit him harder, he saw the pleading look in his eyes and loosened his grip. "If you try anything funny again, I'll destroy your primordial spirit."
Gou Yang immediately replied, "Yes, it is the Empty Saint King who wants to swallow up the Prosperous Era Academy and then bring it under his control."
Actually, he wanted to take Shengshi Academy under his own control, but he wasn't stupid. He had already let Kongdong Shengjun take the blame, so he didn't care about doing it again.
Gou Yang glanced at them furtively and said, "Also, there's a rumor that the Flourishing Era contains a Book of Gods, whose power is so great that it can confer gods at will."
Shu Jianyue almost coughed up, "The Investiture of the Gods? I'm talking about the Investiture of the Gods."
However, the ability to arbitrarily bestow deities is quite similar to the Investiture of the Gods, depending on who ends up with the deity.
Shu Jianyue looked at Chong Jiu and asked, "Does such a thing really exist?"
Chong Jiu gently patted her back and shook his head. "There is no such thing as a Investiture of the Gods. It is just a register. Its function is to allow anyone whose primordial spirit imprint is on it to freely enter and leave the Upper God Realm."
"At most, it's just a pass; it has no other function."
Gou Yang stared blankly at him. Was that really all?
But that's enough. Compared to those who got in through their own assessments, it provides more security.
But how did this expert know so much?
Shu Jianyue asked, "You've seen it before?"
Chong Jiu smoothed her wind-blown hair and smiled, "If there are no surprises, then it was me who did it."
She enjoys the natural breeze, so she usually doesn't use her spiritual power to isolate herself from it like other cultivators do.
As a result, her hair is often messed up by the wind, so she usually doesn't wear her hair in a bun, but just ties it into a simple high ponytail.
"Hmm?" Shu Jianyue immediately thought of his identity, her eyes lit up, and she pulled his hand down, asking, "Then can we go up without taking the test?"
Chong Jiu let her hold his hand, and nodded with a smile, "Of course I can, but I can't do it with my current abilities."
We'll have to wait until he recovers at least 70% of his cultivation.
Shu Jianyue nodded, "There's no rush, it's still a long time before we go up."
"Hiss..." Gou Yang gasped.
So, what kind of powerful figure did he offend?
Is he from the realm of gods?
Shu Jianyue scratched her chin and said, "I wonder if Shengshi Academy really exists."
"Think about it, who did you give them to?"
Chong Jiu said, "I have only given it to one person, and that person should be in the Holy Spirit, so I cannot say for sure whether Shengshi Academy has it or not."
"However, if you want to know, you can ask Gu Pingsheng, after all, he is the dean, isn't he?"
Shu Jianyue nodded and looked at Gou Yang, asking, "Do you think he was telling the truth?"
"I wouldn't say eight out of ten, but seven out of ten is definitely true," Chong Jiu said, glancing at Gou Yang.
Gou Yang nodded repeatedly, "I would never dare to hide anything again."
If we keep hiding it any longer, I'm afraid I'll really be annihilated.
By this time, he was already sweating profusely.
Back then, this woman was so weak yet so arrogant; it turns out she had such a powerful trump card.
Chong Jiu immediately took him into the tower and looked at Shu Jianyue, asking, "What do you plan to do with him?"
"You handle it, I'll go find..." Just as I was about to say I'd go ask Gu Pingsheng about the roster, I remembered his commotion with Danxia at Shengshi Academy.
"Hmm, what's wrong?" Chong Jiu pulled Shu Jianyue, who was half-standing up, into his arms.
Shu Jianyue glared at him but didn't struggle, because she knew it was useless, and simply snuggled into his arms.
Chong Jiu smiled and put his arm around her, secretly setting up a formation on Qionglai Peak to prevent those who might disturb them from entering.
This naturally includes Yu Chuan, who wanted to come in.
Looking up, he immediately understood what was going on. He pulled him along and said, "Let's go. We'll come back later. Let's go back to the auction house first."
Yu Chuan thought for a moment and shook his head, saying, "I'm not going. I'll go look at the sky instead."
"Okay, I'll take you there." Chaotian said, intending to take him there first.
Yu Chuan silently pulled him back and said, "Chao Tian, I'm already at the Nascent Soul stage. Who could possibly be my match? Don't worry, I'll be fine."
Chaotian is used to it; he always feels like he's still a child.
Indeed, he has only been born for two or three years, but he is already like a little adult.
Chao Tian smiled and patted him on the shoulder, nodding with a smile, "Okay, then I'll head back to the auction house."
He hadn't finished the task his master had given him yet; he still needed to go find Gu Pingsheng and Danxia.
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