"Sir, Mu Hanyan hasn't left yet. She is practicing in seclusion." Soon, the priest came back to report.
"Practice, practice at this time?" Guan Xiu Jin was a little surprised.
Mu Hanyan had only recently been promoted to the tenth-rank Divine Heart Priest. Her ability to reach this pinnacle was entirely due to the secrets hidden within the Divine Soul Palace. It was impossible for her to be promoted to the Divine Soul Priest realm so soon. Even the Gao family ancestor, who ascended to the highest level after passing the Divine Soul Palace's trials, didn't progress this quickly.
How could he know that the trial that the ancestor of the Gao family passed was completely different from Mu Hanyan's trial, and that the gains of the ancestor of the Gao family were far from comparable to hers. After all, she was the real master of the Soul Palace.
"Don't worry about her for now, just keep a close eye on her. I'll go gather the experts in the clan. This time, if we don't take action, it's fine, but once we do, we must kill her. Of course, before killing her, we must get back what we should get back." Anyway, he had been deserted by everyone, and the only people left by his side were his diehards, so Guan Xiu Jin didn't have any scruples when speaking.
This time, he had truly decided to risk everything. With the Qiankun Seal of Life and Death destroyed and Guan Qingyun seriously injured and unconscious, the Guan family had no way out. Only by capturing Mu Hanyan and forcing her to hand over the Five-Colored Soul Orb would the Guan family have a chance of survival.
But after he finished speaking, he suddenly realized that besides his diehard fans, there were two outsiders around, Liu Taian. Unfortunately, once the words were spoken, it was too late to take them back. He could only look at Liu Taian with suspicion.
"Master Guan, is it necessary to be so cruel?" Liu Taian was shocked by Guan Xiujing's crazy decision and asked hesitantly.
"Chief Priest Liu, to be honest, my Right Priest Zhao Xinghong of the Temple of Life actually died at the hands of Mu Hanyan. The more than 200,000 five-colored soul beads obtained by the Black Wood Prison this time also fell into her hands. If we don't take them back, the Temple of Life will be finished, and I, Guan Xiujin, and the Guan family will be completely finished." Guan Xiujin said with a sigh.
I didn't want to tell Liu Taian about this originally, but I let it slip in the excitement just now, so I might as well explain it to him.
A person's true character is revealed in times of adversity. Given Liu Taian's character, I believe that even if he doesn't help me, he won't go against me.
He actually overestimated Liu Taian's character. If he didn't know clearly that he was no match for Mu Hanyan and that only by cooperating with him could he retrieve the Red Thunder Golden Winged Beast, Liu Taian would have turned against him long ago.
"So that's how it is. Let's do this. Don't rush into action. Wait for me to gather all the experts in the clan, and then we can attack together when everyone is here." Liu Taian suddenly realized and said to Guan Xiujing.
Not only did Guan Xiujin have no other choice, he was also forced into a desperate situation. If he couldn't find the Scarlet Thunder Golden Winged Beast, he would be completely finished. Just as Guan Xiujin was ready to gamble everything, he gritted his teeth and went for it too.
"Chief Priest Liu, what are you doing?" Guan Xiu Jin looked at Liu Tai'an in surprise. Although he thought Liu Tai'an was a good person, no matter how good his character was, he would not drag the Liu family into the water. His character was so good that he even had some doubts.
"To be honest, what was robbed from my Liu family by Mu Hanyan was not some divine weapon, but an ancient ferocious beast that our ancestors accidentally captured..." Liu Taian smiled bitterly and told the whole story of the Red Thunder Golden Winged Beast.
"So that's how it is." Guan Xiu Jin suddenly realized. No wonder Liu Taian spared no effort to help him. It turned out that he was forced into a desperate situation.
The two brothers discussed it out, ordered their men to keep a close eye on Mu Hanyan's movements, and summoned the clan's experts.
There was an expression of unusual excitement on both of their faces.
Although Mu Hanyan is very powerful, they have many masters they can mobilize. There are more than ten powerful tenth-level Divine Heart Priests in the late and peak stages. Together with themselves, they should have a good chance of dealing with Mu Hanyan.
The reason they hadn't dared to use these troops before was, firstly, not wanting to easily violate the laws of the temple, and secondly, not wanting to make a big deal out of it and shake their position in the family. Now that they had no choice, they had no scruples.
Just as Guan Xiujin and Liu Taian were gathering their men, Mu Hanyan's breakthrough also reached the final stage!
In the meridians, streams of spiritual energy merged together, becoming more than ten times stronger than before, rushing and surging, impacting the final bottleneck.
Originally, as the Ancient Tree of Life gradually withered, it was difficult for Mu Hanyan's energy and spiritual power to continue to merge, and they remained at the state before it withered. It was also for this reason that Mu Hanyan could only reach the peak limit of the tenth-level Divine Heart Priest last time, and was unable to advance to the realm of Divine Soul Priest in one go.
But at this moment, a remnant of the seal hovered before her, emitting a myriad of fantastical rays of light. She felt as if she had escaped the earth's constraints, floating in the void. And the ancient tree of life deep within her heart seemed to have transcended the laws of life and death, once again displaying a long-lost, vibrant vitality.
The size of the remaining seal at this time was obviously much larger than before. Upon closer inspection, it was found to be formed by the combination of two remaining seals.
Indeed, Mu Hanyan hadn't truly destroyed the remaining seal embedded in the Nether Spring Seven Star Sword. She had shattered the sword into pieces solely to conceal her actions. In reality, a Nine Heavens divine artifact like that couldn't be destroyed simply by saying so.
However, Guan Xiujin and Guan Qingyun were unaware of this. Guan Qingyun had fainted before the Nether Spring Seven-Star Sword shattered, leaving him completely unaware of what had happened afterward. Guan Xiujin's vision and consciousness were obscured by the might of the thunder and lightning, so he didn't even see the moment Mu Hanyan destroyed the sword. He then pocketed the broken seal of life and death. Seeing the Nether Spring Seven-Star Sword shattered into pieces, he assumed the seal had been destroyed as well.
After all, this divine artifact had already been destroyed once, shattered into five pieces, so it wouldn't be too surprising if it were destroyed again. He didn't know that while the Qiankun Seal of Life and Death had been destroyed once, it wasn't at the hands of an ordinary cultivator. Unless one could transcend the limits of cultivation on the Sacred Continent and transcend the laws, not even a Divine Master, let alone Mu Hanyan, could destroy it.
Of course, this is all beside the point. In short, Mu Hanyan concealed the truth and took the broken seal away without anyone noticing, and did not arouse anyone's suspicion.
However, time was short, and Mu Hanyan did not have time to comprehend the broken seal, nor did she know how to use it. It was not until the opportunity for a breakthrough suddenly appeared that she realized that this artifact from outside the Nine Heavens was indeed not comparable to the artifacts of the Holy Continent. She did not have to spend any effort at all, and the two broken seals automatically fit together and repaired themselves, and they actually had the supreme magical power that transcended the laws of life and death. It was because of this magical power that the Ancient Tree of Life came back to life, and she suddenly had an opportunity for a breakthrough.
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