Chapter 50: All living things are bright and brilliant in heaven and earth, living up to the name of the Heavenly Pride! ...
All the monks were cheering, hugging their companions, and feeling the joy of surviving the disaster.
"Gu Mingting."
Gu Congxing moved closer to Gu Mingting and scanned his body, but saw no wounds.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
The next moment, he felt a big hand rubbing his head.
Gu Congxing blinked and raised his head in disbelief.
Gu Mingting smiled and said softly to him, "Did you watch that move carefully?"
"Hmm... I see."
Gu Congxing was being rubbed on the head like this, and he glanced to the side as if he didn't care, but his pair of black eyes were shining.
But before the two of them could continue like this for long, they heard an elder from the Gu clan rushing over and calling out, "Ming Ting!"
Gu Congxing frowned, raised his head and met Gu Mingting's gaze.
Those peach blossom eyes were overflowing with emotions that Gu Congxing couldn't see clearly.
Like joy, like nostalgia, like sadness.
The sparkling watery light in his eyes looked like tears that were about to fall.
Gu Congxing's heart trembled. He blinked and looked carefully, only to find that Gu Mingting had returned to his usual leisurely smile.
He pinched Gu Congxing's earlobe, rubbed it gently, and said, "Go back."
"Gu Mingting..."
Gu Congxing stretched out his hand and involuntarily wanted to pull Gu Mingting's arm, but he saw that he had turned and left without hesitation.
Gu Congxing stood there blankly, watching Gu Mingting's figure merge into the purple ocean and disappear in an instant.
"From the stars."
Hearing Lan Jue's soft call from the side, he leaned against Gu Congxing and wanted to reach out to touch the earlobe that had just been rubbed, but the movement stopped in mid-air.
The hand paused, but finally fell.
"Cong Xing, let's go back first. We need to recuperate well after fighting hard for days." Lan Jue said softly.
"……Um."
Gu Congxing withdrew his gaze, took a few steps, paused, and looked around.
"Brother, have you seen my junior brother?"
"When I came here just now, I saw him heading towards the courtyard."
"Is that so?"
Gu Congxing nodded in response, but his brows were slightly furrowed.
***
Gu Mingting returned to the Gu family courtyard and met the three elders as expected.
The elder named Gu Xun smiled elegantly, and the majestic Gu Tai glanced at him, then snorted coldly and looked away.
Between the two of them, Gu Ji laughed and looked approving, but the movement of the rosary in his hand paused when he saw Gu Mingting.
"Brother Mingting!"
Gu Qing's eyes lit up and he immediately moved from beside Gu Ji to his side.
"Xiaoqing, what are you doing?"
Gu Ji called out in a deep voice, but did not move.
Gu Mingting glanced around, half-covered his face with the folding fan in his hand, and showed his most common leisurely smile.
"So the three elders are here too. It seems everyone knows about the demons' attack on the Immortal Sect Competition."
"Huh, didn't you guess it a long time ago?" Gu Tai puffed his beard and glared, his voice disdainful.
"Oh? So Mingting had anticipated this? But what news did he get in advance?" Gu Ji looked at Gu Mingting with a compassionate face, but there was a dark light flashing in his eyes.
Gu Mingting waved his fan and said calmly, "Given the character of that Demon Lord, how could he sit still while his beloved son was imprisoned in the Sword Sect? If he wants to stir up trouble, the Immortal Sect Competition is the perfect time."
"We have been hostile to it for many years, so we naturally know each other well."
In just a few words, a basin of dirty water that had not yet formed was completely broken up.
Gu Qing watched them fighting secretly, his eyes flickering.
He took another step closer to Gu Mingting and said to Gu Ji angrily:
"Dad! What do you mean by these words? This time, Brother Mingting not only speculated about the demon attack in advance, but also led the Gu disciples to fight bravely against the enemy!"
"In this battle, our Gu family is the most powerful!"
Seeing the majestic and burly Gu Tai's expression becoming increasingly gloomy, Gu Qing did not hesitate at all and continued loudly: "Especially that last blow! The 18th move of the Liuyun Sword Technique! You don't know, everyone present was amazed when they saw it! Everyone present was cheering for Brother Ming Ting!"
"In my opinion, after this battle, among the four great families, the Gu family will surpass the Jiang family and become the number one family!"
The three elders had different expressions after hearing these words.
Gu Tai wanted to refute out loud, but when he thought of the admiration and longing expressions on the faces of the Ganyang Sect disciples when they talked about Gu Mingting on the way here, he could not help but grit his teeth and fell silent.
Gu Xun, who had remained silent the entire time, coughed lightly and whispered, "Indeed. Ming Ting has spent the past five years deep in the Fushen Forest, slaying the ferocious beasts of the demon clan and destroying the leader of the demon cultivators. Today, he even beheaded the Guixu Demon Lord in front of hundreds of cultivators..."
"In my opinion, after returning to Youbeizhou, we can hold a succession ceremony for Ming Ting."
Gu Xun looked like a pale-faced scholar, and his words were full of elegance. He smiled at Gu Mingting, then his gaze shifted to the gloomy Gu Tai, and finally landed on Gu Ji.
"Elder Ji, what do you think?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present focused their attention on Gu Ji who was sitting in the middle of the room.
Gu Ji's expression remained unchanged, and he turned the rosary in his hand, making a "click-click" sound.
Gu Mingting stood tall and straight, just silently standing there, like a graceful purple bamboo.
A breeze blew through the window. Gu Mingting blinked and couldn't help looking out the window.
There are white clouds floating in the sky, invisible and free.
A faint light surged in the peach blossom eyes.
At this moment, Gu Mingting heard Gu Ji's steady voice: "After returning to the clan, a succession ceremony will be held for Mingting."
The final word is in place, and the dust has settled.
Gu Tai turned around angrily, pushed the door open with a bang and walked away.
Gu Xun nodded with a smile, whispered "Congratulations", and left gracefully.
"Brother Mingting..."
Gu Qing approached Gu Mingting and wanted to hold his arm, but heard Gu Ji's deep voice calling: "Xiaoqing, Mingting has just experienced a fierce battle, let him have a good rest."
Gu Qing sighed and had to leave with his father reluctantly.
Soon, Gu Mingting was the only one left in the courtyard.
Gu Mingting remained standing until he confirmed that there was no one else within a mile, and then he decisively set up a barrier for the courtyard.
“Bang!!”
He suddenly fell to the ground, knocking over a wooden frame, making a loud noise in the silent house.
"Cough cough..." Blood continued to flow out of his mouth and splashed onto his purple clothes.
Gu Mingting wiped his chin with his hand, then took out several high-grade elixirs with great familiarity and swallowed them all with his head tilted back.
He closed his eyes and circulated his spiritual power, but he coughed violently several times and vomited blood.
"Hehe..." Gu Mingting stopped wiping the blood off his body. He just walked slowly to the window, leaned on the window frame, and looked out.
This place is located on the top of a peak of Ganyang Sect, where you can look down at the flowing clouds above and overlook Shen Mountain below.
He supported his head, and although his jaw was covered in blood, he smiled sincerely, with a bright light in his peach blossom eyes.
"It's done! It's done!"
"Five years...it took me five years."
"Father, what took you ten years to accomplish, I completed in five years."
"Gu Tai wanted to fight for the position of family head, but he still lost. I really should let Ah Xing see his helpless and furious look."
He was talking to himself, but it was as if he was talking to someone, and he was talking nonstop.
"Come to think of it, that guy has grown up quite a bit. His face isn't as round as before, and he doesn't act as spoiled as he used to."
"You're not as cute as you were when you were little."
"However, his brain is sharper than before, and there are more people around him who are sincere to him."
As he said this, he took out a wrinkled tiger doll from his arms.
The doll had rough stitching and simple workmanship, but it was made of extremely precious snow mulberry brocade and was inlaid with two sparkling spirit stones as tiger eyes.
Gu Mingting pinched the tiger's body and chuckled again.
"What will happen if he finds out what I did?"
"Open or hidden, dead or alive, as long as they can be used by me, as long as they can fulfill that wish..."
There was still blood on his hands, and as he did so, the tiger doll was also stained with blood.
Gu Mingting raised his eyebrows and cast a spell to remove the blood stains on the doll.
He held the tiger doll in one hand, and it stood clean in the sunlight in his blood-stained hand.
"I hope it's in time."
Very light words floated in the air and soon disappeared without a trace.
****
Three days later, in the main hall of Ganyang Sect.
The cultivators who had been injured or killed in the previous war had already been listed. The elders of the Ganyang Sect apologized and presented spiritual stones and magical tools to each sect, and were forgiven by everyone.
After all, no one had ever guessed that the demons would be so bold as to join forces with the monsters to attack the Immortal Gate Competition.
Today, all the sects gathered in the Xuanwu Hall to witness the final outcome of this competition.
Lan Jue stood in front of a group of Qingxuan Sword Sect disciples, and next to him was Zhong Ming, who was dressed in black clothes.
"Junior brother, I just saw you talking with the elder from the Apocalypse Sect. Are they acquaintances?"
After all, apart from Gu Congxing, he rarely saw Zhong Ming talking to anyone else, and it was even rarer to see him talking to people from other sects.
"Big Brother, are you talking about Senior Xuanyuan Chu?" Zhong Ming looked at the group of white-clothed people from the Apocalypse Sect across from him. "In the previous melee, a demon beast attacked me, and he was the first to kill it."
"This person has done me a favor. I wanted to give him a magic weapon to express my gratitude, but he politely declined."
Lan Jue heard this and thought for a moment before saying, "People from the Tianqi Sect are usually very low-key. I never thought they also have such chivalrous and kind hearts."
"Yeah." Zhong Ming nodded calmly, obviously not caring that much.
His pair of dark golden eyes turned around, searching for the familiar figure in the hall.
Lan Jue saw that he looked a little anxious, and even frowned unconsciously. He looked at him with a smile for a moment before slowly saying, "Junior brother, are you looking for Cong Xing?"
Zhong Ming nodded and said, "Why don't you meet Brother?"
Lan Jue's smile grew wider, his expression relaxed.
"The protagonist will naturally appear later."
Zhong Ming looked puzzled and was about to ask further questions when he heard a cry of surprise coming from the palace gate not far away.
He looked in the direction of the sound and his eyes lit up.
In the majestic hall, a silver figure walked slowly in the morning light.
“Senior Brother…”
Gu Congxing was wearing a silver robe with flowing cloud patterns, a scarlet brocade belt, and a Mingquan Yupo hairpin on his head. He walked slowly into the hall.
He walked with his head held high and strode, accepting everyone's attention as a matter of course.
It was as if this person, who had gathered the creation of heaven and earth and contained the bright spirits of all things, would eventually come into the world.
"——Gu Congxing."
The elder of Ganyang Sect who was sitting at the head of the main hall was intimidating without being angry, but he called out his name in a kind manner.
Yao Qi on his left clasped his fists in a casual manner, while Xiao Wangyou on his right was calm and solemn.
"Your performance was witnessed by all at the Immortal Sect Competition. You are both wise and brave, adept at fighting, with a heart of righteousness, and you slay demons and evildoers with your sword."
Gu Congxing raised his head and listened with a proud smile on his face.
"I declare—"
"The top of this Immortal Sect Competition is Gu Congxing, a disciple of the Qingxuan Sword Sect and the Gu Family!!"
When Gu Congxing heard his words, the secret realm scroll as a reward fell into his arms, and endless cheers rose up around him.
He looked back and saw several familiar faces among the various sects.
Indeed, it is different from the previous life.
“Senior Brother!”
Hearing an exceptionally cheerful call, Gu Congxing looked in the direction of the voice and indeed saw those dark golden eyes.
Gu Congxing turned his gaze again and saw Lan Jue looking at him with pure joy on his face.
Not far away, there was a cloud of people in red clothes. Si Junjian, who was in the front, nodded to him. Xie Duyin raised his head and took another sip of wine, then smiled and winked at Gu Congxing.
In the Gu family, Gu Congxing and Gu Mingting looked at each other, seeing the bright light in their peach blossom eyes.
Gu Congxing withdrew his gaze and muttered to himself.
"Master, I will never let you down."
Gu Congxing thought of the communication talisman he received today, which contained the Master’s words of concern.
All I see is light.
Amidst the cheers, Gu Congxing suddenly remembered what Lan Jue had asked before.
——What about Cong Xing? If it were you, would you choose to shoulder the heavy responsibility of saving the world and bringing peace to the people, or live a free and independent life?
——As for me, I don’t have the ability to save the world and bring peace to the people. I just hope to protect a few people, that’s enough.
In fact, a long time ago, he also traveled the world with a sword, slaying demons and eliminating monsters, free and unrestrained.
The universe is vast, and everything is possible.
Until a huge change happened, fate took a sharp turn, and everything was crushed to dust.
But this time, everything is different.
He must save his master.
He will no longer avoid the truth about the Kong family's massacre.
He is determined to change his fate and turn the world around!
A bright light appeared in the young man's eyes. In the hall, he raised the long sword in his hand high and listened to the cheers with a smile.
——Crossing the sea and slaying whales, swinging the sword to cut through the clouds, glorious in heaven and earth, living up to the name of a genius! !
Volume 2: Fengming Donglai (End)
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