Stronger by Killing

Gu Zhan smiled slightly and followed Rong Yichu out.

In the dungeon,

The high-ranking officials of the Astronomical Bureau and Shuntian Prefecture were all imprisoned separately.

Gu Zhan came to the cell where Qin You was held.

At this moment, Qin You sat in the cell, with disheveled hair looking somewhat haggard, his meridians sealed with Demon-Sealing Nails, depriving him of all cultivation.

Hearing footsteps, he slightly raised his head, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, he looked at Gu Zhan and said, "I didn’t expect you would agree to see me."

Gu Zhan glanced at Qin You and said calmly, "Speak, what do you want to see me for?"

Qin You sighed and chuckled, "Actually, there’s nothing huge, just heard that you returned from the Capital City, it’s somewhat unbelievable that you managed to return alive, so, you handed over what they wanted, and they gave up on me?"

Gu Zhan said coldly, "Did you never think that I killed them all?"

"Impossible!" Qin You’s eyes were filled with shock as he said, "The two sects of the Buddhist Sect got involved, it’s impossible for you to win..."

Gu Zhan sneered and said, "It’s just that you don’t want to believe it. Do you think the ambush in the Capital City could have any other outcome besides their death or mine?"

Gu Zhan pondered for a moment and said, "Qin You, truthfully, you come from a Noble Family that hasn’t even produced a Grotto Heaven Cultivator, why so arrogant?"

Qin You sat wearily on the ground and said, "These past few days, I’ve thought about it carefully, I wasn’t so arrogant before, but when I reached the Martial Arts Peak and couldn’t progress further, I became increasingly inferior facing those Grotto Heaven forces. Over time, I started to find a sense of superiority over people of lower status, and the longer it went on, the more arrogant I became. Actually, I was becoming more and more inferior!"

Gu Zhan expressionlessly said slowly, "It’s indeed sad to gain a sense of superiority by belittling others."

"Yes, it’s quite sad," Qin You sighed deeply and said, "I just have one question, if I let go of that so-called sense of superiority and proactively ask you for the method to break the martial arts limits, would you give it to me?"

Gu Zhan frowned and said, "The Method of Divine Sight you all value, I had intended to share it from the start; I never thought of keeping it to myself. As for you, although I’ve never liked you personally, since you’re Yang Yuzhi’s teacher and there’s that bond between us, I wouldn’t deliberately teach you, but neither would I deliberately stop you!"

Qin You fell silent,

"Ah!"

After a long time, he suddenly howled towards the sky, as if going mad, releasing a hysterical roar, pounding the ground hard,

"Gu Zhan, why weren’t you born forty years earlier!"

"If the me of back then had met you, I wouldn’t have ended up like this!"

"Gu Zhan..."

Gu Zhan slightly shook his head,

Pointed at Qin You,

The hysterically roaring Qin You abruptly stopped and slowly fell.

Then, Gu Zhan glanced at the skilled members of the Astronomical Bureau and Shuntian Prefecture in the dungeon, slowly raised his hand, and clenched it tightly,

In an instant,

The hearts of all the high-ranking officials were broken, and they fell dead on the ground.

...

The spring of the ninth year of Qingli, the world shook.

In a battle at Qixia Mountain in the Suburbs of the Capital in the Xia Kingdom, Gu Zhan single-handedly slew more than a dozen Land Immortals, including two masters of the Fifth Realm, cementing his title as the world’s number one beyond doubt.

The impact of these events was too great, overshadowing even the upheaval in the Xia Kingdom’s Royal Family. Even essential state matters like the deposing of the Empress and the murder of the Crown Prince couldn’t eclipse the storm at Qixia Mountain, because the combat power Gu Zhan displayed was sufficient to affect the global balance of the current age. For a time, all factions came to investigate the truth.

And the ripples of these events continued,

The Lü Family, which had deep roots in the Xia Kingdom, fled as a clan, was hunted by the Court, and not long after, news spread of the emergence of the world’s second Divine Sight Realm cultivator. Following that, rumors circulated that the two sects of the Buddhist Sect had vanished out of fear of Gu Zhan’s vengeance, with Cihang Sword Hall and Bright Temple both empty as if they had vanished into thin air overnight.

Soon after, Emperor Ji Yi decreed, appointing Gu Zhan as the Celestial Martial King, with his fief being the entire region of Yunzhou, once again drawing the world’s attention.

During this commotion after commotion, another event shook the nations.

Gu Zhan publicly announced his intention to spread Martial Arts across the world, introducing the Method of Divine Sight.

For a time, the nations were in turmoil,

Especially Southern Jin and Beiwei, two other major powers alongside Xia Kingdom, which ended their national conflicts early due to this event, sending diplomatic missions to the Xia Kingdom, while the Martial World of various nations became even more unstable.

At this time, Yunzhou became the focal point of worldwide attention, with various forces investigating the truth of the matter, and quite a few Martial World Wanderers, unable to resist temptation, joined Prince Wu’s Mansion outright.

Amidst the continuous turbulence,

In April of the ninth year of Qingli, the Alliance Leader of the Yunzhou Martial Arts Alliance, Kou Baimen, broke through to Divine Sight, followed by a renowned Martial World Wanderer named Overlord Saber Wan Xiu who had just joined Prince Wu’s Mansion, declaring he had entered the Divine Sight Realm, sparking yet another wave of uproar. No one doubted the reality of the Method of Divine Sight any longer.

...

May of the ninth year of Qingli.

In the Capital City, a Court envoy came to Yunzhou, seeking an audience with the Celestial Martial King Gu Zhan.

In a grand hall within Prince Wu’s Mansion,

Gu Zhan sat in the main seat, observing the Court envoys below, spotting a familiar face, Ji Anle, who had previously provided him with the Hu Ben Battalion’s Military Token in the Capital City.

Ji Anle bowed to Gu Zhan and said, "Anle greets Uncle Wang and presents a letter from Father Emperor for Uncle Wang!"

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