novelraw Chapter 193 - 191: Abnormality
Chapter 193 - 191: Abnormality
After dealing with the potential danger he carried.
Hu Qi sat cross-legged on a flat cliff face.
He looked at his surroundings.
This place was high up, offering an unobstructed view into the distance.
He could easily see the surface of the distant sea.
After a moment of thought, Hu Qi stood up, once again transforming into a streak of red light and leaving the area.
’To be safe, I can’t stay here.’
’If that Soul Anchor exposes my location and a Refining God Venerable shows up while I’m attempting a breakthrough... the consequences would be unimaginable.’
Therefore, finding a more secure location was the most prudent option.
...
Just as Hu Qi discovered the anomaly and used Modification Points to erase the Soul Anchor Mark from his body...
...thousands of miles away.
Shi Xiao and Li Xianyu emerged from the conference room, having just finished a meeting. Their expressions were grim. After a brief word...
...they left together.
The other Refining God Venerables also went their separate ways.
They paid little mind to the situation with the Holy Rain Sect and the Sword Pavilion.
Compared to the impending cataclysm, what were the deaths of two Qi Dao Grandmasters?
As long as it wasn’t their own School or a Refining God Venerable in trouble...
...they wouldn’t pay it much mind.
To the side, Lei Bao watched this unfold, stroking his chin.
A rare, thoughtful expression crossed his brawny, intimidating face.
’Both of their Direct Disciples are dead now. Shi Xiao and Li Xianyu must be absolutely furious.’
He had met Wu Yu and Changzhu before. Their aptitude was indeed excellent.
He’d even heard that the Holy Rain Sect and Sword Pavilion considered them Refining God Seeds.
’Refining God Seed.’ It wasn’t just a title or a hope; it was a form of recognition and honor.
Among the Seven Great Schools, no School had more than two disciples who had earned such recognition.
Any Disciple who held this title was expected to meet the requirements for breaking through to the Refining God realm within a century.
Of course, that was just meeting the requirements.
Whether they could actually succeed in their breakthrough was another matter entirely.
The Refining God Venerable.
The title itself was telling.
The title "Venerable" didn’t originate in the modern era.
It came from an ancient civilization, long since buried in the river of time.
Even within the once dazzling and glorious Miwu Civilization, a Refining God Venerable was an absolute overlord.
Within the Miwu Civilization—an Extraordinary reality where technological development resembled that of ancient times—Refining God Seeds...
...were given titles like Saint Son or Divine Son by their respective Schools.
While this didn’t guarantee a breakthrough to the Refining God realm...
...it was still an extraordinary achievement.
After all, there were gaps in power even between Qi Dao Grandmasters.
Some Secret Martial Artists reached the Qi Dao Grandmaster realm simply because that was the limit of their aptitude.
Other Qi Dao Grandmasters, however, were merely young in their cultivation. With profound foundations and Divine Treasures of at least Middle Class, they had the potential to strive for the Refining God realm.
Therefore, such promising talents were exceedingly precious to every School.
And now, just like that, these talents they had so painstakingly nurtured were simply gone.
No wonder Shi Xiao and Li Xianyu looked so grim.
Lei Bao paused for a moment before his figure flickered and vanished.
He soon returned to the Thunder Gate.
He immediately summoned Guo Yi.
As Sect Leader of the Thunder Gate, he had naturally heard about Guo Yi and the others entering the Inner Earth World.
When he first heard the news that Changzhu and Wu Yu had perished in the Earth Core...
...he had been startled, to be honest.
Fortunately, he had been relieved to sense that the trump card he’d given Guo Yi remained unused.
Now, he had summoned Guo Yi to inquire about the specific details of what had happened in the Inner Earth World.
Inside the room.
"You’re telling me Helinta from the Shexin Sect injured Fa Ji from the Golden Buddha Temple? Are you pulling my leg, boy?"
Lei Bao sat on his chair, looking at Guo Yi, who stood before him, with some surprise.
It was no wonder he was surprised. Fa Ji was the Golden Buddha Temple’s Refining God Seed.
His strength was immense.
Even among all the Refining God Seeds of the Seven Upper-tier Schools, his power ranked in the top three.
Changzhu and Wu Yu were simply no match for him.
For such a prodigy to be injured by someone from a Middle-tier School who had only just become a Qi Dao Grandmaster...
...it was simply unbelievable.
Feeling Lei Bao’s doubtful gaze upon him...
Guo Yi gave a bitter smile and helplessly scratched his hairless head.
"Master, what I’ve said is all true. I wouldn’t dare lie in the slightest."
He feared his master from the bottom of his heart, afraid that if he answered too slowly, he’d have to endure another few of Lei Bao’s fists.
They wouldn’t kill him, but they really, truly hurt.
Even he couldn’t take it. Compared to that, he would rather go through Celestial Thunder Tempering Body.
"How interesting."
A strange glint flashed in Lei Bao’s eyes.
He had raised Guo Yi since he was a child; they had been together for nearly a century.
He knew the boy wouldn’t dare deceive him.
And that was precisely why he was so surprised.
This situation was clearly abnormal.
’Coupled with the sudden deaths of Changzhu and Wu Yu... could it be related to that Helinta?’
As a Refining God Venerable, Lei Bao was no muscle-headed fool.
Quite the opposite, he was sharper than anyone.
In an instant, he sensed that something was amiss.
But he had no intention of digging deeper.
’It has nothing to do with me, anyway.’
As fellow Sect Leaders of the Seven Upper-tier Schools... and as the only seven supreme beings in the world, they had all, with the exception of the venerable Xuanqing, risen as top prodigies of the same era. It was inevitable that they had formed grudges along the way.
These grudges hadn’t faded with time; if anything, they had intensified.
They were only forced to unite in the face of the threat from the Black Blood Species.
’The Shexin Sect has produced a fine talent. Old Man Jiang, you could say your death was a worthy one.’
Truth be told, he and the former Sect Leader of the Shexin Sect were from the same generation, and they’d had some dealings.
It was just that Jiang Zuo’s aptitude was limited, forcing him to halt at the Qi Dao Grandmaster Realm.
’A pity, though. In the end, it’s too late.’
Lei Bao sighed to himself.
There were only three to five years left.
Three to five years isn’t a short time for an ordinary person.
But for Secret Martial Artists, whose lifespans are several times that of ordinary people...
...it passes in the blink of an eye.
Breaking through to the Refining God realm in such a short time is fundamentally impossible.
Anyone below the Refining God realm will be useless in the face of the coming cataclysm.
At this thought, he looked at Guo Yi.
"For the time being, stay within the Thunder Gate. Don’t go anywhere."
"Yes, Master!"
Even if Lei Bao hadn’t said anything, Guo Yi had no plans to leave.
If he were to be blamed and implicated in the deaths of Changzhu and Wu Yu...
...he would be unable to bear the wrath of two Refining God Venerables.
Guo Yi was not alone in his thinking. Fa Ji was a prime example.
The very first thing Fa Ji did upon returning to the Golden Buddha Temple was announce his seclusion.