Chapter 247: Chapter 131: Ten-Thousand Zhang Pillar of Light

Silence hung in the air of the Book Collection Martial Pavilion.

After a long moment.

It was Gushan Jue who finally broke the silence. He stared at Su Chen and asked.

"You... you’ve reached Foundation Establishment?"

In response.

Su Chen glanced at the ten Dragon Patterns on his Profound Robe and answered evasively.

"More or less."

’I haven’t even reached Foundation Establishment, yet I can suppress a Demon at the Foundation Establishment Perfection Level like Gushan Jue until he can’t even lift his head. If word of this got out, it would be too shocking. It’s better to just let him think I’m in the Foundation Establishment Realm.’

At his words.

Gushan Jue fell silent for even longer.

Over the past decade, he had heard Kong speak of Su Chen from the World in the Palm, but he had never paid him any mind.

’He’s just some prodigy from the Small Human World.’

’Not worth mentioning.’

’Even though Su Chen had once defeated a wisp of his Immortal Skill clone, he still didn’t see him as a threat.’

’Corpse Release Reincarnation...’

’I achieved the False Core realm, soared to prominence early on, and was even taken back by the Profound Celestial Sect, who poured massive resources into me. Yet now, I can’t even fathom his true depth.’

"Take good care of Xue. This is what you owe Kong."

"No matter how the Profound Celestial Sect pressured him, Kong never betrayed you. For the past ten years, he was waiting for you in the Eastern Domain. But in the end, he couldn’t wait any longer!"

"For your sake, he was willing to break with the Sect! In the end, even after reaching the True Core realm, he gouged out his own Spiritual Eyes and was exiled to the Celestial War Battlefield!"

At the mention of Kong, Gushan Jue’s already savage eyes instantly turned scarlet, his gaze toward Su Chen filled with resentment.

’If it weren’t for protecting him, Kong might not have met such an uncertain fate, his life and death unknown.’

Gushan Jue left.

He hadn’t come for Su Chen. He wouldn’t have even appeared if he hadn’t noticed that the layout of this Book Collection Martial Pavilion was strikingly similar to the Library Pavilion that Kong used to talk about.

The medicinal field, the silver tree, the reclining chair, the stone table, and inside the book pavilion, that equally lazy figure.

「In the Book Collection Martial Pavilion.」

Su Chen fell silent.

He wasn’t familiar with Gushan Jue; in fact, there was enmity between them. If not for Kong, they would have tried to kill each other long ago.

’You won’t tell me.’

’Then I’ll see for myself.’

A drop of fresh blood materialized in Su Chen’s palm. He had taken it from Gushan Jue’s body during their brief clash moments ago.

Even at Foundation Establishment Perfection, Gushan Jue hadn’t noticed a thing.

BUZZ!

The images began to flow.

...

...

"Kong! You are truly worthy of being the most exceptional prodigy our Profound Celestial Sect has seen in a millennium."

"The greatest of the three major Killing Dao Skills of the Foundation Establishment Realm! You actually mastered it! Act quickly! Use your bond with him as a catalyst to inflict a terrible fate upon that Extreme Realm True Dragon, and obliterate his very soul..."

「Profound Celestial Sect.」

Majestic figures surrounded the man in the Black Dragon Robe. Even through the filter of Gushan Jue’s memory, their faces were impossible to make out.

"He is my friend!"

The man in the Black Dragon Robe looked up and stated simply.

"You dare refuse the Sect?"

"Guyue Kong! Do you really think this is still a thousand years ago, when the Guyue Race ruled the Profound Celestial Sect?"

"Take a good look around you! A thousand years have passed. The Guyue Race has long since vanished into thin air. You’re just a nameless Daoist now; your name was struck from the records of the Profound Celestial Sect long ago!"

"Extreme Cultivators are the sworn enemies of all Immortal Cultivators in the Mountain Sea Realm! How dare you sympathize with an Extreme Cultivator? We’ll cripple you right now..."

The angry roars echoed incessantly.

Each figure radiated a terrifying pressure, as overwhelming as the sun and moon themselves.

"I. Do not. Betray. My friends."

Kong remained unmoved.

...

...

A young boy wept, kneeling before a withered, white-haired old man.

"Remember."

"Your name is Zhou Luoxue. Your father is Jie. He is an extraordinary man. Sooner or later, he will come back for you..."

"When that time comes, you must take the Wind Snow Sword Immortal as your master. That is how you will become powerful, take control of your own Destiny, and do what you truly want to do."

The white-haired old man gave his final warning. As he lay dying, he reached out, trying to wipe away the tears from the corners of the child’s eyes. But alas, he couldn’t make it.

He was dead.

Kong, accompanied by Gushan Jue, arrived.

"Are you Guyue Xue?"

"I am your father."

"But I cannot take you with me right now. You were born prematurely and are innately deficient. I will use an Immortal Skill to return you to a womb-like state and replenish your Innate Qi. When I have taken care of everything, I will come back for you..."

Beneath the moon, a pair of lustrous, glass-like eyes watched the frail boy gently. The boy, however, just kept crying as he hugged the old man.

’He didn’t want to change his fate through Cultivation; he just wanted his Grandpa Yum Zhong to live again.’

...

...

"Kong!"

’I will protect you.’

’Whether in the past, present, or future, I will never let anyone harm you...’

Beneath the moon, the owner of those glass-like eyes waited for someone. He waited for ten years.

And Gushan Jue was right there by his side, protecting him for all ten years.

It was like a hazy dream.

Gushan Jue felt as if he had returned to a thousand years ago.

He remembered when his outstanding talent led to his capture by the Guyue Race to serve as a slave. He remembered the one person who extended a hand to help him.

From that day forward, he changed his name to Gushan Jue.

That person was the moon in the sky, so he became the mountain on the earth, destined to forever stand guard by his side. Even if it meant undergoing Corpse Release Reincarnation, he would wait for his return.

...

...

"Yum Zhong."

That night, in the Book Collection Martial Pavilion, Su Chen’s heart could find no peace.

His memory of Yum Zhong was already a blur.

But now, a heavy feeling washed over him.

「Beneath the moon.」

Su Chen stepped out of the Book Collection Martial Pavilion. Following the faint traces of his memory, he finally found a derelict courtyard outside the Daqi Imperial City, and within it, a solitary grave.

The lonely grave looked old, about twenty years old.

It was overgrown with weeds.

There was no headstone, and no one came to pay their respects.

It made sense.

Even he, Xue, had his memories washed away, causing him to forget the old man who had raised him.

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