Steadily becoming a saint, the immortal officials hired me to tend the horses-Chapter 473 - 470: Devouring Heaven and Earth

Chapter 473: Chapter 470: Devouring Heaven and Earth

After sending Ye Lan away, Gu An’s life still continued. Although his heart was filled with melancholy, he did not stop striving to become stronger.

Every two days, he would go out to gather medicinal herbs from various Medicine Valleys, and take the opportunity to guide those guarding the valleys, leading a fulfilling life.

As summer gave way to autumn, the desolate yellow slowly covered the rivers and mountains of the world.

On this day,

A man dressed in black descended from the sky and landed on a mountain peak at the edge of the Third Medicine Valley. With black hair billowing and robes fluttering, he exuded an air of vigor.

It was Li Ya!

Returning after hundreds of years, he looked at the Third Medicine Valley with profound emotions in his heart.

His gaze swept across every corner of the Third Medicine Valley, finding many places both familiar and foreign. When his eyes fell on a pavilion, a complex expression emerged on his face.

Even though he had reached the Nirvana Realm, facing an old friend of yesteryears still made him nervous.

The thought of calling Gu An “Primordial Ancestor” made his face flush with heat. Despite having mentally prepared himself for centuries, his mood would fluctuate whenever he remembered.

However, he reminded himself that without Gu An’s care, how could he have reached this day?

Just the Divine Exotic City within him alone provided him with an invincible confidence.

Taking a deep breath, Li Ya prepared to descend the mountain, when suddenly he saw two people rushing up the side. One was ahead of the other, and they quickly arrived in front of Li Ya.

The Blood Prison Great Saint sized up Li Ya with a teasing look in his eyes.

The one who followed, Long Qing, stopped and looked at Li Ya thoughtfully, then suddenly asked, “Could you be Martial Uncle Li Ya?”

Li Ya nodded slightly. He had some impression of Long Qing, though not very clear, but judging by the address, the latter should be Gu An’s disciple.

“Master often talks about you,” Long Qing said with a smile. “He says that you became a Heavenly Genius and got carried away, never coming back to see him.” Long Qing was not particularly interested in Li Ya; he had only heard Gu An mention him occasionally.

Hearing this, Li Ya’s face darkened in an instant, and he snorted coldly, “Is that really what he said?”

The Blood Prison Great Saint interrupted, saying, “Brat, have you forgotten me?”

His first battle in the Great Heavenly Spirit Land had been against Li Ya and Zhang Buku, which led to his suppression for nearly a thousand years.

Although now it seemed a blessing in disguise, he always found Li Ya irritating, and whenever Li Ya returned to the valley and saw him transformed into the Bull Demon, he would mock him.

In fact, when he was a bull, he felt that everyone was mocking him; to him, even their smiles seemed offensive.

Li Ya’s gaze settled on the Blood Prison Great Saint, scrutinizing him closely.

Then, with a dramatic change in his expression, without saying another word, he raised his right hand, summoning the Divine Exotic City, which quickly enlarged and hung high in the sky.

Long Qing also looked up, his mouth agape, astonished by the Divine Exotic City.

His own Qi strength was already formidable, but as someone who spent most of his time in the Supreme Sect, he rarely saw such supreme treasures.

Li Ya fixated on the Blood Prison Great Saint, asking in a heavy voice, “What are you doing here?”

The past Blood Prison Great Saint had been extremely violent, and although his appearance hadn’t changed now, his demeanor was worlds apart, which was why Li Ya had not recognized him immediately.

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Remembering the battle from years ago, Li Ya inevitably thought of Zhang Buku, and his mood instantly turned to annoyance.

Zhang Buku had always been a thorn in his side; he felt he had failed to take care of Zhang Buku, leading to the latter’s current situation, where his whereabouts and life or death were unknown.

The Blood Prison Great Saint taunted, “I’ve been here for a thousand years, and you’re asking me? You should be the one I’m asking; every time you return, I’m here, it’s just that you have eyes but failed to recognize.”

Li Ya furrowed his brow, reflecting carefully.

Long Qing looked left and right, thinking to himself, “Why haven’t they started fighting yet?”

He often sparred with the Blood Prison Great Saint and, as he had never won, he wanted to see the Great Saint take a beating.

Perhaps Li Ya’s cultivation level was not as high as the Blood Prison Great Saint’s, but Long Qing had heard of the formidable reputation of the Divine Exotic City.

It was said to be a Pseudo-Immortal Path supreme treasure, capable of contending with Wandering Immortals!

The appearance of the Divine Exotic City attracted more and more disciples to fly over. Li Ya calmed down and immediately retracted the Divine Exotic City into the palm of his hand.

The Blood Prison Great Saint’s appearance here meant he was no longer an enemy; at the very least, Gu An had taken him in.

Speaking of which, he held no grudges against the Blood Prison Great Saint. They had only fought over a chance opportunity back then, and he had been utterly defeated.

An Xin flew over and landed on the edge of the cliff. She glared at the Blood Prison Great Saint and Long Qing for a moment before turning to Li Ya. She lifted her hand in a salute and said, “Martial Uncle Li Ya, the master has been waiting for you for a long time. Please, come with me.”

Li Ya remembered An Xin, and he was somewhat surprised.

After many years, An Xin no longer resembled an ordinary woman; her every movement carried the aura of a highly cultivated being.

Comparing An Xin to those Heavenly Geniuses of the Great Sects, she was not much weaker, perhaps even possessing a unique charm.

It seemed Gu An was quite adept at mentoring disciples.

That’s what Li Ya thought as he recalled that An Hao was also a disciple of Gu An, which made his heart ache even more.

His greatest rival in life was a disciple of Gu An, the Primordial Ancestor he admired and was most grateful for. It seemed as though his entire life unfolded under Gu An’s watch, and even though he was always getting hurt, he always managed to escape from the brink of death.

As Li Ya pondered, he followed An Xin and left.

Long Qing looked at the Blood Prison Great Saint and asked, “Did you two have a past grievance?”

The Blood Prison Great Saint snorted disdainfully, “He’s no threat to me.”

After he recounted the events of the past, Long Qing was full of emotion.

The strongest being of a realm ascends, only to be humbled by mistaking a weakling with a strong backer, and ends up being taken as a mount?

That was terrifying!

Long Qing grew more reverent of the world, feeling that if the Blood Prison Great Saint had not encountered his master, he would probably be dead by now.

Benevolent and magnanimous powerhouses like his master were rare.

…

Boom, boom, boom—

The dull roar of thunder, like fierce beasts of the Wilderness roaring in unison, made the entire Great Heaven and Earth oppressively heavy.

On the barren land, corpses lay scattered everywhere, crisscrossed by gullies and fissures, with splotches of blood adorning the area. Countless cultivators and demons stood on the ground, most of them wounded, all gazing up at the darkened sky in despair.

Above the churning black clouds, a figure shone with a dazzling golden light. He wore golden battle armor with a red sash around his waist, the breastplate adorned with a Qilin head that breathed out flames from its mouth and nose. Above this was a handsome yet indifferent face. This man wore a golden helm, radiating might and supremacy, with a golden Big Tripod floating behind him that trembled as dragon tails swished over the edge.

The myriad creatures before him were no different from ants.

He looked down upon the beings below, seemingly in search of something.

A figure materialized out of thin air beside him, a woman in black with her hair hanging loosely, wearing a dark silver mask over her eyes, ghost-like in her appearance.

“Emperor, the Qi Fortune of this realm has ceased, and its collapse is imminent. Shall we move on to the next Great Heaven and Earth?” asked the woman in black, her voice pleasant to hear yet cold in tone.

The man in gold armor remained expressionless, his demeanor still indifferent, “Tell me, where might the descendants of the Long Family be hiding, and does the Sword Venerable Fudao have any relations with the Long Family?”

The woman in black answered, “As of now, there seems to be no connection. Sword Venerable Fudao shelters the beings of a Great Heavenly Spirit Land. Of course, it’s also possible that the descendants of the Long Family are hidden in the Great Heavenly Spirit Land, but that is an existence not even the Divine Emperor’s incarnations can defeat. We cannot rashly proceed.”

The golden-armored man narrowed his eyes and huffed, “A mere incarnation of the Silent Annihilation God Emperor is just a Taoist Hidden Immortal, and even his physical body hasn’t reached the true state of a Taoist Hidden Immortal.”

The woman in black didn’t respond further.

The man in golden armor lifted his hand, and the Big Tripod behind him trembled violently as dragon roars issued forth. In an instant, the sky twisted violently, and the land below began to shatter. Rocks and corpses flew into the air as countless beings started to cry out, the entire Great Heaven and Earth plunging into chaos.

“Once I have devoured a hundred Great Heaven and Earths, I will be able to unlock the path of war. Then, it won’t matter where the Long Family is hiding or whether Sword Venerable Fudao is connected to them. The Battle Court will destroy all who stand in the way, making our enemies suffer eternal damnation.”

The man in golden armor murmured to himself, as if speaking to his own heart.

Clouds of thunder were sucked into the mouth of the Big Tripod, and everything in sight—stones, corpses, living beings—was pulled toward the golden Big Tripod, the view filled with despair and chaos.

This Big Tripod was devouring Great Heaven and Earth!

The man in golden armor and the woman in black stood motionless before the Big Tripod, indifferent to the cries and death of the creatures below, awaiting the collapse and annihilation of the realm.

All of a sudden, the man in golden armor sensed something, his gaze sharpened, and he turned his head slightly as a blade of Sword Qi tore through the space, zipping past him.

He reached out and grabbed the Sword Qi, then frowned in surprise, scanning his surroundings.