Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

With time, they could do so many things.

Gu Li clenched his teeth, his lips pressed tightly together as his eyes stared at the Nirvana Tower bathed in lightning and fire.

This harrowing experience in the secret realm had deeply moved Gu Li.

This time, Li Guanqi had desperately found a win-win solution in a desperate situation.

But what about next time?

What if it didn't work?

What if any of them were captured by the enemy, and they were the ones lying beneath the guillotine?

Gu Li took a deep breath…

Cao Yan and Xiao Chen were still unaware of what had happened before, having had no chance to ask since returning.

But they were filled with anticipation for the tenfold increase in spatial flow rate after the Nirvana Tower was reforged.

Li Guanqi's expression was more complex; at this moment, he finally felt a bit relieved.

Some of the plans in his heart could gradually be put into action.

As the final bolt of lightning crashed down, the Jade Immortal Old Man guarding in mid-air's eyes flickered, and he couldn't help but murmur in a low voice.

"What a terrifying time artifact, at least a threefold increase in the flow of time!"

It's no wonder the Jade Immortal Old Man couldn't sense it; how could the formation personally inscribed by the Sword Spirit be so simple?

Li Guanqi raised his hand and收回the Nirvana Tower into his body, finally breathing a sigh of relief.

Meng Jiangchu collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

Merely reforging the materials for the Nirvana Tower was already his limit.

Cao Yan turned to look at Li Guanqi and asked in a deep voice.

"Big Brother, what did you guys go out to do?"

Gu Li's expression changed slightly, and Cao Yan and Xiao Chen both noticed it keenly.

"Did something happen?"

Li Guanqi said softly.

"Let's go, we'll talk outside."

Li Guanqi also told Cao Yan and Xiao Chen what had happened over there.

The two of them instantly rushed towards the direction of Heavenly Water Peak.

Only after investigating Tang Ru's condition did they feel slightly relieved.

A True Immortal killing a Fifth Level Golden Immortal—this sentence, upon reaching Cao Yan and Xiao Chen's ears, was like a thunderclap from a clear sky.

It wasn't until night fell that the group, who had been busy all day, finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Under the night, Gu Li and Luan Jin strolled beside the evening river of the Great Xia Sword Sect.

Luan Jin looked at Gu Li, who was deep in thought, and said softly.

"What's wrong? You seem to have something on your mind."

"Is it because of what happened during the day?"

Gu Li clenched his fists in his sleeves, and gently nodded.

Taking a deep breath, he looked up at the night sky and murmured in a low voice.

"Sometimes I feel so useless…"

"Even if my rune mastery is divine, the gap between me and Big Brother and the others is still too great."

"So great that I can't even intervene in battles at that level with my most relied-upon篆符, unable to help."

Luan Jin smiled wryly upon hearing this.

She quickly walked in front of Gu Li, bent slightly, and looked at Gu Li with her eyes level.

"Do you know how outstanding you really are?"

"For you, fighting across realms is nothing more than a matter of the number of篆符."

"The battle you just mentioned… was a battle approaching the Golden Immortal realm."

"And you are just a Heavenly Immortal cultivator, not even at the late stage of Heavenly Immortal!"

Luan Jin smiled wryly.

"How many cultivators spend their entire lives without daring to imagine fighting enemies across several realms."

"Yet you actually want to rely on your Heavenly Immortal cultivation to fight against Golden Immortals?"

"To be honest, in the eyes of Golden Immortal cultivators, Heavenly Immortals are nothing more than ants, beings that can be crushed by releasing a bit of pressure."

"Yet you have already reached the point of alarming Golden Immortal cultivators… this is already something that ordinary people cannot achieve."

Gu Li smiled noncommittally, grabbed Luan Jin's hand, and said softly.

"Thank you for comforting me."

"However… I plan to go into seclusion for a long time next."

Luan Jin did not stop Gu Li; instead, she felt that Gu Li had inner pressure and was very motivated.

If he only thought about relying on her Golden Immortal Yuan Yin power to improve his cultivation, although it would improve extremely quickly in a short time.

But it was not a long-term solution after all, and Luan Jin would feel a little uncomfortable in her heart.

Only Gu Li like this was worthy of her Luan Jin's affection.

Luan Jin rested her head on Gu Li's shoulder, and the two of them sat by the lake, chatting and confiding casually.

The sound of the river flowing slowly came, and with the help of the moonlight, the two were immersed in love.

But after a while, Luan Jin became a little restless.

"Since you are going to be in seclusion for a long time, then these few days…"

Gu Li swallowed, his heart pounding for no reason.

On the other side, on the bed in the separate courtyard prepared by the Great Xia Sword Sect for Meng Wanshu.

In the room under the night, only a few candlesticks were burning with weak light.

Meng Wanshu lay on Li Guanqi's chest and said softly.

"Tang Ru's abilities are really too terrifying; you must be careful in the future."

"His lifespan has been损耗too much, and some of the external manifestations on his face are almost irreversible."

Li Guanqi took a deep breath and nodded silently.

"Long Cheng is dead, and there are still people出手above the Eight Desolations…"

"The Ten Lands are probably the best time for me to accumulate strength."

"After going to the Eight Desolations in the future, I'm afraid the enemies I will face will be even stronger."

Meng Wanshu heard this and comforted him softly.

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself."

"Whether it's me or Ye Feng and the others, we will always stand by your side and face it together!"

"No matter what we encounter, we will face it together!"

"What's more… my current cultivation strength is no longer as neither high nor low as it was in the Human Spirit Realm; I can help."

Li Guanqi heard this and hugged the woman in his arms with some heartache and said softly.

"Thank you, my wife."

"Thank you, my husband."

The two of them whispered their thoughts and feelings to each other.

Tang Ru had been unconscious for a whole day and night. When he opened his eyes the next day, all his brothers were standing beside him, looking at him with concern.

Tang Ru looked at the people beside him, and after his consciousness gradually cleared, he squeezed out a smile.

But the streaks of gray in his hair and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes still remained.

Tang Ru's appearance was no longer as youthful as before; instead, he looked more like he was in his thirties, entering middle age.

This was already the limit of what the Jade Immortal Old Man and Chu Hao and others could do.

Having损耗ed more than seven thousand years of lifespan at once, it was already good that he woke up so quickly.

"Old Five."

"Fifth Brother."

"Are you okay?"

"Are you feeling better?"

Words of concern rang in Tang Ru's ears.

Tang Ru raised the corners of his mouth, closed his eyes, and for some reason, tears streamed from the corners of his eyes, and his voice choked.

"I'm… I'm fine… I'm doing well."

"Don't… don't worry about me."

But as he spoke, Tang Ru unconsciously raised his arm to cover his face, and his shoulders twitched as he sobbed.

Li Guanqi and the others patted him on the shoulder with their big hands.

"Let's go, go back to the別院to recuperate, go home."

Li Guanqi carried Tang Ru on his back and led the group towards the Heavenly Thunder Peak別院.

At this time, only Hao Xu and Gong Jun were cultivating with their eyes closed in the別院.

Han Qingmo… was pulled by Wang Lingcheng, who was still injured, to Heavenly Wood Peak to set up a fortune-telling stall last night.

After all, Li Guanqi and the others were all at Heavenly Water Peak.

The Great Xia Sword Sect had also been making extremely frequent moves recently, after all, the disciples of the Four Realms Sword Pavilion and the Absolute Immortal Palace were about to arrive.