Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 363 Breaking Stone
"Gu Qing."

"The minister is here."

"let's start."

"Yes."

Wei Huang didn't say what he was going to do, but simply turned and walked towards a certain direction in the cave, leaving behind the words, "Wait here."

Gu Beiming followed, and soon disappeared into the darkness along with Wei Huang.

After waiting for a while, Wei Chan whispered, "What did Father Emperor go to do?"

She asked casually, not expecting an answer, but Shen Jichi still answered.

"Your Majesty needs to trust Gu Beiming more."

"Oh."

After thinking for a moment, Wei Chan realized that her father wanted Gu Beiming to submit to him because of their blood ties.

After waiting for a long time, Wei Chan couldn't stand it any longer. Finally, when she saw Wei Huang and Gu Beiming return, she stole a glance at Wei Huang and was surprised to find that there were faint wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.

She paused for a moment, then looked closer and noticed the nasolabial folds on his face.

These wrinkles were clearly not there when I first met Wei Huang not long ago.

Perhaps sensing his daughter's gaze, Wei Huang also became somewhat anxious.

"Your Majesty, shall we escort you back to the palace?" Shen Jichi asked at the opportune moment.

"No need."

Wei Huang seemed to want to leave alone, but was not entirely at ease. Looking around at the officials present, all of them were very weak, so he spoke in a tone of bestowing favor.

"Shen Qing, Gu Qing, come with me."

After saying that, he turned around and walked down the long stone steps, pushed open a rock wall, and inside was a stone bed made of jade.

He stepped forward, and Shen Jichi and Gu Beiming hesitated for a moment before following him.

Curious, Wei Chan followed along, pleading, "Father, please show me around too!"

Gu Huang glanced at her indifferently, said nothing, but clapped his hands, and the stone bed suddenly collapsed.

The intense feeling of weightlessness startled everyone around them.

They continued to descend through the softly lit tunnel. After a long time, when they finally felt a soft cushion under their feet, they looked around and saw a huge underground palace with jade stones undulating like the earth's veins.

It resembles a glacial snowfield, except the snow has been replaced by spirit-gathering jade, and the biting icy wind is imbued with rich spiritual energy.

There was nothing in the vast jade vein except for a huge, perfectly smooth jade stone.

Wei Huang sat down directly on the jade stone, as if he were sitting on his dragon throne.

But the dragon throne is placed in the palace, surrounded by all kinds of luxury, with beautiful women singing and dancing, and the power of the entire Rui Kingdom, while here there is nothing.

Wei Huang clearly preferred sitting here. After sitting down, his expression quickly became peaceful, and the faint trace of hostility and anxiety that had been lingering around him disappeared.

It was as if he only felt safe here.

After closing his eyes and resting for a while, the wrinkles on Wei Huang's face faded, and he returned to his youthful, handsome, and spirited appearance.

"Gu Qing."

"The minister is here."

"Do you know what I fear most?" Wei Huang asked.

Gu Beiming said, "That Realm Lord has all six senses, so he might be able to guess our plan."

“Yes,” Wei Huang murmured, “You will know immediately once Gu Jingnian severs the connection between his life and yours.”

"Yes," Gu Beiming replied. "Your Majesty, rest assured, Eleventh Prince is still bound to me by blood."

"That's good, he'll be back soon."

Wei Huang didn't know how he knew, but after he said that, a figure did indeed appear before their eyes.

"Cough cough cough..."

With a cough, Liu Yuchuan's figure came into view.

His long hair turned gray, and his once smooth skin became spotted.

Without bowing to Wei Huang, he first sat cross-legged on the jade vein, closed his eyes and practiced breathing exercises. After a while, he spoke, his tone calm but with a hint of excitement.

"Your Majesty, this old minister has not failed your high expectations."

"Thank you for your hard work, teacher."

Wei Huang had already gotten up and walked to Liu Yuchuan's side, helping him up with the respect due to a disciple, and praised, "There has never been anything that Master has been unable to accomplish."

Liu Yuchuan said, "Zicang has great ambitions, but in reality he is selfish, shallow, and intolerant. With just a few words from us, he caused infighting among the people of the realm. After he killed two people of the realm, I severely injured him with a palm strike, which has already caused a tremor in Fujie Mountain."

"Where is Womin?" Wei Huang asked immediately.

"The old man didn't fall for Zi Cang's trick and hid in the realm like a coward."

Wei Huang smiled slightly, knowing that when the boundary was broken, the Womin would not be able to escape.

He turned his head and looked in a certain direction within the jade vein, murmuring, "Mount Fujie is still there."

Logically, with two Realm Beings dead and one seriously injured, the Realm of Fujie Mountain should have collapsed rapidly. Wei Huang had sensed this through the circulation of spiritual energy, thus concluding that Liu Yuchuan was about to return. However, he now found that Fujie Mountain had stabilized. Clearly, the Realm Lord had used some kind of method.

"Yes."

Liu Yuchuan sighed, exchanged a glance with Wei Huang, and both smiled slightly.

"Gu Jingnian has been appointed."

"He should be back soon."

The two looked at Gu Beiming.

Gu Beiming closed his eyes and tried to feel with his heart, and gradually he could feel Gu Jingnian getting closer and closer.

He opened his mouth and murmured, "Eleventh Brother, come to your father's side."

Like a spell, with these words, Gu Jingnian appeared before everyone.

Gu Jingnian's eyes were somewhat dazed. He still held a dagger in his hand, which was stained with blood. The blood dripped down and onto the jade vein at his feet, turning into a wisp of smoke in an instant and drifting towards a certain direction within the jade vein.

"You killed the Realm Lord?" Wei Huang asked.

"No." Gu Jingnian shook his head and said, "She fainted on her own."

Gu Beiming shouted, "You unfilial son, why haven't you paid your respects to His Majesty?!"

Wei Huang raised his hand to stop him, indicating that there was no need to concern himself with formalities at this time; he was more concerned about what was happening in the realm.

"what happened?"

Gu Jingnian glanced at Liu Yuchuan and said, "After he killed the Realm Man, the Realm Lord led Yingyao to a stone platform and fed her something. After that, the Realm Lord fainted."

His words were dry and monotonous. Although the others were listening, they were getting impatient, and their eyes all fell on Gu Jingnian's tightly clenched hand.

Wei Huang pointed and asked, "What's that?"

Gu Jingnian then opened his hand, only to find that it was a stone as smooth as a mirror.

Upon seeing this, Wei Huang's eyes immediately lit up with excitement.

"Give it to me!"

Wei Huang reached out and grabbed, but his hand passed right through the stone and landed directly in Gu Jingnian's hand.

"Is Your Majesty sending a message?" Gu Jingnian asked.

He had already figured this out when Wei Huang picked up the pill but didn't take it.

Wei Huang did not answer, but said, "Teacher."

Liu Yuchuan then stepped forward, took the stone from Gu Jingnian's hand, and examined it carefully.

"Is this the Broken Hearthstone?" Wei Huang asked.

"Yes."

Gu Jingnian replied, "This is exactly what Zi Cang wanted, but I didn't give it to him. As soon as I got it, my father called me back."

"That's right," Liu Yuchuan said. "This is also the first time I've seen this thing."

"The barbarian people from the foreign seas want to use this to destroy the Central Plains. If this stone can really break my giant furnace, how will the Central Plains protect itself in the future?"

"Your Majesty, I will destroy him!"

Liu Yuchuan's expression turned serious, and a blazing heat appeared in his hand as he frantically heated the stone.

But the stone did not crack from the heat.

Liu Yuchuan's expression turned slightly serious, and the intense heat in his hand subsided, turning into ice.

With a crisp "crack," the stone finally shattered into several pieces, which fell onto the jade vein.

"it is good."

Upon seeing this, Wei Huang's gaze relaxed slightly.

In this way, people like Zi Cang would no longer be able to destroy his furnace.

If any of those beings from other realms dared to leave their realms, he could activate the largest furnace in the Central Continent and refine all the supernatural beings.

As for those cowards who want to hide inside the boundary, it's no use, because he has a way to force them all out.

“Let Ying shake back,” Wei Huang said.

Gu Jingnian did not respond.

"Gu Qing." Wei Huang said with some displeasure.

Gu Beiming then shouted, "Aren't you going to do as I say?!"

"Yes."

Gu Jingnian closed his eyes, and without knowing how he summoned Yingyao in his heart, Yingyao appeared behind him in a short while.

I can't quite put my finger on what has changed about her, but she looks more radiant and exudes a much stronger aura.

"As expected... the Phoenix Descendant has become the pillar of the realm. Now, I order you to destroy the realm of Fujie Mountain."

(End of this chapter)