Chapter 216 - 131: Opportunity
Her delicate feet rested by the edge of the pool, her ten toes as lustrous and round as pearls. She held a fat calico cat in her arms, gently stroking its head as she spoke in a cold voice:
"Gu Yun... Hmph. That damned guy..."
Ever since Shangguan Yinling had departed that day,
she had mobilized the Shangguan Family’s power to find his residence,
only to visit today and find him already gone.
"Tsk, tsk."
A coquettish scoff sounded.
A beautiful woman in a low-cut damask silk blouse strolled out from the courtyard pavilion behind her, a smile playing on her lips as she said:
"Well, well,
who could have possibly angered the young miss of the Shangguan Family?
Should Aunt Rong help you... eliminate them?"
Hearing this, a faint blush crept onto Shangguan Yinling’s exquisitely beautiful and frosty face.
The fat cat in her arms, as if hearing something terrifying,
began to tremble. It then leaped from Shangguan Yinling’s embrace and scurried to a corner. Propping up its fat, bloated body, it drooped its ears and faced the wall, obediently standing in punishment with its back to the beautiful woman.
"Ah,
Aunt Rong, of course not."
Shangguan Yinling’s cool voice was tinged with a hint of shyness.
"Oh my,
and now you’re blushing!"
the beautiful woman teased.
She then turned to look at the fat calico cat, which was still standing obediently in the corner with its round belly puffed out, its back to them, and its ears drooping.
"You useless fat cat,
spill the details to me at once!"
Upon hearing that demonic voice,
the cat’s enormous, bloated body gave an involuntary shudder.
...
「Celestial Thunder Dao Peak.」
Within a cave residence where spiritual energy was exceptionally dense,
Gu Yun sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion.
He first took out the Ancient Jade Tripod, the so-called Upper Grade Magical Artifact that Ji Ba had mentioned.
The Jade Tripod was suffused with an ancient aura, but otherwise, it looked completely unremarkable.
It truly looked like a standard Upper Grade Magical Artifact, suitable for a Spiritual Martial Realm Cultivator.
’But is that all it is?’
A flash of lightning suddenly shot through Gu Yun’s eyes, like a thunderbolt tearing through the darkness, glinting with brilliant sharpness.
A terrifying bolt of lightning gathered in his palm. He then sent it tearing through the void, slamming violently into the Jade Tripod floating in mid-air.
"BOOM!"
The lightning, packed with extreme power, slammed into the Jade Tripod, producing the crisp clang of striking metal.
The surrounding space instantly began to vibrate violently, like a boundless tsunami!
"Just as I suspected!!"
Gu Yun exclaimed in shock, his eyes—flickering with wisps of electricity and a terrifying thunderous light—fixed on the Jade Tripod, which was almost completely unscathed.
That casual strike of his was powerful enough to kill an ordinary True Martial Realm Eighth Layer cultivator.
’A typical Upper Grade Magical Artifact would have been blown to smithereens!!’
’Yet this Jade Tripod is almost completely unscathed.’
’How could this possibly be an Upper Grade Magical Artifact?!’
But Gu Yun still couldn’t figure out the Jade Tripod’s purpose.
After studying it for some time,
Gu Yun shook his head in resignation.
He then took out the palm-sized, pitch-black iron plate he had gotten from Ji Ba.
He examined it closely, repeatedly scanning it with his Spiritual Sense and observing the intricate sigils and patterns carved upon its surface.
But the iron plate was like a bottomless black hole, completely swallowing his Spiritual Sense without yielding any insight.
Gu Yun wasn’t surprised in the slightest.
’If its secrets could be discovered so easily,’
’Ji Ba probably wouldn’t have given it away.’
But Gu Yun was no ordinary man. He still had one more trick up his sleeve.
Gu Yun took a deep breath and murmured to himself,
’I hope this is what I think it is!’
And then,
the wisps of lightning in Gu Yun’s ink-black eyes instantly began to roil and surge.
Purple Thunder Arcs instantly surged forth, completely covering his eyes. They became like a deep and terrifying sea of Thunder, seemingly capable of piercing through anything!!