Chapter Fifty-Three: Punishment

  Kong Xue coldly snorted: "Hmph! Last time was indeed you who let me win. I remember this in my heart. But breaking the Qing Wei Star Array means what, I suppose you're also very clear about it. I am absolutely not willing to let you. At worst, from now on, within ten years, I'll let you choose your disciples first."

  The Azure Microstellar Array is an ancient grand array left behind by the Ancient Great Ones to select their disciples. Even the sixth master of the Guyue Sect fell within it. The person who can break this formation, his attainments in the Way of Formations are self-evident. Moreover, the Ancient Great Ones were extremely strict in selecting their disciples, even the current master of the Guyue Sect might not necessarily be able to enter their sight. Now that someone has met the standards for being chosen by the Ancient Great Ones, Kong Xue naturally wants to fight desperately for it.

  Martial arts have many examples of "the blue outdoes the blue" and "the student surpasses the master". There are also many cases where a talented individual quickly rises to prominence. A Confucian scholar, if they don't encounter any special opportunities in their lifetime, will only reach the realm of innate talent and live for around 100 years. However, once they break through to the true origin realm, their lifespan can extend beyond 130 years, allowing them to live more than 30 years longer than those with innate talent. He naturally yearns for the opportunity to make this breakthrough.

  "Hey! You and I are competing here, it's not worth letting the younger generation see a joke. Let's find that person first, then we'll have a good talk."

  "Alright!" said Kong Xue with a faint smile.

  Lü Yidao relaxed his grip on Gong Sunlong's wrist and revealed a gentle expression: "Gong Sunlong, who broke the Qingwei Star Battle Formation? Where is he now?"

  Pitiful and sympathetic glances came from all directions and fell on Gong Sunlong's body.

  Gongsun Long could only force himself to step forward and say, "Master Lü, the one who broke through the Qingwei Star Formation is named Su Han. He has already come down from the mountain."

  This news struck Lu Yidao and Kong Xueren like a thunderbolt on a clear day, causing their faces to suddenly turn gloomy.

  Lü Yidao's face was gloomy, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes as he asked word by word: "Down the mountain, wasn't he coming to my ancient Yue sect to pay homage and learn from me? Gong Sunlong, tell me everything honestly. If you deceive me with even half a sentence, I'll break your dantian and throw you into the Flame Cave."

  Gongsun Long's body trembled slightly, and he didn't dare to deceive him. He could only report the whole story one by one to Lü Yidao. Everything that happened here was seen by tens of thousands of people. If he deceived Lü Yidao, this old man would definitely see through it, and when his dantian was broken, he would suffer for the rest of his life.

  As Gong Sunlong's words progressed, Lü Yidao and Kong Xueren's faces became increasingly unsightly. Originally a voluntarily requested to join the ancient Yue sect array of talented people, through the ancient great ability to choose disciples standard of the extraordinary demon, was actually forced away by the person in front of them, this made their hearts involuntarily produce a murderous intention.

  Gongsun Long felt the murderous intent in Lv Yidao's eyes and hastily explained again: "Two masters, after Su Han left, the Qingwei Star Array collapsed immediately. It seems that the Qingwei Star Array has been through countless years and months, and its spiritual power has been exhausted, so it was easily broken through by Su Han. His own abilities may be extremely ordinary. He must have been afraid of joining our Guyue Sect and revealing his true self, so he hurried down the mountain."

  Lü Yidao's face was gloomy as he said, "Kong Lao Gui, what do you think?"

  Kong Xue also said with a gloomy face: "Indeed, no matter how powerful the formation is, it cannot withstand the erosion of time. This Qing Wei Star Array, although set up by an ancient great expert, will also be worn away by the passage of time."

  Gongsun Long finally let out a slight breath of relief, and his ashen face also regained a hint of vitality.

  Kong Xue's eyes coldly swept over Gong Sunlong, his voice chilly as he said: "However, the sixth generation Patriarch once said that the ancient great master who laid down this Qing Wei Star Array had boundless divine powers and unparalleled might. The array he set up has already completely merged with nature, able to absorb the power of the stars in the sky as its source of energy. Unless a massive anomaly occurs between heaven and earth, it will absolutely not exhaust its spiritual energy. This array clearly was broken by someone, then collapsed and dispersed."

  Gongsun Long's face turned pale, his body trembled, and his legs went limp, causing him to collapse directly onto the ground. Originally, with his cultivation at the Ninth Heaven of the Post-Heaven Realm, even if he were to be hacked by knives or axes, his eyebrows wouldn't have furrowed in the slightest. Yet now, he had actually collapsed onto the ground, clearly having lost all courage and willpower, with his control over his body almost completely collapsing.

  Lü Yidao's face was gloomy, and with a single finger, he pointed at Gong Sunlong's dantian, saying: "Gong Sunlong, Su Handan's dantian is damaged, according to the sect rules, you should have rejected him. But when he took out the ancient Yue command, even if he was a useless person, he could still enter the ancient Yue sect. You refused him, which means you had ulterior motives, disregarded the sect rules, and abused the power given to you by the sect, ruining the reputation of the ancient Yue sect. This is unforgivable! Today, I will destroy your dantian in front of everyone as a warning!"

  A true energy beam shot out like a thunderbolt, stabbing towards Gong Sunlong's dantian.

  Gongsun Long's face turned pale, his pupils dilated, and the internal energy in his body surged as he tried to struggle. However, his body was tightly bound by a nearly transparent thread of innate true energy, rendering him immobile. All he could do was let out a loud, anguished cry: "Don't!! Master Uncle!... Ah!!"

  In the blink of an eye, the true energy beam pierced Gong Sunlong's dantian, and in the next moment, his dantian was directly shattered. His own essence and spirit also collapsed with the destruction of his dantian, as if he had aged decades in an instant, his eyes filled with regret and pain.

  Seeing the Gu Sunlong who was just majestic and overwhelming, suddenly becoming like a dead dog, all the disciples of Guyue Sect immediately felt a chill in their hearts, and had a few more points of reverence for the strict rules of the sect.

  Lü Yidao shouted: "Mu Tie, Luo Yanrong!"

  "Disciples are here!"

  Lü Yidao said in a low voice: "You two bring forty disciples down the mountain, and be sure to invite Su Han back to Guyue Mountain. Do you understand?"

  "Yes! Master!"

  Mutte and the other responded in unison, immediately gathering forty disciples of Guyue Sect, riding on the demon beast Angle Scale Horse to chase down the mountain.

  Lü Yidao's gaze swept over Gong Sunlong, a hint of disgust flashing in his eyes as he growled: "Take him away and throw him into the Heavenly Dungeon to await sentencing."

  Gongsun Long's little trick couldn't deceive Lv Yidao's eyes. If nothing happened, Lv Yidao wouldn't bother with such trivial matters either. However, because of Gongsun Long's selfishness, Guyue Sect lost a future genius, and Lv Yidao couldn't tolerate it.

  Lü Yidao suddenly said, "Kong Lao Gui, I suddenly remembered that I have some unfinished business at the foot of the mountain. For now, let's temporarily leave the gate of Guyue Mountain in your care. I'll go down the mountain for a trip and come back as soon as possible."

  Kong Xue said with a smile, "What a coincidence, I have some unfinished business at the foot of the mountain. Lü Old Ghost, temporarily leave the ancient Yue Mountain gate to you to guard, I'll go down the mountain for a trip and come back as soon as possible."