"Hey you, come over here a sec." Jing Shiliu's gaze swept past Gu Yuan.

"???"

The latter's face stiffened. He was at least a Big Shot in the Ancient City, a lofty existence, yet now he was being barked at by a member of the Divine Clan.

Did he not have a name or what?

But thinking of the power behind the Divine Clan, Gu Yuan forcibly swallowed it down, took a few steps over and said, "I've seen you, my lord."

"What's going on over there?" Jing Shiliu asked, pointing ahead. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"As my lord has seen." Gu Yuan neither humble nor arrogant.

"Speak!" Jing Shiliu was displeased. He felt this kid was doing it on purpose. He'd just arrived—what the hell was he supposed to know?

Gu Yuan opened his mouth slightly, and still gave an explanation.

However, in the process of explaining, he automatically deleted a whole bunch of the story.

For example, Wen Yuqing was some no-name Loose Cultivator, no one knew where she'd come from, she just showed up here, kneeling, blocking the path of the Ancient City's lords.

For another example, this woman didn't know what was good for her. No matter how the Ancient City lords tried to talk her down, she remained unmoved and simply refused to give way.

And after that, lots of conflicts had broken out.

The Ancient City had endured again and again, unwilling to harm the innocent, so they hadn't taken forceful action.

Hearing this, everyone's expressions inevitably turned strange.

Wen Yuqing was a Loose Cultivator?

The Ancient City hadn't attacked her because of the Ancient City's benevolence? And not because of Wen Yuqing's overbearing strength?

Listen to yourself.

Everyone knew the truth in their hearts, but no one said anything; they were all holding back their laughter.

For a moment, they felt this lord of the Ancient City was actually kind of adorable!

But Jing Shiliu heard the fishy part: "No status, no background, a Loose Cultivator? Blocking your path? Ridiculous."

He didn't believe it.

"It's not that she has no status or background. My lord, please look at that furnace." Gu Yuan said.

"Hm? What's so special about it?"

"It's called the Undying Furnace, a powerful Emperor Weapon. Its first-generation master was the Human Clan's Supreme Immortal Emperor, who once swept through the Ancient City, slaughtered his way into the Void God Realm, and almost made it to the Heavens. His strength was terrifying. In the end, he was suppressed by a God, and the Undying Furnace fell into the mortal world as a result." He said, "Then, it was picked up by this Loose Cultivator in front of us."

"And then?"

"The Undying Furnace is very weird. Once it revives, it can autonomously draw on the power between heaven and earth, so… no one dares approach her." Gu Yuan revealed the truth.

But that was only part of it.

The real reason was that with that one kneel, Wen Yuqing had once slaughtered countless powerhouses of the Ancient City. That battle still left them all tongue-tied with fear to this day.

The upper echelons of the Ancient City Alliance didn't know when Wen Yuqing might summon "Wenliang," so they didn't dare make a reckless move.

Only, under Gu Yuan's way of putting it, the truth had been reshaped. The reason the Ancient City didn't dare attack now became twofold: first, benevolence; second, the Undying Furnace.

Mm!

Put like that, it suddenly sounded perfectly reasonable.

Jing Shiliu looked as if he'd seen the light, then smiled. "So that's how it is. Good. Since you don't dare make a move, I'll do it!"

He didn't think too much of it; he felt this was a great opportunity.

Besides, that Undying Furnace screamed "treasure" at a glance! Once he killed Wen Yuqing, wouldn't that furnace be his?

Gu Yuan gave a faint smile and kept quiet, very sensibly backing off to the side.

Not far away, Emperor Huangpu's expression was indifferent as he glanced at him. Though his face showed no emotion, inwardly he very much approved of this kid.

The Ancient City didn't dare to act rashly, but you are the Divine Clan!

There was also another group who knew the truth.

The Dark Tribe on the flying ship.

Dark Unparalleled's scalp went numb. "This woman is way too close to the Lord of Weirdness."

Gui Hua.

A God whose depths no one could gauge. Her existence made countless from the Divine Clan tremble in fear.

The little maid couldn't help saying, "Young master, our goal is the mark of the Investiture of the Gods!"

"It's fine, just watch for now." Dark Unparalleled shot her a sideways glance, thinking, "If I miss such a spectacular show, wouldn't I regret it for life?"

At this moment!

Jing Shiliu began to act as well. Smiling, he walked toward Wen Yuqing step by step, then stretched out a hand, intending to seize that furnace.

However…

The instant his hand touched the furnace, blazing flames erupted.

Jing Shiliu exclaimed, "Fuck!" He yanked his hand back, but… the flames followed, burning along. Eyes wide, he felt it was unbelievable.

Just a mere Emperor Weapon, yet the flames it released could actually envelop him outright.

Ignoring the Divine Clan's defenses, ignoring the Power of the Great Tao.

It took him several minutes to finally beat out the flames.

At this point, Gu Yuan suddenly spoke up: "My lord? Are you all right? That furnace is strange, my lord should be more careful!"

If he hadn't said that, Jing Shiliu had been about to think twice, observe the situation, and only then act. But once those words came out…

Jing Shiliu's face froze. Forcing himself to sound calm, he replied, "Just a mere furnace." With that, he made his second move, unleashing a skill.

But the Undying Furnace had its Divine Might unfurled and was All Skill Immune. It blocked his skill in an instant.

Jing Shiliu: "???"

Is this thing really just a Divine Weapon?

He even suspected that inside the Undying Furnace there was actually a living cultivator, some guy controlling everything from within.

Then he took another look at Wen Yuqing's state—eyes closed, condition unclear, no fluctuation whatsoever. She seemed to have entered a kind of fake-death state, so it couldn't possibly be her controlling the furnace.

"My lord, you can do it!" Gu Yuan shouted.

"…"

Damn.

Jing Shiliu secretly ground his teeth, unease rising in his heart. He kept feeling that this Human Clan woman was off, and so was that furnace. But now… he was riding a tiger and couldn't get off.

Just now he'd sworn confidently that he could suppress Wen Yuqing, only for these successive setbacks to leave him looking bad.

And off to the side there was Gu Yuan, tossing in a line or two from time to time.

Motherf—!

This back-stabber.

Right then, the middle-aged man behind him couldn't help saying, "My lord, if it really doesn't work, you could observe for a bit before making another move."

You… bullshit…

He, the great genius of the Jing Family, hailed as a once-in-tens-of-thousands-of-years talent in corpse refining, was now entrusted with an important mission by the clan and sent to the human world.

And now what, before he even saw the mission target, they were already telling him to back off?

Absurd.

Jing Shiliu snorted coldly, said nothing more, and wove his hands together, summoning his own refined corpse—still that Ancient Ferocious Beast.

Its colossal body emerged, blotting out the sky and sun, no one knew how many li it covered.

Everyone was shocked.

Even Gu Yuan's expression grew solemn. This member of the Divine Clan was indeed no ordinary figure; all kinds of innate powers came one after another!

Emperor Huangpu, though, remained very calm.

The Jing Family's corpse refining technique was nothing new to him. He'd seen far more terrifying ones than this; nothing to be surprised about.

It's just that…

This lord the Jing Family sent down seemed a bit lacking in the IQ department!

Emperor Huangpu fell into thought.

Jing Shiliu sneered, "Just a mere Loose Cultivator, and she dares dream of fighting me?" With that, he wove his hands, controlling the Ancient Ferocious Beast.

The beast opened its maw, and its bite covered dozens of li, as if it wanted to swallow this entire stretch of heaven and earth.