Chapter 281: Chapter 223 Daoist Palace Restriction_2
“It seems you’ve heard of my existence,”
Gu Qingfeng slowly approached Elder Ke and calmly looked at him.
Elder Ke was again silent.
Gu Qingfeng shook his head, “Judging by your appearance, even if I were to ask, you would be unwilling to speak. So be it. Since you don’t wish to talk, let me take a look for myself!”
“You want to Soul Search!”
As if Elder Ke had suddenly realized something, his expression drastically changed, and then he let out a sneer of contempt.
“You think you can Soul Search me, a mere pipe dream——”
Before Elder Ke could finish speaking, Gu Qingfeng already unleashed a terrifying Divine Thought force, forcibly intruding into the other’s sea of consciousness.
Elder Ke’s face drastically changed, and his eyes filled with horror.
He barely spat out two words before his expression turned dull.
Gu Qingfeng ruthlessly searched through the other’s memories and quickly found a considerable amount of information.
Unfortunately, the man before him was a cultivator just short of the Taoist Palace Realm, and although he hadn’t truly opened the Dao Palace to cultivate the Primordial Spirit, his Divine Thought was indeed formidable.
In addition, the man had lived for thousands of years, and his memories were extremely lengthy. Even with Gu Qingfeng’s current abilities, it was difficult to sift through all his memories.
Gu Qingfeng still obtained the information he wanted.
“Royal Cult Worship!”
“Beast Taming Skills…Saint Inheritance!”
Gu Qingfeng muttered to himself, his gaze toward the other becoming clear.
In Elder Ke’s memories, the Guiyuan Dynasty was founded by a Semi-Saint powerhouse a hundred thousand years ago.
The strength of the Guiyuan Dynasty had gradually become more formidable.
Although the Guiyuan Dynasty did not have a Semi-Saint overseeing it, it boasted several strong individuals at the Dao Palace Realm, among them Emperor Han, who presided over the Guiyuan Dynasty, was a powerful cultivator at the pinnacle of the Ninth Layer of the Taoist Palace Realm.
As long as nothing unexpected led to his fall, he had a high probability of stepping into the Half-Saint Realm in the future.
Gu Qingfeng also came to understand how Elder Ke and his companion had managed to find the Nine States.
The two knew Beast Taming Skills, commanding a large number of Fierce Beasts to traverse the Ancient Beast Mountain Range, and then based on the information these creatures brought back, they found the location of the Nine States.
Such a method indeed surprised Gu Qingfeng.
It also incidentally explained why lately the troubles caused by the Fierce Beasts in the Nine States had been increasingly severe.
As for their purpose, it was just as Gu Qingfeng had guessed—they were after the Saint Inheritance.
Even for a top-tier power like the Guiyuan Dynasty, which once had a Semi-Saint in its midst, the Saint Inheritance was highly valued.
With the Saint Inheritance versus without it, the difference in strength was akin to heaven and earth.
When Gu Qingfeng’s Divine Thought receded, Elder Ke’s face was pale, and his gaze toward the other was a mix of terror and ridicule.
“Now that you are aware of the strength of my Guiyuan Dynasty, if you release us, there is still room for negotiation. Otherwise, you are on a path to certain death——”
Before Elder Ke could finish speaking, Gu Qingfeng flicked his finger, causing Elder Ke’s head to explode and his death was instantaneous on the spot.
A cultivator at the level of Divine Transformation Realm could regenerate limbs, true, but they couldn’t regenerate a head after it was gone.
When Han An, who was in a nearby cell, saw the headless corpse, his inner terror could no longer be contained, and as he looked at Gu Qingfeng again, his face was filled with fear.
“I am the Sixth Prince of the Guiyuan Dynasty, if you kill me, my imperial father will not let you off!”
Seeing that Gu Qingfeng did not reply but instead came directly to his cell, Han An grew increasingly frightened.
“I am willing to say anything, just don’t kill me… don’t…”
A warm flow began to spill from between Han An’s legs, as the Sixth Prince from the Guiyuan Dynasty had been utterly terror-stricken.
“I still trust what I see for myself,”
Gu Qingfeng shook his head, and then proceeded to use his skills to Soul Search.
Searching Han An’s memories was much easier than searching Elder Ke’s, given the significant difference in their realms.
The former was only at the Sixth Level of the Divine Transformation Realm, and the latter had already stepped into the threshold of the Taoist Palace Realm.
Han An’s memories were thoroughly searched.
Just as Gu Qingfeng was about to focus on searching for the Guiyuan Dynasty’s Cultivation Techniques, suddenly, a massive Divine Thought forcefully appeared.
“Who dares to pry into the inheritance of my Guiyuan Dynasty, seeking death!”
The Divine Thought exploded.
Such a formidable presence was enough to crush any ordinary Dao Palace Realm cultivator.
But to this, Gu Qingfeng responded with a cold look in his eyes, retaliating with his Divine Thought to suppress.
The two forces collided, with the intruding Divine Thought easily shattered.
But as the Divine Thought was suppressed, Han An’s head also exploded, ending any semblance of life.
Seeing Han An dead, Gu Qingfeng slightly shook his head in regret.
As a top-notch power, one that had once fostered a Semi-Saint, the inheritance of the Guiyuan Dynasty was not to be underestimated, and it was possibly even stronger than the inheritance of the Divine Sun Sacred Land.
As the Sixth Prince of the Guiyuan Dynasty, Han An likely possessed the complete inheritance of his dynasty.
In the deepest part of his consciousness, there was a restriction placed by a strong cultivator. If someone attempted to probe and search for their inheritance memories, this restriction would activate.
Such a restriction would either kill the intruder, or if unable to do so, would wipe out the carrier to prevent the leakage of the dynasty’s inheritance.
Remembering that vast Divine Thought, with its imperious and domineering aura, Gu Qingfeng suspected that it belonged to Emperor Han of the Guiyuan Dynasty.