Everyone was utterly dumbfounded!
Unable to wrap their heads around what just happened.
How could Fang Yu act like an adult scolding children, saying just a few words and have those two kneeling down?
Isn’t that just too exaggerated?
The moment Gu Yanghong and Gu Zhenxiong kneeled, they were too excited to control themselves.
But soon, their eyes widened as they woke from the familiar illusion they had just experienced.
No, why did I kneel?
However, at this moment...
Fang Yu, with his hands behind his back, sighed and said, "I didn’t expect so many years to have passed... How is your grandmaster now? Is your eldest senior sister still alive?"
"I wonder whether the lotuses behind the Taia Sect’s mountain have bloomed again."
"Alas, time flies, but things change and people are no longer the same."
Both of them shook violently once again.
Looking at Fang Yu in disbelief.
"Is it really you?"
"How can this be possible?"
They rubbed their eyes, that youthful face, a completely different appearance.
Still, they found it hard to fully believe it.
Fang Yu was simply too young, how could he possibly be the benefactor who healed them both years ago?
This was utterly shocking,
Impossible to accept.
Amid their skepticism, they thought carefully and dared not to stand up immediately.
Seeing their hesitation,
Fang Yu smiled faintly and raised his hand to strike—
"Super Star Array Hand!"
A massive handprint instantaneously reached the ceiling and devoured everything in its path.
Buzz!
Everyone was gobsmacked.
To be able to unleash such a handprint in an instant, the use of Inner Essence and Gang Qi, was definitely a masterful display!
The faces of Gu Yanghong and Gu Zhenxiong filled with alarm.
They raised their hands to block.
Boom!
The two stood up with a kick, nimbly straightening their bodies and met the attack with their palms.
The Great Star Array Hand’s handprint vanished.
Neutralized by their Inner Essence.
"It’s really you! It is indeed you!"
The two were now one hundred percent certain.
No sooner had they stood up than they knelt down once again with a thump.
"Student Gu Yanghong!"
"Student Gu Zhenxiong!"
"We pay our respects to our benefactor!"
The entire place fell silent.
You could hear a pin drop.
The surrounding people, even afraid to breathe,
The Four Saint Generals looked at the scene unfold with complex expressions, unable to guess the mystery behind it, no matter how hard they racked their brains.
Could it be...
In his younger years, Mr. Fang passed by the Taia and saved the two of them?
Thinking this, the Four Saint Generals still found it unlikely, unless Mr. Fang possessed miraculous medical skills from a very early age. Otherwise, with the abilities of Taia, why would they need to seek an outside doctor?
Regardless, they were certain that Fang Yu and the two Gu brothers must have a deep connection.
Among the crowd, only Chen Daotian knew precisely why... because his past life was the Dragon Emperor! And Chen Daotian was aware that Fang Yu was the reincarnation of the Dragon Emperor!
At this moment, one other person was also astonished.
It was Ye Wenjun.
Ye Wenjun, a person of great intelligence and meticulous reasoning, thought carefully and suddenly recalled what Fang Yu had once told her—
"That bunch of lunatics, they say I’m the reincarnation of the Dragon Emperor, I don’t believe it... You might not believe it if I said so, but they’ve been saying it for so long, there were a few seconds I almost believed it! Haha."
And at once, she thought to herself, "Could it be... he truly is the reincarnation of the Dragon Emperor?"
That was the only reasonable explanation.
However, she found it truly hard to believe.
When this matter is over, I must interrogate him rigorously!
...
Fang Yu’s gaze shifted to the two brothers before he returned to the sofa and slowly sat down.
"Stand and speak."
Only then did the two brothers gingerly rise.
They were still overwhelmed with emotions, their eyes red-rimmed.
"In this world, there is only one person capable of using the Super Star Array Hand, and that is the benefactor from the past... It is impossible for anyone else to master the Great Star Array Hand! Therefore... I am sure that you, are the benefactor of us two brothers, you are the noble person of Taia Sect!"
Hearing this.
Fang Yu sighed softly and got lost in memories: "Sit down and speak."
The two were somewhat restrained.
Knowing that Fang Yu was the former Dragon Emperor, how could they dare to sit by Fang Yu’s side?
Instead, they stood respectfully, not daring to sit.
Fang Yu gestured with his hand.
Only then did someone quickly bring over two chairs.
It was then that they sat down.
"Sir, why... why have you changed your appearance, and also become younger?" Gu Zhenxiong couldn’t help but ask as soon as he sat down.
Fang Yu said indifferently:
"It’s a long story... Don’t dwell on this matter. When the time is right, I will explain to you both."
The two did not dare to inquire further.
Fang Yu asked, "What is the current situation of Taia?"
Gu Zhenxiong answered:
"Sir, Taia is the same as before. Since your departure, Taia has held to its duties, never expanding its territory. From the time you disappeared, Taia up and down, has never left the mountain; the Spiritual Energy inside is rich, coupled with the supplementation by Elixir Pills, everyone’s heart is set on maintaining life... It’s just, in recent years, as Secret Realms had emerged and Spiritual Energy fluctuates... in order to extend our lifespans, we had to descend the mountain..."
Gu Zhenxiong really wanted to explain clearly, afraid that Fang Yu would be displeased.
Fang Yu nodded and said:
"In your prime, with your Circulation Heaven Position, you should not be lacking in lifespan. A Seventh Grade Life Extension Pill can add fifty years to one’s life. I remember, Taia possesses no small number of Life Extension Pills."
Gu Zhenxiong was startled, his forehead beading with sweat as he said: "Sir, do not be angry! Three hundred years ago, Taia suffered a great disaster... An infiltrator mixed in and stole a large number of Life Extension Pills!"
Hearing this.
Fang Yu slightly frowned.
In fact, during the Dragon Emperor’s era, only a handful of people could concoct Life Extension Pills, and he was one of them. It was not simply a matter of having high Alchemy skills, but because the materials required for concocting these pills were extremely rare.
On Taia Mountain, it was blessed with conditions to grow many Life Extension Grasses.
Later, the Dragon Emperor turned them into Life Extension Pills.
Along with the powerful life force inherent in Cultivators, it could be said that everyone on Taia Mountain lived extremely long lives.
However...
He had not anticipated that the Life Extension Pills would be stolen.
Gu Zhenxiong continued: "Thirty years ago, the Life Extension Pills ran out... Alas, sir, if you had appeared just a bit later, I’m afraid in a short while, you wouldn’t even be able to see the Old Sect Master!"
"Is he alright?" Fang Yu asked.
"His time is near... Without the Life Extending Pill, the Old Sect Master is unable to break through to the Supreme Heavenly Rank. Even the entire Taia is powerless."
Fang Yu sighed lightly and said, "Life, aging, sickness, death... Cultivators can avoid the common ailments of ordinary people, but still can’t escape from the clutches of time!"
"Sir. It was not intentional! It was to save the Old Sect Master that Taia handed over the Illusion Spirit Dagger and Eight Diagrams Flag to Gongsun Ao of the Black Mountain Sect! If we had known it was you, you could give me a hundred times the courage, and I still wouldn’t dare to give them to him!"
"To save the Old Sect Master?"
"Many places have seen the emergence of Secret Realms, modern cities are restoring Spiritual Energy, it won’t be long before Spiritual Energy fully revives... We wanted to find a Secret Realm before this happened, to search for Life Extension Grass! On Taia Mountain, it has been a hundred years since the last Life Extension Grass appeared!"
Hearing this.
Fang Yu nodded helplessly.
"Back in the day, I had an agreement with the Old Sect Master, if we were both alive, to drink by the Lotus Pond on Taia Mountain. Who would have thought, time spares no one."
Gu Zhenxiong said:
"The Old Sect Master often mentions your name, sir, and always reminded us that if it weren’t for the Eight Diagrams Flag you gifted, Taia Sect would have vanished a thousand years ago."
Beside him, Gu Yanghong said somewhat foolishly: "The Eldest Senior Sister is also waiting for sir to return... It’s just that, unfortunately..."
Before he could finish.
Gu Zhenxiong elbowed him hard and scolded: "Fool, don’t bring up what shouldn’t be mentioned!"
But Fang Yu was stunned and asked, "What happened to your Eldest Senior Sister?"
"This..."
Both faces looked troubled.
Finally, Gu Zhenxiong said: "The Eldest Senior Sister was injured, her Cultivation fell to the Supreme Heavenly Position, and when her time was up, she left this world."
Fang Yu was surprised, a shade of sorrow crossing his face.
"I had not expected that Taia would be in such dire straits... No wonder you handed over something as valuable as the Eight Diagrams Flag to outsiders."
Hearing this.
The two brothers turned pale with fear, sliding off the chairs and kneeling on the ground.
"Sir, please calm your anger!"