425: Danyangzi obstructs the test; a thousand-year-old grudge

"I want to see what is outside, what Karma is connected to me."

After being puzzled for a while, Danyangzi stood up, left his Alchemy station, and walked towards the exit of the Time Pagoda, preparing to go outside to find the cause of his Divine Soul's restlessness.

"Hey! Old Dan, why aren't you working properly and running outside?" Seeing Danyangzi stop his Alchemy and walk towards the exit of the Time Pagoda, Huyan Zhuo, who was busy with Artifact Refining, couldn't help but shout at Danyangzi's back.

Ever since Danyangzi entered the Time Pagoda to practice Alchemy, he hadn't left it, except for that one trip to the Central Plains.

Today, Danyangzi's sudden departure from the pagoda truly made him curious about what had happened.

"My Divine Soul is restless, I want to go outside and walk around. You can continue refining slowly, Old Ghost Huyan." Danyangzi didn't even turn his head, just waved his hand and continued walking out of the Time Pagoda.

"Hmph, just wanting to slack off. What kind of bullshit 'Divine Soul is restless'." Seeing Danyangzi disappear from the Time Pagoda, Huyan Zhuo muttered unhappily.

Great Emperor Experts wouldn't have a restless Divine Soul so easily. Danyangzi saying this was definitely just an excuse to go out and slack off.

Actually, he had also been preparing to find an excuse about feeling unwell to go outside the Time Pagoda for some air.

It was just that now that Danyangzi had gone out a step ahead of him, he could only wait for Danyangzi to return before going out himself.

After all, one person had to remain at the two Artifact Refining stalls; otherwise, if Li Big Saber came to inspect and no one was there to explain, being punished for dereliction of duty would be the least of their worries.

On the Qingtian Sect square.

After the Qingtian Guards finished reporting, Li Big Saber had a calm expression as he slowly came from the Elder area to the front of the group of old men.

Sensing someone approaching, the dozen or so Great Emperor Experts standing in the square lowered their heads even further, not daring to look directly at the person coming.

After Li Big Saber swept his gaze over the dozen people, he asked calmly, "Are you the ones who want to join my Qingtian Sect?"

Although none of these dozen or so people were a Peak Great Emperor, as long as they were Great Emperor Experts, they met Jiang Chen's requirements, so he wouldn't turn them away.

Hearing Li Big Saber's question, the group of old men quickly nodded and bowed as they replied.

"Yes, yes, Senior, we all want to join the Qingtian Sect and serve the Qingtian Sect."

"Yes, Senior, as long as we can join the Qingtian Sect, we will do anything."

Although they didn't know Li Big Saber's identity, since Li Big Saber came to receive them, he must be someone with status in the Qingtian Sect, and they dared not show any disrespect.

"Hmm, very good."

Seeing the posture of the group of old men, Li Big Saber nodded with satisfaction.

Then he took out the illusion demon mirror and threw it into the air. After the illusion demon mirror stabilized, he continued to say to the group, "Since you want to join my Qingtian Sect, enter this mirror yourself for the test. As long as you pass the test, you can work in my Qingtian Sect."

Since this group of people had entered the Qingtian Sect, there was no possibility of them leaving alive unless they passed the test, so he didn't want to waste too many words.

"Yes, Senior!"

Hearing this, the group of old men agreed excitedly and prepared to fly into the Illusion Demon Realm.

They hadn't expected joining the Qingtian Sect to be this easy. Although there was a test, it was nothing at all.

"Grand Elder, wait a moment!"

Just as the group had soared into mid-air and hadn't yet flown into the Illusion Demon Realm, Danyangzi appeared at the edge of the square, staring with hatred at a stunningly beautiful young woman among the dozen Great Emperor Experts preparing for the test.

And the moment the stunningly beautiful young woman saw Danyangzi's figure, she also revealed an expression of disbelief and stood frozen in place.

"Oh, Elder Danyangzi, what is the matter?" Seeing Danyangzi appear to stop the test, Li Big Saber asked with some confusion.

In the past, besides practicing Alchemy, Danyangzi would just be practicing Alchemy, and he barely left the Time Pagoda. Seeing him appear on the square today with such intense hatred to stop the test truly left him bewildered.

"Dan… Danyangzi?" Hearing Li Big Saber call out Danyangzi's name, the stunningly beautiful young woman trembled all over, her face turning deathly pale as she muttered in despair.

"Grand Elder, I have come because among these people, one of them is my apprentice from a thousand years ago. This wicked apprentice killed her Revered Master a thousand years ago. I would like to ask the Grand Elder to hand her over to me, let me clean up the sect and settle this wicked fate."

Danyangzi walked up to Li Big Saber, quickly explaining his intentions, then stared coldly at the stunningly beautiful young woman in the crowd.

This young woman was Zhuang Qingyu, who had poisoned him to death and stolen all his treasures a thousand years ago.

In the vast continent, he had thought that he might not be able to find this beast in this lifetime.

He hadn't expected this beast to actually deliver herself to his doorstep, running to the Qingtian Sect to take the test. He didn't want to miss such an opportunity.

"Oh? There is such a coincidence?"

Li Big Saber heard this and followed Danyangzi's gaze to look at the deathly pale and desperate Zhuang Qingyu, then said to Danyangzi with a calm expression, "Elder Danyangzi, our Qingtian Sect will not accept such a person who kills their Revered Master. She doesn't need to take the test either; you can deal with her as you wish."

Although Zhuang Qingyu was already considered a pre-selected member of the Qingtian Sect, since she had committed such an unfilial act as killing her Revered Master, there was no need for a test.

After all, the Illusion Demon Realm reveals one's true heart. If this woman dared to kill her Revered Master, she definitely wouldn't pass the test of the Illusion Demon Realm.

Rather than him killing her himself, it was better to let Danyangzi do it to settle the obsession in his heart.

"Many thanks, Grand Elder!" Danyangzi was moved to tears, bowed to thank Li Big Saber, then turned his head full of murderous intent to look at the desperate Zhuang Qingyu.

He had previously worried that Li Big Saber wouldn't hand Zhuang Qingyu over to him; after all, Zhuang Qingyu was already a test participant, and as long as she passed, she would become a member of the Qingtian Sect like him.

Now it seemed his worry was unnecessary. Killing one's Revered Master was a major taboo everywhere. Today he could personally kill this beast of an apprentice and settle his thousand-year-old hatred.

"Revered Master, please spare my life! A thousand years ago, I was also misled by others, and it was only due to a momentary impulse that I committed such an unfilial act. Please, Revered Master, consider the hundreds of years of Revered Master-disciple relationship and spare your disciple's life!"

Sensing Danyangzi's intense murderous intent, the desperate Zhuang Qingyu felt a flash of unwillingness in her eyes, instantly knelt on the ground, and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy while crying with regret.

Although she couldn't understand why Danyangzi could be resurrected and still be an Elder in the Qingtian Sect, she was in a dead end today and couldn't escape at all. She could only play the emotional card and hope Danyangzi would let her go.

After all, she had been by Danyangzi's side since she was young for hundreds of years, and they had long been like father and daughter. Even if she had poisoned Danyangzi and stolen everything from him, how could the hundreds of years of father-daughter affection be extinguished just like that?