Chapter 76: The Winner's Joy and the Loser's Sorrow
Everyone closed their eyes and only heard a "ding" sound, followed by a series of "whooshing" sounds, as if objects were rapidly flying through the air.
An earth-shattering slash that shocked heaven and earth, stirring ghosts and gods. The sword aura stretched for ten zhang, but the Ancient Azure's move was merely a single finger, pointing at the Ancient Azure Peak's magic weapon, the Drunken Jade Sword...
What happened next, everyone closed their eyes due to the dazzling finger print, and only heard a few sounds, but did not see what was happening on the stage, Gu Cangyun and Gu Cangyue were in what situation?
But...
In just an instant, everyone reacted and no one wanted to miss this wonderful scene. No one wanted to be late for a moment. Suddenly, they opened their eyes wide with eager anticipation, looking at the stage. They were eager to know what had happened on the stage in that instant.
On the stage, Gu Cangqiong stood with his legs apart, his left hand behind his waist and his right hand stretched out in front of him, his index finger pointing forward, and the light from earlier was already gone.
Everyone's face changed... Where is Gu Cangyue?
The sound of "whooshing" was still in their ears, and the crowd followed the direction of Gu Cangyun's pointing hand. They saw a figure like a kite with a broken string, drifting backwards, already more than 20 zhang away from the arena, and rapidly retreating further back.
The black Drinking Jade Knife was rolling out of control in the air, just like Gu Cangyue's body, and drifted towards another direction.
Shocked...
Completely shocked...
Gǔ Cāng Yuè chopped out a heaven-shocking, ghost-and-god-moving slash, with just the knife aura extending over ten zhang, its momentum like thunder, its energy like a sea of clouds... Everyone thought that no matter what, Gǔ Cāng Qián couldn't possibly withstand such an overwhelmingly powerful slash.
But...
The result was beyond everyone's expectations.
The ancient azure sky was just a finger, and with one finger, the ancient azure peak's magic weapon, Yuanyu Knife, was knocked flying. Moreover, the ancient azure peak was struck by the counter-shock force, causing his body to uncontrollably fly tens of meters away.
"What just happened...?"
"How is this possible? I must be seeing things..."
"My god, what kind of finger is that? It can actually catch the full-force slash of Gu Cang Yue's sword? Moreover, his finger didn't suffer any injury at all, but Gu Cang Yue's Drunken Jade Sword flew out of his hand. Not only that, Gu Cang Yue was impacted by the counterforce and couldn't even control his own body?"
Even a cultivator of Innate Eight Layers would not dare to casually point and receive the full-force sword strike of Gu Cangyue.
Hiss...
Gǔ Cāng Yuè flew out for more than thirty feet before the force of the backlash dissipated, and he was heavily smashed to the ground.
Clang...
Gu Cang Yue had just landed, his Yuanyu knife also fell from the sky and inserted into the ground with the tip of the knife, the body of the knife kept shaking, the 'humming' sound did not stop.
The entire square was silent, with no sound of birds chirping, and the crowd stared at the scene with wide eyes, their faces filled with incredulity, shocked, and still shocked...
They really couldn't understand that Gu Cang Yue, who was also at the seventh level of the Pre-Heaven Realm, and one of the three top cultivators in Le Shui City, would actually be defeated by a single finger from Gu Cang Yun, losing his magic tool and flying backward.
"This is the cultivation of the Seventh Layer of Innate Realm, one of the strongest cultivators in Leshui City. All along, the three top-notch cultivators in Leshui City have been almost invincible."
But...
Today, Gu Cang Yue was defeated by a single finger of Gu Cang Qiong.
Everyone looked at Gu Cangqiong, and everyone's focus was on the index finger of Gu Cangqiong's right hand. However, now that finger was ordinary, just wearing a golden glove, seemingly nothing special, every person had such a finger.
Just now, that finger movement seemed ordinary, anyone can point it out, but every single person in the ancient family present didn't think they dared to use their hand to point at Gu Cang Yue's knife slash, there was only one outcome, both the person and their finger would be split in half by the knife slash.
Why was it that a ordinary finger from the same person could withstand the full force of Gu Cang Yue's attack and counterattack?
The crowd remembered the four words lightly spoken by Gu Cangqiong in the past: Jing Xian Yi Zhi.
What is the Jīng Xiān Yī Zhǐ? What kind of technique is it? The people from the ancient sect have no idea, and they wouldn't be able to know either.
Jīng Xiān Zhǐ, Xū Tiān Zōng's superior finger technique, cannot be passed on to non-core disciples.
Gǔ Chén's Jīng Xiān Zhǐ was still taught by his previous life's Shī Jiě, Xū Zǐ Yuàn, in secret. At that time, Gǔ Chén's strength was lowly, and although Xū Zǐ Yuàn had taught him, he couldn't cultivate it well, but he remembered it in his heart. Later, after achieving great success in his cultivation, based on his memories of Xū Zǐ Yuàn, he completely cultivated the Jīng Xiān Zhǐ.
Jīng xiān zhǐ nǎi shàng chéng gōng fǎ, xiū wèi yuè gāo, shí lì yuè qiáng, gù ér gǔ chén zàn shí zhǐ shì lüè wēi xiū liàn, bìng wèi shǐ yòng guò, dàn shì chuán gěi tā diē, dào shì néng ràng tā diē tí shēng bù shǎo shí lì.
Le Shui City was just a small city among the tens of millions of cities in Da Ying Chao, and Gu's family was only one of the several major Xiu Zhen families in Le Shui City. Not even a Shen Hai realm cultivator had appeared in their clan, so how could they recognize the superior finger technique of this great immortal sect?
"Good……" After a half-day silence, Gu Xian was the first to react, suddenly standing up and couldn't help but let out a loud praise.
The three elders also quickly stood up and said loudly: "Congratulations, brother! The position of the head of the Gu family is not suitable for anyone else. Brother has a successor, and the good fortune of the Gu family will be even greater, haha..."
"Ancestors are showing their divine power, ancestors are blessing me, let my ancient family revive its prestige, hahaha... With the real power of the heavens, the Liu family's Liu Xinghen and Liu Huayuan father and son are not worth worrying about, hahaha... The number one great repair true family in Leshui City is about to fall into my ancient family's hands, hahaha..."
Unlike Gu Xian and San Lao's great joy, Da Chang Lao and Er Chang Lao felt a bitter chill in their hearts, as if they had fallen into an icy pit.
The strength of the ancient sky is stronger than that of a seventh-level cultivator in the prenatal realm. As the head of the ancient family, the ancient family will surpass the Liu family and become the number one true cultivation family in Leshui City, which is extremely beneficial to the future of the ancient family.
As the elder of the Gu family, they should be happy, but in fact, they are not. They don't have a single thread of happiness, looking at Gu Cangyun on the stage, their hearts are filled with irrepressible anger.
For so many years, they have taken the position of the clan leader for granted, and regarded Gu Cang Yue as the future clan leader. But today... their dreams are shattered, thoroughly shattered...
The ancient Cangyun can easily defeat the seven layers of the Xiantian realm, what qualifications does the ancient Cangyue have to compete with the ancient Cangyun for the position of patriarch? All along, the greatest reliance of the ancient Cangyue has been his cultivation and the title of the first person in the Gu family.
However, it turned out that his greatest reliance was just a joke. Gu Cangyun defeated him with just one finger, and even then, it was when Gu Cangyue exerted all his strength in one blow that Gu Cangyun defeated him with sheer power, without any trickery or deceit.
And he Gu Cang Yue, like a fool, kept getting closer to him, but didn't know the purpose of Gu Cang Tong, who also wanted to get close to Gu Cang Yue and then give him a finger.
He strained every effort, finally closing in on the body of Gu Cangyun, thinking that victory was within his grasp. Little did he know, the distance between victory and defeat was just a hair's breadth away. Just as he thought he was about to win, failure suddenly enveloped him.
In Gu Cang Yue's mind was a mess of confusion, he couldn't believe it, fundamentally unable to believe that all this was real...
He was defeated, defeated by Gu Cangqiong's hands, and also lost his qualification as the successor of the clan leader.
For many years, the family members of Dalao and Erlao have treated him with respect as a patriarch. What he says is unconditionally executed by others, and in his heart, he has long considered himself to be the patriarch of the Gu family.
That day, all the past things finally turned into illusions. The fact proved that everything was just his wild imagination... wild imagination...
The Gu family was in an uproar, with everyone talking at once. The members of the Gu Xian and San Lao lineages were all beaming with joy, congratulating each other, while those from the Da Lao and Er Lao lineages looked somewhat worried, some of them going over to the Gu Xian and San Lao lineage members to pull strings and prepare to reposition themselves.
After a while, the crowd suddenly realized that after Gu Cang Yue fell to the ground, he had not gotten up. Only Gu Tai and Gu Song, two people, noticed his father's existence and ran to Gu Cang Yue's side.
Gu Cang Yue's face turned deathly pale, completely drained of blood. With a loud "wa" sound, he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. His entire body was like three souls being pulled away from seven spirits, losing all vitality.
Although the finger of the ancient blue sky was terrifying, it only pointed at the Yuxi sword and not on the body of Gu Cangyue. Although it shook back dozens of feet away, with Gu Cangyue's cultivation, he shouldn't have been injured.
Not bad, Gu Cang Yue's body was not injured, what was hurt was his heart... His dreams were shattered, he felt like he had nothing.
He felt a sense of emptiness beside his ear, and all sounds seemed to be far away in the sky, unclear.
"Dad... what's wrong?"
"Dad... hurry up and get up..."
Gu Tai and Gu Song each held onto one of Gu Cang Yue's arms, shouting anxiously.
Gu Tai's gaze swept across Gu Cangqiong on the stage, full of malice, full of hatred, full of murderous intent.
"Mount Cang?" The Great Elder finally realized something was amiss, and reacted from his gloominess. His body flashed, and he immediately appeared beside Gu Cangyue.
Gu Cang Yue had already been helped up by Gu Tai and Gu Song, but his eyes were still empty, as if there was nothing in front of him.
"What about Cang Yue... how is he?" The Second Elder also flashed over, asking anxiously.
"He's been hit too hard, take a rest, should be better."
The Great Elder looked at Gu Xian and said, "Tribe Leader, Mount Cang's body is not feeling well, we will temporarily take our leave first. The matters afterwards, please trouble the Tribe Leader and Old Three to preside over."
Gu Xian didn't say anything and just nodded his head. How Gu Cang Yue was doing couldn't affect the joy in his heart.
Soon, Da Zhanglao and Er Zhanglao left the square with Gu Cangyue and others.
Gu Xian arrived at the arena, and the crowd erupted in cheers. No one was disappointed for the loser, but everyone cheered for the winner. Many of the elders from the second elder's faction saw that the situation had been decided, and they immediately switched sides to support Gu Xian and the third elder's faction. They loudly cheered for Gu Cangyun's victory.
Gu Xian stood on the stage, holding Gu Cangyun's hand, with an unceasing joyful expression on his face. With a flip of his left palm, a long sword appeared in his hand - one black and one white, precisely the heirloom of the Gu family, the Yin Yang Split Origin Sword.
"From now on, I am no longer the head of the family. The position of the head of the Gu family will be taken over by my son, Gu Cangtian. All of you, my fellow clansmen, must unite and work together to assist Cangtian, and let the future of the Gu family become even better..."
"Tribe leader...... tribe leader...... tribe leader......" Suddenly, the crowd had already forgotten the gloomy departure of Gu Cangyue and looked at Gu Cangtong, cheering loudly.
