Xiao Chen shrugged. "I think things are pretty good as they are right now. Do we really need to find masters?"
Tang Ru could not help chiming in, "Xiao... Fourth Brother, do you really not know who the Eight Generals are?"
"There's a spear user among them... the leader of the Eight Generals... at the very least, he's at the peak of the Mahayana realm, maybe even half-step Tribulation Transcendence."
Xiao Chen frowned, a puzzled look on his face. "I didn't see anyone wielding a spear."
Gu Li could bear it no longer and interjected, "You know the story about Mingchuan being obliterated by a single spear strike, don't you?"
Hearing that, Xiao Chen's mouth fell open, his eyes trembling in shock.
"It's really that person?!"
Gu Li nodded. Tang Ru rubbed his chin and said softly, "For fist techniques, the one Third Brother could apprentice under ought to be Chan Kongzi."
"As for Second Brother, he could learn from Senior Nangong Xuandu."
"What about the two of us?"
Li Guanqi looked at the pair with an unreadable expression and said softly, "Both of you will be following Yu Shan!"
Tang Ru swallowed hard, murmuring in a trembling voice, "That most mysterious member of the Eight Generals?"
Li Guanqi smiled faintly. He really had no idea what expression Tang Ru would make when he saw Ji Yuchuan, but it would surely be magnificent.
Having settled the matter, Li Guanqi was in no rush to contact his grandfather.
He continued to drink, his gaze gradually growing distant with every sip.
He was far too curious about what kind of place the Seventh Domain truly was, and he was equally curious as to why his grandfather would tolerate the existence of the Sha organization.
Since his grandfather commanded experts like the Eight Generals, his own power had to place him among the absolute pinnacle of this world.
If he were to take action in person, Sha likely would not have had the slightest chance of escaping!
"Whew..."
"Strength. In the end, it all comes down to a lack of strength."
Li Guanqi looked at them with an enigmatic gaze and said softly, "Next, I'll have a talk with the Sect Master to open up all of our sect's current reserves and heritage."
"We need to increase our strength rapidly. Otherwise, even if we track down Old Second, we'll be powerless to do anything."
"Therefore..."
"Brothers, I will send you all off tomorrow. May the day we meet again be the day we go bring Second Brother Ye home!!"
*Clink!!*
Wine bowls slammed together, and a heavy resolve settled into everyone's heart.
"Without fail!"
"We must bring Second Brother back!"
"Brothers, hurry up and raise your cultivation!! Fifth Brother, was it? Hahaha, you're the weakest now, so you'd better work hard!"
Gu Li scratched his head and chuckled sheepishly, "Definitely, definitely."
Li Guanqi, on the other hand, did not intend to seek out any of the Eight Generals to train under.
With the sword spirit by his side, he had absolute faith that her capabilities far surpassed even those of the Eight Generals.
Lately, the Six Domains gave Li Guanqi an inexplicable sense of impending crisis.
Though he had no idea where this premonition came from, he was utterly convinced that something monumental would happen in the future!!
And when it did, it was highly likely that no one would be able to remain an onlooker.
The others were all immersed in the ecstasy of being tutored by top-tier experts, especially Gu Li.
He had never imagined that out of nowhere, he would actually become a disciple of Yu Shan!
Good grief, such a thing was something he would never have dared dream of in a lifetime before this.
Yet Gu Li suddenly thought of something—ever since he crossed paths with Li Guanqi, his good fortune had never ceased.
In the past, he had prided himself on his extraordinary talent in the Dao of inscribed talismans, yet he had never been able to touch the path of enlightenment walked by truly top-tier talisman masters.
And yet, merely by coming to the Spirit Fish Clan this once, he had comprehended his own unique path of inscribed talismans.
The intense battles were far more perilous than anything he had faced in the preceding two or three decades.
In Gu Li's own words, it was simply thrilling...
The group drank until dawn. Meng Wanshu did not come over throughout the night.
As a woman who understood propriety and the bigger picture, she knew when to appear and when to stay away.
There were quite a few experts staying in the Great Xia Sword Sect, but only two drew Li Guanqi's serious attention.
One was Gu Lie, who was capable of overpowering and mercilessly crushing the Yu clan ancestor, Yu Chang'an.
The other was the purple-robed old man named Dugu Lingxiao.
As the morning sun rose, Li Guanqi looked at the four figures sprawled haphazardly across the mountain peak, and the pent-up gloom in his chest seemed to disperse somewhat.
Rising, he dispersed the alcohol fumes clinging to his body. Leaving the four of them be, he set off straight for Pill Peak.
When he arrived at Pill Peak, he indeed found Meng Jiangchu and a bare-chested Gu Lie.
Taking advantage of Pill Peak's unique environment, Meng Jiangchu had utilized Five Yang Ghost Fire to construct a weapon-refining room.
At that moment, Meng Jiangchu was watching in utter awe as Gu Lie swung a massive hammer.
As an eighth-rank martial artist, Gu Lie's mental strength was extraordinarily formidable.
After learning alchemy, his control over his spiritual consciousness and his physical power had reached the realm of micro-perfection!
The exertion of every single muscle in his body was completely under his command.
The old man's upper body was sinewy and robust, the muscles of his arms taut and brimming with feral power.
His broad, thick palm gripped an enormous, dark-gold hammer, while his left hand swiftly shifted the embryonic sword blank. With every fall of the hammer, the red-hot sword blank deformed precisely as intended.
Such an astonishing display of force and technique was something even Meng Jiangchu, who forged day in and day out, could not achieve!
Moreover, every change in the sword blank's shape remained entirely within the old man's control!
Meng Jiangchu had to admit that this martial artist possessed singularly gifted conditions and talent in the Dao of weapon-crafting.
For such a man to practice alchemy was a sheer waste of his gifts!!
Perhaps Meng Jiangchu had never imagined that the day would come when he would have such thoughts about an old man thousands of years old.
Li Guanqi paused at the doorway, stunned. In Gu Lie's eyes, he saw a sense of satisfaction unlike anything before.
Eyes shining bright, the old man struck the sword blank hammer blow after hammer blow. In just a few breaths, the rough shape of the sword had already formed.
The visceral sensation of power with every strike and the deep gratification of watching a blade take shape beneath his hands were things alchemy could never match.
When it came to pill refining, he had been the clumsiest of students; even after compensating for his clumsiness with centuries of diligence, he had barely touched the threshold of an eighth-grade alchemist.
*Clang!!*
*Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!*
Li Guanqi's eyes flickered, and he hurriedly sent a voice transmission to Meng Jiangchu: "Father-in-law, what do you say we find a way to keep this senior in our sect?"
Meng Jiangchu widened his eyes and retorted, "Get lost! I'm already thinking about how to drag him back to the Meng clan!"
Li Guanqi said, "We're all family. Keeping him in the Great Xia Sword Sect is practically the same as keeping him in the Meng clan, isn't it?"
Meng Jiangchu cleared his throat and gave an almost imperceptible nod.
Afterward, Li Guanqi went to look for Dugu Lingxiao, but when he arrived at the guest quarters, he found that the old man had already departed.
He sighed. It was truly a pity he had not been able to befriend such an expert; he hadn't even been given the chance to express his gratitude.
Feeling the fire mark flickering between his brows, Li Guanqi murmured softly,
"If I remember correctly, back when we fought for the Tianji Chart, there was a fellow who possessed the Qilin bloodline."
"Wasn't his name Xuan Lin?"
"I've never heard of any Xuan clan existing in the Shenbao Domain. Perhaps he might know some news regarding the Qilin Soul!"
Chapter 937