Empress: My husband is too strong, I can only lie down and relax.

Chapter 261 Entering the Outer Heavens, Turbulence Arises!

"Within the Tianquan Palace, there are currently three top-tier prodigies whose combat talent is recognized as the strongest."

"Feng Ruoxi was only ranked third, Shen Tulu was ranked second, and the one ranked first among all the junior disciples was the demon Jiang Tianchen."

"However, Jiang Tianchen is already in the Outer Heavens now."

"The passage to the Outer Heavens only opens once a month, and the disciples of the Four Halls, having returned to rest, are preparing to enter it again."

Shangguan Lin continued, then smiled and said, "However, you don't need to worry, Shen Tu Lu won't be in the same place as you."

"What you really need to care about are the other prodigies of Tianxuan Palace."

As he spoke, he handed the three of them a jade pendant.

Gu Jiancheng took the jade pendant and discovered that it contained many magic arrays and even his own information.

It also includes the ranking of all the junior disciples of the four main halls.

The strongest disciple in Tianxuan Palace right now is Lei Wanqing. Judging from his surname, he should be from Tianlei Domain.

There are simply too many outstanding young talents among the four great halls.

Six months ago, thirty-six geniuses from various regions had already entered the Dao Palace, so in the Tianxuan Palace alone, there were over a thousand juniors on the list.

If Lei Wanqing had entered the Dao Palace half a year ago, his ability to reach the top of the Tianxuan Hall would have been a testament to his terrifying talent.

Although Lei Tong had only just entered the Dao Palace, he had already made it onto the Tianxuan Palace's list, but he was ranked last.

Even so, it's still better than Gu Jiancheng and the other two, who didn't even make the list.

Therefore, this means that there are already over a thousand Saint Realm juniors on the Tianxuan Ranking.

Apart from Tianxuan Palace, the number of people on the other three palaces' lists is decreasing, but together they still number a thousand.

In other words, there are two thousand prodigies in the inner palace of the Dao Palace who can be called Min.

This doesn't even include the outer hall; there are many more in the outer hall, but currently, the disciples of the outer hall are not qualified to enter the Outer Heaven.

Gu Jiancheng has quite a few rivals if he wants to make a name for himself in the inner palace.

At this moment, the demon Shen Tu Lu and Feng Ruo Xi had already entered the magic array ahead of time and disappeared from everyone's sight.

These two top-tier prodigies can even travel to the Outer Heavens ahead of time; that's true privilege.

After waiting for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the teleportation array was finally fully activated, and countless disciples instantly poured into it.

"Alright, let's go in too."

Shangguan Lin and the other two also rushed into the teleportation array.

hum!

The teleportation took an extremely long time. Even with Gu Jiancheng's powerful divine sense, he still felt slightly dizzy after landing.

After breathing, his mind cleared up.

Li Nezha, on the other hand, shook his head and swayed as if he were drunk, almost falling into Gu Jiancheng's arms. It took him a full five breaths to recover.

"Holy crap, I'm so dizzy!"

Li Nezha shook his head vigorously. Although his combat strength was not bad, his spiritual power was somewhat lacking.

Yang Jian, however, looked at Gu Jiancheng with slight surprise.

Because he was only able to regain his senses after being knocked unconscious for two breaths, but he was surprised to find that Gu Jiancheng seemed to be completely unaffected!

Gu Jiancheng's cultivation level was clearly much lower than his, but his divine sense seemed to be stronger!

"arrive!"

"This is the stronghold of Tianxuan Palace. I will show you around here briefly, and then I will head to the front line to establish new strongholds with other Holy Kings."

Shangguan Lin smiled and first led the three of them on a tour of the so-called stronghold.

During this process, Gu Jiancheng also discovered that the so-called stronghold was actually very simple, just like a village built in a valley.

On the mountainside, there are many makeshift cave dwellings.

Within the stronghold, the few buildings that exist are used to exchange merit points and serve as the residences of the Holy Kings.

Above the stronghold, there was a bubble-like magic array barrier, of extremely high grade, which even a peak Saint King would not be able to break through!

When Gu Jiancheng used his divine eye to penetrate the barrier, he was shocked to discover that the sky outside the valley was indeed collapsing, just like the light and shadow he had seen before.

The laws governing this air are chaotic, but the spiritual energy is indeed quite dense, similar to that of the Tianxuan Palace.

This is just the revival of spiritual energy?!

Just how dense must the spiritual energy have been in the Outer Heavens back then?

"Your mission is to hunt down alien spirits and expand the territory of your stronghold."

At this moment, Shangguan Lin had already led everyone outside the mountain stronghold.

The three looked up and saw that a thousand miles away from the stronghold, mountains rose and fell, but were completely shrouded and isolated by a thick gray fog.

One can even hear faint, eerie, and chilling howls and screams.

"In fact, the outer heavens are almost entirely shrouded in the evil spirits and monstrous energy left behind after the catastrophe. Even with our Saint King Eyes activated, we cannot see through it all!"

"The so-called establishment of a stronghold is simply placing a specially crafted magic array compass within that strange and evil aura!"

"A compass can dispel evil energy within a thousand feet radius, and it can also connect to the Dao Palace array of the stronghold, thereby expanding the stronghold's range."

"The more you place, the more merit you will receive."

"But once you enter the range of evil energy, no one can predict what you will encounter. Moreover, what is more terrifying than the evil spirits is the human heart. It is not just the evil spirits that want to deal with you."

"Remember, be careful!"

After saying that, Shangguan Lin stood up and disappeared into the shattered sky, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

Thus, the remaining three, including Gu Jiancheng, exchanged glances, feeling slightly awkward.

"Um, brothers, I'll be asking you to take care of me for the next month!"

It was Li Nezha who was the first to cup his hands in greeting, which livened up the atmosphere.

"Yes, just follow behind me."

"Let's go get the compass."

Yang Jian nodded, then put his hands behind his back and headed into the mountain stronghold.

"Tsk tsk, Brother Yang Jian is really hardworking. He's already trying to earn merit points as soon as he arrives."

"Brother Gu, you're amazing! You're so powerful even before reaching the Saint Realm. Your Qiankun Technique is so much fun, could you teach me?"

Li Nezha followed Gu Jiancheng, chattering on and on.

"Hehe, that won't do. The Qiankun Technique might not be suitable for you. We'll help you acquire a better inheritance later!"

Gu Jiancheng smiled.

Li Nezha has a pretty good personality, and his potential is actually no less than Yang Jian's.

The system indicates that his talent is the Three Sacred Flames, which evolved from the Samadhi True Flame, one of the divine flames.

That's divine fire!

"By the way, is there anyone in your family named Li Jing, and does he possess a magical artifact called the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda?"

Gu Jiancheng suddenly asked.

Although he had asked Shangguan Lin before, he still wanted Li Nezha's confirmation.

"hiss!"

But Li Nezha suddenly stood still, looking at Gu Jiancheng with a shocked expression, looking completely incredulous!

"How...how did you know the Li family's top secrets!"

In fact, Li Nezha already seemed to be on guard at this moment.

"what!?"

"I...I only heard about it, I only heard about it!"

Gu Jiancheng was taken aback, wondering what was going on!

Didn't Shangguan Lin say he had never heard of Li Jing?

Why is Li Nezha's reaction so strange?!

Could it really be true?!

"impossible!"

"If you weren't a direct descendant of the Li family, you would never know about Li Jing and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Where did you hear that from?" But Li Nezha grabbed Gu Jiancheng's arm, looking like he wouldn't let it go.

"This……"

For a moment, Gu Jiancheng was genuinely embarrassed.

How can he explain this?!

He then rolled his eyes and said, "In that case, I'll be frank with you. Actually, my ancestors and your Li family were old friends!"

"The origins of that story go back to ancient times. I only learned about it from my family's records, which is why I asked you!"

"The ancient times?" Li Nezha frowned upon hearing this, seemingly somewhat believing it.

“That’s right. For example, I also know that your Li family naturally dislikes the dragon race, right?!” Gu Jiancheng made up a story.

"That's right!"

“You’re absolutely right. So what was the relationship between your Gu family and our Li family in ancient times? I don’t know anything about it,” Li Nezha asked.

"Ah, let's not talk about it anymore. Back then, my Gu family wasn't famous at all, and we couldn't compare to your Li family at all," Gu Jiancheng sighed, feeling melancholy.

"Oh, Brother Gu, I see you're quite capable, so there's no need to belittle yourself. Since our two families have such a connection, from now on, you're my elder brother!"

"Let's support each other!"

"Need I say more? We're brothers!" Gu Jiancheng laughed, put his arm around Li Nezha's shoulder, and chased after Yang Jian.

But he couldn't help thinking to himself, "This kid is so easy to fool."

He's talking nonsense, and even Li Nezha believes him!

Yang Jian was very fast. By the time Gu Jiancheng and the other person caught up, he was already in front of an ancient building.

But what made the two of them change color was that Yang Jian now seemed to be surrounded by many juniors.

Curses continued to rise, and the atmosphere became restless.

It looks like a fight is about to break out!

Gu Jiancheng and Li Nezha exchanged a glance and then rushed forward.

They've just arrived in Tianwaitian, and someone's already bullying them!?

This is intolerable!