Chapter 23: Gu Youwei Has No Immortal Root
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When everyone heard Gu Youwei’s voice, their expressions shifted.
They had not expected the timing of this master’s appearance and did not feel hopeful or expectant. Instead, they felt extreme astonishment!
“What’s going on!!”
“Didn’t we say that the Heavenly Emperor’s Immortal Root was destroyed before Gu Youwei’s master would appear?”
“But now… the Heavenly Emperor’s Immortal Root hasn’t been destroyed, so his dao foundation still has a chance to be restored. So why didn’t this powerful master take the Heavenly Emperor as a disciple?”
The gathered cultivators all looked at Gu Youwei in bewilderment.
Gu Youwei’s expression was likewise extremely puzzled.
Their original reasoning was overturned in an instant. Countless doubts rose up in everyone’s minds.
Why did the powerful cultivator not take the Heavenly Emperor as a disciple, but only took Gu Youwei?
Numerous doubts lingered in everyone’s hearts. They couldn’t understand why any of this was happening this way.
In silence, they once again looked toward the Bronze Ancient Mirror. They knew that in the next moment, many doubts would be answered.
“Are you… an immortal?”
Gu Changqing lay on the ground, staring at the elder in that fairylike domain.
“Immortal?”
The elder smiled lightly and did not answer his question, but instead asked, “What is an immortal? If to a mortal, it means someone who flies, vanishes, plucks stars and seizes moons, then this old wretch is indeed worthy of the name.”
Saying this, the elder bent slightly and waved his hand.
A gorgeous divine light cascaded down like rain, and in that instant Gu Changqing’s continuously failing breath actually stopped.
At that moment, the young Heavenly Emperor’s face once again radiated a vivid brilliance!
“Immortal! You truly are an immortal!”
“I beg you, immortal, save my sister! Please, immortal, you must save my sister.”
The elder’s appearance was like a drowning child discovering something he could hold onto to stay afloat — hope was seen anew.
One could not entirely blame Gu Changqing for this reaction.
He was only eight years old now and his understanding of the world was incomplete.
Moreover, the old man’s appearance was truly extraordinary.
Divine radiance rippled over his body. With his every gesture the heavens seemed to part like a golden lotus. Clad in snow-white robes and with a white beard drifting as if untouched by dust, he truly possessed the air of Daoist immortality.
“Her?”
The elder gazed intently, his eyes falling on the small body in Gu Changqing’s arms, and said coldly, “She is dead. How can the dead possibly be resurrected?”
“It’s possible, it’s possible!”
Gu Changqing pleaded, “Just now I was almost dead too, but you only waved once and I felt much better.”
The elder shook his head helplessly. “You have an Immortal Root within, an extraordinary constitution. Though your dao foundation is ruined, your physical reserves remain — this old wretch can naturally save you.”
“Your sister’s talent is ordinary, her foundation as thin as paper. In her current state, even if the most powerful Daoist immortal in the universe personally came to see her, they could only sigh in helplessness.”
Outside the mirror, all the cultivators were taken aback at those words.
Foundations as thin as paper?
Did Gu Youwei’s master really say that?
As far as the gathered cultivators knew, Gu Youwei’s foundations could easily rank in the top three on Beixuan Continent.
Setting aside her ancient sect’s heritage, just possessing an Immortal Root alone was enough for Gu Youwei to look down on all beings.
Yet now this old fellow actually said that this immensely talented woman had foundations as thin as paper?
“Is this really young Miss Youwei’s master?”
People unconsciously murmured to themselves. If Gu Youwei weren’t present, they might have said, “This old man is blind!”
Gu Youwei’s expression was likewise very ugly.
In her memory.
Her master had always doted on her, the reason being precisely this talented body she possessed.
“Youwei, you are a heaven-ordained supreme, and you have received my legacy. In time you will surely reach the pinnacle and look down upon all beings.”
“Youwei, the best thing I’ve done in this life was to take you as my disciple. Only if you inherit my mantle can this old man leave in peace…”
Her master’s past praise still echoed in her ears.
Gu Youwei never expected that the first time she met this master, the old man would say she was utterly lacking in grace.
Ye Chen noticed the embarrassment on Gu Youwei’s face and stepped in. “Young Miss Youwei’s Immortal Root has not yet awakened at this point. I imagine that once it awakens, this old master’s impression of her will change greatly.”
“Yes, that’s right, Emperor Ye’s analysis makes sense. Once Miss Youwei’s Immortal Root awakens later, I suppose this old man’s expression will be quite spectacular.”
The crowd also spoke up in agreement.
“Impossible, absolutely impossible!!”
“My sister has been clever and sensible since childhood, full of spirit and mischief! Even I have an Immortal Root — how could she not have one?”
“Look closely, really look!!”
Gu Changqing shouted hoarsely as he continued pleading with the elder.
He had barely grasped a sliver of hope, and the elder’s words plunged him into dread.
The elder chuckled and shook his head helplessly. “Young fool, I am the Primordial Saint Venerable — how could I be mistaken?”
“Just as I could see through your Immortal Root at a glance, so it is with her — a mere mortal could not hide anything from my eyes.”
“She truly has a talent so ordinary it cannot be more ordinary. Never mind this thing about an Immortal Root—she, from head to toe, does not even possess the slightest trace of divinity.”
“Moreover, the Immortal Root is a divine thing. No matter how deeply hidden, when its host faces impending death it will certainly awaken. Look at her — do you still think she possesses one?”
Boom!
At that moment, everyone outside the mirror shuddered violently.
In their minds, it was like thunder exploding.
Everyone’s expressions turned utterly astonished!
Gu Youwei.
She actually has no Immortal Root!!!