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Chapter 185 - 16 The Death of Gu Pan (First Update 5K Characters Please Subscribe)_2

Chapter 185: Chapter 16 The Death of Gu Pan (First Update 5K Characters Please Subscribe)_2

Under the watchful eyes of a group of elders, as well as those young members of the Gu family who had come to see the spectacle, Gu Pan stepped forward, carrying the essential food, water, and a bowl.

Everyone was a bit puzzled as to why the Sword Master was also holding a large soup bowl, but in such a solemn and somber moment, no one dared to ask.

The moment he entered, Gu Shi Qian suddenly stuffed a pink and green embroidered pouch into Gu Pan’s hand.

With a look of surprise in her eyes, the current Family Head whispered, transmitting his voice secretly:

"Don’t make a sound, this is a relic from your mother, Gu Yueqing. She died at the hands of a Third Rank Demon while seeking an opportunity, entrusting me, her little uncle, to pass it on to you.

"Now that you’ve become a Sword Master, it naturally should go to you. As soon as you enter, you must open this pouch and pay respects to your mother. Remember, the teachings of our ancestors: always honor our lineage first, quack!"

Gu Pan’s expression changed, "Understood, quack!"

...

Time rapidly passed, and three days flashed by in an instant.

In a narrow room near the innermost part of the Cultivation Room beneath the Sword Master Hall, suddenly, there burst forth a fierce, unparalleled radiance of sword light, slashing all the surrounding screens to pieces!

Then there arose a laugh, as melodious as a yellow warbler yet also mad:

"Hahaha!"

"I’ve done it, I’ve become a Transcendent! Ahahaha!"

"Grandfather! Mother! I haven’t let you down, I’ve finally become a Transcendent!"

"From now on, I’ll soar in the sky like a bird, swim in the sea like a fish, no longer constrained, wahahaha..."

The laughter shook the wind and thunder, and even the entire underground layer vibrated with a humming sound.

In the adjacent cultivation room, several Gu family members who had not had a chance to close the windows shook their heads.

"Where did this lunatic come from!"

"It seems like an old affliction has relapsed."

"Hey, the hard cultivation of many days has resulted in becoming a Transcendent; it’s a happy occasion for our family. Why be angry about it?"

"Hmph, forget it!"

They all closed their windows to shut out the noise outside.

A few minutes later, the laughter gradually subsided.

Inside the suffocatingly small, completely enclosed Sword Cultivation Room of no more than five square meters.

The nineteen-year-old Gu Pan, bare-bodied, sat cross-legged on her own pink flesh-colored cushion.

She recalled the experiences of this period and couldn’t help but smirk.

Looking down, in the middle of her highly elevated, ample chest (•)(•), there was now a double circular vortex like Promotion Drive, inside which electrical lights whirled slowly, filled with a science fiction feel.

Compared to the one Xu Shu had tricked her out of, this one seemed even more sci-fi, with launch-ready flashing wings on the sides and gem-like inlays in the center.

—Gu Pan didn’t know what these designs were for, only that they were quite expensive to replace.

On the ground, there lay a blue ’talisman’ that had cracked open.

This was the one given to her by the Great Elder.

Indeed, it had shattered!

Speaking of which, Gu Pan could only describe her experience in the past few days of advancing to Transcendent with one phrase—life has its great ups and downs!

Initially, the reason the talisman broke was naturally because Gu Pan had forcibly damaged it.

But, of course, she didn’t do it on purpose.

The Gu Family’s Sword Tomb had something in common with the relics produced by the Astronomy Association, both uniquely ingenious.

Talisman + Sword Tomb = Sword Tomb Curse Seal.

All members of the Gu family eligible for Transcendent status knew this.

Yet, this time, there was an accident.

As Gu Pan followed the ancestral teachings to synthesize the Curse Seal, she shattered the blank blue talisman.

At the time, she pulled out the rough large Sword Tomb, thrusting it fiercely into the pale blue small talisman.

The large Sword Tomb turned into a stream of purple light tinged with gold, merging into it like the breath of Ziwei.

The purple mark, that was Flawless Level, initially reassured Gu Pan.

Because according to the ’at most one level lower’ principle, a blue talisman accommodating a purple mark was just right.

It seemed the ancestors had reached the pinnacle of the "Soldier Realm," which is the fourth rank of the Martial Artist path, perfectly corresponding to the limit of the Flawless Level, and his Sword Tomb legacy left behind was purple, fitting precisely with his strength.

This was what Gu Pan initially thought.

However, mere seconds later, she saw the talisman in her hand trembling violently.

The breath of Ziwei inside was changing; it had been purple on the outside, but once inside, it turned pale gold!

This large Sword Tomb was not a purple mark.

It turned out to be a golden one, Epic!

Thus, with peculiar popping sounds "pop~ pop~ pop~,"

The large Sword Tomb, which had wholly entered, was repeatedly compressed within the blue talisman and spit out, returning to the form of a one-footed mythical creature.

And the pale blue talisman cracked with a snap and directly split open.

Just like that, it was burst open by the large Sword Tomb.

This, of course, caused Gu Pan’s heart both joy and worry.

The joy was that she had received the much-coveted Epic legacy, a truly exhilarating event.

But the worry was that an Epic mark needed at least a purple-grade blank talisman to synthesize the Curse Seal.

Not only was the value of a purple-grade talisman extremely high, but it was also rare and difficult to find.

Every Taoist capable of making a purple talisman is a master among masters.

Whenever a purple talisman appeared, countless members of the Extraordinary Alliance would queue and scramble for it.