Chapter 21: Forbidden! An Irreparable Fragment!?

This ability, if used well, was downright terrifying.

Reversing time could make someone die of old age. Of course, it had to be used with caution, if the enemy didn’t die of aging and instead broke through a cultivation bottleneck, increasing their power, then that would be a complete disaster.

Still, with careful use, it could be employed to nurture powerful individuals, or, in desperate situations, forcefully enhance his own strength. Not a bad option. But it came with risks and had to be handled with care.

In fact, using it against enemies was safer when modifying time forward rather than backward.

After all, if he set someone’s time to a hundred years in the past, wouldn’t that person possibly never have been born in the first place? They might simply vanish from existence.

Or, at best, regress into an infant… or even a fertilized egg?

Just thinking about it made his scalp tingle. It was essentially a death touch.

This was a forbidden technique, definitely not something to use lightly.

Finally, there was the resurrection ability… also something that required extreme caution.

“Until I have enough power, I must never reveal these abilities. Otherwise…”

Gu Yang’s expression grew solemn as he warned himself.

The system’s abilities were simply too abnormal. Once exposed, they would surely attract terrifying powerhouses from all directions.

Especially those who were nearing the end of their lives, they would probably try to imprison him, raise him like livestock.

With that thought, Gu Yang slowly stood up and began to clean up the battlefield.

He had thought the bandit leader probably didn’t have anything valuable left.

But surprisingly…

He actually found an unknown, damaged scroll in the bandit leader’s quarters.

Some vague characters could still be seen on it.

However, likely due to its extreme age, nothing could be made out clearly.

“Modify, one hundred years ago!”

Gu Yang attempted a time modification on the scroll.

When the glow faded…

The scroll was still exactly the same. Not a single change.

“No reaction?”

Gu Yang was astonished.

But he couldn’t make any further changes at the moment.

So he placed the scroll into the storage ring he had just acquired.

He’d try again once the modification cooldown refreshed.

“No change even after rolling back a hundred years, this thing must be extraordinary.”

A glint flashed through Gu Yang’s eyes.

But the scroll had just been casually left out on the table.

Clearly, the bandit leader hadn’t realized its value.

Which explained why he hadn’t stored it in his ring.

Gu Yang didn’t dwell on it. He began checking the contents of the storage ring.

Aside from the mysterious scroll…

There were ten thousand taels of gold.

According to the local economy,

One thousand taels of gold could buy a single low-grade spirit stone.

Though in reality, these stones were priceless treasures. Even with money, they were hard to come by.

So ten thousand taels equaled ten low-grade spirit stones.

Not bad.

Besides the gold, there were also actual spirit stones in the ring!

Twenty low-grade ones in total!

Most likely looted by the bandit leader over time.

“That’s a lot of spirit stones. They must’ve robbed quite a few people.”

Gu Yang couldn’t help but sigh.

Aside from the gold and stones, there was nothing else in the ring.

No techniques, no martial skills.

Not even a scrap.

“No wonder those guys were using the most basic techniques, they didn’t have anything better.”

Gu Yang shook his head.

That was the problem with rogue cultivators.

After all, techniques and skills were rare resources.

Usually, only sects provided easy access to them.

If someone tried to grow on their own…

They could barely get their hands on a single martial technique.

Reaching the ninth level of Qi Condensation, yet still practicing a basic human-grade technique,

That was just plain tragic.

After the inventory check,

Gu Yang walked out of the bandit base.

He called out to the surrounding Zhang Clan guards:

“Alright, come out. It’s done.”

“Take the bodies of those leaders back with you.”

Hearing this,

The waiting guards froze on the spot.

What?

The fight was already over?

That fast?

It had only been, what, ten minutes since he went in?

It was already over?

They stood stunned for a moment,

Then quickly and cautiously stepped into the base.

When they saw the corpses of the mountain bandits littering the ground,

Everyone fell silent.

Good heavens.

They were all dead!

Not a single one left!

The guards were deeply shaken.

They all turned toward Gu Yang, who stood there with a calm expression.

“Terrifying…”

“Those fearsome bandits were all slaughtered so easily by that lord…”

“He single-handedly wiped out every last member of Blackwind Stronghold. Truly worthy of the Flowing Cloud Sect.”

“If only I could join the Flowing Cloud Sect too…”

“Get real. With your trash talent? Dream on. Just do your job.”

After the initial shock, they quickly got to work.

They carried the three leaders’ corpses out of Blackwind Stronghold.

On the way back,

All the Zhang Clan guards looked at Gu Yang with eyes full of reverence.

Admiration radiated from their every glance.

When they returned to the Zhang residence,

The clan leader rushed out to greet them.

The moment he saw the corpses of the three Blackwind leaders, he was so moved he burst into tears.

Tears of joy.

After all, Blackwind Stronghold had long been oppressing Aoki Town.

So much so that even the faintest noise would send the townsfolk hiding in fear.

Now, the ruthless mountain bandits who had loomed over them like a nightmare were finally wiped out.

The Zhang clan leader immediately dropped to his knees before Gu Yang and kowtowed repeatedly.

Gu Yang could only smile helplessly.

After accepting their gratitude,

He began preparations to return to the sect and report the completed mission.

Two hours passed in a flash. Back at Flowing Cloud Sect,

Gu Yang didn’t waste time. Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs novelFɪre.net

He went straight to the Mission Hall.

The bored-looking Elder Li brightened when he saw Gu Yang approaching.

“Gu Yang? What brings you here?”

“I’m here to submit a mission,” Gu Yang replied calmly.

“Oh, submit a mission, wait, what?”

Elder Li nodded reflexively, then suddenly froze.