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

Chapter 227 Gu Jiancheng becomes the 8th Master of Lotus Pavilion!

"What did you say?"

Gu Jiancheng looked puzzled upon hearing this. "I've become a notorious butcher on the villain list!?"

"That's right, the information is very accurate. It says that the consensus was reached yesterday after the cultivators from the three holy lands left the Desolate Domain."

"Moreover, since Chongming died in front of the Taiji Sect, Mu Jiuzhou will naturally not let this go!"

"But because of the Wine Saint and Lotus Pavilion, they can't do anything to you in the short term, so they can only put you on the list of villains."

"Although it's useless, it's just to annoy you," Saintess Xuanji laughed.

“Indeed, I don’t care whether someone is a villain or not.” Gu Jiancheng smiled as well.

After all, many of the disciples of his Taiji Sect were descendants of villains and ruthless killers, and now they have truly become one with each other.

"Also, there's something we need to tell you."

The Holy Maiden Xuanji looked at Li Piaomiao, who was taken aback for a moment before saying, "I haven't said anything yet, Holy Maiden, you can say it."

"Okay, then I'll explain."

The Holy Maiden Xuanji pursed her lips, then said in a deep voice, "In fact, behind the Lotus Pavilion is the Supreme Holy Dao Palace!"

"The Palace of the Supreme Sage?"

Gu Jiancheng was only slightly shocked, but he pretended to be shocked on the surface.

In fact, he had already figured out that the Lotus Pavilion was actually behind the Supreme Holy Palace.

But the fact that the Holy Maiden Xuanji directly admitted it today still surprised him quite a bit.

Something must have happened behind this.

"That's right. Back then, the Supreme Holy Palace discovered that the three holy lands were using an evil technique to refine a strange energy, thereby drastically increasing their own combat power."

"But this evil magic will erode their will and turn them into monsters. The Holy Dao Palace is worried that the three holy lands will become the next calamity in the Holy Domain, so it set up the Lotus Pavilion to travel in the Holy Domain."

"Our mission has been to investigate the extent to which the three holy lands have practiced evil arts, and to gather evidence," Xuanji Holy Domain continued, almost confirming all of Gu Jiancheng's previous guesses.

"Evidence? There should be plenty of evidence, right?"

"Why hasn't the Supreme Saint Palace made any move yet?" Gu Jiancheng asked.

"Indeed, the Dao Palace has enough evidence, but the Battle of Guixu has disrupted our original plans."

The Holy Maiden Xuanji sighed, "The sudden opening of the Void by the three holy lands, the Demon Realm, and the Monster Realm made the Dao Palace judge that their evil cultivation techniques were very likely to have made a breakthrough, which is why they did not act rashly."

"Furthermore, let us take back more Crimson Blood Crystals for research."

"After these past two weeks, the Dao Palace has unanimously concluded that the evil techniques they cultivate have evolved, so we cannot make any major moves now!"

"But preserving the Tai Chi Sect is achievable."

"It seems that the three holy lands will soon learn about the background of the Lotus Pavilion, so the Dao Palace has already made its next move."

"Oh!? What's the Dao Palace up to?" Gu Jiancheng raised an eyebrow.

"The Dao Palace will hold a Saint Domain Prodigy Competition in a month, at which time all the Saint Domain prodigies will compete on the same stage again!" Saintess Xuanji said in a deep voice.

"The Competition of Prodigies?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Jiancheng frowned and said, "Holy Maiden, I still don't understand what the Dao Palace means by doing this?"

"You are very important in order to see just how far the evil arts of these three holy lands have evolved."

The Holy Maiden of Xuanji gave Gu Jiancheng a deep look, then smiled and said, "If it were before, the Holy Sons and Holy Daughters of the three Holy Lands would never have revealed their trump cards. Even before, inside the Ruins of Return, they still did not use any evil magic."

"But with you, it's simple!"

"You've gained many opportunities in the Ruins of Return, and it seems your combat strength has improved by leaps and bounds. You'll definitely make them stop at nothing to attack you!"

"Oh, so you still want me to shoulder all of this?" Gu Jiancheng smiled after hearing this.

The Heavenly Pride Tournament aims to force out the trump cards of the three holy lands' geniuses, but this still puts him in a situation where he is outnumbered.

"After all, the Dao Palace has no one else available, so I can't take direct action."

The Holy Maiden Xuanji sighed, then smiled and said, "Of course, we know this is unfair and puts a lot of pressure on you."

"Therefore, the Dao Palace will naturally not treat you and the Taiji Sect unfairly!"

After saying that, she immediately stretched out her jade hand and handed over a storage ring.

"This is a reward from the Dao Palace for your contributions within the Ruins of Return!"

Gu Jiancheng raised an eyebrow, took the ring directly, and then infused it with his divine sense. The next moment, his expression changed drastically.

Because the storage ring was filled with countless spiritual energy crystals, similar to Void Spirit Pearls!

Besides the storage items, there are also two sacred runes!

The Holy Dao Palace actually gave away two Holy Runes and a massive amount of resources in one go!?

Wow, that's quite a generous offer!

However, Gu Jiancheng wasn't particularly interested in this; it wasn't something that particularly caught his eye.

"Hehe, this is only part of it."

Seemingly sensing that Gu Jiancheng was not satisfied, the Saintess of Xuanji took out another ancient token, on which a dazzling lotus flower and the number eight were engraved.

"And this too!" Immediately, the Holy Maiden Xuanji handed the token to Gu Jiancheng.

"What is this?" Gu Jiancheng took it and discovered that there was an extremely complex and advanced magic array on the token.

Its rank has even reached the peak of the Saint rank!

"This is the eighth Lotus Pavilion Master Token. The Dao Palace has decided to appoint you as the eighth Lotus Pavilion Master, and also the youngest Lotus Pavilion Master," said the Holy Maiden Xuanji with a smile. "So, congratulations."

"Make me the eighth floor master?"

This was something Gu Jiancheng had never expected.

Even higher than the status of the Holy Maiden Xuanji!?