NovelYeni #224 - Wealth depends on fellow students
#224 - Wealth depends on fellow students
In the bamboo forest.
This book is first published on the entire network by 𝕥 𝕨 𝕜 𝕒 𝕟 . 𝕔 𝕠 𝕞
Gu An watched the demon beast devour the surrounding flesh bit by bit.
After confirming that they had no backup plans, he turned his gaze to the demon beast.
The demon beast, having finished eating the humans, also stared at Gu An.
It didn't seem to harbor much hostility.
After all, the spiritual herb it wanted was still there, so it naturally didn't want to fight desperately.
Gu An looked at it, hoping it would leave this place.
However, he didn't know how to speak for a moment.
Fortunately, the other party had no intention of lingering.
It began to retreat step by step.
Seeing this, Gu An breathed a sigh of relief.
After the other party completely withdrew, Gu An looked at the fallen bamboo with some heartache.
Feeling quite regretful.
Although he might not have been able to cut it down in the end, he still felt it was a waste for it to fall like this.
Afterward, Gu An simply cleaned up the battlefield.
Without making too many changes.
Just making it a little more complicated.
Thus, Gu An returned to his sword formation.
And began to recover his state.
But first, he checked the storage treasure.
The first one was Li Yue's.
As soon as he opened it, he saw a pile of spirit stones.
Gu An shook his head and sighed, this person's family is really wealthy.
The sect also doted on her.
Spoiled and arrogant.
In the end, it benefited himself.
She was also a good person.
Thirteen thousand spirit stones.
He had just given Hua Jiyang eleven or twelve thousand, and now he got another thirteen thousand.
An unexpected surprise.
Afterward, Gu An also saw some talismans and pills.
There were healing pills, as well as attack and defense talismans.
They all looked expensive.
If the other party had used them all just now, he certainly wouldn't have been able to kill them so easily.
Wealthy people should be killed as soon as possible, once the delay goes on, they may take out all kinds of strange things.
Killing people would not be so simple.
And besides these things, there were also three magical treasures in this storage treasure.
The first one was the ancient sword.
Gu An simply looked at it and felt that it was unusual, but he couldn't see anything else.
The light he had seen before was also not found.
The second one was an umbrella, this one was powerful, it was a very good magical treasure integrating offense and defense.
It could even resist mental attacks.
And the third one was an iron ball. The moment Gu An held it, he felt he could control the iron ball.
Purely controlled by mental power, and it was a one-time treasure.
It could detonate the iron ball.
The attack power should not be bad, it could at least pose a certain threat to the nascent soul.
Star Curtain was not seen, which was a pity, probably destroyed by Chasing Sun at that time.
Thinking of this, Gu An took out Chasing Sun and found that the seal on it was missing another part.
It seemed that the Li Yue that Zuo Youyan cared about was indeed this one.
He also looked at the storage treasures of the other two people.
Gu An found that these two were poor.
Adding up, there were only four thousand spirit stones.
So this trip, he got seventeen thousand in aid.
Adding up the other odds and ends, the value was also considerable.
It's a pity there are not many opportunities to sell them.
If there is a chance to go to other places, it is not impossible to sell one or two.
Thus, plus the previous accumulation, it is probably more than ten thousand.
After dealing with some things, Gu An hesitated and took out the ancient sword, found a place far away, and then heavily inserted it into the stone.
This is the direction the demon beast left, it is reasonable to leave something behind,
In addition, the natal magic weapons of the other two people were also inserted around the place with traces of fighting.
Thus, Gu An returned to the sword formation again.
And began to rest.
The next day.
Gu An continued to cut down trees.
Today's progress was not as good as yesterday's.
The sword intent became more and more terrifying, and the axe became heavier and heavier.
Heaven's Mandate Blade and Human Reason Sword were somewhat useful, but they could only absorb the sword intent in the axe.
The sword intent was aimed at the woodcutter, so he had to resist it himself.
He couldn't continue cutting down trees when he resisted to the limit.
What would happen later, he didn't know.
But his actions were indeed severely restricted.
In the evening.
Gu An sat down and continued to rest.
He took a deep breath, feeling slightly tired.
He took the opportunity to look at the panel again.
【Name: Gu An】
【Cultivation: Early Nascent Soul】
【Status: Poison in the Qi Sea】
【Spells: 47/50】
【Hard Cultivation: 43/100】
【Ring of Destiny】
Compared to the first day, it was much less.
But if he continued to cut down trees tomorrow, he could learn spells.
So, what to learn?
Currently, there are many important spells, the basic ones include the Aura Chapter and the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Chapter of Myriad Phenomena.
For body techniques, there is Vertical Golden Light.
For attack techniques, there are Cage, Qi Sea Heavenly Dipper, Three Styles of Pingqiu, and Soul-Stirring Finger.
For sealing techniques, there are the Twelve Stars of the Year Cycle.
For other auxiliary techniques, there are Scattering Beans into Soldiers and Blood Fiend Great Shift.
Among them, the Aura Chapter and Soul-Stirring Finger are already perfect, and Cage has no level distinction.
But they can all continue to be comprehended, but it is hard to say whether they can be used with numerical values.
As for the others, the Twelve Stars of the Year Cycle is not in a hurry, it is better to learn it after the cultivation is higher.
Otherwise, even if you learn it, the second star cannot be used.
Improving the attack and body techniques does not have that much impact.
So, Gu An set his sights on the Blood Fiend Great Shift.
The Blood Fiend Great Shift involves three small spells.
Blood Mist Extraction Technique, Mental Repulsion Technique, and Blood Coagulation Spirit Shaping.
As well as Blood Fiend Poison.
Currently, Spirit Shaping is the most useful, a good spell to conceal one's appearance, and can also condense blood spirits to explore the surroundings.
This bamboo forest is not safe, so learning this is the most valuable.
Especially since only when the Blood Fiend Great Shift is perfect can the life and death of the Blood Demon God be controlled.
The Blood Demon God is ultimately a hidden danger, and over time, the other party may become more and more inflated,
Some things are always needed to suppress the other party.
Relying on the other party's self-awareness is too dangerous.
The next day.
After Gu An recovered steadily, he started cutting down trees again.
This time, Gu An stopped cutting down trees after only an hour.
The spells were full.
Afterward, he entered the cave, turned on the array plate, extracted the numbers, and improved the Blood Fiend Great Shift.
Afterward, Gu An felt himself begin to comprehend the Blood Fiend Great Shift.
His control over the blood in his body and the surrounding evil aura became more and more smooth.
Time passed day by day, year by year.
Not many years passed before Gu An felt the Blood Fiend flowing in his body, with a deeper level of control.
Before, raindrops gathered, but now the raindrops become a pool.
When Gu An opened his eyes, he ran the Blood Fiend Great Shift to begin to experience this technique, to understand this technique.
After a long time, a blood-colored puppy condensed.
It was much more solid than before.
The other change was the ears.
The blood spirits condensed before could only see, not hear or speak.
Now they can hear.
The next stage should be able to speak.
Looking at the time, he found that it was only noon.
Thus, Gu An continued to cut down trees.
After a while, a bamboo tree fell to the ground.
Similarly, the values were also increasing, hard cultivation plus one.
Spells plus one.
Until the evening, Gu An had not stopped.
Because half of the day today was spent on promotion.
So the pressure was not so great.
He could completely cut down trees until midnight, and then rest until noon tomorrow.
In addition, his blood spirits were already guarding the periphery of the bamboo forest, and once someone approached, he could detect it.
Such a safe environment is really reassuring.
But before he waited until midnight, he noticed a sound coming from the cave entrance.
Gu An felt slightly surprised:
"What's going on?
It's only been so long, and they've come out?
Have they already obtained the opportunity."
This was somewhat inconsistent with the plan, he had prepared for a long stay.
Where would he have thought that they would leave so soon.
Gu An held the axe in his hand, staring at the cave entrance.
Sure enough, I sensed the presence of four people.
It was indeed Lü Ping and the others.
Whew!
The four of them rushed out of the cave like wolves, still shaken.
"As expected, it won't chase us out here. That was too dangerous," Zhuge Jing said, exhaling.
Lü Ping also frowned: "I didn't expect it to be chasing us from beginning to end. If we were found, the consequences would be unimaginable."
As he spoke, he looked around and saw Gu An still holding an axe, looking like he was about to chop wood. He was quite curious: "Junior Brother is still chopping wood?"
Hearing this, the others looked at Gu An.
Zhuge Jing looked at the time and realized it was very late: "It's so late, and Junior Brother is still chopping wood?"
Nan Xueyan and the other two also looked puzzled.
Chopping wood is fine, but why is he still chopping wood so late?
It's not like it's a task.
Gu An put away his axe, slightly embarrassed, and said: "The more I chop, the more I might gain."
Then he changed the subject: "Why did Senior Brother and Senior Sister come out?"
Soon, he heard the answer he wanted to hear.
Zhuge Jing sighed: "We were held up by something inside. We'll rest and continue going in tomorrow. By the way, we obtained some things inside.
Junior Brother, see if there's anything useful to you."
As he spoke, the four of them took out some things.
There were jade slips, a broken sword, and a broken saber.
There was also a piece of parchment with the word 'sword' written on it.
Just by looking at the writing, one could tell that the person who wrote it was extraordinary.
Besides these, there were also a dozen pure white beads containing sword intent.
After briefly introducing the uses of the items, Zhuge Jing let Gu An choose first.
Gu An felt that he shouldn't accept rewards for no merit.
But the others said that they were a team, and the things they obtained should naturally be shared equally.
Gu An felt somewhat guilty.
Because he had obtained 17,000 spirit stones and hadn't taken them out to share.
Afterward, he chose the broken saber.
Perhaps he was just destined to be with broken things.
The Sun Chaser Blade was rusty, and the broken sword Chu Meng gave him was similar.
The Heavenly Fate Blade was too good for him to use.
This saber was just right.
Gripping the saber, Gu An tried it out. It was not bad, quite heavy.
Heaviness could bring greater attack power.
"Just this?" Lü Ping frowned.
"It's enough," Gu An nodded seriously.
With that, they didn't say anything more.
They were all ordinary things; they could give him other things later.
At this time, Nan Yundong, after observing the surroundings, was somewhat surprised: "There was a battle here?"
Gu An briefly explained the situation.
It was that Senior Sister Li Yue had been attacked here, and seeing that he was alone, he hid in the sword formation and wouldn't come out.
They persuaded him for a long time, and finally led the demon beasts away.
These were the traces of battle they left behind.
Zhuge Jing nodded seriously: "In the future, stay away from these people."
Gu An nodded.
Lü Ping hesitated for a moment and said: "I'll go around and see what kind of demon beasts they were and whether they pose a threat."
No one stopped him.
After a long time, he returned.
He brought back three swords.
Two of them were cracked, and the last was the ancient sword.
The one Li Yue had obtained initially.
"All three of them are dead," Lü Ping said without emotion.
Hearing this, Zhuge Jing and the others were shocked.
"Li Yue is dead?" Nan Yundong was somewhat shocked.
Lü Ping collected all the swords and said: "If anyone asks you later, just say that I confirmed it, and you don't need to say anything else.
As for Junior Brother Gu...
Lü Ping thought for a moment and said:
"Just say that you were blocked by the sword formation, they couldn't get in, and you couldn't get out, so they left."
Hearing this, Gu An was somewhat incredulous: "Wouldn't that make it seem related to Senior Brother?"
"It doesn't matter. They'll need to vent their anger on someone anyway, and you can't withstand it," Lü Ping said calmly.
Gu An was silent.
"Junior Brother, don't worry. Some people don't like to reason, but our Heavenly Suspension Peak isn't a place for reasoning either.
We aren't afraid of anyone. It's normal for disciples on the mountain to have some friction with each other," Zhuge Jing said with a smile.
Gu An didn't speak again. Life on the mountain didn't seem as good as he had imagined.
Besides, Li Yue certainly had many people backing her.
There was a reason why Zuo Youyan couldn't be killed back then.
But he had killed her with just a few moves.
He didn't know what those people would think.
Also, the Star Curtain seemed to be penetrable only with the Sun Chaser.
He didn't know if they would suspect Zuo Youyan.
After all, no one knew whether Zuo Youyan was dead or alive.
Unless Zuo Youyan's reputation could be spread again.
Gu An thought for a moment and decided to first increase his cultivation.
After daybreak, Lü Ping and the others once again entered the cave. This time, no one knew when they would come out again.
Gu An continued to chop wood.
Unfortunately, the progress was becoming increasingly slow.
Not only was the axe in his hand heavy, but his body was also increasingly unable to withstand the sword intent.
It was as if he was chopping wood with a mountain on his back.
Clang!
Clang!!
But no matter what, Gu An kept chopping wood.
Three days later.
Early June.
Gu An put down the axe in his hand, drenched in sweat, and collapsed to the ground.
He gasped for breath.
"Too tired."
Fortunately, the bitter cultivation was full.
"I wonder if this upgrade will reduce the weight."
It was still late at night.
Gu An planned to recover before starting to improve his cultivation.
Mid-stage of the nascent soul realm.
With this upgrade, his strength would be even greater than before.
He would be even safer here.
But just as he had rested, his Blood Spirit dog heard a sound.
Someone was approaching the Sword Immortal Bamboo Forest.
"This is the place. That herb is here, but there must be a symbiotic demon beast."
"Is that herb really a guide?"
The voices of a man and a woman.
A woman in front, a man behind.
Gu An was slightly surprised.
The herb they were talking about should be the one he had obtained before, but he had returned it to that demon beast.
Now it seemed that the herb was not simple.
"Only by obtaining the herb first, then entering the cave, can we find the correct path, and then obtain the Sword Immortal's inheritance." Hearing this, Gu An was slightly surprised.
So that was the reason.
Should he go and get the herb?
After thinking for a moment, Gu An gave up.
That demon beast was not easy to deal with. Once he took action, although he could escape, he would definitely be unable to chop wood.
It wasn't worth the loss.
He'd take it one step at a time.