NovelYeni #214 - Who among these people hopes to marry into the family?
#214 - Who among these people hopes to marry into the family?
Tianxuan Peak.
A woman wearing a cyan fairy dress was walking on the mountain road.
Her height was not that tall, but not short either.
At this moment, she slightly raised her head, looking at the road above, her steps light.
After a long time, when she stepped on the mountainside, she breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that coming up was not an easy task.
Arriving at the mountain, the guard looked at her and said with a smile:
"Junior Sister Lu, are you here to see Senior Brother Duanmu?"
Lu Ruan respectfully performed a greeting ceremony: "Yes."
"Senior Brother Duanmu should still be at his residence, I heard there have been no tasks recently," the guard said with a smile.
Hearing this, Lu Ruan said a word of thanks.
Then she walked towards Duanmu Qing's residence.
Seeing a big tree, she slowed down.
The big tree was on the edge of the cliff, with a view of thousands of mountains and rivers, and there was a house beside it.
Duanmu Qing was sitting at the stone table under the tree, looking at the chessboard in silence.
"Senior Brother," Lu Ruan walked over and said.
Duanmu Qing came back to his senses, looked at Lu Ruan and smiled, "Junior Sister is here? Sit down."
Lu Ruan came to the stone table and sat down, saying, "Did Senior Brother know I was coming?"
"Ever since you started climbing the mountain, I knew you would definitely come," Duanmu Qing said with a smile:
"I just didn't expect to wait so long, it seems Junior Sister is still worried."
Lu Ruan was silent for a moment and said, "Is his coming to Tianxuan Peak a coincidence?"
"I don't know about that," Duanmu Qing shook his head and said, "As the master of Tianxuan Peak, how can other disciples understand what he does?
But there must be a deeper meaning in doing so.
Besides, he's not the only one doing this.
So it should have nothing to do with the person behind you."
Lu Ruan looked at the person in front of her, somewhat horrified.
Duanmu Qing paused, and said with a wry smile: "I misspoke."
He had guessed some things, but even if he guessed something, he couldn't say it.
Otherwise, his life would be in danger.
Especially when it involves that woman.
Lu Ruan changed the subject: "What is Gu An's cultivation level?"
"It looks like the early stage of the Golden Core," Duanmu Qing replied.
"Looks like?" Lu Ruan was a little puzzled.
"Yes, looks like," Duanmu Qing nodded: "Actually, it's hard to say, and he seems older."
"When did his cultivation level improve?" Lu Ruan asked.
"He said that when he was in the Vajra Wood Spirit Garden, he was at the completion of the Foundation Establishment.
He came to the sect to seek a breakthrough.
Now it seems he should have succeeded," Duanmu Qing said with a smile.
"So that's what he said?" Lu Ruan asked.
Duanmu Qing chuckled and said, "Junior Sister, what do you think of my cultivation level?
"Very strong," Lu Ruan affirmed.
"If you hide your cultivation level, can I see it?" Duanmu Qing asked again.
"Probably," Lu Ruan nodded.
"Yes, in theory, I should be able to see through the hidden cultivation of someone weaker than me, especially someone who hasn't reached the Golden Core yet," Duanmu Qing pondered for a moment, and continued:
"But do you know what cultivation level I saw in Gu An at that time?
Qi Refining, no matter how I looked at him, he was at Qi Refining.
So, his sudden breakthrough to the early stage of the Golden Core now has only two possibilities.
One is that he has advanced all the way from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment and Golden Core in just three short years.
The second possibility is that he has hidden his cultivation level, especially if he possesses a powerful treasure, otherwise it would be difficult to hide it."
"So it's the second one?" Lu Ruan asked.
"So he has a powerful treasure on him?" Duanmu Qing asked back.
"Doesn't seem like it," Lu Ruan thought for a moment and said, "Then is it the first possibility?"
"Does Junior Sister believe it?" Duanmu Qing asked.
Lu Ruan shook her head, and after a moment of silence, she said:
"So we still have to guess that he was already at the Foundation Establishment or Golden Core stage at that time.
The reason why he wasn't noticed, if it wasn't because of a powerful treasure, it could only be that he was good at hiding.
Another possibility is that...
Someone helped him hide his cultivation level."
Speaking of this, Lu Ruan's pupils shrank.
She naturally thought of one person.
So Chu Meng's escape from the space and falling into the Vajra Wood Spirit Garden was not a coincidence,
But the result of careful planning.
And Gu An was not a weakling from the beginning, but a hidden chess piece waiting for many years.
An especially important hidden chess piece.
Now that he has entered the sect, he may be carrying more plans.
Lu Ruan was silent.
Duanmu Qing said with a smile: "I told him at the time that he could come to me if he needed anything, but it was out of sincerity, I don't dare to provoke someone like him.
If I hadn't gone out with you, I might not have paid attention to him.
But all kinds of guesses may be wrong, but it's better to be safe than sorry.
What if we guessed right?
Treat him better, don't make things difficult for him, don't target him, there's no loss at all."
Lu Ruan did not speak.
Just silent.
She still remembered that she felt a little disdain for Gu An's behavior in the Vajra Wood Spirit Garden.
She felt that the other party was too rash.
His future achievements would definitely be limited.
Now it seems that she was too young at the time and didn't think too much.
How could the higher-ups hand over someone as important as Chu Meng to a Qi Refining cultivator?
Chu Meng was already at the Foundation Establishment stage at that time.
What kind of Qi Refining cultivator is worthy of this task?
When she looked at that place at the beginning, she subconsciously felt that there were no strong people there.
And it was controlled by poison, it must be far away from the center of power.
It's hard to control, so poison is used.
Now it seems...
Perhaps only poison can control important people.
This person must have a special reason.
And she only understood after Gu An reached the Golden Core and became the peak master's disciple.
She sighed and said, "I'll go contact him in a while and see."
"Say hello to him for me, he can come to me if he needs anything," Duanmu Qing said with a smile.
Gu An opened his eyes from cultivation, now he felt that his Qi Sea was covered with ice.
The vast Qi Sea Tiangang before had already condensed into a solid.
After releasing the Gang Qi, Gu An held the knife, feeling that the attached Gang Qi was like a substance.
"It's really amazing."
"If I reach perfection, and fight Luo Yutong again, I shouldn't be injured."
Of course, the reason why Luo Yutong lost was not that she was not strong enough.
But she had been severely injured once, and was already in a seriously injured body.
After that, she was affected by the blood evil aura for a long time, and her realm fell again.
Even so, he barely managed to win by sneak attack at that time.
Otherwise...
He would not be her opponent no matter what.
If the other party was not seriously injured, even if she endured so much blood evil, she would still win steadily.
"The Nascent Soul is really terrifying."
Gu An shook his head and sighed.
But it's coming soon.
He is also going to become such a member.
Once he becomes a Nascent Soul, most people outside the peak don't have to worry.
Even if the other party personally takes action, if he is vigilant, he still has a chance to escape.
After that, Gu An continued to cut wood.
There is one last time left.
At most a month and a half, he will be able to complete the Tiangang of the Qi Sea, not only that, but also improve his cultivation.
But this time he wants to wait for Chu Meng to arrive.
Improving the Nascent Soul is somewhat extraordinary.
If his lifespan is not enough, he may fail.
For the sake of stability, it is best to increase his lifespan.
Fifty or a hundred years is also a good thing.
Sometimes it's just a few years short of success.
So if he can increase his lifespan, he naturally has to find a way to increase it.
However, after the news of his apprenticeship spread, there were various praises from outside the peak.
Saying how excellently he completed the task before, and that he would definitely complete the task even more excellently in the future.
It is even said that the peak master's disciple is extraordinary.
The gold content of the peak master's disciple is beyond their imagination.
Gu An felt that he was being put on the shelf.
If the task fails, it will bring a great impact.
If they succeed, they will think it's normal.
If they fail, they will be spurned.
In just one month, Gu An felt immense pressure from this identity.
Of course, he knew this was deliberately orchestrated by someone.
They wanted to destroy him with praise.
The higher he was praised, the better his reputation, the more he would fear making mistakes.
If there were difficulties, he would say he could handle it himself, and even if it was difficult, he would have to work hard to accomplish it.
Thus, he would be led by the nose.
There were many people like this.
When he got used to it, everyone would think these were his duties.
The moment he refused, he would be condemned by countless people.
Gu An shook his head and sighed, so he still couldn't be someone with a good reputation.
In the Outer Sect, he didn't have a good reputation.
The same was true in the Inner Sect.
Now, in Peak Beyond Peak, someone wanted to destroy him with praise.
He needed to steady his heart.
He wouldn't become the person they described, nor would he bend over backward to please them.
Doing what he should do was enough.
He didn't need reputation, and it shouldn't be used to hold him hostage.
Once he fell into that trap, it would be extremely dangerous.
Gu An shook his head and stopped thinking about it, focusing on logging.
Because he became a Peak Master's disciple, Peak Beyond Peak kept trying to destroy him with praise.
So these next few months should be relatively easy, and not too many tasks would be assigned to him.
Even if there were, they should be relatively easy to handle.
In this way, once this wave passed, he should be at the Nascent Soul stage.
Within the sect, he wouldn't be considered strong, but he would have escaped the very bottom layer.
His safety would be somewhat guaranteed.
Mid-March.
For a month, Gu An had been logging.
During this time, he had received spirit stones.
Now he had 11,200 spirit stones.
Because he couldn't find any spirit stones, his wealth basically hadn't increased.
And this month, matters concerning him gradually calmed down.
Mainly because at the beginning of this month, an unremarkable senior brother from the main courtyard of Peak Beyond Peak also became a Peak Master's disciple.
He was at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm and was said to have joined Spirit Control Peak.
It seemed that the cultivation and care of the sect's spirit trees mainly belonged to this peak.
When Gu An went to Vajra Wood to complete his mission, he should have brought someone from this peak with him.
Mainly because he lacked experience, and secondly because it required an application, and outside the sect, the other party was likely to delay.
And this person became a disciple on Spirit Control Peak, and it seemed many people were willing to befriend him.
Naturally, some people came to Gu An as well, but he was focused on logging and didn't respond to them at all.
So he couldn't get close to them.
No longer considering these things, Gu An glanced at his stats panel.
【Name: Gu An】
【Cultivation: Golden Core Perfection】
【Status: Poisoned】
【Techniques: 37 / 50】
【Cultivation: 88 / 100】
【Ring of Fate】
Soon, it will be soon.
Perhaps he could advance by the end of the month.
Gu An was quite excited.
Once he reached the Nascent Soul stage, he would go see the three people Zuo Youyan cared about.
His mother, his benefactor, and the person he liked.
He hadn't learned about Zuo Youyan's life yet.
He had only casually glanced at the latter part of the book.
So he only knew about the woman Zuo Youyan liked.
He was very curious what kind of woman someone so handsome and legendary would like.
After reading it, he discovered that it was actually... the woman in the attic.
And she was just an ordinary person.
If his cultivation wasn't high enough, he wouldn't have delayed seeing them until now.
Of course, before seeing them, he had to understand Zuo Youyan's life.
Otherwise, it would be easy to be seen as a fake.
On the other side.
Above the main hall of Azurewood Sect's main peak.
The previous four people gathered.
The middle-aged man at the head, exuding authority without anger, looked at everyone and said:
"How are your disciple recruitments going?"
"Thousand Dust Peak has taken one, Spirit Bamboo Peak has taken one, Enforcement Peak has taken one, Spirit Control Peak has taken one, and my Sky Suspension Peak has taken one, so there are already five," Situ Baichuan said.
"Five, at most we'll take one more, and then choose one from these people?" the youthful fairy asked.
"Who do you think is the best of these five?" the middle-aged man asked curiously.
"The one from Spirit Control Peak is said to be a handsome young man who pleases girls," the youthful fairy said with a smile.
"Although the one from Sky Suspension Peak is a bit old, he does a lot of things. He's clearly a person with ideals, but he's been drawn into this matter. He must be very sad," the compassionate fairy said with emotion.
"What do you think, Junior Brother Situ?" the middle-aged man asked curiously.
Situ Baichuan shook his head: "I took him because I thought he was diligent and a bit old, so he couldn't possibly be a special person.
Who knew he would have some reputation in the sect.
Now that I've taken him, countless people are criticizing him.
They feel that someone so old who has only reached the Golden Core realm isn't worthy of this position.
His reputation is indeed the greatest among everyone, but he's also the least popular."
"Don't say that, he might have a high chance of being chosen," the youthful fairy said with a smile.
"What about his talent and temperament?" the middle-aged man asked.
Situ Baichuan said with a smile: "He only wants to chop wood, what do you think?"
For a moment, everyone didn't know what to say.
"Let's raise these people's reputations first, talk more about their advantages, and find someone to teach them and take them out more to expand their influence.
Whoever stands out by then, we'll choose them," the middle-aged man paused and said: "Will we choose then, or will the royal family choose? Or will the person involved choose?"
"It doesn't matter, we'll just continue doing what we're doing, but the one I took might not be able to be taken out, he doesn't have the ambition for it.
Let him continue logging, I've never seen someone so unambitious," Situ Baichuan shook his head and sighed.
When other Peak Masters take in disciples, those people all say they want to learn techniques and follow them to cultivate.
Only his... .
Only wants to chop wood.
What can chopping wood do?
Only someone who thinks they are mediocre would give up the opportunity and be content to stay in one place.
He can't be helped up.
"Since you don't want to be too involved, then don't be involved. Arrange the others properly.
Raise their reputations in the next few years," the middle-aged man looked at everyone and said.
Another half month passed.
Early April.
Gu An swung the axe in his hand.
One swing after another.
Finally, in the middle of the night, he felt a warm current.
At this time, looking at his techniques again, they were full.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
Now, because of logging, he was thin and emaciated again, like skin and bones.
The trees in the forest all had certain side effects, which were not even remotely comparable to the God Tree.
"Fortunately, it's completed."
With that, Gu An put away his axe and walked towards his residence.
This time, both his techniques and cultivation were full.
He could prepare for his advancement.
Should he do it in Peak Beyond Peak, or return to Sky Suspension Peak?
A few days ago, Noodles returned, and Gu An took advantage of the Blood Demon Sovereign's slumber to bring it to Sky Suspension Peak using a sealing technique.
He also went back at night when there were few people.
Noodles also brought fish, shrimp, and crabs with it.
It seemed somewhat dissatisfied with moving so often.
But when it saw the huge lake, it felt that moving was justified.
After hesitating for a long time, Gu An decided to stay in Peak Beyond Peak to advance.
He hadn't been to Chu Meng's Sky Suspension Peak yet, and the formations there weren't perfect.
If Chu Meng went, she would add formations.
She said it was care for her subordinates.
Gu An naturally wouldn't refuse this kind of care.
Besides, no matter how he applied his formations, they didn't seem to have any effect on Chu Meng.
So he stopped struggling.
Returning to his residence, Gu An took a deep breath.
Chu Meng had applied for remuneration for so long, but she hadn't come yet.
This made him hesitate whether to directly advance to the Nascent Soul stage tomorrow.