NovelYeni #211 - Why do you think I'm married into your family?
#211 - Why do you think I'm married into your family?
"Marry off?" In the alchemy room, Chu Meng smiled with a hint of surprise:
"Are they willing to let me marry out?"
Chun Yu didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Chu Meng didn't mind and said, "Have those people on the mountain been doing anything lately?"
"Yes." Chun Yu said seriously:
"They seem to be taking in disciples recently, from Thousand Dust Peak, the Hall of Law Enforcement, and even our peak.
Also, news just came out today that Sky Suspension Peak has also taken in a disciple.
It is said that this person has perseverance that others do not possess, a resolute mind, and never gives up.
Their character is top-notch, possessing the qualities of a sword cultivator."
"What about talent?" Chu Meng asked with slight curiosity,
"Diligence is their greatest talent." Chun Yu pondered for a moment and said, "That's how it's being spread."
"That means their talent is very poor." Chu Meng chuckled: "Then how old are they?"
"Their heart is like that of a youth." Chun Yu said.
"Then that means they're not young?" Chu Meng put down the spiritual herb in her hand and said:
"Why do you think these people are suddenly taking in disciples?"
"This servant does not know." Chun Yu shook her head.
Chu Meng stood up and said, "Forget it, what's the point of worrying so much? Have there been any letters for me lately?"
"No more." Chun Yu shook her head.
Hearing this, Chu Meng was about to leave, but she paused and suddenly asked, "What's the name of the new disciple of Sky Suspension Peak?"
"Gu An." Chun Yu replied.
Chu Meng was stunned: "That Gu An?"
"It is that Gu An." Chun Yu nodded.
'Shouldn't he be impartial, dare to resist, upright and unyielding, and a pillar of the sect? How did he become youthful and resolute?' Chu Meng pondered for a moment and said, "Could it be that the peak master doesn't even know what he did?"
Chun Yu shook her head.
She really didn't know.
Sky Suspension Peak.
It is located in the middle of the six peaks, the mountain peak soaring into the clouds,
steep and extraordinary, with a sense of solemnity.
The spiritual energy on it is rich, and the sound of swords is deafening.
Figures flew in and out on their swords.
Gu An was also flying on his sword.
Heading towards the mountainside.
Suddenly, a voice came from behind Gu An.
Kindly reminding him: "This junior brother, this is Sky Suspension Peak."
Gu An looked back and saw a gentle and refined man.
He looked at Gu An with a smile.
"Greetings, senior brother." Gu An said respectfully:
"I am going to Sky Suspension Peak."
"Sky Suspension Peak is not unwelcoming, but flying into the mountainside will subject you to the suppression of sword intent, which is usually used by Sky Suspension Peak disciples to temper their sword intent.
Junior brother seems to know very little about this." The young man kindly reminded him.
Hearing this, Gu An was slightly surprised.
Gratefully saying: "Thank you for the reminder, senior brother."
Then he no longer lingered and lowered his altitude.
Choosing to walk up.
"No need to lower it too much, just don't reach the mountainside.
Walking the rest of the way is enough." The young man reminded him again.
Gu An bowed to express his gratitude.
Although he didn't know how powerful the sword intent was, he was not a favored child of heaven after all.
It was better to walk.
To avoid accidents.
Landing at a certain position, Gu An walked up the mountain.
The steep mountain peak was naturally not a problem for a Golden Core cultivator.
On the way, he saw some fellow disciples also walking.
They didn't seem like Sky Suspension Peak disciples.
Gu An followed behind these people, and after a while, he arrived at the mountainside.
The difference here from the foot of the mountain was not significant, and there were also many building complexes.
However, there was no market, so it seemed that the markets were all at the foot of the mountain.
Approaching the building complex, Gu An saw a middle-aged man sitting cross-legged on a stone.
He slowly opened his eyes and looked at Gu An, saying: "This junior brother, are you here to enter the Sword Tomb? Or to go to the Sword Intent Cliff?"
Gu An shook his head: "I'm here to report, may I ask who I should look for, senior brother?"
"Report?" The other party was a little surprised, then thought of something and said, "Gu An?"
"That's me." Gu An nodded.
The middle-aged man sized up Gu An, with a hint of disdain in his eyes, and said:
"Wait a moment."
After a moment, a man came out.
He looked to be in his early twenties, with a calm temperament and a gentle look in his eyes.
He made people feel like they were bathed in a spring breeze.
Gu An was a little surprised when he saw him.
He had seen this person before.
At the Vajra Wood Spirit Garden.
Named Duanmu Qing.
Lu Ruan's fiancé.
Chu Meng had told him, and at that time, they had all concealed their cultivation.
During the Qi Refining stage, he couldn't see through Duanmu Qing's cultivation, but now he still couldn't see through it.
How strong was Duanmu Qing exactly?
However, Lu Ruan should not be that strong.
At first, he thought he would meet these people soon.
But he had never encountered them.
Now it seemed that these people's status and position were not bad.
They didn't live at the foot of the mountain at all.
Duanmu Qing was also surprised when he saw Gu An:
"Junior brother Gu?"
"Greetings, senior." Gu An respectfully saluted.
"Don't call me senior, just call me senior brother.
Did you bring the token?" Duanmu Qing asked.
Gu An nodded.
He handed over the token given by Situ Baichuan.
Duanmu Qing was slightly surprised to see the token: "I didn't expect Master to accept you as a disciple, but you must never call me senior again.
Although I don't know why Master accepted you, since you've come here, we are fellow disciples.
Let's go, I'll take you to your residence.
You can stay here to cultivate from now on.
The mountain is not much different from the foot of the mountain, but there are some differences in the tasks. The tasks at the foot of the mountain are usually fixed, but here we basically assign them, and junior brother can learn more about them when the time comes."
As he spoke, Duanmu Qing led the way, introducing the surrounding situation.
There are two places on the mountain, one is the Sword Family, which all the sect's sword cultivators can enter based on their merits.
If they are recognized by a spiritual sword, they can take the sword away.
The other is the Sword Intent Cliff, which sect's sword cultivators can also enter based on their sword intent.
Of course, the disciples on Sky Suspension Peak can enter once a month for free.
The buildings above are almost all for these two places.
As for the tasks, they all need to be issued at the foot of the mountain.
Then there was the residence.
"There are many vacant houses here, where do you want to live?" Duanmu Qing asked, looking at Gu An.
"Are there any houses by the river?" Gu An asked respectfully.
Now Gu An was in his forties or fifties, bowing his head in front of a young man, which looked quite sad.
It also made it easy for people to look down on him.
It felt like he had lived half his life and was not as good as a child.
Gu An didn't feel much, but the people around him saw it.
For a while, everyone was very curious about who this old uncle was.
You must know that there were no disciples on the mountain who were so old.
When Gu An came, he also felt out of place.
"There are, but they are further back. There is often sword energy there, and the environment may not be so good. The river on our Sky Suspension Peak also has some sword energy. If junior brother wants to raise some spirit pets, you also need to choose carefully." Duanmu Qing reminded him.
Gu An nodded: "Thank you for the reminder, senior brother. Just tell me where it is, and I will go find it myself."
After that, Gu An got the location.
Finally, Duanmu Qing asked curiously: "What was junior brother's cultivation when you were in the Vajra Wood Spirit Garden?"
Gu An was stunned, and finally sighed, saying: "I encountered some opportunities and was lucky enough to reach the perfection of Foundation Establishment, but there is no possibility of further progress.
I want to gamble on a chance to break through."
"Then congratulations, junior brother." Duanmu Qing said with a smile.
Thus, Gu An lowered his head and headed towards his residence.
Before he had gone far, he noticed that the people beside him had already surrounded Duanmu Qing.
They were very curious.
"Senior brother, who is that person?"
"A new disciple Master took in? No way? So old? How old is he? How many years does he have left to live?"
"Yeah, a person like that doesn't look like he practices the sword at all; he doesn't have the slightest arrogance."
"Exactly, exactly. With his obsequious manner just now, I thought he was some outer sect disciple."
"We are all fellow disciples. Junior Brother Gu is indeed a bit old, but there must be a reason why Master accepted him," Duanmu Qing replied.
"Master probably just accepted him casually. After all, Master used to meet with potential disciples before accepting them, but he didn't even meet this one. He's just filling the ranks," someone revealed the truth.
For a time, everyone looked down on the new junior brother.
Old, weak, and with poor talent.
He was simply a disgrace to Sky Suspension Peak.
They wouldn't even dare to say he was their junior brother when they went out.
Gu An lowered his eyebrows and walked slowly.
His heart didn't have much turbulence.
Whether it was the Vajra Wood side, the outer sect, or the inner sect,
his situation was always like this.
He used to be able to choose, but this time he really couldn't.
He originally wanted to improve his cultivation at the foot of the mountain.
Who knew that in the blink of an eye, he would come to the mountain, and the people here were very strong. What virtue or ability did he have?
He killed people in the Vajra Wood Spirit Garden.
He took action in the outer sect, and he was impulsive in the inner sect.
After that, he never acted recklessly again.
Outside the sect, he only needed the sixth level of Qi Refining to take action.
In the outer sect, he only needed the eighth or ninth level of Qi Refining, or Foundation Establishment, to take action.
In the inner sect, he needed Golden Core to kill someone.
Now...
Golden Core is no longer enough.
Continuing to expose himself would easily lead to suspicion and attention.
At that time, without any trump cards, whether he could survive in front of these predecessors with minds like demons was debatable.
Therefore, it was natural to reduce conflicts unless necessary.
His current goal was still to advance to the Primordial Spirit realm first.
Following the mountain road along the edge, Gu An kept walking inside.
He saw that there really was sword intent astral wind outside, and flying with a sword would be affected.
It could indeed be used for tempering.
After a while.
Gu An saw a river and vaguely sensed that there was also astral wind. This place was indeed not very suitable for living.
Continuing further in, the astral wind was much less, and the road was slightly narrow.
But after taking dozens of steps, it suddenly opened up.
Then a lake appeared before his eyes.
There was a small courtyard by the lake, which looked slightly dilapidated.
"What a good place, but why is there no one here?"
Gu An was slightly surprised.
After carefully observing the surroundings, the spiritual energy here was not much weaker, and although there was occasional astral wind, it shouldn't be uninhabited, right?
Could it be that these people couldn't withstand the astral wind?
Or was there some other problem with this house?
Duanmu Qing didn't say, but he didn't have such an obligation either.
While thinking, Gu An had already arrived in front of the house.
Looking at the empty formation position, Gu An put his identity token in.
After a moment, the formation here was activated.
The ownerless house welcomed a new owner.
Gu An didn't think too much, just cleaned the house.
Until night.
Only then did he have the idea of going down the mountain.
There were too many people during the day, and he was a little worried.
He didn't want to start conflicts too early.
But before he had gone far.
A figure appeared by the lake, drinking wine with a sword behind him.
Situ Baichuan.
When Gu An saw him, he respectfully saluted: "Disciple Gu An greets Master."
Situ Baichuan glanced at Gu An and said: "You chose such a remote place?"
"Disciple prefers a quieter place," Gu An replied.
"Now that you've come to Sky Suspension Peak, what do you plan to do?" Situ Baichuan asked.
Hearing this, Gu An thought for a moment and said:
"I heard that there are also tasks on the mountain. I wonder if there are any logging tasks among them."
His purpose had never changed.
"Logging?" Situ Baichuan asked with slight curiosity:
"You like logging?"
Gu An bowed and said sincerely: "Disciple is naturally foolish and reckless, and is also extremely unskilled in the way of the saber. Everything I do is inferior to my fellow senior and junior brothers.
However, I have some experience only in logging.
I have always maintained a strong interest and dare not slack off.
If there are corresponding tasks, I will definitely be able to complete them well and not disgrace Master's name."
Hearing this, Situ Baichuan laughed loudly, his eyes full of disappointment: "You've come up the mountain but still want to log? Forget it, since you don't want to do the tasks on the mountain,
then continue to work outside the peak."
Although he just casually accepted someone, now that he was on the mountain, he still wanted to do things below the mountain.
This disappointed him to the extreme.
He should have expressed his ambition to cultivate the sword and ride the wind.
Such a person was indeed suitable.
There was no need to worry too much about him in the future.
"You and I can be considered master and disciple," Situ Baichuan looked at Gu An and said: "You said you study the saber, then I will teach you three saber techniques."
As he spoke, his figure moved with the wind.
Sword intent rose from the ground.
Whizzing away.
The wind rose.
Rumble!
Gu An was a little surprised to see this saber technique.
It was actually the first form of the Three Forms of Pingqiu, the sword intent was vigorous and vast.
Extraordinary.
Far from what he could compare to.
Immediately afterward, Situ Baichuan moved again, like a dream, the saber followed like a shadow.
The moment the saber fell, Gu An's mind trembled.
It was as if a saber had slashed into a dream, killing him.
The second form of Pingqiu, Dream Death.
The next moment, Situ Baichuan came to a high altitude, sword intent rose from the ground, entered the clouds, and descended from the ninth heaven.
Chopping mountains, rivers.
The third form of Pingqiu, Forget River.
With one slash, Gu An felt a light enter his brow.
Immediately afterward, the secrets of the Three Forms of Pingqiu entered his mind.
By the time he had finished absorbing them, Situ Baichuan was long gone.
Gu An could only bow in the air: "Thank you, Master, for passing on the technique."
Although this time the transmission of the technique was not very useful, Gu An had nothing to be dissatisfied with.
Although there were many troubles on the mountain, with his identity here, the people below the mountain basically wouldn't dare to act recklessly.
He had a stable environment below the mountain.
It was just that it was better to come to the mountain less often.
Afterward, he secretly went down the mountain.
He returned to his residence on Thousand Dust Peak.
His identity token had been changed, and he wouldn't be able to come here in a few days.
But just as he arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, he saw Chu Meng staring at the divine tree and eating peanuts.
Gu An didn't know what she was thinking.
But as soon as he entered, Chu Meng turned her head and said:
"What big thing did you do, to rise up on your own behind the back of your superior like me?"
Gu An:
"Senior came for this matter?" Gu An asked curiously.
"More or less. Did you marry into some rich family? Otherwise, how could you have become a disciple of the Sky Suspension Peak Lord?
I haven't heard that he has a daughter.
To give you such an identity, is the other party very ugly?
You can even do that?
As your superior, I feel ashamed for you.
Although you are a bit old and have more white hair, you can't be so indiscriminate."
Gu An:
"Why do you think I married into a family?
Couldn't I have been kept?"