Steadily becoming a saint, the immortal officials hired me to tend the horses

Chapter 48: Chapter 48: Yang Wood Primordial Skill, Void Crossing Realm Ninth Layer

Looking at Wuxin’s complex expression, Gu An wanted to laugh, but years of acting experience kept him from breaking character.

Gu An’s expression constantly changed, from shock, to a sigh of relief, and finally to tension.

Wuxin noticed his senior brother’s changing expressions, feeling more awkward, but he did not regret revealing this matter.

Since opening his heart last time, Wuxin felt that his senior brother had become the closest person to him, and there should be no secrets between them.

“This matter must not be spoken about, or I won’t be able to protect you!” Gu An took a deep breath and said seriously.

Wuxin nodded solemnly, recalling the previous battle with a shiver of fear.

Gu An curiously asked, “Can you recognize the person from before, and what realm is he?”

He wanted to probe the depth of Thousand-Autumn Pavilion.

Upon hearing this, Wuxin scratched his head and guessed, “I didn’t see his true face, he might be at the Nascent Soul Realm. His movement technique was too fast, I feel that a Core Formation Realm cultivator wouldn’t have such ability…”

Gu An was stunned.

This naive kid…

He sighed and said, “You say your father doesn’t care about you, but look, he still sent someone to protect you.”

“He doesn’t care about me indeed, but it might also be that he didn’t want to lose face, or perhaps the person who acted was just here on a mission for Supreme Sect.” Wuxin guessed. He wasn’t moved by this, still harboring resentment towards his father.

Afterward, Gu An gave a few more instructions and then took Wuxin downstairs.

Gu An did not let the disciples clean the courtyard, but kept the scene to let Wuxin report to the Inner Sect’s Law Enforcement Hall the next day.

All the disciples in the valley had witnessed the battle before, so it couldn’t be hidden, and it was better to inform Supreme Sect in advance.

He stood in front of Qiu Qianli’s pill furnace, observing the medicinal liquid inside. He couldn’t tell what kind of elixir Qiu Qianli was refining but decided to keep it for Supreme Sect to decide.

That night.

Gu An came to Eight Scenic Caves. After feeding Sky Dragon with mutton as usual, he took out Qiu Qianli’s storage bag.

He emptied its contents and then destroyed the storage bag.

He had to admit that a Divinity Transformation Realm cultivator was indeed rich. Just the Spirit Stones and Spirit Energy Elixirs alone were a huge sum.

He checked everything one by one, burning all the useless things to avoid being tracked down.

He also removed Qiu Qianli’s imprint from those magic artifacts, making them ownerless.

In the end, he was left with a letter containing a blank piece of paper that needed to be read with Divine Sense, and moreover, only at the Divinity Transformation Realm could one peek into it.

After some probing, he discovered why Qiu Qianli had come. It was for the Primordial Daoist Talisman.

Qiu Qianli’s task was to assist the Wanyin Sect spy in seizing the Primordial Daoist Talisman in the Outer Sect.

Apart from Thousand-Autumn Pavilion, Wanyin Sect also had many spies planted within Supreme Sect. Being entrusted to Qiu Qianli, that person’s cultivation level must be high.

Demon Path spies are truly pervasive!

How many people, like himself before, had no choice?

Gu An lamented in his heart and then stood up to check the medicinal herbs in Eight Scenic Caves.

…

The next morning, Wuxin took Tang Yu and Su Han to the Outer Sect. Gu An instructed the other disciples to continue their usual work, be it herding sheep, weeding, or watering.

By noon, the three returned quickly because they had ridden on a Core Formation Realm cultivator’s magic artifact, a huge redwood fan carrying dozens of people, including Ye Lan.

When everyone landed, Gu An went up to greet them.

Leading the group was an Elder of the Law Enforcement Hall named Murong Ying.

[Murong Ying (Core Formation Realm Third Layer): 268/503/908]

Murong Ying wore a purple robe, tall and handsome, with black and white hair, exuding the aura of a superior in every gesture.

After listening to Gu An’s account of the incident, he nodded slightly and said, “You did well. We will now sweep this area thoroughly, not allowing any demon cultivators to lurk.”

Gu An immediately expressed his thanks.

The disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall did not converse much with the valley disciples. They went to Xiaochuan’s courtyard, witnessing the bloodstains on the walls and ground, all feeling a chill down their spines.

Murong Ying approached Qiu Qianli’s pill furnace, looked inside, and soon frowned.

Meanwhile.

Ye Lan came to Gu An’s side to comfort him.

Gu An had asked Wuxin to find her first, as it would be easier to request the Law Enforcement Hall’s assistance with her intervention. So, upon hearing about the trouble in Mystic Valley, she couldn’t wait to come.

Half an hour later, Murong Ying took the pill furnace and called the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall to leave.

Watching the figures of the departing Law Enforcement Hall disciples, Zhen Qin couldn’t help but look at Gu An and ask, “Is it over just like that?”

Gu An never expected much from the Law Enforcement Hall. He only wanted to report the incident so he wouldn’t be labeled a Demon Path spy.

“They will investigate. Just trust your Martial Uncle Ye.” Gu An said with a smile.

Zhen Qin thought it made sense.

However, the Law Enforcement Hall’s attitude still aroused her determination. She secretly vowed to become an Outer Sect disciple as soon as possible.

Qiu Qianli may have been just a disturbance for Mystic Valley, but for Gu An, it was a warning.

How many times has Mystic Valley faced such danger?

This is not good!

I need to improve my cultivation level!

…

In the blink of an eye, seven days quickly passed.

That night, Gu An quietly left Mystic Valley and sat down in a forest a hundred miles away.

He called up his attribute panel, focusing on Divine Wood Pure Yang Skill.

First, upgrade the cultivation technique!

He immediately invested ten thousand years of life span.

Eventually, Divine Wood Pure Yang Skill completed an upgrade, becoming Yang Wood Primordial Skill, and its achievement also reached the Mastery Realm.

Yang Wood Primordial Skill also awakened a divine skill, which made Gu An pleasantly surprised.

He immediately activated the Life Span Barrier to inherit the Yang Wood Primordial Skill.

An hour later, the inheritance was complete, and Gu An understood the profoundness of the divine skill.

This divine skill was named Yang Wood Boundless. It could inject Spiritual Power into the earth, forming Yang Wood that covered the land and could devour the essence energy of living beings, and even Spiritual Power. It was extremely terrifying, capable of covering ten thousand miles as long as the caster’s Spiritual Power was sufficient.

A very domineering divine skill, Gu An really liked it!

Gu An continued to look at the cultivation level on the attribute panel. He planned to raise his cultivation level to the Ninth Level of Crossing Void Realm. As for breaking through, he feared the commotion would be too large, especially since he only had a little over twenty thousand years of life span left.

He first invested a thousand years of life span, successfully advancing from the First Layer to the Fourth Layer of Crossing Void Realm, which was quite good.

However, after investing another thousand years of life span, his cultivation level only reached the Fifth Layer of Crossing Void Realm.

In the end, after calculating, he used a total of seven thousand five hundred years of life span, reaching the Ninth Layer of Crossing Void Realm.

He had a little over thirteen thousand years of life span left, so he stopped there.

As the nature’s spiritual energy poured into him, he began to carefully comprehend the mysteries within his body. He couldn’t always rely on increasing his life span; he also wanted to establish his own understanding of cultivation.

The nature’s spiritual energy flowed into his body, gathering on his Golden Core, generating Spiritual Power, and nurturing his muscles, bones, and Primordial Spirit. His cultivation level continued to improve as a result.

Even in the Crossing Void Realm, the cultivator’s Golden Core remained in the dantian, and after reaching the Crossing Void Realm, Gu An could feel the importance of the Golden Core even more.

This made him think of the Golden Core Dao in Daoist mythology.

The Core Formation Realm might have just laid the foundation, while the true mysteries of the Golden Core needed to be explored at higher realms, just like the Spirit Root. Gu An always felt that cultivating a single Spirit Root to a certain stage would hit a wall.

Immortals couldn’t be all-powerful with just one attribute, could they?

The Primordial Spirit and Golden Core were the same. The Primordial Spirit was the manifestation of the soul, allowing the cultivator to break free from the mortal constraints of the flesh.

Gu An wanted to try in the future if he could integrate the Yang Wood Primordial Skill with other attribute skills to create a Five Elements Skill that perfectly matched his superior Five Elements Heavenly Spirit Root.

Two hours later, Gu An successfully reached the Ninth Layer of Crossing Void Realm, draining the nature’s spiritual energy. The Outer Sect would probably be alarmed again.

This was also good, as Supreme Sect would certainly be more vigilant, increasing the pressure on Demon Path spies and improving Ji Xiaoyu’s success rate in Tribulation Crossing.

Gu An secretly felt that he had also helped Ji Xiaoyu out.

…

Sure enough, the next morning, while Gu An was leading the disciples in their exercises, he saw many great cultivators flying over Mystic Valley, and the disciples were discussing the subsidence of spiritual energy from the previous day.

From the First Layer to the Ninth Layer of Crossing Void Realm, the amount of spiritual energy consumed was comparable to, if not greater than, advancing from the First Layer of Divinity Transformation to the First Layer of Crossing Void Realm. Supreme Sect’s Outer Sect experiencing two such events back-to-back would surely leave them in a tizzy.

Gu An intended to continue accumulating life span, so he wasn’t worried about being discovered.

Next was the grand development of Medicine Valley!

In the bleak autumn wind, Mystic Valley lived a secluded life.

Since the calamity of Qiu Qianli, the valley disciples had been cultivating more diligently.

A month quickly went by.

One day, Gu An was studying the Ziwei Array Chronicles under a tree, with the White Spirit Rat napping nearby. It had grown as big as a fat dog.

While reading the Ziwei Array Chronicles with one hand, he petted the White Spirit Rat with the other, feeling quite comfortable.

Suddenly!

Gu An seemed to sense something, raising his eyes to look afar, in the direction of the Inner Sect.

He felt the strong presence of a Crossing Void Realm cultivator in battle!

It seemed Ji Xiaoyu had successfully formed her core, and various Demon Path spies couldn’t hold back and were now engaged in a fierce battle.

Gu An couldn’t help but think of Jiang Qiong, hoping she wouldn’t be reckless. With her cultivation level at the First Layer of Nascent Soul Realm, it would be difficult to seize Ji Xiaoyu’s Golden Core.

The Inner Sect was far from the Outer Sect, and the disciples of Mystic Valley, unaware of the battle, continued their cultivation.

As night fell, Gu An could still feel the battle’s presence in the distance, indicating how intense it was.

Cold wind blew in from outside the window. Gu An sat at his desk reading, when he heard footsteps outside.

“Senior brother, may I come in?” Wuxin’s voice came through.

Gu An responded, “Come in.”

Quickly, he switched the Green Hero Travelogue in his hand to Cheng Xuandan’s Hundred Herbs Collection.

Wuxin pushed the door open, then closed it behind him. Walking to the desk, he saw the Hundred Herbs Collection in Gu An’s hand, secretly admiring his senior brother’s dedication, his resolve growing even firmer.

My senior brother is so studious, I must help him!

Gu An looked up and asked, “It’s so late, what brings you here?”

Wuxin took a deep breath and said, “Senior brother, you’ve been stuck at the Ninth Layer of Energy Cultivation Realm for some time now, right?”

Gu An raised an eyebrow, what do you mean?

Are you not satisfied with your senior disciple position and now eyeing my position as Valley Master?

Wuxin continued, “Senior brother, actually I am a genius, but I have cultivated a divine skill that suppresses the growth of my cultivation level. This skill accumulates strength for a later burst, it has the profound ability to change fate!”

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