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Chapter 199: Master Understands You
Chapter 199: Master Understands You
Late into the night, within the Xuan Gu Pavilion, flickering candlelight illuminated the room as a pot of tea brewed. Zhen Qin sat motionless on a small stool, her gaze fixed on the teapot as her mind wandered.
Gu An was writing, and after finishing a sheet of paper, he began to admire his work, feeling increasingly pleased with it.
"Disciple," he called out, interrupting Zhen Qin's thoughts.
Zhen Qin quickly got up and walked over to his side, taking the paper from his hand and reading it carefully.
"The Seven Great Saints...Ping Tian Great Sage, Ox Demon King?"
Zhen Qin couldn't help but look at Gu An, asking, "Master, isn't the ox downstairs the Ox Demon King? Are you writing about him in your book?"
Gu An chuckled and asked, "Is that a problem?"
"Of course not," Zhen Qin nodded, her expression hesitant. "It's just that your writing style..."
Master has such talent?
On second thought, since Master doesn't cultivate, he must have plenty of time for the arts.
After finishing the paper, she returned it to Gu An and said, "It's very well-written. Just from this passage, I feel it's not inferior to the Investiture of the Gods. Master, if you plan to publish a book, I hope you can surpass Pan An..."
Before she could finish her sentence, her eyes widened in shock as she stared at Gu An.
"Pan An...Gu An..."
Zhen Qin's expression turned strange, and she hastily asked, "Master, could you be Pan An?"
Gu An smiled. "This is my biggest secret. I'm only telling you. Now, can you tell me what's troubling you?"
Gu An could sense that Zhen Qin, who had come to him tonight, had something on her mind that she wanted to share but was afraid to. So, he had used the identity of Pan An to draw her out.
Although he already knew the truth, he couldn't reveal his identity. What Zhen Qin needed was to confide in someone close to her.
Zhen Qin gritted her teeth and said, "I'm afraid of implicating Master!"
"If you don't tell me and something happens, it won't just implicate me, but it will also become my burden. That's what will truly harm me," Gu An shook his head.
Hearing this, Zhen Qin felt relieved, and for the first time, a smile appeared on her face.
At Gu An's gesture, she walked around the desk and sat down, beginning to recount Su Han's death.
Gu An got up to pour some tea, and Zhen Qin's gaze followed his retreating figure, wanting to see his reaction.
However, she couldn't discern anything.
Could it be that Master no longer cares about Su Shixiong?
Zhen Qin thought to herself, unable to blame Gu An. She owed Su Han a debt of gratitude for his protection, but her master owed him nothing.
Gu An returned with a bowl of hot tea and quietly watched as she spoke.
Only when she had finished did Gu An speak, "The deceased is gone. You should live on according to his wishes, rather than inherit his hatred."
"But..."
"Think about what he said to you before he died. What do you think he would want you to do?" Gu An interrupted her, his voice deep and serious.
Zhen Qin fell silent.
Gu An continued, "Setting aside whether or not you can defeat the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother, how vast is the world? Do you intend to spend your entire life searching for her? Cultivate well, go see the world your Shixiong wanted to explore, and do the things he wanted to do but couldn't. That's what will truly be good for him. In the grand scheme of things, there is a natural order. Your Shixiong ultimately incurred a lot of karma, but by inheriting his power, you will also take on his karma. Whether you use it to do good deeds or increase his sins is up to your choices."
Zhen Qin's mind was filled with conflicting thoughts, and her eyes held a complex expression.
Gu An wasn't in a hurry. He was merely providing her with guidance, and the decision to let go ultimately rested with her.
Zhen Qin raised her eyes to look at Gu An. At this moment, he seemed weak in her eyes. After inheriting Su Han's cultivation, Zhen Qin had successfully formed her Nascent Soul, and her cultivation was still growing. Looking at those around her, she couldn't help but feel a sense of superiority. But tonight, she felt ashamed.
What good is having high cultivation if that's all there is?
She took a deep breath and asked, "Master, if I do good deeds, can I truly help Su Shixiong?"
Gu An replied, "I'm not sure, but at least this way, you can free yourself, and it will be in line with his wishes."
Zhen Qin smiled and instantly returned to her usual lively and mischievous self.
"Master, you're actually Pan An! You hid it from me so well. Before, I thought you were the author of the Tai Xuan Secret Record!"
"Cough, cough, nonsense. How could Master be that kind of person?"
Wait!
Does she also read the Tai Xuan Secret Record? Gu An's expression turned strange. Shen Zhen is truly a scourge, corrupting who knows how many people!
Zhen Qin humphed, "Who told Master to love watching the Green Hero's Journey?"
"Those are just rumors! They can't be trusted!"
The master and disciple bickered playfully.
After a while, Gu An spoke up, "As for the Reverse Life Art, I know that someone wants to transmit the art to me. I can help you speak to them, and you can become a true disciple, embarking on a righteous path of cultivation."
Once again, Zhen Qin was shocked. She hadn't expected her master to have such an opportunity!
"Master, who is it? Are they powerful?" Zhen Qin asked curiously.
"The sect master, Lu Baitian. What do you think?"
"Wow...doesn't that mean Master will become a great cultivator at the Combined Realm in the future?"
"I haven't agreed yet, and that person still has a long lifespan. Perhaps they'll even outlive me. This matter must be kept secret to avoid trouble," Gu An said.
"Mmhmm, I understand, Master. To be honest, I'm already a Nascent Soul cultivator. These past few years, I've been hiding my cultivation, and it's been tough..." Zhen Qin began to complain.
Gu An smiled and said, "Master understands you."
"How could you understand?"
"Fine, if you don't understand, does Master want to hit you? How dare you show off to your master!"
The bickering between master and disciple continued.
It wasn't until dawn that Zhen Qin went downstairs.
As she passed by the Blood Hell Great Sage, she squatted in front of him, stroked his ox head, and said with a low laugh, "Little Niu Niu, I can become a Nascent Soul cultivator from now on. How cool is that?"
The Blood Hell Great Sage opened his eyes and glanced at her.
What an idiot!
He finally understood that these people from the Upper Realm were all a bunch of idiots.
After Zhen Qin babbled for a while, she finally leaped into the air and flew towards the outer city.
It wasn't until noon that Gu An used the disciple token to contact Lu Baitian to help Zhen Qin change her disciple identity.
Lu Baitian was very interested in Zhen Qin's Reverse Life Art transmission and readily agreed.
...
Night fell once again.
This night, Gu An left Xuan Gu and walked on the Wuji Ziran Steps, heading west, crossing mountains and oceans.
Step by step! The distance that could be crossed in the ninth layer of the Youxian Realm was vast! This time, he took a full hundred steps and landed on a small continent.
Standing on the beach, he covered this continent with his spiritual sense and saw many demons, but no human cultivators.
This continent shouldn't have been sunk by the giant sea demon! Gu An walked into the forest, not looking for a place to break through directly, but instead taking the opportunity to see the situation on this continent.
At the same time.
In the Land of Demons.
In a dim cave, Xuan Tianyi and An Hao were walking forward, An Hao very nervous, glancing back from time to time.
"Cultivators observe with their spiritual sense, not their eyes. Didn't Lu Baitian teach you that?"
Xuan Tianyi asked casually as he walked in front.
An Hao looked at his back and felt a little relieved.
This person was the only publicly acknowledged Great Vehicle Realm cultivator of the Tai Xuan Gate, and he was also the second most powerful human cultivator in the Three Dynasties, second only to his master.
Following Xuan Tianyi, even if they encountered danger, they should still be able to escape.
An Hao asked, "I always feel that the road has been too quiet, without any demons blocking our way, as if they deliberately let us in."
"Maybe."
Xuan Tianyi replied casually.
Not long after, the two of them walked out of the cave and came to a cliff, where they saw a wide underground space below, with molten lava flowing like a fiery lake.
Xuan Tianyi looked down at the lava lake, the firelight reflecting on his face, creating light and shadow.
An Hao also looked down, but his expression was tense.
"Such dense demonic energy. Could the Demon Lord be hiding underneath?" An Hao asked in a low voice.
Xuan Tianyi said, "We've been following them for so long. It's time for them to show themselves, isn't it?"
Upon hearing this, An Hao was startled and quickly looked around.
Immediately after, he saw seven mysterious figures emerging from the distant cave wall, shrouded in demonic energy.
Xuan Tianyi said in a low voice, "I didn't tell you before because I was afraid that you would be in danger if you separated from me. Watch me teach these cowards who show themselves but hide their true identities."
With that, he stepped forward with his right foot and walked on air.
An Hao also remained vigilant, drawing his sword and being cautious of his surroundings.
...
Under the tree, Gu An sat cross-legged, leaning against the tree trunk. He had already activated his lifespan barrier, and when he looked up, his gaze penetrated the gaps in the leaves, seeing the crescent moon hanging in the night sky.
The weather tonight was beautiful!
It was as if the heavens and the earth were celebrating with him!
Gu An's lips curled up, and he brought up the attribute panel.
[Name: Gu An]
[Lifespan: 96/10,376,008]
[Body: Xuan Miao Sacred Body]
[Cultivation: Youxian Realm, Layer Nine]
...
A lifespan of 1,037,600 years! Because he failed to break through to the Tian Di Fei Xian Realm in the ninth layer of the Youxian Realm, he needed to wait for two million years. So, Gu An chose to invest a million years first.
Fifty tries, gambling on a slim chance of a virtue explosion! Evolution cultivation begins!
[You cultivated for two million years, and with your profound mastery of the Heaven and Earth Qian Kun Predecessor Art, you forcibly attempted to break through to the Tian Di Fei Xian Realm, beginning the tribulation. You were unable to withstand the Heavenly Mandate Great Tribulation and failed.]
Failure!
Failure!
Gu An remained calm. He would first use two million years to test his chances, and success would be a pleasant surprise, while failure would be of no consequence.
As he expected, they all ended in failure.
He then invested another million years of his lifespan! Rows of prompts with the same length appeared one after the other.
All of them failed, a hundred attempts at tribulation, all in vain!
He tried again with fifty more attempts. Surely it would work this time?
Once again, a string of prompts popped up, and this time, Gu An's expression turned grim.
Three million years of lifespan had been spent, and he still hadn't broken through!
He looked at the words "Heavenly Mandate Great Tribulation" once more.
He really wanted to see what kind of tribulation this was! He hoped that someone would demonstrate how to overcome the Heavenly Mandate Great Tribulation in the future.
Gu An took a deep breath and chose to invest fifty million years of his lifespan.
Failure!
Failure!
The repeated failures took a toll on Gu An's Dao heart.
Until one of the prompts suddenly became longer.
[You cultivated for thirty-eight million years, and with your profound mastery of the Heaven and Earth Qian Kun Predecessor Art, you forcibly attempted to break through to the Tian Di Fei Xian Realm, beginning the tribulation. You withstood the Heavenly Mandate Great Tribulation and succeeded. Your cultivation has broken through to the first layer of the Tian Di Fei Xian Realm.]
Third watch! !
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