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Chapter 8: Divine Pure Yang Art, the Position of the Senior Brother
Chapter 8: Divine Pure Yang Art, the Position of the Senior Brother
Gu An did not immediately invest his lifespan into evolving his cultivation technique, as he wanted to avoid making a scene like he did with the Dragon Vein Divine Yuan Art. He decided to wait until nightfall when Meng Lang, Cheng Xuandan, and Zhang Chunqiu were asleep to avoid startling them with any potential disturbances.
As night fell, Gu An waited for Meng Lang to retire to his room before he accessed his attribute panel. Focusing on the Spring Origin Technique, he chose to invest a thousand years of his lifespan into evolving it.
Please, Old Man of Heaven, don't let my thousand years of lifespan go to waste! Gu An prayed as he rubbed White Spirit Mouse, wishing for good luck.
[You have chosen to invest a thousand years of your lifespan into evolving the 'Spring Origin Technique']
[You cultivated the Spring Origin Technique for one year. Due to your mediocre comprehension and talent, your progress is minimal.]
[You cultivated the Spring Origin Technique for ten years. Your understanding of the Spring Origin Technique has reached a whole new level.]
[You cultivated the Spring Origin Technique for a hundred years. By communing with the earth and the forests, your insights into the Spring Origin Technique have deepened.]
[You cultivated the Spring Origin Technique for two hundred years. Your Spring Origin Technique has evolved into the Azure Wood Spring Birth Art.]
[You cultivated the Spring Origin Technique for five hundred years. Your comprehension of the Azure Wood Spring Birth Art has reached a state of perfection, and your Wood Spiritual Root has improved.]
[You cultivated the Spring Origin Technique for eight hundred years. By communing with the heavens and nature, your Azure Wood Spring Birth Art has evolved into the Divine Pure Yang Art.]
[You cultivated the Spring Origin Technique for a thousand years. Your mastery of the Divine Pure Yang Art has reached a level of consummate skill, and your Wood Spiritual Root has been enhanced.]
As Gu An read through the notifications, his eyes lit up at the sight of a few key phrases. Soon after, a flood of memories poured into his mind.
His consciousness immersed itself in the inherited memories, and his entire body erupted with green light. Tendrils of verdant spiritual energy rose from the floor within the room.
At that moment, Zhang Chunqiu, who was meditating inside his room, opened his eyes. He glanced at his window and noticed the sudden gust of wind that caused it to rattle.
He quickly got up and walked to the window, but after a brief peek outside, he hurriedly closed the window.
He then rushed to the table, blew out the oil lamp, and hid under his bed.
"This Medicine Valley is getting creepier by the day. I need to leave sooner rather than later," he thought to himself.
Meng Lang was equally startled, trembling under his blanket. Xiao Chuan, exhausted from the day's events, was fast asleep and snoring loudly.
Cheng Xuandan, seated in meditation in front of his pill furnace, sensed the disturbance outside. He glanced at the night sky beyond the window, his gaze deep and unaffected by fear or curiosity, calm as a quiet well.
Time passed...
Gu An finally regained his senses. As he opened his eyes, he felt as if the entire world had transformed.
He could clearly sense the wood-attributed spiritual energy in the air and feel the vitality of the flowers, grass, and trees—a peculiar yet wonderful sensation.
A thought crossed his mind, and the previous notifications reappeared before his eyes. Seeing the improvement in his Wood Spiritual Root, he felt delighted.
So cultivating a technique can enhance one's spiritual root! In that case, there's no need to spend exorbitantly on enhancing my spiritual root and talent. That's a bottomless pit, he thought, recalling the psychological scar left by his previous attempt.
He experimented with channeling the Divine Pure Yang Art, and unlike before, he could now effortlessly absorb the wood-attributed spiritual energy from his surroundings. The wood-attributed spiritual energy entered his body and flowed into his dantian, transforming into wood-attributed spiritual power.
The entire process was smooth and seamless! Just one breath is more effective than half a year of cultivation before!
Gu An felt as if he were dreaming, as if he had suddenly become a genius.
With this, he didn't need to worry about hastily increasing his cultivation.
When his lifespan surpassed a thousand years, he unlocked the ability to probe lifespans. Perhaps when his lifespan broke through to ten thousand years, he might gain another new ability.
Moreover, with his current rate of cultivation, he believed he could rely on his practice to improve his cultivation level.
While there was no urgency to increase his cultivation level, he knew he had to enhance his offensive capabilities. The Dragon Vein Divine Yuan Art was a supplementary technique and lacked any actual moves. His gaze fell upon the Remnant Wind Leg.
The Li Family's Seven Swords were sword techniques, but he didn't have a sword, and the sword techniques were likely dependent on one's cultivation level.
The Remnant Wind Leg, on the other hand, relied on leg strength. His physical strength had already reached a level where he could easily slap a Greed and Hatred Demon Ghost at the Foundation Establishment stage to death. If he combined this strength with the Remnant Wind Leg, its power would undoubtedly increase significantly.
But how much lifespan should I invest? Gu An hesitated. Investing too little would be meaningless, but investing too much would be painful.
Ah, forget it. Let's make it a round number. I'll invest five hundred years!
Excitedly, Gu An channeled five hundred years of his lifespan into evolving the Remnant Wind Leg.
[You have cultivated the Remnant Wind Leg for one year. Due to your mediocre comprehension and talent, your leg technique is smooth but fails to exhibit the true power of the Remnant Wind Leg.]
[You have cultivated the Remnant Wind Leg for ten years. Your relentless hard work has pushed your Remnant Wind Leg to the pinnacle.]
[You have cultivated the Remnant Wind Leg for a hundred years. Your Remnant Wind Leg has returned to its basics, and through new insights, it has evolved into the Wind Shadow Leg.]
[You have cultivated the Wind Shadow Leg for two hundred years. Your Wind Shadow Leg has reached perfection, and your understanding of bodily arts has improved.]
[You have cultivated the Wind Shadow Leg for four hundred years. Your Wind Shadow Leg has evolved into the Fierce Wind and Absolute Shadow Leg.]
[You have cultivated the Fierce Wind and Absolute Shadow Leg for five hundred years. Your mastery of this art has reached a state of unity, and your understanding of bodily arts and movement techniques has improved.]
Understanding of bodily arts and movement techniques... Could this be related to my comprehension? Gu An wondered. Before he could dwell on the thought further, his mind was inundated with memories of the Fierce Wind and Absolute Shadow Leg.
...
As the first rays of morning sunlight touched the Medicine Valley, the door to Gu An's room opened even before the sun's rays could cross the threshold.
Gu An strolled into the courtyard, facing the morning sun. He stretched leisurely, his entire being exuding a vibrant aura.
A smile spread across his face, the excitement from the previous night's events still lingering.
He quietly accessed his attribute panel:
[Name: Gu An]
[Lifespan: 19/1862]
[Spiritual Root: Top-tier Wood Spiritual Root, Four Above-Average Spiritual Roots (Can invest lifespan to evolve cultivation technique)]
[Cultivation Level: Qi Refining Realm Layer Two (Can invest lifespan to evolve cultivation technique)]
[Cultivation Techniques: Control Fire Incantation (Unmastered), Divine Pure Yang Art (Mastery: Consummate), Dragon Vein Divine Yuan Art (Mastery: Consummate) (Can invest lifespan to evolve cultivation technique)]
[Ultimate Techniques: Fierce Wind and Absolute Shadow Leg (Proficiency: Profound), Li Family's Seven Swords (Unmastered) (Can invest lifespan to evolve cultivation technique)]
Qi Refining Realm Layer Two!
Ever since he inherited the Divine Pure Yang Art last night, his spiritual power had increased significantly, and with a night of absorbing spiritual energy, he smoothly broke through to the second layer of the Qi Refining Realm.
He was no longer the useless waste with no spiritual power!
The feeling of investing his lifespan was truly exhilarating! Gu An's enthusiasm for his cultivation journey grew.
He had no intention of venturing out to roam the world. Although slaying demons and eliminating evil spirits might increase his lifespan faster, it would also greatly increase the risk of death.
Instead, his thoughts turned to the Master of Medicine Valley!
Cheng Xuandan didn't have many years left, and Zhang Chunqiu intended to descend the mountain. The position of Valley Master was destined to be his!
Then, he could recruit another batch of servant disciples to help him cultivate, and he would only need to focus on plucking spirit flowers and medicinal herbs. What a wonderful life that would be.
Gu An placed his hands on his hips and gazed at the surrounding peaks.
There was no reason why more medicinal herbs couldn't be grown on those mountains!
Cheng Xuandan's reluctance to expand Medicine Valley was probably because expansion held no meaning for him; he was merely a laborer of Tai Xuan Gate.
But for Gu An, it was different. He didn't need to share more medicinal herbs with others; he only wanted to absorb their lifespans.
The more Gu An thought about it, the more excited he became. He started to kick his legs in place, stretching his body.
He executed the leg technique of the Remnant Wind Leg, sharp and powerful, with a tiger's momentum.
Before long, Meng Lang stepped out of the neighboring house and happened to catch sight of Gu An's leg technique. His eyes widened in surprise.
The nineteen-year-old Gu An had fully matured, and his legs whipped through the air like flexible whips. Although his stance didn't move, the gust of wind it generated reached Meng Lang's face, leaving him astonished.
Meng Lang rubbed his eyes, wondering if he had mistaken Gu An for someone else.
When had Gu An become so formidable?
Sensing Meng Lang's gaze, Gu An retracted his leg and turned to face him, smiling. "Did I wake you up?"
Meng Lang hurried over and stood before Gu An, scrutinizing him closely. "How did you suddenly become so powerful? Did you notice the demonic wind last night? Could it have something to do with you?"
Gu An rolled his eyes. "Of course it was me. I was practicing the Remnant Wind Leg that Master taught me last night, stirring the heavens and making the earth tremble. It was a display that shocked ghosts and gods. Since you heard the commotion, why didn't you come out to witness my might?"
Meng Lang wouldn't admit his embarrassing state. He huffed, "Your leg technique is indeed sharp, but without spiritual power to support it, how could it have caused the mighty wind from last night? Moreover, it wasn't just the wind; there were also fluctuations in spiritual energy. Either a demon was absorbing the world's spiritual energy, or a powerful cultivator had broken through."
Gu An smiled and lifted his leg, delivering a light kick to Meng Lang's buttocks.
"You dare to kick me? Are you revolting? Now that Li Ya is gone, do you no longer wish to recognize me as your senior brother?" Meng Lang shouted in mock outrage.
"If I were to recognize you as my senior brother, wouldn't you be stuck here with me for life? Don't you want to become an outer disciple?" Gu An retorted.
"Fair point," Meng Lang conceded. "I'm not like you."
The two continued to joke and banter.
An hour later, Zhang Chunqiu found Gu An and led him on a tour of Medicine Valley, pointing out and explaining every inch of land and the medicinal herbs that grew there.
Gu An listened attentively, but as he did so, he began to sense something amiss.
It was as if Zhang Chunqiu was imparting his final teachings and entrusting him with the valley. Could the disturbance last night have scared him so badly?
Gu An considered comforting him but then thought better of it. That Zhu Mo Yan wasn't a good person; he had probably done plenty of dirty work for the powerful cultivator backing the Greed and Hatred Demon Ghosts. Once Chu Jingfeng resolved this matter, Zhang Chunqiu would likely be implicated due to his friendship with Chu Jingfeng.
After all, the two were close friends.
It would be better for Zhang Chunqiu to leave the valley sooner rather than later!
Gu An swore that he wasn't thinking of becoming the senior disciple; he genuinely had Zhang Chunqiu's best interests at heart.
After mastering the Divine Pure Yang Art, Gu An didn't rush to contact Chu Jingfeng. Firstly, he now possessed the means to protect himself, and secondly, he didn't want to alert their enemies.
Chu Jingfeng had come to Medicine Valley the day after he returned, and it would be hard to dispel suspicion.
Gu An was wary, not of Zhu Mo Yan, but of the person backing him. According to what Zhang Chunqiu had said before, that person held a high position, and their influence far outweighed that of the entire Medicine Valley combined.
In the meantime, he could focus on raising his cultivation level!
Zhang Chunqiu spent an hour showing Gu An around, even climbing the surrounding mountains to explain the various herbs. By the time his throat was dry from all the talking, he finally led Gu An to find Cheng Xuandan.
Gu An's eyes lit up at the sight of the pill furnace in front of Cheng Xuandan, curiosity shining in his eyes.
He had long heard that Cheng Xuandan was a master of pill refinement, and he wondered if he could learn this skill as well.
With this skill, he could invest his lifespan and instantly become a pill refinement grandmaster!
Cheng Xuandan stood up and looked at Gu An. "From this day forward, you are the senior disciple of this Medicine Valley."
Upon hearing this, Gu An's face drained of color, and he instinctively turned to Zhang Chunqiu, his eyes filled with panic. "Senior Brother, what's wrong?"
(End of Chapter)
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