tkworld #389 - The leader of the Cangmu Sect was seriously injured and blood was spilled on the ground
#389 - The leader of the Cangmu Sect was seriously injured and blood was spilled on the ground
In the forest, Gu An kept following the man ahead.
He was somewhat anticipating the spirit tree the man had mentioned.
Only one tree, indicating it wasn't an ordinary spirit tree.
He was just unsure if logging it would benefit him.
Currently, he was at the first level of the Immortal Bridge stage.
The spirit tree required for the Five Qi Unification should be of a similar level.
So, if this spirit tree was large enough, it might significantly boost his cultivation.
Similarly, it could further enhance his Qi Sea Tiangang.
This was the sixth volume of Qi Sea Tiangang.
He didn't know if Hua Jiyang had the seventh volume and subsequent ones.
He couldn't ask directly and could only wait for the other party to offer them.
If he surpassed this realm, then he would have to ask proactively.
He couldn't remain stuck here forever.
At this moment, within his Qi Sea, glacial ice encased the seed, with rain pouring down from the clouds above.
The rainwater would freeze into glaciers, and the glaciers would be melted by the seed into mist, which would then turn into heavy rain.
This cycle repeated endlessly.
The Tiangang energy was inexhaustible.
"Which disciple of the Cangmu Sect are you?" the middle-aged man in front asked.
Gu An truthfully replied, "An inner disciple."
"From the mountain base or the mountain peak?" the other party asked again, showing some understanding of the Cangmu Sect.
The inner sect was also divided into those from the mountain base and those from the mountain peak.
Although not absolute, the disciples from the mountain peak usually had higher status.
"From the mountain peak," Gu An answered.
Hearing this, the other party turned his head in surprise, asking in disbelief, "A mountain peak disciple?"
Gu An helplessly nodded.
He could understand the other party's feelings.
Looking not young and only at the late stage of the Golden Core realm.
Mountain peak disciples were rarely so lacking in talent.
Someone looking this old, especially a mountain peak disciple, would usually already be at the Primordial Spirit stage.
Finally, the other party turned back to continue leading the way, "It seems you've had a hard life."
Gu An: ...
The other party's words struck a chord with him.
He had indeed lived a hard life in these short few years.
He had originally gained a firm foothold.
Accidentally picking up the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, mistakenly becoming involved in a royal marriage, wrongly acquiring Chen Changfeng, and mistakenly obtaining the Weak Water Forbidden Book.
These events had turned his originally peaceful life upside down.
It was truly a bitter experience.
"I am a disciple of the Dao Sect, and my life is actually not as good as yours," the man shook his head and sighed, "The Dao Sect is not a small sect. According to your terms, I might just be an ordinary inner disciple from the mountain base.
I can't even get to the mountain peak.
Being ostracized in the sect makes it difficult to move forward.
I ended up coming to this remote place, relying on the Dao Sect's name to swindle cultivation resources in some places.
Later, I was a guest at the Tianyang Sect and accidentally encountered this secret realm. Out of curiosity, I came in to investigate.
I discovered that this secret realm was not simple, especially since my innate talent detected something hidden.
I kept pursuing it until I reached this place.
I thought that no one else would be here since the secret realm was closed.
I never expected to find you.
However, your concealment method is truly remarkable, even better than mine."
Gu An was also very curious about how his concealment method at that time, should have been difficult for even a Primordial Spirit to detect: "How did you detect me, senior?"
Moreover, the other party's concealment method was also very powerful.
It should be a Dao Sect technique.
However, he was quite surprised that the other party was actually a Dao Sect disciple.
The Dao Sect was a sect extremely far away from the Cangmu Sect.
Moreover, the other party's sect was recognized as powerful.
It was not something the Cangmu Sect could contend with.
The man truthfully said, "Actually, I didn't detect you, but I detected some fluctuations around. Your movement caused some changes in the leaves, and the scent on your body didn't spread out, but it blocked the spread of the tree's scent.
That gave me a guess and suspicion.
You were unlucky to have chosen a tree with a relatively obvious scent.
And it just so happened that my probing talent is not bad, so I guessed that there was something in that location, but I wasn't sure what it was.
So, I was quite surprised to see you.
I thought I had found the hidden object."
Gu An looked surprised.
He had never thought that probing could be done from this perspective.
Blocking the scent of the tree, thereby being discovered.
Did such a person really exist?
For a moment, Gu An felt that the person in front of him had opened a door to probing for him.
The Breath Control chapter seemed to have a direction for deeper cultivation.
Simply controlling the breath was not enough; one had to learn to completely integrate.
Probing should not only probe the power extended by cultivators, but also the scent on the body and changes in the scent of the environment.
Indeed, interacting with people from powerful sects would help him improve.
His strength might give him an advantage among his peers in the Cangmu Sect.
But in a large sect like the Dao Sect, it was hard to say.
He still needed to be low-key.
To prevent capsizing in the gutter.
He had been getting arrogant lately.
Mainly because his cultivation progress was too fast.
When he encountered Chu Meng at the age of forty-five, he was only at the third level of Qi Refining.
Now, at the age of fifty-three, he was at the first level of the Immortal Bridge stage.
Spanning the Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Primordial Spirit, and Void Return stages in eight years.
It was understandable to be arrogant.
But such arrogance, if not controlled properly, would be the beginning of destruction.
Having virtue not matching one's position would inevitably lead to disaster.
"Can you roughly determine what it is, senior?" Gu An asked.
"I'm not sure, but I felt a spiritual energy. I'm afraid it's some kind of natural treasure that has become a spirit," the man said calmly, "As long as I obtain it and swallow it, my future path will definitely be much easier."
Gu An nodded and said, "Senior will definitely obtain it."
"You have no ideas?" the other party asked curiously.
Gu An shook his head, "I'm old and don't have such thoughts. It's already a great opportunity for me if senior can let me log the tree."
"Your requirements are quite low. Looking at you, you're over three hundred years old, right?" the man looked at Gu An curiously and said, "If you're over three hundred and fifty, I'm afraid there's no hope. If you're in your early three hundreds, you can still struggle a bit.
If you're lucky, you still have a chance to reach the Primordial Spirit stage."
Gu An lowered his eyes and didn't answer.
The man didn't ask further, but shook his head and sighed, "The path of cultivation is like this. You don't need to care too much.
Speaking of which, you don't seem like a heinous person. How did you end up staying in the Cangmu Sect?"
Gu An smiled bitterly, "The Cangmu Sect later became a demonic sect."
The man suddenly understood, "Let's go. The spirit tree is ahead. When the hidden spirit is lured out, I'll try to protect you. It's unlikely that I'll let you go.
After all, I'm not sure if what you're showing is real or fake. I can't directly let you go.
But if I really obtain the treasure and find that your character is not a problem, I'll definitely share some with you.
Consider it a collaboration."
"Thank you, senior, but it's better for senior to keep the treasure. It would be a waste if you gave it to me. If senior feels bad about it, you can tell me where there are spirit trees.
I can temper myself and improve my cultivation by relying on spirit trees," Gu An said seriously.
The man stared at Gu An, somewhat surprised, "Your eyes are quite pure. I'm a little ashamed."
Gu An lowered his eyes and said, "People like me should just log trees."
"My name is Fusheng, Zui Fusheng (Drunken Floating Life)," Zui Fusheng suddenly said.
Gu An was a little surprised, "Does senior drink?"
"I don't drink, not a drop," Zui Fusheng said.
Gu An: ...
Then your name doesn't quite fit.
But this name sounds very powerful.
But the person in front of him is not that powerful. Is it because he doesn't drink?
But his courage does fit the name.
"Do you think I should drink?" Zui Fusheng asked.
"Junior dares not speak carelessly," Gu An said with his head lowered.
Zui Fusheng didn't say much, but continued forward.
Soon Gu An discovered that they had walked out of the forest and arrived at a relatively wide flat ground.
Then he discovered that they were close to the mountain peak.
Currently, they were at a position seventy percent up the mountain peak, where there was a flat ground where they could see the scenery in front.
Gu An looked outside and found himself in a forest. Beyond the forest was a beach, and beyond that, the boundless sea stretched before him. The deep, heavy seawater shimmered with light, and the sea and sky merged into a vast expanse. Upon closer inspection, he could see some unknown spiritual beasts flashing by.
Looking to the other side, there was a volcano. It was extremely large, occupying a large area of the sea. The dark brown rocks formed a sharp contrast with the azure blue sea. Magma spewed from the crater, and its reflection was clearly visible in the water.
The rest was an endless mountain range.
Only the white snow on the distant mountains blurred the boundaries between heaven and earth, making it impossible to tell where they led.
"Stop looking, those places are far away. Since we've been sent here, we probably can't go there," Zui Fusheng said from the front.
Gu An paused and followed: "Senior, when you came here, were you randomly sent here?"
"Randomly, in batches," Zui Fusheng replied.
Gu An lowered his eyes. This meant the rules had changed. He just didn't know if it had changed for him alone, or for the entire Cangmu Sect.
If it was just him, then the people of the Tiannv lineage should be nearby.
He had already secretly left behind blood spirits. As long as someone approached, he would be able to detect them.
However, this was their territory, and the blood spirits might not be able to detect things that were too far away.
As long as they got close, he should be able to detect them.
"We're here," Zui Fusheng said, looking at Gu An.
Gu An also looked at him, then at a stone tree, feeling somewhat surprised, even absurd.
Chopping down a stone tree?
Although it looked like a tree, it was still a stone.
"Don't be surprised, it just looks like a stone. I was also deceived at first. You'll know when you try it," Zui Fusheng said.
Gu An was a little surprised. He hadn't even been able to detect it.
Then he touched it. It was stone.
But after sensing it, he found that it was indeed different from stone.
It was a tree, with a feeling of resilience.
He didn't know what side effects it would have.
Gu An chose a suitable axe and began to try chopping it down.
Seeing Gu An carefully selecting an axe, Zui Fusheng was a little curious: "Are these axes very different?"
"Yes, if you're just using spells to chop, then as long as it's sharp, that's enough. After all, with strength, one axe is enough.
But sometimes, spiritual wood can only best retain its characteristics through ordinary chopping. Secondly, only in this way can it absorb more pure power, and also temper oneself," Gu An gently lowered the axe and continued to explain:
"Because the attack of spells and spiritual energy can easily destroy the spiritual energy structure within.
There will be some damage. For our Cangmu Sect, the utilization quality of spiritual wood is not considered top-notch."
Clang!
A crisp sound rang out, like hitting a stone.
But the axe paused.
Some power spread to the axe and into his body.
Then, Gu An had a feeling of stiffness in his body.
He seemed to be petrified.
Then the feeling disappeared.
"How is it?" Zui Fusheng asked, seeing Gu An stop.
In fact, he knew nothing about logging. If he hadn't met the Cangmu Sect, he wouldn't have known that spiritual trees were used for chopping.
The Dao Sect had never had such a thing.
At most, there were some iron bamboos used to temper the body.
So when he first learned about it, he also felt that the world was vast and full of wonders.
The remote place also broadened his horizons.
"This tree is not simple, but it can be chopped down. Then I'll continue chopping, senior, will you observe?" Gu An asked.
"Okay, you chop it down," Zui Fusheng said.
Thus, Gu An took a deep breath and began to chop wood.
Because it was an unknown spiritual tree, he didn't dare to go too fast.
However, after chopping for a while, he sensed someone approaching.
He only noticed when they were very close. It seemed that the other party either had a magic weapon or a special concealment method.
When he probed the other party's cultivation, Gu An was stunned.
They looked like they were in the middle stage of the Yuanshen realm, but in reality, they were about the same as him.
A strong person.
But he had the ability to resist.
After that, Gu An continued to chop wood, while observing the surroundings.
He originally thought it was just one person, but after an incense stick's worth of time.
He noticed that another person had appeared in the farther place.
It was because the other party had stayed for too long that he noticed the abnormality in the wind.
If it had been before, he would definitely not have noticed it, but after Zui Fusheng's reminder, he tried to observe the environment.
Sure enough, there were gains.
There was still one person hiding in the dark.
In order not to be discovered, he needed to probe slowly, so as to discern the other party's true strength.
Fortunately, the first one had never appeared, so he could continue logging and probing.
Half an hour later, Gu An felt the first warm current.
Spell +1.
Another half an hour later, Gu An felt the warm current again.
Hard cultivation +1.
This was still the slow effect. If he sped up, he was afraid there would be a lot of warm currents.
It was also at this time that he finally figured out some of the details of the person in the dark.
The other party's cultivation was higher than his own.
But it was hard to say how much higher, it might be the second level of the Immortal Bridge, or it might be the third level.
For a time, Gu An felt immense pressure.
It turned out to be two layers of probing. If the first one failed, the second one would be able to see clearly.
If he had failed to detect the other party and directly attacked, he was afraid that he would directly expose his hidden cultivation.
In this way, the consequences would be unimaginable.
While he was still thinking, suddenly Zui Fusheng looked towards the forest: "Who's there?"
Gu An put away the axe and looked towards the forest, looking alert.
"Fellow Daoists, please don't attack," a fairy walked out of the forest.
She looked twenty-five or six years old, in the middle stage of the Yuanshen realm.
She looked young, but her actual age was unknown.
"Who are you?" Zui Fusheng asked.
"I am from Linghua Valley. I have been looking for something, so I chased it here. I didn't expect to meet two fellow Daoists.
I wonder who the two fellow Daoists are?" the fairy asked cautiously.
Zui Fusheng was a little surprised: "You are also here to pursue the thing in the dark?"
Hearing this, the fairy exclaimed: "You too?"
Outside.
In the Cangmu Sect courtyard.
The middle-aged man at the head of the Tiannv lineage frowned and said: "A blueprint has disappeared. It seems that someone has taken it away as well. I don't know if it will have any impact. Let's inform the people in the mountain.
In addition, has anything changed outside the Cangmu Sect?"
"Yes, I heard that many people have heard about the secret realm, and they all want to enter," a young man said.
"Why?" the middle-aged man asked curiously.
The young man said: "It is said that a monk has entered the secret realm."
"What monk?"
"The Seal-Holding Monk, said to be associated with the Wish Seal."
The middle-aged man was stunned, and said in disbelief: "The Seal-Holding Monk? Associated with the Wish Seal? How is that possible?
"
"That's how it is. The news is everywhere, and many strong people have begun to enter," the young man said.
Hearing this, the middle-aged man's expression changed: "That's terrible, something is going to happen. We must let the people of the Cangmu Sect stop them."
The next day.
News came.
The Cangmu Sect Peak Master personally intercepted them.
In the end, he was severely injured by a strong man and bled to death.
He fell in the main hall.
The secret realm is accessible to everyone.
The people of the Tiannv lineage were all dumbfounded.
Is the Cangmu Sect Peak Master such a waste?
Thus, the Tiannv lineage sent out a strong man to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys.
He claimed to suppress all enemies.
The next day.
The Cangmu Sect mournfully sent the ashes of the Tiannv lineage's strong man.
In an instant, everyone was silent.
The Cangmu Sect strong man said that he would definitely fight against the foreign strong men for the Tiannv lineage, to avenge the Tiannv lineage's strong man.
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