tkworld #319 - From now on, anyone who kills the Zhuanlun lineage will be Zuo Youyan.
#319 - From now on, anyone who kills the Zhuanlun lineage will be Zuo Youyan.
That evening, Gu An was not at Peak Outside Peak.
Instead, he came to Qingmu City.
Tonight, Dugujing was arresting people, and the Reincarnation lineage had quite a few tricks.
Although the Enforcement Hall was powerful, such a hasty action would inevitably have loopholes.
He couldn't delay any longer, because the information was from before, and the other party might be preparing to be foolproof.
Therefore, Gu An felt that he would definitely be in danger.
Acting now might catch them off guard.
And hiding in Qingmu City might have a chance to avoid those loopholes.
Of course, even if the other party found him, it would be convenient for him to take action.
Logically speaking, it wouldn't exceed Void Return.
If it exceeded that, then it would truly be an inescapable death.
He didn't have anything on him that could directly threaten a powerhouse above Void Return.
Soon, Gu An thought of the Eye of Heavenly Punishment.
If he carried it with him, it might be able to threaten others.
Although he himself was afraid, others probably wouldn't want him to release that eye.
Otherwise, no one present would survive.
Unfortunately, he didn't have the ability to carry it with him yet.
He could only hand it over to the Blood Demon Divine Lord for suppression.
He could only use spirit stones with Xuan Huang Qi attached to strengthen the seal from time to time.
In this way, he could live peacefully for a dozen or twenty years.
Without thinking any further, Gu An chatted with Qin Shufu.
At this moment, he was in the talisman shop.
"Has that old man not come?" Gu An asked.
"He said he was sick, his body isn't good, he probably won't last a few more years," Qin Shufu said.
Gu An was silent for a moment, he already knew about this matter.
When he first met them, Gu An understood that Zeng Lan's mother wouldn't be able to accompany her for long.
He just didn't know how she would face it when that day came.
Such a thing was too cruel.
Perhaps it was because he was kind-hearted, unable to bear seeing others suffer.
That was why he casually helped out.
"By the way," Gu An looked around and said, "Where is the immortal who stayed behind?"
He remembered that someone had stayed behind some time ago, supposedly to become the boss's Dao companion.
Hearing this, Qin Shufu's face was slightly embarrassed, and finally he lowered his head and said, "I was deceived."
Gu An looked at the other party in surprise, never expecting such a result.
"Deceived?" he repeated.
"Yes," Qin Shufu began to tidy up the talismans, covering up his embarrassment, "Little friend, you must be careful in the future, on the fifth day after she stayed, when I was a little lax, she ran away.
Saying she was going to watch the shop for me.
After that, she ran away with the talismans, whereabouts unknown."
Gu An was stunned, somewhat incredulous, originally wanting to ask how far the two had developed, but in the end, he changed his words and said, "Didn't you look for her?"
"I looked everywhere but found nothing," Qin Shufu said.
Hearing this, Gu An was slightly curious: "You have a good relationship with the Ouyang family, didn't you ask them to keep an eye out?"
Just a simple lookout, he thought the other party would be happy to do so.
Qin Shufu continued to fiddle with the talismans, and finally said: "Family scandals should not be aired."
Gu An:
...
Suddenly feeling a little pity for this boss.
He was actually deceived twice in a row.
Both times the losses were very large.
Qin Shufu lowered his head and said, "I've made a fool of myself in front of you, little friend."
Gu An shook his head slightly and said, "I can understand, after all, the boss is already old, it's understandable to want to find a Dao companion, it's just that you were a little impatient."
Hearing this, Qin Shufu subconsciously looked at Gu An.
He seemed to want to say something but hesitated.
Gu An could tell that the other party was嫌弃 (xián qì - disliking/finding fault with) that he was also not young.
But thinking about it, he also looked to be in his forties or fifties.
Although he hadn't aged since he was forty-five, he was already not young.
"Little friend understands me?" Qin Shufu asked tentatively.
Gu An shook his head: "The boss has misunderstood."
Qin Shufu nodded slightly, also thinking so.
After all, the person in front of him was someone even the Ouyang family had to curry favor with,
How could he be the same as him?
"Next time, the boss can use some restrictions, unconditional trust can sometimes harm yourself," Gu An reminded.
In the world of cultivation, casually trusting one's bedfellow is a terrible thing.
Qin Shufu nodded, having been deceived twice, he also understood some principles.
The fact that he could live well both times actually had elements of luck.
But luck can't always favor him.
He still needed to be careful enough himself.
Gu An nodded, just paused for a moment, and suddenly said: "Boss, watch the shop first, I have some things to go out and handle."
Saying that, Gu An quickly disappeared outside.
Qin Shufu was not surprised by this.
The other party was not an ordinary person to begin with, his cultivation was many times higher than his own.
If it weren't for the other party, how could he have such a comfortable life.
At this time, Gu An had already gradually left Qingmu City.
It was just that when passing by some crowds, some changes appeared on his body.
Blood Spirit covered his body, it was exactly Zuo Youyan's appearance.
In addition, Xuan Huang Qi was padded underneath.
In this way, he could try whether he could avoid the karmic power of the Reincarnation lineage.
Facing the other party, killing people would be quite troublesome.
Especially this karmic power, making him nowhere to hide.
So he wanted to try whether he could lead this karmic power to the Blood Spirit, and then seal this Blood Spirit, and wear it again when needed.
If it succeeded, then Zuo Youyan would be the great enemy of the Reincarnation lineage, and have nothing to do with Gu An.
Soon, Gu An left Qingmu City, but still left a hook to lure the other party over.
Under the moonlight.
Gu An stood on the small path, he slightly raised his eyebrows and looked ahead and said: "Come out."
At the same time, a ray of primordial spirit light that others could not see flashed.
If you looked up at this time, you would find that the sun and moon were already in the sky at the same time.
Under the radiance of the sun and moon, a man appeared in front of Gu An, he looked at the person in front of him with some disbelief: "Who are you?"
He was clearly following Gu An, but why was it a strange man?
And there was no karmic power on his body?
"I lured you here," Gu An said softly.
"Do I have a grudge against you?" the man said.
Gu An looked at the other party and said: "Are you from the Reincarnation lineage?"
The other party nodded: "What do you want to say?"
Gu An said: "Do you know how to remove the influence of karmic power?"
"I don't know," the other shook his head.
"Then how many people from the Reincarnation lineage are there in Cangmu Sect?" Gu An asked again.
The other party smiled: "Who do you think you are? Just the early stage of Void Return, do you really think you can show off in front of me?
Although I don't know who you are, I came here looking for Gu An, I think you should know each other.
It doesn't matter, it's okay to capture you and then go find him.
Recently, I just happened to be short of spirit stones, and you've delivered yourself to my door."
Saying that, the man laughed loudly, took a step forward, and struck first.
Gu An sighed, not expecting the other party to not want to delay at all, and directly attacked.
Making it impossible for him to ask more questions.
But he couldn't say too much, now he was a member of the Demonic Sect, who were the members of the Demonic Sect?
Naturally, they were the villains in the hearts of countless people.
And villains easily die from talking too much.
Feeling the power whistling towards him, Gu An didn't dare to be careless.
Then there was a loud bang.
Countless sparks exploded in the sky.
Flames roared down everywhere, Gu An quickly dodged, wanting to attack forward.
However, suddenly a spirit sword appeared, directly taking his head.
Gu An was shocked.
What a fast sword.
Instantaneous Movement.
Then he leaped behind the spirit sword, then reached out and grabbed the hilt.
In an instant, he carried the sword over.
At this time, the man pinched his fingers again, and thunder roared down.
Gu An waved the sword in his hand, boom, boom.
A series of thunderbolts were cut off by Gu An, his pace never slowed down in the slightest, and then in the blink of an eye came in front of the other party.
Defenses had already been superimposed around the man.
Gu An frowned and kicked out.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
A massive force shattered the first three layers of defense, sending the man flying backward.
Feeling the impact of the kick, the man was shocked. Without hesitation, he was about to burn his life force in exchange for even greater power.
Gears spun in his chest, and power began to emanate.
However, before the power could fully manifest,
Gu An had already appeared before him, and a sword followed.
Bang!
The sword light covered the astral energy, colliding with the defensive magic treasure.
Crack!
The floating shield shattered on the spot with a cracking sound.
Then, the armor on his body also lost its luster.
Seeing this, the man cried out in horror, "Fellow Daoist, wait a moment! I know of an immortal's dwelling and am willing...":
Boom!
Before he could finish speaking, a sword slashed across his neck.
The man's voice stopped abruptly.
Then, his body was crushed from the inside by astral energy.
Finally, he fell to the ground, gradually losing consciousness.
Gu An looked at him and said calmly, "A single sword decapitation. I didn't torture you. It might be a little uncomfortable, but just bear with it."
After saying this, Gu An couldn't help but sigh, "I really am kind-hearted. I can't bear to see people suffer."
Finally, the man completely lost consciousness.
Gu An took the man's storage magic treasure and then had the Red-Armored Soldier come out to clean up the battlefield.
Just glancing at the man's storage magic treasure, Gu An fell silent.
The man really wasn't lying. He was truly poor.
Three thousand spirit stones?
Early stage of Reversion to Void?
However, the power he released at the last moment was comparable to the middle stage.
If he had used it from the beginning, I might have been in danger.
In addition, there was also a book inside, with four large characters written on it: Samsara Mystical Method.
Gu An took a quick look and discovered that it was actually a method of using life force to supply the gears, which then drove the body, thereby unleashing cultivation potential and combat power.
This thing just didn't seem right.
It seemed that everything depended on this gear.
If one successfully cultivated and left the gear?
Would the cultivation still be there then?
At the very least, it would decrease a lot.
"An evil art," Gu An concluded.
This type of technique was not a normal method at all.
If it was just a simple burning of life force, then Gu An would have thought it was a powerful immortal art.
But this gear gave people a strange feeling, like it was a parasite on the human body.
Gu An specifically checked the gear on the man's body.
He found that it was already shattered.
There was no way to study it.
However, he had a clean gear on him, which should not have been claimed yet, which meant it could be used to absorb disciples.
It just happened to fall into his hands.
As for the immortal's dwelling that the man had just mentioned, Gu An didn't take it to heart.
He was a little poor, but he didn't need that many opportunities.
It was too dangerous.
Besides, a mere Reversion to Void like himself couldn't handle it.
After that, Gu An collected the Blood Spirit.
He discovered that there really seemed to be something strange on the Blood Spirit. He could vaguely feel it, but he couldn't completely detect it.
Then, he sealed the thing into the Second Star.
He would take it out again when he needed to use it next time.
In that case, the one who killed people was Zuo Youyan.
The Samsara lineage would have to kill Zuo Youyan if they wanted to kill people.
After that, he returned to the talisman shop and continued to watch the store.
He also chatted with the boss.
The boss asked Gu An if he wanted to learn talisman making.
Gu An shook his head.
He simply tried it and didn't have the talent.
The boss asked again if he wanted to try other things, such as alchemy, forging, planting, and so on.
Gu An was somewhat interested, but he didn't have that much time.
Although his luck was a little better than others, and he didn't have to cultivate day and night by taking pills, he needed to chop wood day and night.
Therefore...
Gu An really didn't have any thoughts about alchemy, a profession that required a lot of time.
However, he also had to find some trees.
Chu Meng had said last time that Luo Sheng Hall had a temporary disciple experience.
Although the reward was gone, he could try to fight for it, maybe it was possible.
Unconsciously, he began to arrange things for his superior. He didn't know if his superior would be angry.
He still couldn't determine what his superior's cultivation level was.
He couldn't see through her at the Foundation Establishment stage, he couldn't see through her at the Golden Core stage, he couldn't see through her at the Nascent Soul stage, and he still couldn't see through her even at the Reversion to Void stage.
He also didn't know what realm she was stuck in.
Gu An didn't believe that there was no problem with her.
Being young and having heaven-defying cultivation, there was definitely a problem.
But he didn't dare to ask, and he didn't dare to think too much.
In short, he would first improve his cultivation. When he could see through her cultivation, he would be safe.
In addition, he hadn't seen that woman for a long time. He didn't know what her cultivation level was.
Surpassing Chu Meng, he didn't know if he could also surpass that woman.
After that, Gu An chatted with Qin Shufu about some things in Qingmu City.
He said that a new teahouse had recently opened, and the tea servers were all disciples of some sects.
He said that it might have been opened by people from the Joyous Union Sect.
The tea there was unique.
Gu An listened for a long time before he could hear the problem in his words.
He was wholeheartedly devoted to the Dao, but this person actually wanted to disturb his Dao heart.
Qingmu City.
On the edge, there were some relatively dilapidated houses.
Coughing, Zeng Mu leaned wearily against the bed, her face slightly pale.
She had been sleeping almost all these days.
Occasionally, she would know that her daughter had returned, but she just couldn't wake up.
She felt that her condition was not very good.
At this time, she was a little thirsty, but she couldn't get up.
As for asking for help.
She had lived here for a long time, and no one had come back to see her.
The families here all had cultivators, all of them Qi Refining experts. Occasionally, they could greet each other, but very few would take the initiative to come to visit.
While Mother Zeng was still thinking about how to get up, someone suddenly knocked on the door: "Auntie, are you home? I'm coming in."
Soon, the door was gently pushed open, and a woman in her forties or fifties looked inside: "Auntie, are you awake?
I'm coming in?"
Zeng Mu nodded. Although she didn't understand why the other party had come, she didn't stop her.
It was easy to offend people.
Then, the other party asked her with concern and even poured her water.
Soon, someone else came to the door, bringing some food and asking questions.
Then, people came to her small place one after another.
Even the team leader who had taken good care of her in the beginning came.
She was flattered. The other party was a Qi Refining expert of many layers.
When they came, they also said some small things from the past and hoped that she would not mind.
How could she dare? Moreover, the other party didn't make things difficult for her.
Noon.
Zeng Lan came back.
At this time, there was no one in the room.
"Mother," Zeng Lan breathed a sigh of relief, "You're finally awake. You scared me to death."
Zeng Mu coughed weakly and said, "Xiao Lan, tell your mother the truth, did something happen?"
Hearing this, Zeng Lan asked in confusion, "Mother, what are you talking about?"
"If not, why would those people come to see me? I'm an old woman, and my relationship with them is not good." Saying this, Zeng Mu looked at her daughter and said seriously, "Did something happen? Or do you think I'm too lonely and gave them spirit stones to come see me?"
Hearing this, Zeng Lan smiled and shook her head, "Mother, you're overthinking it."
"Not?" Zeng Mu asked in confusion, "Then why? It's okay if one or two people come to see me for no reason,
Why did so many people come all at once?"
She had never thought that there could be so many people in the house.
Zeng Lan looked at her mother in front of her and said softly, "I have successfully established my foundation."