tkworld #187 - Greedy snake swallows elephant
#187 - Greedy snake swallows elephant
Returning to his residence, Gu An didn't hesitate and began to improve his cultivation.
The people in the left courtyard were more powerful than he had anticipated.
He couldn't discern the other party's cultivation level.
But they were stronger than both Team Leader Hou and Team Leader Song.
Judging from their aura, they should still be within the Golden Core realm.
Subsequently, Gu An began extracting Bitter Cultivation Points.
He began his bitter cultivation in a dream.
Cultivation was monotonous and tedious, day after day, year after year, without seeing the sun and moon alternate, or the changing of the four seasons.
When enough power had accumulated, he launched his breakthrough.
Although there were some obstacles, he managed to break through the bottleneck of the late Golden Core stage, albeit dangerously.
He successfully entered the late Golden Core stage.
With that, Gu An opened his eyes and felt the changes in his body's power.
For a moment, he felt he could go and test Team Leader Hou.
He was somewhat inflated with confidence.
Shaking his head, Gu An stopped thinking about it.
After that, he focused on regulating his breathing and getting used to his current cultivation level.
Circulating the Aura Chapter allowed him to better control his power.
At this time, the sky was not yet bright, and after Gu An finished his cultivation, he went out to Qianchen Peak.
October 1st, time to collect resources.
Everything went smoothly, and he didn't encounter anyone borrowing spirit stones.
For a moment, he missed the days in the Outer Sect.
But no matter how much he borrowed spirit stones, it wasn't as much as he earned at Peak Outside Peak.
Earning 150 spirit stones a month from logging was something he couldn't have imagined before.
In the Outer Sect, the night logging field plus resources only amounted to eleven or twelve spirit stones a month.
A whole year couldn't compare to his earnings in a single month.
"Am I considered a high-income earner now?"
Golden Core cultivators received 30 spirit stones, and after passing the probation period at Peak Outside Peak, there would be 100 spirit stones, plus 150 spirit stones from logging.
That's a total of 280 a month.
How many people had such income?
Unfortunately, even with such earnings, it was far from enough to satisfy An Xinru's greed for a single month back then.
Ceasing his thoughts, Gu An returned to his residence.
He wanted to feed Noodles, but it had already left again.
Now, seeing Noodles leave, Gu An felt uneasy.
He was afraid it would bring back something troublesome again.
He would inexplicably provoke some unfamiliar people.
With that, Gu An didn't linger and instead headed to Peak Outside Peak.
On the way, he saw Zeng Lan and Yu Tu.
"Senior, is Senior Sister still getting used to it?" Yu Tu asked on the way.
"I'm getting used to it, but how did I get in?" Zeng Lan asked curiously.
"I, I don't know." Yu Tu shook his head:
"I, I haven't heard anything either."
"I really have to thank that Senior Brother, but I still can't go to the night logging field," Zeng Lan said with some regret.
"Are you, are you very short of spirit stones?" Yu Tu asked curiously.
Zeng Lan smiled and shook her head: "Not really, entering the Inner Sect comes with preferential treatment, and there are more spirit stones. One decrease and one increase, it's actually no different from before.
Are you going to see your childhood sweetheart?"
"Yes, yes, I am, to, to give her spirit stones," Yu Tu nodded.
Zeng Lan hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she didn't say anything.
Gu An saw them and also heard their conversation.
However, he didn't go over.
Inside Qianchen Peak, being acquainted with him wasn't a good thing.
If he went over, should they get closer or not get closer?
He wouldn't make things difficult for them.
After that, Gu An went back to logging.
Three days later.
His skill proficiency was full.
Gu An pondered for a long time, and finally decided to learn the Myriad Manifestations of Nature Aura Chapter.
Soon, Gu An felt himself falling into an endless dream.
He sensed the changes in his aura, guiding the aura to manifest.
Finally, he merged his aura, comprehended himself, and understood himself.
With that, Gu An opened his eyes.
His brow furrowed.
Now, the Aura Chapter was already complete.
But it wasn't truly complete.
Completion was actually about the application of skills reaching perfection, not about mastering them perfectly.
Comprehending oneself, comprehending power, the more one understood, the more subtle the control over power would be.
As long as one comprehended enough, one could hide oneself when advancing and see through others' concealment when retreating.
Both were completion, but they could be as different as heaven and earth.
He just didn't know if he could still use skill points in this situation.
He would think about it later.
At this time, Gu An felt his divine light was restrained, and his aura was not revealed.
In the past, he was sharp and exposed, but now he was like someone whose edges had been worn away.
If he were to improve the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Chapter further, then he would be suppressed by life and become ordinary.
In that case, there would be less attention on him.
Hopefully, things would be more stable.
After all, he had to establish himself in the sect.
Moreover, being used as a knife was not his pursuit.
Speaking of knives, Gu An took out the Cracked Blade and the swordsmanship manual.
He could study it when he had time and see if he could comprehend the first stance on his own.
Watching until dawn, Gu An only had a simple understanding of the Pingqiu Blade Technique.
Stern, sharp.
Simple, crude.
Without the slightest aesthetic sense.
The blade was drawn to annihilate the human body, which didn't look like the methods of a righteous person.
Vulgar.
"No wonder it's not popular."
And it costs 1,200 spirit stones.
He might as well learn a fist technique that costs a few hundred spirit stones.
However, fists require close range, not as fast as a blade.
After dawn, Gu An went out to continue logging.
Everyone was very busy this month, and there weren't many people in the backyard.
Only Gu An was logging non-stop.
Mid-month, Gu An changed his logging location.
The people in the left courtyard were somewhat surprised when they saw Gu An arrive.
But they quickly understood that a logger had come.
Everyone just glanced at him and didn't care.
There was no hostility or contempt in their eyes.
Because they had never looked up to the people who came in.
It wasn't intentional belittling, but the fact was that the newcomers were naturally inferior to them.
There was no malice, it was just the way things were.
Gu An respectfully bowed, and then went to the back logging yard to log.
He didn't leave the logging yard until late at night.
When he came out, there was a Senior Brother standing under the moonlight practicing palm techniques.
It looked simple, but it contained profound mysteries.
Sensing Gu An, he glanced at the newcomer and casually said: "Junior Brother, are you finishing so late?"
"Yes," Gu An nodded, without explaining further.
The other party was just asking casually, there was no need to be presumptuous.
After that, Gu An came here every day.
He had seen a total of five people.
They all looked at him with the same gaze, never meeting his eyes on equal terms.
Gu An didn't care in the slightest.
They were originally geniuses, and it wouldn't be normal if they treated him equally.
However, Senior Sister Duanmu said that perhaps someone would make things difficult for him, but he hadn't seen it.
If the other party was among the five, then it meant that the other party was good at hiding.
He had to be careful.
Fortunately, for half a month, Gu An hadn't encountered any problems while completing his tasks.
Before leaving, he saw Ye Huaxiao: "Senior Sister, my task is complete."
At this time, Gu An's body had become thin and gaunt because of the Blood God Wood.
"I suddenly feel that 150 is too little," Ye Huaxiao said with a smile.
Gu An shook his head: "It's already more than enough."
One must be content.
Greed knows no bounds.
Ye Huaxiao said regretfully: "What a pity, I wanted to give you more spirit stones."
Gu An said seriously: "I would feel ashamed to receive them."
After that, Gu An left, and Ye Huaxiao watched the figure disappear, sighing: "There are still some who know what's what, but being able to kill people in the Inner Sect, he must be an easily angered brute.
A brute can sometimes make people fear him for a while, but over time, he will easily make people wary.
It's not good to live long.
Looking so old, and having been to the Land of Exile, is this what his future will be?
Recently, there have been no signs of him becoming a knife, I wonder if the person wielding the knife has given up on him."
On the other side.
Gu An had just returned to his room when he saw someone inside eating peanuts.
Wasn't it a little impolite to enter someone else's room without permission?