#344 - Let me take the blame for my own mistakes?
#344 - Let me take the blame for my own mistakes?
After reading the rankings, Gu An returned to Sky Suspension Peak, dejected.
He didn't immediately go to the First Branch to check the situation, nor did he ask Pang Wen to report.
These people, after leaving him, actually made such a big commotion.
He thought that without him, they might have been eliminated.
But unexpectedly, they directly topped the rankings.
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If this first place were counted on their heads, Gu An would be happy for them.
But if this first place is counted on his head, then it's a huge trouble.
He only wanted to keep this spot and then lose the qualification.
Now, it seems he has the qualification.
Although he is an undercover agent of the Reincarnation lineage, such a landslide victory in first place...
…has a certain chance of attracting the attention of the royal family.
Under investigation, he has a certain chance of passing the test,
And then...:
Wouldn't that mean he would have to marry the princess?
The future is bleak.
"It's a pity that I didn't play the undercover role well enough," Gu An sighed, shaking his head.
If he had played the undercover role well enough, there wouldn't have been any accidents.
Of course, if he had just normally avoided being eliminated, the royal family wouldn't have spent extra time investigating him.
Why would anyone care about a middle-aged man who doesn't look young?
The princess can be lacking, but the external image of someone marrying into the royal family must be passable to some extent.
If he looks old, wouldn't that embarrass the royal family?
Especially since he often chops wood, he looks much older than people of the same age.
But after a period of rest, he will recover.
But that's still a middle-aged appearance.
There's no comparison to a young man in his early twenties.
Now that the First Branch is in first place, Gu An doesn't know how to deal with it.
He only hopes that the selection time will be extended, so that he won't be too conspicuous later.
He's just afraid that the time will be too short, and he won't be able to hide.
Standing by the lake, Gu An threw some peanuts into it.
All of them were infused with Qi Sea Celestial罡.
The fifth volume of the perfected Qi Sea Celestial罡.
Sure enough, Noodles immediately leaped out of the lake.
It kept eating the peanuts.
But after eating, it suddenly flipped over, exposing its white belly.
Then it foamed at the mouth.
Gu An was slightly puzzled, is the poison of his罡 energy still there?
Or is it that the perfected罡 energy of the fifth volume is too nourishing for Noodles?
Perhaps it's the latter.
After all, he had tried it, and the罡 energy was not poisonous.
With that, he reached out.
He grabbed Noodles from afar.
Then he brought it into the courtyard and placed it on a stone to be dried by the sun.
So it can digest the things in its belly.
So it doesn't run out and steal things again.
If the owner comes to the door, how will he compensate?
It's better to let it digest.
When it's hungry, it should only want to find food.
When it's full, it has nothing to do and looks for trouble everywhere.
After putting Noodles down, Gu An looked at the fat tiger who was carefully watching him from the side.
"Brother, you're back?" Blood Demon Divine Lord said seriously, "Little Blood has made some discoveries."
Gu An looked at him and sat down at the table and chairs, "Is it related to the Divine Lord Hall?"
"Yes," Blood Demon Divine Lord said seriously, "Recently, news has come from the Divine Lord Hall that someone has found the Divine Lord Hall, and it's just a matter of opening it. Once it's opened, the Divine Lord Hall may gather many Divine Lords again."
"The Divine Lord Hall has been found?" Gu An was slightly surprised.
He didn't even understand what was going on.
Blood Demon Divine Lord immediately explained, "Brother may not know much, the Divine Lord Hall is a name and also a magic weapon. No one knows what kind of magic weapon it is, only the current Hall Master understands.
Now that someone has found the Divine Lord Hall, he will open the Divine Hall as the Hall Master. Of course, whether or not to respond is a matter for the Divine Lords.
If no one responds, then the Hall Master is also qualified to remove other Divine Lords.
And summon other Divine Lords to enter the Divine Lord Hall.
To establish a new Divine Lord Hall."
Hearing this, Gu An was slightly surprised.
The Divine Lord Hall is a magic weapon, and a Hall Master has already appeared.
It seems that more things will happen in the cultivation world in the future.
He doesn't know if sects like Cangmu Sect can avoid the disputes.
After all, the surrounding sects are very ordinary, and usually no one pays attention to them.
"Brother, after the Divine Lord Hall is opened, should we respond to the Hall Master's summons?" Blood Demon Divine Lord asked cautiously.
Gu An pondered for a moment and said, "Was your conversation with Eight Tone Divine Lord also aided by the Divine Lord Hall?"
"Yes, once removed, they are independent individuals and can no longer communicate as before," Blood Demon Divine Lord said.
Gu An nodded, so that's why outsiders couldn't contact Blood Demon Divine Lord at that time, and Blood Demon Divine Lord couldn't send messages to others.
If it were in the past.
Gu An would choose to ignore the summons.
But now it's different.
They are grasshoppers on the same rope, and they must not refuse to know the situation outside.
Gu An agreed, and then asked who the Hall Master was.
"I don't know, it's currently impossible to determine which Divine Lord has become the Hall Master," Blood Demon Divine Lord paused and continued, "But the opening of the Divine Lord Hall requires another condition, which is to find the key.
Currently, the Hall Master cannot completely control the Divine Lord Hall and still needs a key.
Eight Tone Divine Lord gave a name, which should be the key needed by the Divine Lord Hall."
"You're not sure?" Gu An asked curiously.
"I'm not very sure, she's lived longer than me, and now she has a music box, so her news is extremely well-informed," Blood Demon Divine Lord said.
Gu An didn't care, but asked for the name.
Soon, he heard a familiar name: "Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Tower."
Hearing this name, Gu An looked astonished.
He even found it hard to believe.
He asked again to make sure that was the name.
This made Gu An feel strange.
Blood Demon Divine Lord looked at Gu An like this and said cautiously, "Does Brother know about this thing?"
"Yes, are you saying that Eight Tone Divine Lord is looking for it? What conditions did she give?" Gu An asked, looking at the fat tiger.
The fat tiger shook his head: "She didn't give any specific reward, but we should be able to ask for one."
After that, Gu An asked when the Hall Master would open the Divine Lord Hall after getting the key.
The answer he got was a few months.
With that, Gu An didn't ask any more questions.
He plans to take some time to pass the message to Dongfang Changli using a secret method.
Let her sell the message to the new Hall Master.
Once the Divine Lord Hall is opened, Blood Demon Divine Lord will be able to enter the hall.
In this way, he will be able to learn more things.
For example, the actions of the Heavenly Maiden lineage, he has not heard of them arriving yet.
Another example is the strange behavior of the Fire Wind tribe, they came and left last time.
They didn't do anything, but they are all potential dangers.
After these things were discussed, the fat tiger said with a smile, "Brother, should we strengthen the seal now? I feel like it's about to come out."
Hearing this, Gu An lowered his eyes and looked at the ground. He had left a lot of spirit stones, all of which had been infused with Xuanhuang Qi.
Otherwise, the seal here would have been broken long ago.
But even so, accidents can easily happen here. The best choice is for him to guard this place all the time.
In this way, he can delay it for ten or twenty years.
The fat tiger was also a little desperate, the Eye of Heavenly Punishment is under his feet.
When the Divine Lord Hall is opened, how should he answer if someone asks?
It's okay, the thing is under my feet?
It's quite interesting to think about it.
Of course, the seal depends entirely on Brother.
At this time, Gu An took out some new spirit stones and put them in.
This time, the seal was strengthened a lot.
After all, the Xuan Huang Qi is becoming increasingly rich now.
After finishing these tasks, Gu An returned to his room.
During his absence, not much had happened in the sect.
On the contrary, the First Courtyard had undergone significant changes.
He had inquired about the personnel with people from the Main Courtyard, and there had been no changes whatsoever.
He sighed, then lay down to rest.
He would rest for the night first.
Tomorrow, he would go to Peak Beyond Peak.
He would deal with things as they came.
It wasn't the final moment yet, and he still had hope.
Then, he would continue logging, hoping to improve his cultivation as soon as possible.
In addition, he also needed to improve his other techniques.
The next day.
When Gu An woke up, he had calmed down.
His trip had been very rewarding.
Although there had been a slight accident in the First Courtyard, he had returned and would surely set things right.
Fortunately, the resources for this month had not yet been handed in.
Then, he would start from this month and aim to secure fifth or sixth place.
He would take it slowly.
This month, he would aim for third or fourth place, then fourth or fifth, then fifth or sixth.
Since his previous ranking was high, even if he came in last place at the end, he wouldn't be eliminated immediately.
Having made a decision, Gu An planned to go to Peak Beyond Peak and start dealing with the accumulated matters.
However, just as he stepped out, Gu An saw a person standing by the lake, like a sword, ready to cut off everything around him.
A long sword floated beside this person.
Like the person, it stood tall and unyielding.
Seeing this, Gu An quickly approached and respectfully bowed: "Greetings, Master."
The person was naturally Situ Baichuan.
Gu An was puzzled as to why his master would come to find him.
Situ Baichuan looked no more than twenty years old, and he couldn't help but sigh as he looked at Gu An: "This master didn't misjudge you."
Gu An's heart sank, wondering if the candidate had been decided? Had he been selected?
Fortunately, that was not the case.
Situ Baichuan smiled and said: "This master is quite satisfied with your First Courtyard. I've come this time to impart a technique. What do you want to learn?"
Gu An was slightly surprised, but he still explained: "Some of the situations in the First Courtyard were accidental, actually just a moment of good luck."
"You don't need to explain. This master doesn't care about the subsequent situation. Your current performance is good, and I came for that reason.
If the subsequent performance is too poor, this master naturally won't come," Situ Baichuan said.
Hearing this, Gu An breathed a sigh of relief.
It was good that his master wouldn't be unreasonable.
Of course, he couldn't let his guard down and still needed to be respectful and cautious.
What the strong say is one thing, but what they do is another.
"Tell me, what do you want to learn?" Situ Baichuan asked again.
Gu An hesitated, and finally said: "Swordsmanship."
Right now, he was only in the late stage of the Golden Core realm in front of his master.
If he asked to learn something powerful, the other party wouldn't teach him.
Since that was the case, he might as well proceed step by step.
"Have you already learned the Three Forms of Pingqiu?" Situ Baichuan asked curiously.
Gu An nodded.
"You are in the late stage of the Golden Core realm, these three forms are enough. Learn something else," Situ Baichuan kindly advised.
Gu An also listened to the advice, hesitated, and said: "Then what does Master think I should learn?"
Situ Baichuan looked at Gu An and smiled: "This master is skilled in swordsmanship, but you don't learn the sword. This master originally wanted to teach you swordsmanship, such as the Dao of Attack.
This master is also skilled in that.
But after hesitating, this master gave up."
After a pause, Situ Baichuan continued: "I heard that you only had an opportunity when you were older, and your cultivation improved rapidly?"
Gu An suspected that his master also thought he was cultivating the Reincarnation lineage's technique.
Without hesitation, he nodded seriously: "Yes."
He did start to accelerate his cultivation speed after he was over forty years old.
In more than seven years, he had gone all the way from the Qi Refining stage to the late stage of the Golden Core realm.
It was indeed a bit fast.
"In that case, your foundation is probably not stable enough." Situ Baichuan pointed casually, touching Gu An's brow, and his vast voice came again: "Then this master will pass on a mental cultivation method to you. This method is called the Sun Moon Heart Furnace."
The moment the words fell, Gu An felt something explode in his mind.
Then, he saw his spiritual energy begin to surge, outlining a huge furnace in his body, and using his own qi, blood, and spiritual energy as fuel, constantly burning and heating.
The heat spread throughout his body, nourishing every inch of his meridians.
It could make the meridians more resilient and the spiritual energy more majestic.
At this time, the fire in the heart furnace was very small.
But there was a clear feeling of nourishing the spiritual energy.
His strength seemed to have increased by half a percent.
When Gu An opened his eyes, he saw his master preparing to leave.
"The Sun Moon Heart Furnace is easy to get started with but difficult to improve. In addition, this master only has the first half, and you can completely find the remaining second half yourself." Situ Baichuan stepped into the air: "The first half has a total of nine levels, and each level will increase your strength by half a percent.
The second half should allow you to increase one percent per level.
Also, remember that improving these can indeed make you stronger, but sometimes, people who have a more extreme control over their power, even if their overall strength is far inferior to yours, won't need a second move to kill you.
Condensing your own strength and tempering your attack techniques.
Only then can you gradually become a strong person."
Watching his master leave, Gu An's heart was shaken.
Sun Moon Heart Furnace?
He carefully sensed it and even understood it again, discovering that this mental method was unbelievably powerful.
Even if his realm improved, this mental method still hadn't lost its luster.
"Has Master changed his nature? Why did he suddenly teach me such a powerful mental method?" Gu An was surprised and uncertain.
But he didn't see anything from the Ring of Destiny.
Completing the first half of the cultivation would increase his strength by half.
With the Qi Sea Heavenly Dipper and the Sun Moon Heart Furnace at the same level.
If he still lost, then he couldn't go out and offend people.
After carefully polishing it, Gu An found that he had quickly learned the first level.
At this time, there was a warm current in his body, flowing to his limbs and bones.
A wonderful mental method for repairing the foundation.
Of course, he had the Xuan Huang Art and didn't need these too much.
But increasing his strength was what he needed.
Afterwards, Gu An flew to Peak Beyond Peak on his sword.
As soon as he arrived, he saw Dugu Jing.
"Junior Brother, we meet again," Dugu Jing said with a smile.
Gu An was puzzled, but he still performed the greeting: "Why did Senior Brother come?"
"I came for a mission, and I need Junior Brother's help again this time," Dugu Jing said somewhat embarrassedly.
Gu An was suspicious and couldn't understand.
What else did he need to do?
Soon, Dugu Jing explained: "Has Junior Brother heard of the Heavenly Maiden lineage?"
Gu An was shocked and said: "There is such a thing."
"The Law Enforcement Hall has investigated, and the belongings of important members of the Heavenly Maiden lineage were lost, and Junior Brother was also nearby.
So I want to ask Junior Brother to help, pretend to be the thief, that is, to pretend that Junior Brother stole the things," Dugu Jing said.
Gu An: .
Was he disguising himself as himself?
This made him a little worried.
What if he was seen through?
When others are seen through, it is an impersonation, but he is afraid that the truth will come out.
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