#220 - Letter from Hua Jiyang
#220 - Letter from Hua Jiyang
Peak Beyond Peak.
Gu An sat in the courtyard, looking outside, feeling quite sentimental.
He had no interest in the new secret realm.
Whether Duanmu Qing spoke or Lu Ruan tried to persuade him, he remained unmoved.
Not for any other reason.
He just felt that going in would be a waste of time.
What did the Sword Immortal's Graveyard have to do with him?
He didn't cultivate the sword, nor did he need any fortuitous encounters.
It was better to stay at Peak Beyond Peak to chop wood and sell some talismans in the small shop.
The gains were quite substantial.
A reward of three spirit stones a month, and he could pick up fifty or sixty spirit stones in between.
But there hadn't been any for the past few days.
It was quite a pity.
However, Duanmu Qing sent another letter later.
It made him hesitate for a while, and finally he agreed.
According to what the other party said, the Sword Immortal's Jian family should have a bamboo forest, which was Sword Immortal Bamboo.
Chopping it would temper knife intent or sword intent, and the bamboo that was chopped down was also a good material that could be sold.
In addition, if it could be transplanted back and planted outside the Sword Tomb of Sky Suspension Peak.
It would also be a considerable achievement.
It was said that if you wanted to transplant it, you needed to chop wood.
Only by chopping enough could there be a possibility of transplanting it.
Gu An didn't care about achievements, nor was he very interested in selling it.
But he had never chopped this kind of thing before.
He didn't know if there would be a lot of numerical values.
Mainly, the trees at Peak Beyond Peak, when chopped by him in his Nascent Soul state, he could hardly feel anything.
The numerical values were pitifully low.
One point every three to five days.
If he wanted to improve his spells, it would take a year.
Hard cultivation would even take two or three years.
He couldn't expose his cultivation, so he couldn't rashly look for better spirit trees.
Recently, he had been planning to look for a nighttime logging yard.
Unfortunately, it was hard to find.
He also had trees that a Nascent Soul could chop.
Heart-Devouring Wood was something only a Nascent Soul could touch.
But it didn't have any numerical values either, so he needed wood higher than Heart-Devouring Wood.
But there wasn't much of it.
Ordinary nighttime logging yards basically didn't have higher trees.
So, for the time being, he could only chop Heart-Devouring Wood.
That was why he decided to go when he saw that there was Sword Immortal Bamboo in the secret realm.
Entering in mid-May.
There was still half a month left.
The leader of Sky Suspension Peak should be a Nascent Soul.
The rest were mostly Golden Cores.
Most of them were disciples from the mountain.
The secret realm had many places, and the place they were going to didn't have very strong people, but other places did.
So he needed to be wary of someone trying to kill him.
Early May.
While Gu An was watching the shop, he finally saw Qin Shufu return from outside.
At this time, he was carrying a strong vitality, and his power was also quite large.
Early stage of Golden Core.
He succeeded?
Gu An was a little surprised, he thought the other party was also a withered tree, but he didn't expect him to find a new lease on life.
"Senior."
Gu An respectfully saluted.
"How's business been lately?"
Qin Shufu then asked.
His words were filled with joy.
"It's okay, I sold ninety-six spirit stones."
Gu An replied.
The cost should have accounted for half.
"I'll give it to you."
Qin Shufu said casually.
Hearing this, Gu An was slightly delighted.
Working here, the rewards were indeed good.
Adding the ones he picked up, he should have a hundred and sixty now, right?
"Did anyone ask for credit?"
Qin Shufu looked at Gu An and asked.
Gu An shook his head: "No."
"You're lucky."
Qin Shufu said calmly:
"Keep working, the reward is raised to five spirit stones."
Gu An thanked him, and then said: "Senior, I have a request."
"What is it?"
Qin Shufu, who was about to go in, looked at Gu An curiously.
"I need to leave for a period of time in the middle of the month, three months at most, one month at least."
Gu An said.
Hearing this, Qin Shufu frowned and said with amusement: "Will you be back?"
Gu An understood what the other party meant.
Going out for three months naturally meant going to do something.
And going out meant risk, and there was a high probability that he wouldn't be back.
Gu An nodded and said seriously: "I should be able to."
"I'm going to be in seclusion for three months, if you come and continue to sell the stock, if I don't see you after three months, you don't have to come."
Qin Shufu said.
Hearing this, Gu An thanked the other party.
Being able to leave such a good position for him was indeed worth thanking.
Although he couldn't improve his cultivation, he had a lot of spirit stones.
The sect resources were thirty spirit stones, the Peak Beyond Peak leader was two hundred spirit stones, and this side was one hundred.
An income of about three hundred and fifty a month.
Back then, when he was in the outer sect, he only had a dozen spirit stones a month, and he worked himself to death.
After that, Qin Shufu went into seclusion, and Gu An continued to sell talismans as usual.
This day, a strong man walked in, and he was carrying injuries.
Gu An raised his eyes to look at the other party and recognized him.
The man who first wanted to buy on credit.
Called Mang Hu.
"Dao, Dao friend."
He looked at Gu An weakly and pleaded: "Can, can you give me a treatment talisman on credit?"
Gu An looked at the other party and said calmly: "You are poisoned, the treatment talisman can only suppress it simply."
"If it can suppress it, I have a way, can I have one on credit?"
The other party looked at Gu An and pleaded.
Gu An took out a notebook and pen: "Name."
Hearing this, the other party was overjoyed and said: "Mang Hu."
"One treatment talisman, two spirit stones."
Gu An looked at the other party, and then made a move.
A talisman fell directly on the other party.
Then it started to work.
Soon, the weak Mang Hu's face recovered.
Then he respectfully said: "Thank you, Dao friend."
Then he left quickly.
Gu An looked at the direction the other party left, and casually threw two spirit stones into the income basin.
Then he continued to look at the talisman-making books.
Just understanding, he didn't have the idea of learning.
After working here, he found that making talismans didn't make much money.
Selling talismans could make a lot of money.
So making talismans was impossible.
If he had the opportunity, he would look at alchemy, maybe he really had talent.
Nearing mid-May.
Gu An met that old Ji again before closing the door.
Junior Sister Zeng Lan's mother.
"Boss, do you exchange spirit stones here?"
The old woman looked at Gu An cautiously and asked.
"Yes, I do."
Gu An nodded.
The other party took out twelve broken spirit stones and handed them to Gu An and said: "Exchange for one."
"Exchange for one?"
Gu An asked.
"Yes, I know some rules."
The old woman said.
Gu An smiled slightly, put away twelve broken spirit stones and said:
"Okay, exchange for one."
He gave the other party a spirit stone.
The other party wrapped it very well again.
After the other party left, Gu An took out the previous notebook and wrote another note.
Deposit two broken spirit stones.
He used Zeng Lan's name.
In fact, ten broken spirit stones didn't need to be exchanged for one spirit stone, they could be used normally.
It was just that some places deliberately made it difficult for some people, saying that they didn't accept broken spirit stones.
Then some people deliberately said that eleven or twelve broken spirit stones could be exchanged for one spirit stone.
As long as normal cultivators exchanged, this would not happen.
Of course, it was also possible that the exchange in the city had changed subtly.
But within the sect, it was definitely a normal ratio.
When he was in the sect, it was indeed very different from casual cultivators.
Returning to Peak Beyond Peak, Gu An found all the people in the second team.
These people were led by Pang Wen.
On the surface, he was the only Golden Core.
The overall strength of the second team was too weak.
"Have there been any difficult tasks recently?"
Gu An asked.
"There haven't been any recently, the most difficult should be the people from the Qingcheng Sect, but they are particularly easy to talk to,
In addition, there is a letter for the leader."
Saying that, Pang Wen handed a letter to Gu An.
Taking the envelope, Gu An remembered the meeting with Hong Wang'an.
I didn't expect to receive a letter from them.
After that, he told everyone that he would be leaving for a while: "At most three months. Any tricky tasks can wait until I return. Otherwise, you will carry out the tasks with Pang Wen as the leader and Shu Ci as the assistant.
Junior Sister Shu Ci should know a lot about the tasks. You can listen to her opinions more."
Everyone had no objections.
"Senior Brother is going to the secret realm. Will you still be the leader after you come out?" Shu Ci asked.
The others were also quite concerned.
Gu An's status is different now, so they are having a much better time.
"Yes, I will." Gu An nodded.
Feng Waifeng still has other trees, but they are not in the regular rotation. He can apply for it after a while and continue logging.
It's not time to leave yet.
If he really wants to leave, he has to wait until he is strong enough.
At least there won't be too much danger on the mountain.
After giving these instructions, Gu An visited the senior brothers and sisters of Team One.
He will be away for a while, and he hopes they can take care of Team Two.
Of course, the premise is that it does not affect Team One's situation.
If someone is specifically targeting him as the leader, then Team One can protect themselves.
After that, Gu An returned to Tianxuan Peak to wait for tomorrow to go to the secret realm.
Noodles is not here today, and the Blood Demon God Lord is also in slumber.
Gu An took out the letter and looked at it. As expected, it was a letter from Hong Wang'an.
The meaning was simple, saying that people from the Qingcheng Sect were also entering the secret realm.
Especially his juniors, saying that if they encounter danger, he hopes to take care of them.
There will be a generous reward.
Gu An put away the letter, but he didn't take it to heart. He would deal with it when he encountered them.
After that, he took out the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Chapter and began to read it.
Changes in mood are most easily captured, which can bring danger.
So, you must maintain your mood, so it will be much safer.
The night passed quickly.
Gu An specifically checked. He brought two axes, and some other talismans and elixirs. He didn't buy any defensive magic weapons.
He doesn't need the Golden Core ones, and he can't afford the Nascent Soul ones.
Nascent Soul items are too expensive.
Less than 12,000 spirit stones, it doesn't seem very rich.
In the early morning, Gu An saw that it was almost time, so he went to the agreed place to wait in advance.
If he was late, he would be criticized.
But just as he got up, Noodles swam over from the water.
Behind him was a paper figure.
Hua Jiyang's paper figure.
Sure enough, as soon as he came over, the paper figure gave him a letter.
Not only that, but there was also a book, a knife, a sword, and a compass.
Gu An looked at the time. There was no time to look at it, so he could only leave a few hundred spirit stones and then hand over all 11,000 to the paper figure.
After receiving the spirit stones, the paper figure quickly left.
Gu An threw some peanuts to Noodles.
He hopes it will be okay after eating them.
In this way, Gu An rushed to the meeting place.
It was on the edge of a cliff.
When Gu An arrived, a fairy was already in place.
Golden Core Completion.
Slightly rough clothes, and a spirit sword that is also slightly ordinary.
Exquisite features, and a straight figure.
Without the weakness of a woman, it gives people a sharp feeling.
Like a sharp blade ready to be unsheathed at any time.
"Junior Brother Gu?" The other party tentatively asked.
"Greetings, Senior Sister." Gu An gave a greeting.
"It's really you. I've always heard that there is a junior brother who looks fifty or sixty years old who joined the sect. Seeing you today, it's true." The other party said with a smile: "My name is Zhuge Jing, one of the five people going to the Sword Immortal Tomb this time.
If you have any questions, you can ask me.
Since we are from the same sect, we should take care of each other."
The other party spoke sincerely and openly.
Gu An was a little surprised.
He quickly said thank you.
With only two people, they waited for a while, and a young, silent man walked over.
When Gu An saw him, it was as if he saw a silent sword.
But with the breath of life.
Nascent Soul cultivation.
"Lu Ping, Senior Brother Lu, is our leader this time. His strength is beyond doubt, and he is very responsible." Zhuge Jing explained in a low voice.
Gu An nodded.
After that, he gave a greeting.
Lu Ping nodded and did not speak.
Then they waited.
There are still two people missing.
When the time was almost up, the other two people came riding their swords.
One man and one woman.
Late stage of Golden Core.
They first respectfully gave a greeting, and then said apologetically: "We are late, we have kept the senior brothers and sisters waiting."
"It's okay." Lu Ping said plainly, then rode his sword: "Let's go."
Several people followed and rode their swords.
Gu An sighed slightly. Normally speaking, something would happen if he rode his sword down.
But the other party didn't mention it, and he could only bite the bullet.
But as soon as he rode his sword to the position of the Sword Dao Gang Qi, Gu An felt a sword intent envelop him.
So that he would not be affected.
It was the sword intent of Senior Brother Lu Ping.
The other party actually took care of him.
This shocked him a little.
He didn't say a word, and didn't even turn his head.
Such silence is much stronger than some people's gentle smiles.
At this time, Gu An had time to observe the two newcomers.
The two people also glanced at him just now. The man's eyes were a little disdainful, and the woman's eyes were disgusted.
I think they don't like him very much.
Soon the five people came to a mountain in the back mountain.
Many people gathered here.
Each peak has a team of people, not only that, but also other sects.
Everyone stood in their respective places.
After Gu An and the others landed, they stood silently in their positions.
"Stand well, don't cause trouble." Lu Ping said.
Gu An glanced around and found a bunch of people whose cultivation he couldn't see through.
Their positions were lower, all of them were Golden Cores and one Nascent Soul.
Further down there were Foundation Establishment and Golden Core.
Above were Nascent Souls at the bottom, and the leaders may have surpassed Nascent Soul.
Further up were some old seniors.
These people also seemed to be going in. A secret realm almost encompassed the sect from top to bottom.
It's just that everyone is going to different destinations.
"This secret realm can be said to have everyone. Junior Brother, is this your first time participating in such a secret realm?" The Golden Core fairy said with a smile.
"Yes." Gu An nodded.
"I heard that Junior Brother is quite impulsive. Don't start conflicts with people easily after entering. You may lose your life if you are not careful.
It's not like outside, there are no people from the Law Enforcement Hall staring, and there is no situation pressing down.
Maybe some people will repay grievances and take revenge.
Junior Brother, have you offended anyone?" The woman asked with a smile.
Gu An lowered his eyebrows and did not speak.
"It doesn't matter if you have or not, it's just that Junior Brother's cultivation seems to be not enough. I hope you don't drag us down too much at that time." The Golden Core man followed and said.
"Senior Brother doesn't need to worry. If there is an opportunity, Senior Brother can just take it, no need to care about me." Gu An said.
"Junior Brother is really ambitious, when the time comes...:" Before the other party could finish speaking, Zhuge Jing interrupted:
"Okay, we're about to go in, don't talk anymore."
In this way, everyone stopped talking.
But the two were still a little dissatisfied.
Early stage of Golden Core, too much of a drag.
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