Chapter 56

Gu Fan and Lu Ya came up with the same idea, which was to let her practice with these two S-level water monsters.

Gu Fan had just learned the spells for the Foundation Establishment Period, and as for all spells, the more one used them, the more proficient one would become. Now it was not enough for Xinghe and several A-level psychics to practice with Gu Fan, and these two water monsters with insufficient speed were just right.

It’s a pity that the pressure from the Foundation Establishment cultivator had no effect on Lu Ya and the two water monsters, otherwise Gu Fan could really walk sideways on the earth.

During the day, Gu Fan would go find two water monsters to practice, and at night he would practice with peace of mind. After five days, when it was evening again, Gu Fan returned to the cave.

Lu Ya is eating a box lunch.

After Gu Fan established her foundation, a fasting pill could sustain her for half a month without food. In addition, she had no interest in Lu Ya's boxed lunch, so she sat next to him and watched him eat.

Lu Ya, who was eating a box lunch, still had a cold expression, like a specially made cold-faced robot.

After he finished eating and started drinking water, Gu Fan said, "Kill two water monsters tomorrow and go back, otherwise the Lianying people will be worried."

With her and Lu Ya's current cooperation, killing two water monsters will be no problem at all.

Lu Ya: "Yeah."

After the conversation, seeing that he didn't seem to have anything else to say, Gu Fan casually performed a dust removal technique on himself and sat on the mat to practice.

The night had just fallen outside, and Lu Ya sat facing outside with an expressionless face. When the surrounding metal elements began to flow towards her, Lu Ya knew that she was really practicing.

In the deep mountains and old forests, there are two single men and women. If this kind of plot appeared in an old TV show, something would definitely happen between the couple. However, Gu Fan was more of a person who had cut off all feelings and love than he was. These days, she had been practicing except for finding water monsters to practice. Even when she talked to him, they were discussing the experience of practicing.

Lu Ya lay down on the camp bed with his hands behind his head.

She has established her foundation and her lifespan can reach 500 years. If she continues to practice, she may really achieve immortality and ascend to heaven.

Lu Ya doesn’t even understand the magical powers of higher-level cultivators. What would happen if a person ascended to become an immortal?

He doesn't need to understand. He is just a person with special abilities. No matter how hard he tries, he can only be strong on Earth until he dies of old age.

The darkness passed and the day came again.

Gu Fan first went with Lu Ya to kill two water monsters. Lu Ya was responsible for the attack, and she was responsible for restraining one of them.

What surprised Gu Fan was that Lu Ya seemed particularly ruthless today, and he was not afraid of wasting his mental energy, controlling two golden giant swords at the same time - it turned out that she was busy practicing these days, and Lu Ya did not waste time and condensed another giant sword.

With a loud splash, the second water monster also died under Lu Ya's sword.

"One for each person." After bringing the bodies of the two water monsters to the shore, Lu Ya signaled Gu Fan to choose, and he went to kill other fish monsters in the lake.

If humans want to regain their former freedom, they must kill all monsters that can threaten human lives. Unless the number of monsters is reduced to a certain level, humans will have the leisure to consider the issue of "species protection". However, no matter how much protection they provide, they will not protect high-level carnivorous monsters.

Gu Fan picked a water monster and used the golden dagger Lu Ya gave her to dig out the crystal core, which was a blue water crystal core.

She helped Lu Ya deal with the second water monster, which was also a water crystal core. However, in the belly of this water monster, Gu Fan found two more crystal cores, one red and one blue, which should have been left by the two S-level pelicans.

"Here you go. The crystal core is useless to me." When Lu Ya came back, Gu Fan gave him all four crystal cores.

Not knowing what happened, Lu Ya's face became even colder, and he silently put away the crystal core.

Gu Fan subconsciously looked at the lake. There were only low-level fish monsters there. Could it be that they had caused any trouble for Lu Ya?

He smelled strongly of blood, so Gu Fan kindly asked, "Can I help you clean it up?"

Lu Ya looked at her and finally said "thank you".

For Gu Fan, it was just a matter of dust removal. The next second, the armor on Lu Ya became clean.

"Shall I take you back?" Gu Fan summoned his flying sword and asked.

There may be other S-level monsters in this mountain. They were able to kill the water monster easily because they were too familiar with it and had figured out its attack methods. If it were an unfamiliar S-level monster, it might take their lives if it launched a sneak attack. To be cautious, they should not be careless on the road to Zhang City.

Lu Ya had obviously considered this and cooperated with Gu Fan's flying sword. Now he was familiar with the barrier range of the flying sword. This time, he did not hold Gu Fan's waist again, but hooked two fingers of his right hand on the belt of Gu Fan's armor, exerting a little force to maintain balance.

Gu Fan took off and kept flying at a low altitude.

Lu Ya stood behind her and could only see her white neck and ears.

"What are your plans for the future?"

He finally asked.

Gu Fan thought for a moment and said, "A cultivator's retreat can last from three to five years at the shortest, to decades or even hundreds of years."

The person behind him didn't say anything, but his belt tightened.

The sword's flying speed slowed down imperceptibly. Gu Fan looked ahead and continued, "But I don't plan to retreat for a long time for the time being. Firstly, a large part of my cultivation is due to enlightenment, and my foundation is not stable. I need to cultivate my spiritual power and consolidate this foundation in the next few years."

"Secondly, when I first came to Earth, if I didn't have the base, and if you and Xinghe and the others hadn't taken care of me, I would have died long ago or been captured and forced to make pills. Although I have helped you, overall, you have helped me more. I know you all want to restore humanity to its former freedom, so I will accompany you to achieve this goal first. Once humanity is safe, I can also find a deep mountain forest to practice in peace, without worrying about being disturbed by monsters."

Lu Ya: "It may take decades or even centuries for humanity to regain freedom. Worse still, it may never happen."

There are so many monsters on land, and there is also an even larger ocean.

Even if humans do not provoke the monsters in the ocean, there is no guarantee that the monsters in the ocean will actively attack humans.

Therefore, no one can say for sure whether the era of freedom will come again.

Gu Fan smiled: "We'll talk about the future later. As long as you guys are alive and need my help, I will do my best. Once you are gone, I will probably retire and let humans and monsters fight each other. Survival of the fittest is the only way out."

Lu Ya fell silent for a long time before he asked, "You cultivate immortality to achieve immortality. What do you do after achieving immortality?"

Gu Fan: "How would I know? All cultivators are the same, right? Once they start practicing and taste the benefits of cultivation, they will definitely want to keep improving. Whether it's for immortality, to become stronger so others won't bully them anymore, or to become stronger so it's easier to bully others, there will always be a motivation. However, cultivation is not easy. Not to mention the competition and fighting among cultivators, even the later stages like the Golden Core Stage have to go through thunder tribulations and various disasters every time they break through. In the end, very few can truly become immortals."

Lu Ya listened quietly.

Thinking of his time in the sect, Gu Fan suddenly felt a little emotional: "You may envy me now, but that's because you have seen too little. In the cultivation continent, I was really a low-level ant. High-level Foundation Establishment cultivators could crush me, not to mention those above the Foundation Establishment stage. There may not be high-level monsters on Earth that can kill me now, but I am just safe enough, which does not mean that I can continue to cultivate smoothly. My current skills are too slow to cultivate. If I encounter a bottleneck or something, I may die in mediocrity after living for another four hundred years. Maybe I will be lucky enough to reach the Core Formation stage before the end of my life. I am penniless and have no magic weapons to rely on. It will definitely be difficult for me to survive the thunder tribulation. Even if I survive it, I don't have the skills for the rest of the process. No matter how long I live, I will still wait for death."

Therefore, glory is only in front of you. It is not that easy to practice. If you don’t worry about the present, you must have long-term considerations.

Lu Ya suddenly said, "You can get through here, and you may be able to get through back. When your cultivation level is high enough, will there be a way?"

Gu Fan was stunned. She had been busy looking for Lu Ya to practice with recently, and she had never considered it.

"You go down first, I'll see if I can fly out of the earth."

Unable to conceal his excitement, Gu Fan turned around and said to Lu Ya that the easiest way to leave a space was to fly out. Apart from flying, Gu Fan did not have any other magical powers for the time being.

Upon hearing this, Lu Ya activated his flying boots and left her sword.

Gu Fan exchanged glances with him and was about to fly upwards.

Someone suddenly grabbed his wrist. Gu Fan lowered his head and met Lu Ya's complicated eyes.

With a thought in his mind, Gu Fan smiled and said, "Don't worry, even if I could leave now, I wouldn't leave."

She was relatively safe on Earth, but returning to the Cultivation Continent would turn her into an ant again, with countless dangers waiting for her. Earth was so wonderful, with abundant spiritual energy that wouldn't hinder her cultivation. Of course, if she could find a way to travel back and forth to Earth, she could pretend to join a sect, acquire a high-level technique, and then return.

The abacus made a clicking sound, and when Lu Ya let go of his hand, Gu Fan flew upwards without looking back.

Whether the air is thin or not has no effect on the cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage. Gu Fan kept flying, and just when she could see the vast dark universe and the large and small planets outside, with a "bang", a transparent barrier suddenly knocked her back a long way, and she almost lost her balance and fell down.

After regaining his footing, Gu Fan frowned, slowly flew forward, and stretched out one hand.

She touched it, but an invisible barrier stopped her.

Unable to get out physically, Gu Fan released his spiritual sense, but it was also blocked, and he could not see as far as his eyes.

Gu Fan stepped back and tried to attack the barrier.

The small fireball hit the barrier and bounced back. Gu Fan dodged it nimbly. The fireball brushed past her and flew out, then extinguished itself soon.

Gu Fan continued to release attacks of varying strengths.

However, all attacks will be rebounded.

Gu Fan's expression became serious.

From the perspective of Earth technology, this doesn't make sense at all. She has read the report on the Earth Free Era. A group of ordinary people have launched satellites and astronauts have entered space. Why can't she do it?

Just because she is not from Earth?

As soon as the thought came to his mind, Gu Fan flew down quickly and soon returned to Lu Ya.

She told Lu Ya her speculation.

Lu Ya understood immediately: "You want me to try it?"

Gu Fan nodded.

Lu Ya then stepped onto her sword again.

Gu Fan condensed a spiritual barrier to ensure that Lu Ya would not be affected by the high altitude.

Back in front of the invisible barrier, Gu Fan asked Lu Ya to try to reach out.

Before Lu Ya stretched out his arm, his hand touched something. He tried to use force, but his fingers still couldn't move forward at all.

"It doesn't make sense. There are still the debris of your original satellite over there." Gu Fan thought for a moment, took out a piece of unopened chocolate from the space, and tried to throw it out.

"Bang", the chocolate bounced back and was caught by Gu Fan in time and put into the space.

Lu Ya touched the barrier and said, "Attack is also the condensation of elements. Elements, like objects, are foreign to this barrier. It prohibits foreign objects from passing through."

Gu Fan: "But when did this thing appear?"

Lu Ya recalled, "After the radiation, some human researchers flew spacecraft into space, trying to find a solution to biological mutations, but they all returned empty-handed. Others also attempted interstellar migration, but they never returned. It's unknown what they experienced in space."

This group of humans were once wealthy tycoons who mastered the most advanced space exploration and survival technologies.

Gu Fan: "Can you remember the last time humans left Earth?"

Lu Ya comes from a military family in the base, and he remembers all the major events related to human survival.

"In 2068, a spacecraft was launched from a base in the central United States. However, several attempts failed. Given the limited resources on Earth, all bases halted space research and development, concentrating their resources on consolidating their bases and implementing the Kaiju elimination plan."

Gu Fan couldn't help but ask, "Will there be any sudden changes on Earth after 2068?"

Lu Ya: "I'm not sure. I've only studied military history."

history?

Gu Fan suddenly remembered that Lu Ya was not yet born in 2068. Of course, he could only know about what happened at that time through historical records.

"Forget it, this looks more like a barrier from the world of cultivation. Even if we know the time it appears, we have no way to break it." Gu Fan said dejectedly. She had come into contact with a barrier once before, and that was when she met a master during her only training. The master was afraid that she would run out and pass on the message to her enemies, so he set up a barrier. Gu Fan's cultivation was not enough, so she was powerless.

Lu Ya's expression was solemn: "Could there be other cultivators on Earth?"

Gu Fan speculated, "There are no high-level spiritual herbs or spiritual stones or monsters on Earth. Spiritual energy must have appeared after the massive radiation. Such a barren place would be looked down upon by someone so skilled as to set up such a barrier. It's possible that the person was injured and accidentally traveled to Earth. Discovering the spiritual energy here, he hid on Earth and went into seclusion to heal his injuries. He hasn't come out yet."

Gu Fan has limited knowledge and can only think of this possibility for the time being.

Lu Ya: "The probability is very small. You can cause elemental fluctuations when you practice. If there is a master like that healing on Earth, it will definitely attract the attention of an S-level expert."

Gu Fan: ...

Does this mean that Lu Ya despises her?