As Gu Yan walked up the mountain, his mind remained focused on the woman in palace attire.
His eyes fell upon that incredibly fair and delicate body, and he almost wanted to pin her down there, but thankfully he managed to control himself.
When his divine sense probed her dantian, he saw a faint blue light emanating from it, which he guessed was the source.
Could it be that she also possesses some kind of unusual constitution? Gu Yan pondered, stroking his chin.
Lan Qingcheng felt as if her whole body had been touched, which made her feel very warm, and she quickly calmed herself down.
Lan Qingcheng, you are a married woman, you cannot act like this, she told herself, forcibly suppressing the feeling of being touched.
Before long, Gu Yan heard a fight ahead. He extended his divine sense and saw more than a hundred people, who appeared to be from two different groups based on their clothing.
"Senior brother, attack his lower body, or we'll lose!" shouted a man in his twenties, dressed in blue robes, looking very anxious.
"Alas, Brother Liu, our two sects were merely exchanging martial arts techniques. How could you come up with such a treacherous trick?" a man dressed in black said, looking quite smug.
"Pah! You black turtle! Why didn't you call it insidious when you tricked me out of a Qi herb?" another man in blue shouted.
"Alas, Senior Brother has lost," a man in blue robes said with a sigh.
"Haha, fellow disciples, don't feel bad about it. After all, our Mo Hua Sect is about to be promoted to a second-class sect. It's normal for us to be a little stronger than your Qing Xia Sect." A man in black said as he approached, looking very smug.
"Pah! Aren't you just lucky to have advanced as Supreme Elders?"
"Let me tell you, our sect leader is also about to break through. We'll see which side is stronger then," a man in blue robes said loudly.
"Haha, congratulations in advance! I've already received news that the sect leaders have decided to launch a campaign against the demonic path. I hope you'll have that luck," said the black-clad disciple who had just finished the competition.
At twenty-four or twenty-five years old, his cultivation level was already at the early stage of the Profound Realm. Although he had just broken through, he was still much stronger than the peak Huang Jing cultivator from the Qingxia Sect.
"What, to exterminate the demonic path?" the man exclaimed in shock.
Wouldn't those third-tier sects be the most dangerous? After all, top experts are weak, so they're the ones destined to do all the arduous tasks of scouting ahead.
"Yes, fellow disciples of the Qingxia Sect, you won't go back on your word regarding the bet we just made, will you?" the man in black asked again.
The disciples of Qingxia Sect immediately looked grim.
“Give it to him. Our Qingxia Sect never breaks its promises,” said the man in blue who had just participated in the competition. He was slightly injured and needed someone to support him.
"Hmph, you black bastards, I'll win back what's coming to you," said the man surnamed Liu, then tossed a small bag over.
"Junior brothers, let's go. We've harvested two century-old medicinal herbs on this trip, not bad at all, hahaha." The man laughed wildly, then led his junior brothers away.
"Senior Brother, are you alright?" the man surnamed Liu asked guiltily.
"It's alright. Junior Brother Liu, please don't act rashly in the future. In our martial arts world, strength is the only thing that matters. If you were outside, you might not be able to save your life."
"You should also remember to keep your wealth hidden and not act irrationally over a mere argument," the man in blue earnestly admonished.
The disciples quickly nodded in agreement.
"Oh, Miss Murong, and Madam Lan too." A disciple in green robes suddenly turned around and said, looking surprised.
It was Lan Qingcheng, Murong Xuelan, and Gu Yan who had just walked over.
"Guan Zi'ang, the eldest disciple of the Qingxia Sect, greets Madam Lan and Miss Murong," Guan Zi'ang said with a bow.
Immediately, the disciples of Qingxia Sect bowed and secretly glanced at the two stunningly beautiful women.
"Yes, you have a good character. If you stay true to your original aspirations, you will surpass them in the future," Lan Qingcheng nodded and said.
She then continued walking up the mountain, encountering several sect disciples competing along the way. This time, Lan Qingcheng paid no attention to them; these third-rate sects were not worth her attention.
She had just given some pointers to the Qingxia Sect disciple because she found his character to be quite good.
Gu Yan was eyeing those little fat sheep with envy. If he hadn't just heard about the campaign against the demonic path, he would have killed them all.
However, he held back. What if he disrupted their plans? He would rather wait until the big battle so he could reap the rewards.
"Young Master Gu, the next venue is an exchange meeting held by various sects. If you need anything, just say so, and I will thank you for saving my daughter," Lan Qingcheng said sweetly.
For some reason, her voice always unconsciously softens when she talks to Gu Yan.
"Yes, yes, just tell me if you need anything, and I'll grant your request," Murong Xuelan said with considerable confidence.
Clearly, once she arrived in a place where everyone knew her, the aura of the sect leader's daughter came out.
"I don't need anything else, but could you give me some century-old herbs?" Seeing that they were quite enthusiastic, Gu Yan accepted some.
"You don't need any pills?" Murong Xuelan asked, she had thought the other party would ask for a handful of pills.
“No need, I only need century-old herbs, and they must be fresh,” Gu Yan said.
“Alright, we’ve arrived at the front. Please wait a moment, Young Master Gu. I will go and fetch thirty snow lotuses to present to you,” Lan Qingcheng said.
This surprised Gu Yan. He hadn't expected that this beautiful woman in palace attire was quite wealthy. Oh no, it was the Tianshan Sword Sect that was quite wealthy. He would have to make a trip there sometime.
“Okay, I’ll wait up ahead for a bit and see if there’s anything else I need,” Gu Yan said.
Then I saw countless stalls in front of me, displaying all kinds of herbs, ores, and pills, with signs indicating the items I wanted.
In his excitement, Gu Yan immediately extended his divine sense and saw some century-old medicinal herbs, as well as some rare minerals that were not in his catalog.
Based on his experience, things that can be seen through directly are often not good things; only things that are difficult to see through with divine sense and have obstacles are good things.
"Wait here for me a moment, I'll come find you with Xue Lian later," Murong Xuelan said, looking at Gu Yan whose mind was elsewhere.
"Ah, okay, I'll just wander around here," Gu Yan replied casually.
Seeing how perfunctory the other party was, Murong Xuelan pouted and went back with her mother.
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