Shen Jiangyue was overjoyed to see Gu Dan.

All the previous worries turned into surprises at this moment.

Looking at that smiling face, Gu Dan couldn't help but feel a little warm in his heart.

Although strictly speaking he and Shen Jiangyue didn't have much affection for each other, joining the Changsheng Sect was also partly for the sake of looking up to a big tree for shade.

But since his master was so worried about him, he was naturally quite touched.

"You are such an amazing disciple!"

The elder of the Changsheng Sect who was dragged over looked at Gu Dan for a moment and said with great certainty.

It’s not only because of Gu Dan’s performance when facing the heavenly tribulation, but also because of the aura that Gu Dan inadvertently revealed at this time.

It was as deep as the sea, not at all like a cultivator who had just been promoted to the Golden Core stage. It should be the performance of a cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core stage.

Logically speaking, even if one can survive the heavenly tribulation, there will be a period of weakness. There are even cultivators who have been almost killed by the heavenly tribulation.

However, Gu Dan not only withstood the Scarlet Sky Divine Thunder that only Nascent Soul Masters had to face, but there was not even a trace of injury on his body.

No matter who sees him, they will probably have to admire his radiant appearance.

Judging from his external appearance alone, it is hard to imagine that he has just experienced a heavenly tribulation that would give even a Nascent Soul Master a headache!

"Of course he is my apprentice, he is awesome!"

Shen Jiangyue was beaming with joy. Although she did nothing, it was still hard work for her.

It is said that women dress up to please themselves, so of course the master would feel proud of his disciple.

Even if strictly speaking she hasn't taught Gu Dan anything, so what?

The master-disciple relationship is not fake.

"cut."

The Changsheng Sect elder curled his lips sourly and said dissatisfiedly: "Who was it that pulled my collar earlier and suspected that I was secretly doing something?"

Woman, you just accepted a good apprentice!

"That was just an accident. Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, I'll treat you to a fairy banquet next time."

Shen Jiangyue waved her hand nonchalantly, without even glancing at him, but instead fixed her eyes on Gu Dan, as if she wanted to see if her beloved disciple had any surprises that she had not discovered yet.

Found a treasure!

Although it was already known that Gu Dan had a record of building a foundation and defeating the golden elixir, and that he possessed a natural spiritual root, no one had expected that Gu Dan could achieve new breakthroughs on this basis.

It is no exaggeration to say that even though Gu Dan has not fought with others after his promotion to the Golden Core stage, in Shen Jiangyue's eyes, he is already comparable to a true top genius!

Zhen Chi has been showing off his power and suppressing the heroes in the Jindan stage for so long, and finally he has an opponent.

Tian Yanzong probably couldn't have imagined that before Zhen Chi found a way to advance to the Nascent Soul stage, a challenger who could threaten his invincible Golden Core status had already appeared.

The key point is that this challenger is still "wild", and strictly speaking, he has not been cultivated by the nine major immortal sects.

As Gu Dan's master, Shen Jiangyue's feelings were like a diligent herbalist climbing a snowy mountain to pick a hundred-year-old snow lotus. Even though he knew it was worth a lot, he was happy from the bottom of his heart. After taking it back, he found that the hundred-year-old snow lotus was actually a higher-grade treasure! This extra gain, the expectation and satisfaction beyond one's own expectations, even a Yuanying Venerable could not help but show his joy.

"That's more like it."

The elder of the Changsheng Sect nodded slightly. He felt a little better after being bullied by this woman for so long.

But think about it.

That's not right! You accepted a disciple to hold a fairy banquet, but the sect hasn't moved in yet!

Would it be okay to use a fairy banquet that was destined to be held as an apology?

"Let's not talk about those messy things. How do you feel, disciple?"

Shen Jiangyue, however, paid no attention to the Changsheng Sect elder whose face had darkened again, and asked with great interest.

“It’s never been better.”

Gu Dan thought about it and said affirmatively.

Dao Yun Jin Dan is extraordinary and is improving itself every moment. However, his body is already extraordinary, and it is enhanced by blood Qi. This change may not seem big, but it is always a good thing to have an increase.

More importantly, since the condensation of the Dao Yun Golden Elixir, his recovery ability has increased by several levels. Anything that cannot kill him instantly is probably destined to die in his hands.

In addition, after being promoted to the Golden Core stage, he naturally possessed the ability to control the spiritual energy around his body. In other words, a single thought from him was enough to drain the spiritual energy within a radius of hundreds of feet or even further, and even imprison it.

The more powerful spiritual energy was completely condensed in the golden elixir, like a core fire, providing himself with endless power. As long as this core was not exhausted, his combat effectiveness would not be affected in any way. Whether in terms of endurance, explosive power or recovery ability, he ushered in a qualitative leap after achieving the golden elixir.

"That's good. It took me three years to condense the golden elixir. I almost thought you couldn't get out."

Shen Jiangyue patted his bulging chest and finally felt relieved.

"Three years?"

Gu Dan's eyes widened, "So long?"

"What do you think?"

Shen Jiangyue nodded. "If you don't wake up, I'm afraid I'll have to call the sect leader over."

Cultivation itself is a process of self-improvement. For a cultivator, this process is actually not uncomfortable. To be more precise, as long as one is not seeking death, the greater emotion should be joy.

Immersed in this emotion, the passage of time will become insignificant.

There are no years in the mountains, and you don’t know the years when the cold ends. This is the truth.

Time flows forward without stopping. For monks, although their time is exactly the same as that of ordinary people, their perception of time is significantly different from that of ordinary people.

A cultivator who is immersed in cultivation and breakthrough will naturally ignore the passage of time in the outside world.

This is also the reason why many monks with high levels of cultivation often appear aloof and difficult to communicate with.

They may retreat for decades at a time.

The children who had only met each other once before might have become so old by the time they came out of seclusion that their own grandchildren could already call them grandpa.

But for those monks with high levels of cultivation, it was just a 'moment' of "opening an eye and closing an eye".

They may live under the same sky, but they are clearly separated from each other.

An immortal is alone on his own mountain, and ultimately his music is too high to be appreciated by the public, and he is destined to have little to keep him company.

It was considered lucky that Gu Dan spent three years to advance to the Golden Core stage. However, there was once a Yuanying Master who went into seclusion for five hundred years for some unknown reason. When he woke up, his sect had become a wasteland and even the tombs had decayed and collapsed.

Everything in memory was completely gone by that time, and except for a few people of the same generation, almost no one remembered their names.

Loneliness is an inevitable thing in spiritual practice. Perhaps it is for this reason that practitioners need to huddle together for warmth, rather than closing their eyes and watching the world change.

“I didn’t expect it would take so long.”

Gu Dan was also a little surprised. This time he was not actively ignoring the passage of time. Instead, he was immersed in cultivation. Naturally, he was in a state of "I am everything". External things were completely abandoned, and he practiced wholeheartedly.

"Has anything major happened in these three years?"

After pondering for a moment, Gu Dan asked.

"It's nothing serious, but you probably missed a few bloody battles. After the Dragon Emperor was ambushed and killed by Zhen Chi and his men, the demon tribe also held a banquet and launched a round of offensive against us."

Shen Jiangyue smiled and said, "However, Yuantian Realm is the home ground of the human race after all. That round of offensive was undoubtedly beaten back. Not only that, now half of Qingzhou occupied by the dragon race has been recovered. Unfortunately, the dragon tomb has not been found yet.

The battlefield on the front line has been in a stalemate during this period. It is difficult for us to continue to advance the front line, and the resistance of the demon tribe is obviously becoming more and more tenacious.

The only regret for you is that you missed the opportunity to quickly gain contribution points."

Three years is neither long nor short.

But for the front line, the grinding wheel of flesh and blood that is turning all the time cannot be underestimated.

Because Gu Dan was going to be promoted to the Golden Core stage, he stayed away from the front line.

But the other monks will not stop because the world never revolves around one person.

In addition, with the huge contributions from the nine major immortal sects, although many cultivators were lost on the battlefield, overall, the number of strong people in the human race increased significantly.

Many cultivators who originally had no resources can exchange their contributions earned from fighting desperately on the front lines of the battlefield for elixirs and skills that they would never have dared to think of before. The best among them will even be valued and cultivated by the sect.

In order to make up for the loss of a world for the human race in the future, the nine major immortal sects and many other sects are also bleeding heavily, giving those cultivators a chance to change their fate.

What the world of immortal cultivation lacks has never been low-level cultivators. Whether it is practicing Qi or building the foundation, there will always be a batch of them after ten or twenty years. At least those who have obtained the golden elixir can be considered the backbone of the world of immortal cultivation and become a part of the force that cannot be ignored.

Apart from anything else, after three years of non-stop bloody battles, the number of Jindan cultivators is likely to have more than doubled. From the strategic perspective of the alliance of immortal sects, this can be considered a success.

The difficulty and danger of transforming from Jindan to Yuanying is too great, and it takes a much longer time. It is definitely not something that will bear fruit in a short period of time.

There are now calls for a ceasefire within the human race. Their strategic goal of "training troops" has been achieved, and continuing the bloody battle may not be a good thing.

The human race still needs time to digest those emerging geniuses. After a few hundred years, the emerging geniuses now will become the wealth and foundation of the major immortal sects, instead of running back to the battlefield as consumables like now.

After all, the goal of this battle is not to drive out the demon race completely. This is not realistic. Unless the Yuanying Venerable also personally takes action and starts a real bloody battle between humans and demons, they will always have to leave some soup when eating meat.

War is never an end, but a means to an end.

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Shen Jiangyue was about to say something else when a jade pendant hanging around her waist suddenly lit up.

A crucial piece of information has been transmitted through the jade pendant.

"Life and death arena?"

Time moves forward a little.

Dingwei City.

This city, which was originally located on the front line, has become one of the foundations of the rear during the uninterrupted fighting of human monks in recent years.

But this does not affect the prosperity here at all. Countless cultivators are building here and bringing the corpses of demons in exchange for the resources they need.

Countless cultivators participated in this gluttonous feast, absorbing the nutrients they needed from the flesh and blood of the monsters. The cultivators who were still able to stay here were the real beneficiaries.

And today, a towering figure appeared above Dingwei City, blocking out the sky. Even the sky seemed a little small under that figure.

A giant dragon! A dragon that was far more massive and terrifying than the Dragon King that Zhen Chi and his men had ambushed and killed!

Countless monks widened their eyes, and some even accidentally bumped into the city wall.

After three years of bloody battles, although many human cultivators fell and even more demons died, the top leaders still maintained basic restraint.

At least neither the Nascent Soul Master nor the Dragon Emperor of the Dragon Clan had ever taken the initiative to attack.

Suddenly seeing the Dragon Emperor behind the human race, the pressure that seemed to be real made many cultivators with insufficient cultivation feel their hair stand on end.

However, along with the appearance of that huge figure, an old Taoist in Dingwei City also flew up to the sky, staring at the figure that was even deeper and heavier than a mountain.

"Ao Guang? What are you doing here?"

The old Taoist's eyes were as sharp as torches and his voice was as loud as thunder.

"hehe."

With a light laugh, the figure hovering in the sky suddenly shrank, transformed into a human, and came to the old Taoist. "We've been fighting for so long, it's about time we talk, right?"

"talk?"

The old Taoist raised his eyebrows, "What can we talk about with you?"

"This kind of talk is just enough to fool your own children."

Ao Guang smiled slightly and said, "The human race has trained enough soldiers, right? If the fighting continues, those cultivators who have grown up with great difficulty will have to go to the battlefield again. What, do you really want to start a bloody battle?"

"Whether it is lifted or not, your opinion does not count."

The old Taoist was very dissatisfied with his attitude.

However, Ao Guang didn't care at all.

After so many years of fighting, the humans just stick out their butts and the demons know what they are going to do. Who doesn’t understand who? “You’ve already gotten what you wanted. There’s no benefit in continuing to fight.”

Ao Guang said: "It's time to talk about how to divide the source heaven, isn't it? I believe that the strong men of your human race have already sensed that the top-grade spiritual vein is about to appear in the world, and there are more important things to do."

"What does that have to do with you?"

The old Taoist raised his eyebrows and said, "Original Heaven Realm is the home ground of the human race. How can you, the demon race, make decisions?"

"No need to say such angry words."

Ao Guang said calmly: "It's time to stop the war."

"If you all get out of Yuantian Realm, we can naturally stop the war."

"You are not a child anymore, how can you say such things? That is impossible."

"Then keep fighting."

"If you fight again, we will have to send out the Demon King."

"Do you think we are afraid of you?"

With each word you say and each other I say, the tension has quietly risen.

"If you don't want Yuantian Realm to sink, you'd better not say such angry words."

Ao Guang shrugged slightly, his expression very humane, "Anyway, this isn't our world, so it doesn't matter if it's destroyed, but for you, it shouldn't be unbearable, right?"

"Are you threatening me?"

The old Taoist's gaze had become dangerous.

Keeping the enemy out of the country's borders is a truth that even ordinary dynasties know.

In other words, if you fight hard at home, you will lose money no matter what.

Everything here originally belonged to them. The demon tribe's bastards came in and made a mess. They still want to negotiate? "This is a negotiation."

Ao Guang's expression remained unchanged.

"What did you want to talk about?"

The old Taoist finally gave in a little. After all, destroying Shenyuan Tianjie was a loss no matter what, but this was definitely not an excuse for the demon clan to go further.

"How about a life-and-death competition? If you win, we will only keep Liangzhou. If you lose, the places we occupy will belong to us, and everyone will live in peace. Isn't that wonderful?"

Ao Guang said solemnly.

"The dragon's grave is in Liangzhou?!"

The old Taoist reacted immediately.

This group of cunning dragons did not bring the Dragon Tomb to Qingzhou at all! "It doesn't matter if it is or not. The golden age is coming, you don't want everything here to vanish, right?"

Ao Guang said calmly.

Anyway, this place is not theirs. The worst result is that no one can get it.

The old Taoist's expression changed continuously.

"I need to discuss this."

"It doesn't matter. We can wait for a while, but don't make us wait too long."

Ao Guang smiled, knowing that the human race had already made moves.

After so many years of fighting, both the human and demon races have already understood each other's bottom line.

Since no one can completely destroy anyone else, negotiation will never be outdated when it comes to interests. (End of this chapter)