◇ 【107】 Go to Sichuan Province
After Gu Juan entered the space, he went to the hot spring and glanced at Xi Lang. Xi Lang remained motionless, still refining the fire essence, and it was clear that he was making very good progress.
Instead of going there, he went to the treasure room and retrieved five top-grade spirit stones. He would use these stones to inscribe a hidden essence talisman. Wearing the hidden essence talisman would allow him to disguise himself as an ordinary person. The "Moon-Slaying Immortal Record" and "Sun-Slaying Immortal Record" he and Xi Lang practiced possessed incomparable advantages over other cultivation techniques. Once they reached the Heart-Stirring Stage, they could conceal their true essence at will, making their identities unrecognizable even to those with higher cultivation levels.
Therefore, in addition to engraving the Hidden Yuan Talisman, his top priority in the near future is to improve his cultivation to the Heartbeat Stage.
Sitting cross-legged on a cushion, he channeled a trace of True Energy into his palm, and a top-grade spirit stone silently levitated before him. His hand waved casually, his True Energy like a pen, carving seemingly chaotic but actually patterned lines on the spirit stone. A silver light flickered across the stone. When a complete talisman was carved, it suddenly vanished from the stone. He continued his movements, drawing the second talisman... This process continued three times. After more than half an hour, the spirit stone transformed into a grape-sized bead with a hole in the center.
Gu Juan followed the same method and engraved a total of five Yinyuan talismans.
After looking at Xi Lang again, he left the space and gave three of the Hidden Yuan Talismans to Xi Cong, Luo Qingyou and Gu Yinyin. He wore one himself and prepared the other one for Xi Lang.
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Despite his busy academic schedule, Gu Juan maintained his unwavering habit of cultivating in his space every night. By adjusting the time ratio between his space and the outside world to 20:1, he successfully advanced from the middle stage of the Bigu fast to the final stage in just two days of outside time.
At this time, Xi Lang had not yet come out of seclusion.
Two days later, Gu Juan was in class when he heard Xi Lang calling him. He was delighted and his spiritual consciousness entered the space, condensed into a human form, and communicated with Xi Lang.
"Old man, have you come out of seclusion?" He found that he could no longer see Shi Lang's cultivation level. "What is your current cultivation level?"
Xi Lang reached out to hug him but found nothing. He shook his head helplessly, "Middle stage of spiritual silence."
Gu Juan was astonished. "I'm only at the end of the Bigu stage now. You broke through from the middle stage of Bigu to the middle stage of Spiritual Silence in one fell swoop. Fire Essence is indeed a good thing!"
Xi Langxu hugged him and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."
Gu Juan curled his lips, "I don't need your protection. Go to the treasure room and choose a weapon to claim as your master, and consolidate your strength first. I'm still in class, I'll take you out after the morning class is over."
Xi Lang nodded, "Okay, just focus on the class."
After watching Gu Juan's ethereal form vanish, he entered the treasure room. His gaze darted across the shelves until he settled on a precious sword with a dragon-like pattern. He picked it up, tested its feel, and immediately swore his name with a drop of blood. The sword's details immediately surfaced in his mind: it was called the Dragon Scale Blade, a supreme spiritual weapon. A dragon has a reverse scale; touching it brings anger.
Xi Lang casually swung the Dragon Scale Blade, and he and the blade seemed to become one, shattering the control of the situation with overwhelming power. With a thought, the Dragon Scale Blade instantly shrank, silently disappearing into his dantian.
After class, Gu Juan hurriedly drove to the suburbs and took Xi Lang out of the space, creating the illusion that he had just returned from another place.
As soon as Xi Lang came out, he hugged his lover and kissed him, trying to calm down first.
After the kiss, he noticed that there was an extra bead around his lover's neck.
"This is?"
"The Hidden Yuan Talisman is used to conceal the true energy. I originally refined five of them, but you are no longer in love with them now that you have passed the stage of excitement." Gu Juan's hand stroked Xi Lang's face.
Xi Lang smiled and extended his hand.
Gu Juan was stunned for a moment and took out the Yinyuan Talisman prepared for him.
Xi Lang put it on his neck and said, "To me, this is not a Hidden Yuan Talisman, but a gift you gave me."
Gu Juan's eyes sparkled with joy.
"I'll drive." Xi Lang and Gu Juan swapped places. "Is everything going well out there?"
Gu Juan said, "When I was in Guiyi Village, I got some news that I didn't have time to tell you. I overheard the conversation between the three brothers and sisters. Their master predicted that an even more powerful treasure would appear in Sichuan Province on December 21st of the 12th year. Just think about it, a fire spirit caused an earthquake. If a treasure more powerful than the fire spirit appeared, the earthquake it caused would be even more severe and affect a larger area."
"Do you know the exact location?" Xi Lang asked.
Gu Juan shook his head.
Xi Lang pondered for a moment, "We'll go to Sichuan Province during National Day and try to find out where the treasure was found. Either find a way to guide the treasure out in advance without causing casualties to the residents, or find a way to relocate the nearby residents."
Gu Juan nodded. "We know too little about the situation, so this is all we can say. Let's go home. Mom and Dad are waiting for you to have a family meeting."
"What family meeting?" Xi Lang asked in confusion.
Gu Juan told Xi Lang about his suggestion to his mother to form a leisure guild. He asked Xi Lang for his opinion, "How about taking Mom and Dad with you on this trip to Sichuan? We're just going to secretly explore the treasure, so there shouldn't be any danger."
Xi Lang felt a warm current in his chest. He slowed down the car, hugged him and kissed him.
"Xiaojuan, you have feelings for your parents. I will be jealous."
Gu Juan glared at him.
Xi Lang held his hand. "Then bring Mom and Dad along. Speaking of which, my eldest brother and I have indeed neglected them over the years and haven't spent enough time with them. Taking two is fine, taking five is fine too. How about bringing my eldest brother, his wife, and Yin Yin along as well? They should know more about the world of cultivation. We can't always be raising them like children."
Gu Juan had no objection, "Ask them tonight if they can spare the time."
In the evening, Gu Juan called Gu Yinyin over for dinner.
After dinner, they held a family meeting and Gu Juan told Xi Lang about his and Xi Lang’s plan.
Both Xi's mother and father were moved by the fact that their son and "daughter-in-law" cared so much about them, and they couldn't suppress the smiles on their faces.
"Okay, then my old man and I will enjoy the blessing of having a son and daughter-in-law. We will follow your arrangements for this trip." Xi's mother said happily.
Gu Yinyin had no other plans and said she could go together.
Xi Cong said, "Qingyou and I are fine." Since starting his cultivation, his mindset has changed. Spending time with his family and cultivating are more important than making money. Lately, he's been focusing on training several capable subordinates, gradually handing over company matters to them so he doesn't have to do everything himself.
On National Day, early in the morning, Gu Juan, Xi Lang, Xi's father, Xi's mother, Xi Cong, Luo Qingyou, and Gu Yinyin, a group of seven, packed up and were driven to the train station by the family driver. They had some work to do, and it would have been inconvenient to bring two children with them. Xi Cong also wanted to spend some time with Luo Qingyou, so he didn't bring Duoduo and Doudou with him. Instead, he sent them to his uncle's house, asking Old Man Xi to help take care of them for a few days.
The reason for choosing to take the train was that it allowed him to enjoy the scenery along the way and also to experience the fun of the ride. Furthermore, Xi Lang bought a premium soft sleeper ticket, which allowed two people to share a compartment, each with its own private bathroom, shower, wardrobe, etc., making it much more comfortable than flying.
Gu Juan, Xi Lang, Xi's father and mother, and Xi Cong and Luo Qingyou—the three couples—each had a private room. Xi Lang was thoughtful enough to buy two tickets for Gu Yinyin's room, giving her a separate room and eliminating the need to share with strangers. Tickets were in short supply during the National Day holiday, but with the Xi family's connections, securing a few tickets was easy.
After getting on the car, Xi Lang and Xi Cong first helped their parents put their luggage.
At this time, Xi's mother's cell phone rang.
"It's Wanru." Wanru is Mrs. Zhang's name.
"Sister Hua, we're short one person, are you coming?"
Xi's mother looked proud and said, "I'm on the train now!"
"On the train? Where are we going?"
Lin Ronghua smiled brightly, "Alang and Xiaojuan are taking me and the old man out for a trip!"
Gu Juan smiled silently. Xi's mother was as cute as a child.
Over there, Mrs. Zhang said something, and Lin Ronghua said proudly, "Just keep envying me. Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. I'll take some more photos for you to see."
After helping Xi's mother and father tidy up, Xi Cong said to Xi Lang, "It's too early in the morning. Let's have breakfast first."
Xi Lang's train ticket departed at 8:00 AM and arrived at 11:00 PM. Once they arrived in Ducheng, they could go straight to the hotel and rest, get enough sleep, and then explore the city the next day.
Xi Lang retrieved the breakfast he had prepared the previous night from his interspatial ring. He and Gu Juan hadn't concealed the matter of the interspatial ring from their family, and they had also promised to refine a storage artifact for each of Xi Cong and the others once they had mastered the art of refining. There were storage artifacts in the interspatial ring, but Xi Cong, Luo Qingyou, and Gu Yinyin were still at a low level of cultivation, so carrying too many treasures wasn't safe.
After breakfast, Gu Juan and the others chatted with Xi's father and mother for a while and then went back to their own box to rest.
Xi Lang noticed that Gu Juan was silent, so he walked over to sit beside him and put his arm around his shoulders. "Xiao Juan, are you worried about something?"
Gu Juan smiled and said, “It’s nothing actually… You’ve also read Master’s notes and know that it’s easy to feel uneasy after entering the heartbeat period. Some time ago, I had a bad dream. I dreamed that Yinyin got married at a young age and married a scumbag. The dream was so clear that it seemed like it was real. In the dream, Yinyin would meet that person recently, so I’m a little worried.” Half a month ago, he entered the early stage of heartbeat and would occasionally feel uneasy.
Xi Lang was stunned. "Dreams are all fake. Even if she really did meet that scumbag, we already knew about it in advance and could have taken precautions. Can't we handle a scumbag? Don't overthink it."
Gu Juan nodded, put her arms around his neck and leaned on his shoulder.
Xi Lang kissed his forehead, and said with some dissatisfaction, "I'm not in your dream?"
Gu Juan grinned secretly. He was talking about his past life, a past life where he and Xi Lang had never met.
"No. In reality, you force me to do it every night, and in my dreams, you won't let me have some peace and quiet?"
Xi Lang was helpless. "Well, if you didn't dream about it, then you didn't dream about it." He lifted the person up and sat him astride his lap. "Is your waist still sore?"
"acid."
Is this acting like a spoiled child? Xi Lang's chest softened, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly, "Let me rub it for you."
[Sorry, the updates will be very unstable in the next few days. Something's going on here at Moumou... PS: Only one update today. Good evening.]
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