Chapter 241: Vow to Protect
Looking at Li Ya's face full of fighting spirit, An Hao was indifferent. If it were before, he might have been looking forward to fighting with Li Ya, but now he only had the junior brother whom he had never met in his mind.
Li Ya possesses the immortal treasure and is no longer the same as before. Naturally, An Hao would not think that he is Li Ya's opponent.
But putting aside the immortal treasure, An Hao really didn't think that Li Ya was qualified to be his opponent.
Li Ya thought he was afraid of fighting, so he said, "Don't worry, I won't use that treasure when fighting you, but if it's against other people, I will not show mercy, which is a good opportunity to show the prestige of my Taixuan Sect."
Zhang Buku stood beside him and hummed, "I don't mind you using that treasure. It happens that I also want to try out its sharpness."
An Hao looked at Zhang Buku. He had met Zhang Buku before. At that time, Zhang Buku and Li Ya were inseparable, but the two sides had not yet met each other.
He was very interested in Zhang Buku and could feel that Zhang Buku's blood and energy were extremely powerful. In terms of real strength, he was definitely stronger than Li Ya.
"What's your name?" An Hao stared at Zhang Buku and asked.
Zhang Buku replied: "My name is Zhang Buku, and I am Li Ya's brother."
The corner of Li Ya's mouth twitched, but he did not refute.
An Hao nodded, then turned away without saying anything more.
Li Ya became interested and took a step forward, saying, "The three of us are all from Taixuan Sect, and we were also enrolled in the Xinghai Sect at the same time. How about helping each other regardless of victory or defeat in the future?"
An Hao nodded without objection.
In his heart, the status of Taixuan Sect is still very high, and he thinks it is natural for fellow sect members to help each other.
Li Ya and Zhang Buku stepped forward and stayed beside An Hao, starting to chat about their previous experiences. An Hao didn't care at first, but as he listened, he became attracted by their experiences.
Are these two so belligerent? Zhang Buku and Li Ya soon started quarreling, blaming each other. An Hao suddenly envied them a little. No matter where they went, they could always be together and rely on each other.
An Hao thought of his junior sister An Xin and couldn't help but sigh.
Even he felt that God was unfair.
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While Li Ya and the other two were wandering around in the Xinghai sects, Gu An and his disciples far away in the Taixuan Sect had been living the same life for the past ten years.
Ten years passed in the blink of an eye.
Gu An is now one hundred and thirty-nine years old. In the summer of this year, the Tianbang Conference hosted by Taixuan Sect is about to begin, and Taixuan Sect is plunged into unprecedented prosperity.
The third medicine valley, inside the attic.
Gu An looked at his attribute panel and saw that his lifespan had recovered to eight million years. He was secretly satisfied.
When he broke through to the realm of Xiaoyao Yuanxian, it took him nearly a million years of his life just to create the life span barrier. In the past ten years, his life span has increased by more than four million years, which is not bad and very stable.
Next, Gu An plans to reach a lifespan of 100 million years. At that time, he will first improve all aspects of his attribute panel and then break through to a higher level.
Although his lifespan only increased by 4 million years in ten years, and 100 million years seemed out of reach, Gu An was not panicked, as he still had a trump card, which was the cave paradise.
The seventh-level medicinal herbs in the secluded cave will not take decades to mature, and every month, Gu An will bring high-level seeds.
What Gu An is thinking about now is collecting immortal spiritual trees.
Last year, an immortal spiritual tree appeared in a private auction hosted by Master Tang Hai. However, the price was driven up to a sky-high price. Gu An, who had been buying high-level medicinal herbs for many years, was unable to buy the tree. The other party was a great monk from the Xinghai Sect, with a strong background and amazing financial resources.
Gu An did not rob just for a spiritual tree. There was no need to make enemies. The immortal spiritual tree could not allow him to gain millions of years of life at one time. Moreover, Taixuan Sect and Xinghai Sect were on good terms, and his disciple An Hao was also living safely in Xinghai Sect.
There will be opportunities in the future!
Gu An took advantage of this Heavenly Ranking Conference to make some money, and he was also looking forward to the excitement that was to come.
He stood up and prepared to go to Xuan Valley because an acquaintance had returned.
After going downstairs, Gu An called Yang Jian, and then rode on the Blood Hell Great Sage to teleport into Xuan Valley.
The disciples of Xuan Gu have seen the Blood Hell Sage and Yang Jian over the years, and they all know their relationship with Gu An.
Gu An did not go upstairs, but began to inspect the park in the valley, followed by Yang Jian and the Blood Hell Great Sage.
Ten years later, the thirty-two-year-old Yang Jian had already reached the second level of the Jindan realm. At such an age and with such a level of cultivation, he was already one of the top cultivators in the world. However, considering that the twenty-year-old Yang Jian was only at the third level of the Qi Lian realm, his talent was even more difficult to estimate.
Yang Jian still concealed his cultivation level, and his apparent cultivation level was only the seventh level of Qi training.
Yang Jian, who practiced the Art of the Form and Qi of All Things and the Innate Skill of Heaven and Earth, had extremely powerful qi and blood. Gu An judged that even a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage could not withstand his strength.
Under Gu An's guidance, Yang Jian became more calm, neither arrogant nor impatient, and showed the demeanor of a senior disciple.
"I heard that the Taoist master of Cang Tian Sect has arrived." Yang Jian was chatting with the Blood Hell Great Sage about the Heavenly Ranking Conference.
The Blood Hell Great Sage was also very interested in this. The two of them only talked about others and did not talk about their own cultivation. This was a habit they developed under Gu An's long-term instructions.
After a while.
A figure flew over from the horizon, it was Li Ya.
Yang Jian turned his head and looked, curiosity flashing in his eyes.
What a strong aura! Li Ya came flying on his sword, like an immortal descending from the sky.
After putting away his sword, he quickly walked to the edge of the park and greeted Gu An.
Gu An smiled and said, "Brother Li, why are you here? Wait for me for a moment."
Li Ya nodded, and his eyes couldn't help but look at Yang Jian.
Although Yang Jian's cultivation is low, his temperament is extraordinary.
"What is the relationship between this person and Junior Brother Gu?" Li Ya thought to himself.
After a while, Gu An handed the herbs to a chores disciple, then took Yang Jian to Li Ya.
He introduced Yang Jian to Li Ya and asked Yang Jian to say hello.
"Yang Jian greets uncle." Yang Jian clasped his fists and said, neither humble nor arrogant. Although Li Ya's aura was very strong to him, Li Ya was far from being comparable to Gu An. If Gu An did not hide his cultivation level, the two of them would not have been able to become brothers.
Upon hearing this, Li Ya asked curiously, "But is it Yang Jian from The Investiture of the Gods?"
Yang Jian nodded and said, "I have loved reading The Investiture of the Gods since I was a child, and I changed my name to Mingzhi after I joined the sect."
Li Ya smiled, then took out a sword from his storage bag and gave it to Yang Jian.
Yang Jian couldn't help but look at Gu An, and only accepted it after seeing Gu An nod.
Li Ya pulled Gu An towards the attic. Gu An asked Yang Jian to follow, which made Li Ya hesitate.
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"Jian'er is my real disciple. I will teach him everything I know. Let him follow me and broaden his horizons at the same time." Gu An said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Li Ya couldn't help but look at Yang Jian again.
He understood the implication of Gu An's words.
"So that's how it is. If you run into trouble when you go out in the future, you can come to me, uncle-master." Li Ya said with a high-spirited smile, and Yang Jian hurriedly thanked him.
Gu An found it funny that Li Ya guessed his thoughts correctly, but it was a pity that he got the relationship wrong.
He was not helping Yang Jian find a backer, but helping Li Ya!
After the three of them went upstairs, Li Ya began to talk about his experience in the Xinghai Sect. He has now become a true disciple of the Xinghai Sect, but his cultivation is the lowest among the true disciples and he relies on the Shenyi City.
Although Yang Jian entered the sect late, he had heard of the name of the Magical City.
He never expected that the Taixuan Sect cultivator who captured the Shenyi City decades ago was actually his uncle.
He suddenly suspected that Li Ya was able to capture the Shenyi City because of his master's intervention.
"By the way, I heard that there is an assessment within the Xinghai Sect. Did you participate?" Gu An suddenly asked.
Li Ya's face suddenly became unnatural, and he said: "I participated, and my ranking was good, breaking into the top 100. I became a true disciple based on my real strength."
Gu An didn't believe it. Li Ya had used the power of the Magic City a lot over the years.
"I heard that An Hao also participated. How did he rank?" Gu An asked.
Li Ya's face became even more embarrassed.
Yang Jian's eyes lit up and he asked, "Master, are you talking about An Hao, the number one genius of Taixuan Sect?"
"Yes, that's him."
Yang Jian fell into deep thought.
Li Ya said ambiguously: "His ranking is also good. If I don't use the Magic City, I am indeed not as good as him."
Gu An asked curiously: "What do you mean? Did you meet again?"
Li Ya was upset. Junior Brother Gu did this on purpose? He was embarrassing me in front of the younger generation? He did run into An Hao. He relied on the Magic City to suppress many great monks. When facing An Hao, he did not use the Magic City for fairness, and ended up losing miserably. This incident was widely circulated in the Xinghai Sect. An Hao stepped on him and became famous in the sect, which made him very depressed.
Although he was depressed, he did not regret it. An Hao had always been his goal, and he also wanted to know how much his true strength differed from An Hao's.
Gu An was happy. Knowing that Li Ya was defeated by his apprentice, he actually felt a sense of satisfaction.
Alas, this kind of mentality is unacceptable!
Gu An changed the subject and started talking about the Heavenly Ranking Conference.
Li Ya said that the reason he came back was because Taixuanmen sent a message asking him to come back. Taixuanmen needed the power of his Shenyi City to deal with the great monks from overseas.
After all, this is the first Heavenly Ranking Conference held by Taixuanmen. Lu Baitian still hopes to maintain his number one position in the world, even if his opponents are monks from holy places or great monks from overseas.
Gu An felt that Lu Baitian had no martial ethics, but it was not easy to criticize him. Magical weapons themselves were an integral part of a cultivator's strength. Apart from him, Gu An, who else could cultivate immortality and fight without relying on magic weapons?
"Senior Brother Li, what do you think of my disciple? Five hundred years later, I will let him participate in the Heavenly Ranking Conference. Maybe I will meet you then." Gu An said with a smile.
Li Ya glanced at Yang Jian and said, "Your cultivation is a bit low. If you want to compete for the first place in the world, you still need a great opportunity."
Yang Jian said nothing and just stood aside obediently.
Gu An smiled and said, "Anyway, I think my disciple has great luck and will definitely become famous in the world in the future. Although I don't know if I can see that day, I hope that you can support each other and advance and retreat together on the road of cultivation. After all, it is not enough to rely on yourself alone on the road of cultivation."
Li Ya felt sad after hearing these words.
He knew that Junior Brother Gu's talent was mediocre and he would definitely not be able to compete for immortality like him.
Li Ya said seriously: "Don't worry, your disciple is my disciple. As long as I am alive, I will protect him to the death. Whoever dares to harm him must step over my dead body first."
Yang Jian looked at Li Ya and his eyes changed.
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