Chapter 103: Changing Fate, the Fear of the Vine Tree
Gu An waited for more than half a year, and even after his sixtieth birthday, he still hadn't waited for the Ji family's seventh-level spirit tree.
He believed that Ji Xiaoyu would not lie to him. He thought that the Ji family's procedures were a bit complicated, so he had to wait a little longer.
This is not as good as Taixuanmen. The Xuanqing tree promised by Taixuanmen came down soon! On a hot summer day, Gu An was sowing seeds in the third medicine valley. Gu Yu was beside him, talking non-stop, talking about Taixuan Immortal Venerable.
This year, the plot of Taixuan Immortal Master reached its climax. The protagonist Gu Yu met with the second male lead Zhou Tongyou, and they prepared to join forces to fight the devil who was wreaking havoc on the world, which whetted the appetite of countless readers.
Gu An was in a good mood because he had just spent 100,000 years of his life last night to upgrade the Great Yin and Yang Transformation to the Nine Extreme Yin and Yang Body.
The Nine-Polar Yin-Yang Body retains its previous abilities to prevent spying and deduce cause and effect, and adds the mystery of the clone. He can create nine clones, and he can manipulate the clones to fight or act.
After coming back, he made a special attempt to use his clone to pick herbs, but unfortunately, just like before, he failed to take away his lifespan.
We can only keep our feet on the ground! While burying the seeds, Gu An was thinking about what combat methods to improve next.
Originally, he wanted to upgrade once a month, but during this year he often felt that there were great monks in the fusion realm fighting in the mountains of the North Sea, so he postponed his plan to become stronger.
Gu Yu couldn't help but look at Gu An and asked, "Hey, did you listen carefully?"
Gu An didn't look up and said casually: "I can't write a book according to your ideas, just wait and see."
"How long will Immortal Taixuan take to write?" Gu Yu asked in a low voice.
There were only two of them within a ten-mile radius, so they were not afraid of being heard.
"Soon, only a few years."
“What’s the next book?”
"Let's talk about it later. Maybe I won't write it anymore."
"Don't, if you stop writing, it will definitely be a great loss to the world of immortal cultivation."
"It's a good thing that I stop writing, so that the monks won't focus on cultivating immortals and secretly read books all day long."
"Nonsense, who would read books every day? You only write a few words a year. We all read books after practicing."
The two began to bicker, and it was only after Gu Yu took out the latest Taixuan Secret Book that Gu An believed that he was not lazy in reading.
Gu An put the Taixuan Secret into his storage bag, and then asked, "Has anything major happened in the world of immortal cultivation recently?"
Gu Yu secretly despised his behavior, and then said: "It's true. The battle between the Demonic Path and the Epiphyllum Sect in the mountains of the North Sea has lasted for more than half a year. Qianqiu Pavilion and Wanyin Sect were slaughtered by the Epiphyllum Sect and were almost disbanded. If this continues, it won't take two or three years for the Epiphyllum Sect to unify the Demonic Path."
When he mentioned the Epiphyllum Sect, his tone became excited again.
"There will definitely be a battle between the Epiphyllum Sect and the Taixuan Sect, and this battle will unify the cultivation world of the Taicang Dynasty. The sect is not in a hurry at all, and it seems that victory is certain."
Hearing his words, Gu An couldn't help but think of Lu Baitian's maximum lifespan, and doubted whether Lu Baitian could successfully break through.
Gu An was helpless about the limit to lifespan. He couldn't point out the existence of the limit to lifespan to others.
The ultimate lifespan is like a kind of fate. All those who embark on the path of cultivating immortals are fighting against fate. Who can believe in fate? Gu An thinks that there is always a way to break fate in the world, but it is difficult to find.
The two chatted for another half an hour before Gu Yu left. He heard from him that Gu Zong had been in seclusion recently, apparently in preparation for the battle against the Epiphyllum Sect. He also had to practice well and do his part for the Taixuan Sect when the time came.
On the seventh day after Gu Yu left, the Alchemy Hall issued an order to collect medicinal herbs from each medicine valley in advance. Even in the third medicine valley, cultivators from the Lu family and the Ji family came to collect large quantities of medicinal herbs. All signs indicated that something big was about to happen.
What Gu An thought about was not the attack of the Epiphyllum Sect, but that Lu Baitian was preparing to challenge the destiny and break through to the Xuanxin realm.
In a blink of an eye.
Summer goes and autumn comes.
At noon that day, Gu An arrived at Tianya Valley and found that Li Xuandao was also in the valley. His cultivation had reached the realm of crossing the void.
There was only one person who was over 200 years old and in the Void Realm that Gu An saw.
This guy's apparent cultivation level is only at the Jindan stage, he is very cowardly.
The two sat down at the stone table in front of the attic and talked. Li Xuandao praised Gu An for his outstanding planting ability. Thanks to the herbs cultivated by Gu An, he was able to successfully break through to the Jindan realm.
If it weren't for these herbs, Li Xuandao was going to ask Yi Liuyun to help him transplant the golden elixir. However, doing so would definitely not be as powerful as breaking through and condensing the golden elixir himself.
In response to this, Gu An could only smile and say that it was all because of his uncle's strong talent.
Looking at Li Xuandao's smile, Gu An could guess that he must be secretly happy, thinking that no one knew about his cultivation in the Void Realm.
"Gu An, is Yang Ni doing well over there?" Li Xuandao asked with a smile, picking up the tea bowl.
"That's good. She has now started growing medicinal herbs and has become my fellow cultivator." Gu An replied.
“Growing herbs?”
Li Xuandao's expression became intriguing.
Gu An suddenly thought of something. Lu Baitian said that two hundred years ago, the Epiphyllum Sect once controlled the royal family. Could it be that Li Xuandao’s martial arts came from the Epiphyllum Sect?
Zong Ying is the best proof. He is able to hide his cultivation level, and even if someone is at a higher level than him, it is difficult to detect.
Then I thought of the Epiphyllum planted by Yang Ni...
Good god! Is there an undercover member of the Epiphyllum Cult around me? The more Gu An thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.
Li Xuandao continued, "The world of immortal cultivation has been unstable recently, so you must be careful."
Gu An followed up on his words and asked, "Are you talking about the Epiphyllum Religion, uncle?"
"That's right."
"Uncle, as the emperor, what do you think of the Epiphyllum Religion?"
Li Xuandao's face was calm as he said, "He has evil ambitions and is bringing disaster to the people."
Hearing this, Gu An was stunned. These words did not sound like those of someone from the Epiphyllum Sect.
Li Xuandao began to tell the past. It turned out that his father had been controlled by the Epiphyllum Cult, which led to the court becoming a tool for the Cult to make money. Until the truth was revealed, his father was brutally killed by the Cult. He had to ask the Taixuan Sect for help. He was able to become the emperor because he provided intelligence at that time, so the Taixuan Sect supported him to take the throne. After all, he was not the crown prince.
Li Xuandao's tone was full of hostility towards the Epiphyllum Sect, which made Gu An feel that he was not faking it.
"I want to compete with Taixuan Sect, but that is just an internal struggle of the dynasty. If Tanhua Sect and Taixuan Sect fight, I will definitely support Taixuan Sect and spare no effort." Li Xuandao said coldly, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes, which was directed at Tanhua Sect.
Gu An asked in surprise: "The Epiphyllum Cult's actions are so abominable, and no one knows where their sect is headquartered. How come so many people have joined the Epiphyllum Cult?"
Li Xuandao replied, "Because of Epiphyllum, it is said that Epiphyllum can change the aptitude of cultivators and even postpone their death. In addition, the cultivation resources they provide to those who join are indeed abundant, so there are always people joining them."
"Based on the information I have so far, the foundation of the Epiphyllum Sect is extremely strong, and may even be stronger than the entire Taicang Dynasty, because the Epiphyllum Sect we are facing is only a branch."
Epiphyllum?
Change qualifications?
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Gu An raised his eyebrows. No wonder Yang Ni would meditate and practice in the Tanhua Garden.
But he remained skeptical about the efficacy of Epiphyllum. Could a sixth-grade herb change one's fate?
Li Xuandao continued to tell Gu An about what the Epiphyllum Cult had done two hundred years ago. At that time, the people of a city would often disappear from the face of the earth, leaving only an empty city. To this day, Li Xuandao has not found out where those people went, but it is certain that they were in great danger.
Gu An seemed to be listening to various ghost stories and was very engrossed in them.
This Epiphyllum Cult is very evil!
It is said that the followers of the Epiphyllum Sect are not only monks, but also monsters and ghosts. This reminds Gu An of the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother who is still staying in the Butiantai.
They chatted for a full hour, but Li Xuandao hadn't finished yet and Gu An wasn't tired of listening.
Sudden.
A line of prompts appeared in front of Gu An.
[Zhong Liang is hostile to you and has murderous intentions towards you. Do you want to use a life span detection on him?]
Zhong Liang?
Who is this? I don't know him at all.
Gu An was stunned. He was usually kind to others and seldom made enemies.
This name sounds complicated, so Gu An silently chose it.
[It will take 100 years of life, do you want to continue?]
So expensive? Gu An couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, have you heard of Zhong Liang?"
Upon hearing this, Li Xuandao frowned and asked, "Has the Epiphyllum Cult started to contact you?"
"Is this person from the Epiphyllum Sect?" Gu An became nervous upon hearing this and immediately chose yes in his mind.
[Zhong Liang (Fusion Realm Level 3): 1462/2900/3000]
The third level of the fusion realm! Gu An frowned and thought carefully about how the other party knew about him.
Was it because of Zong Ying? No, he checked many times and confirmed that Zong Ying did not have any message from other great monks, and Zong Ying had been dead for half a year.
Who is it because of?
When Gu An thought that he had been targeted by the Epiphyllum Cult, he suddenly had the urge to rush into the Epiphyllum Cult's lair and silence them.
Unfortunately, the Epiphyllum Cult has no headquarters, at least not in Zong Ying’s memory. Zong Ying and the mysterious black shadow meet in different places every time.
"Two hundred years ago, Zhong Liang was the leader of the Epiphyllum Sect. He was severely injured by Lu Baitian and fled. Where did you come into contact with him?" Li Xuandao asked in a deep voice.
Gu An shook his head and said, "I met him by chance before at the outer gate of Taixuan Sect. He wanted to invite me out to seek an opportunity, but I refused. Today, I talked with my uncle for so long that I suddenly thought of him. I didn't expect that he was really the devil of the Epiphyllum Sect."
Li Xuandao did not doubt Gu An's words, but thought of many possibilities.
Could it be that Zhong Liang was targeting Li Ya, or him? Li Xuandao's face darkened.
The name Zhong Liang made both of them lose interest in chatting. Afterwards, Gu An checked Tianya Valley and left in a hurry.
After returning to Xuan Valley, Gu An came to the cave passage of Bajing Cave.
He wanted to look through Zongying's storage bag again, just in case.
As a result, as soon as he arrived, he used his spiritual sense to see a vine of the Cang Teng tree fiddling with Zong Ying's storage bag. He kept his breath restrained and approached quietly without making any sound.
When he walked out of the cave, the vine tree was obviously frightened and its vines quickly retracted.
Gu An walked all the way to it and said in a cold voice: "Since you have already developed intelligence, why are you hiding? Are you afraid of me? Be careful or I will burn you with fire!"
As soon as he finished speaking, spiritual fire ignited in his right hand.
Because of Zhong Liang's hostility, he was in a bad mood.
When the vine tree heard this, it trembled violently, and its leaves fell one after another. A weak female voice rang out, "I... I'm not afraid of you, I'm afraid of that tree..."
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