Chapter 173: It's a pity we met so late, Journey to the West
Gu Yu's arrival disrupted the chess game between Gu An and Lu Lingjun. Lu Lingjun was also interested in Xuan Tianyi, so he asked Gu Yu a few questions.
After chatting for a while, Gu Yu finally left.
When Gu An saw that Lu Lingjun's mind was wandering, he knew that she was thinking about Xuan Tianyi.
He stood up and turned to leave.
Lu Lingjun suddenly said: "After the New Year, you should also go to listen to the teachings. This is a rare opportunity, and it is rare to see Mahayana cultivators."
Gu An turned around and looked at her. Seeing her face full of longing, he chuckled and said nothing more.
The influence of the Mahayana preaching was extremely great. In the following winter, more and more disciples returned, and monks from other sects also came.
Xuan Tianyi's name spread throughout the world of immortal cultivation, and his deeds of cultivating immortals were revealed and widely circulated.
The most powerful genius of Taixuan Sect since ancient times, he formed the Dan at the age of 20, formed the Yuanying at the age of 42, became a spirit at the age of 70, entered the Duxu at the age of 100, and entered the Fusion at the age of 200! Because his talent was too monstrous, before his Fusion, Taixuan Sect hid his real age. After he reached the ninth level of the Fusion, he went directly south to seek immortal fate. This also caused Taixuan Sect to not dare to mention his talent, for fear of causing disaster.
After three hundred years of searching for immortals overseas, he had already reached the Mahayana realm when he returned! As the Taixuan Sect promoted Xuan Tianyi's legendary life, Xuan Tianyi became famous all over the world in a short period of time, overshadowing the nine cultivators in the world.
The vast majority of immortal cultivators found his deeds incredible when they heard about them, and some even thought that the Taixuan Sect's praise was too exaggerated.
When Gu An heard about Xuan Tianyi's deeds in the outer city, he also felt it was exaggerated.
But it makes sense when you think about it. No wonder someone in the sect said before that as long as the true disciple wants the position of sect leader, Lu Baitian will have to give up his position within a day.
In the face of such talent, no matter how great Lu Baitian's contributions are, he has to give in.
Although Xuan Tianyi's growth trajectory subverted the cognition of ordinary cultivators, his return did boost the morale of Taixuan Sect. Before the Spring Festival, the outer gate city already had a festive atmosphere.
It was a vast expanse of winter snow, and Gu An came from Xuan Valley to the third medicine valley.
As a result, as soon as he arrived, he felt two auras, one of which was at the Mahayana realm.
Xuan Tianyi is here! Gu An's face was calm as he walked towards his attic.
After going upstairs and opening the door, he saw two people in the room, one was the deputy sect leader Ji Hantian, and the other was a man in blue.
Xuan Tianyi was dressed in blue and looked young, which made people unable to imagine that he was a Mahayana cultivator. He looked more like a young disciple.
"Gu An, you are finally here. Close the door and sit down and chat." Ji Hantian said with a smile, as if he was the owner of this attic.
Gu An didn't mind. He closed the door, walked up to the two of them and saluted with his fists.
Without waiting for Ji Hantian to introduce himself, Xuan Tianyi asked first: "Are you Pan An?"
[Xuantianyi (Sixth level of Mahayana): 598/4800/5000]
Looking at Xuan Tianyi's lifespan, Gu An was secretly surprised.
The maximum lifespan of 5,000 years can be cultivated so quickly?
Judging from this, Xuan Tianyi will definitely be able to achieve nirvana within four thousand five hundred years. By then, he will break the destiny and reach another maximum lifespan.
According to Gu An's experience, Xuan Tianyi's spiritual root aptitude should be at the level of a maximum lifespan of 5,000 years. At least his physical aptitude is not as good as Ji Xiaoyu and An Hao, but his comprehension must be amazing, coupled with extraordinary opportunities, which has made him what he is today.
Gu An pretended to hesitate and looked at Ji Hantian.
Ji Hantian smiled and said, "To be honest, this is our sect's true disciple Xuan Tianyi. He is not an outsider. He is our Taixuan Sect's most proud disciple."
Xuan Tianyi ignored his compliment and looked at Gu An with bright eyes and curiosity.
Gu An immediately replied: "I do have a pen name called Pan An."
Xuan Tianyi smiled when he heard this and said, "Your Investiture of the Gods is very good. Someone gave it to me before and I liked it very much. I even mass-produced it and spread it overseas. Your book has been widely circulated in the ocean and is much more popular than the book I wrote."
"Thank you for your appreciation, senior. I wonder what book you wrote?" Gu An bowed and thanked him, while asking.
Xuan Tianyi coughed falsely and said, "My book is just written casually. It can't compare to The Investiture of the Gods."
"It's better not to mention his book." Ji Hantian shook his head and laughed.
This made Gu An even more curious about what book Xuan Tianyi wrote.
However, Xuan Tianyi was unwilling to say it, and instead pulled Gu An aside to talk about The Investiture of the Gods.
Faced with his questions, Gu An could only answer them one by one. Ji Hantian stopped interrupting and got up and left, closing the door after he left.
Xuan Tianyi does not have the airs of a Mahayana cultivator. When talking about some plots in The Investiture of the Gods, he was filled with indignation, especially the story of Nezha cutting off his bones to repay his father and cutting off his flesh to repay his mother.
Gu An was unable to memorize The Investiture of the Gods word for word, so he expanded many stories in the book, such as the legend of Nezha cutting off his own flesh and blood to repay his parents, Yang Jian saving his mother in Taoshan, and so on, to make the characters more three-dimensional, which is why The Investiture of the Gods is so popular.
Xuan Tianyi was very curious about how Gu An wrote such a strange book.
Gu An replied that he met an immortal who touched his head in his dream, and he suddenly became enlightened.
The reason why it was all at once was because he never wrote another masterpiece like The Investiture of the Gods afterwards.
“Your Taixuan Immortal and Shattering the Void are not bad, but I still feel that they are not as good as Conferred God.” Xuan Tianyi said with lingering feeling.
Gu An did not refute, but asked what book he had written.
Xuan Tianyi suddenly became embarrassed and stammered.
Gu An seized the opportunity and kept asking questions, and finally Xuan Tianyi revealed the title of the book.
"What? You wrote The Travels of Green Hero?" Gu An slammed the table and said excitedly.
He didn’t know if it was Xuan Tianyi’s illusion, but for a moment, he felt inexplicably panicked. He didn’t know if he was scared by Gu An or if he had something to hide.
He nodded reluctantly.
Gu An raised his hand and took out a copy of Qing Xia's Travels from the storage bag. Xuan Tianyi took a closer look and was moved.
"I love Qing Xia's Travels so much! I have read each volume at least a hundred times..." Gu An talked endlessly about his love for Qing Xia's Travels.
Xuan Tianyi listened, feeling an unprecedented surge of emotion in his heart.
Finally someone could appreciate his talent! He suddenly felt like he had met someone too late.
On the way back, he lay on the deck. Every time he read The Investiture of the Gods, he felt more and more that he had a connection with Pan An. The anticipation brought by this feeling even exceeded the satisfaction of coming back to save the sect.
As expected, Pan An was the confidant he had never found in his life! The more Xuan Tianyi thought about it, the more excited he became. He suddenly stood up, grabbed Gu An's shoulders with both hands, and said, "Pan An, no, Gu An, let's become sworn brothers. From now on, I will be your big brother!"
Gu An was stunned.
What kind of train of thought is this?
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Isn't it too fast? Seeing him hesitate, Xuan Tianyi said in high spirits: "Brother, let me tell you, with my cultivation level, I am absolutely invincible in this continent. If you worship me as your big brother, no one will bully you in the future. I heard that Lu Baitian wants to take you as his apprentice? Don't listen to him. His fate-defying magic skill is not legitimate and is very evil. I can teach you my magic skill. With the relationship between you and me as brothers, I will not only help you defy the heavens and change your fate, but also lead you to enter the fusion realm. It is not difficult at all!"
Gu An wanted to refuse. What a joke! How can I, the great Youxian, be your brother?
But Xuan Tianyi's following words made him excited.
He was worrying about how he would live for the next thousand years. Under normal circumstances, when he reached the Spiritual Transformation Realm, others would no longer regard him as an ordinary person.
Now, if he relied on Xuan Tianyi to reach the fusion state, others would at most envy him but would not think he was a threat.
But Gu An still has to pretend.
So he pretended to refuse, but Xuan Tianyi wouldn't give in. After several attempts, Xuan Tianyi got furious and forced him to agree.
"Since you think highly of me, I will call you Brother Xuan from now on." Gu An said helplessly.
Xuan Tianyi smiled and took out a jade slip, saying, "This contains the technique I practiced. Take it and practice. I'll have someone send you a batch of practice resources after the New Year."
"This... isn't good, right?" Gu An said embarrassedly, holding the jade slip in his hand.
Xuan Tianyi glared and said, "If you feel bad about it, then write a second Investiture of the Gods. Don't write about Shattering the Void again. It's too absurd and tasteless!"
Gu An was short-changed and could only smile and say, "Okay, I'll definitely write it."
"Oh? Do you already have a plan?"
"Well, it doesn't hurt to tell you in advance. It's called Journey to the West."
"Journey to the West? This name doesn't sound good. It's definitely not as good as Investiture of the Gods. You should think about it carefully."
"Haha, you don't understand. You will know when the time comes."
Xuan Tianyi did not continue to criticize Journey to the West, but started talking about other books. He took out a book.
"The inspiration for Qing Xia's Travels comes from it." Xuan Tianyi said mysteriously, raising the book in his hand.
Gu An looked down and his eyelids twitched. He then took out a book from his storage bag.
Xuan Tianyi was stunned when he saw it.
"How come you also have Taoist Xunchun?" Xuan Tianyi asked excitedly with his eyes wide open.
"It was given to me by Elder Xu Lu from the Library Hall."
"So you are the junior who has been pursuing Taoist Xunchun. Hahaha, we are really destined to meet. I asked someone to bring this book back to him!"
Xuan Tianyi was very happy and pulled Gu An aside to start discussing Taoist Xunchun.
The two chatted until the evening, during which time Ji Hantian knocked on the door, but was sent away by Xuan Tianyi.
It was not until the next morning that Gu An sent him downstairs.
Looking at Xuan Tianyi's departing back, Gu An's face was full of smiles.
After chatting all night, he didn't feel tired at all. Both of them felt that they had not said enough. If Xuan Tianyi hadn't had something important to do today, they could have continued chatting.
Lu Lingjun suddenly came over and asked, "Is he the eldest disciple?"
Gu An nodded.
Lu Lingjun looked at him with a strange look in his eyes and asked, "You two have been together for a day and a night, so you won't..."
"Not what?"
"Legend has it that after experiencing the bliss of the human world, some great monks began to explore other interests in order to satisfy their empty hearts, such as same-sex relationships..." Lu Lingjun did not continue, but Gu An already understood.
Gu An rolled his eyes at her and snorted, "Oh? You guessed it? Then don't even think about having me as your Taoist partner anymore!"
Lu Lingjun looked at his expression, smiled, and said, "It seems that I was worrying too much."
(End of this chapter)