Chapter 52: Civil strife, the third medicine valley

Winter goes and spring comes, and another new year is about to arrive.

Xuan Gu ushered in the Spring Festival. The disciples were busy preparing, while Gu An was patrolling the various parks with the White Spirit Rat in his arms.

The white mouse enjoyed being held in his arms, with its eyes closed, as if it was asleep.

A sound of breaking air came from the sky. Gu An turned his head and a smile appeared on his face.

Ye Lan is back.

She quickly landed beside Gu An and put the flying sword into the storage bag. She smiled and said, "Brother, I'm back for the holidays. You won't be unwelcome, right?"

Gu An looked at her and asked with a smile, "Is the Law Enforcement Hall not busy?"

"No matter how busy you are, you can always spare a few days. Proper relaxation is more conducive to cultivation. This is what you said, brother. I have always kept it in mind."

Ye Lan blinked and said in a playful tone.

After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Ye Lan took Gu An to the attic and said as they walked, "Brother, let's go to your room first. I'll show you the treasure."

baby?

Gu An threw the white rat on the ground and followed Ye Lan.

The two of them went up to the attic. After entering the house, Ye Lan did not close the door, which made Gu An feel relieved.

Ye Lan walked to the table and took out a brocade box from her storage bag. She turned sideways to look at Gu An and said with a proud smile, "Brother, this is a foundation-building gift I prepared specifically for you."

"Why do you have to do this? I didn't give you any gifts when you were building your foundation."

"Without my senior brother's foundation-building pill, can I build my foundation? I'm not one of those geniuses who can forcibly build a foundation by relying on their own spiritual roots." Ye Lan shook her head and smiled.

After hearing this, Gu An no longer refused. He walked to her side and looked at the brocade box curiously.

Ye Lan opened the brocade box, and found a grass root inside, which looked like the root of ginseng. If one did not feel it carefully, it would be difficult to detect the faint fluctuation of spiritual energy inside.

[Human-Faced Tree (Revived): 0/600/22000]

The maximum lifespan is 22,000 years?

Gu An raised his eyebrows. It was the first time he saw the words "recovery state".

Ye Lan introduced: "This is the root of a sixth-level spiritual tree. As long as it is buried in the soil for a few years, it can grow again and can also improve the spiritual energy of the area."

Gu An asked curiously, "Where did you get such a valuable treasure?"

Ye Lan blinked and said, "I found this in the cave of a Qianqiu Pavilion spy when I was trying to capture a spy from the Demonic Path some time ago, but I didn't hand it in."

"Isn't this... bad?"

"Don't worry, the other disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall will also keep some things, and the higher-ups have tacitly approved it. As long as we don't take too much, and no one knows about this treasure."

When Gu An heard this, he felt less burdened. He thought for a moment and said, "If you need any herbs, tell me anytime in the future. I will have a second medicine valley soon, and we can help each other in the future."

Ye Lan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go find the others first. I also brought them gifts."

Gu An nodded, and Ye Lan left immediately.

He looked at the brocade box on the table, wondering where to plant it.

After much thought, he decided to leave it to the third medicine valley. The new medicine valley needed to improve its spiritual energy. The more abundant the spiritual energy, the faster the herbs would grow.

Xuan Valley already has its own rules and does not need spirit trees, let alone Tianya Valley. Why should he dig out seeds himself? Tianya Valley is Li Xuandao's medicine valley. He only has management rights. If he has any needs in Tianya Valley, he can ask Li Xuandao for it.

Afterwards, Gu An put the brocade box into the storage bag, walked to the desk, picked up the pen and ink, and began to write on the paper.

Ye Lan's arrival made the atmosphere in Xuan Valley better.

As night fell, various Spring Festival activities began and the atmosphere became lively. After everyone sat down and started drinking, Zhen Qin asked Ye Lan to tell them about the outer disciples' experience of carrying out their missions, and Ye Lan did not refuse.

In addition to guarding the outer gate, the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall also have to go out for training, and Ye Lan is no exception.

"The mission we took was to exorcise evil spirits. We went to a mountain town where nearly a thousand families died in just a few days. To prevent the evil spirits from harming the people, the local government asked Taixuanmen for help. There were seven of us in total..."

Ye Lan described her experience at that time in vivid detail. It happened to be at night, and the disciples were very nervous, with the female disciples huddling together.

Seeing that the little girl who used to follow him around has now become independent, the smile on Gu An's face has never disappeared.

When Ye Lan talked about ghosts, the disciples' hearts were in their throats, even Xiaochuan, Wuxin and Su Han were very nervous.

It was not until late at night that the disciples dispersed.

Ye Lan followed Gu An back to the attic. Gu An took out the secret book he had written and handed it to her, saying, "This is a leg technique secret book I found in the inner sect before. You can practice it when you have nothing to do."

Wild Wind Shadow Kick! Ye Lan took the secret book, but she didn't open it. Instead, she put it into the storage bag. She looked at Gu An and said, "Brother, you'd better be careful when you meet Lu Jiujia next time."

"What's wrong with him?" Gu An asked puzzledly.

Ye Lan sighed and said, "Didn't we say before that there is an internal struggle in Taixuan Sect, and the elders who are against the Sect Master are secretly trying to win over the disciples. Lu Jiujia has taken an elder from the Outer Sect Elders' Hall as his master, and that elder is working for the Sect Master's enemy. If this continues, a big chaos will break out in Taixuan Sect sooner or later. If the Sect Master has the last laugh, he will definitely clean up the rebellious disciples, and Lu Jiujia will definitely not escape."

"I have advised him before, but he didn't listen. He said that the road to immortality requires struggle. Instead of doing nothing, it is better to fight hard. His choice is actually correct. I am just worried that you will get too close to him and be implicated by him later. He probably thinks the same way, so he didn't return to Xuan Valley."

After hearing this, Gu An fell into silence.

He could not interfere with Lu Jiujia's choice, because Lu Jiujia was right, to cultivate immortality one must fight.

The reason why he didn't fight was because he could take away lifespan, so he had no right to teach others how to cultivate immortality.

Ye Lan started talking about other things, and kept talking about the outer sect. The internal struggle of Taixuan Sect even involved the Ji family and the royal family. Gu An listened with great interest.

It was not until the early morning that Gu An saw Ye Lan off.

The two chatted all night and were still in high spirits.

Before leaving, Gu An reminded her not to forget to practice the Gale Shadow Leg. Ye Lan nodded, but there was a hint of resentment in her eyes.

After she left, Gu An asked his disciples to practice exercises.

…

It was a hot summer day. Gu An, who was already 35 years old, stood in front of the window, looking at the sky with a frown on his face.

He was waiting for Gu Yu.

Half a year has passed, why hasn't it come yet? Gu An is looking forward to his third medicine valley every day. He has prepared the seeds in advance and is waiting to sow them.

6◇9◇Book◇Bar

Nothing will happen, right?

Gu An was worried. Last month, when he went to the outer sect, he clearly felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere there. There was a group of black-clothed disciples in the city. It was said that it was a department set up by the new outer sect elder, and it was called the Demon-Exorcism Hall.

The Demon-Exorcism Hall is directly under the control of the Grand Elder. The lowest level of cultivation required for disciples to enter the hall is the fifth level of the Foundation Establishment Stage, and their treatment is superior to that of other halls.

The Taixuan Sect has eight outer gate cities. If the outer gate is like this, what about the inner gate and the sect’s main city? Such a fight will inevitably affect the ancient sect.

Oh! It's so annoying! It affects my planting! Gu An suddenly wanted to punch those troublemakers.

At this moment, he suddenly felt something and a smile suddenly broke out on his gloomy face.

Here he comes, here he comes!

Gu An caught Gu Yu's breath. He tried to calm down and did not go downstairs.

After a long while, Gu Yu finally landed in the Xuan Valley.

"Gu An!"

Gu Yu shouted loudly, immediately attracting the attention of the disciples in the valley.

Gu An opened the door, looked at Gu Yu, and said, "Brother Gu, come up and talk."

Gu Yu threw the compass in his hand into the storage bag and went upstairs.

After entering the room, Gu An closed the door and poured him tea. Gu Yu did not sit down, but was flipping through the bookshelf next to him, as if looking for something.

"I haven't written the final volume of Investiture of the Gods yet." Gu An said.

When Gu Yu heard this, he was immediately disappointed. He turned around and sat down at the table, taking out books one by one from his storage bag, and finally took out a token.

"This is your Valley Master's Order. Your Medicine Valley is between the Outer Gate and the Inner Gate, less than a hundred miles away from the Outer Gate City. For someone like you who is at the Foundation Establishment Stage, it is not a hassle to go back and forth. These books are my father's life experiences written down in random notes. You can refer to them. My father said that they don't have to be written according to the facts. It's okay to make some appropriate changes. You can even imitate his experiences and make up a story."

Gu Yu introduced, and at the end, his expression became quite playful, and he hinted at Gu An with his eyes.

Gu An placed the teacup in front of him and picked up the valley master's token. Unlike the bronze token of Xuan Valley, this token was silver-white and contained several restrictions.

"I will take you to the Medicine Valley later. If you get lost, probe your spiritual sense into the token and the token will guide you." Gu Yu drank a cup of tea and continued.

Gu An nodded. He couldn’t wait to see his new medicine valley.

Gu Yu seemed to remember something and said, "Oh, right, when you write about me, include Zhou Tongyou in the story. Write that he is the strongest genius of the younger generation in the world of immortal cultivation, but he particularly admires me and only follows my lead."

Gu An's face twitched and he said, "This is not good. I'm afraid that writing like this will cause me trouble."

"Whatever you want, just ask, I can satisfy you."

“It’s not about the price.”

"One hundred high-quality spirit stones!"

"If he saw it, he would definitely track me down..."

"One thousand high-quality spirit stones. This is all I have!"

"Homophony, okay?"

Hearing this, Gu Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, but you can only change one word."

"good!"

Gu An agreed, but he would not slander Zhou Tongyou in the book. He considered letting the two of them be brothers who love and hate each other so as not to offend each other.

He could see that Gu Yu had no hostility towards Zhou Tongyou, otherwise he would not have accepted Zhou Tongyou as his younger brother, but would have humiliated Zhou Tongyou in the book.

It is estimated that Gu Yu is just jealous of Zhou Tongyou. If he can become Zhou Tongyou's brother, and there are some emotional plots, Gu Yu should be satisfied.

After resting for half an hour, the two of them immediately set off and left Xuan Valley on their swords.

(End of this chapter)