#393 - Chu Meng: Do you want to commit suicide with me?
#393 - Chu Meng: Do you want to commit suicide with me?
Gu An still underestimated the backlash from the Tree of Life.
That strike placed a tremendous burden on his body.
However, the second level of the Immortal Bridge was indeed ridiculously strong.
He simply couldn't gain the upper hand.
He had sustained quite a few injuries as well.
He originally thought that in the current situation, it would come down to who could recover first.
The one who was slower would surely die here.
The barrier had already solidified, like an invisible cage, making it extremely difficult to enter or exit.
They couldn't possibly reconcile, so someone had to die.
No one wanted to be the one to die.
If Peng Qingqing had avoided the fight from the beginning, she might have become the ultimate winner.
But if she hadn't participated, Gu An wouldn't have been forced into this situation.
The specifics were unknown to anyone.
Because there were no 'ifs'.
Secondly, a fourth person arrived.
A Golden Core Initial Stage cultivator.
She looked delicate and frail, but she casually walked through the aftermath of the Immortal Bridge battle, even leisurely chewing on peanuts.
As if the life-or-death struggle before her was irrelevant.
Similarly, her tone was casual.
Having witnessed the hidden strength of Gu An, Peng Qingqing and the middle-aged man didn't dare to underestimate this sudden arrival of the fairy; who knew if she was also an Immortal Bridge expert.
This Azure Wood Sect was not right.
As Chu Meng approached, the middle-aged man's heart rose to his throat.
Soon, his suspended heart completely died.
Because they saw Chu Meng walk all the way to Gu An's side, clearly they were together.
Now they could only hope that the other party was truly only at the Golden Core Initial Stage.
However, who couldn't understand that a Golden Core Initial Stage cultivator simply couldn't enter the barrier at this time.
"Senior, you've arrived," Gu An said.
Instantly, the middle-aged man and Peng Qingqing felt a chill in their hearts.
Calling her 'Senior'.
Even if they weren't at their last gasp, even at their peak, they wouldn't stand a chance.
"Senior, we are disciples of the Heavenly Maiden lineage, here for a mission, not to expose anything; we don't know anything, we can swear it," the middle-aged man hurriedly said, his tone tinged with panic.
"Yes, we didn't see anything, and we can swear a Heavenly Dao oath," Peng Qingqing echoed loudly, her voice trembling slightly.
"Me?" Chu Meng pointed to herself, a faint smile appearing on her lips: "You're calling me 'Senior'? Actually, there's a misunderstanding, I'm only in my twenties, and my cultivation is only at the Golden Core Initial Stage."
The two fell silent.
A Golden Core cultivator in her twenties?
No matter how you looked at it, it wasn't normal.
Moreover, with an Immortal Bridge expert speaking, there was no credibility in such words.
"You don't seem to believe me," Chu Meng chuckled, then gently nudged Gu An: "You go and explain to them."
Gu An nodded, his expression serious, and said: "This senior of mine is named Chu Meng, an important disciple of the Azure Wood Sect, with the beauty to captivate fish and geese, and the grace to shame the moon and flowers; more importantly, she stepped onto the Immortal Bridge in her twenties and went to the other shore."
Peng Qingqing and the middle-aged man fell silent again.
Stepping onto the Immortal Bridge in her twenties, if it was true, how could they possibly know?
The other party was clearly using a knife to kill.
This person looked kind, but was also vicious.
Chu Meng also looked at Gu An in astonishment, her tone tinged with teasing: "You're really ruthless, you lie without hesitation, and you sell out your superior whenever you want; having a Dao companion really is different, you don't even put your superior in your eyes anymore."
Gu An looked at Chu Meng, thinking, do you even listen to what I'm saying, how did it get tied to Dao companions again?
My heart is set on the Dao, and has never changed.
"Senior, misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding, we are willing to follow Senior's lead," the middle-aged man said again.
A great crisis arose in his heart.
If what Gu An said was true, then the problem would be extremely serious.
The person before them could kill them in the blink of an eye.
"Listen to me?" Chu Meng asked, looking at the middle-aged man.
"Yes." The two didn't hesitate in the slightest.
Live first, and we'll talk about the rest later.
There will always be a chance to send the message back.
Even if the person before them was indeed powerful, the Heavenly Maiden lineage was not to be trifled with.
Chu Meng pondered for a moment and said: "Alright then, I'll give you a chance."
A trace of joy appeared in the eyes of Peng Qingqing and the middle-aged man, but they didn't dare to show it too much.
Gu An was expressionless.
Would Chu Meng be so easy to talk to?
He didn't quite believe it.
Moreover, he was doing things for her, judging from the previous circumstances.
Chu Meng shouldn't let these people leave.
Sure enough, Chu Meng said with a smile: "I heard you're looking for the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, if you find it, how do you plan to seal it?".
"Only a Heavenly Maiden can seal the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, and Heavenly Maidens are not distinguished by age or cultivation level; since the last Heavenly Maiden died, we brought a candidate Heavenly Maiden with us this time.
As long as we find the thing, we will hand it over to her to seal.", the middle-aged man said.
"Which one is the Heavenly Maiden?" Chu Meng asked casually, chewing on peanuts.
Hearing this, the middle-aged man was silent for a moment.
Finally, he said helplessly: "We also don't know; besides the Heavenly Maiden herself, only one person knows this news, in order to prevent accidents."
Chu Meng was quite surprised: "In this remote little place, facing such a small sect, you're still so cautious?"
For a moment, the two couldn't tell who the person before them was insulting.
Small sect, small place.
In such a small place, why would people like you appear?
One at the Golden Core Initial Stage, one at the Golden Core Late Stage.
Either one of them could beat them without any ability to fight back.
If it wasn't for this Golden Core Late Stage cultivator cutting off a third of the Tree of Life.
Even if they used forbidden techniques to forcibly raise their cultivation, they wouldn't be a match.
They also used many powerful treasures during the process.
It could be said that they were careful and cautious enough.
But they still couldn't win even a little bit.
"Alright, if you don't know, then you don't know." Chu Meng said, eating peanuts, and asked again: "Do you know about Weak Water?"
"We know, Weak Water is also a seal guarded by the Heavenly Maiden lineage." The middle-aged man said seriously: "But we don't know where the Weak Water seal is located.
This is a secret of the Heavenly Maiden lineage, and few people know it.
The Heavenly Maiden lineage belongs to the Nine Heavens Divine Palace, and the Nine Heavens Divine Palace has many factions.
And each has its own sealed objects.
We are only here to deal with the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, and we don't know anything else."
"Is that so? Then I'll tell you, a part of the Weak Water is in the secret realm's sea area; in addition, the Wish Seal can attract part of the Weak Water.
Now the Seal-Holding Monk has already gone, and the Weak Water will come out soon." Chu Meng said, looking at their shocked expressions:
"Now we plan to go out and meet the Seal-Holding Monk and the Weak Water, but we can't get out of this barrier."
Saying that, Chu Meng looked at the Tree of Life and said: "I heard that your Heavenly Maiden lineage has a secret method that can condense your own life and restore the Tree of Life.
Since you want to follow my lead, then the only thing you need to do now is to enter the Tree of Life.
Let us get out of the barrier.
I heard that the Tree of Life is not some ignorant spiritual tree.
It won't really harm you.
Roughly a thousand years later, it will recover, and you will be able to come out."
Chu Meng said with a smile, eating peanuts: "How's this suggestion?"
Hearing this, the two looked at each other, feeling bitter in their hearts.
Once they entered, it would be equivalent to falling asleep within it.
They might not be able to come out after a thousand years.
Even if they could come out, their lives would be hanging by a thread.
The possibility of survival was not high.
But if they didn't go in, there was no possibility of survival.
They weren't stupid, they saw it clearly.
The other party intended to kill them, but also wanted to leave this place.
It was just making the best of a bad situation.
If the barrier hadn't been so troublesome, he probably wouldn't even have had a chance to live.
Peng Qingqing hesitated and said, "I'm just curious, does this Fellow Daoist Gu really know the location of the Eye of Heavenly Punishment?"
Gu An shook his head: "I don't know. The things on me were given to me by others, hoping I could cooperate. It's just a transaction.
I don't know the specifics."
Hearing this, the two of them felt even more bitter.
Not only had they wasted their efforts, but they had also nearly lost their lives.
"You can consider it for a while, there's no rush," Chu Meng casually said, and then gave Gu An a pill:
"This is for you to eat."
Gu An looked at the pill and didn't think much of it, directly putting it in his mouth.
In an instant, the pill melted, and then the injuries on his body rapidly recovered.
It also suppressed the backlash from the Tree of Life.
At this moment, he felt like he could do it again.
And Peng Qingqing and the others had already made their choice.
In fact, they were also curious about whether Chu Meng was really a strong person, or whether she was just putting on a show.
But it was meaningless.
Because Gu An had been stronger than them from the beginning.
"We choose to merge into the Tree of Life," the middle-aged man said.
Gu An hesitated and asked, "After entering, can you still contact the outside world?"
The middle-aged man shook his head: "No, at most we can unconsciously influence the barrier."
Gu An nodded and didn't say anything more.
After that, he watched the middle-aged man and Peng Qingqing approach the tree trunk, and finally slowly merge into it.
Both of them were somewhat emotional, never having thought that this would be the ending.
They were clearly investigating a late-stage Golden Core cultivator.
With their experience, they shouldn't have suffered such a loss, no matter where they went.
But the Azurewood Sect was like this, making their experience useless.
Hopefully, they were the only ones like this. As long as others didn't encounter the same crisis as them, they would be fine.
As for the Weak Water matter, although they were curious, they couldn't ask too much.
These two clearly didn't intend to let them stay for long.
When they completely merged into it, Gu An also breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but say: "These two seniors are really powerful, I almost lost my life at their hands."
He still couldn't figure out how he had been exposed.
"Yes," Chu Meng also said with emotion: "Such seniors were actually tricked by me, a Golden Core early stage cultivator."
Saying that, Chu Meng looked at Gu An and said, "As your superior, do you feel honored? I even came out to help you out in this situation.
They are strong people, and I am just a small fry in the early stage of Golden Core.
I didn't expect that a few words would force them to enter the Tree of Life themselves.
My acting skills are enough to subvert their understanding."
Gu An glanced at Chu Meng, wondering if she was just acting naturally.
At this time, Chu Meng circled Gu An a couple of times, and couldn't help but say: "I didn't expect you to be so attentive."
Gu An was puzzled.
Chu Meng explained: "I'm saying that the princess thinks you're old, and thinks you're a good match for her.
Now that you're even older, is this making the princess want to marry you even more?
Making you seem even more compatible?"
Gu An looked at Chu Meng with a blank expression.
How exactly is your brain structured?
If he could, he really wanted to open it up and see what was inside.
"What's going on with the Weak Water that Senior just mentioned?" Gu An asked curiously.
The Weak Water Forbidden Book was in his hands, so why did Weak Water suddenly appear?
And it was related to the Wish Seal.
"It's just the literal meaning, a Seal-Holder Monk came in, and this secret realm has Weak Water," Chu Meng said while sitting on the side:
"Many people know about the Seal-Holder Monk coming to the secret realm.
But only a very small number of people know that the Heavenly Maiden lineage has Weak Water.
And among this very small number of people, there happens to be someone who knows that the Wish Seal can trigger Weak Water."
Gu An frowned, somewhat puzzled: "I let the Seal-Holder Monk in. As soon as he came in, he was free.
Even if others knew he could mobilize Weak Water, they wouldn't be able to find him, right?"
"Coincidentally, others can't find him, but he can actively find others," Chu Meng said with a smile.
Hearing this, Gu An frowned: "What does the Seal-Holder Monk want to do?"
Chu Meng thought for a moment and said: "What if the Weak Water appears, putting countless people in danger, and at this time, the Seal-Holder Monk mobilizes the Weak Water to protect many sects and living beings?
How would people view Buddhism?"
Gu An was stunned for a moment, somewhat incredulous: "Did the Seal-Holder Monk come here for this?"
In this way, he could spread his teachings.
Chu Meng shook her head: "I don't know, but he might just be taking advantage of the situation. Didn't you let him in? Don't you know his plans?"
Gu An was silent.
He really didn't know.
His original intention was just to disrupt this secret realm, who would have known that it would fit the Seal-Holder Monk's intentions.
Or rather, the Seal-Holder Monk had already had such thoughts, so he had been reluctant to hand over any cultivation methods and leave the First Academy.
For a moment, Gu An felt that anyone in this world with some background had countless loopholes.
Full of schemes.
"If the Weak Water is released, what will happen?" Gu An asked curiously.
"Nothing will happen. We'll be covered by Weak Water and die here together, and then your fiancée, the princess, will come over,
and think that you and a fairy as beautiful as me have died for love. She will be grief-stricken, and with hatred for you, marry someone else," Chu Meng said confidently.
Gu An ignored the latter part of her words and said seriously: "Senior should have a way, right?"
"Yes," Chu Meng grabbed a handful of peanuts for Gu An and said: "Take out the Weak Water Forbidden Book, learn the compilation method on it, and then when the Weak Water approaches, compile it into your book."
Gu An took out the Weak Water Forbidden Book, looked at the words on it, and was somewhat stunned: "Can this be learned?"
"Just trace it, if you can't learn it, just pretend that you want to resist the marriage and die for love with your most beloved superior.
I'll suffer a little loss and give you this good name," Chu Meng said, looking at Gu An.
Gu An: "
You don't have to suffer this grievance.
Thinking like this, he looked at the panel again.
【Name: Gu An】
【Cultivation: Immortal Bridge First Layer】
【State: Azure Lotus in Qi Sea, Profound Yellow in Qi Sea, Loss of Blood Qi】
【Techniques: 40/50】
【Hard Cultivation: 76/100】
【Ring of Fate】
Hard cultivation at seventy, techniques at forty.
Hard cultivation will take at least another day, and advancement will take more than half a day, so he still has two days.
In addition, if he doesn't improve his techniques, it will take half a day to comprehend the Weak Water Forbidden Book in the end.
That is to say, he needs three days.
He didn't know if he could wait that long.
Gu An didn't hesitate anymore, picked up his axe and headed towards the Tree of Life.
"What are you doing?" Chu Meng asked curiously.
"Chopping wood for two days, to calm down," Gu An replied casually.
Chu Meng:
Outside the Tree of Life.
The people of the Reincarnation lineage, who were originally troubled, suddenly discovered that the barrier was starting to loosen.
"The barrier is becoming easier to enter again. Seize the time and must enter the barrier before the next change.
This Gu An is lucky, letting him live for another day or two, but it will be soon, the adults' plan is probably about to be completed.
If we don't find this Gu An, he might die under the adults' plan.
Hopefully, he won't be ungrateful,"
A young man said in a cold voice.
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