HCB #367 - Chu Meng's jaw dropped
#367 - Chu Meng's jaw dropped
Sixth day, evening.
Gu An glanced at the panel.
[Art: 19 / 50]
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[Penance: 55 / 100]
The penance is already halfway through.
With six days left, even deducting the upgrade time, it should be enough to improve my cultivation.
Thus, Gu An also breathed a sigh of relief.
Before next month, I will definitely be able to enter beyond the Return to Void stage.
Gu An knows very little about cultivation beyond the Return to Void stage.
For safety's sake, I need to ask about it after the logging is finished.
Should I ask the Blood Demon Divine Lord or Chu Meng?
It needs some consideration.
Logically speaking, I should ask the Blood Demon Divine Lord.
After all, he is a Divine Lord.
Listening to his explanation would be of great benefit to cultivation.
Don't look at him being confined to the courtyard now.
In fact, he has many abilities.
But asking the Blood Demon Divine Lord may expose my cultivation.
And Chu Meng has already been asked once, so I can ask again.
Relatively speaking, Chu Meng knows more.
Even if she knows that I am about to advance beyond the Return to Void stage, it won't be a big problem.
Having made a decision, Gu An continued to log.
The seventh day went smoothly.
The increase in Art and Penance made him feel quite happy.
Especially watching the Art constantly increase by one, it filled him with energy.
Who wouldn't be satisfied with such a visible improvement?
Eighth day, evening.
Art had already reached forty, and Penance had reached the seventy mark.
That day, Pang Wen sent another message that the second team's mission had failed.
The main courtyard deducted all the resources of the second team, and not only that, but also punished them to log.
In addition, a demon beast collided with the first courtyard.
Shang Huo and Ruan Huan were injured.
Moreover, the poison appeared again.
In this state, it is impossible to log.
But if they don't go, not only will their resources be deducted, but it will even attract the Law Enforcement Hall, and they will have to compensate with spirit stones and apologize door-to-door at various sect purchase places.
Of course, Pang Wen also mentioned other courtyards.
The other courtyards didn't have anything in other aspects.
However, some demon beasts also visited them.
Moreover, it is said that people from other sects also launched a surprise attack.
Saying it was to save people. There seems to be fighting in the inner courtyard as well.
Gu An felt that this month was indeed a bit uneasy.
After hesitating, Gu An told Pang Wen and the others to stay directly in the first courtyard.
In addition, he took out a portion of spirit stones to hand over to the main courtyard.
Telling them that the first courtyard needed some time, and the door-to-door apology would be postponed to next month.
In addition, he released Ye Xiu and Zhao Qingshan.
Let them help keep an eye on things.
Give them some spirit stones, and if they don't want spirit stones, they can leave the first courtyard at any time after this month.
If they want to see those cultivation techniques and secret realms, it is also allowed.
If a senior brother wants to target the first courtyard, the people in the main courtyard cannot refuse.
But as long as they don't force them so tightly, it will be enough,
Because many things will calm down next month.
The first courtyard is also a popular choice for marriage alliances.
No one who is not in the vortex of interests is willing to completely offend the first courtyard.
Unless they are direct disciples, and even the outstanding ones among the direct disciples.
Even with true disciples behind them.
Otherwise, the first courtyard has the hope of becoming someone who will form a marriage alliance with the royal family.
Of course, the main thing is that most people don't know that the royal family and the Reincarnation lineage are incompatible.
And the Reincarnation lineage wants to accept people from the royal family.
After that, Gu An continued to log.
November is an eventful time.
Fortunately, he hid in the Luosheng Hall.
No one dared to come and cause trouble.
Otherwise, he would definitely not be able to log with peace of mind.
Those people in the first courtyard, he didn't ask them to do anything, so if there is a punishment, it is good to accept it.
As long as they don't go out and do things at will, there shouldn't be any major problems.
The current sect is different from the past, that is, no one will be stupid enough to kill people within the sect.
In addition, as long as the first courtyard listens to him and releases Ye Xiu, there will be no problems for the time being.
A Return to Void Completion cultivator is definitely a strong person among the disciples.
Unless they are disciples who have been in the mountains or various places for a long time, otherwise few ordinary inner sect disciples have such cultivation.
Ninth day, noon.
Gu An looked at the Art that was about to be full, and felt quite emotional.
Finally, he is about to upgrade the Art again.
Once it gets dark, there should be enough Art.
He had already thought about what to upgrade this time.
The Seven Emotions and Six Desires Chapter cannot be continuously upgraded, and needs to be mastered for a period of time.
So there are only three choices left.
Sun Moon Heart Furnace.
Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Manual.
Flying Snow.
The Sun Moon Heart Furnace has greatly improved in the past few days,
He can try to practice the simplified version of Flying Snow, so he is not very anxious.
The Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Manual may be useful to the Nine Heavens Divine Lord.
He can upgrade it a bit.
After dark.
Gu An stopped logging, the Art was already full.
And the Penance was at seventy-seven.
It was about the same as expected.
If everything goes smoothly, then he should be able to fill up the Penance.
Back at Sky Suspension Peak, Pang Wen's message came again.
This time the message was that the Law Enforcement Hall had sent two prisoners.
One of them is bald.
But he is wearing tattered clothes, and it is not certain whether he is a monk.
Now the Azure Wood Sect has different thoughts about monks.
Because the one who helped them before was a highly respected monk.
But not every monk is good.
One must not be blind.
Otherwise, one will definitely suffer.
Sometimes Buddhism is Buddhism, and eminent monks are eminent monks.
One cannot confuse them.
This time Gu An did not reply, but began to upgrade the Art.
Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Manual.
The last time he came back, Fatty Tiger didn't come out. This time he came out, and Gu An found that Fatty Tiger became vigilant.
Then he opened his mouth in a bit of a daze: "Big, Big Brother, how did you become like this?"
"It's just that my condition is a little better."
Gu An said calmly.
He still looks like he was forty-five years old.
But his condition is better, and his appearance is not so old.
And the previous aging was because of logging, his body was tired and withered.
Like an old man with half of his body buried in the ground.
For young people, he can't be said to be young now.
But compared to his previous self, he is much younger now.
This is because of the Heart-Felling Fire Wood.
Next time, change a tree.
It will once again become the previous old appearance due to side effects.
After that, Gu An returned to his room.
He set up formations, talismans, and bean-scattering soldiers with red-armored soldiers.
In this way, Gu An began to upgrade the Art.
Then he fell into a dream.
In the dream, he kept facing the high sky and going up.
In the first year, he came to a height that he could not reach at ordinary times, where there was a kind of inexplicable cold.
In the fifth year, he tried hard to adapt to the environment here.
Only in the tenth year did he adapt, and then he began to cultivate. In the thirtieth year, six thunderbolts flashed around, and the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder did not work smoothly.
In the fiftieth year, eighteen thunderbolts flashed around, and he once again captured the thunderbolt, and the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Manual worked smoothly.
In the fifty-third year, Gu An felt the thunder method running between his eyebrows, and his mind communicated, forming thunder by itself.
Thus, Gu An woke up.
When he opened his eyes, Gu An felt something condensed between his eyebrows.
Like a thunderbolt.
It's just that when he sensed it, Gu An felt that the thunderbolt was a bit illusory.
Then he moved his mind.
Thunder surged in his hand.
Like thunder snakes fleeing frantically in the palm of his hand.
The power is okay.
Although it is not as good as the Great Achievement Qi Sea Heavenly Gang.
But thunder slays evil, and in special circumstances, the power of thunder can shake the sun and the moon.
It's just...
"There is still a feeling of uneasiness."
"I always feel that the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder shouldn't be so weak."
Gu An took the thunder back.
The Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Tower is the key to the Divine Monarch Hall, and this Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Art shouldn't be bad either.
But look at its performance now.
It feels only slightly stronger than ordinary spells, not even as good as the Flying Snow given by Chu Meng.
Moreover, in the dream, mastering it actually takes fifty years.
Does it normally take fifty years to master a high-level spell?
Even if the time isn't the fifty years I perceive it to be.
But this Nine Heavens Divine Lightning Art shouldn't have so little power.
"I always feel like something is missing."
Gu An was suspicious, but stopped thinking about it.
Now, he needs to go to Luo Sheng Hall to chop wood as soon as possible.
The time should be just after midnight now.
Soon.
Gu An returned to Luo Sheng Hall again and continued to chop wood.
This is already the tenth day.
Counting it, there are still three full days left, which should be enough for diligent cultivation.
Daytime.
Heaven Suspension Peak.
Senior Sister Qing came to Senior Brother Fang's cave.
She respectfully said, "Senior brother, were you looking for me?"
Then, a white figure appeared, quickly arriving in front of Senior Sister Qing, and then taking a step forward, the whole person appeared as a superimposed image.
In an instant, the other party appeared in the pavilion on the edge of the Xuanyuan.
Senior Sister Qing immediately followed.
"Senior sister, have you been paying attention to Peak Outside Peak recently?" Senior Brother Fang sat down and asked, looking at the clouds below the mountain peak.
Fairy Qing immediately said, "Yes, Peak Outside Peak has been a bit chaotic recently, with many people fighting fiercely on it.
It's all for the Six Courtyards.
Now, in Junior Brother Gu's First Courtyard, people are either poisoned or attacked. They have hidden themselves and dare not come out.
Not only that, but the Second Team's tasks cannot be completed either.
However, Junior Brother Gu didn't let them go out to complete the tasks and willingly accepted the punishment.
The Main Courtyard didn't deliberately force them either."
"You said they are targeting the First Courtyard, why make things difficult for the Second Team of the Back Courtyard?" Senior Brother Fang asked gently, looking at Fairy Qing with a warm smile.
Hearing this, Fairy Qing thought for a moment and said, "To make them unable to spare any effort?"
"That makes sense. Senior sister, do you think the First Courtyard has a good chance of winning this time?" Senior Brother Fang asked.
"Probably not. Does senior brother want to intervene?" Fairy Qing asked.
"Intervene, of course, I will intervene." Senior Brother Fang said.
"We support the First Courtyard?"
"We don't support them."
"Don't support them? Why?"
"There is no why. The premise of support is that the other party has the desire to compete, but do you see the First Courtyard having the desire to compete?
Perhaps the First Courtyard has it, but Junior Brother Gu himself doesn't. He has been hiding in Luo Sheng Hall for so long, and he has been ranked last several times, which is definitely not accidental, so we won't support them."
Hearing this, Senior Sister Qing was a little stunned: "Then who does Senior Brother Fang want to support by intervening?"
"I don't support anyone." Senior Brother Fang said with a smile: "Adding flowers to brocade is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow. We sent it once last time, and naturally we have to send it again this time.
Not sending it to the First Courtyard, but sending it to the Second Team.
At this time, poisoning and attacking are enough to make the First Courtyard unable to move an inch.
The Second Team's difficulties are probably due to other reasons.
So, go give some pressure to Peak Outside Peak and withdraw the difficulties for the Second Team.
When you're done, take a trip to the First Courtyard and pay them a visit.
We can't do good deeds without leaving a name, can we?"
Fairy Qing thought for a moment and said, "In other words, senior brother is optimistic about Junior Brother Gu, regardless of whether he can become the person for the marriage alliance?"
Senior Brother Fang looked into the distance and said, "Under the circumstances that conform to the interests of the sect, betting on a treasure is nothing. There may be losses, but it doesn't hurt."
After a pause, Senior Brother Fang asked curiously, "Has there been any change in the Inner Sect recently?"
"Yes, some senior brothers and sisters have started fighting. The Law Enforcement Hall has not intervened, and there have been no casualties." Fairy Qing sorted out her words and continued, "Originally, the First Courtyard was poisoned, and then the other courtyards followed suit. Some supporters immediately launched an investigation.
In the end, it was discovered that it was the Blood Shadow Sect's poison.
And it was related to the Imperial Spirit Peak.
They directly started fighting openly and secretly.
Now the Inner Sect is also tense.
However, it can be determined that someone is secretly helping the First Courtyard. I don't know who is doing it, perhaps it is the person behind Junior Brother Gu."
On the surface, Gu An has not been wooed by any party in the sect.
But the other party has been fine several times, and there have been so many things happening.
Without someone behind him, how could he be so smooth?
But I just don't know who it is.
Senior Brother Fang said calmly: "It doesn't matter, let's do what we should do first, put the others aside. Even if the person behind him is not on good terms with us, it doesn't hurt."
The twelfth day.
Evening.
Gu An looked at the panel and breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
Only the last two points are left.
It will definitely be completed before dawn tomorrow.
He will only be driven away during the day tomorrow.
As Gu An's axe fell little by little.
Gu An felt his body becoming increasingly hot. These days, his Sun and Moon Heart Furnace had reached the second level.
His strength has increased by one level.
Not only that, but everything is exceptionally good.
There is a feeling of being able to kill an opponent of the same rank with one punch.
He even wanted to challenge the Void Return realm.
Unfortunately, this kind of thinking is too dangerous, and if it is not stopped in time, it will continue to spread.
Maybe he would really go to find such a person.
By the time he wakes up, he may already be in a different place.
Time passed little by little.
Gu An watched the numbers begin to jump.
[Diligent Cultivation: 98 / 100]
[Diligent Cultivation: 99 / 100]
One hour after midnight.
Gu An once again noticed a warm current appearing.
Then he saw the numbers jump.
[Diligent Cultivation: 100 / 100]
Seeing this, Gu An breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
"It's done."
He spent so many spirit stones, and even sold a favor to the Law Enforcement Hall.
It was all for this.
In this way, no matter what happens next month, he will have a better way to deal with it.
He won't be too passive.
After all, the marriage alliance person is determined.
Whether he is involved or not, there will be a lot of trouble.
His identity is ordinary, but troubles are constant.
Now with this kind of strength, it should be able to completely quell many things.
However, Gu An did not stop, but chose to continue chopping wood.
He might be driven away as soon as it dawns.
His spells have reached thirty-something, and continuing to chop wood can accumulate some more.
Then, when he returns to Peak Outside Peak, he will continue to chop wood.
Perhaps he can improve once more before December.
Dawn came quickly.
This time, as soon as it dawned, Team Leader He came.
Which surprised Gu An a bit.
She hadn't been this fast the previous few times.
"It's nothing, it's just that seeing you chopping wood in such good condition, I feel a little uncomfortable." Team Leader He said casually, "It's dawn, you can't come here anymore."
Gu An:
After a pause, she continued, "By the way, I haven't told anyone else about your affairs here, so you don't have to worry about anything."
Gu An was slightly surprised, and then respectfully bowed: "Thank you, Team Leader He."
After that, Gu An left.
He first returned to Peak Outside Peak to investigate the situation.
Then he would have Noodles find Chu Meng.
But just as he returned to his residence at Peak Outside Peak, he found Chu Meng leisurely eating peanuts in the yard, holding a plate.
Soon, she saw the person entering the door.
Clang!
The peanuts in her hand fell to the ground.
She was even more stunned in place, her mouth wide open.
The peanuts she had just put in her mouth also rolled out and fell to the ground.