northernbook #325 - The identity of the marriage candidate cannot be lost
#325 - The identity of the marriage candidate cannot be lost
Main courtyard reception area.
The last time I came here, it was to see Chen Tai.
It's the same today.
When I came in, the hall was empty.
I waited for a long time, but no one came.
Pang Wen whispered, "It should be another deliberate delay."
Gu An calmly took a sip of the tea on the table and said, "It doesn't matter."
Strong people have the pride of strong people, this kind of thing is not uncommon.
The cultivation of the Yuan Shen is so powerful, it is reasonable for a Golden Core late stage cultivator like myself to wait for some time.
No need to be angry about this.
Pang Wen lowered his eyebrows and said nothing more, but accompanied Gu An in waiting.
After a long time, the other party finally arrived.
This time it was only Chen Tai alone.
Perhaps he felt that this time there was no need to pay so much attention.
Gu An looked at the other party, unlike before, the other party's eyes now carried a sneer and excitement, he should feel that today's matter is a sure win.
"Senior Chen."
Gu An got up and gave a greeting.
The other party grunted and sat down, saying, "I'm late, little friend Gu shouldn't mind, right?"
Gu An shook his head: "Senior is a strong person, with a lot on his plate, it is natural to be delayed by some things."
Chen Tai chuckled and said, "It seems that little friend Gu is very understanding, but why didn't you serve me tea? Logically speaking, I am also a guest, is this how Feng Waifeng treats guests?"
Gu An shook his head and said: "The tea is ordinary, I'm afraid Senior Chen is not used to drinking it, if Senior doesn't mind, I will have them brew a pot."
The other party didn't care, but said: "This time we still want to redeem Chen Changfeng, as long as he is safe and sound, I am willing to spend 300,000 spirit stones to redeem him.
After all, I am still his uncle, and I really can't bear to give up on him."
Gu An looked at the person in front of him, lowered his eyes and whispered: "So you are his uncle."
"He has been dependent on us since he was a child, we have to save him."
Chen Tai said sincerely.
Gu An sighed and said, "Then I have no choice but to let him go, one million spirit stones."
Pa!
Chen Tai slammed the table and stood up and said: "One million? Are you sure Chen Changfeng is safe and sound?"
Gu An leaned back and said: "Then how does Senior know he has a problem?"
"I asked the people in the First Courtyard, Chen Changfeng is almost tortured to death by you."
Chen Tai said coldly.
Finally, Gu An sighed and said: "Then 300,000 will do."
"Ten thousand."
Chen Tai said.
Seeming to think that he had the person in front of him under control.
The degree of the corners of his mouth rising was so obvious.
Gu An looked at the other party and said: "Two hundred and fifty thousand."
Finally, 180,000 was agreed upon.
Gu An said that the transaction would take place tomorrow.
The other party also agreed.
As soon as the person left, Pang Wen immediately said: "No one in the First Courtyard has had contact with him."
"Go and be busy."
Gu An nodded lightly and said.
Afterwards, Gu An left Feng Waifeng.
On the other side.
Chen Tai came to the inn in Qingmu City.
The old man inside was still waiting.
Seeing the person who came back with a smile on his face, he knew that this matter was stable.
Chen Tai said respectfully:
"Elder still has a way, the other party really agreed, but asked for 180,000 spirit stones."
"It doesn't matter."
The old man chuckled: "A Golden Core late stage cultivator, he can do whatever he wants in Feng Waifeng, but after leaving Feng Waifeng, he is just a Golden Core late stage dog.
In front of you and me, he is only worthy of barking like a dog to survive.
We will wait here for a few days, when we meet him, the spirit stones will still be returned to their original owner."
Hearing this, Chen Tai laughed loudly: "It's best not to let the other party earn, 180,000 is nothing, but giving Gu Gou to earn, I feel uncomfortable.
But I don't have 180,000 spirit stones."
The old man was stunned: "I didn't bring it either, but I can give him an IOU, with the other party's urgent appearance, he should agree.
In this way, there is no need to pay it back, you can tell him in advance before leaving, it's not bad to see his angry but helpless look."
While they were still talking and laughing, there was a sudden knock on the door.
The two were quite surprised.
"Who is it?"
Chen Tai asked vigilantly.
Sensing it, there was no figure outside.
Creak!
The door was opened.
Gu An walked in generously.
Seeing the person, Chen Tai was stunned for a moment, and said: "Little friend Gu?"
Gu An looked at the other party, took a step, and suddenly appeared in front of him.
Then he kicked out.
When!
Some magic weapon shattered, and the power was directly reduced by more than half.
Fortunately, this kick was aimed at the other party's life.
However, at the moment of kicking the other party, the power was reduced by more than half again.
With a bang.
Chen Tai flew out.
Poof!
A mouthful of blood spurted out, hitting the wall.
He looked at the front in shock:
"You... you are not Golden Core? Yuan Shen?"
Gu An was even more surprised, he used the power of the Void Return early stage to kick out, it was fine if he didn't kill the other party.
Actually...
Only a slight injury.
And there seemed to be a talisman burning on the other party's body, and the injury recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.
What are these things?
At this time, the old man did not dare to hesitate, and had already used spells to attack Gu An.
Faced with such an attack, Gu An just stretched out his hand.
With a clang.
Gu An felt that his hand had broken through something again.
Fortunately, he successfully pinched the old man's neck, and the other party's spell collapsed at this moment.
But a talisman suddenly appeared, shining brightly, and a terrifying force burst out.
Rumble!
The entire inn was lifted open, and the light of the sun and moon shone down.
Gu An stood on the spot, covered with Gang Qi, and there was no danger, but some injuries appeared on his arm.
And the old man in his hand was also dead.
Die together?
Gu An was a little unbelievable, then the other party's figure reappeared not far away.
Alive again?
Gu An took a step, reached out and grabbed the other party's neck.
The Gang Qi mixed with Xuan Huang Qi covered the person, this time Gu An saw horror in the other party's eyes.
It seems that he can't live anymore.
"Why, why couldn't I leave here?"
He asked.
"So you can leave here when you are resurrected?"
Gu An was surprised.
"You, do you know who I am?"
The old man struggled and said with difficulty: "If I die...
Poof!
Before he could finish speaking, Gu An crushed his neck.
The vitality of the whole person collapsed.
Then a strange jade pendant shattered and fell.
This is the magic weapon for his resurrection?
Why would such a precious thing appear on this person?
But the other party may have never thought that he would die so aggrieved.
After throwing the old man's body on the ground, Gu An came to Chen Tai.
The other party has completely recovered, and there are still some magic weapons blocking him.
But he knew he couldn't stop Gu An.
"You, you, you, I, I, I, I can tell you a secret, to...:"
Chen Tai seemed to think of something, and immediately said: "I have a secret to tell you that can change your life."
Gu An took out a long knife in his hand, and then gently swiped across the other party's terrified begging for mercy.
Then there were the sounds of many magic weapons shattering, and the final scream.
Silence returned to the area.
With that, Gu An collected the storage treasures.
After ordering the red-armored soldiers to clean up the battlefield, the sun and moon vanished from the sky, and Gu An disappeared from the spot.
Back at Peak Beyond Peaks, Gu An felt fortunate. If he hadn't activated his divine power, the old man might have escaped.
Afterward, he waited for nightfall to go lumbering.
He was just a sliver away from mastering the术法 (shù fǎ,术法 is skill for spells, incantations, magic power, etc, depending on context).
He needed to learn it as soon as possible.
According to the old man, someone would seek revenge if he killed him.
Whether that was true or not, he should still improve his cultivation as quickly as possible.
As for Chen Changfeng, Gu An had no intention of visiting him.
After learning some details, he had asked the Blood Demon Divine Sovereign.
The sovereign said it was a rare Gu poison, very difficult to cure.
Even if it could be cured, it would take time.
Of course, there was another way to cure it: kill the person who administered the poison.
Chen Changfeng, as the person involved, should know who wanted to kill him.
This could be said to be the final straw that broke the camel's back; from now on, he would likely live for himself.
And he himself was just a passerby in the other's life.
After this great awakening, Chen Changfeng would surely leave this place.
There was no need for him to go and become a familiar face.
He didn't seek the other's help in the future, only that they wouldn't become enemies.
As soon as it got dark, Gu An went lumbering.
During this time, he examined the two men's storage treasures.
They indeed didn't have 180,000 spirit stones, but the two of them had 120,000 combined.
So wealthy!
Gu An was shocked.
How could ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators have so many spirit stones?
Not only that, but they also had some magical artifacts and some bottles and jars.
Everything looked extraordinary.
With so many treasures, no wonder it was so troublesome to kill them.
It was only because he had mid-stage Void Return cultivation,
plus the Qi Sea Heavenly罡 (gāng, a kind of powerful energy/aura), that he was lucky enough to kill them.
If he didn't have his divine power, Gu An felt that this killing wouldn't have gone so smoothly.
As for these magical artifacts...
Perhaps they were obtained because they were backed by Chen Changfeng.
It was incomprehensible that they would still try to poison him after receiving so many treasures.
Was there no familial affection in the world of cultivation?
Or was it just that they had none for Chen Changfeng?
Gu An also didn't understand what Chen Changfeng was thinking, constantly handing things over.
Afterward, Gu An just focused on lumbering, hoping to quickly accumulate the last bit of warm current.
Unfortunately, a whole night passed, and the warm current didn't appear.
After dawn, Pang Wen waited for the transaction,
but no one came all day.
He looked for Gu An, but Gu An just told him to wait until tomorrow if they didn't come.
Another three days passed, and Chen Changfeng had recovered.
The person for the trade still didn't come.
The team leader never asked about it.
This made Pang Wen a little puzzled.
But he didn't think much about it and continued to busy himself with his own affairs.
In mid-December,
Gu An finally accumulated enough for the术法 (shù fǎ).
After dawn, he began to improve.
The Qi Sea Heavenly罡 (gāng) never had any accidents.
Before dark, he successfully completed the enhancement.
Now the Qi Sea Heavenly罡 (gāng) had reached the sixth level of the fifth volume.
His strength had increased once again.
However, today he received a communication talisman.
It was sent by his master.
An unknown powerhouse was approaching the Azure Wood Sect, saying they were coming for a treasure that was lost in the pioneering land.
Now suspicion had fallen on him.
He was told to go out as little as possible.
Gu An:
The Eye of Heavenly Punishment?
That was the first thing he thought of.
But he never imagined that anyone would suspect him.
Three days later, he indeed heard news that he had obtained a treasure when he was pioneering.
Many people were curious about what it was.
Whether he had handed it over to the Merit Hall.
If he had handed it over, would his merit points return to first place?
However, they waited for a long time and didn't see any changes in the merit points.
They then felt that the thing should still be on him.
Gu An listened to these rumors, feeling somewhat silent.
Why were there such rumors?
And handing it over to the Merit Hall.
Would the Merit Hall dare to accept it even if they had a hundred times the courage?
Besides...
Did the people spreading the rumors know what kind of treasure this was?
If they knew, wouldn't the rumors dispel themselves?
What virtue or ability did he have to obtain this thing?
Because of the rumors, Gu An returned to Peak Beyond Peaks.
He wanted to see if the thing had suffered any accidents.
Fortunately, it was still sealed properly.
And that day, Divine Sovereign of Eight Tones sent a message.
Saying that people from the Heavenly Maiden lineage had come, supposedly to search for the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, and reminded him not to get close, otherwise he wouldn't be able to escape to the ends of the earth.
It was also said that there were rumors that the thing was in the Azure Wood Sect.
Which was actually impossible, because apart from the Heavenly Maiden lineage, no one could suppress the Eye of Heavenly Punishment. If it was in the Azure Wood Sect, it would have already burst into flames.
However, if he knew the whereabouts of the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, he could trade with the Heavenly Maiden lineage.
In addition, the other party also said that the Heavenly Maiden lineage would probably go to the Azure Wood Sect to clarify the situation.
Fearing that it would cause a bloodbath.
The Heavenly Maiden lineage belonged to the Nine Heavens Divine Sovereign, and it was said that their power was extremely vast, one lineage being comparable to a first-class sect.
Finally, the other party inquired about the whereabouts of the musical instrument treasure.
Gu An thought about it. There was a bell in Chen Tai's storage treasure. Could that be considered a musical instrument treasure?
However, the information the other party gave was somewhat useful.
In short, he seemed to be quite dangerous.
If the Heavenly Maiden lineage caught him, would you have a good outcome?
Fortunately, he was still a marriage candidate, so he wouldn't be abandoned completely.
He just didn't know if the sect could withstand the people of the Heavenly Maiden lineage.
Outside the Azure Wood Sect.
A middle-aged man and a beautiful woman were riding their swords.
Their expressions were somber and somewhat uneasy.
"That pioneering land indeed didn't have the whereabouts of the Eye of Heavenly Punishment. Everyone has been investigated, and they definitely don't have the strength to kill people.
The only suspicious person is the one who left halfway,
that disciple named Gu An," the middle-aged man said.
The beautiful woman asked curiously, "Is it possible for him?"
"Impossible, but not ruled out, especially his residence. I checked it, and the things inside the house have been altered," the middle-aged man said calmly:
"Someone has moved that room recently, probably not a coincidence."
"If the thing was in his hands, it should have exploded long ago," the beautiful woman still felt it was impossible.
"Let's go to the Azure Wood Sect first. If it's not him, it could be the people behind him. Let their sect master cooperate with us and check the sect,
it shouldn't be difficult.
Small sects can't refuse us," the middle-aged man said confidently.
"Just the two of us?" The beautiful woman asked vigilantly, "If there really is someone who can temporarily suppress the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, their strength is probably not bad. I'm afraid the other party is hiding in the dark."
"Leave a message, just say we went to the Azure Wood Sect. If there's no news after a while, it should be an accident," the middle-aged man said.
The next day, they arrived at the Azure Wood Sect.
Under absolute pressure, the people of the Azure Wood Sect were indeed submissive, inviting them into the main hall.
A quarter of an hour later.
They, who hadn't caused too much of a stir when they came, were already heavily injured and kneeling in front of the main hall.
Only one sentence was heard from the hall: "Hurry up and give them a chance to call for help. This is not even as good as the Fire Phoenix Clan."