Steadily becoming a saint, the immortal officials hired me to tend the horses - Chapter 79

Chapter 79: Chapter 79: Ghost Mother of Ephemera, Lv Xian Returns

[Ghost Mother of Ephemera (Second level of Unification Realm): 3750/8090/54000]

Second level of Unification Realm!

This exaggerated lifespan!

First the Underworld Demon Emperor, now the Ghost Mother of Ephemera, why do they all seem like characters from the underworld?

Gu An lamented silently, even ghosts have lifespans, which means that even if they die, they can’t exist forever.

After thinking about it carefully, it made sense. If ghosts could exist forever, wouldn’t this world be ruled by ghosts?

Only tales of thousand-year-old evil ghosts are heard, never of million-year-old Ghost Emperors. Of course, it could also be that Gu An’s level wasn’t high enough to encounter such beings, but at least this mortal world was still dominated by the human race.

Perhaps there was a force in the dark that suppressed the existence of ghosts, maintaining balance in all things.

The lifespan of the human race might be short, but they cultivated quickly, each had its pros and cons.

The Ghost Mother of Ephemera disguised herself as a female disciple of the Supreme Sect, looking very young, her cultivation level suppressed to Foundation Establishment Realm, making it difficult for others to detect her abnormality.

Gu An didn’t look any further, afraid of drawing her attention.

The Supreme Sect had countless demons and monsters, as long as they didn’t threaten him, he didn’t bother.

“Little friend Gu.”

Han Ming suddenly walked over, with a smile on his face.

Despite experiencing a crushing defeat, he didn’t feel humiliated; instead, he felt fortunate.

Sword Venerable Fudao had pinned him to the city wall with a leaf, and the sword intent contained in that leaf benefited him greatly, indicating a lesson in disguise.

With Fudao’s ability, had he wanted to kill him, he definitely wouldn’t have survived.

Gu An looked at the approaching Han Ming, and immediately saluted. Han Ming came forward, warmly grabbing his hand, and said, “Little friend Gu, since you’re here, you must practice swordsmanship with me. The disciple you recommended to me is really too dull, it’s driving my Daoist Heart restless with anger.”

As he spoke, Han Ming pulled Gu An in the direction of Zuo Lin.

Gu An, unable to break free from his hand while hiding his cultivation level, could only walk helplessly.

Han Ming had Gu An sit next to Zuo Lin, then started teaching swordsmanship techniques. Zuo Lin, seeing Gu An, was very pleased and kept pulling him to talk endlessly, making Han Ming very irritable and scold Zuo Lin again.

Zuo Yijian sat on one side, smiling as he watched his son being scolded, while also scrutinizing Gu An.

Besides being good-looking, his cultivation level seemed ordinary, and Zuo Yijian couldn’t understand what caught Han Ming’s eye about this child.

Zuo Yijian closed his eyes, while feeling the sword intent within the words “Righteous Path,” and thinking back to the scene of Han Ming being defeated, he seemed to catch something in the dark, yet it felt like an illusion. This complex feeling made him bewildered.

After a full ancient hour, Gu An finally managed to escape Han Ming’s entreaties.

Han Ming’s swordsmanship: Gu An had memorized it after hearing it once, but to keep a low profile, he had listened to it six times, really exhausting himself.

Gu An hastily left under Han Ming’s disappointed gaze.

From now on, he had to avoid Han Ming when visiting the Heavenly Repair Platform!

This guy was too troublesome!

Gu An thought to himself, and then went to the Elixir Hall and the Book Collection Hall in sequence to report in, and finally visited Jiang Qiong at the Great Elder’s residence.

In the main hall.

Jiang Qiong threw a storage bag to Gu An and said, “These are all high-rank medical herbs I have collected. Once they mature, you can take twenty percent. Hasn’t your Martial Master treated you well?”

Gu An scanned it with his Divine Sense and was elated.

So many seeds, and the lowest grade was fourth rank!

“Thank you, Martial Master!” Gu An said sincerely.

Jiang Qiong could have asked someone else to nurture them; she was the Great Elder now, holding significant power.

Hearing this, Jiang Qiong smiled contentedly; she enjoyed seeing Gu An’s gratitude towards her.

“Try not to sell the Green Vine Fruit; it greatly enhances Qi-Blood and root bones, making it a treasure beyond the measure of Spirit Stones,” Jiang Qiong said earnestly.

Clearly, she had found out about Gu An’s record of selling Green Vine Fruit.

Gu An nodded. He no longer needed Spirit Stones to buy seeds, so naturally, he wouldn’t sell them.

“Next, I plan to strive further upward. Your Medicine Valley can partly be credited to me, cultivate it well. In the future, I will find a Golden Core from a Core Formation Realm cultivator and use secret techniques to help you become a Core Formation Realm cultivator,” Jiang Qiong continued.

Gu An quickly thanked her again.

Then, Jiang Qiong waved her hand, indicating he could leave.

Gu An turned to leave. After taking a few steps, Jiang Qiong’s voice floated from behind, “Gu An, do you write books?”

This statement made Gu An’s heart tremble.

What did that mean?

Was he discovered by Jiang Qiong?

Or was it a test?

Gu An turned back and asked confusedly, “Write books about what?”

Jiang Qiong looked at his face, which didn’t appear guilty and then shook her head, “Nothing, go back.”

Gu An scratched his head and left with a puzzled expression.

Jiang Qiong sat in her chair in thought, after a while, she took a book out of her storage bag and started flipping through it.

The cover had four words:

Supreme Secret Records!

…

Summer was blistering hot.

The thirteen-year-old An Hao lay by the river, facing the sky, his head immersed in the water, bubbling as he blew bubbles.

Not far away, An Xin was sitting under a tree, meditating and cultivating. Her brows were furrowed, obviously finding her cultivation difficult.

A figure covered An Hao’s body, making him open his eyes subconsciously. When he saw who it was, he quickly got up.

“Master!”

An Hao quickly got up, rubbed his wet hair, and then cultivated energy to dry his hair with Spiritual Power, causing wisps of white smoke to rise from his head.

Gu An wore a mask and spoke in a hoarse, low voice, “I won’t teach you swordsmanship today, I’ll teach you leg techniques.”

Hearing this, An Hao’s eyes lit up, and he became excited.

Finally, he didn’t have to learn swordsmanship!

An Hao was not only strong in Spirit Root qualification, but also had exceptional comprehension. After practicing the Taicang Divine-Shocking Sword for a year, he had fully mastered its moves and mental methods. Now, he only needed to cultivate his own Sword Intent.

Gu An lifted his leg, standing on one leg, this posture immediately stunned An Hao, and even An Xin, who was absorbing energy, got drawn in.

“This leg technique is called Gale Shadowless Leg, watch carefully.” Gu An said with a deep voice. Currently, only Ye Lan inherited this move, while others practiced the Residual Wind Leg. Although the Residual Wind Leg was the basic leg technique of the Gale Shadowless Leg, it was hard to see their close connection when put together.

He was not afraid that Ye Lan and An Hao would recognize each other’s leg techniques in the future. If they could recognize it, it meant they were fighting, just in time for An Hao to show mercy.

After spending more than a year together, Gu An had already treated An Hao like his own child. An Hao was not inherently bad and even had a chivalrous spirit deep down, only a bit carefree in personality.

Gu An’s leg shot out, and in an instant, countless leg shadows burst forth, a gale arose, splashing water, and the trees in front of him toppled. The mountain wall a hundred feet away cracked, with dense footprints appearing, very spectacular, even the clouds in the sky were torn apart.

An Hao was dumbfounded and trembling all over, while An Xin was also watching with wide eyes.

What a domineering leg technique!

“I want to learn! I want to learn! It feels more impressive than the Taicang Divine-Shocking Sword!”

An Hao shouted excitedly and even kicked a few times in place.

Gu An said, “The Taicang Divine-Shocking Sword is stronger than the Gale Shadowless Leg. I just didn’t show you its full power.”

“Hehe, I get it. I won’t forget to practice the Taicang Divine-Shocking Sword in the future!” An Hao quickly promised.

Gu An started teaching him the moves. As always, An Hao memorized the moves after seeing them once and then began practicing on his own.

Again and again, he became more proficient.

Gu An suddenly felt it was time to arrange for An Hao to go to the Supreme Sect.

This child’s talent was terrifyingly high. If he could join the Supreme Sect earlier, he might establish a better foundation since Gu An could only teach him cultivation techniques and ultimate skills.

However…

Gu An thought of An Xin; her qualification was too mediocre.

Never mind, let them go. Qualification wasn’t something he could change for now, so why worry for her?

Gu An decided to wait another six months before sending the two children to the Supreme Sect.

In ten years, An Hao might become renowned.

He wondered how long it would take for him to catch up with Li Ya and Ji Xiaoyu.

Gu An even began to look forward to the duel between Li Ya and An Hao. Li Ya, being naturally competitive, would certainly clash with An Hao one day.

There were internal combats within the Supreme Sect. Although the two were over thirty years apart, they could be considered the same generation.

The summer heat was intense, An Hao soon became drenched in sweat, yet he continued practicing legs tirelessly. Despite his young age, once his clothes were soaked with sweat, his body showed strong muscle lines, full of strength.

Gu An just stood there, quietly watching.

…

Tianya Valley.

Gu An was planting seeds, with Sun San following close behind, carrying a basket.

To prevent being seen through, Gu An didn’t just harvest; occasionally, he did other tasks.

“I’m back!”

A voice came from the valley entrance, Gu An didn’t have to look to know it was Lv Xian.

Lv Xian walked in from the valley entrance, wearing a blue robe and holding a folding fan, looking more masculine compared to his previous red attire.

“How did it go? Smoothly?”

Sitting on the mountaintop, Yi Liuyun asked, his voice echoing through Tianya Valley.

Luo Hun appeared in front of the pavilion with a long spear, welcoming Lv Xian’s return. Gu An also had to show his respect.

Compared to Lv Xian, Gu An was more concerned about Li Ya’s situation in the Hundred Races Assembly.

Lv Xian wore a faint smile and said, “Naturally smooth, although there were some twists in the middle, I took the first place without any surprises.”

Hearing this, both Luo Hun and Yi Liuyun smiled. They all served Li Xuandao and would experience life and death together in the future; the stronger Lv Xian was, the happier they would be.

Yi Liuyun asked again across the Medicine Valley, “Did the talents from the Ji Family, Gu Family, and Zhou Family pose any threat to you?”

Lv Xian replied, “A woman named Ji Xiaoyu from the Ji Family gave me some trouble. Unfortunately, she withdrew halfway, and without defeating her head-on, I felt some regret. Other than that, there were less than five opponents who could contend with me.”

“Was there anyone among His Majesty’s children who satisfied you?” Luo Hun asked, with some expectation in his tone.

Lv Xian shook his head and said disdainfully, “Although I greatly admire His Majesty, his children are really not up to par, not even close to him. By the way: There was a prince named Li Ya who showed surprising ferocity. To win, I had to break his limbs. He’ll probably need a year or two to recover.”

This statement caused Luo Hun’s face to change dramatically.

Gu An couldn’t help but frown as well.