Gu An sat at the stone table, enjoying Tianqing and Tian Bai’s shoulder and leg massages. He cast his gaze toward Tian Yao’er, occasionally giving remarks on her Limitless Freedom Step, feeling quite content.
Tian Yao’er felt rather frustrated but had no choice but to listen.
After a long while, Gu An finally stopped his pointers to her and said, “Tianqing, Tian Bai, today I will teach you a divine skill. Do you wish to learn?”
Upon hearing this, the two girls immediately nodded, their eyes shining with excitement.
Gu An raised his hand, using his index finger to touch their foreheads. In an instant, their bodies stiffened, and a figure practicing divine skills was reflected in their pupils, their postures constantly changing.
He imparted the Daoist Gang Primal Energy to them. Tianqing and Tian Bai needed many years to master it, which would also help them settle down.
During the massages, their hands had been a bit restless, which made Gu An slightly displeased, hence a small punishment.
Tian Yao’er sat down and curiously asked, “Master, what divine skill are you teaching them?”
Gu An briefly introduced the Daoist Gang Primal Energy, which piqued Tian Yao’er’s interest, and she began to coquettishly beg him to teach her.
Having spent so much time together, Gu An found it hard to refuse Tian Yao’er’s requests, so he nodded in agreement. This made Tian Yao’er very excited; her eyes darted around, thinking of something, unable to contain her smile.
Once the two cat demons regained their senses, Gu An let them go to practice.
As they left, Tian Yao’er approached again, eagerly leaning her forehead forward with her eyes closed.
Seeing her acting like a damsel waiting to be picked, Gu An cursed her as a demon under his breath, then began imparting the divine skill.
After teaching the divine skill, while Tian Yao’er was still immersed in the inherited memories, Gu An began picking medicinal herbs.
Tianqing and Tian Bai were very restless. Wherever Gu An went, they would practice nearby, constantly chatting with him.
It wasn’t until dawn that Gu An finally left.
…
As autumn arrived, the weather became slightly cool.
Gu An crossed several seas and reached Immortal Seeking Island.
Sure enough, news of the ocean rift had already spread across Immortal Seeking Island, and everyone was talking about it.
It was said that the rift was still continuously expanding, making it impossible to gauge its length. The width alone reached a hundred miles, causing unease, as if the entire mortal world was about to split in two.
During this time, Gu An even saw Heaven and Earth Flying Immortal approaching the ocean rift, but they were powerless as well.
“Senior, I heard a legend. Long ago, the mortal world was submerged by the ocean, countless Daoist traditions perished. When the ocean receded, all beings returned to living on land, and sects sprang up like bamboo shoots after a rain. One of those sects was the Red Dust Sect. The Sect Master of Red Dust Sect created the Immortal Path Supreme Treasure, Divine Exotic City, which suppressed the mortal world and achieved the position of Immortal King.”
“Before the Red Dust Sect Master fell, he split the ocean in two, then his body fell and was buried at the bottom of the sea. His realm was unimaginable, and some say it was the power of his bones that cracked the ocean. No one knows if it’s true.”
Hu Xiaojian followed beside Gu An, speaking mysteriously.
Red Dust Sect, Divine Exotic City?
Upon hearing this, Gu An suddenly felt that the ocean rift was related to the Seven Stars Spirit Realm.
The Seven Stars Spirit Realm first released the Divine Exotic City, then created the ocean rift. What was their true intention?
“Help me gather all the legends and records of Immortal Kings throughout history,” Gu An instructed.
Previously, the Ghost Mother of Ephemera had sent the Nine Nether Thirteen Evil to deliver the Immortal King Crown to Gu An. Hidden beneath the crown were the bones and soul of the Evil Emperor. Gu An buried the Immortal King Crown at the bottom of a lake in the North Sea and had not touched it since.
He originally thought the Immortal King was just a title, but now it seemed there were many Immortal Kings.
Hu Xiaojian quickly agreed. Being able to work for Gu An made him feel honored. Having spent so many years with Gu An, he felt fortunate to have someone powerful to rely on.
Serving a Loose Immortal was indeed his blessing!
There was an auction on Immortal Seeking Island in a couple of days, and Hu Xiaojian recommended Gu An attend because there was a sapling of a ninth-rank Spirit Tree.
Upon hearing this, Gu An immediately agreed.
Half a day later, Gu An left with the sapling of the ninth-rank Spirit Tree. Some Loose Immortals attempted to track him but couldn’t keep up.
Gu An arrived at the Outer World Cave and planted the sapling of the ninth-rank Spirit Tree.
[Tree of Luo Hai (Ninth Rank): 56/80000/500000]
Five hundred thousand years maximum lifespan!
If he were to kill it now, Gu An could gain eight thousand years of life, but he would not engage in killing the goose that laid the golden eggs.
The Tree of Luo Hai could form the Luotian Energy Sea, gather spiritual energy, and enhance the growth environment of all things. The Luotian Energy Sea could even bring down spiritual rain, which, it was said, offered a chance for enlightenment from the heavens and earth.
This kind of Spirit Tree made Gu An very excited.
In ten thousand years, the Outer World Cave would be fully cultivated. By then, if his old friends were no longer around, he could retreat there for tens of thousands of years, with Tian Yao’er keeping him company, he would never be lonely.
Gu An admired the Tree of Luo Hai for a long time before leaving.
When he returned again, it was already ten years later.
In ten years, the Tree of Luo Hai had grown significantly taller.
Tian Yao’er accompanied Gu An, standing by his side, gazing up at the Tree of Luo Hai together.
In the distance, Tianqing and Tian Bai were playing around. Gu An had taken them in to serve Tian Yao’er, but since Tian Yao’er was often in seclusion, she rarely disciplined them, leading to their continued innocence and playful nature.
Ten years had passed, and Tian Yao’er’s cultivation level had reached the second layer of the Nascent Soul Realm.
“Master, we’ve been looking for so long. Shouldn’t we leave now?” Tian Yao’er asked softly.
Gu An came back to his senses, nodded gently, then took her and left.
Tian Yao’er urged him because she didn’t want to waste time here. She had a lot she wanted to discuss with Gu An.
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However, she could sense that Gu An’s mood wasn’t high.
This feeling persisted until Gu An left.
Returning to Mystic Valley, Gu An sat at his desk, holding the Green Hero Travelogue, unable to calm his mind.
He sighed quietly, feeling very troubled.
The reason for his distress was because tonight Ye Lan was going to release the cultivation suppressed by the Primordial Reincarnation Skill.
He was already one hundred and twenty-two years old, whereas Ye Lan was one hundred and seventeen, only thirteen years away from the end of her lifespan. He feared that the Primordial Reincarnation Skill might have issues, so he left thirteen years as a buffer.
Over these years, he had sent countless elixirs to Ye Lan, which should have helped her accumulate a significant amount of cultivation.
Gu An thought this, feeling a bit more at ease.
He sent his divine sense toward the Outer Gate City, inside Ye Lan’s mansion.
Ye Lan was meditating on her bed, practicing her skills. Gu An could feel that her cultivation realm was loosening.
He waited until the deep of night.
Ye Lan’s cultivation was completely released. Gu An had set up many formations in her mansion in advance. Nonetheless, her aura still alerted many people because he couldn’t lay formations beyond his apparent abilities’ grade.
More and more people gathered toward Ye Lan’s mansion. Fortunately, the Outer Sect’s Great Elder Lv Songhan arrived in time, dispersing the disciples and dispatching subordinates to guard the mansion.
This was Gu An’s prior arrangement.
Gu An could feel that Ye Lan was forming a core, and he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Until dawn, Ye Lan began forming her Nascent Soul.
This made Gu An secretly shocked. The Primordial Reincarnation Skill was quite domineering!
Of course, the reason Ye Lan could break through so quickly was mainly because Gu An had invested a lot of elixirs. The value of those elixirs had already surpassed the accumulation of most Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.
After two more days, Ye Lan’s cultivation finally stabilized.
But her commotion had attracted the attention of the Inner Sect and the Main City of the Sect.
Gu An had no choice but to stand guard at the mansion’s entrance.
Lv Baitian flew over. Seeing Gu An, he immediately approached him.
Facing the Sect Leader, Gu An did not conceal anything. He explained the origin of the Daoist Expansion Skill and revealed that the reason Ye Lan’s breakthrough caused such a stir was that he had poured all the medicinal herbs he had obtained over the years into elixirs for her.
Lv Baitian had heard of the Daoist Expansion Skill. Wuxin was now a key figure beside Li Xuandao, and the power of the Daoist Expansion Skill had already spread in the Immortal Cultivation World.
He hadn’t expected Gu An to be so sentimental. He knew that Gu An possessed three Medicine Valleys, and the quantity of medicinal herbs he obtained yearly was immense. That he would pour it all into Ye Lan was astonishing.
“Hmm, I’ll handle this. You can wait here in peace.” Lv Baitian said and then signaled to Lv Songhan.
He had Lv Songhan proclaim that a Great Cultivator at the Divinity Transformation Realm was practicing in the mansion, and no one was to disturb.
A Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator reaching the Divinity Transformation Realm in two days would indeed cause a huge stir, but if it was a Divinity Transformation Realm cultivator practicing, the impact would be much less.
Gu An stood and waited in front of the mansion.
Until evening, when Ye Lan’s aura calmed, Lv Songhan finally led his people away.
Gu An entered the mansion and walked toward Ye Lan’s room.
Standing in front of the door, he waited.
“Senior brother, why don’t you come in?” Ye Lan’s voice came from inside the room.
Gu An took a deep breath and pushed the door open.
His gaze was immediately drawn to Ye Lan on the bed. He quickly performed a life span detection.
[Ye Lan (Divinity Transformation Stage Fifth Level): 117/600/600]
Only six hundred years of life span?
Gu An frowned, his heart sinking.
Ye Lan opened her eyes, looked at him, and smiled, “Senior brother, I’ve reached the Divinity Transformation Realm. It’s incredible!”
She was very excited, unaware that her life span was only six hundred years.
In her understanding, living a thousand years at the Divinity Transformation Realm was not difficult, and she believed her cultivation would grow higher in the future.
The Primordial Reincarnation Skill could extend the maximum life span but couldn’t ensure that the practitioner’s life span increased with breakthroughs.
After all, this skill was meant to defy fate.
Gu An smiled and said, “Really? That’s great, junior sister. You’ll have to look after me from now on.”
Ye Lan laughed, “The technique is yours. When you release your cultivation, you’ll definitely be more powerful than I am.”
Gu An hadn’t practiced the Primordial Reincarnation Skill, but hearing her say this, he had no choice but to agree.
Ye Lan got up and sat at the table with Gu An, starting to talk about her breakthrough experiences.
Gu An, meanwhile, pondered how to help Ye Lan achieve enlightenment.
At present, it seemed enlightenment was the best way to extend the maximum life span. But how difficult enlightenment was!