Chapter 606: Chapter 599: Unsettled Heart
Gu An looked at the true form of the Immortal without Dao before him, his expression calm.
[Immortal without Dao (Early Stage of Hengtian Golden Immortal Realm): 3,027,800,921,027/5,000,000,000,000]
The old guy who’s lived for thirty trillion years.
Gu An thought expressionlessly.
Previously, the reason he had brought along a clone of the Immortal without Dao wasn’t to catch up on old times but to investigate the karma of the Immortal without Dao.
Even while communicating with the Celestial Spirit God, Gu An hadn’t stopped exploring the karma of the Immortal without Dao.
In the end, following the trajectory of karma, he found the true form of the Immortal without Dao.
The gap between their cultivation levels was enormous; even though Gu An was standing right behind the Immortal without Dao, he didn’t want the Immortal without Dao to notice him, for then the Immortal without Dao wouldn’t be able to detect him.
This was the absolute suppression of a Heaven-Opening Daluo Immortal over a Heaven Balancing Golden Immortal!
Gu An hesitated, wondering whether or not to kill the Immortal without Dao.
It would take but a single thought to reduce the Immortal without Dao to dust.
But he felt that since the Immortal without Dao had managed to escape from the Celestial Court and survive all these years, he must have other reliance.
After so many years, the Immortal without Dao had reached the Heaven Balancing Golden Immortal Realm, and must have endured many hardships. Gu An guessed the Immortal without Dao would be quite frustrated if he died here without a clue.
As Gu An pondered this, he raised his right hand.
“Enough, then I shall cooperate with him for a while. If I can find a place to belong, it beats living in fear here,” the Immortal without Dao muttered to himself, beginning to cast spells to transfer more mana to his clone so that the clone could act effectively.
A complex expression appeared on his face as he lamented, “Why should that brat become so powerful? It’s like the Great Dao is blind, damn it…”
Gu An’s hand stopped, just ten centimeters away from the Immortal without Dao’s shoulder.
After casting the spell, the Immortal without Dao closed his eyes, ready to continue his cultivation.
Smack!
Suddenly, a hand landed on his shoulder, startling him into snapping his eyes open. Then a voice entered his ears, chilling him to the bone, as if he had fallen into a cold cellar.
“Maybe you’re not performing for me, but without patting you, I can’t be at ease, Master.”
…
Dusk was approaching.
Su Jin staggered through the forest, her right hand clutching her abdomen, a pained expression on her face.
Ever since being slapped by the Celestial Spirit God, she had felt a burning pain in her abdomen, which pained her heart even more.
From that slap, she felt the Celestial Spirit God’s disgust for her.
She had searched for him painfully for ten thousand years, then accompanied him in cultivation for another ten thousand years, dedicating herself entirely to him, only to be abandoned in the end.
As for the past lives and present lives the Celestial Spirit God spoke of, she hadn’t cared at all.
Awakening memories of a past life would make her become someone else?
She didn’t believe it!
The more she thought, the sadder she became, and tears flowed uncontrollably.
Her vision started to blur, she felt exhaustion and wanted to collapse and sleep soundly.
Suddenly, she saw two figures ahead, which alarmed her enough to stop in her tracks.
It was a dense forest; the remaining light of dusk spilled between the trees, casting a gloomy and quiet atmosphere.
Su Jin’s vision cleared, and she frowned as she looked ahead, a sword suddenly appearing in her hand.
“Miss Su Jin, long time no see. Do you remember me?”
Gu An stood up to greet Su Jin and then tucked the Green Hero Travelogue into his chest.
Su Jin tightened her brow as she looked at Gu An.
She seemed to recall something, her eyes widened in astonishment as she asked, “Is it you? How are you still alive?”
Gu An smiled and said, “If you have nowhere to go, why not come with me? After you give birth to the child, you can go wherever you wish.”
Su Jin immediately became vigilant, staring at Gu An with a defensive face and asked in a stern voice, “What do you want?”
Gu An’s expression changed, causing Su Jin to become momentarily lost in thought.
Shen Zhen turned her head to look at Gu An, filled with curiosity.
What divine skill was this?
Gu An stretched lazily and said, “It’s time to go back.”
Shen Zhen nodded; she too wanted to sit down quietly and comprehend the Celestial Dao Immortal Gods.
…
Seasons changed, and a year quickly passed by.
In the courtyard.
Gu An opened his eyes, and with a thought, An Xin appeared out of nowhere by his side.
“Master, what is it?” An Xin asked curiously.
Gu An stood up and said, “Go and bring that child in, according to my previous instructions.”
An Xin’s interest was piqued, and she disappeared on the spot.
Shen Zhen, who was sitting in front of the Artifact Refining Cauldron, turned towards Gu An and asked curiously, “Are you really going to adopt that child?”
Gu An replied, “That child is extraordinary. Having him follow Su Jin will only bring her misfortune, and besides, she should start her life anew.”
“Innate Immortal Gods, tsk tsk, I feel like he’s going to stir up a frenzy of competition within the dojo,” Shen Zhen teased.
The qualifications of an Innate Immortal God must be beyond her imagination, and with Gu An’s guidance, his cultivation speed must be astonishing.
Gu An did not argue; he indeed planned to cultivate the child of the Celestial Spirit God properly.
“Do you have some scheme with him that even I don’t know about?”
Gu An looked at the Artifact Refining Cauldron, contemplating silently in his mind.
An hour later, An Xin returned, holding a baby in her arms.
Everyone in the dojo had gathered in Gu An’s courtyard, as they had heard that Gu An was going to take on a disciple. Everyone was curious: what kind of child could catch Gu An’s attention?
Seeing An Xin return, the crowd immediately surrounded her.
“This child is so small.”
“Eh, how has he already achieved Foundation Establishment?”
“Nonsense, the child must be a genius, able to perform Qi Absorption Cultivation with each breath, otherwise how could he catch the master’s eye?”
“He’s so cute, let me hold him.”
“Cute, huh? In twenty years, he’ll surely be a conceited fellow, and then you won’t find him so cute.”
An Xin did not pass the baby to the others; after a brief chat with everyone, she approached Gu An and handed the swaddled infant to him.
Gu An held the sleeping infant with a smile appearing on his face.
“Such a good boy.”
Gu An began to gently stroke the baby’s cheeks, murmuring softly to himself.
An Xin prompted, “Master, give him a name, why don’t you? Miss Su Jin said it’s up to you.”
She had taken a liking to the baby as soon as she saw him, so she was also looking forward to the changes he would bring to the dojo in the future.
Gu An pondered and said, “This child is fatherless and can be said to be born of heaven; let us give him the surname Tian, and name him Hao, he shall be called Tian Hao from now on.”
Tian Hao!
The crowd began to mull over the name, not thinking that Gu An would choose it carelessly.
An Xin was stunned, muttering to herself, “Hao…”
She held an expectation in her heart and looked forward to how Gu An would respond, but unfortunately, Gu An did not meet her gaze.
Gu An lifted little Tian Hao above his head, looked up at Tian Hao, and smiled, “From now on, you are my disciple.”
At the same time.
In Outer Heaven, deep in the cosmos.
Below the World Gate, the Celestial Spirit God who was shimmering with a strong light suddenly opened his eyes, flipped over his right palm, and two characters appeared in his palm.
“Tian Hao… I see, no wonder I could not find it; this twist of fate is truly remarkable. Celestial Spirit Immortal Venerable, I have lost to you.”
