In Shiling Peak, the sun was blazing brightly, and no one knew where the snowflakes that had fallen before had disappeared.
Just like Du Siyu, she disappeared without a trace...
Gu Xiaoxing looked up at the sky and murmured, "A sixty-year period?"
Sixty years is almost the entire life of an ordinary person, but for a practitioner , it is actually not long.
If one can condense Qi, one can live to be 100 years old. If one reaches perfection, and uses some special methods to prolong life, one can even live to be close to 200 years old. If one reaches the foundation, one can completely fast and circulate the Qi through breathing. This will greatly increase one's lifespan, and there will be more ways to prolong life, but it will never exceed 500 years.
As for the formation of the elixir, it would take thousands of years, not to mention the Nascent Soul after that, perhaps a single retreat would take more than a decade...
But Gu Xiaoxing has only been practicing for a few months so far. A decade seems so long to him!
But just as he was sighing, the Sanyang Spirit Refining Furnace jumped high and pressed down hard on him.
"Ah...!" Gu Xiaoxing screamed miserably.
"What's wrong with you, kid? You dare to raise your head in front of that kind of existence? Do you know that if it weren't for that little girl, you would have died even if you had a thousand lives!" The fifth elder was so angry that he fired another alchemy furnace.
Gu Xiaoxing endured the pain and asked, "Have you known her identity for a long time?"
The furnace came down from Gu Xiaoxing, and the fifth elder said, "It's just a guess. That girl is a demon cultivator. The demon bloodline is extremely pure, and its elder must be a great demon!"
Gu Xiaoxing knew that after being in the sect for so long, he was no longer a novice in cultivation. If a demon beast wanted to transform, it had to at least form a fetus in its body. He asked, "Are you saying that the man just now was at the Nascent Soul stage?"
"No!" The Fifth Elder's voice became heavier, "It needs to be higher up!"
Further up?
Could it be... the state of transformation into a god?
Gu Xiaoxing rubbed his dry throat. He had seen Master Bai in action. The power of his Jindan was terrifying, and the power of the Yuanying and even the Huashen...
Gu Xiaoxing couldn't imagine it!
“Boy, you are not from the same world, so you’d better not have any illusions. It’s better for you to learn from me and cut off the bone-eating roots of love. From now on, you can see the mountain as a mountain and live a carefree life. Isn’t that wonderful!” said the fifth elder.
Gu Xiaoxing stood up. Although he was in a mess, he acted like Master Bai. He waved his sleeves and said calmly, "Humph! I, Gu Xiaoxing, have great principles in my heart. How could I be trapped by love? A mere... Sigh! Fifth Elder, let's talk it over. Otherwise... you can return the purple gourd to me first?"
It turned out that when the alchemy furnace fell down, Gu Xiaoxing was only concerned with picking up Dongfang Yu and escaping from the house, but he left the purple gourd inside. At this moment, the purple gourd flew from the ruins to the front of the Sanyang Refining Spirit Furnace. The furnace said, "Don't call me the Fifth Elder. I am no longer one. As for this gourd, why are you so nervous? It's just a top-grade magic weapon. Do you think I value it? I'll give it back to you..."
As he spoke, the purple gourd really flew towards Gu Xiaoxing, but a golden water dragon flew out of the gourd and was put into the alchemy furnace with a "swoosh".
Gu Xiaoxing's eyes widened immediately, but the alchemy furnace had already flown high up, leaving only a faint voice from the sky: "However, this immortal foundation fortune can barely meet my standards. As compensation, I will accept it on behalf of Ling'er. If you dare to teach her some nonsense in the future, be careful that I will refine you...!"
Holding the purple gourd in his hand, Gu Xiaoxing wanted to cry.
The creation of immortals!
Foundation-building treasure!
He had finally gotten it, but it was snatched away by someone else. He had no chance to complain. Finally, Gu Xiaoxing let out an angry roar towards the sky.
"Stinky stove! Just wait!"
The house was destroyed, so Gu Xiaoxing had to move to another house. When he completely refined the purple gourd, it was already a moonlit night.
Although this purple gourd was obtained from a foundation-building cultivator, it seemed that because Chen Changqing himself was a hidden player, there were no valuable things inside. Apart from some spirit stones and some low-level magic tools and elixirs, the most precious thing was the purple gourd itself.
"Oh my Earth Fairy Spring!" Gu Xiaoxing sighed again.
In fact, Gu Xiaoxing was reluctant to give the Earthly Immortal Spring to Lu Linger, but he didn't mind at all. After all, he also liked that innocent little girl. But the Fifth Elder was too much to snatch it away. He gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it! Stinky stove, I'll remember it!"
But after being angry, there was only silence. Gu Xiaoxing suddenly felt that the house was a bit depressing, so he opened the door and walked out.
It was just as quiet outside the house, with no clouds in the sky and a full moon hanging in the sky. He looked up to greet the moon, then lowered his head along the scattered moonlight and looked towards a place in the firewood yard. If it were in the past, there would have been a figure sitting there practicing, but now it was empty and there would be no more in the future.
Gu Xiaoxing raised his head again, looking at the endlessly spreading "line", he murmured: "In the sky...?"
Now, Chai Yuan’s surname is Gu, which is just as Gu Xiaoxing wished, but also not what Gu Xiaoxing wanted. All that’s left is the reluctance to speak.
…
The next day.
The second generation elders have descended on Shiling Peak. Although there were some unexpected events in this competition, it is still an experience and there will always be a result.
Dabi and his group were summoned to the square again. Compared to a few days ago, there were obviously fewer people here, including the departed Du Siyu, the third elder's adopted son Wu'er, and some disciples who died in the Earth Spirit Abyss.
But no one mentioned these things. Everyone was silent, except for the little girl who ran over happily, calling out for her little brother, as she did before.
Gu Xiaoxing originally wanted to pick her up and pinch her little round face, but he saw the Sanyang Spirit Refining Furnace that had shrunk to the size of a fingernail between the little girl's hair. He immediately became angry, snorted coldly, and turned his head away with a sour face.
The little girl blinked her eyes, thinking that the little brother disliked her. She pouted and started crying. The next moment, the small alchemy furnace on her head flew out and hit Gu Xiaoxing on the head, leaving a big bump.
"You bastard, how dare you bully my disciple?"
Now Gu Xiaoxing also started crying.
However, Lu didn't care whether it hurt or not and continued to hit him on the head. Instead, the little girl stood in front of him and said, "Master! Don't bully little brother!"
At this moment, the little girl had tears in her eyes and was very angry. She was so cute. Even though Lu was very angry, he could do nothing about it. He snorted and flew back to hang on the little girl's head.
"Little brother, don't you like Ling'er anymore?" The little girl's eyes were filled with tears.
Gu Xiaoxing didn't know whether he was touched by the little girl protecting him or because the big bump on his head hurt too much, he hugged the little girl with tears in his eyes, "How could it be! It turns out that only Ling'er treats brother the best, brother likes Ling'er the most!"
“Wuuuuu…!” Ling’er cried even louder.
Everyone was speechless as they looked at the two people hugging each other and crying loudly.
"Why does it feel like a play? What's the point of this?" someone complained.
Even the second-generation elder had a strange look on his face at this moment. He coughed dryly, and without further ado, ordered everyone to take out the earth spirit essence obtained from the Earth Spirit Abyss, and directly determine the top ten places based on the amount of earth spirit essence obtained.
And these ten people will be promoted to the inner sect!