"Linlin wants to see you, sir!"
Outside the cave, Gong Linlin's voice came, Li An opened the formation, and she walked in leisurely.
"What's the matter?" Li An asked.
Gong Linlin smiled slightly, bowed, and said: "Sir, have you heard about the news of Master Shanqing?"
Li An nodded calmly.
"Sir, now that Master Shanqing has been killed by that thief, what should we do in the future? Have you ever thought about it?"
She looked at Li An tentatively.
Li An sighed and said, "Mr. Shanqing was very kind to me. Now he has died. I am afraid that Gong Family will not be able to accommodate me. I have to find another way..."
Gong Linlin took the opportunity to say, "Sir, you have such ability in growing blood-nourishing medicine. Why worry that Gong Family will not accommodate you?"
"Just find another wise master. With your strength, you will be more valued!"
Li An looked at Gong Linlin and said, "What do you mean?"
Gong Linlin knelt down and said, "To be honest with you, sir, the gift I gave you before... was a token of the Fourth Miss's love!"
Li An was stunned for a moment.
"The Fourth Miss loves talents very much. As long as Sir Gu nods, the treatment you get from her... will be better than what you get from Gong Shanqing!"
Li An was silent in thought.
...
Gong Family was furious at Gong Shanqing's death and sent people to investigate for a long time.
But in the end, nothing was found and the situation soon calmed down.
In fact, the top leaders of Gong family are not stupid. They can definitely think that Gong Shanqing may not really die at the hands of Xiang Yuntian. It is also possible that someone else used Xiang Yuntian's name. However, no one has investigated Gong Shanxiu, Gong Shanye, etc.
To put it bluntly, Gong Shanqing has already lost power in Gong family. There is no strong mission to support him. If he dies, no one will really give him justice.
Everything Gong Shanqing originally had was divided up by Gong Shanye and Gong Shanxiu.
Evergreen Peak has already taken shape as a second-level spiritual field. It was obtained by Gong Shanye. Gong Shanxiu did not compete with him for it, but only accepted the people under Gong Shanqing.
Naturally, this also includes Li An.
"Mr. Gu Fan is willing to come here, it is really a blessing for Shan Xiu!"
On the Yaozu Peak of Dao Sect, Gong Shan Xiu personally met Li An. She was dressed in palace clothes, with a graceful figure, looking dignified and generous. She smiled with the decency and grace of a superior, and said:
"From now on, Mr. Gu's monthly allowance will be adjusted to ten exotic crystals per month. In addition, all the farming and breeding here will be entirely your responsibility. How about it?"
Just give money and power!
Li An nodded secretly. Gong Shanqing died without complaint. Gong Shan Xiu's vision and pattern were far superior to his!
"Thank you, Fourth Miss. Gu Fan will do his best for you!"
Gong Shan Xiu smiled and nodded, "The spiritual energy of the land on the Yaozu Peak is excellent. Do you think this place can be transformed into a second-level spiritual field?"
This is her purpose!
She has been investigating the situation on Gong Shanqing's side. She knows the talent of Gu Fan very well. It is a great support for her to dig him over.
The funny thing is that Gong Shanye is so arrogant that he just wants to kill this talent. His vision is even more short-sighted. He only wants the land of Changqing Peak, but not the people of Changqing Peak...
Li An did not hide it and said: "If there are enough resources... fifty years, fifty years, Gu Fan will make this place a second-level spiritual field!"
"You can use all the resources under my command."
She waved her hand and said: "Pass my order. From now on, in Dao Sect, seeing Gu Fan is like seeing me!"
All her subordinates were shocked.
...
"Sister, this person is just a person in the spiritual world after all. You treat him so well, isn't it a joke? I'm afraid the people under your command will not accept it."
After Li An left, a girl next to Gong Shanxiu asked.
She is Gong Shanxiu's sister, Gong Shanyu. "Xiaoyu, you underestimated this person's value." Gong Shanxiu said calmly: "Now I give him these, which can make him die hard. Do you believe it? If I wait for fifty years, or a hundred years, let alone me, even if the family elders give him better conditions, they may not be able to keep this person..." Gong Shanyu couldn't help but open her mouth wide and said: "Is he... so powerful?" Gong Shanxiu smiled slightly and didn't answer her question. Li An lived on the Demon Ancestor Peak and immediately began to build a second-level spiritual field for Gong Shanxiu. Gong Shanxiu really has a way of employing people. Basically, there is no restriction on him, unlike Gong Shanqing, who has to come to inspect from time to time. This made Li An quite comfortable. He mobilized a large amount of blood food every day, and naturally embezzled a lot of it, which was used to build spiritual fields and plant Xuanxian medicine in his cave. In the blink of an eye, fifty years passed quietly. "In another hundred years, these Xuanxian medicines should be mature!"
That day, Li An looked at the eight blood jade fairy grasses in the cave with a burning gaze.
From getting the seeds of these fairy medicines, to planting them in the Yi family, to now, it has only been a few hundred years.
Under normal circumstances, Xuanxian medicines take at least a thousand years to mature!
Li An has almost shortened this process by half.
Now, he is ready to take the last step-
He calmed down, the Dao rhyme on his body grew like smoke, and the power of the Dao seemed to turn into a silver waterfall, slowly flowing to the eight blood medicines. Suddenly, this small space seemed to have broken away from the time and space of the spiritual world, and the eight blood medicines seemed to emerge in another time.
From a distance, these eight blood medicines were like a dream, as if they did not really exist.
Li An was watering these fairy medicines with his Dao power!
He can increase the age of ordinary spiritual medicines by more than 200 years, but it is unknown how much it can affect these Xuanxian medicines. At this moment, the Yangming Zhuxian Jue is constantly running, and the power of the Great Dao is endless...
Three days later.
"It's done!"
Li An stopped his magic power and looked at the eight blood jade fairy light grasses with joy.
Each leaf of the eight blood jade fairy light grasses was covered with rich blood spots, and those blood spots even faintly emitted golden light, which fully proved that the eight blood jade fairy light grasses were not only fully mature, but also of the best quality.
Each one was worth nearly a thousand middle-grade spirit stones!
Now Li An, with these eight Xuanxian medicines, is already a huge fortune.
Who can have such a treasure for ordinary cultivators in the Tribulation Period? Even if it is an immortal, it is difficult to ask for a Xuanxian medicine!
Li An harvested all the herbs and put them in the immortal coffin.
"The fields are now empty, and it's time to plant some new medicines..."
Li An thought, he walked out of the cave, and then checked the status of the medicine fields on the Demon Ancestor Peak.
Large tracts of medicine fields have almost turned blood red, and the nature of the soil has completely changed, enough to nourish Xuanxian medicine.
Li An asked someone to invite Gong Shanxiu.
Soon, Gong Shanxiu arrived. Seeing the current Demon Ancestor Peak, Gong Shanxiu's beautiful eyes were full of joy, and said: "Not bad, really good! Mr. Gu Fan has indeed made this place a second-level spiritual field!"
"I will immediately ask the family for credit for Mr. Gu Fan!"
...
At this time,
"She has a second-level spiritual field?" Gong Shanye was furious when he heard this and said, "What a Gu Fan, what a Gu Fan!" "Shanye, you were wrong from the beginning. If you had taken Gu Fan under your command, the second-level spiritual field would be yours now... Do you know that the family elders' council has a higher and higher evaluation of Gong Shanxiu!" An old man next to him spoke with an ugly face. His name was Gong Tianlin, and he was Gong Shanye's uncle! After Gong Shanqing died, Gong Shanye immediately occupied the best medicinal fields under Gong Shanqing's hands, but Changqing Peak has not yet truly transformed into a second-level spiritual field. The gap is huge! Gong Shanye's face was gloomy. For the first time, he felt a real threat. He said:
"I really didn't expect that an ant in the spirit world would have such a skill..."
"Second uncle, what should I do now?"
The old man also thought for a long time and said: "We must not let this Gu Fan continue to stay under Gong Shanxiu's command, otherwise, her performance will only get better and better."
"Well, in this way, I suggest to the family that this Gu Fan be given the status of a guest official!"
"In this way, he can't participate in the competition between the two of you——"
Take Gu Fan out!
Gong Shanye nodded gloomily.
...
Two months later.
The order from the top management of the Gong family came back.
Appoint Li An as a guest official of the Gong family, temporarily stationed in the spirit world, responsible for opening up spiritual fields for the Gong family.
This news surprised Li An, but after thinking about it carefully, he already understood that this should be the result of the struggle between Gong Shanxiu and Gong Shanye.
However, it doesn't matter. For him... it's a good thing.
As a guest of Gong Clan, his treatment became better. He received 40 crystals per month, which could almost support his current cultivation!
It should be noted that the guest of Gong Clan was at least at the immortal level, and some of them were at the Xuanxian level. Li An, who was at the Tribulation Crossing Stage, was the first of his kind.
"Mr. Gu is a new guest. It is really a cause for celebration."
In the main hall of Yaozu Peak, Gong Shanxiu smiled slightly and congratulated Li An, saying, "This is some of Ah Si's thoughts. Please don't despise it, Mr. Gu."
She presented a generous gift. Obviously, she still intended to maintain her relationship with Li An.
"Gu Mou can be where he is today thanks to the young lady's support. If you need anything in the future, just let me know."
Li An also spoke politely.
"In the future, the guest is the guest of the family. How dare Ah Si ask the guest for help privately? If this rule is violated, I am afraid that many eyes will turn red in this Dao Sect's hometown."
Gong Shanxiu smiled.
After Li An became a guest official, he belonged to the entire Gong family and was no longer a member of Gong Shanxiu.
Li An only needed to complete the tasks given by Gong family!
If she asked Li An for help again, she and Li An would violate the family rules. Although the family rules were not important and no one cared about them on weekdays, at this critical juncture of her competition with Gong Shanye, Gong Shanye would definitely keep a close eye on her and would accuse her of not distinguishing between public and private affairs and put it on the table. The family would also severely punish her and Li An.
"However, there is a small matter. My sister is also very interested in the art of breeding and wants to follow Mr. Gu to learn for a while. Is it okay?"
Li An said: "Gu will tell you everything I know!"
...
After that day, Gong Shanyu studied in front of Li An.
Li An taught her "with all his heart" and asked her to start from the most basic corpse refining, which made Gong Shanyu unable to hold back. After all, dismembering corpses, peeling skins and digging hearts, etc., all required personal efforts, which were dirty and disgusting, which made her unbearable.
Occasionally, she would deliberately approach Li An and flirt with him, but Li An was not understanding and only focused on work, dealing with a pile of corpses every day, which made Gong Shanyu even more impatient!
"Sister, I really can't learn..."
She complained to Gong Shanxiu.
"Shanyu, after you have come into contact with Gu Fan, what do you think of him?"
Gong Shanxiu asked.
"Sister... what do you mean?" Gong Shanyu realized something.
"Gu Fan is a man who knows when to advance and when to retreat, and knows how to raise people. He will definitely do more than this in the future. I think that now that he is not yet famous, it is an opportunity. If you agree, I will act as a matchmaker..." Gong Shanyu opened his eyes wide: "I don't want it!" She said anxiously: "Sister, he is just a lowly creature in the spirit world! Even if he has some ability and becomes a guest official, he is just a dog raised by our Gong family. If I marry him, I will become a joke of the whole family. How can I face people in the future?" "I don't want it!" She bit her lower lip tightly. Gong Shanxiu sighed softly. In fact, she wanted to take Li An back through Gong Shanyu! Once the two became Taoist partners, Li An would be a real member of the Gong family. At that time, he could naturally participate in the competition between her and Gong Shanye, and he would still be a great help to her. Moreover, she completely tied Li An to death. Unexpectedly, Gong Shanyu disliked Li An so much... In this kind of situation, a forced melon is not sweet. If you insist on forcing a match, it may backfire.
"Sister, this person is not romantic at all, and he is of a low birth. Don't worry about him... I heard that several genius disciples from Zixiao Mountain will come here soon. Sister, I will pick them up then, okay?"
Gong Shanyu acted like a spoiled child to her sister. Gong Shanxiu sighed slightly and said nothing.
Gu Fan had to ignore it for the time being.
But the people from Zixiao Mountain came... They had to be taken seriously. If they could make friends with them, a word from them could really influence or even change the choice of the Gong family's top management.
Gong family, to put it bluntly, is just a vassal of Zixiao Mountain.
...
After becoming a guest official, Li An was responsible for the spiritual fields of Huichun Peak and Tianlei Peak. It was the task given to him by Gong family to turn these two places into second-level spiritual fields.
Not long after, he heard some news from Gong family.
Su Yebai, the former headmaster of Dao Sect and now a disciple of Zixiao Mountain, returned to Dao Sect.
This time, he was ordered by Zixiao Mountain to track down the whereabouts of those people who fled from the spiritual world.
It is said that Su Yebai gave a lot of information, and Zixiao Mountain really caught up with some people from Dao Sect and wiped them out.
This made Li An frown.
Su Yebai was the headmaster of Dao Sect in the past, and he knew a lot about the escape of Xiang Yuntian and others. With his cooperation with Zixiao Mountain, I am afraid he can really find out something.
In this way, Xiang Yuntian and others are in great danger.
However, Li An will not care about it.
Kill Su Yebai? That's too risky.
This person has already surrendered to Zixiao Mountain, and is definitely not an ordinary person. If he is not careful, he may expose himself.
Ensuring your own safety is the most important thing. As for the safety of those people who fled from Dao Sect... I wish you all the best.
However, after thinking about it, he gradually made a decision about the matter a hundred years later...
Time flies.
In the blink of an eye, Li An has been in Gong's family for nearly two hundred years.
Under his efforts, Huichun Peak and Tianlei Peak have become second-level spiritual fields, and a small amount of Xuanxian medicine has been officially planted, which makes the top leaders of Gong's family very satisfied and gives him a considerable reward.
Li An's strange cultivation has also been perfected, and he is only one step away from becoming an immortal!
"It's really a Taoist..."
Looking at the latest batch of corpses, Li An couldn't help but sigh.
After Su Yebai came to Dao Sect, he tracked down more and more Taoist disciples by some unknown method and started to hunt them down. Over the years, batches of Taoist disciples' corpses have been sent over from time to time.
Some dozens, some a few...
The seed figures sent out by Dao Sect in those days were only one or two thousand in total.
Among these corpses, there are many... all of whom he knows.
If this continues, maybe it won't be long before he can see the bodies of Xiang Yuntian, Gu Canye and others one day?
"The founding treasure of the Dao Sect should be revealed soon..."
Li An pondered, and one day, he finally headed towards the old site of Tiandao Peak.
Go!
A palace has been built on the old site of Tiandao Peak, where Su Yebai, Yuanzhou and several other people from Zixiao Mountain are stationed.
"Gu Fan, the guest of the Gong family, wants to see the master of Zixiao Mountain. I have important news to report!"
He spoke respectfully outside the hall.
Soon, a blue-clothed disciple came out, glanced at him, and took him into the hall.
In the hall, Yuanzhou sat on the throne, while Su Yebai was accompanying him. Li An took a glance and saw that Su Yebai was wearing a light black Taoist robe. He looked like he had regained his former elegance and grace, but in front of Yuanzhou, he was obviously quite reserved and respectful!
"Gu Fan?"
Yuanzhou calmly put down the teacup in his hand: "Do you have any important news?"
Li An showed a trepidation on his face and said: "My Lord, I have been cultivating spiritual medicine in Dao Sect for these years. Recently, when I was taking spiritual soil on Tianyi Peak, I suddenly found that there was something strange on Tianyi Peak. It seemed that a strange space was about to appear. I wondered if it was a secret realm left by Dao Sect or something?"
"I dare not hide it, I came to report it!"
Hearing this, Yuanzhou raised his eyebrows and looked at Su Yebai: "Junior Brother Su, is there any secret realm on Tianyi Peak?"
Su Yebai hurriedly stood up, "My Lord, there has never been any secret realm on Tianyi Peak..."
Yuanzhou thought for a while and said: "Let's go and have a look."
Immediately, everyone followed Li An and set off. In the blink of an eye, they had arrived at Tianyi Peak. Li An pointed out several traces. After Yuanzhou checked them one by one, there seemed to be traces of different spaces. He couldn't help but show a touch of joy in his eyes!
He remembered that he had investigated all kinds of things in the past, but he still couldn't find the whereabouts of the Dao Sect treasure!
"Good, good, good! Gu Fan, you have made a great contribution!"
Yuanzhou said, "Come here, seal this place for me, and don't let anyone approach!"
"Gu Fan, come with me, and tell me everything you found carefully..."
...
Not long after.
After receiving Yuanzhou's message, Zixiao Mountain Elder Leng Rufeng came in person.
"Master, we have observed that there is indeed a trace of space here, but it is difficult to open..."
Yuanzhou reported.
Leng Rufeng, dressed in purple, searched for a long time on Tianyi Peak. Suddenly, he suddenly realized and said, "I understand, the Tianzang formation!"
He slapped his forehead and thought of something. He immediately asked Yuanzhou and Su Yebai to prepare many forbidden items. At the same time, he called Li An over and asked him carefully about the changes before and after this place. Li An answered one by one. Leng Rufeng saw that Li An was meticulous and remembered clearly, and he was quite impressed.
When Yuanzhou and Su Yebai brought back many things, Leng Rufeng immediately set up an altar and performed a ritual. He held a peach wood sword engraved with the Dao pattern of creation, pointed quickly, and made a seal with his hand. As expected, there was a loud rumble in the space where the wooden sword pointed, as if something exploded.
The space was like a splash of water, and soon the truth came out. A light gate slowly emerged from the void, with brilliant light, countless Dao methods, and endless Dao rhyme flowing out, making people naturally feel that their hearts were as calm as still water.
"Sure enough, there is a different world hidden here!"
"Great!"
"The treasure of Dao Sect must be hidden here!"
Yuanzhou and others were all overjoyed.
Su Yebai was also very surprised. He had been in Dao Sect for many years, but he didn't know there was such a mechanism here.
"The treasure of Dao Sect should be here--"
Leng Rufeng smiled slightly and prepared to go in--
"Wait!"
At this time, Li An suddenly spoke.
Instantly, Yuanzhou and others' eyes fell on him, quite unkindly. After all, their master Leng Rufeng was doing things, how could such a small guest of Gong family have the chance to speak?
Li An said with a stiff face: "Senior, this place is the land of Dao Sect, but the good and evil in it are still unknown. If the senior rashly enters, if there is danger in it, wouldn't it be a trap for himself?"
"What kind of trap can a small Dao Sect set!"
Yuanzhou scolded. Li An said: "The Dao Sect is not a concern... But don't forget, everyone, the Dao Sect is also in collusion with the Immortal Restorers. Who knows if this place is a trap set by them?"
When he said this, everyone looked at each other in surprise.
"My friend, do you know anything?" Leng Rufeng suddenly asked. He looked at Li An with a smile, but his eyes seemed to have a kind of magic that made Li An fall into it and couldn't help himself.
"I'm just afraid... I found this place. If something happens, I can't bear it."
Li An spoke in a trance.
Leng Rufeng considered, "Well, according to your opinion, what should we do?"
Li An gritted his teeth and said, "My Lord, if you believe me, I am willing to go in and get the treasure for you!"
Leng Rufeng showed a playful smile in his eyes and said, "You are so willing to risk your life, but it will not do you any good..."
Li An said, "It is a great honor for Gu Fan to work for the senior, how dare I expect any benefits..."
Leng Rufeng said, "Well, if that's the case, you can go in and get it for me--"
He agreed!
Li An bowed and said, "Thank you for your trust, senior!"
Immediately, Li An really went towards the light gate, and suddenly Leng Rufeng said, "Wait a minute."
He took out a purple talisman from his sleeve and handed it to Li An, smiling slightly, "Please take this trip for me. I have nothing else. Take this amulet with you. If you encounter any danger, it can protect you from a disaster!"
"Thank you, senior!"
Li An took it respectfully.
...