Sanyuan Valley is also in Qingyuan Mountain, and there is a spring in the valley. The spring water forms a pond in the valley, which is a paradise for cultivation.
In the past, Sanyuan Valley was the mainstay of Qingyuan Mountain. The first generation of valley master was taught by Tianyuan Immortal, the Golden Immortal. Unexpectedly, in the Taiji Mountain War 4,000 years ago, Tianyuan Immortal died at the hands of Li An. His lineage was purged by the old enemy, and even the owner of Sanyuan Valley did not escape and was assassinated.
Since then, Sanyuan Valley has been declining day by day, and most of the valley masters of each generation died inexplicably.
In Gu Xuening's generation, her master died even earlier. She was originally just a disciple of Xu Yu's generation, but she also took charge of Sanyuan Valley early.
"You must know that although our Sanyuan Valley used to have a very respected status in Qingyuan Mountain, it can be said that it is now in danger..."
Along the way, Gu Xuening did not hide the situation of Sanyuan Valley from Li An and others.
Yes, in addition to Li An, she also found a dozen other disciples with poor qualifications and no one wanted to recruit them into Sanyuan Valley, which seemed to be quite desperate.
After all, she had just become the new valley master and the valley was empty. Regardless of their quality, it was necessary to have a group of disciples to serve as the front.
"Master, if that's the case, won't Qingyuan Mountain protect us?"
A female disciple asked timidly. Her name was Long Wei. She was very surprised when she was chosen by Gu Xue Ning. Now that she knew the situation was so serious, she couldn't help but tremble with fear.
"Sanyuan Valley is a precious land. As the condition for the first Valley Master of Sanyuan Valley to join Qingyuan Mountain, Qingyuan Mountain will seal this place to us forever. As long as our lineage is not cut off, other elders, peak masters and others in Qingyuan Mountain are not allowed to touch it. So, you must remember that the enemies outside are terrible, but the enemies inside may be the real deadly." Gu Xuening's words were heavy, and more than a dozen disciples looked a little ugly, but Li An was a little surprised. He had thought of these tricks a long time ago, but it was rare for Gu Xuening to tell the truth to such a few new disciples. Gu Xuening also glanced at Li An indifferently. Among these disciples, only Xue Jian made her look at him differently. After all, it was rare to have a strong heart of Taoism. Soon, everyone had entered Sanyuan Valley. Under the nourishment of the rich strange air, the grass and trees grew wildly and luxuriantly. Fish jumped up from time to time in the stream, baring their teeth and claws, revealing a powerful aura in their ugly and ferocious appearance. The cultivation of those strange fish was almost immortal, and they were also affected by the indescribable.
"From now on, you are my disciples of Sanyuan Valley. This is an entry-level mental method. You must practice well."
Gu Xue Ning immediately taught everyone a mental method, and a group of disciples were very happy.
"In addition, I need to retreat recently. You can choose a place to live in the valley. The monthly allowance will be sent to you every month. Xue Jian, you are my first disciple, so you will be responsible for receiving and distributing it."
Li An bowed respectfully.
Gu Xue Ning left immediately. A dozen disciples who had just entered this place temporarily forgot the huge hidden worries facing Sanyuan Valley and happily opened up their homes.
"Big Brother, you live too far away over there. This place is good. Why don't you come and live with us?"
"Yes, Big Brother, we will help you build a place to live!"
Several disciples spoke flatteringly.
Li An declined with a smile, built a wooden house by himself, and then went in to practice.
He just glanced at the mental method given by Gu Xue Ning and threw it aside. After confirming that no one was paying attention to him, he began to practice on his own.
A strong strange aura flowed into his body like a trickle.
It can be seen with the naked eye!
This speed is very fast. In fact, this is the result of Li An's intentional control for fear of disturbing Gu Xue Ning. Otherwise, if he really opened fire at full power, he might plunder the strange aura in the entire valley, forming strange aura vortexes and other strange phenomena.
The strange air entered the body, was crushed and absorbed by the black and white millstones in the dantian, and the power of the black side continued to increase...
Li An's cultivation representing the "power of death" increased rapidly, refining qi, building foundation... On the evening of the third day, he had successfully rushed into the Jindan realm.
Three days to form a pill.
This speed, even if it is considered shocking in the fairy world, is very normal for Li An. After all, he has already gone through these realms once, but it is just a re-take.
"My current life form will gradually lean towards strange life, because the millstone in my body is unbalanced... The strange air is essentially crazy and destructive, and I also need to absorb a lot of immortal breath to balance it."
Li An murmured, but at present, the realm is still low, and this imbalance has little impact, which can allow the power of death to temporarily lead.
...
In this way, Li An settled down in Sanyuan Valley of Qingyuan Mountain. Because Gu Xue Ning was in seclusion, they seemed extremely free.
In order to conceal his tracks, Li An often went out to practice his mind skills with everyone. There was a study room in Sanyuan Valley, and he often went into the study room to learn talismans, formations, and equipment refining.
In the blink of an eye, three years had passed.
Li An's strange cultivation had already touched the edge of the fairyland.
In the past three years, Gu Xue Ning came out of retreat twice to check everyone's realm and reminded them that Li An's cultivation progress was only at the initial stage of foundation building, and was not outstanding among many disciples.
--If it was a small sect like Xuanyang Sect, with Li An's qualifications, he would not have even completed the initial stage of Qi refining in three years. But this place is a strange domain mountain after all. Under the influence of strange substances, ordinary plants and trees can grow wildly into spirits.
"No..."
Li An sensed something unusual from Gu Xue Ning's attitude.
Gu Xue Ning went to recruit disciples in person, showing great importance. She even let everyone in the famous mountain know through Xu Yu her determination to revitalize Sanyuan Mountain. But now, she has recruited Li An and others, but she doesn't care much about them.
Although Li An and others are useless and have a low ceiling, she really doesn't put her heart into it. Even her teaching seems to be just a routine.
"She didn't stay for the so-called revitalization of Sanyuan Valley!"
Li An came to a conclusion.
At the beginning, she seemed to have the opportunity to participate in the selection of Yunluo Immortal Palace. Yunluo Immortal Palace was founded by Yunluo Immortal Venerable. Now it is the only one in the Weird Domain, thousands of times better than Qingyuan Mountain. She stayed to protect the inheritance of a lineage?
Tianyuan Immortal died four thousand years ago, and the first master of Sanyuan Valley was also a historical figure. How deep can Gu Xue Ning feel for those people to be worth her efforts?
Sanyuan Valley is not a Taoist sect, how could it be possible to cultivate such a stubborn person?
She used Li An and others to act in front of the high-level officials of Qingyuan Mountain, maybe just to cover up her true intentions. After all, it was too abnormal for her to ignore the opportunity of Yunluo Immortal Palace.
But what else is more attractive than the opportunity of Yunluo Immortal Palace?
Li An had a vague idea in his mind.
Thinking that the Heavenly Court had sent out spies like Zhao Yulu, it might be related to the opportunity of longevity? !
Whether it is true or not, at present... it is necessary to participate.
- If the storm is approaching you, never be an ignorant person.
See the storm, know the storm, dominate the storm!
Li An thought deeply and decided to show... his talent in the way of formation!
According to his current level, he is a completely useless waste to Gu Xuening, who will not reveal anything to him and will not let him participate.
In addition, he needs some adventures. After all, his current realm is too low. Even if he has a talent in formation, it is unreasonable for his strength to suddenly increase.
The next day, Li An took the initiative to go out of the mountain and headed for the sect's trial secret realm.
In order to encourage disciples to participate in the trial, Qingyuan Mountain deliberately preserved many rare objects in the secret realm.
"Huh? Brother Xue Jian!"
As soon as he entered the entrance of the trial secret realm, he met two acquaintances, both of whom participated in the recruitment with him.
Now both of them have reached the Nascent Soul stage, while Li An is only at the early stage of the Core Formation.
"Xue Jian, do you want to enter the trial too? Why not wait for Chen Zhuang to arrive and we can go together?"
One of them spoke.
Soon, Chen Zhuang also arrived, and with him was Zhou Rudao, who was arrogant at the time. The two of them had reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, and were considered stronger among the few. They were also very surprised to see Li An, and also invited Li An to join them.
Even Zhou Rudao, who used to have a bad attitude towards Li An, has now changed.
His fate is quite similar to Zhao Xianchuan.
These people had never been enemies with Li An. Now that they saw that Li An was in such a state, they were willing to let Li An follow them out of sympathy and pity.
Li An shook his head and refused, saying, "I just want to get some low-level resources in the outer area. I won't go deep. If I stay with you, I will only drag you down."
Chen Zhuang sighed.
"Sister Zhao is here. Is she also going for the Great Weird Pill this time?"
"The Great Weird Pill is said to be a fairy pill refined by a golden immortal elder in the sect. It is the strongest thing in the secret realm. If you get it, you can even directly impact the realm of the immortal. The effect is extremely amazing, but no one knows where it is."
"But it must be in the most dangerous place. Ordinary people dare not covet it... Only this thing can attract Sister Zhao to come."
Amid the discussion of the crowd, Li An also looked back and saw the high-spirited Zhao Yulu. She was wearing a light white moon shirt, smiling, and surrounded by stars. There were also several handsome men and beautiful women around her, all of whom were people of the same level.
This undercover from the Heavenly Court has penetrated into the core of the disciples in Qingyuan Mountain.
She also saw Chen Zhuang, Zhou Rudao, Li An and others from afar. Chen Zhuang smiled and waved his hand to show his goodwill. Zhou Rudao's eyes were dim and he didn't dare to look at her. It was obvious that he was sad. Li An was just silent.
Really... boring.
Zhao Yulu's eyes swept over Li An without stopping. The half favor she had for Li An when she recruited new students had long disappeared completely.
...
Soon, the secret realm was opened.
Everyone entered it.
The trial secret realm is a chaotic place where countless strange beasts and evil spirits grow. Every disciple needs to fight to get a chance.
Li An only wandered around the periphery. He secretly opened the hearing and eyesight of the golden fairy body, and did not use his spiritual sense directly, but kept investigating.
In just three days, he almost determined the location of the big strange pill.
In a cave, there was a fairy-level giant python guarding.
It should be noted that disciples above the immortal level can no longer enter this place, so if you want to get the Great Weird Pill, you must have the qualifications to go against the flow and kill the immortals.
Li An planned for a long time, and a plan took shape.
Not long after.
Someone accidentally broke into this place and found the trace of the Great Weird Pill. The news spread, and immediately triggered a big hunt. Almost all the masters came to attack the cave. In a big melee, the Great Weird Pill was really taken away by a genius.
However, just when the genius was in a hurry to leave the strange realm, a powerful strange beast appeared on the periphery. Its cultivation level was as high as the Tribulation Crossing Stage. It blocked the genius. In a bloody battle, the genius was almost killed. In the end, he had no choice but to abandon the Great Weird Pill and escape.
And the Great Weird Pill...
It happened to be obtained by Li An who was looking for opportunities on the periphery.
A wonderful opportunity came from heaven. He took the Great Weird Pill directly, and his cultivation level soared to the early stage of the tribulation. Li An tried his best to use the terrain to set up an array, and he barely blocked the strange beast. Others chased after him, and the strange beast was also scared away.
When Zhao Yulu, Chen Zhuang and others learned that it was Xue Jian who got this opportunity, the expressions on their faces were very exciting!
Zhao Yulu naturally looked down on the Great Weird Pill. She came to find the Great Weird Pill, probably with the same idea as Li An, to use the Great Weird Pill to survive, so as not to expose her true level, but now seeing that Li An got it, she couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
Could it be that Xue Jian really has some great luck?
"What a waste..."
Zhou Rudao stamped his feet repeatedly and said, "If such a big strange pill is used after proper care, it may directly make one become an immortal, but he actually ate it like this, and finally only achieved the cultivation of the initial stage of the tribulation... What a waste!"
Many people also felt the same way, and some even said directly that Li An, a waste of talent, did not become an immortal after using the big strange pill, which meant that his potential in this life was almost exhausted.
"Brother Xue Jian, it is really a great opportunity... Please take care of us in the future!"
"We have a party in a few days, how about inviting Brother Xue Jian to come?"
Chen Zhuang and others were in a complicated mood, envious and jealous, and changed their attitude at the same time.
Li An just refused one by one.
He was ready to leave. "Brother Xue Jian,"
At this time, Zhao Yulu's familiar smile appeared in front of Li An, saying: "Brother Xue Jian, after taking the Great Weird Pill, you need to adjust, otherwise you may hurt yourself."
"This is the pill I prepared to consolidate the absorption, and I'll give it to you."
She took out a bunch of precious pills and stuffed them into Li An's hands. Li An's eyes showed surprise and gratitude, and even stuttered: "Miss Yulu, I, I..."
"We are good friends, don't care about these."
Zhao Yulu smiled sweetly and said: "By the way, Brother Xue Jian, you came to compete for the opportunity. Didn't Gu Gu, the master of Sanyuan Valley, give you any guidance? She seems to have not appeared for a long time."
Li An's heart moved. Is Zhao Yulu spying on Gu Xue Ning's whereabouts through him?
"Master has been in seclusion... Do you have something to do with her?" Li An said. "No, I just need something that can only be found in Sanyuan Valley, so I want to meet Gu Guzhu, Brother Xue Jian, can you let me know when Gu Guzhu comes out of retreat?"
"Okay!"
Li An readily agreed, and then made a dog-licking invitation: "Miss Yulu, can I invite you to walk by the Moon Lake together?"
"Okay."
Zhao Yulu had many questions and wanted to find out from Li An, so she naturally agreed.
...
After a long time.
Li An returned to Sanyuan Valley.
After a conversation with Zhao Yulu, he deliberately acted very nervous, but he also got a lot of information from Zhao Yulu!
Yes, Li An had no interest in her at all, but in the process of her spying on Li An, she would also be exposed.
For an old fox like Li An, it was too simple.
"She really came to Qingyuan Mountain to find some clues. It seems that she has now regarded Gu Xue Ning as an important target..."
Li An became more and more certain that there must be something wrong with Gu Xue Ning!
When he returned to the valley, he saw a disciple waiting for him. He said, "Big Brother, Master has summoned you!"
Li An was delighted and went there immediately.
"Meet Master."
In Sanyuan Pavilion, Li An bowed to Gu Xue Ning.
A few years later, Gu Xue Ning was still as cold and distant as ever. She said calmly, "Did you get the Great Weird Pill? Have you broken through to the level of Tribulation?"
"Master, it was pure luck." Li An said.
"Luck only favors you.
Gu is a capable person. You have quite a talent in formation. "
Gu Xue Ning seemed to ponder for a moment, but finally waved her hand, and a blueprint appeared in front of Li An, "Do you understand it?"
Li An took a quick look.
Immediately surprised, this...
Bone-dissolving formation?
How come even Gu Xue Ning is studying this thing?
...