Chapter 17: Serving as Valley Master

Gu An did underestimate the range of the White Spirit Rat's activities. He followed the White Spirit Rat for more than ten miles, but the White Spirit Rat still didn't stop.

The further away from Xuangu, the lower his interest became.

Although he had been to the outer gate, it was only a route.

With Xuan Valley as the center and beyond a radius of twenty miles, he felt that there would be danger, even if he was already at the seventh level of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Fortunately, the White Spirit Rat did not keep walking. When it was about twenty miles away from Xuan Valley, the White Spirit Rat stopped.

This is still a mountainous area, with a small stream flowing down from the mountains. The white spirit mouse stopped by the stream and began to circle.

Gu An walked over and saw that there were many flowers and plants on both sides of the stream, as well as many stones of different sizes.

He grabbed the white spirit rat and then swept away with his right leg.

boom--

Grass clippings were flying, and stones were splashing everywhere. Gu An cleared a large open space with just one sweep of his legs.

He looked carefully and saw a square stone slab by the stream.

Good guy!

Manhole cover?

Gu An walked to the stone slab and squatted down. There were mysterious patterns carved on the stone slab. He had never seen it before, whether it was words or pictures.

He could feel a trace of spiritual energy leaking out from the edge of the stone slab. Perhaps this was the reason why the White Spirit Rat was able to find this place.

The Foundation Establishment Realm already has spiritual consciousness. Divine consciousness is an invisible and intangible force. When spiritual consciousness is revealed, it is like opening the eyes of the sky and can peer through objects.

Gu An rarely uses it, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't have spiritual consciousness. In fact, you can cultivate spiritual consciousness when you reach the seventh level of Qi Training Realm.

He immediately gathered his consciousness and wanted to penetrate the stone slab and peer into the space below.

However, as soon as his consciousness touched the stone slab, it was bounced away by the mysterious force, causing his body to tremble.

So strong?

Even the consciousness at the seventh level of the Foundation Establishment Realm cannot penetrate its restrictions...

Gu An hesitated. With such a powerful restriction, could there be a huge danger hidden underneath?

There is spiritual energy surging inside. Either they are cultivating some kind of heavenly material or earthly treasure, or someone is retreating down there.

no!

Don't be reckless!

Observe for a while first!

Gu An let go of the white spirit rat, and then moved the surrounding stones and weeds to cover the mysterious slate. After completely covering the slate, he grabbed the white spirit rat and turned back to the valley.

The white spirit rat squeaked, but he ignored it.

After returning to Xuan Valley, Gu An did not mention this matter to anyone, as if he had never left the valley.

In the evenings that followed, in addition to carrying out daily tasks, Gu An would also go near the stone slab to observe.

Night after night, the cover around the slab showed no sign of being moved.

In addition, Gu An discovered that Wu Xin would go to the mountains and forests every night, not knowing what he was looking for.

He did not expose Wu Xin, but his intuition told him that Wu Xin's identity was not simple.

A person at the second level of the Qi Training Realm can have a lifespan of more than three hundred years, probably because he has practiced some kind of miraculous skill.

Gu An had used his spiritual consciousness to observe the practice of Wu Xin, but he didn't see anything special about it. It looked like a normal practice of absorbing qi.

Just like that, the hot summer passed.

Xuan Valley was gradually covered with pale yellow color. Gu An opened up seventeen gardens in the surrounding mountains and forests. The workload increased and Xiaochuan and others had to patrol every day.

This evening.

Cheng Xuandan found Gu An and motioned with his eyes for Gu An to follow. The master and apprentice walked towards the mountain peak to the north.

Gu An looked at Cheng Xuandan's back with a complicated mood.

Cheng Xuandan's lifespan has dropped again, and his age is the same as his current lifespan, which means he is about to die.

Although he was tricked by Cheng Xuandan, Cheng Xuandan did pay a lot for him. When people are about to die, he will inevitably feel a little sentimental.

He tried to convince himself not to be sad.

What he pursues is the path to immortality and immortality. He will experience many life, separation and death in the future, and he will get used to it sooner or later.

Of course, the premise is that he can survive forever.

Wu Xin, who was watering the water, saw Gu An and his two figures, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

He silently wrote down the direction the two of them were going. There must be something mysterious about that mountain forest.

After entering the forest, Cheng Xuandan said: "I will take you to the entrance to the underground. This place cannot be told to anyone else, including your junior brothers and junior sisters. They may be close to you today, but once they leave the Medicine Valley in the future, After experiencing it outside, they will become strangers.”

Gu An didn't refute, he had always known this.

As long as Ogawa and others do not give up their goal of becoming outer disciples, they will part ways sooner or later.

Gu An hesitated for a moment and asked: "Master, were you a member of Qianqiu Pavilion from the beginning, or were you selected by Qianqiu Pavilion later?"

Cheng Xuandan's steps were heavier than before, and he replied: "My experience as a teacher is the same as yours, and my identity is inherited from my teacher."

Gu An was silent.

He suddenly felt that Cheng Xuandan was also a pitiful person.

"After I did something to help Master, I can't take off this identity, but I don't regret it as a teacher."

After hearing the master's words, Gu An hesitated to speak.

He hasn't done anything yet, can he go ashore?

Cheng Xuandan began to talk about his experience with his master. In his words, his master had a weird temper, sometimes severe, sometimes jumpy, like a child.

In his words, his master is like an old child who has not grown up.

They walked all the way to the back of the mountain, and Cheng Xuandan stopped in front of a mountain wall covered with moss and grass vines.

"Master, is the master alive or dead now?" Gu An couldn't help but ask.

He thought of the stone slab he had been paying attention to. The stone slab was not far away from Xuan Valley. The owner of Xuan Valley was a demon spy. He had reason to suspect that the stone slab was left by Cheng Xuandan's master.

Cheng Xuandan replied: "He said goodbye and left before he passed away. I will follow his example. I will leave tomorrow. Everything in this medicine valley is in your hands."

Gu An frowned. He was not thinking about Cheng Xuandan, but his master.

In other words, Cheng Xuandan's master might still be alive?

Cheng Xuandan took out a compass from his sleeve. He pushed away a piece of grass vine on the mountain wall, found a groove, and then pressed the compass on the groove. As he injected his spiritual power into it, the compass began to tremble and burst out a faint light.

Gu An clearly felt that Cheng Xuandan's breath became weaker.

He couldn't help but worry that Cheng Xuandan would suddenly die here.

The mountain wall began to tremble, the sound was not loud, and soon, a hole appeared in the mountain wall. Gu An had to bow his head to enter.

Cheng Xuandan said, "Go in. Your master is waiting for you outside."

Gu An hesitated and said, "Master, give me the compass. I will go in after you leave."

Cheng Xuandan smiled, then took down the compass and handed it to Gu An.

A stone door appeared in the cave entrance on the mountain wall, blocking the cave entrance again. It was tightly closed and looked very intact. It didn't look like there was a cave entrance at all.

Cheng Xuandan turned and walked down the mountain, and Gu An followed.

"The underground space has its own complete array. If you want to plant some spiritual herbs and flowers that you don't want others to know about, you can choose the bottom." Cheng Xuandan said softly, as if explaining his last wishes.

Gu An listened carefully, and he was also very conflicted. He was grateful for what Cheng Xuandan did for him, but he always had a sense of precaution in his heart.

Under the end, you can't relax.

Anyway, Cheng Xuandan is going to die, so wait until he dies before you relax.

Gu An will burn incense to Cheng Xuandan every year in the future, and then respect him.

The way down the mountain was very slow. Cheng Xuandan's voice was very subtle. He told everything underground. Gu An listened carefully. There were many details, which didn't seem fake.

When they arrived at the Medicine Valley, it was already dark.

Cheng Xuandan said the last sentence to Gu An: "Life is a long road. Sometimes mediocre talent is a good thing. You can do what you want."

Gu An watched him walk back to the attic. When he closed the door, Gu An still stood there and looked at it, wondering what he was thinking.

After standing for half an hour, Gu An walked towards his own courtyard.

The junior brothers were practicing in their own rooms, and the courtyard was very quiet.

That night, Gu An had been practicing.

When it was almost dawn, he heard Cheng Xuandan's footsteps. He walked to the window and watched Cheng Xuandan go downstairs.

Cheng Xuandan staggered and walked very slowly.

He didn't look in Gu An's direction. After going downstairs, he walked directly to the entrance of the valley.

Gu An watched his back disappear at the entrance of the valley, but still didn't leave the window.

When the sun rose from the East Mountain, the first ray of sunlight in the morning passed over the top of the mountain and shone on Gu An, lengthening his shadow.

When Xiaochuan, Lu Jiujia, Ye Lan, and Wu Xin woke up one after another, they all felt that the atmosphere in Medicine Valley was not right.

They soon found out that something was wrong. In the past, the senior brother would take them to practice at this time. The body-building exercise called Eagle Takeoff was indeed mysterious.

Gu An, who was not afraid of wind and rain, did not take them to practice today.

It was not until noon that Gu An appeared and gathered them together, announcing that Cheng Xuandan had left. From today on, he was the master of Medicine Valley.

Xiaochuan and the other two were a little excited and asked where Cheng Xuandan had gone. Since Li Ya left, Cheng Xuandan became gentle and treated his disciples very well, so the disciples had a very good impression of him.

Only Wu Xin was not deeply touched.

After half an hour of commotion, the junior brothers and sisters finally dispersed.

Gu An came to the top of the mountain and looked at the direction where Cheng Xuandan left from a distance.

After he could no longer see Cheng Xuandan, he came to Cheng Xuandan's house.

Cheng Xuandan's furnace was still there, and there were many things on the table next to it, including storage bags, letters, many keys, and even a jar of spiritual flowers.

He picked up the letter and read it. The content was very simple:

'Master only knows that you love to pick flowers and plants. Before leaving, I will leave you a fifth-level tiger blood flower for you to pick as a farewell gift. '

Gu An smiled and picked up the storage bag.

He was most interested in this thing.

How could a cultivator not have a storage bag?

In this way, he began to check the legacy left by Cheng Xuandan.

It was not until the evening that Gu An left Cheng Xuandan's attic. There was a purple cloth bag on his waist, which was Cheng Xuandan's storage bag.

He walked towards the northern peak and came to the mountain wall where the underground entrance was located. He took out a compass from the storage bag and pressed it into the groove on the mountain wall.

Accompanied by a low roar, a cave appeared in front of him.

Gu An took down the compass, then lowered his head and walked into the cave entrance. After only five steps, the cave passage suddenly became wider, and at the same time the cave entrance began to close.

Gu An's life as the Valley Master is about to begin~

Gu An: Fellow Taoists, this is my first day as the Valley Master. Can you vote for me to be the decision-maker?