Chapter 1 Gu Huan (1/2)

Qingzhou Immortal Realm, Jiuqi Mountains, Bifeng Mountain.

An old man with a white beard hurriedly walked down from the top of the mountain. His steps seemed slow, but he walked forward for more than ten meters after taking a slow step.

The old man was Gu Wanhao, a foundation-building master of the Gu family of the Immortal Cultivation Family here. He looked happy. After walking to the foot of the mountain, he took a flying sword from a storage bag on his waist. The old man stood on the flying sword and walked away suddenly. Only a faint red afterglow was left in the sky.

Gu Wanhao headed east and arrived at the destination of his trip - Yuqing Town in a quarter of an hour. Yuqing Town is where the ordinary people of the Gu family live. There are seven towns and villages like this in the Gu family, with a total population of more than one million people. The reason why Gu Wanhao came to Yuqing Town was because his beloved granddaughter was about to celebrate her birthday. Gu Wanhao valued family ties and had nothing urgent to do, so he would not miss his granddaughter's birthday.

Gu Wanhao flew directly to the courtyard of a house with green tiles and red eaves. Unexpectedly, there happened to be a little maid hiding in the courtyard. The little maid looked at the old man who suddenly appeared in the courtyard. She was surprised and suddenly knelt down.

"Greetings to the Immortal! I didn't know that I didn't meet the Immortal from afar when he came. Please forgive me!"

Gu Wanhao touched his beard, "Don't panic, where is my son Gu Shan?"

The little maid didn't dare to raise her head, "The master is in the study."

The old man flicked his wide sleeves and disappeared.

In the study, a handsome-looking man wearing brocade clothes sat on a chair. Next to him was a good-looking woman and a little girl about seven or eight years old.

Judging from the little girl's face, it is easy to tell that she is the daughter of a man in rich clothes and a beautiful woman.

The family of three seemed to be waiting for someone. The man in brocade stood up from his chair, walked back and forth in the study several times, and then sat back on the chair with a worried look on his face.

"Master, don't worry, tomorrow is Huan'er's birthday." The beautiful lady comforted her, but she was obviously more nervous than the man in brocade, because the handkerchief in her hand was almost torn and deformed.

"Father, don't worry! Grandpa likes Huan'er the most. Grandpa will definitely come tomorrow." The little girl comforted her thoughtfully.

The man in golden clothes, Gu Shan, touched the top of his daughter's head and said, "Yes, father likes us Huan'er the most."

Then he sighed and said to the beautiful woman

"You and I are not blessed. Although we are the direct descendants of immortal cultivators, we have no spiritual roots and cannot cultivate immortality. As children, we cannot fulfill our filial piety in front of our parents, nor can we protect the family. All we can do is to spread branches for the family. Ye, it’s just that we have been married for more than ten years, but none of our ten children have spiritual roots. In the final analysis, we are not so lucky.” M.

Spiritual roots are the foundation for cultivating immortality. Without spiritual roots, mortals will not be able to embark on the path of cultivating immortality in their lifetime.

"There is only one mortal with spiritual roots. Although you and I are immortal cultivators, it is not easy to give birth to a child with spiritual roots." The beautiful woman sighed. Her maiden name was Fang. Her maiden name was Yurong. There were immortal cultivators in her ancestors for three generations, but she did not have the good luck to embark on the road to immortality. Later, she married Gu Shan under the arrangement of her parents. The couple had a good relationship for many years and had two children. One son and one daughter. It's a pity that neither son has spiritual roots.

The little girl Gu Huan looked at her parents, her round eyes rolled around, wondering what she was thinking.

"Your vitality was severely damaged before you were pregnant with Huan'er, but after ten months of pregnancy, your health improved and you even achieved the innate realm. You and I speculate that Huan'er may have spiritual roots, but it is just our speculation. If even Huan'er doesn't have it, Linggen, how should you and I deal with each other?" Gu Shan sighed again. Gu Huan will be seven years old after this birthday, and he can already test whether he has spiritual roots, but Gu Shan's heart is agitated, and his whole person has become anxious and worried.

"How to deal with yourself?! You are my son, Gu Wanhao! Your father is not dead yet! Who dares to gossip about you!!!"

The door to the study room was opened, and Gu Wanhao strode in and sat on the Taishi chair.

"Father!"

"Father!"

"Grandpa is here!" Gu Huan's eyes turned into crescents as she smiled, and she ran to Gu Wanhao and acted like a baby.

"Grandpa, you're late! Huan'er has already finished lunch, but her father and mother are both obedient. They didn't eat well." Gu Huan complained to Gu Wanhao. Normally, her father and mother would scold her if she didn't eat well. .

Gu Wanhao touched Gu Huan's hair and looked at his son and daughter-in-law

"Whether one has spiritual roots or not is a matter of destiny and cannot be changed by manpower. However, no one can change the fact of blood and family ties."

"You are my child. No matter whether you have spiritual roots or not, I will keep you safe. If you have spiritual roots, I will do my best to help you cultivate as an immortal. But if you don't have spiritual roots, will I ever ignore you? If Huan'er It’s a pleasure to have spiritual roots, but if Huan’er doesn’t have spiritual roots, wouldn’t she be your daughter?”

Gu Wanhao's words were sincere and sincere. Unlike other immortal cultivators, he valued family ties very much. Even if he couldn't live with his son due to clan rules, he would often visit him.

"What my father taught me was that I was too persistent. Regardless of whether Huan'er has spiritual roots or not, she is still my daughter and I will treat her well." Gu Shan looked ashamed.

"Grandpa, don't be angry with father. Father is very good to us!" Gu Huan shook Gu Wanhao's sleeves, as if he was a little scared.

"Okay, this time I brought the spirit measuring ruler, and I just happened to test Huan'er's spiritual roots. It's a pity that the baby is only over five years old this year, otherwise the two siblings can test the spiritual roots together." Gu Wanhao said His son was the child of one of Gu Shan's concubines, and he was quite liked by Gu Wanhao.

Gu Wanhao took out a spiritual ruler, saying it was a spiritual ruler, but it was actually a thin plate similar to jade. There are eight jade strips of different colors on the thin plate, and there are scales engraved next to the jade strips.

The spirit measuring ruler can test whether a person has spiritual roots and is one of the necessary instruments for every family and sect.

At Grandpa's signal, Gu Huan put his hand on the spiritual ruler.

After three breaths, five colors of gold, blue, green, red and brown bloomed on the spirit measuring ruler.

"Huan'er has spiritual roots!"

The couple was overjoyed. Although they had five spiritual roots, they could still embark on the path to immortality!

Having spiritual roots is the foundation for cultivating immortality, but the height of spiritual roots determines the speed of cultivating immortality.

In layman's terms, the spiritual root is a converter. Immortal cultivators use the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for their own use. If the spiritual root is wide, the speed of absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is faster. If the spiritual root is narrow, the speed of absorbing spiritual energy of heaven and earth is slow. Slow, it takes more time to achieve something.

Gu Wanhao looked at Gu Huan with a stern look on his face. The spirit measuring ruler was still testing. Five colors of spiritual light shone upward and slowly climbed up, passing the six-inch mark in a blink of an eye.

Six inches, seven inches, eight inches. After eight inches, the aura climbed even more slowly. Gu Shan and his wife were already sweating profusely.

"Nine inches and nine points, five spiritual roots and even five elements." Gu Wanhao touched his beard, with a smile hidden in the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.

Five spiritual roots and four spiritual roots are also called false spiritual roots in today's world of immortality. Although Gu Huan's spiritual roots are extremely poor, he is better than his spiritual roots. As long as he works hard and has Gu Wanhao's support, he still has hope to build a foundation. .

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"It's a great thing that Huan'er has detected the spiritual root. I have some ingredients here. You and your wife can send these to the kitchen. Let's have a good family reunion in the evening."

Gu Wanhao waved his hand, and a pile of fish meat appeared on the table, which looked extremely fresh.

"Yes, what father said is true! Let the kitchen prepare it now!" Gu Shan happily picked up the fish on the table, and Fang Yurong also stepped forward to help. Although there were many things, the couple were both masters of the innate realm, so naturally Don't take this weight seriously.

After sending Gu Shan and his wife away, Gu Wanhao picked up Gu Huan and placed him on the Grand Master's chair. He took out a pearl-like bead.

"Grandpa, what is this? Is it also a treasure?" Gu Huan looked at the beads in Gu Wanhao's hand. She had many pearls at home, but this one looked prettier and bigger.

"Huan'er is so smart. This is a baby specially prepared for Huan'er. It can detect whether a person has a spirit body. If Huan'er has a spirit body, he will become more powerful in the future, even more powerful than grandpa. "

Gu Wanhao said that he spent tens of thousands of spiritual stones to buy this heavenly test bead. Fortunately, this bead can be used repeatedly. After being tested by Gu Huan, it can be exchanged for the family and can also make up for some spiritual stones.

Gu Huan held the Celestial Bead in her hand seriously. She didn't quite understand what a spirit body was, but seeing Gu Wanhao attach so much importance to it, she became nervous.

The moment Gu Huan held the Sky Bead, the Sky Bead shined brightly!

Gu Huan couldn't help but close his eyes, Gu Wanhao laughed loudly

"Tianxing takes care of my family!"

"Huan'er! Your path to immortality will go further than grandpa! Maybe you can get out of Qingzhou! You can even get out of Donghuang!" Gu Wanhao lifted Gu Huan up, and he smiled even happier than after he succeeded in building the foundation!

Seeing his grandfather so happy, Gu Huan also laughed.

After a cup of tea, Gu Wanhao finally stopped laughing, but there was still a smile on his face.

"Grandpa, why did you drive your parents away? If your parents knew about it, wouldn't they be very happy?" Gu Huan asked, holding his face on his hands and looking at Gu Wanhao with his big round eyes.

"Do Huan'er think Grandpa is great?" Gu Wanhao asked back.

"Grandpa is the most powerful!" Gu Huan replied without thinking.

"But there are many people as powerful as grandpa, and some are even more powerful than grandpa. If Huan'er's parents know that Huan'er has a spirit body and accidentally reveal it to others, then Huan'er and Huan'er's parents, grandpa and Everyone else in the Gu family will be in danger, does Huan'er understand?"

Gu Wanhao answered carefully without any impatience. In the eyes of immortal cultivators, mortals are vulnerable. Even though Gu Shan and his wife are both innate masters who are unique among mortals, they are still weak and pitiful when facing immortal cultivators. Not letting Gu Shan and his wife know too much is also a way of protecting them.

Of course, it is also to protect Gu Huan and the entire Gu family.

"Huan'er understands. Huan'er will never mention this matter to others in the future." Gu Huan said seriously.

"Huan'er is so smart." Gu Wanhao was extremely pleased.

That night, Gu Wanhao's family had a wonderful reunion dinner together. The ingredients Gu Wanhao gave were not of high quality, and even ordinary people could eat some.

Halfway through the banquet, Gu Shan suddenly remembered something about Gu Huan.

"Father, Huan'er has been having some strange dreams intermittently in the past six months. Huan'er is not sure about her personality, but she said that she seemed to become another person in another world in her dreams. She also consulted a doctor, and the doctor said that Huan'er was in good health. These dreams did not have any effect on Huan'er, so no one was sent to report to you. Father is knowledgeable and I wonder if this will hinder Huan'er's path?"

Gu Wanhao stroked his beard,

"Don't worry, I checked Huan'er's body and soul when I tested her spiritual roots before, and there was nothing wrong with her. As for those strange dreams, I have read in an ancient book that in ancient times, there were powerful people who could reincarnate with memories. In the past tens of millions of years, there have also been cultivators who occasionally dreamed of becoming others and living in another world or suddenly had some memories that did not belong to them, but these were not harmful to people."

Gu Shan and his wife were relieved.

Gu Wanhao stayed at Gu's house for three days, and then he was ready to take Gu Huan back to Bifeng Mountain. This was the family's rule. In order to avoid losses, children with spiritual roots were taken back to the family's main peak for teaching, one for protection, and the other for a smoother path to immortality in the future.

Gu Shan and his wife were of course very reluctant to let her go, and Fang Yurong secretly wiped her tears. This was her first daughter, who had been raised by her since she was a child. Now she was leaving, and she was naturally uncomfortable, but she also understood that it was the right way for Gu Huan and Gu Wanhao to go to Bifeng Mountain together.

"Huan'er should listen to Grandpa after going to Bifeng Mountain, and should work hard to practice and protect the Gu family in the future. The most important thing is that when your parents are not around, Huan'er should pay attention to her own safety and get along well with other people in the Gu family. Do you understand, Huan'er?"

Fang Yurong said, tears flowing more and more unstoppably

"Huan'er understands! Don't cry, mother, Huan'er will come back to see you often in the future!" Gu Huan tiptoed to wipe Fang Yurong's tears, and Fang Yurong held back her tears.

"Good boy, go with your grandfather!"

Gu Wanhao took Gu Huan on the flying sword and disappeared from the sight of Gu Shan and his wife in a moment.

"Don't worry, Yurong, father will take good care of Huan'er." Gu Shan comforted.

Fang Yurong nodded, "I understand, but raising a child for a hundred years is always worrying for ninety-nine, not to mention that Huan'er will go to a place we don't fully understand in the future."

With Gu Huan, Gu Wanhao's flying speed on the sword slowed down a bit, and the light red sword light was seen by the mortals in Yuqing Town, and the mortals knelt down one after another

"Greetings to the immortal!"

"It's the immortal!"

Wait until the sword light faded away, and the kneeling mortals stood up

"It seems that the immortal left our Yuqing Town?"

"It should be the immortal of the family who came to visit the mortal descendants? There are many immortal descendants in Yuqing Town." A hunchbacked old man said.

"It would be great if I could become an immortal too!" Someone sighed.

"You? You can't even beat your wife, and you want to become an immortal?" The fat man standing next to him sneered.

"You're still talking about me! Fatty Zhuang! Don't you think about who was dragged away from the tavern by his wife's ears a few days ago?" The man retorted.

Some people also thought: I saw an immortal today, and I will definitely win two more rounds of Pai Gow tonight!

A group of people talked and made a fuss, but their words were full of respect for the immortal cultivators.

It took Gu Wanhao about a quarter of an hour to come here, but it took him less than half an hour to return. It was the first time for Gu Huan to fly in the air. Although he was a little scared, he didn't really cry, which saved Gu Wanhao a lot of effort.

"Huan'er, can Grandpa take you to see the clan leader?" Gu Wanhao said to Gu Huan.

Gu Huan came to Bifeng Mountain for the first time and was curious about everything. She looked around and felt that her eyes were not enough.

Is this Bifeng Mountain? The scenery here is so beautiful! She had never seen such tall trees before, and the atmosphere here made people feel comfortable and at ease, and the tension caused by the flight just now was swept away.

Hearing Gu Wanhao's words, Gu Huan answered without hesitation: "Huan'er listens to grandpa! Is the clan leader also Huan'er's grandfather?"

"Of course! The clan leader is the ninth in the Gu family's Wan character generation, and is Huan'er's ninth grandfather. But Huan'er still has to call the ninth grandfather the clan leader to show respect. The clan leader will definitely like our Huan'er!"

Gu Wanhao stroked his beard, and he had begun to imagine the clan leader's expression when he knew that Gu Huan had a spirit body.

At this time, Gu Wanchang, the head of the Gu family, was sitting on the futon. His left eyelid had been twitching all day, but he thought about it and didn't expect where good things would come from.

"Ninth brother, I'm back!" Gu Wanhao took Gu Huan to announce outside Gu Wanchang's cave

Gu Wanchang opened the formation of his cave, and the grandfather and grandson walked in.

Seeing Gu Huan, Gu Wanchang slapped his thigh and said before Gu Wanhao could speak

"Wait! Let me guess, this child has spiritual roots and they are very good! Right?"

Gu Wanhao looked at Gu Wanchang with a look of "Strange, how do you know I haven't told you yet?"

"Yes, and no. Brother Jiu, open the formation!"

Seeing Gu Wanhao so serious, Gu Wanchang suddenly calmed down and opened the formation of his cave

"You can tell me now. With the formation of my cave fully open, even a purple mansion stage can't detect any information."

Gu Wanhao looked at Gu Huan and didn't directly say anything about Gu Huan's spirit body

"This is Gu Shan's daughter, my granddaughter, named Gu Huan."

Gu Huan stepped forward and saluted: "Meet the clan leader grandfather."

It's Gu Shan's child! Gu Wanchang was quite relieved that he had not formed a dual cultivation partner with anyone. He had met Gu Shan many times when he was a child. Unfortunately, Gu Shan did not have spiritual roots and was sent to a mortal village to be raised after he was seven years old.

"Good boy, you are Wan Hao's granddaughter. According to the order of the clan, you will be called Gu Changhuan from now on."

"Chang Huan understands." Gu Changhuan nodded, with a serious and serious face.

Gu Wanchang felt a sense of love when he saw it. He found a bracelet from his storage bag and gave it to Gu Changhuan.

"This is the meeting gift from Grandpa Patriarch to Chang Huan. Changhuan should remember to come to Grandpa Patriarch's place to play more in the future!"

Gu Changhuan took the bracelet with both hands and smiled so hard that he couldn't even see his eyes.

Gu Wanchang chuckled to himself, this kid is still a little money-crazy.

"I also gave you a gift, twelfth brother, you can always say that your precious granddaughter has spiritual roots, right? Could it be that she has double spiritual roots?" Gu Wanchang asked.

Dual Spiritual Roots can also be called geniuses in today's world of immortality. Unless there are any accidents, dual spiritual root monks can cultivate to the Purple Mansion Stage with just a little effort and luck, and bless one side.

"This child has five spiritual roots." Gu Wanhao said slowly.

Five spiritual roots?

It is very common for the five spiritual roots to be inconsistent with the five elements, and is usually considered the worst spiritual root.

Gu Wanchang was a little disappointed, but seeing Gu Wanhao pretending to be serious, he always felt that something was wrong.

“This child’s five elements are even?”

If the five elements are even, it is still possible to build a foundation, and the five spiritual root monks are invincible at the same level, which is also a blessing for the family.

"Five spiritual roots, the spiritual roots of each attribute are nine inches and nine points."

"Nine inches and nine points! Every attribute!" Gu Wanchang was shocked! This is really amazing. The nine-inch and nine-point spiritual roots are extremely wide. I am afraid that Chang Huan’s cultivation speed in the future will be the same as that of some ordinary three-spiritual root monks.

Gu Changhuan looked at his grandfather. Every time he spoke, he only spoke half of the words. Was he trying to tease the patriarch?

"We, Chang Huan, have a spiritual body!" Gu Wanhao took out the Heavenly Test Bead and handed it to Gu Chang Huan again.

The dazzling light appeared again, and Gu Wanchang stood up in excitement. He stared at Tianzizhu and Gu Changhuan, as if he had seen some peerless treasure.

"Okay, okay! Blessed by our ancestors! Tianxing my Gu family!" Gu Wanchang excitedly said three good words in a row, and then burst into laughter.

"But Ninth Brother, the Gu family doesn't have any exercises suitable for Chang Huan to practice." Gu Wanhao poured a bucket of cold water on Gu Wanchang's heart.

Gu Wanchang took a few steps back and forth, "Let Chang Huan practice the basic Qi training skills first. During this period, we old guys are looking around to try to find a suitable Five Elements Kung Fu method for Chang Huan. The top priority now is to teach Chang Huan first. Huan practices so that he can find out what kind of spirit Chang Huan is in the future."

"By the way, who else knows about Chang Huan's spiritual body?" Gu Wanchang asked. You can't be too careful about this kind of thing. One oversight could be a disaster.

"Only you and me and Chang Huan know that when I tested Chang Huan's spirit body, her parents were not present. I also warned Chang Huan not to let others know about this matter." Even in order not to leak the news, he The clan leader was not notified in advance using a communication symbol.

"Twelfth brother, you have done a good job. Our Gu family is just a small family building a foundation. If this matter is leaked, Chang Huan and the entire Gu family may be destroyed."

Gu Wanchang is not an alarmist. Immortal cultivators can seize the bodies of monks whose cultivation is lower than theirs. When many high-level monks reach the point where it is difficult to break through in their cultivation, they will look for people who are lower than themselves but have excellent qualifications in order to seek for their future. Go further on the road to eternal life. Fortunately, a monk can only perform body snatching once in his life.

Also because they were afraid that Gu Changhuan would be taken away from him, the Gu family could not send Gu Changhuan to the sect.

Although Qingzhou is in a remote location, it has abundant resources for cultivating immortals and is close to the territory of monsters. Many casual cultivators come here to try to make a fortune. If the news is leaked, I am afraid that high-level casual cultivators will really seize Gu Changhuan's body.

Even if the human race doesn't attack Gu Changhuan, the demon race will not let a spiritual person grow up under their noses.

After all, spiritual beings, no matter how useless they are, can successfully cultivate to the golden elixir stage. In Qingzhou, there are only two Yuan Ying ancestors. Golden elixir masters are the main force against the demon clan. If Gu Changhuan's spirit body can also benefit the battle, it will be a big threat to the demon clan.

So no matter which aspect you look at, the fewer people who know about Gu Changhuan's spiritual body, the better. It's best to keep the news secret for the long term.