If I become a saint, a celestial official will summon me to raise horses.

Chapter 16 Foundation Establishment Realm, Seventh Level: Mysteries of the Mountains and Forests
After being invited by Gu An, Wu Xin didn't say a word until he left the servants' hall. He only nodded once from beginning to end.

Gu An suspected that he had hired a mute.

For Wuxin, becoming a menial disciple as soon as possible was the most important thing at the moment. Gu An made a very good first impression on him, so he agreed immediately.

The reason he was in such a hurry to become a menial disciple was that he was a spy for the demonic path.

He came from the Thousand Autumns Pavilion, a demonic sect, and was the youngest son of one of the pavilion masters. Because his talent was not as good as his brothers', he volunteered to come and be a spy.

Firstly, it allows me to escape the oppressive environment at home; secondly, it lets me see if I can achieve anything.

If not, then forget it.

Looking at Gu An and Cheng Xuandan in front of him, Wu Xin had already made a preliminary judgment about the two.

A kind, simple, ordinary monk.

An old man who is about to die.

Judging from their words, the medicine valley must be very peaceful and have a great atmosphere.

……

Heavy snow fell, and Xuan Valley was enveloped in a white expanse, with only one color between heaven and earth.

boom!
Wu Xin was kicked to the ground in the snow, snow splashed on his face, and he clutched his chest in pain.

"Lu Jiujia! Why are you taking this so seriously?" Ye Lan scolded from the side.

Lu Jiujia stood on the snow, slowly pulling his legs back. He raised his chin and snorted, "Sparring should be taken seriously; only then can you improve."

His cultivation has reached the fifth level of Qi Refining, making him the strongest person in Medicine Valley on the surface. Ye Lan's cultivation is at the fourth level of Qi Refining, while Xiao Chuan, like Gu An, is at the third level of Qi Refining.

Wu Xin, at the second level of Qi Refining, was utterly powerless against Lu Jiujia.

"Damn it... how can the servant disciples be so strong..." Wu Xin's mentality almost collapsed.

He saw Lu Jiujia practicing his legwork and couldn't resist trying it out, but he was defeated by Lu Jiujia's two legs.

What he didn't know was that Lu Jiujia had a good senior brother. Over the years, Gu An would take time every day to spar with Lu Jiujia. Every time Lu Jiujia tried his best, he couldn't win. Day after day, his leg techniques became very exquisite, and his physical strength was also considerable.

Wu Xin refused to believe in evil, thinking that he had been careless. He stood up and pounced on Lu Jiujia again.

boom!boom!
Lu Jiujia kicked Wuxin twice, knocking him to the ground again.

Wu Xin felt as if his forearm was about to break, and the fifteen-year-old lay on the snow, shedding tears of shame.

Why is this happening...

This was different from the life of a spy he had imagined. Not to mention going through fire and water, even if he were to fail, he should fail on the way to steal intelligence...

He was actually defeated by a seemingly ordinary handyman disciple.

"If I had not cultivated this skill... with my talent... how could I have endured such humiliation?"

Wu Xin clenched his fists tightly as Ye Lan and Lu Jiujia's argument rang out, sounding so jarring to him.

Lu Jiujia looked at Ye Lan in front of him and said with dissatisfaction, "He is a boy, not a weak girl. Get out of the way and don't take his side. When I was kicked to the ground by my senior brother, why didn't you say anything?"

Ye Lan glared at him and said, "Why didn't I say anything? I spoke up for you, and you yelled at me. Besides, Senior Brother didn't use as much force as you. Think about it carefully. When Senior Brother sparred with you, didn't he wait until you used all your leg techniques before easily defeating you? On the other hand, you just went for it and acted recklessly. What can Junior Brother Wuxin learn from sparring with you?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Jiujia's displeased expression changed. He thought about it carefully and realized that it seemed to be true.

It is precisely because he always gives his all that he has more ideas.

You can't learn anything from just being beaten...

Lu Jiujia felt ashamed and even more grateful to Gu An.

His senior brother was so good to him.

Ye Lan helped Wu Xin up and saw that his eyes were red. She quickly comforted him, "Don't take it to heart. He's just trying to do what's best for you. He wants to seriously learn from you and improve together. It's just that he's the kind of person who likes to take things too seriously."

Lu Jiujia saw that Wuxin's eyes were red and scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Jiujia, your legwork has improved. Come and practice."

A gentle voice came from behind. Lu Jiujia turned his head and saw Gu An walking towards him with a warm smile.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jiujia immediately nodded excitedly. He had recently become very confident and felt that he could beat his senior brother.

Ye Lan and Wu Xin looked at Gu An. Wu Xin was secretly curious: was this senior brother really that powerful?

How could someone overcome two minor realms to defeat Lu Jiujia?
Gu An stopped and waved to Lu Jiujia. Lu Jiujia chuckled and darted forward to stand in front of him.

boom!
Lu Jiujia was thrown more than ten meters away, leaving a long ditch in the snow.

He nearly fainted, seeing stars, and felt his internal organs shifting, causing him excruciating pain.

Wu Xin was stunned.

What fast legs!

He didn't even see how Gu An made his move.

Ye Lan smiled and her eyes crinkled. She quickly walked up to Gu An and praised her senior brother for his increasingly fast legs.

Gu An ruffled her hair, then looked at Wu Xin and asked, "Wu Xin, do you want to learn leg techniques in the future?"

Wu Xin's lifespan is longer than others, which is also a sign of genius potential. We can't let Lu Jiujia ruin it.

"Yes!" Wu Xin replied, his tone firm and strong, unlike his usual gentle demeanor.

Lu Jiujia, who was in the distance, began to wail, which attracted Gu An's attention.

Gu An walked up to him, looked down at him, and snorted, "Stop pretending. Your senior brother is asking you, do you like this kind of sparring?" Lu Jiujia lay on the ground, slightly turned his body, and glanced at Gu An with one eye. Seeing his serious expression, he covered his eyes again and said painfully, "Senior brother, I was wrong..."

Gu An helped him up, brushing the snow off him as he said softly, "A true strong person is not one who defeats those stronger than themselves, but one who can control their arrogance and not bully those weaker than themselves."

Lu Jiujia rubbed his chest, pondering Gu An's words carefully.

Ye Lan and Wu Xin also heard it, especially Wu Xin, who was shocked. He never expected that such a master was hidden in this small medicine valley.

In Qianqiu Pavilion, bullying the weak is the norm. He was weak, and even his father and brothers bullied him.

Yes!
They can't be considered strong at all!
Wu Xin thought to himself that his gaze toward Gu An had changed.

"You can teach Wuxin how to train his legs first," Gu An said, patting Lu Jiujia on the shoulder. Lu Jiujia nodded quickly, not daring to refuse.

Afterwards, Gu An took Ye Lan up the mountain to take care of the newly planted seeds, while Xiao Chuan stayed on the mountain.

As for Cheng Xuandan, he locked himself in his room after returning and wouldn't come out. Gu An visited him once, and he said he was recuperating. Since then, Gu An hasn't dared to disturb him.

As the days went by, Wuxin's arrival made Medicine Valley more lively. Lu Jiujia and Xiaochuan loved to tease him, and the sounds of the three of them playing around could be heard in Medicine Valley from time to time.

Year-end.

Night falls.

Gu An was reading a book in the room. He was no longer reading The Travels of Qingxia, but another book called The Secret History of Qianqiu Pavilion.

This book came from the library of Medicine Valley; whether it was genuine or not, he read it for fun anyway.

The oil lamp flickered slightly, and a wisp of cold wind slipped in through the cracks in the window, but Gu An, who was already at the sixth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, remained unmoved.

After he finished reading this page, he put down the book and prepared to get up and go to carry out his daily plan.

Suddenly, he heard a slight noise coming from the house next door. Someone came out of the door, and the movement was very quiet, but it did not escape his ears.

It is enlightenment!
Gu An was very familiar with the aura of everyone in the Medicine Valley, and immediately judged their identities.

He listened silently to Wuxin's footsteps as Wuxin walked towards the library. Once inside, the boy began to browse through the books.

"What is he looking for?" Gu An wondered.

In his memory, Wuxin was very honest. He would do the things he arranged seriously, unlike Lu Jiujia, who would occasionally slack off.

Besides being honest, Wuxin also had a competitive spirit second only to Lu Jiujia. He would often challenge his two senior brothers to spar, and despite repeated defeats, he would fight again.

Could this kid be looking for a secret manual?

Thinking of this, Gu An felt a pang of sympathy for his junior brother.

Starting tomorrow, he will personally teach his junior apprentice.

Wu Xin searched for about half an hour, then tiptoed back to his room.

After a while, Gu An got up and quietly left his room. He was going to the mountains and forests more than ten miles away to carry out his daily plan.

……

Summer has arrived once again.

Gu Anmai is over twenty-two years old, and his lifespan has exceeded four thousand years. He plans to save it all up until he is over ten thousand years old before using it.

Half a year has passed, and with the help of his daily plan, he has successfully broken through to the seventh level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, but his apparent cultivation level is still at the third level of the Qi Refining Realm.

As time went by, Gu An became increasingly curious about the seventh-tier spirit tree that Cheng Xuandan had mentioned. He even tried to search for it, but he couldn't find the entrance to the underground.

Wu Xin would occasionally wander around late at night. Once, the two almost bumped into each other, but fortunately Gu An had excellent hearing and noticed in advance.

As noon approached, Gu An squatted under the tree, observing his white spirit mouse.

The white mouse was spinning wildly in front of him, very lively.

"Grown up? But spring has clearly passed..." Gu An thought in confusion.

He had been raising the white rat for several years, but its size had not changed. Since Li Ya was not around, he could not determine the white rat's growth stage.

The little guy had been circling around him for ages.

As if it understood Gu An's words, the white rat suddenly jumped up, bit Gu An's hand, and then quickly ran away.

Gu An didn't feel any pain, so he wasn't angry. His gaze followed the direction and he saw that the white spirit rat had stopped and was now spinning around in circles.

and many more!

Could it be...

Gu An thought of something and quickly got up and walked towards the white spirit rat.

Seeing him approach, the white rat stopped pacing and ran towards the forest. The man and the rat quickly disappeared into the forest.

Wu Xin stood under the tree, looking in the direction Gu An had left. He frowned and pondered, "It's the mountains again. I heard from Lu Jiujia that Li Ya and Meng Lang used to like to cultivate alone in the mountains. Senior Brother's leg techniques are far more powerful than his cultivation level. Could there be some mystery in the mountains?"

The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Instead of chasing after Gu An, he planned to secretly check on him that night.

the other side.

Gu An followed the white spirit rat over mountains and valleys, eventually leaving the Medicine Valley.

Goodness, this guy's usual range of activity is so large?
Gu An realized he had underestimated the White Spirit Rat, and he became even more curious about where the White Spirit Rat would take him.

As Li Ya mentioned before, the White Spirit Rat is known as the Treasure-Hunting Rat.

Could it be that it has already found a seventh-tier spirit tree?
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Is anyone willing to say something? Let's see how many people are out and about late at night.

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(End of this chapter)