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

Chapter 169 Descending to the Ocean, Merging Techniques

Faced with Tian Yao'er's constant coaxing, Gu An finally agreed to stay and spend the night with her. Tonight, he would break through ten million years of lifespan and could relax for a night.

After Gu An agreed, Tian Yao'er became even happier.

To celebrate reaching a lifespan of tens of millions of years, Gu An even returned to Xuan Valley to fetch mutton for barbecue, which moved Tian Yao'er deeply, who thought that Gu An was doing this to commemorate this special day.

During the barbecue, Gu An kept his consciousness focused on the battlefield at the edge of Tianhuang Mountain.

More and more demons are arriving, and the Xuanxin Realm cultivator leading Ji Xiaoyu and the others is unable to win for the time being, which has dragged Ji Xiaoyu and the others into the battle as well.

If this fight continues, the odds are against us.

It's unclear whether these people are from the Ji family or from the Seven Star Spirit Realm.

While Gu An was thinking to himself, he was chatting with Tian Yao'er, so that Tian Yao'er did not notice any flaws.

An hour later, the Xuanxin Realm cultivator was seriously injured and had to lead Ji Xiaoyu and the others to escape, but it was too late to escape now.

Gu Anzheng was lying under the tree, instructing Tian Yao'er on her cultivation.

Tian Yao'er continued practicing the Limitless Free Steps in front of him, and he would comment on her from time to time. Tian Yao'er felt very aggrieved by his guidance, and her little mouth kept pouting.

We agreed to lie down and read together.
fraud!

big liar!
The more Tian Yao'er practiced, the redder her eyes became.

Gu An found her expression amusing.

Today he was going to teach her a lesson.

The more you want something, the harder it is to get it; that's the meaning of life!
It's only been a few years, and they're already having wild thoughts. How are they going to survive for thousands or tens of thousands of years?
Gu Andu was moved by his own perspective. Tian Yao'er was really lucky. Meeting him was a blessing she had accumulated over eight lifetimes. If she had a different master, she would have been in big trouble!

……

Under the cover of darkness, Ji Xiaoyu, dressed in black, was fleeing at top speed. The desolate mountains and wilderness were full of demons and monsters, and as soon as they saw her, they all pounced on her.

She raised her sword in her right hand and unleashed the Heavenly Dragon Demon-Suppressing Form. A golden Dharma image appeared behind her, from which golden dragons emerged to annihilate demons and monsters coming from all directions.

Soon, she dispelled the Heavenly Dragon Demon-Suppressing Form and used the sword in her hand to slay demons and monsters.

She could no longer tell which way was which, and could only run in one direction.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Ji Xiaoyu's spiritual power was exhausted. As she ran, she took out spiritual energy pills and consumed them, but the spiritual power provided by these pills was not enough for her to fight.

She stopped at the foot of a hillside, quickly took out small flags and talismans, and successfully formed an array in less than five breaths, thus enclosing the area and becoming invisible.

She sat cross-legged on the ground and began to practice her internal energy.

Demons swept over her head, but she was nowhere to be seen.

However, the ground began to tremble, and sand and gravel jumped up, causing Ji Xiaoyu to open her eyes and frown.

Following her gaze, a colossal creature loomed behind the mountains. It was a giant demon in human form with a lion's head, its long mane twisting like tentacles, terrifying in the darkness.

"Little wench, where do you think you're going to run off to?"

A cold, violent voice rang out, followed by a fierce wind that swept across the mountains, stirring up billowing dust.

After the formation where Ji Xiaoyu was located was attacked by the wind and waves, the sand and air currents flying in the air bypassed the formation, which instead revealed the outline of the formation.

Ji Xiaoyu gazed calmly at the approaching giant demon in the distance, her eyes showing no fear.

She simply sighed softly, and a faint golden line appeared on her forehead.

Before long, the terrifying giant raven stepped in front of her. He slowly crouched down, the sea of ​​clouds churning, revealing his lion's head with sharp fangs, blood-red eyes, and a black mane that burned fiercely like flames from hell.

Sudden.

The terrifying lion demon stopped and looked up at Ji Xiaoyu's back.

The golden lines on Ji Xiaoyu's forehead had expanded, covering the entire forehead, resembling some kind of intricate network.

She sensed something and turned to look.

On the hilltop behind her stood a figure, a man dressed in purple with a mask on his face, standing against the wind.

She was secretly alarmed; she hadn't even noticed the other person getting closer.

"Where did you come from?" the terrifying lion demon roared angrily, then slapped its paw at the hillside.

With a single palm strike, the powerful pressure shattered Ji Xiaoyu's formation instantly. Small flags sank deep into the soil, talismans fluttered in the air, and her headdress was blown off, her long hair dancing wildly.

boom--

As a deafening roar resounded, the earth shook violently, and even Ji Xiaoyu, who was at the seventh level of the Nascent Soul Realm, had to close her eyes.

After the chilling aura dissipated, she opened her eyes and saw that the terrifying lion demon was only left with its upper body, blood was falling like rain, the demonic clouds in the night sky were dispersed, and the stars in the sky were revealed, dazzling and beautiful.

Ji Xiaoyu stared wide-eyed in astonishment.

This lion demon was incredibly powerful; it even devoured her companions who were at the Void Transcending Realm.

She subconsciously turned her head to look, and the mysterious man was still standing on the hillside, his hands hanging naturally at his sides, as if it wasn't him who had made the move.

This person is none other than Gu An!

To avoid being recognized, Gu An deliberately made himself larger, a head taller than his original self, with disheveled hair and an almost ethereal aura.

The reason he didn't use the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Body was because news of the Sword Master Fudao's mastery of the Demon Shadow Divine Art had already spread, and he didn't want Ji Xiaoyu to associate him with the Sword Master Fudao. Ji Xiaoyu quickly stood up, bowed to Gu An, and said, "Thank you for saving me, Senior."

"Why are members of the Ji family appearing in the land of demons?" Gu An asked, his voice hoarse, easily reminiscent of a weathered man in his forties or fifties.

Killing the great demon he had just encountered granted him six hundred years of lifespan, which was quite an incredible bonus.

Ji Xiaoyu replied, "I came out to train with the Seven Star Spirit Realm. Senior, do you have any connection with my clan?"

Gu An appeared out of thin air in front of Ji Xiaoyu, placed a hand on her shoulder, and said, "Let's talk somewhere else."

Before Ji Xiaoyu could answer, she felt a blur before her eyes.

Moving over long distances made her very uncomfortable and unable to move.

A few breaths later, she felt her feet touch the ground, opened her eyes, and found herself in a cave.

The space here wasn't very large, the rocks were layered, and groundwater was flowing down the mountainside in front of her, making it very damp. Looking up, she saw crystals hanging upside down from the ceiling, their various colors illuminating everything inside the cave.

"You should stay here and recover from your injuries."

After saying these words, Gu An vanished into thin air.

Ji Xiaoyu stood there silently. She spread her divine sense and found that the cave was more than a thousand feet above the ground and the spiritual energy inside was abundant, which was indeed suitable for recuperating.

Although she didn't know who the person was, she knew from the methods he had shown that she couldn't escape even if she wanted to.

The other party probably meant no harm; otherwise, she would be exhausted now, making it the perfect opportunity to attack her.

Ji Xiaoyu sat cross-legged and began to circulate her internal energy to recover her spiritual power.

the other side.

When Gu An returned to Tianhuang Mountain, Tian Yao'er was sulking, but when she saw him carrying two jars of fine wine, she immediately beamed with joy.

She's developed a love for alcohol ever since she got drunk last time.

Half an hour later, Tian Yao'er collapsed drunk on Gu An's lap. Gu An patted her back and smiled.

……

At dawn, Gu An did not return directly to Tai Xuan Sect, nor did he go to find Ji Xiaoyu, because it would not be easy for Ji Xiaoyu to recover her spiritual power and injuries overnight.

He headed straight south, flying towards the ocean.

He unleashed the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Body, transforming into a demonic shadow, and then stepped onto the Limitless Free Step, swiftly stepping out of the Tai Cang Dynasty and into the ocean area.

With the boundless blue sea and the vast sky, Gu An's vision suddenly broadened, and even his mood became cheerful.

His figure moved nimbly, rapidly moving forward above the sea of ​​clouds.

On the ocean, a large ship is moving forward at high speed.

A man in blue robes lay on the deck, holding a book in his hand. Suddenly he saw something and sat up abruptly. However, upon closer inspection, he did not see any figure in the sky.

"How strange, am I seeing things?" The man in blue frowned.

He suddenly lost interest in reading. He put the Investiture of the Gods into his storage bag, then walked to the bow of the ship and gazed into the distance.

The sea was boundless, but he could already feel the presence of his hometown.

A smile appeared on his face as he murmured, "The calamity of demons, huh? It will become another stepping stone for me to turn the tide."

……

Gu An took more than 500 steps and finally landed on an island surrounded by clouds and mist. This island was huge and had few living beings. There were only six islands within a radius of 10,000 miles, which was very suitable for him to break through.

He quietly slipped into the mountains and forests, then sat under an old tree and activated his lifespan barrier.

He brought up his attribute panel, looked at his lifespan of 10.1 million years, and smiled.

First, improve your cultivation technique!
Gu An began to integrate his lifespan, fusing the Innate Immortal Technique with four basic cultivation techniques of different attributes.

[Given the vast differences between these five cultivation techniques, forcibly fusing them might not surpass the strongest technique. Shall we continue?]

Ok?
What does that mean? Does it mean that the fusion will take the average value?
Gu An cursed inwardly, "Are they trying to shorten my lifespan?"
Fortunately, he had prepared other techniques. Over the years, he had killed countless enemies and searched their souls many times. He had copied down many techniques himself, just in case.

He immediately took out four high-level cultivation manuals and began practicing them one after another.

He doesn't need to abandon his cultivation and start over, or even develop spiritual power of other attributes. He only needs to run the method once to let these techniques enter the attribute panel.

Half an hour later, Gu An's attribute panel had four more cultivation techniques.

He originally intended to improve all four techniques one by one, but received a hint:

[The cultivation techniques conflict in attributes. Please choose to abandon the technique and start over, or choose to force compatibility. The latter may lead to qi deviation.]

Good guy!
Even with a cheat system-like cheat, he might still go astray.

Gu An had no choice but to activate the lifespan fusion function to merge these five cultivation techniques.

[This fusion will consume 500000 years of lifespan. Continue?]

Does that mean a lifespan of 500,000 years?
Gu An endured the financial pain and chose to continue.

[You will sacrifice 500000 years of your lifespan to fuse the Primordial Immortal Technique, the Karmic Fire Dark Heaven Technique, the Golden Light Spiritual Body Technique, the Vast Earth Qi Technique, and the Great Cold Heaven Technique]

[Integration successful, you have comprehended the Five Elements Daoist Technique]

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