The Demon Cultivator of the Sword

Chapter 18 Returning Home
After dinner, Gu Yuan came to the Martial Arts Pavilion for the fourth time and did not stay long.

After returning the two secret books that he had already memorized by heart, he chose a low-level earth-level light skill called Phantom Clone for the second time.

This light skill is an advanced version of Phantom Step, with the effect of creating a clone to confuse the enemy.

It is similar to the shadow-transforming skill that Ye Chen obtained from the Tianmeng Ancient Land in the original novel.

It's just that the emphasis is different.

Although the clone can also confuse the enemy, it focuses more on actual combat. Each clone has 50% of the attack power of the original body.

And attack power means it is easier to be identified.

The phantom clone focuses on running away, and it is basically difficult to tell which one is the real one without actively attacking.

The most important thing is, Gu Yuan himself practiced the Phantom Step, and practicing its advanced version, the Phantom Clone, would naturally be easy for him.

It is said that there is no sun or moon in the mountains, which is absolutely true.

Two months passed inadvertently during Gu Qinxiu's hard training.

At this time, Gu Yuan had been a member of the Feitian Demon Sect for more than a year, and his height had grown a lot again, reaching 1.65 meters.

The angular contours of the face became more and more obvious.

The strength has undergone earth-shaking changes.

After two months of training, Gu Yuan had completely mastered the Phantom Clone and had also cultivated the Third Transformation Heavy Yuan Gong to the sixth level, which greatly increased his basic strength.

Standing up and walking out of the room, Gu Yuan looked at the thick snow in the courtyard and said to himself, "There is still a month before I officially accept the sect mission. I should go back. I won't have so much time in the future."

Xueling Town, where Gu Yuan's hometown is located, is located in the north of the Black Dragon Empire and close to the Ice Crystal Empire.

It was a full 100,000 miles away from the Feitian Demon Sect. Even if Gu Yuan had cultivated into a phantom clone and could reach 350 meters away at a glance, it would take more than ten days to travel during the day and recover his true energy at night. If he was delayed in the middle, perhaps half a month would have passed.

Going back and forth like this, a month is definitely not enough.

So he planned to go to the Feitian Demon Sect's animal training ground and rent a half-demon horse for transportation. As for the flying monster beast, he would not consider it because that thing required spirit stones and he could not afford to rent it.

It’s the end of the year.

Many disciples of the Feitian Demon Sect returned home. From time to time, half-demon horses galloped out from the animal training ground at the foot of the mountain, and disciples from the inner and outer sects came and went frequently.

After asking for a month's leave from the outer sect elders, Gu Yuan put on the Red Flame Sword and hurried to the animal training ground, intending to rent a half-demon horse.

"Hey, Junior Brother Gu, it's you!"

Suddenly, a crisp voice came from behind.

Gu Yuan turned around and saw the appearance of the person who came. He asked in surprise, "Senior Sister, what can I do for you?"

The one who called Gu Yuan was a young girl, no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, with fair skin and beautiful looks. She was the inner sect female disciple who stood beside Elder Li when the trial at the Mass Burial Mounds began.

Standing next to her were two young men and women dressed in outer disciple uniforms. The man was actually one of the four people who had joined the sect with Gu Yuan a year ago.

The girl smiled and said, "I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Ling Xue, and I'm Ling Feng's sister. These two are my cousins ​​Ling Hua and Ling Zhu. You two, why don't you call me Senior Brother Gu?"

Gu Yuan suddenly realized that it was Brother Ling and his sister who were in seclusion to break through the Star Realm.

"Senior Brother Gu." ×2
Ling Hua and Ling Zhu greeted Gu Yuan. The girl named Ling Zhu was better. In this world where the most accomplished are prioritized, calling Gu Yuan "senior brother" did not feel any psychological burden.

But Ling Hua felt aggrieved.

He vaguely remembered that he and a few other acquaintances had secretly mocked each other as country bumpkins.

Now, a year has passed, and they have become inner disciples, but he is still lingering at the tenth level of Qi training.

It's simply irritating people.

Gu Yuan saw Ling Hua's reaction and felt amused. He politely replied, "Junior Brother Ling Hua, Junior Sister Ling Zhu."

"Junior Brother Gu, you are planning to go home, right?" Ling Xue suddenly asked.

"Well, I plan to go back."

There is nothing to hide about this matter, because everyone who comes here plans to go home.

"We're planning on going home too, so if you don't mind, come with us."

"This is not good."

"What's wrong with that? Our home is in Nanlin City, less than a thousand miles away from your Xueling Town. And I have the inner door steward token given by my eldest brother, which allows me to rent flying monsters below level four for free. Three people can ride on a flying monster, and four people can ride on a monster. There's only one seat, so if we are together, we can be safer on the road."

Gu Yuan was not surprised that Ling Xue knew about Xueling Town. After all, Senior Brother Ling personally presided over the identity check of their new disciples. However, from what he said, it seemed that he was trying to make friends with him or win him over. Well, he also planned to move his own tavern to Nanlin City, so he would have to ask for his help in the future.

Although Xuetie Town is where he grew up, it is too dangerous because warriors often fight each other, causing harm to innocent people.

Nanlin City is much safer.

At least with the deterrence of the powerful Star Realm masters, few warriors below the Star Realm dare to take action in the city.

"Then there will be more Senior Sister Ling."

Ling Xue was very happy to see Gu Yuan agreed, because his elder brother had told him before he went into seclusion that Gu Yuan was a genius with great potential, and his future achievements would not be lower than Murong Qingcheng and Mo Yan.

Although their Ling family is the number one family in Nanlin City, their strongest is only an ancestor in the early stage of the Star Realm. Making friends with such a genius will only benefit them in the future.

Just like that, Gu Yuan boarded the flying monster rented by Ling Xue, and the group of four set out on their journey home.

Along the way, Gu Yuan inadvertently brought up the idea of ​​taking his parents to move the restaurant to Nanlin City, and wanted Senior Sister Ling to help find a suitable place.

Ling Xue agreed without hesitation and even offered to pick up Gu Yuan's parents.

After explaining the situation to Gu's father and mother, although they were reluctant to leave the small restaurant they had run for many years, they were still very happy to be able to move into Nanlin City.

That night, Gu's father sold the restaurant at a low price.

Gu Yuan gave Gu's father a storage magic ring and asked the couple to pack up their belongings.

The next morning, a group of six people arrived at Nanlin City on a flying monster beast.

I have to say that the Ling family is very efficient.

They arrived at Nanlin City in the morning.

Someone delivered the house deeds and land titles in the afternoon.

The price was very reasonable, thirty thousand taels of gold.

Neither high nor low.

It also comes with a spacious backyard that can be used for practicing martial arts.

ps: First update.

(End of this chapter)