Beast Taming: I gained the talent of a spirit pet.

Chapter 557 Losing Face!

On this day, Gu Yuan's clone arrived at the gate of Luofu Immortal City again. This time, Gu Yuan was noticeably more cautious and low-key.

He didn't use his own identity, nor did he use the identities of Chu He and Wang Chan. Instead, he disguised himself as an unremarkable Golden Core cultivator and calmly entered the city.

However, as he entered the city, Gu Yuan clearly sensed several sharp gazes sweeping over him.

These gazes clearly contained various strange powers, possessing the ability to see through illusions and all kinds of disguises and concealments, clearly indicating that someone wanted to investigate his background.

However, Gu Yuan is a remarkable figure, and his great supernatural power, Dream Flower, has already touched upon a wisp of the power of the law of truth and illusion. Even if a Yang God level expert came, he would probably have difficulty seeing through his true nature, let alone these few Golden Core cultivators.

Gu Yuan observed them carefully and discovered that these people actually possessed the unique aura of disciples from the Jade Bridge Immortal Palace lineage.

This discovery made Gu Yuan thoughtful, and he pondered in his heart:

"Could it be because I killed Xue Wulong a year ago?"

After thinking it over, Gu Yuan felt he had guessed the truth and couldn't help but shake his head inwardly: "Isn't Yuqiao Immortal Palace too vindictive? It's just Xue Wulong, is it really necessary to go to such lengths?"

"These people are really petty and hold grudges."

On the surface, Gu Yuan strode towards the city, but inwardly he scoffed, "If Xue Wulong's death can keep me waiting at the city gate for a year, it looks like I won't be able to leave for several years. If Gu Kong the Old Monster dies, won't he be investigating me for hundreds of years?"

Disdainful of the people from Jade Bridge Immortal Palace, Gu Yuan wandered around the various shops, big and small, in the city.

I inquired for more than ten days, but I didn't get much useful information.

Fortunately, Gu Yuan managed to contact Xu Haoran that day. After learning that the other party had not left the city, he had a brief conversation and received permission. Gu Yuan then headed straight for Xu Haoran's cave.

As a true disciple of Luofu Immortal Island and a top genius who has achieved the first rank of Dan (a type of internal alchemy), Xu Haoran holds a very prestigious position in Luofu Immortal City.

His cave dwelling alone is not much inferior to the cave dwelling of Yan Chunyang that Gu Yuan had seen before.

Xu Haoran's cave dwelling is located on the summit of a sacred mountain, surrounded by clouds and mist, with beautiful and picturesque scenery, fresh air, and occasionally some spiritual birds and beasts pass by, showing no fear of strangers.

Gu Yuan arrived at the entrance of the cave. Before he could announce his arrival, the stone door of the cave creaked open by itself.

Seeing this, Gu Yuan simply stepped inside.

Before long, he arrived at a high platform built on the edge of a cliff.

A gentle breeze was blowing, and the environment was quite pleasant.

Xu Haoran had been waiting there for a long time. He was sitting at the stone table and immediately stood up to greet Gu Yuan.
"Brother Chu, please have a seat."

Then, he personally poured Gu Yuan a cup of tea and placed it in front of him.

Gu Yuan smiled and sat down.

Although Xu Haoran hid it well, he was actually a little nervous, which Gu Yuan could tell.

The two sat facing each other, the atmosphere somewhat awkward, as Xu Haoran had no idea why Gu Yuan had come. However, given their fairly good relationship, Xu Haoran had to keep his composure and couldn't refuse Gu Yuan's visit.

"Yes, good tea."

After taking a sip of tea, Gu Yuan praised it politely. Xu Haoran smiled and said, "I'm glad you're satisfied, Brother Chu. This tea is actually a special spiritual tea produced on several immortal mountains of my Luofu Immortal Island. It has the effect of nourishing the body and even calming the spirit. If you don't mind, I'll give you two catties when you leave later."

"Then thank you very much, Brother Xu."

Gu Yuan, of course, didn't know the meaning of politeness and readily agreed.

After chatting for a while, the atmosphere became more relaxed. Xu Haoran smiled and asked Gu Yuan about his purpose for coming: "Brother Chu, what important matter brings you here this time? As long as it is something we can do, we will definitely do our duty without hesitation."

Gu Yuan didn't speak, he just stared at him.

Xu Haoran froze for a moment before smiling wryly and saying, "Brother Chu, please don't blame me for being blunt, but the commotion you caused recently was just too big, so big that even many disciples of our Luofu Immortal Island were affected. So I'm also quite helpless..."

As he spoke, he began to explain.

A year ago, Gu Yuan and Gu Xuanqing fought on the Life and Death Arena. The two did not win or lose, but the intervention of the old monster Gu Kong and the death of Xue Wulong caused a great uproar.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Old Monster Gu Kong broke the rules of Luofu Immortal Island, disrupted the life-and-death arena battle, and not only that, he also attacked Gu Yuan, which made all the cultivators of Luofu Immortal Island lose face.

Afterwards, Jade Bridge Immortal Palace sent an apology and paid a heavy price for this matter. They also made Old Monster Gu Kong apologize in front of many outsiders, which barely managed to quell the anger of Luofu Immortal Island.

However, after this battle, Chu He's name became incredibly popular, even more so than Wang Chan's.

To put it bluntly, Wang Chan only killed a hermit named Kuquan before disappearing without a trace.

In contrast, Gu Yuan first killed Gu Xuanfeng in a battle on the life-or-death stage, and then dominated Gu Xuanqing.

Afterwards, the old monster Gu Kong made a sudden attack, but Gu Yuan managed to break free in time and then took the opportunity to kill the Yin God giant Xue Wulong.

Gu Yuan, who orchestrated all of this, was merely an avatar who completely outmaneuvered the Jade Bridge Immortal Palace. As a result, the name Jade Bridge Immortal Palace has truly become renowned far and wide.

Gu Yuan, who did all this, was also hated and resented by the Jade Bridge Immortal Palace. According to Xu Haoran, some important figures on Luofu Immortal Island were also dissatisfied with Gu Yuan, believing that he was too troublesome and disturbed the entire Luofu Immortal City.

As a result, many people from Luofu Immortal City have colluded with those from Yuqiao Immortal Palace and have begun to openly and secretly monitor Gu Yuan's whereabouts.

Of course, most of the people from Yuqiao Immortal Palace were there to avenge their family and restore their reputation.

As for the people of Luofu Immortal Island...

They were after the secret that Gu Yuan possessed.

Indeed, in many people's eyes, Gu Yuan does have a big secret.

Although he is a Golden Core cultivator, where is this place?
This is the East China Sea!
In the cultivation world of the East Sea, where even celestial beings are treated worse than dogs, and Golden Core cultivators are everywhere!
Golden Core cultivators are not uncommon in the cultivation world of the East Sea. What is rare is that a Golden Core cultivator like Gu Yuan is extremely rare, and can even be said to be unheard of.

While cultivators who have achieved the highest level of the Core Formation are rare in the East Sea, they are not entirely nonexistent. Even among the top cultivation forces in the East Sea, there are usually at least one or two cultivators who have achieved the first level of the Core Formation.

But what about Gu Yuan?

Despite his cultivation level being only at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage, he was able to overpower Gu Xuanqing, who had only reached the First Grade of the Golden Core stage. The key point is that Gu Xuanqing was no ordinary person; he possessed two mid-grade and high-grade magic treasures and had cultivated two great supernatural powers.

(End of this chapter)