God of Pets

Chapter 873 Dilemma
Before leaving the Ji Family Great Cave Heaven, Chen Guan made a special trip to the Lei Luo Desert to visit Tai Sheng, Tai Hu, and Tai Lian. He also gave them some liquid primordial energy and instructed them to cultivate diligently.

Tai Sheng, Tai Hu, and Tai Lian were naturally both surprised and delighted, as such pure liquid primordial energy would be extremely helpful to them.

After leaving the Great Cave Heaven, Chen Guan returned to his home and secluded himself to begin his cultivation.

Aside from delivering liquid vital energy to Ji Nanhong, Chen Guan quickly left home.

He gave the liquid vital energy to Chen Xinghe and Chen Yulian, hoping to help Chen Xinghe recover his body and help Chen Yulian advance further.

Chen Xinghe only kept some for Chen Yulian to use, and gave his own portion back to Chen Guan.

"My body is beyond saving. Even with such a divine object, it's difficult to recover." Chen Xinghe said with a smile, "I've experienced both poverty and glory in my life. Now I just want to live a peaceful life. Even if my body is fine, these things are meaningless to me. You can keep them for yourself. With these divine liquid primordial energy, you can advance to the ninth awakening faster."

“Son, you keep it. I’m not going to venture into the secret realm, so I don’t need it.” Chen Yulian wanted to give her share to Chen Guan as well.

“Take them whether you need them or not. I have plenty here, more than enough for me,” Chen Guan said directly.

Chen Yulian wanted to say something, but Chen Xinghe stopped her and smiled, "It's from your son, so just take it."

“Okay, I’ll keep it for now. You can come and get it whenever you need it.” Chen Yulian said, putting it away.

Chen Xinghe stopped her again, saying seriously, "Wife, this thing can only be used, not kept. It's not appropriate for an ordinary family like ours to keep such a thing."

As he spoke, Chen Xinghe laughed again: "You should use the things your son gave you as a token of his filial piety. It's time for you to enjoy the blessings your son has given you."

After thinking for a moment, Chen Yulian understood Chen Xinghe's meaning. She stopped thinking about saving it and took advantage of the time Chen Guan was at home to slowly use up all the liquid energy.

Chen Guan wanted to restore Chen Xinghe, but Chen Xinghe's foundation had been destroyed, and there was no way for him to start cultivating again.

They wanted Chen Yulian to become a level nine expert, but Chen Yulian had no interest in that and was unwilling to continue leveling up.

Chen Guan stayed at home and went to the Immortal Mountain Sect to cultivate alone.

Unfortunately, the secret technique that Ji Nanhong cultivates requires her to travel all over the world to continuously upgrade. Otherwise, Chen Guan would not have let her enter the secret realm and could have just gone to the Immortal Mountain Sect to cultivate.

Even with the support of the Immortal Mountain Sect's vital energy, Chen Guan's leveling speed was not particularly fast, and more than seven years passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past seven years, Chen Guan has learned that the woman's name is "Miaoshan", the skinny man's name is "Ganshan", the big-headed baby's name is "Duanshan", and the big-bellied man's name is "Kaoshan".

Chen Guan thought that this was definitely not their real name, but rather some kind of Taoist title or name from the Immortal Mountain Sect.

The big-bellied man, Kaoshan, is the eldest of the four; the skinny man, Ganshan, is the second junior brother; the big-headed baby is the third junior brother; and the woman, Miaoshan, is the youngest fourth junior sister.

Chen Guan didn't know whether their original ranking was like this or whether the ranking was changed because only the four of them remained in the Immortal Mountain Sect.

After more than seven years of hard work, Chen Guan finally reached level 80. He only needs the final Secret Awakening to successfully achieve the Ninth Awakening.

However, the third secret is the most difficult to awaken. It requires relying on all one's previous foundation, experience, and insights to have any chance of awakening this final secret. Chen Guan had no clue what to do for the time being, and only now did he have the mood to go up to the top of the giant mountain to take a look.

The towering mountain is dotted with palace-like buildings, a testament to the former glory of the Immortal Mountain Sect.

However, most of these buildings have been destroyed today, and most of them are collapsed houses.

This is not due to the passage of time; it is obvious that those buildings were damaged abnormally.

Many of the broken sections of the buildings are so neatly cut, as if cleaved by a knife or axe, that they were clearly severed by human hands.

Chen Guan immediately thought of Yu Gu Zi and Yu Gu Jian; this was probably its masterpiece.

Chen Guan walked and looked around, but when he reached the top of the mountain, he did not see many intact buildings.

However, the various rare and precious herbs growing on this mountaintop are much more abundant and robust than those on other mountain peaks.

In a relatively well-preserved side hall on the mountaintop, Chen Guan saw Miaoshan, Ganshan, Kaoshan, and Duanshan.

They stopped keeping an eye on Yu Gujian several years ago.

At this moment, all four of them had worried expressions on their faces. They sat in the main hall, discussing the current situation of the Immortal Mountain Sect and themselves.

“The spiritual energy within our Immortal Mountain Sect is declining year by year. This year, many spiritual energy eyes have already dried up, there is no liquid spiritual energy in the pools, and the spiritual energy sea is so thin that it is almost invisible. If this continues, we will have no way to continue cultivating here.” Duan Shan, the big-headed doll, said with a distressed expression.

“The interruption of our Immortal Mountain Sect’s vital energy is definitely related to that Jade Lone Sword. I’m afraid the day our vital energy is cut off will be the day the Jade Lone Sword breaks free from its confinement. We must think of a solution as soon as possible,” the gaunt man said as he rushed up the mountain.

"The foundation of the Immortal Mountain Sect is almost gone, what's the point of thinking about it? Even if we can stop the Jade Lone Sword from breaking through the restrictions, this place will no longer be suitable for us to continue living and cultivating." Miao Shan looked at the sea of ​​clouds outside, which had thinned out and was almost invisible, and said with a pursed mouth.

"Fourth Junior Sister is right. Our sect has truly come to an end. We can't stay here any longer," the pot-bellied man sighed.

"If we don't stay with our sect, where else can we go? With the strength of the four of us, without the protection of our sect, we'll definitely be killed by those spirits of the Sky Realm if we go out." Duan Shan said through gritted teeth, "Have you forgotten what Master said? Even with his abilities, he could only fight against the lowest-level ordinary spirits in the Sky Realm, and the outcome was still unpredictable. With our abilities, we'd probably be easily killed by any random Sky Spirit."

“I don’t think so. We have been cultivating here for so many years and our strength has improved considerably. Even if we are not as powerful as those Sky Spirits, ordinary Sky Spirits may not be our match,” Miaoshan said.

"Fourth Junior Sister, no matter how strong we are, we are only at the peak of the tenth awakening. Master said that the lowest level of the Mystic Spirit in the Sky Mystic Realm is also at the tenth awakening, and powerful Mystic Spirits can reach the eleventh or even twelfth awakening. We are a whole level below the Mystic Spirits, so we have no chance at all."

Duan Shan shook his big head and continued, "That Yu Gu Zi, who came from who knows where, is already so powerful that we are far beyond our ability to defeat him. Even our master could not withstand the power of his sword. This shows how terrifying the mysterious spirits outside are. We must not risk our lives."

"If we don't get out, how can we cultivate? Are we just going to guard this mountain gate and stay at the peak of the Tenth Awakening for the rest of our lives?" Miao Shan sneered, "Even if we can guard it, once the Jade Lone Sword breaks free, it won't spare us."

Duan Shan fell silent. He knew Miao Shan was right; now he was caught in a dilemma, unable to leave or stay.

(End of this chapter)