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Chapter 257 Gu and Gu, Evil and Evil (Third Update)
After a stick of incense had burned, as Gu Shaoan and Li Changbai, who was leading the way, turned past a thick clump of bamboo that appeared even more verdant in the twilight, a small pavilion, completely separate from the main courtyard and built against a steep cliff, suddenly appeared before them.

This small pavilion is located in an extremely quiet and secluded place.

Ahead lay a sheer cliff, bottomless and shrouded in twilight, with only a few wisps of grayish-white clouds drifting slowly along its edge.

The main body of the pavilion is constructed from finely carved wood and bamboo, with the wood grain and bamboo joints clearly visible.

A white curtain hangs under the eaves, swaying in the mountain breeze.

The serene environment was so beautiful that even Gu Shaoan couldn't help but nod in silent admiration.

"This is Tingyuxuan, and all the daily necessities are provided inside."

Li Changbai pointed to the entrance and said, "If you have any other needs, young master, there are two servants waiting over there. Please feel free to use them."

Gu Shaoan nodded and said, "Thank you for your trouble, sir."

"Young master, you are too kind. Since you have come to treat the sect leader, you are an honored guest of our Tianlong Sect."

At this point, Li Changbai sighed and said, "It's a pity that the Tianlong Sect is now occupied by traitors within the sect, and we can only temporarily stay on this mountain. We hope you will forgive any neglect we may have caused."

Gu Shaoan shook his head and said, "You flatter me, sir. This place is elegant and unique, and I am very satisfied with it."

Li Changbai smiled and said, "If you like it, that's fine. I only ask that your medical skills can truly cure the sect leader."

"I will do my best."

"Young master must be tired from your journey, this old servant will not disturb your rest any longer."

Whether it was because the pills Gu Shaoan had given to Mr. Six Fingers were effective, or for some other reason, Gu Shaoan could clearly feel that Li Changbai's attitude towards him had softened considerably and become more amiable.

After watching Li Changbai leave, Gu Shaoan turned around and entered Tingyuxuan, where he wandered around for a while.

Throughout the entire process, the only thing Gu Shaoan put down was the bundle slung over his shoulder; the Heaven-Slaying Sword, however, remained firmly in his hand.

After confirming that there was no one else in Tingyuxuan, Gu Shaoan entered one of the rooms and bolted the door.

He then opened one of the windows and leaped out of it with a light jump.

Just as Gu Shaoan was circulating his internal energy and preparing to quietly circle back to the villa where Mr. Six Fingers was, he suddenly noticed Huang Xuemei walking towards Tingyuxuan from a distance.

Behind him were two servants of the Tianlong Sect carrying melons and fruits.

Immediately, the circulation route of his internal energy changed, and his body instantly returned to the house, then opened the door and went out.

A short while later, as Huang Xuemei entered Tingyuxuan, they saw Gu Shaoan sitting in the courtyard.

After the servants placed the tea, pastries, and fruits on the table and left, Huang Xuemei spoke up, saying, "The mountain is simple, and the hospitality is inadequate."

Gu Shaoan said softly, "People in the martial world can find peace and quiet with just a cup of tea and a wisp of mountain breeze. How can you say that we have been poorly entertained?"

Seeing that Gu Shaoan had no complaints, Huang Xuemei felt a little relieved.

After taking a sip of tea, Huang Xuemei asked, "How is my master's condition?"

Gu Shaoan pondered for a moment: "Although Mr. Six Fingers' condition is somewhat complicated, it is treatable."

Huang Xuemei's face lit up with joy, and she asked, "Do you need any medicine?"

Gu Shaoan shook his head and said, "I have enough medicine on hand right now, but I still need a few more days to prepare."

Huang Xuemei replied, "A few days won't hurt. I'll be keeping an eye on things with my master during this time to make sure everything is alright."

Sensing Huang Xuemei's concern for Mr. Six Fingers, Gu Shaoan pondered for a moment and then asked, "When exactly did Mr. Six Fingers get his injuries?"

Although Huang Xuemei had previously mentioned that Mr. Six Fingers was injured because he had failed to break through to the Celestial Realm, she did not specify the time.

Without hesitation, Huang Xuemei replied, "The year before I met you in Jiading Prefecture."

"It was only after the news of my master's failed breakthrough spread that the traitors within the sect joined forces with the Blazing Fire Palace, the Ghost Palace, and the Rakshasa Sect to launch a surprise attack on my Heavenly Dragon Sect."

"So, ten years ago?"

With Gu Shaoan's medical skills, he can be certain about the condition of Mr. Six Fingers.

There were only some minor new injuries.

He did not suffer the severe injuries caused by the reversal of his vital energy and blood after failing to break through to the Celestial Realm.

But here is the problem.

Why would this six-fingered man pretend to be seriously injured for no reason?

Moreover, based on previous conversations with Huang Xuemei, Mr. Six Fingers' serious injury was something he had been faking for more than just a year or two.

Instead, it had been a facade for ten years.

Why would a master who has condensed his vital energy into a powerful force willingly remain on this steep mountain peak and feign serious injury without a special reason?
In a short time, Gu Shaoan had several guesses in his mind.

After asking Huang Xuemei a few questions, Huang Xuemei got up and left.

Watching Huang Xuemei's receding figure, Gu Shaoan sighed softly.

"I hope I'm just overthinking it!"

It was early evening, around 9 PM.

Dark as ink.

Inside the villa on the back mountain, the room where Mr. Six Fingers was located was brightly lit.

Inside the room, Huang Xuemei was sitting cross-legged on an old but sturdy straw cushion, while Mr. Six Fingers was still sitting cross-legged in the center of the room, only three feet away from her.

At this moment, however, Mr. Six Fingers' gaze remained fixed on Huang Xuemei.

The candlelight cast both light and shadow on his cloudy eyes.

Huang Xuemei was completely unaware of all of this.

At this moment, her eyes were closed, her long eyelashes casting two fine shadows under her eyes, and all her attention was focused on refining the medicinal power within her body.

The immense medicinal power contained in the Heavenly Dragon Pill she had taken not long ago was now surging and roaring through her delicate and resilient meridians like a volcano being ignited.

As the medicinal power is continuously refined and absorbed, the true essence in the dantian and dantian begins to grow and surge at a visible speed.

This suddenly increased power surged and washed over her meridians.

At first, it was just a slight swelling sensation, like a stream crashing against a riverbank.

But soon, this force became domineering and surging, impacting those meridian branches and subtle acupoints that were not yet resilient enough.

Half an hour later.

"Boom~"

A water sphere suddenly shattered and emanated from Huang Xuemei's body, and an invisible force burst forth uncontrollably from the pores of her entire body.

The wind stirred a few strands of hair on her forehead and the hem of her clothes, causing the candlelight in the room, which was not illuminated by the lantern, to flicker and dance.

After the release of her energy, the trajectory of the true essence within Huang Xuemei's dantian changed, like a river that had changed course, beginning to flow along a new route that was more complex and profound, clearly belonging to a higher level of mental cultivation.

In the next instant, a sudden change occurred. As this torrent of true essence, which was stronger and flowed several times faster than before, began to circulate along the unfamiliar meridian routes, Huang Xuemei suddenly felt that after the true essence circulated along the new route, it seemed to have transformed into a dull dagger.

Wherever the true energy passed, it caused Huang Xuemie a kind of intense pain.

It felt as if countless red-hot steel needles were frantically piercing and stirring inside the most vulnerable meridians of her body.

The intense and sudden pain caused Huang Xuemei to let out a short, painful groan. Her cross-legged body trembled violently, and large beads of cold sweat rolled down her body, instantly soaking her inner shirt.

However, at that moment, a voice carrying a hint of tension and urgency suddenly rang out in the room, clearly reaching Huang Xuemei's ears.

"We can't stop. We must ensure that your true essence circulates through the new route. Only after your true essence has circulated through the seventh level of the 'Heavenly Dragon Heart Method' for the first time will it be the most suitable time for me to use my inner energy to cleanse your true essence."

Upon hearing Mr. Six Fingers' voice, Huang Xuemei frowned slightly, but she still gritted her teeth and maintained the circulation of her internal energy.

Mr. Six Fingers gently raised his withered hand and then pressed it down.

As his inner energy surged forth, it caused the cushion beneath him to slide down to Huang Xuemei's feet.

As he raised his hands, a surge of energy also pulled Huang Xuemei's palms together, causing them to press against each other.

Strands of vital energy entered Huang Xuemei's body to observe her condition.

Beads of sweat dripped down Huang Xuemei's cheeks.

The intense pain inside her body caused all the color to drain from Huang Xuemei's face, making her heroic features appear more delicate and pitiful.

After an incense stick's time, having sensed that Huang Xuemei's true energy had successfully completed a full cycle of circulation according to the seventh level of the "Heavenly Dragon Heart Method," Mr. Six Fingers' low, hoarse voice rang out again.

"I previously taught you the method of the convergence of the origins of the Heavenly Dragon Heart Method. Next, I will transfer ninety percent of my internal power and Qi to your body. After you circulate this power along with the Heart Method that cleanses your own origins nine times, I will send it all back to my body."

"When I return your essence to your body, the sharpness of your true energy will be dulled, but its power will increase rather than decrease. Do you understand?"

Faced with Mr. Six Fingers' words, Huang Xuemei nodded, suppressing her discomfort.

Upon seeing this, Mr. Six Fingers took a deep breath, and the vital energy within his body surged forth like a dormant volcano.

The next instant, the immense energy surged into Huang Xuemei's meridians like a burst dam, flowing through their clasped hands!
The immense and powerful Qi Yuan and its origin from Mr. Six Fingers were thousands of times more domineering than the true Qi she had cultivated herself.

The instant Mr. Six Fingers' power and inner energy entered her body, Huang Xuemei immediately activated her own power and true essence, guiding this vast energy to flow forward.

As Huang Xuemei broke through to the seventh level of the "Heavenly Dragon Heart Method," she experienced extreme pain when circulating her true essence.

Not to mention that the power of Mr. Six Fingers has also been incorporated into this.

When the true essence and vital energy in her body circulate, Huang Xuemei feels as if her meridians are being reforged by a red-hot iron.

However, amidst this inhuman torment, a wondrous change is also taking place.

Mr. Six Fingers' extremely yang, strong, and highly refined primordial energy was like the most domineering whetstone, constantly "grinding" the restless, rough, and sharp edges and brilliance in Huang Xuemei's true energy caused by rapid improvement and changes in her cultivation method.

Each time the true essence within her body and the six-fingered man's vital essence circulated once, although the total amount of Huang Xuemei's own true essence did not surge amidst the turbulent upheaval, its core "quality" was quietly undergoing a transformation.

Like refined gold after being scorched by a raging fire.

The original impurities and fragile sharpness have been quenched away, leaving behind a more refined, condensed, pure, and resilient core, subtly exuding a restrained and profound sense of power.

The pain during the circulation of true essence was also significantly reduced.

Half an hour later, Mr. Six Fingers’ deep and resolute voice suddenly rang out like a thunderclap.

"countercurrent!"

Huang Xuemei dared not hesitate.

Following the secret techniques, she forcibly reversed the path of her cultivation!

This time, instead of guiding her master's vital energy to help her circulate, she used her own primordial true energy, which had been purified several times over after being "washed," along with Six-Fingers' vast primordial vital energy, to flow back into Six-Fingers' palm along the same path they had come from!

In an instant, gusts of strong wind surged out from Huang Xuemei's body.

The candlelight that wasn't covered by the lamps had long since been extinguished by the strong winds.

Only the light from a few lanterns inside the house barely illuminated the room.

It was also due to his own power that the Gang Yuan, along with Huang Xuemei's own original true essence, surged into his body, causing Mr. Six Fingers' withered body, which had remained unmoved, to suddenly tremble.

He suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes, a sharp light flashing deep within them. The weariness on his face vanished instantly, replaced by a rosy glow, as if he were experiencing a final burst of energy before death.

Just as the two were fully focused on maintaining the mental cultivation path, a very slight, yet extremely jarring, sound of wood rubbing together rang out.

Immediately afterwards, a somewhat hunched figure slowly stepped over the threshold and into the dimly lit room.

The lamplight cast a long, still shadow behind him, connecting with the pitch-black night outside.

The moment the figure stepped into the room, Mr. Six Fingers, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly opened them.

When he saw Li Changbai standing inside the house, Mr. Six Fingers' aged face changed drastically.

"Changbai?"

Upon hearing Mr. Six Fingers' voice, Huang Xuemei's expression changed as well. However, since the two of them were currently in the middle of a critical moment of internal energy cultivation, Huang Xuemei dared not move her hand away, let alone turn around to look behind her.

Li Changbai glanced back and forth between Mr. Six Fingers and Huang Xuemei, then suddenly chuckled.

"Sect Leader, you and the Young Sect Leader are cultivating, why didn't you inform this old servant? I could have protected you from the outside!"

As he spoke, Li Changbai walked forward step by step to Mr. Six Fingers and Huang Xuemei, and then slowly squatted down.

Looking at Li Changbai in front of him, Mr. Six Fingers' face was extremely gloomy.

"Why are you here?"

Faced with Mr. Six Fingers' question, Li Changbai chuckled twice, then slowly said, "Why else would this old servant come at this time? Of course, it's for the power of the 'Wedding Dress Divine Skill' within the Sect Leader and Young Sect Leader!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Six Fingers seemed to understand something, and his eyes suddenly narrowed.

At this moment, Li Changbai suddenly spoke up: "Sect Leader, be careful. During the transmission of the 'Wedding Dress Divine Skill,' there can be no accidents. If the Sect Leader and Young Sect Leader separate their hands even slightly, their qi and blood will reverse due to the failure of the fusion of their origins, and they will die."

"What do you mean by 'Wedding Dress Divine Skill'?"

With her eyes closed, Huang Xuemei was still trying her best to maintain the circulation of her true essence and vital energy.

But he gently uttered a question.

Li Changbai glanced at Mr. Six Fingers, then fixed his gaze on Huang Xuemei's pale face.

"The so-called 'Wedding Dress Divine Skill' naturally refers to the 'Heavenly Dragon Heart Method' that the young sect leader has been cultivating over the years."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Changbai slowly stood up and walked behind Mr. Six Fingers.

The same withered and calloused hand was placed against Mr. Six Fingers' back.

In an instant, Mr. Six Fingers felt his own essence, along with Huang Xuemei's essence, begin to flow uncontrollably toward the hand on his back.

　Many experts guessed half of it correctly! Applause!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)