In Emei, start by obtaining golden attributes.

Chapter 275 The Essence of Qi is Like Marrow, a Perfect and Round Force

Gu Shaoan remained unmoved as he listened to what Sun Baifa said.

Gu Shaoan was naturally well aware of the imperial court's modus operandi.

The imperial court wouldn't interfere with ordinary martial artists, but when it came to martial artists at the Celestial Realm level, even the imperial court couldn't remain indifferent.

Just look at the current situation in the Great Wei Dynasty, where there are two top-tier forces, Wudang and Shaolin, with martial artists at the Celestial Realm, and you'll understand.

This is why Zhu Wushi, after absorbing the power of a Celestial Realm martial artist at Shaolin Temple using the "Power Absorption Technique," still set his sights on Zhang Sanfeng.

After a pause, Sun Baifa continued, "Young Gu, your talent is rare, truly the best I've ever seen in my life. Even compared to Master Zhang on Wudang Mountain, you are in no way inferior. For others, being able to make it through the Lesser Three Harmonies path is already a blessing."

"But for you, my advice is to try to take the path of the Three Harmonies. With your age and talent, spending another twenty or thirty years, or even forty or fifty years, is not unreasonable."

In response, Gu Shaoan said, "I have taken your advice to heart, senior."

As for the time Sun Baifa mentioned, Gu Shaoan didn't pay any attention to it.

With Gu Shaoan's current resources, plus the achievement point lottery and various keywords, the only path he can take is the Grand Three Kingdoms.

In terms of time, it couldn't possibly be as long as Sun Baifa said.

Gu Shaoan was confident that within ten years at most, he would be able to achieve the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top and enter the Celestial Realm.

However, thinking about the Azure Dragon Society two years later, Gu Shaoan sighed inwardly.

After chatting with Sun Baifa for a while and learning more about the situation, Sun Baifa changed the subject and said, "In addition, what I know now is just information that I have collected and organized over the years."

"Since your Emei Sect and Wudang Sect have such a good relationship, you can find some time to ask Master Zhang for details. What Master Zhang says will definitely be much more reliable than what I say."

Gu Shaoan nodded and said, "Thank you for the reminder, senior."

Gu Shaoan will definitely be going to Zhang Sanfeng's place.

After Gu Shaoan and Yang Yan and Zhou Zhiruo set their wedding date, they will inevitably have to send out invitations.

To show their sincerity, the Wudang Sect will also send Gu Shaoan personally to deliver the invitation.

Therefore, Gu Shaoan's initial plan was to ask Zhang Sanfeng about this matter when he went to deliver the invitations, and then compare and verify what Sun Baifa had said.

After glancing at the sky, Gu Shaoan stood up, gave Sun Baifa a few instructions on what to pay attention to regarding his illness, and then, together with Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan, put on their bamboo hats and prepared to leave.

However, just as the three of them stood up, Sun Baifa suddenly said, "Kid, the Emei Sect only needs one talented person like you. It's safer to keep these two girls hidden away."

Upon hearing Sun Baifa's words, Gu Shaoan's eyes flashed, and he then clasped his hands in a fist salute to Sun Baifa, saying, "Thank you for the reminder, senior."

Seeing Gu Shaoan's reaction, Sun Baifa couldn't help but mutter to himself, "He's so clever, his reaction is so quick," before nodding to Gu Shaoan in acknowledgment.

After Gu Shaoan and the other two crossed the threshold one after another, Sun Baifa couldn't help but sigh when he thought about Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan's current internal strength levels.

"The Emei Sect is truly blessed!"

After uttering this exclamation, Sun Baifa's face broke into a smile.

Now that the cooperation between the Sun family and the Emei Sect has been confirmed, the Sun family is, in a sense, bound to the Emei Sect.

Naturally, the stronger the Emei Sect becomes, the more stable the Sun family will be in the future.

In the past, Gu Shaoan was the only one in the Emei Sect who stood out. Even if Gu Shaoan were to reach the Celestial Realm in the future, he would most likely become the second Wudang.

But after seeing Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan today, the last trace of worry in Sun Baifa's heart vanished completely.

At the same time, after following Gu Shaoan into a small alley, Zhou Zhiruo looked at Gu Shaoan and said, "Junior brother, was Senior Sun's last sentence telling us to hide our cultivation?"

Gu Shaoan nodded and said, "Not bad!"

The wood show will be destroyed by the forest wind.

If the Emei Sect only has one prodigy disciple like Gu Shaoan, even if he reaches the Celestial Realm in the future, he will at worst become the second Wudang Sect.

The imperial court wouldn't care too much.

However, if the news spread that Yang Yan and Zhou Zhiruo had reached the Qi Condensation stage in their early twenties, the situation would be viewed differently by outsiders and the imperial court.

Given that they were able to reach the Qi Condensation stage in their early twenties, it's almost a certainty that Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan will eventually reach the Qi Condensation stage.

Even if Gu Shaoan becomes trapped in the Emei Sect like Zhang Sanfeng in the future, there are still Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan who can stand on their own.

The situation is completely different from that of the Wudang Sect.

At that time, it won't just be the imperial court that will be affected.

Even Shaolin Temple probably wouldn't stand by and watch the Emei Sect rise to power overnight.

Yang Yan, who had also figured it out, frowned and said, "But how do we hide this thing? We can't just keep doing nothing, can we?"

It would be better if they encountered someone with a lower level of internal strength than them.

Once they encounter a martial artist like Sun Baifa or someone at the same Qi Condensation Realm, as long as Yang Yan and Zhou Zhiruo make a move, the opponent will be able to sense the true essence aura within their bodies.

In response, Gu Shaoan said, "That's not difficult. I'll go to the pharmacy later to buy some medicine and prepare a Breath-Containing Pill while we're on the road."

"After taking this pill, your true essence will be transformed into true qi. Unless someone can inject true essence or qi into your body, no problem will be apparent."

Yang Yan asked in astonishment, "There's such a medicine?"

Gu Shaoan smiled and said, "There are many kinds of medicines in the world, and some medicines can bring about special effects when their medicinal properties are combined."

After a brief discussion with the two women, the three of them used their lightness skills to move to another alley. After buying some medicine at a pharmacy, they headed towards the west gate.

the end of April.

Wild Duck Mountain.

Beside a small lake on the mountainside.

The prepared fish were secured with wooden sticks and then stuck next to the fire.

Yang Yan and Zhou Zhiruo sometimes kept an eye on the fish being roasted in front of them, and sometimes looked at Gu Shaoan, who was sitting in the shade a few feet away with his eyes closed and cultivating.

Because of the matter of the Demon Master Pang Ban, Yang Yan has not returned to Baijiang Prefecture in the past two years.

Yang Yan was overjoyed at the thought of seeing Yang Tie soon.

Zhou Zhiruo listened quietly as Yang Yan recounted the situation within Baijiang Prefecture. Although a smile played on her lips, a hint of sadness and envy flickered in her eyes.

Under the shade of the trees a few feet away, Gu Shaoan sat quietly cross-legged, breathing deeply, as if he had become one with the surrounding mountains and forests.

With the completion of the eighth level of the "Emei Nine Yang True Scripture", Gu Shaoan's internal energy has been constantly changing due to the breakthrough of the "Emei Nine Yang True Scripture".

After half a month of continuous work, the internal energy within Gu Shaoan's body finally completed its final tempering.

In this state of inner contemplation, Gu Shaoan could clearly feel the changes in his internal energy.

The deep golden radiance was restrained to the extreme, and the churning "mercury liquid" completely disappeared, replaced by a golden chalcedony that seemed impossible to dissolve.

If Sun Baifa were to observe the condition within Gu Shaoan's body, he would surely be astonished to discover that the internal energy within Gu Shaoan's body had clearly reached the level of internal energy marrow.

Each strand of vital energy gave a feeling of heaviness and viscosity. After experiencing the changes in his own vital energy, Gu Shaoan became curious and began to rapidly circulate the vital energy within his body according to the cultivation path of the fifth level of the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art.

As the vital energy circulated through his body along a special route, strands of golden energy were successively transformed from the vital energy.

Its efficiency has doubled compared to when it had not yet reached the level of "罡元如髓" (a level of profound spiritual energy).

"not bad!"

Feeling the efficiency of the money, Gu Shaoan smiled with satisfaction.

"Om-"

However, just as another wisp of golden energy condensed from Gu Shaoan's dantian and rushed into the skin beneath his skin, it was like a drop of water being poured into hot oil.

All the golden elements within Gu Shaoan's body suddenly began to vibrate simultaneously.

"This is?"

Sensing the changes within his body, Gu Shaoan was initially taken aback, but then felt joy rather than worry.

Gu Shaoan knew that this was a sign that the "Invincible Vajra Divine Skill" had successfully entered the sixth level.

Unlike other martial arts, the core of the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill lies in metal and energy.

However, the condensation of gold can only be achieved little by little through the practice of cultivation techniques.

This process cannot be rushed at all.

Even Gu Shaoan could only accumulate it little by little.

Currently, the golden energy within my body is resonating, which is a sign that the "Invincible Vajra Divine Skill" is about to break through to the sixth level after accumulating enough golden energy.

A moment later, under Gu Shaoan's observation, the golden energy within Gu Shaoan's body began to automatically emerge from the thousands of strands of golden energy that had been dispersed throughout his limbs, bones, and skin. Like thousands of galaxies being attracted by a black hole, they surged forth from their original dormant locations and gathered in Gu Shaoan's Ren and Du meridians, just as hundreds of rivers flow into the sea.

Gu Shaoan immediately focused his mind and calmed himself, then activated the golden energy according to the "Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill".

"Pop, pop~"

A moment later, the sound of two balloons bursting suddenly emerged from Gu Shaoan's body, revealing that two hidden meridians had been opened one after the other.

At the very moment that sound appeared, the golden energy circulating within Gu Shaoan's body paused slightly, and then resumed its circulation according to the sixth level of the "Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill".

At the very moment the energy flow changed, a large amount of pure Qi and blood energy was drawn out from Gu Shaoan's blood vessels and internal organs, surging into the golden torrent like crimson divine light.

Gathering immense golden energy and vital energy, it began its first surge of circulation within the complex and profound mental cultivation path of the sixth level.

Each time the gold and blood energy circulates through the energy path, they merge to some extent, as if an invisible energy is hammering and tempering them, forcing the gold and blood energy to fuse together.

By the ninth time he had circulated the energy, the golden essence and blood energy within Gu Shaoan's body had merged into one, transforming into a profound, restrained, and powerful energy.

Every bit of energy contained extremely concentrated power, making it indestructible.

But it can also change as one pleases, flowing freely without any hindrance or obstruction.

The moment these energies condensed, they subtly resonated with Gu Shaoan's own Golden Marrow True Qi and his vast blood and energy.

In an instant, Gu Shaoan felt that under the influence of these energies, the power he could draw upon became more at his own will.

It was when the "Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill" reached its sixth level that the primordial energy was born within his body.

After a moment's thought, Gu Shaoan expanded his Qi.

A pale golden, solidified aura formed around it.

As the powerful energy within Gu Shaoan's body was added, the golden aura surrounding him subtly gained a more tranquil hue.

With just a little bit of pure, rounded energy added, Gu Shaoan could clearly feel that the defensive strength of his protective aura shield had increased by at least 50%.

Moreover, a portion of the rounded energy mixed into the golden energy on Gu Shaoan's body surface, forming a protective shield beneath his skin.

Not only that.

As Gu Shaoan advanced to the sixth level of the "Invincible Vajra Divine Skill," he could feel that the power of his internal energy and blood had greatly increased.

"It turns out that the perfect energy of the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill is actually formed by combining the power of gold and the martial artist's own blood and qi."

Gu Shaoan originally thought that after entering the sixth level, the perfect and smooth energy of the "Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill" was a transformation of himself.

I never expected that it would require integrating the martial artist's own blood and qi.

No wonder the "Invincible Vajra Divine Skill" was able to continuously enhance the practitioner's physique and qi and blood power.

Having successfully advanced to the sixth level of the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill, Gu Shaoan's physique and qi and blood strength have improved.

Furthermore, once one's innate talent reaches unparalleled heights, a Daoist heart naturally arises.

Combining his own pure internal energy and profound skill, Gu Shaoan now felt a sense of hope for the future.

After gathering his inner energy and primordial strength, Gu Shaoan slowly opened his eyes, turned his head, and met the beautiful eyes of Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan.

"Junior brother!"

After sitting down between the two women, Zhou Zhiruo handed a freshly grilled fish to Gu Shaoan.

"Thank you, senior sister!"

After accepting the grilled fish from Zhou Zhiruo, Gu Shaoan casually replied.

As soon as the words fell, Yang Yan next to her clicked her tongue twice.

"We can still call her 'Senior Sister' now, but by the end of the year, we'll have to change the way we address her as 'Senior Brother.' What do you think we should call her now, Senior Sister?"

Hearing Yang Yan's teasing, Zhou Zhiruo's cheeks immediately flushed.

He then responded, "Junior brother has to change how he addresses me, but don't you have to change how you address him?"

Yang Yan wrapped her arm around Gu Shaoan's and said, "Then let's not change it. I just like hearing my senior brother call me junior sister."

Watching the two banter with each other, Gu Shaoan couldn't help but smile.

After everyone finished eating the grilled fish, Yang Yan drew a stream of water from the nearby lake to extinguish the fire and then asked, "Let's go! At our pace, we should be able to reach Baijiang Prefecture in another five days."

Zhou Zhiruo nodded, picked up her sword and bundle, and prepared to leave.

Just then, Gu Shaoan suddenly shook his head: "We'll need to go to Baijiang Prefecture a little later. Before that, we'll have to take a detour for a few days."

"Take a detour? Where to take a detour?" Yang Yan asked subconsciously.

Gu Shaoan looked at Zhou Zhiruo to the side and said softly, "Yujiang Prefecture, Han River."

Upon hearing the place Gu Shaoan mentioned, Zhou Zhiruo's body stiffened abruptly, and she couldn't help but stare at Gu Shaoan in astonishment.

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