In Emei, start by obtaining golden attributes.

Chapter 515 Free Tool
The gentle voice reached their ears, and not only Yuwen Shiji, but even Yuwen Bo, did not know where the voice came from.

However, the Yuwen family members were unaware of this, but Zhou Shuxian and Shang Xiufang immediately looked up at the pavilion.

Seeing Shang Xiufang's reaction, Yuwen Shiji turned his head with difficulty to look at the pavilion behind him, and then, despite the pressure around him, he managed to say, "Uncle, Uncle, in the pavilion."

Upon hearing the words, Yuwen Bo immediately looked up at the pavilion. Thinking of the woman who had just stood by the pavilion's railing, he narrowed his eyes and then, ignoring the seriously injured Zhou Shuxian and Mei Jiangxue, leaped to the third floor like an arrow soaring into the sky.

On the deck, Shang Xiufang glanced at Yuwen Shiji, who was still in a strange position with cold sweat dripping down his face. Instead of taking advantage of the situation, she moved to Zhou Shuxian's side and helped her up.

Just as Shang Xiufang left, Yuwen Shiji felt the terrifying pressure that had been pressing down on him from all directions suddenly dissipate.

Without these pressures, Yuwen Shiji suddenly felt like he had escaped a desperate situation. He gasped for breath, his face full of lingering fear.

After a brief respite, Yuwen Shiji gave Shang Xiufang and Zhou Shuxian a cold glance before leaping into the pavilion.

Zhou Shuxian coughed twice, ignoring her own injuries, and said in a hoarse voice, "Let's go up first."

Having lived most of her life, Zhou Shuxian knew perfectly well that it was Gu Shaoan in the pavilion who had made the move, given the situation just now.

Zhou Shuxian was certain that the young leader of the Emei Sect was indeed as powerful as rumored, having been able to defeat Yuwen Bo and save Shang Xiufang in the blink of an eye.

Whether she, Shang Xiufang, and even Shangxiu Pavilion can escape unscathed today depends entirely on Gu Shaoan's attitude.

Upon hearing this, Shang Xiufang nodded and, together with Zhou Shuxian, used their lightness skills to enter the room inside the pavilion.

When the two entered the pavilion, they saw Yuwen Bo and Yuwen Shiji standing two zhang apart from the table.

As the two entered the pavilion, Yuwen Shiji, sensing something amiss, glanced at them before turning his gaze back to Gu Shaoan and Mei Jiangxue inside, his brows furrowed.

At the same time, Yuwen Bo's brows were furrowed into a deep frown.

The moment Yuwen Bo entered the pavilion, his gaze locked onto Gu Shaoan, who was sitting at the wooden table, gently holding a teacup.

However, even though Gu Shaoan was sitting right there, Yuwen Bo found that he couldn't sense any of Gu Shaoan's presence.

Moreover, when Yuwen Bo looked at Gu Shaoan, the divine seed in his upper dantian trembled involuntarily, as if it were a warning to him.

Sensing the changes in the divine seed in his upper dantian, Yuwen Bo's eyes grew even more solemn.

Just as Yuwen Bo's gaze locked onto Gu Shaoan, Shang Xiufang, Zhou Shuxian, Yuwen Shiji, and others used their lightness skills to enter the house one after another.

"I never expected that such a master as yourself would be hidden in Shangxiu Pavilion today. May I ask your name?"

In response to Yuwen Bo's question, Gu Shaoan slowly spoke.

"If Yuwen Shang, the patriarch of the Yuwen family who has reached the Celestial Realm, were here today, he might be qualified to know my identity, but you lot..."

As he spoke, his gaze remained fixed on the teacup in front of him, without even glancing at Yuwen Bo.

His gentle demeanor now carried a distinct air of arrogance.

Although the rest of the sentence was left unsaid, the meaning was clear to everyone.

Hearing Gu Shaoan's words, Yuwen Bo's expression darkened even more.

However, Yuwen Bo did not express any displeasure.

Having lived in the Sui Dynasty for so many years, Yuwen Bo had long passed the age of youthful impetuosity and acting on mere recklessness.

Knowing their identities, they still dared to speak like that.

They are either ignorant of their own limitations or they have something to rely on.

Gu Shaoan's strange methods on the deck earlier were enough to show that he belonged to the latter category.

After a moment's thought, Yuwen Bo spoke up: "Today was originally just a matter between Shangxiu Pavilion and my Yuwen family. Have you considered what the consequences would be if you rashly interfered in my Yuwen family's affairs?"

Hearing this, Gu Shaoan couldn't help but chuckle to himself.

The four major clans in the Sui Dynasty existed for hundreds of years, and their strength and influence were comparable.

Each household has two experts at the Celestial Realm level in charge.

Besides Yuwen Shang, the Yuwen family also had another ancestor who had reached the Celestial Realm.

If it were anyone else, or even one of the other three major clans, they might have had some reservations about what Yuwen Bo said today.

But the person Yuwen Bo is saying these words to now is Gu Shaoan.

With Gu Shaoan's current strength, let alone facing just two Celestial Realm warriors from the Yuwen family.

Even if all the experts at the Celestial Realm from the four major clans gathered together, for Gu Shaoan, it would simply be a repetition of the victory at the First Line of Heaven.

Yuwen Bo's warning sounded rather ridiculous to Gu Shaoan.

In response, Gu Shaoan said calmly, "I'll give you a hundred breaths. If you don't want to leave after a hundred breaths, then you don't have to leave."

As soon as he spoke, Gu Shaoan picked up his teacup and took a sip, showing no intention of saying anything more to the two of them.

Faced with Gu Shaoan's tough attitude, Yuwen Bo unconsciously clenched his fist in his sleeve.

Even the internal energy within his body was circulating rapidly according to the cultivation path of the "Mysterious Ice Force".

But a few breaths later, Yuwen Bo suddenly suppressed the circulation of his internal energy, and his tone suddenly became calm.

"Since you are the guarantor of Shangxiu Pavilion, let's leave it at that."

After saying this, Yuwen Bo gave Gu Shaoan a deep look and then said to Yuwen Shiji, "Let's go!"

Although Yuwen Shiji was indignant at this, he could only quickly follow when he saw Yuwen Bo turn and walk outside. A short while later, accompanied by the clanging of metal armor and the sound of footsteps fading into the distance, Mei Jiangxue, who had returned from the railing, sat down and said, "I didn't expect the Yuwen family to be so arrogant and domineering after boarding the ship; I didn't expect them to be able to control themselves and leave directly."

Shang Xiufang, standing to the side, said, "The Yuwen family members seem arrogant, domineering, and unscrupulous in their actions, but that's just a facade. People like Yuwen Shiji and Yuwen Bo are outwardly rough but inwardly meticulous and extremely shrewd. Otherwise, how could the Yuwen family have become one of the four great clans?"

Hearing Shang Xiufang's words, Mei Jiangxue nodded slightly in acknowledgment.

Then, Shang Xiufang stepped forward and gracefully bowed to Gu Shaoan.

"If it weren't for Young Master Gu's help today, I and everyone in Shangxiu Pavilion would have been in grave danger. I will remember this kindness forever."

Gu Shaoan waved his hand and said, "It was just a small thing, Miss Shang, you don't need to mind."

"Furthermore, Gu and his junior sister may need to bother Shangxiu Pavilion for a while, so it is reasonable and logical for them not to stand idly by regarding what happened at Shangxiu Pavilion today."

As he spoke, Gu Shaoan put down his teacup, stretched out his slender fingers, picked up the pill bottle, and gently flicked the cork with his thumb. The bottle tilted, and a pill the size of a thumb, dark brown in color, with subtle patterns on its surface, rolled into his palm. The pill emitted a faint, herbal fragrance, mixed with a barely perceptible bitterness.

Then, he picked up another clean white porcelain cup from the table, lifted the kettle, and poured in half a cup of lukewarm water. The water rippled gently, and the bottom was crystal clear.

Under the watchful eyes of Shang Xiufang, Mei Jiangxue, and Zhou Shuxian, who had just caught her breath, Gu Shaoan flicked his wrist and gently dropped the brown pill into the water.

The moment the pill touched the water, it dissolved like ink spreading, instantly merging into the clear water.

The originally clear water quickly turned into a light amber color, with a uniform hue, and emitted a richer herbal aroma. The faint bitterness it contained became clearer, yet strangely, it gave people a sense of calm and tranquility.

Gu Shaoan did not stop. He raised his right hand, his index and middle fingers joined together like a sword, hovering above the amber-colored medicine.

The air seemed to freeze at that moment, and an invisible wave of intent emanated from his fingertips.

The next instant, the medicine in the cup was drawn up by Gu Shaoan's energy and then condensed into dozens of fine, hair-like, clear, transparent water needles with a faint amber luster.

The water needles remained still, their tips gleaming with a sharp yet restrained light, like the most exquisite creation in the world, quietly suspended in front of Gu Shaoan.

With a slight movement of Gu Shaoan's fingertips, all the water needles surrounded Zhou Shuxian.

Upon noticing the water needles, Shang Xiufang and Zhou Shuxian's expressions changed slightly.

But thinking of the pill that Gu Shaoan had just taken out, the two vaguely guessed Gu Shaoan's intentions.

His expression softened.

Immediately afterward, in the sight of Shang Xiufang and Mei Jiangxue, these water needles were precisely inserted into Zhou Shuxian's vital acupoints such as Tanzhong, Jiuwei, and Juque in different sequences.

Some of the water needles, infused with Gu Shaoan's spiritual energy, were even inserted directly into acupoints on Zhou Shuxian's brain.

As the water needles were inserted into her body at varying depths, the medicinal properties were absorbed into Zhou Shuxian's body along with the chirping of the needles.

"Uh……"

Zhou Shuxian's body trembled violently, her brows furrowed, and she let out a suppressed groan of pain.

She felt a surge of cool yet powerful guiding energy instantly enter her body, like an invisible fuse precisely locking onto the stubborn, cold energy lurking deep within her meridians and internal organs, like a bone-deep infection.

The most noticeable pain was in her head; a slight stinging sensation caused Zhou Shuxian to involuntarily gasp and close her eyes the next moment.

Half an hour later, under the influence of these medicinal effects and Gu Shaoan's special acupuncture techniques, the cold, yin energy within Zhou Shuxian's body, which was like roots piercing deep into her flesh and blood and was inextricably intertwined, was forcibly drawn, gathered, and squeezed from every corner!
"Pfft~"

A moment later, after all the water needles had completely merged into Zhou Shuxian's body, a sword aura condensed in the air and then landed on Zhou Shuxian's back.

Zhou Shuxian was struck dumb, her body trembled violently, and she suddenly opened her mouth, vomiting a large mouthful of blood.

The color of the blood was extremely strange; it wasn't dark red, but rather a deep, icy blue, like frozen seawater.

The blood even contained wisps of deep blue, misty cold air that could be seen with the naked eye. As soon as it left the body, it hissed and rose in wisps of white mist.

Blood spurted out, and Zhou Shuxian's body swayed violently, as if all her strength had been drained away in an instant.

But the next moment, a long-lost rosy hue returned to her pale face at a visible speed, as if a heavy burden had been lifted, and she felt a sense of ease she hadn't felt in a long time.

Shang Xiufang quickly stepped forward and took out her handkerchief to wipe the blood from Zhou Shuxian's mouth.

Just then, Gu Shaoan's calm voice rang out again.

"The cold and stagnant energy in the old man's body has a special foundation and is stubbornly toxic, like a bone-deep carbuncle, deeply embedded in the eight extraordinary meridians and the five internal organs, almost integrated with your life force."

"To completely eradicate it, special acupuncture techniques are needed, requiring several days of continuous acupuncture, gradually peeling and drawing it out little by little, which is quite a complicated process."

"However, it was just a coincidence."

"The Ice Profound Force cultivated by Yuwen Bo is also among the most Yin and cold. The energy he injected into your body, though ruthless and domineering, can be used as a medicinal catalyst to activate the deep-seated Yin poison energy within you."

"When you fight, you do your best to resist, your blood and qi surge to the extreme, and a portion of it is forced out, making it easier to remove."

Gu Shaoan put down his teacup, his tone carrying a sense of calm and acceptance.

"This eliminates the need for the acupuncture and detoxification process that would normally take several days to complete."

As soon as Gu Shaoan finished speaking, Mei Jiangxue, who had been quietly listening, suddenly had a flash of understanding in her clear, cold eyes.

She had been wondering why, since Gu Shaoan had intended to protect Shang Xiufang and Zhou Shuxian from the beginning, he didn't act sooner when Zhou Shuxian was being relentlessly pursued by Yuwen Bo and was coughing up blood. Instead, he waited until Zhou Shuxian was injured.

So, she sensed that Yuwen Bo's martial arts could help heal Zhou Shuxian's injuries, and thus used Yuwen Bo as a free tool.

Compared to Mei Jiangxue, Shang Xiufang and Zhou Shuxian felt a chill run down their spines.

As they looked at each other, they both sensed astonishment and gravity in each other's eyes.

(End of this chapter)