Hermit in the Mountains

Gu Changsheng placed the Ku Rong Sword on his knees, gently pressing his hands on the sword, preparing to force out his life essence to refine the flying sword, when his thoughts suddenly paused.

Nine strands of purple fortune and a ball of golden light entered Gu Changsheng's sea of ​​consciousness along the causal lines, eventually surging into his fortune and merit.

The power of merit increased by one-tenth, and he was also blessed by the nine strands of the Earth's Dao Qi multiple times.

With the blessing of the nine strands of the Earth's Dao fortune, the Earth's Dao's power of bearing, stabilizing, and nurturing immediately took effect, making the connection between Gu Changsheng's original Dao root and fortune and merit more solid and stable.

Gu Changsheng instantly understood how the newly appeared fortune and merit came about—it was obtained from the Earth Spirit Ginseng.

He never expected that the "Origin Dao Guide" could even inherit one-tenth of the fortune and merit bestowed by heaven and earth.

To maximize the benefits of the "Original Dao Guide," you need to use it more often and select disciples with different attributes, especially those with rare attributes.

If his second disciple also chooses the Earth attribute, he will only receive more blessings from the Earth Dao and merit rewards, but the benefits will be too small.

After being bestowed with the "Original Dao Guide" by disciples of different attributes, they can receive different Dao fortunes, which truly broadens their path.

If his disciples become leaders of their respective paths in the future, or if they one day become the founders of a path, he will be the teacher of the founders, and the more power he will wield over heaven and earth.

He had previously prepared to deduce the Soul Contract Technique, and after contracting the Green Ox, he bestowed upon it the "Origin Dao Guide," but he planned to make changes.

The Azure Ox possesses the ultimate primordial law of the earth element, which overlaps with the Earth Spiritual Ginseng's attributes. This grants him the opportunity to "Primordial Dao Guidance," which is infinitely delayed. He cannot afford to waste nine chances.

The ultimate fundamental law of Dahuang's wind attribute is still unknown and remains to be determined.

Da Hong is actually the best choice for the second disciple, as fire can directly develop towards the path of the sun, and this path has a clear direction.

The Way of the Sun divides the Yin and Yang of Heaven and Earth, and holds the power over time, space, and order in the world; it is a fundamental law.

Later, he will find another disciple of the Taiyin Dao. Taiyin and Taiyang will hold the power over the spacetime and order of Blue Star, making them invincible.

Having decided to give the second disciple to Da Hong, Gu Changsheng suppressed his grand plan, calmed his thoughts, and emptied his mind.

The thought forced out a drop of his life essence blood, which flowed down his right fingertip and into the Withering and Flourishing Sword. A wisp of his divine consciousness then flew into the Withering and Flourishing Sword.

Using his divine sense as a pen and his life essence as ink, he wrote his unique life mark inside the Withering and Flourishing Sword and imprinted it into the sword's singular spirituality.

Overnight, Gu Changsheng's natal mark was completely integrated into the unique spirituality of Ku Rong, and then into all the weapon patterns and the sword itself.

Sun rises and moon sets, moon sets and sun rises again; time flies by. Two days later, Gu Changsheng finished his initial refining, and the man and the artifact achieved a preliminary connection of mind and will.

Gu Changsheng opened his eyes, a hint of joy flashing in them. He slowly stood up, his right hand gripping the sword hilt. With a flick of his right hand, he twisted the hilt, and the sword drew a flourish.

His gaze was fixed on the withered and flourishing sword in his right hand. "Sheathe—"

The moment the word "collect" was uttered, the Withered Glory Sword rapidly shrank, turning into a point of light and disappearing into Gu Changsheng's right palm.

Gu Changsheng looked inward and saw the Withering and Flourishing Sword shrink several times and appear beside the Dao Root in his middle dantian. It absorbed the Withering and Flourishing Dao Rhyme and Withering and Flourishing Magic Power overflowing from the Dao Root to strengthen itself.

Gu Changsheng flipped his right hand over, "Withering and Flourishing Sword, draw..."

With a "whoosh," the three-foot-long Withering and Flourishing Sword appeared in his right hand, its hilt directly in his right palm.

"receive....."

"out.........."

"receive....."

"out.........."

......

Gu Changsheng tried several times, sometimes taking it out and releasing it, sometimes releasing it behind his back. As long as he was within a ten-meter radius of his body, he could appear anywhere at will.

As Gu Changsheng attempted to retrieve the Withered Glory Sword from his body, the Withered Glory Sword itself evolved a mother-child summoning array.

The main summoning array is fixed in the middle dantian, while the secondary summoning array is located outside the body. Gu Changsheng can freely place the secondary arrays in various parts of the void around him and summon the Withering and Flourishing Sword at any time. If the enemy is within the summoning range, he can also catch the enemy off guard.

The Kuru Sword appeared out of nowhere behind the enemy to launch a sneak attack. Just imagining that scene is so cool. Gu Changsheng really likes this kind of tactic.

Gu Changsheng retracted the Withering Sword into his body. He slowly raised his right hand, and at the same time, a magic circle full of patterns appeared in front of his right hand. The hilt of the Withering Sword emerged from the center of the magic circle.

The magic array is grayish-brown in color, with emerald green patterns.

Looking at the semi-transparent magic circle, Gu Changsheng recalled a scene from a fantasy drama where a villain summoned the "Xuanyuan Sword".

Gu Changsheng drew the Withering and Flourishing Sword from its hilt with his right hand, and the summoning array disappeared.

He placed the Withered Glory Sword on a rock, placed his hands on the hilt, and with a thought, a summoning array appeared at the tip of the sword, and the Withered Glory Sword slowly sank into the array.

The next second, the summoning array in the middle dantian lit up, and the Withering and Flourishing Sword slowly descended from the array, with the external and internal processes proceeding simultaneously.

Gu Changsheng could retrieve the Withering and Flourishing Sword in an instant, but he retrieved it so slowly because he was trying to comprehend the summoning principle within it.

If one could glean the principles of summoning from this, perhaps a few highly practical spells could be derived. Unfortunately, there are no "ifs," and nothing can be deciphered.

Gu Changsheng had no choice but to give up trying to comprehend the principles of the Mother-Child Summoning Array.

He sensed that the five points of light at the foot of the mountain had been there for quite some time. He looked up at the position of the sun and estimated that it was almost noon.

Back in the cabin, Gu Changsheng turned on his phone, turned off airplane mode, and sent a message to Yang Dashan, asking him to bring people up the mountain.

Inside the wooden house at the foot of the mountain, Yang Dashan and his four companions waited anxiously for Gu Changsheng's reply.

"bite-"

Upon hearing the "ding" sound, all five people turned their gazes to the phone on the table.

Yang Dashan's right hand moved with lightning speed as he picked up his phone, unlocked it, and finally smiled when he saw the contents of the letter.

"The peak master has sent a message, telling us to go up the mountain."

"Let's go, don't keep the peak master waiting too long."

Zhang Yuanfu breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the three of them and said again, "Yu Fu, Xiao Shan, Xiao Yu, remember what I just told you."

"After you go up the mountain, stay behind us, don't run around, and don't talk nonsense;"

"No matter what happens or what you see, don't panic or shout."

"Speak less, look less, listen more, got it?"

"Okay, Grandpa." Zhang Yufu had heard this sentence so many times today that her grandfather had repeated it dozens of times. She didn't understand, but she did as he said.

The siblings Yang Xiaoyu and Yang Xiaoshan, who were standing nearby, knew a little about Gu Changsheng's deeds and knew that going up the mountain today was very important to them, so they nodded quickly.

Yang Dashan led the way, followed by Yang Xiaoyu, Yang Xiaoshan, and Zhang Yufu, with Zhang Yuanfu bringing up the rear.

Yang Dashan and Zhang Yuanfu walked one in front and one behind, with the three children in the middle so they could easily keep an eye on them.

The five people walked through the peach blossom forest and arrived at the golden bamboo forest.

Yang Dashan, who was walking at the front, raised his hand and gestured, "Stop for a moment."

He waved to the giant yellow dog in front of him, which had grown even larger, "Big Yellow."

He turned to the side and introduced the three people behind him one by one, "This is my daughter, my son, and Old Zhang's granddaughter."

"The peak master asked me to take the three of them up the mountain today."

As Yang Xiaoyu and the other two looked at the ferocious beast that was as tall as them, their hearts suddenly raced, their chests heaved, their breathing became rapid, and their legs trembled.