#196 - Can the sacred tree be cut down just like that?
#196 - Can the sacred tree be cut down just like that?
Looking at her dazzling figure, coupled with the hint of melancholy in her eyes,
Gu An immediately assessed her state.
No charm techniques.
But it was far more potent than Chu Meng's minor charm.
No wonder she could captivate so many fellow disciples.
She was a waist that could cut a man down.
Her appearance wasn't overwhelmingly beautiful, but it made people yearn for her even more.
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Because exceptionally beautiful women often make people feel they are out of reach.
This woman seemed capable of achieving anything she wanted with ease.
And then, they would fall into her trap.
For the sake of her body, many people, even knowing she wasn't a member of the sect, would stay to observe.
As long as she didn't do anything outrageous, everyone would tolerate her.
Even if someone didn't have an interest in women,
Some would say to keep her around, perhaps to monitor her.
For example, under the pretext of determining her purpose, they would observe her in secret.
Some treasures are only known by others.
And even someone uninterested in women would probably keep her around.
Now, Gu An was curious whether Team Leader Hou had any relationship with her.
Unfortunately, he couldn't tell.
Soon, Gu An regained his composure and calmly looked at her, saying, "There is a market within the sect, and you can also buy things in Qingmu City. As for whether there's anything suitable for you, Junior Sister, I wouldn't know."
Hearing this, Shu Ci put down the clothes and said with a smile, "Thank you, Senior Brother. If you have any tasks in the future, please feel free to assign them to me. I will complete them with all my heart."
As she spoke, she turned around excitedly and bounced away.
Without any lingering or hesitation.
Gu An watched her leave, his heart completely unmoved.
He turned to return to his residence.
But after only taking a few steps, he saw Chu Meng eating peanuts and looking at him with an excited expression.
As if she was watching something very interesting.
Then, Gu An heard her giggle, "So, you like that type."
Gu An looked at her and asked, "What type?"
Looking at Chu Meng, Gu An mainly wanted to probe her cultivation level.
Using his understanding of aura, he wanted to detect any clues.
However...
It was useless.
How was that possible?
Even if she cultivated quickly, she couldn't be faster than him, right?
Unless she also had something similar to what he had.
Otherwise, why couldn't he see through her cultivation level now?
Was she hiding it well, or had she already surpassed him?
Gu An couldn't be sure.
"The kind you just saw, who gives you a little temptation, stirs up your restless heart,
and then plays secret liaisons with you, how exciting!" Chu Meng said seriously.
"Actually, she's not bad. Her figure is better than Ren Shan's, and she's more skilled than Ren Shan.
She has a touch more allure and excitement than the women in the brothel.
But you're getting old. Can you handle that kind of excitement?
I'm afraid you'll suddenly drop dead."
Gu An:
Did you forget to wash your brain before coming out today?
"This junior is wholeheartedly devoted to the Dao," Gu An said as he walked into the courtyard.
Chu Meng followed him, eating peanuts, and said, "Isn't dual cultivation also part of the Dao? Such a beauty, doesn't your heart have any desires?"
Gu An turned to look at Chu Meng and said, "A pink skeleton. No matter how beautiful a person is, once stripped of their skin, they are just bones. I see beauty as bones, therefore I have no desire. I see bones as beauty, therefore I have no fear.
Without desire and without fear, the Great Dao can be achieved."
Chu Meng came to the table inside and set out the dishes, saying:
"Then can you view that bitch without desire and without fear?"
Gu An:
"When my cultivation is higher, I will have no desire and no fear."
"Look at your expression. You're still thinking about that bitch," Chu Meng sighed and shook her head. "The Great Dao is hopeless for you. Why like her of all people?"
Gu An didn't want to talk nonsense with this superior of his. "Why did Senior come here?"
"To bring you food. Where's my tea?" Chu Meng looked around and asked.
Gu An said, "I haven't bought it yet."
He had some before, but it was kept at his residence, and it's gone now.
Chu Meng's expression darkened, and she pulled the meat towards herself, giving Gu An a plate of cold dishes. "Eat cold dishes then.
You didn't take what your superior said to heart at all.
We are a collective, we must be united and strive for progress.
It's difficult for me to work with you like this. When will your ideological awareness catch up?"
Gu An didn't say anything and ate the cold dishes.
He had to admit that this time the dishes were better than last time.
"Let's talk about the mission. The Blood Refining Sect's affair is basically over. What have you gained?" Chu Meng asked casually while eating peanuts.
Gu An thought for a moment and said, "I found two spies."
"Oh? Who are they? I'll investigate them," Chu Meng said with some interest. "Let's see what we can find out, and then have those people evaluate your reward."
Gu An was silent.
Chu Meng was a little curious. "What's wrong?"
"They're already dead," Gu An said helplessly.
Chu Meng rolled her eyes. "How can we investigate them if they're dead? You have merit, but not much. Maybe ten or twenty spirit stones."
"But I know their purpose," Gu An said.
Chu Meng became interested again. "Tell me quickly."
"I heard they've already succeeded. It's too late to know now."
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"But I know where that thing is."
Chu Meng took a deep breath and said, "Are you getting old? Is your brain not working properly? Can you say it all in one breath?"
Gu An didn't mind and just said, "It's a tree. It's said to be a tree that can make the Blood Refining Sect rise again, with unimaginable advantages for refining blood and transforming blood."
Hearing this, Chu Meng thought for a moment and said, "The Evergreen Tree?"
Gu An thought for a moment and said, "It shouldn't be. The leaves are withered and reddish."
"You've even seen that tree?" Chu Meng said in disbelief. "You didn't discover them, then watch them get the thing, then kill them, and then become the mantis stalking the cicada, did you?"
Gu An shook his head. "This junior is not that kind of person. I don't have such clever schemes."
He just happened to be there.
Hearing this, Chu Meng nodded instead. "I believe that."
Gu An:
I said I was wholeheartedly devoted to the Dao and never went to the brothel to find fairies. Why don't you believe me?
"So you have the information, but the other party succeeded, and now the people are dead. Is there anything else? Where did the Blood Refining Sect put the tree?
Without anything else, there's no merit," Chu Meng said.
Gu An looked at the person in front of him and said, "Is there a possibility that when I knew the information, they weren't dead yet,
but Senior didn't come."
"If I came, how would I give you a hard time?" Chu Meng asked rhetorically.
Gu An was speechless for a moment.
Chu Meng ate peanuts and said, "Actually, you've forgotten about cultivation. My current cultivation is something you can't even dream of.
Although I came late, you have a superior with great strength.
It's still worth being happy about."
Hearing this, Gu An was curious and asked, "Then, among the sect's disciples, where does Senior rank in strength?"
Chu Meng looked at Gu An and rolled her eyes. "No wonder you don't have friends or a Dao partner. If I could rank, I would have said it already. Why would I wait for you to ask?
Learn more about the sect's situation.
My cultivation is top-notch among you inner disciples, but it can only be compared among you people.
But I have good talent."
"Is your cultivation better than the average but not as good as the best?" Gu An asked.
Chu Meng put the meat in front of Gu An and said, "Eat, talk less."
Gu An ate the food and found that the taste was indeed much better than before.
And it also had spiritual energy.
Chu Meng's background is really not simple.
As he ate, Gu An suddenly replied, "But I got that tree."
Gu An didn't want to say it, but the thing was in the courtyard, and it would be discovered by the other party even if he didn't.
Especially since Chu Meng seemed to have a Yuan Shen cultivation level.
He couldn't understand; no matter how talented she was, her progress shouldn't be so fast.
It completely deviated from the norm.
Wasn't she worried about being noticed?
The reason he dared to expose his Foundation Establishment and Golden Core was entirely because he looked old.
Being so old, hiding his cultivation was reasonable.
At his current age, saying he was Yuan Shen could barely pass.
Being old also had its advantages.
Moreover, people wouldn't pay too much attention to old people.
Being young and promising, with rapid advancements in cultivation, was most likely to attract attention.
Chu Meng, who was eating peanuts, casually said "Oh," then suddenly froze, looking at the person in front of her with some disbelief, and said, "What did you say?"
"The tree is in my courtyard," Gu An replied.
"Let's go, let's go take a look," Chu Meng immediately stood up.
The food she was eating was also taken away.
After a long while.
They arrived at Gu An's courtyard on Thousand Dust Peak.
Sure enough, they saw an unremarkable tree.
The leaves were withered yellow with red, and the tree trunk was dark red.
Looking up, it was indeed the Evergreen Tree recorded in the books, but as for why it was reddish, no one had ever explained it.
Just looking down, Chu Meng frowned and saw a large gap.
The tree had been chopped down, more than half of it.
"This..." Chu Meng looked at Gu An and pointed at the chopped area.
"It was chopped down," Gu An replied truthfully.
Hearing this, Chu Meng frowned, somewhat angrily: "Did the Blood Refining Sect do it?"
"I did it," Gu An didn't lie either.
Hearing this, Chu Meng was stunned, tilted her head, and asked in confusion: "Why did you do that?"
"To test whether it's real or fake," Gu An found a reason.
Chu Meng looked puzzled.
What did this cheapskate just say?
Test whether it's real or fake by chopping down the tree?
Then what's the point of you testing it?
"So, is it real or fake?" Chu Meng asked woodenly.
"Didn't find out," Gu An replied.
He didn't know if it was a real Evergreen Tree, but it was definitely an extraordinary tree.
He could confirm it from the warm current he received from logging.
But he couldn't be sure whether the tree could be taken away.
However, if it was taken away, he would naturally know where it was, and he would have the opportunity to log it in the future.
After all, the Evergreen Tree also needed ten years to recover.
It's just that there was no way to quickly improve the Qi Sea Heavenly Gang three or four times.
It was slightly regrettable.
But learning the Jupiter Sealing Technique and perfecting the Vertical Golden Light was also a gain.
Chu Meng sat at the table eating peanuts, not knowing what she was thinking.
Gu An also ate something, waiting for the other party to give a conclusion.
After a while, Chu Meng opened her mouth and said: "It's gone."
"What's gone?" Gu An asked curiously.
"Your mission reward this time is gone, I'll just treat it as you failed," Chu Meng said unhappily: "I'm really unlucky to have a subordinate like you.
Originally a great achievement, it was ruined by you like this.
You might as well just chop it down completely.
How can I submit a semi-finished product?
What if I get asked a lot of questions then?
How am I supposed to answer who chopped it?
So you continue to test whether it's real or fake, anyway, there's no reward.
You should thank me, there aren't many superiors like me who are so wholeheartedly for you."
Hearing this, Gu An was quite surprised that Chu Meng actually left the tree behind.
However, if the mission failed, it failed.
In addition, the other party also said to chop it down completely.
Then, if he continued logging in the future, the other party shouldn't say anything.
After thinking for a while, Gu An said seriously: "In that case, can I give Senior a gift?"
Hearing this, Chu Meng was slightly surprised: "What is it?"
Gu An said to the pool: "Noodles."
Soon, Noodles emerged from the water, waddling ashore to Gu An and Chu Meng's side.
"Wa le wa le?" Noodles looked at Gu An and asked.
Gu An didn't know what it was asking, probably asking what they wanted it for.
Thus, Gu An asked Chu Meng to set up the surroundings, as the aura of treasures was strong and easily noticed by the outside world.
With the barrier set up.
Gu An then let Noodles open its mouth and spit out the previous sword.
In an instant, a nimble sword hilt appeared from Noodles' mouth.
As more and more of the sword body appeared, the sound of the sword rang out.
It seemed to be asking for help.
Chu Meng was shocked and took out a magic weapon to suppress the barrier.
In a short time.
A water-blue spirit sword stood in the air, emitting a chill.
Chu Meng looked at Gu An and said: "Cheapskate, I almost forgot that you are also a cheapskate. This thing doesn't look like a good thing at all. This is pushing me into a fire pit."
Gu An didn't know what to say.
After all, that was indeed the case.
He didn't dare to take this thing, and he was worried that Noodles would suddenly spit it out, so giving it to Chu Meng was the best option.
Helpless, he could only say: "Senior, just say whether it's a good thing or not."
Chu Meng grabbed the sword, put away the peanuts and other meat dishes, leaving only the cold dishes: "Wait for it to cool down.
,
Saying that, she turned and left.
Quickly disappeared.
The barrier also dissipated.
Thus, Gu An breathed a sigh of relief.
It was finally off his hands, but he didn't know what kind of sword it was.
In addition, it was quite a pity that there were no mission rewards this time.
Thus, Gu An gave Noodles something to eat and strode away.
He took away the cold dishes along the way.
He didn't return to Outer Peak immediately, but planned to buy some tea.
Tea room.
When Gu An came in, he saw Fairy Xu.
She had a smile on her face, much more sincere than before.
And when Gu An came in, Fairy Xu saw the person clearly.
Her heart skipped a beat, and she was even a little worried.
"Gu, Senior Brother Gu," Fairy Xu said respectfully.
"Do you have cheap tea?" Gu An asked.
"Yes, yes, we do," she said, immediately taking out the tea leaves: "It's a gift for Senior Brother."
Gu An accepted the tea, leaving behind spirit stones.
Just as he was leaving, he heard someone talking at the table.
"Alas, that junior brother from the logging field is miserable, he failed to advance to Foundation Establishment."
"Yes, I can't believe it. He earned so many spirit stones, but he didn't even buy himself a Foundation Establishment Pill.
Too frugal, spirit stones are meant to be spent, aren't they?"
Gu An just listened casually, not caring about these people's discussions.
Returning to Outer Peak, he wandered around the sect and heard the news he wanted to hear.
People from the Law Enforcement Hall spread the news that they had taken the Blood Refining Sect's treasure, the Blood Orb.
They even showed it off.
Thus, Gu An also breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the people from the Blood Refining Sect would no longer look for him.
On the other side.
Greenwood City.
Luo Yutong was somewhat incredulous: "The thing was taken by the people from the Law Enforcement Hall? How is that possible?"
"How is it not possible?" Wu Yunzhong said seriously: "My men saw it with their own eyes, there's absolutely no mistake."
"Then did you find out about that person from Outer Peak?" Luo Yutong asked again.
"Found out, his name is Gu An, early stage Golden Core cultivation, now he's the leader of the Second Team in the Back Mountain," Wu Yunzhong said.
"Leader of the Second Team, in that case, the possibility of him coming out is very high?" Luo Yutong thought:
"I'll think of a way to contact him and see if the thing is really not on him.
Even if it's not on him, I have to find out why it's not."
It's the beginning of the month, by the way, asking for monthly tickets, although there aren't many tickets.
Thank you!
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