Chapter 45 is out

  Now, Gu Yun was surrounded by the array of Zei Frenzy. Zei Frenzy laughed and said: "Little boy, you're done for now, watch me make you a drowned rat." As soon as he finished speaking, a water column over two meters in diameter rushed towards Gu Yun. However, Gu Yun also smiled and said to Zei Frenzy: "That's not necessarily true." Then, he punched out at the water column above his head, and a dragon shadow about one meter thick and ten meters long burst out silently along with his fist. This dragon shadow was much more realistic than before, and its scales could be vaguely seen, surrounded by flames and intense heat that immediately raised a plume of steam within the array.

  It wasn't a waste of time for Gu Yun to spend a year in the training room. Since he cultivated the Spirit Refining Technique, his primordial spirit became more condensed and its power grew stronger. He began to use his primordial spirit's power to control the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth, merging it into his attacks, just like his master had said. After thousands of failures, Gu Yun finally managed to merge the spiritual energy within a three-meter radius into his attacks. As a result, although his cultivation level hadn't increased, the same techniques he used became at least twice as powerful as before. This was only because the range of his control was limited to three meters. Later on, he even incorporated the fire-attributed spiritual power from the Chaotic Fire God Technique into his attacks, resulting in the majestic dragon that Zhe Bai saw now.

  Looking at the majestic and fierce flame dragon, the corner of Ze Fan's eye twitched, this kid really surprised himself, but his hand seal didn't change, the water pillar continued to rush towards Gu Yun. The flame dragon let out another silent roar, even faster, rushing towards the water pillar. Just as they were about to collide, the dragon suddenly swung its tail and avoided a head-on collision with the water pillar, instead diving into it from the side. Water and fire intersected, "hiss" sounds filled the air, until everything calmed down, in the formation, except for the misty fog and Gu Yun standing in the middle, there was nothing else.

  The thief's hand made a move, and the five jade tokens flew back into his hands. He laughed loudly and said: "I thought I had good eyesight, but it turns out I still underestimated you. You're really surprising me! What I told you was just to stimulate you, I didn't think you could actually do all of that. But you did, and even better than I imagined. As your master, I'm very happy, truly very happy!"

  "Huh, so you were deceiving me all along. Master, you really don't have any faith in me." Gu Yun rolled his eyes and said to Zei Fengzi.

  "Faith, faith is useless, cultivation is still okay to say, with hard work there will be some gains. But array methods and alchemy aren't things that can be relied on time and experience to pile up? And if you don't have talent, no matter how much time you spend, you won't be able to pile it up, otherwise the Array Masters would be flying all over the sky." The bandit suddenly became excited and blurted out a curse, causing the two women watching from the side to stare in shock, their image of him as a transcendent being crumbling. He also realized his mistake, now was not the time when it was just the two of them, fortunately he had a thick face, clearing his throat twice to cover up the awkwardness.

  Gǔ Yún listened to him and suddenly felt a bit enlightened. When he was comprehending those formations, he didn't think they were difficult at all. Could it be that he really had extraordinary talent? In fact, what Gǔ Yún didn't know was that apart from his innate talent, his yuan shen was strong, his spiritual sea was vast, and this was the fundamental reason why he could grasp so many things so quickly. The strength of these two aspects made his comprehension ability even stronger, and the five-element formations he comprehended were only the most basic formations for cultivators, not particularly profound, but with a very wide range of applications. Of course, if others were to comprehend them, the effect would not be as ideal as Gǔ Yún's.

  Looking at Gu Yun, who was stuck together with the two women again, the bandit leader shook his head and waved his hand: "Kid, with your current abilities, as long as you don't go out of your way to cause trouble, you should be able to take care of yourself without any problems. However, your actual combat experience is a bit lacking, so in the future, you need to go out and gain more experience. Do you know why I was able to knock you down with just one punch despite your thick skin? When you can truly achieve that, then your control over spiritual energy will be somewhat accomplished. Alright, now take them and leave."

  Gǔ Yún's heart was a bit stuffy, what's with this thick skin, isn't that called having a strong body? However, the fact that his punch had broken through his own strong physique left Gǔ Yún feeling somewhat perplexed. But since the bandit didn't say anything, he could only slowly come to understand it himself. He nodded and bid farewell to Shīfu with the two girls, heading towards the Dragon God Temple. The two transformed spiritual medicines stayed behind because they didn't want to go out due to the danger outside. When the three arrived at the Dragon God Temple, this time, thanks to Gǔ Yún's spiritual energy enveloping the two girls, they didn't feel any pressure. They woke up Bái Shí, who was sleeping in the center of the temple, and now he no longer cared about the terrifying pressure here. Seeing Gǔ Yún and the two girls, it immediately transformed into a small bear over a foot long and rubbed against Gǔ Yún's leg. Then it ran to the front of the two girls and was hugged by Chén Xuě ér, who happily teased it. Looking at its rolling around in the two girls' arms, Gǔ Yún was so angry that his teeth were itching, but since the two girls liked it, he couldn't say anything. He could only glare at Bái Shí with a threatening gaze and then tossed it an earth-yellow spiritual fruit before leaving the Dragon God Temple. Bái Shí immediately let out a joyful cry, jumped down from Chén Líng ér's arms, hugged the spiritual fruit, and started gnawing on it.

  A soft rustling sound, and three people and a bear appeared on the mountain top that had already become a scorched earth. The two women saw their carefully arranged home turned into its current state, and tears uncontrollably flowed out, their eyes also filled with puzzlement as they looked at Gu Yun, wanting to know what happened.

  Gu Yun didn't hide anything and told them what happened after they fainted that day, of course, omitting the bloody scenes. The expressions on the two women's faces changed constantly as they listened, and when they heard that Gu Yun was seriously injured, they couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, unconsciously tightening their grip on his hand. When Gu Yun finished speaking, Chen Ling'er asked him, "Gu big brother, why did those people treat us like this? What do they want to do with Xiaolian and Xiaoshui?" Xiaolian and Xiaoshui were the names given by the two women to the two transformed spirit medicines during this period.

  Gu said that he had to tell the two girls again about how others wanted to use them to refine their cultivation, and only then did they understand. They scolded those people, saying they were so bad for wanting to capture two such lovely little kids to refine their cultivation, and also destroyed their home. Thinking of home, they asked: "Gu big brother, what should we do now? This place has been destroyed, and when Master returns, she will definitely be heartbroken. Can you help us build a few more houses?"

  Gǔ Yún was now somewhat hesitant, wanting to know whether or not to tell them the news that their master was no longer around. In the end, he decided to be ruthless and told them anyway, figuring they would find out sooner or later. So, Gǔ Yún said with some trepidation: "Líng ér, Xuě ér, I have something to tell you both... your master actually passed away before I even arrived here."

  The two women were stunned on the spot, slowly turning their heads to look at Gu Yun and saying: "Big Brother Gu, what you said isn't true, are you joking with us?" Gu Yun looked at the two women and said: "I'm not deceiving you, I was called by your master before his death to come and treat you." He then recounted the story of how he had met their master. After hearing this, the two women were silent for a long time before suddenly bursting into tears and throwing themselves into Gu Yun's arms.

  It wasn't until half a time later that the two women's crying gradually subsided. Looking at Gyun's clothes, which had been wet by their tears, they felt a bit embarrassed and looked up to see him looking at them with a warm face. The two women smiled shyly, but soon replaced it with thick sadness. Ten years of feelings, after all, are not so easy to cut off.

  At this time, Gu Yun finally spoke up and said: "Ling'er, Xue'er, you can rest assured that although your master is no longer here, you still have me. I will take care of you like your master did, no, ten times better than your master did. Now that people are dead and cannot be brought back to life, don't be sad anymore. I think his spirit in heaven also hopes for you to live a peaceful and happy life."

  The two girls nodded simultaneously, and Chen Ling'er said with a sob: "Gu Big Brother, now we only have you as our last relative. Wherever you go, we will follow. You can't abandon us, or else we won't know what to do."

  Gu Yun nodded firmly and said: "You can rest assured that no matter what happens, I will never abandon you."

  The two women finally stood up from Gu Yun's arms, looking at Gu Yun's already wet front and said with some embarrassment: "Brother Gu, we must have looked very awkward just now, look, your clothes are all dirty."

  Gu Yun wiped away the tear stains on their faces with a gentle smile, saying: "You two are forever the most beautiful in my heart. Alright, stop crying now, I'll take you out to see the world outside." As he finished speaking, his internal spiritual energy stirred, and his clothes were instantly dry again. Seeing the two women nod, Gu Yun's shoulders shook slightly, and with a soft whooshing sound, a pair of red and blue wings unfolded from his back. With a single flap, he took to the skies with the two women in tow, flying towards the foot of the mountain. Though they were now airborne, the two women couldn't help but frequently glance back, their faces filled with reluctance as they gazed at the place they had called home for over a decade.