Chapter 37: Farewell

  "Grandfather, Third Elder..." Gu Cang Yue left, and Gu Chen bowed to the two elderly people.

  Gu Xian and Gu Yi both stared with wide eyes, carefully examining Gu Chen's body. If an ordinary young man were looked at like this by the two elderly men, his heart would probably be as restless as fifteen buckets of water being poured out - completely flustered.

  However, Gu Chen was under no pressure at all, standing there calmly with a composed expression, neither humble nor arrogant.

  "Good, good, good..." Gu Xian looked at Gu Chen and said three "good"s in a row.

  The three old men laughed and said: "Old brother, now you have a successor, haha... Gu Chen's great misfortune will not die, there must be good fortune afterwards, there must be good fortune!"

  Listening to San Lao's words, Gu Xian also revealed a smile and said: "At the age of 11, my grandson has already reached the ninth layer of the Post-Heaven Realm, hahaha..."

  After a loud laugh, Gu Xian asked: "Gu Chen, what happened to you during the few months after you went missing in the Beidai Mountain mine? How did such a big change occur? Tell Grandpa quickly."

  Gu Chen had long expected Gu Xian to ask this, and he repeated the lie about eating the "Yuántāi Guǒ". Gu Xian, San Lǎo and Gu Cāng Qióng were all shocked when they heard the words "Yuántāi Guǒ", their faces changed greatly, and they sighed with emotion.

  "The luck of the heavens is indeed great, haha." The Third Elder laughed and said.

  Gu Xian also laughed for a while, then suddenly asked: "When you were in the Beitaishan mine cave, did you see Gu Hei?"

  As Gu Xian asked one question, the three elders stopped smiling and looked at Gu Chen with a serious expression.

  His face didn't change at all, Gu Chen said: "Before entering the Beitaishan mine cave, I saw him once in the village. At that time, I fought with him and was defeated. My horse was killed by him. Then I entered the mine cave before him, and after that, I never saw him again."

  What Gu Chen said was seen by many miners in the village and the servants of the Gu family, but the higher-ups of the Gu family already knew about it. Nobody except Gu Chen knew what happened in the mine, so naturally they wouldn't say that Gu He would meet him in the mine.

  Third Elder said, "Gu Chen, Second Elder and Gu Cang Hai thought you were unfair to Gu Hei in the mine. The Clan Leader stopped them from coming over, then came here to ask about this. Don't misunderstand your grandfather's intentions."

  Gu Chen nodded and said: "I understand, Grandpa and Third Elder are doing this for my own good."

  Gu Xian patted Gu Chen's shoulder and said, "Since you haven't seen Gu He, I'm relieved. I won't let Gu Ren father and son frame you, don't worry."

  ……

  After saying a few words, Gu Xian and the three elders left with their men.

  Not long after, Gu Cangyun returned from Nan Cheng with 300 years' worth of Zi Yuan Hua and Huang Jing Zhi. As soon as he got home, a servant told him about what had just happened.

  He didn't expect that during his absence from home, so many people would come and so many things would happen.

  When he heard that Gu Cang Yue was going to take action against Gu Chen, Gu Cang Tong was extremely worried and thought his son had suffered a loss. Only when he heard that the clan leader, Gu Xian, arrived in time did he let out a sigh of relief.

  It's impossible for Xia Ren to repeat what Gu Cangyun said about Gu Chen, or else Gu Cangyun would get angry again.

  ……

  The Zi Yuan flower and Huang Jing mushroom were bought back in the year 300, Gu Chen started practicing medicine again, and by the second day, three medium-grade Yuan Ling Dan had been successfully refined.

  In the ancient Chen's Qiankun bracelet, there were two sets of Dan furnace tripods and utensils. The lower-grade Yuanshen Dan was also refined, with 200-year-old Huang Jingzhi, Zi Yuanhua, and Lingxincao each yielding two grains, refining a total of six lower-grade Yuanshen Dans.

  The elixir is much more potent than the spiritual liquid, far surpassing it. One low-grade Yuan Spiritual Elixir is enough for Gu Chen to refine for over a month.

  He then bought 150-year-old Huangxuecao, Bingmengcao and Xuelianhua to refine the superior Juyuan Lingye liquid. All the spiritual medicines that needed to be refined were now ready, and Gu Chen put away the alchemy furnace and utensils.

  The lower-grade Yuanling Dan is for personal consumption, the high-grade Yuanling Liquid is for Xiaobai to drink, and the middle-grade Yuanling Dan is for his father to drink.

  After practicing the elixir, Gu Chen came to Gu Cangqiong's room and handed over three middle-grade Yuanling Dans to his father.

  "Father, these three mid-grade Yuanling Dan are enough for you to enter the fifth layer of the Pre-Heaven Realm. You keep them and take them later. I'll be leaving for a while now."

  Gǔ Cāng Qiú put the three Yuán Líng Dān into his storage bag, heard Gǔ Chén say he was leaving, and stopped in his tracks, asking: "Leaving? Chén'ér, you just got back home, why are you leaving again?"

  What's this nonsense about going to find some materials to refine the Dust Washing Elixir for Father, Gu Chen isn't someone who doesn't understand things, he naturally wouldn't say something like that.

  Gu Zhen said: "I am about to enter the pre-heavenly realm, my cultivation method requires going out to temper my heart and mind, only then can I break through my cultivation more quickly."

  Ancient Azure Sky said: "Where are you planning to go?"

  "Donghuang." Gu Chen said calmly.

  Gǔ Cāng Qiú's face changed color in shock and he said: "Chen Er, the Eastern Wastes are indeed a place of demonic tribes, extremely perilous..."

  "Dad, without experiencing hardships, how can I make progress? I obtained some talismans in the Huatian Cave Mansion and also got a treasure cloak. Wearing it, my speed is even faster than most pre-heavenly realm cultivators. If there's danger, I can escape, don't worry."

  Gǔ Zhēn said, the swift and fierce wind suddenly appeared on his back, his body swayed, and he walked into Gǔ Cāng's room, quickly moving to create several illusions.

  The old man looked at him with great surprise and said, "Good, you have this treasure, your safety is greatly increased. You also have talismans on your body, and I don't have anything good to give you for protection. Be careful outside."

  "Don't worry, Father. You should also intensify your cultivation. When I return, I want to see that you've already reached the fifth level of the Pre-Heaven Realm." Gu Chen nodded and said.

  "En!" Gu Cangqiong nodded and said: "How long will you be out this time? When are you coming back?"

  Gu Chen thought for a moment and said: "It's hard to say now, but before the clan competition, I will definitely come back."

  In the clan competition, Gu Chen rushed back, not to take revenge on some young people in the clan competition, but because he remembered that 11 years ago, the first prize in the clan competition was a blood jade, and Gu Chen had to get it no matter what.

  This time going to Donghuang, mainly to find Yinhuan flower and Zhu Hu Neidan two kinds of materials.

  "Father, Chen'er is bidding you farewell here." Gu Chen said with a bow.

  The ancient sky nodded: "Be careful with everything."

  Gu Chen walked out of the room, Xiao Bai directly jumped onto his shoulder, and he headed straight for the courtyard gate. Just as they reached the entrance, Gu Cangyun's voice called out from behind: "Chen'er, in Dong Huang, what's most dangerous isn't the demonic beasts, but rather human cultivators; you must remember this."

  "Remember..." Gu Chen waved his hand and walked out of the yard. Gu Chen was no ordinary eleven-year-old boy, for he knew that a cultivator's greatest enemy is another cultivator.

  Out of Gu's house, Gu Chen directly headed east towards Lingfushan. After passing by Lingfushan, it was the territory of Donghuang.

  Xiao Bai sat on Gu Chen's shoulders, seeing Gu Chen walking towards Dong Huang, suddenly excitedly called out. Although Xiao Bai had been with Gu Chen at the Gu house for several months, after all, he grew up in Dong Huang, and the forests of Dong Huang were much more familiar to him than Le Shui City.

  Gu Chen walked on the same path he had taken before with Gu Heng and Gu Lan to the back of Lingfeng Mountain, only this time he was alone, accompanied by Xiao Bai, the blood-crowned fox.

  On the mountain path that Gu Chen had walked, after a while, two young men in their twenties suddenly appeared, following Gu Chen's footprints and secretly heading towards the eastern wilderness.

  Gu Chen continued to walk forward, with a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth. Xiao Bai sat on his shoulder, looking around at the surroundings with an excited gaze. This was where Xiao Bai had once lived, and it was also where Gu Chen and others had caught Xiao Bai in the first place.

  "Squeak, squeak, squeak... Squeak, squeak, squeak..." Xiaobai pointed this way and that, seemingly recounting the scene of being surrounded by Gu Chen and others earlier that day.

  "Squeak squeak squeak..." Xiao Bai pointed to a small hole in the grass pile in front, calling out happily, where was Xiao Bai's previous home.

  Gu Chen smiled and said: "If you want to go back to live in the cave, then go back. No one will come to catch you again."

  "Rustle, rustle, rustle..." Xiaobai scratched his head, thinking for a moment, shaking his head while shouting.

  Gu Chen touched Xiao Bai's head, and Xiao Bai's fur was very soft. He continued walking towards Dong Huang.

  Gǔ Chén continued to head east into the depths of the wilderness, and since passing by Xiǎo Bái's former cave, he had not followed the same route as before. The Huáng Tiān Dòng Fǔ was just ahead, although there were still over 300 miles away, and also the Yīn Yáng Mí Tiān Great Array, but Gǔ Chén did not want anyone to know where it was.

  Towards the southeast, Gu Chen maintained his rapid progress in the ninth layer of the Post-Heaven Realm. The people behind him didn't show up for a long time, apparently wanting to leave Leishui City far away. Gu Chen sped up, catering to their hearts and meeting their wishes.

  Of course, it is also called one's own heart and one's own will.

  Deal with the aftermath earlier, Gu Chen can then speed up to find the Death Flower Linghuan Flower and the Destruction Dan Zhu Hu's inner dan.

  Those who dare to pry into the secrets of ancient times will never be spared.

  Gu Chen just maintained the normal speed of the Ninth Layer of Xiantian Realm, he knew that the people behind him could easily catch up with himself. The reason why they didn't intercept him was probably because they thought it was still too close to Le Shui City, and they thought the timing wasn't right yet, and they thought the conditions weren't ripe yet.

  ……

  "Liu Jie, the clan leader said that if conditions permit, let's capture that little guy and bring him back. Shouldn't the current conditions allow it?"

  "Yan Qing, we're now only a hundred miles away from Le Shui City. Which day doesn't the Gu family have cultivators entering and exiting the Eastern Wastes? It's better to be cautious, if we let someone from the Gu family discover us, we'll be in big trouble."

  "When do we make our move?"

  "Just wait and see, heh heh, this kid has been heading east to the wilderness all along, are we afraid that he'll escape from our grasp? If he doesn't return to Gu's house tonight and stays overnight in the eastern wilderness, that would be even better."

  "Yes, at night, Gu's house will never have monks coming to East Wasteland to wander around. If we make a move, it'll be absolutely safe."

  "Of course, he's just a little kid from the Ninth Layer of the Mortal Realm. We can easily send out one person and still make him submit..."

  "It's strange to say, I heard that the kid was originally a waste material, but after being missing for several months, he reached the ninth layer of post-heavenly cultivation. Could it be that he ate some kind of immortal pill or magical medicine?"

  "Whatever he eats, now he's only at the ninth level of the Post-Heaven Realm. When he encounters us, he can only surrender, haha..."

  "I heard that kid is only eleven years old, tsk, tsk, at the age of eleven he has already reached the ninth level of postnatal cultivation, compared to Yun Xuan from the Yun family, he's even stronger. The title of the number one prodigy in Le Shui City will belong to that kid from now on."

  "Hmph... even if he's a genius, what does it matter? Hehe, once we bring him back to the Liu family, do you think the patriarch will let him live? Whether or not he has any secrets on him, the patriarch won't let someone as talented as Gu stay alive."

  "It's also, to say that this kid is really foolish. Other genius families protect their own as treasures, even when Yun Xuan reached the Second Layer of the Pre-Heaven Realm, he rarely goes in and out of Dong Huang alone, fearing being ambushed by others, let alone spending the night in Dong Huang... Looking at that kid's forward trend, tonight he definitely doesn't plan to return..."

  "Haha... foolishness is good, the more foolish he is, the easier it is for us, haha..."

  "Ah, foolish genius, always falling so quickly."

  ……

  ……

  "How can they be so calm? What are they waiting for?" Gu Chen had already gone deep into the southeastern part of Donghuang, more than 300 miles away, and yet the two people chasing after him still hadn't made a move.

  It's unlikely that they're just following them, Gu Chen thought: "Could it be that they want to wait until nightfall? This is also too cautious."

  They were willing to follow behind and run, but Gu Chen didn't want to leave a tail behind, so he suddenly increased his speed by several degrees and started running quickly.

  Gu Chen's sudden acceleration increased his distance from the tail behind him. Liu Jie and Liu Qing saw this and also sped up to catch up.

  To their surprise, Gu Chen's speed was in no way slower than theirs when they ran, and the distance did not get any closer at all, as if it was getting farther and farther away.

  "Could it be that the little brat has discovered something?" The two thought to themselves at the same time, seeing the distance between them growing farther and farther apart. They exchanged a glance, and instantly released their flying swords, stepping onto them and increasing their speed by a lot as they chased forward.

  "What? Where did he go?" Liu Jie and Liu Qing rubbed their eyes, but Gu Chen's figure had already disappeared from view. They remembered that Gu Chen had just turned behind a tree, but hadn't come out again.

  "He might be hiding behind that tree, let's surround him from left and right. He may have discovered us and has already left Le Shui City far away, so there is no need to wait until nightfall, we can capture him directly, and then return to the Liu family after nightfall."

  "Hmm..."

  ……

  The two of them whispered to each other, Liu Jie stepped on the flying sword and turned left, Liu Qing stepped on the flying sword and turned right, quickly surrounding the tree where Gu Chen disappeared.

  Before long, they had passed by the big tree.

  But...

  There was no figure of Gu Chen behind the tree.

  Gu Chen really went missing.

  Liu Jie and Liu Qing simultaneously raised their heads, looking up at the tree, and made preparations to counterattack.

  But...

  There was no sign of Gu Chen on the tree either.

  The two of them were shocked and looked at each other: "Where did that little guy go?"

  "Hey...... are you looking for me?" Suddenly, a voice came from the direction of the two.

  The two turned their heads to look, and a boy about thirteen or fourteen years old was standing on the road they had just come from, smiling at them with a full face. Who else could it be if not Gu Chen?