Chapter 89: Innate Realm Seventh Layer

  "Head of the clan, Yun family head requests an audience." On the second day, everything in Le Shui City returned to normal. Gu Cang was reviewing the changes in the positions of the family members when a servant walked in.

  "Who dares to disturb?" The ancient one waved his hand and said, "Let him come in."

  After the servant went out, after a while, Yun Jinghong walked in. Gu Cangtian's expression was slightly surprised. Yun Jinghong didn't come alone, and beside him followed a beautiful young girl, who was exactly Yun Xue.

  As soon as he entered the room, Yun Hong walked over with a smile on his face and said: "Gu Zu, last night Gu's family lent a helping hand, today I brought my little girl to express my gratitude."

  Yun Hong finished speaking, and Yun Xue immediately took a step forward, saluting Gu Cangyun and saying: "Xue'er has seen Uncle Gu..."

  The ancient sky nodded slightly and said, "Please sit down."

  Yun Jinghong sat down opposite the ancient blue sky, while Yun Xue stood beside him.

  Yun Xiong sat down, and Gu Cangqiong smiled: "Cloud Clan's leader, this time you came, it's not just to thank me, is it?"

  Yun Jinghong's face turned red with embarrassment, and he dryly chuckled twice before saying: "Since last year, my daughter has had deep feelings for Gu Chen, admiring him endlessly. Especially after seeing his impressive performance last night, she became even more infatuated. Today, I came...I came...to ask if the Gu family would be willing to form a marriage alliance with our family, specifically for my daughter and Gu Chen."

  "Uncle Gu, I like Gu Chen. You talk to him about it, I want to marry him and be his wife." Yunxue said bluntly beside them.

  The ancient sky smiled slightly and gazed directly at the cloud, saying: "Didn't the Cloud Clan's elder say that Gu Chen and Xiao Xue's birthdays were not compatible?"

  Yun Hong's face turned pale with shock, and he slapped himself on the ear, saying: "I must have been out of my mind, speaking nonsense. Please don't take it to heart, Patriarch Gu. The birthdays of Gu Chen and my daughter are actually very compatible, and my daughter loves Gu Chen deeply. Why not... why not let them resume their engagement?"

  Gǔ Cāng Qiān sighed and said: "As for Gu Chen's affairs, everything will be decided by himself. I won't put any pressure on him."

  "Where is Gu Chen?" Yun Xiong and Yun Xue asked in unison.

  "He's gone..."

  "Has he left...? Where did he go?" Yunxue asked urgently.

  Gǔ Cāng Qiú shook his head and said, "I don't know either. He left early this morning and said he was going to close up and not enter the Seven Layers of Xiantian Realm cultivation again. He also said he wouldn't return to Lesui City."

  Ancient Azure Sky gazed at Cloud Snow and said, "Chen Er is wholeheartedly pursuing cultivation, with a strong heart for the Dao. His future prospects will far exceed this small place of Le Shui City. If you truly like him, you must keep up with his footsteps; otherwise, the possibility between you two is extremely slim..."

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  Beitai Mountain mine cave, Ling Stone vein.

  Gu Chen returned to this place once again. Now, the Wan and Liu families have all been destroyed. The city of Le Shui is now dominated by the Gu family alone. The ancient sky was repaired to be deep and thick, and within a radius of thousands of miles, there was no force that could threaten the Gu family.

  And besides, Gu Cangqiong's cultivation will increase greatly with the passage of time. As for the Gu family, Gu Chen no longer needs to worry.

  Now he is determined to enter the seventh layer of Xiantian Realm as soon as possible, and then set out for Lingxu Mountain, Dutian Peak, and Xutian Sect, where his respected master and beloved sister from his previous life are.

  Xu Tian Sect holds a recruitment every five years, on the fifth day of the new year. Gu Chen was 18 that year and coincidentally encountered Xu Tian Sect's recruitment. With some foundation in cultivation, he muddled his way into Xu Tian Sect and then was assigned to Bai Cao Peak, becoming an apprentice alchemist.

  Then, he spent his days in a daze until he met his senior sister, Xū Zǐ Yuàn. After being enlightened by Xū Zǐ Yuàn, Gǔ Chén regained his confidence in life. Xū Zǐ Yuàn secretly taught him how to refine medicine and magic spells, allowing Gǔ Chén to stand out among the many young disciples who refined medicine. He was valued by Huáng Yào Xiān, the master of Bǎi Cǎo Fēng, and eventually became Huáng Yào Xiān's closed-door disciple.

  Gu Chen is now twelve years old, and the longing in his heart for his master and sisters is like an ant bite. How can he bear it until he is eighteen? The Xū Tiān Sect holds a recruitment every five years, so when Gu Chen is thirteen, the Xū Tiān Sect will also hold a recruitment, which will be next year at the beginning of the year.

  There is still almost a year's time, and after advancing to the seventh layer of the Pre-Heavenly Realm, it won't be too late to go to the Void Heaven Sect. In his past life, he spent five years walking before reaching Lingxu Mountain. Now, Gu Chen was already a well-known Pre-Heavenly Realm cultivator, and with his flying artifact, he could arrive in just one month's time.

  Gu Chen had dug up over 10,000 spiritual stones in the Ling Shi mine vein. After more than a year of time and massive consumption by Shi Ling Jue, they were almost depleted. To replenish his spiritual stones, Gu Chen naturally came to the Ling Shi mine vein in the North Tai Mountain mine cave.

  Moreover, the spiritual energy in the Spiritual Stone Vein is quite abundant and beneficial for cultivation. Now, Gu Chen no longer needs to search for materials like the Soul-Beckoning Flower, and closing up in this vein is just right.

  In the Qiankun Ring, there were a large number of Zi Yuan flowers, Huang Jing mushrooms, and Ling Xin grass. Before closing his cultivation, Gu Chen had refined a large quantity of top-grade Yuanling Dan pills, leaving some for his father, and the remaining Yuanling Dan was enough for Gu Chen to cultivate until he reached the peak of the Ninth Layer of the Pre-Heavenly Realm, as well as being consumed by Xiaobai.

  Top-grade Yuanling Dan, made from fully matured Ziyuan Flower, Huangjing Shi, and Lingxin Cao. The spiritual energy contained within is even more abundant than that of the high-grade Yuanling Dan. Gu Chen's current cultivation at the sixth layer of the Pre-Heavenly realm is just enough to withstand the medicinal effects of the top-grade Yuanling Dan. With the internal consumption of the top-grade Yuanling Dan and the external absorption of the endless supply of spiritual stones, Gu Chen's cultivation speed has become unmatched by any cultivator within the same realm.

  Xiao Bai's cultivation increased significantly after taking the inner elixir of Hei Xian Jue, seemingly surpassing Gu Chen's by a bit, equivalent to around the 7th layer of the Pre-Heavenly Boundary. After consuming the top-grade Yuan Ling Dan, he absorbed spiritual energy in the Spiritual Stone mine and cultivated, his cultivation growth speed not much slower than Gu Chen's.

  No one knew that in the Beidai Mountain mine, there was actually a spiritual stone vein. Even fewer people knew that Gu Chen was sitting in the midst of this spiritual stone vein, which was filled with spiritual stones, and was cultivating in seclusion.

  Ling stones are extremely important to cultivators, and they're in short supply. If people knew that Gu Chen alone possessed an entire vein of ling stones... heaven knows what other cultivators would think?

  Every day, Gu Chen was cultivating, collecting spiritual stones and tempering his physical body. Day after day, with each passing day, Gu Chen's innate true energy became thicker and more robust, his cultivation advancing by leaps and bounds, growing rapidly.

  A day has passed... A month has passed... Three months have passed...

  Time flies like an arrow, Gu Chen has been in seclusion to cultivate in the Ling Stone mine for half a year. In six months, Gu Chen finally cultivated his skills to the peak of the sixth layer of the Pre-Heavenly Realm, and he has already touched the barrier of the sixth layer of the Pre-Heavenly Realm. Breaking through this barrier will allow him to enter the seventh layer of the Pre-Heavenly Realm and become a late-stage Pre-Heavenly Realm cultivator.

  Since touching the cultivation barrier, Gu Chen stopped collecting spirit stones and training his body. Every day, he would continuously attack the barrier, if one day wasn't enough, then two days, if two days weren't enough, then three days...

  After eighteen days of continuous impact, he finally broke through the barrier of the sixth layer of Xiantian. In an instant, Gu Chen felt an unparalleled sense of comfort, and his originally exhausted body felt filled with infinite power once again.

  Gu Chen let out a loud roar, and a cloud of murky air shot out from his mouth, causing the entire mine to shake. Gu Chen stood up, clenched his fists, and burst into loud laughter.

  "Guchen has entered the Seventh Layer of the Pre-Heaven Realm, Guchen is now a Late-Stage Pre-Heaven Cultivator, hehe..." A white shadow flashed by, and Xiao Bai's body immediately jumped onto Guchen's shoulder, happily saying.

  Gu Chen stroked Xiao Bai's head and said, "Xiao Bai, do you still remember what I told you? We're going to travel the entire ancient wilderness together."

  "Hmm... Ah, I remember." Xiao Bai happily nodded his head.

  Gu Chen laughed and said, "Alright, we're about to start the first leg of our journey. Haha... Let's spend one last day in Le Shui City, say goodbye to my father, and then we'll set off for Ling Xū Mountain, Xu Tian Sect."

  Gu Chen's consciousness swept through the Qian Kun ring, and he found that over the past few months of collecting spiritual stones every day, there were already over a million stored inside. The reserves of this spiritual stone vein were not small, and after excavating over a million, there were still many spiritual stones everywhere, with a total reserve possibly exceeding ten million. Unfortunately, there was no mid-grade spiritual stone in this vein; otherwise, the value of the spiritual stone vein would have been several times higher.

  Tens of thousands of spiritual stones, enough for Gu Chen's use, re-sealed the spiritual stone mine and the North Tai Mountain mine tunnel. Gu Chen came out of the mine, and the imperial instrument quickly returned to Le Shui City.

  Although Gu Chen had been lying low for more than half a year, his great name had already spread throughout the entire Le Shui City. As soon as Gu Chen returned home, it immediately caused a stir among the cultivators of Le Shui City. Everyone knew that the 12-year-old prodigy from the Gu family, who had reached the sixth layer of the Xiantian realm, was back home.

  Gu Chen returned home and told Gu Cangqiong about his plans. Gu Cangqiong didn't try to persuade him to stay, saying: "Chen'er, I know you're a young eagle who will one day fly into the vast sky. With me here in the clan, you don't have to worry. Just remember, when your cultivation is successful, come back home and visit, Dad will always be waiting for you."

  Although Gu Chen and Gu Cangqiong have been separated many times, this time is especially sad. In the past separations, Gu Chen never went far and would return within a short period of time. However, this time, Gu Chen left without knowing when he could return to his home again.

  Today, the father and son talked a lot, chatting till deep into the night. Gu Chen handed over tens of thousands of spirit stones, mid-grade artifacts, and middle-class law decisions he obtained from the Kunlun Mountains to his father, before reluctantly returning to his own room.

  Although reluctant, he couldn't shake off his determination to go to the Void Heaven Clan. His father was important, but he couldn't always live with him. Thinking of this, Gu Chen couldn't help but smile, his Shifu's sister was the one he wanted to spend his life with.

  It was night, Gu Chen tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, and didn't know how long had passed, when the first ray of light flashed outside the window, the sky, had actually brightened.

  Gu Chen got out of bed and prepared to leave early. Everything that needed to be said, everything that needed to be handed over, had been taken care of with his father the night before. Today, he didn't need to face another farewell, so he could just slip away quietly.

  Gu Chen had just left the hospital when he rubbed his eyes and saw nothing but clouds and snow. He didn't know how, but he was standing outside the yard.

  Jian Gu Chen came out, and Yun Xue's eyes lit up instantly, running over.

  Gu Chen's eyebrows slightly furrowed as he said, "What are you doing here?"

  Yunxue said: "I knew it, you must have left early in the morning and sneaked away, so I've been waiting for you here since before dawn."

  "What am I waiting for?" Gu Chen asked.

  Yun Xue excitedly grabbed Gu Chen's arm and said: "Take me with you, I like you, let's go on an adventure together..."

  Gu Chen pushed away Yun Xue's hand and said: "You like me, is it because no one in Le Shui City can compare to the young man I used to be?"

  Yun Xue thought for a moment and nodded her head.

  "Do you know how high the sky is? Do you know how vast the ancient wilderness is? Do you know how many great imperial courts there are in the ancient wilderness, and how many immortal factions there are? Do you know what level of cultivation a true high-ranking cultivator has reached?"

  Yun Xue shook her head incessantly, she didn't know any of the questions Gu Chen asked.

  Gu Chen said: "The sky is 129,600 zhang high, the ancient wasteland is 1.296 billion li wide, a strong person in the Five Great Emperor's Court can slap the entire Le Shui City into the ground below a thousand zhang with just one palm, at the age of twelve, I had already reached the sixth layer of Xiantian realm, not to mention the entire ancient wasteland, even in our Da Ying Dynasty, there are over 800... Yunxue, when you discover the outside world, you will realize that my current self is not worth mentioning, you don't like me, you just admire the strong."

  "What you said, is it all true?" Yunxue's eyes widened.

  Gu Chen nodded and said, "Absolutely true."

  "But I still like you now."

  "Gu Chen shook his head and said, 'That's because you haven't met anyone stronger than me yet.'"

  "It won't change, I'll always like you, take me with you."

  "Your cultivation is not enough." Gu Chen continued shaking his head.

  "I've already reached the ninth level of the Post-Heaven Realm, and since you said you liked cultivating, I've been cultivating non-stop. Except for you, no one in Leshui City can surpass me. Gu Chen, we're a match made in heaven." Yunxue turned around, showing off her cultivation.

  Gu Zhen said: "If you have the cultivation of Xiantian, I can take you to see the outside world. However, it's not possible now. If your cultivation reaches Xiantian in the future, come find me at Lingxu Mountain or Xutian Sect, and then you can make a decision..."

  "I want to go now..." Yunxue stamped her foot.

  A ray of light shot up into the sky, and Gu Chen's voice came from afar: "Not now, let's talk about it when you've entered the Pre-Heaven Realm..."

  Yun Xue looked up and saw that the escaping light was getting farther and farther away, soon disappearing from view.