Chapter 137: Chapter 137 Is There an Immortal in This World?

The Third Medicine Valley, where the autumn wind swayed gently.

Gu An walked out of the Transmission Array Platform and headed towards a distant garden area.

Although he had just broken through, he hadn’t forgotten the ripening times of the flowers and plants in each garden.

Before he had taken a few steps, Lu Lingjun quickly approached him and said, “Valley Master, let me accompany you in harvesting.”

Gu An nodded, having no objections.

After walking several miles forward, Gu An began to bend down to pick, while Lu Lingjun took out a bamboo basket, ready to receive.

“Valley Master, with the world in chaos, should I go out and make a name for myself?” Lu Lingjun suddenly asked.

So it was about this, no wonder she was suddenly attentive!

Gu An casually replied, “Then go to the Sect Leader and see how he arranges it for you.”

“If he wanted to summon me, he would have already sent a message to me.”

“If that’s the case, then stay in the Medicine Valley. Who knows, one day the Demon Cultivators of the Ephemera Sect might infiltrate the valley, and it will still be up to you to protect it.”

“But…”

“Lingjun, you’re a great cultivator, yet your Daoist Heart is so restless? Isn’t protecting the medicinal herbs also a merit? Is this merit any less than killing enemies?”

Gu An said seriously, but his hands did not stop moving.

Having just spent more than 400,000 years of his lifespan, he needed to replenish it.

Lu Lingjun was helpless; she wanted to go out and eliminate demons also for the Sect Leader’s grand plan.

However, she couldn’t tell Gu An that she wanted to become the Sect Leader yet, as Gu An had a closer relationship with Lv Baitian.

Seeing her plan fail, Lu Lingjun couldn’t help but change the topic, asking, “Valley Master, do you think there are immortals in this world? If the world is so vast, why can’t mortal spirits see them if they exist?”

“Of course there are, otherwise, why would there be us cultivators? We are just on the path of pursuit.” Gu An answered.

Of course there are!

I am one!

I just can’t tell you!

Gu An felt secretly proud, and at the same time, he thought of a possibility.

Could it be that immortals are hiding in the mortal world, and previously his divine sense couldn’t detect them?

Or perhaps, the immortals are on the other side of the ocean, separated from mortals? Even upon becoming immortals, they still have to strive for higher realms.

Nirvana is just the first step on the immortal path, one has to cross eight tribulations to reach the pinnacle of the immortal path.

What lies beyond the immortal path?

For a while, Gu An was lost in infinite reverie, although his mind was fluttering, it did not affect his picking of herbs.

“In the place where I was born, there were no immortals. Cultivators, upon reaching a high realm, could only pursue shattering the void. We believe that immortals are hidden in realms that mortal spirits cannot reach…” Lu Lingjun continued, a sad expression appearing on her face.

After ascending, she suddenly felt no different from before, still rolling in the red dust, only this red dust was more vast, and the immortal path remained distant.

Gu An listened, occasionally echoing a phrase.

An hour later, the two of them returned to the pavilion area and then parted ways.

Gu An walked towards the Mystic Pure Tree, seeing from afar that Xiaochuan was squatting on the ground, observing the White Spirit Rat sleeping under the tree.

Although Xiaochuan raised quite a few demon beasts, his favorite was the White Spirit Rat, but the White Spirit Rat did not like to interact with him.

Gu An suddenly noticed that Xiaochuan’s back seemed to have aged.

Xiaochuan was only three years younger than Gu An, now already seventy years old, and had not yet reached Foundation Establishment, how could he not show signs of aging?

Gu An had once given Xiaochuan a Youth-Preserving Pill, but it could only keep his appearance youthful. Xiaochuan’s demeanor and mindset had begun to age.

This made Gu An feel a bit trance-like.

A hundred years from now, Xiaochuan would leave him.

Xiaochuan didn’t like to practice, and Gu An couldn’t force him. Fortunately, even if Xiaochuan couldn’t achieve much in immortal cultivation, he still led a happy life. This life was without regrets thanks to Gu An.

Gu An came up behind Xiaochuan and asked with a smile, “Xiaochuan, what are you looking at? If you want to hold it, just pick it up.”

Xiaochuan looked up, helplessly saying, “It has a bad temper. Last time I tried to hold it, and it scratched me.”

“Oh? Why didn’t you tell me? The rascal!”

Gu An immediately walked over, grabbed the White Spirit Rat by the tail, and lifted it up.

The White Spirit Rat awoke, and when it saw that it was Gu An, it stopped struggling immediately.

Gu An placed it into Xiaochuan’s arms and warned it with his eyes not to resist. The rat reluctantly curled into a ball.

Xiaochuan, now able to hold the White Spirit Rat, revealed an excited smile and began gently stroking its back.

At this moment, Gu An sensed battle aura coming from afar.

A Mystic Heart Realm battle!

One of the auras was Xuan Quan’s!

He only glanced at it, having no intention of intervening.

As long as the Mahayana Realm cultivators of the Ephemera Sect did not make a move, he was too lazy to step in. This was the calamity of the Nine Dynasties, not his alone, and he couldn’t let Supreme Sect develop a dependency on Sword Venerable Fudao.

After chatting with Xiaochuan for a little while longer, Gu An finally left.

Xiaochuan put down the White Spirit Rat, which then quickly ran back to the Mystic Pure Tree to continue sleeping.

Xiaochuan turned his head, staring at Gu An’s back. For some reason, he felt increasingly distant from him.

Though they were always together, and Gu An had no intention of leaving Supreme Sect, he could not help but feel a sense of loss.

Fortunately, this sense of loss came and went quickly.

“Little Yang, come over here, let’s check on the Spirit Chickens. They should be laying eggs today.”

Xiaochuan called to a servant disciple not far away. The thought of the spirit chickens laying eggs brought a smile to his face.

…

Heavenly Phoenix Mountain.

In an underground space, Gu An sat on the ground with a stele placed before him, stroking his chin in deep thought.

Tian Yao’er squatted nearby, curiously watching him. Unable to hold back, she asked, “What are you thinking about?”

Gu An answered, “I’m thinking of giving this cave a name.”

He suddenly thought of something, looked at Tian Yao’er, and said, “If I let you name it, what would you call it?”

She tilted her head, thought for a while, and said, “How about Heavenly Phoenix’s Little Nest?”

Gu An closed his eyes again, not bothering to respond.

Tian Yao’er pouted, raised her hands like claws, and made a playful scratching motion towards Gu An, sticking her tongue out as if she wanted to scratch him.

After another thirty minutes.

Gu An stood up, startling Tian Yao’er, who quickly followed suit, her eyes wide as she watched him.

Gu An raised his right hand, extended two fingers, and pointed at the stele, moving his fingers through the air.

Tian Yao’er looked down and saw a faint strength energy fall on the stele, carving four characters.

Nianchu Cave.

Nianchu, meaning to remember one’s initial aspiration. Gu An feared he might become arrogant in the future.

Today’s conversation with Xiaochuan made him feel many emotions about life. Nianchu also represented his hope to remember the first group of people he met when he embarked on the immortal path.

After carving, Gu An picked up the stele and walked towards a distant place.

Tian Yao’er followed closely, never leaving more than seven steps away from Gu An since his return.

After setting the stele in place, Gu An turned and began casting his magic, then squatted down and placed his hands on the ground.

In fact, he didn’t need to go through such trouble, but he wanted to show off in front of Tian Yao’er.

With his mana flowing into the soil, the barren ground began to sprout weeds, covering the entire area of Nianchu Cave in no more than three breaths, leaving Tian Yao’er wide-eyed.

This was Gu An’s Mystic Heart Divine Power, which he called All Things Divine Presence!

All Things Divine Presence wasn’t limited to this ability; he could use mana to conjure flowers, grass, and trees within the range of his divine sense. The conjured plants contained his mana, providing him with vision. The uses were endless, and the summoning speed was incredibly fast, suitable for use as a lethal attack.

With a wave of his hand, Gu An could easily summon a ten-thousand-foot wall of trees. He wasn’t sure of the ultimate limits of this power yet.

Just thinking about it excited him.

Additionally, this divine power could also accelerate the growth of plants.

Today, Gu An wanted to conduct an experiment.

To see if speeding up the growth process of medicinal herbs affected their lifespan.

He took out a seed and buried it in the soil.

Tian Yao’er, already bewildered, watched the green spread across the ground, doubting Gu An’s claim, as she had never seen the Demon Mother use such methods.

Half an hour later.

Gu An looked at the fresh second-tier spirit grass in his hand and sighed.

Forcing growth indeed diminished the lifespan.

By hastening the second-tier spirit grass to maturity within half an hour, the lifespan was lost. According to his life span detection, this second-tier spirit grass was approaching its end, but the detection couldn’t show the number of months left, making it hard for him to judge directly.

It seemed he still needed to farm patiently.

Gu An cursed his greed inwardly. His ability to seize life spans was already very exaggerated, yet he wanted it faster.

He stood up, and likewise, Tian Yao’er followed, mimicking him.

“Don’t you have anything to do?” Gu An couldn’t help but ask.

Tian Yao’er blinked and asked, “Like what?”

“Aren’t you seeking revenge? Shouldn’t you be cultivating?”

“How should I cultivate? You haven’t taught me the cultivation technique yet…” Tian Yao’er answered, feeling wronged.

Admittedly, her grievances were rather endearing.

Gu An cursed inwardly and then asked, “How did you improve your cultivation level?”

He had seen Tian Yao’er’s past, but only for ten years. Since her early years, she had been kept by the Heaven Phoenix Demon Mother, occasionally fed various elixirs and medicinal broths. He had thought she had been given the technique of immortal cultivation during her childhood.

“I don’t know, it just happened…” Tian Yao’er replied.

Gu An thought for a moment, realizing this might be a good thing, preventing her from abandoning her cultivation to start anew.

Subsequently, Gu An began teaching the Primordial Earth Immortal Skill to Tian Yao’er.

She truly didn’t understand cultivation at all, requiring Gu An to explain some basic cultivation principles.

After a night, Tian Yao’er finally learned to absorb energy by herself, allowing Gu An to breathe a sigh of relief.

During the process, he realized Tian Yao’er was completely illiterate.

He glanced at the scattered books in the distance, pondering whether to keep a copy of the Supreme Secret Records since it contained illustrations.

But then he dismissed the idea.

Too disgraceful!

He couldn’t let an ignorant demoness see such books!

If Tian Yao’er developed bad thoughts later, it would affect his cultivation here.

It was all Shen Zhen’s fault, making Gu An’s thoughts increasingly impure. Some books deserved to be banned for a reason!