"Senior, do you really want to be the guest of my Gu family?"
On the way back to the family, Gu Tingyue's very beautiful face still had a look of disbelief.
After all, a foundation-building monk, not to mention their branch of the Gu family located in a remote corner of the island, must be treated with respect even by the main family.
"I take it seriously. I never tell lies." Gu Qing responded.
Gu Qing looked at the stalls on the left and right, or at the shops passing by. Except for the empty ones in the caves, they were either shrouded by formations or had strong auras entrenched in them.
This breath is not weak, at least in the later stages of Qi refining.
Along the way, he discovered that there were a large number of caves in Yinyuefang City. In other words, in Yinyuefang City, there were at least thousands of monks in the late stage of Qi refining, and there were probably not a few foundation-building monks.
A dozen statues? Or maybe twenty or so?
Gu Qingru guessed.
Following Gu Tingyue out of Yinyuefang City, Gu Qing grabbed the girl with his spiritual power, wrapped his arms around An Meng's slender waist, and rose into the sky. Soon Yinyuefang City became the place below. A piece of buildings, the monks walking through Yinyuefang City are only the size of ants.
"Where is the Gu family?"
Gu Qing asked.
Gu Tingyue was squeezed by the powerful spiritual hand again, and felt a little cursed in her heart. After hearing this, she conveyed the family's position to Gu Qing.
However, after being informed of the location of Gu Qing's family through a message, Gu Tingyue immediately regretted it. If this foundation-building senior had evil intentions, wouldn't it be an act of betrayal for her to reveal the location of her family?
But this senior is a foundation-building monk. Their family has a small business, so what is there for this senior to plot?
Thinking of this, Gu Tingyue felt a little relieved.
In short, the matter has reached this point, and it is difficult to recover.
Gu Qing circled around the sky a few times to determine the direction. The sound transmission from the integrator Gu Tingyue turned into escaping light and left the sky above Yinyuefang City.
Almost the moment Gu Qing left.
In Yinyuefang City.
A relatively remote corner.
There was a buzz of people in front of the door and beautiful figures inside the building.
The two majestic white jade lions in front of the door seem to vaguely cover the tall buildings with carved beams and painted pillars behind them. This is the city of Yinyuefang, and even among the monk groups in several nearby cities, The extremely famous Gold Selling Cave is called Yaoyue Tower.
"Today's batch of female cultivators are of good quality."
"Enemies! Especially the one named Fei, whose cultivation is at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and her appearance and figure are also excellent. It's a pity that we, the little goblin, will probably not be able to endure it."
"Huh? Brother, what do you say? No matter how high that woman is, how can she be proficient in everything without training from us?"
On the fourth floor of Yaoyue Tower, two guards were talking.
The cultivation of these two people is both in the middle stage of Qi refining. One has spiritual power fluctuations at the eighth level of Qi refining, and the other is only at the sixth level of Qi refining. They have different looks but nothing outstanding, and the same wretched temperament, as the two mentioned. The topic was ordinary, simply unpalatable and disgusting.
The man on the left sneered: "Ha!"
"That concubine can be sold for a big price! Are those Foundation Establishment seniors rushing to buy it back and plant the Soul Restriction? Especially those Foundation Establishment monks who come from the same family..."
The man on the right was a little surprised and a little regretful when he heard this.
The fourth floor of Yao Yue Tower is a restricted area, and guests are stopped. Even if people from Yao Yue Tower want to enter, it is not that easy.
Apart from the shopkeeper of Yaoyue Tower, only people with tokens sent by the forces behind Yaoyue Tower can enter.
The place where these two guards in the middle stage of Qi Refining were talking was just in front of the first portal on the fourth floor. There were seven portals like this. There were monks guarding in front of each portal, and their cultivation levels were getting higher and higher. After passing through these seven portals, you truly enter the fourth floor.
The fourth floor is not built like the first to third floors of the invitation building.
This place is more like prisons, divided into
After dispersing this arrangement, it vaguely formed the shape of a formation. Peiran's pressure permeated the fourth floor, and the female cultivators in the cells were banned.
Fei Qingying was imprisoned in one of the cells.
She sat cross-legged, resisting the majestic pressure of the surrounding formations, trying to attack the power of forbidden spiritual power in her body, but it only made her face turn red from time to time, making it difficult to make any progress.
Fei Qingying opened her eyes.
She was slightly absent-minded.
Unexpectedly, she had just arrived in the vast sea in the spirit boat, and before she even stepped off the deck, she would be caught by an illusion and be caught here in a daze.
When she woke up, she came here. Her spiritual power had been blocked, her soul was also locked, and she could not use her consciousness.
This place is pitch black. Fei Qingying has never seen light in the four days since she was imprisoned, let alone anything coming. In the cages around her, there are female nuns with good figures and looks. , was always in a coma, no matter how much she screamed, there was no response.
After being lost for a moment, Fei Qingying shook her head.
She suddenly remembered the days when she was imprisoned in Liuji Mountain in Beize. At that time, she was still a disciple of the Immortal Sect, but now she was a bereaved dog who had her family destroyed and no identity.
Where does she go from here?
Being imprisoned and unable to use his spiritual power, the monk seems to have no choice but to be at the mercy of others! Fortunately, the person who captured her probably didn't want to kill her, which meant that the person who captured her still had a use for keeping her.
In this case, she doesn't have any leverage.
"Huh..." Fei Qingying breathed out, suppressing her uneasiness.
Naturally, Gu Qing didn't know that there was an old friend who was also imprisoned in this Yinyuefang City. He had already arrived above the Gu family.
Below is a forest of spiritual trees full of pink petals. The spiritual energy is quite abundant. It is the place with the most abundant spiritual energy that Gu Qing has seen since coming to Changming Island. Of course, he knows that in Yinyuefang City, those rented out Any cave in the cave should have more intense spiritual power than this one.
It's late at night and dawn is approaching.
Thin mist enveloped the entire Siling Town.
Siling Town is one of the important towns on Changming Island, with more than a dozen lanes under its jurisdiction. The town's leader is Li Wanshan, a monk at the first level of foundation construction. He is canonized by the island owner and controls all matters of a thousand miles radius.
Gu Qing did not hide his cultivation this time.
So before he even got here, Li Wanshan felt something.
"Hahaha! It's so gratifying to have a friend from afar! I've met this Taoist friend in Li Wanshan. I wonder what he calls me?" Li Wanshan spoke loudly from a distance.
The reason why Li Wanshan was so polite was that he sensed that the coming Foundation Establishment monk had a cultivation level above him!
Like a sharp sword splitting the light ahead.
Li Wanshan's eyes flashed, and then a ray of light and shadow formed in front of him, collapsing towards the inside for a moment, revealing Gu Qing, who was wearing a black robe and had a somewhat terrifying appearance, and An Meng and his two daughters.
"Gu Qing, a casual cultivator, has met fellow Taoist Li Wanshan."
Gu Qing glanced at Li Wanshan and responded calmly.
Hearing this, Li Wanshan looked at Gu Tingyue with surprise and familiarity on his face: "Fellow Taoist Gu Qing! I wonder what you are doing here near Siling Town this time? The island owner ordered Li We are guarding here, and Li has to intervene in all matters big and small here, so don’t be surprised, fellow Taoist."
Gu Qing did not respond to Li Wanshan.
He coldly pushed Gu Tingyue forward.
"If you have any questions, just ask fellow Taoist Tingyue."
Gu Qing said.
Gu Tingyue talked to Li Wanshan, and then under Li Wanshan's strange gaze, she gritted her teeth and took Gu Qing to Huanhua Lane.
"This Huanhua Lane, and even Siling Town, may be about to change... Why does this fellow Taoist Gu Qinggu, whose cultivation is unfathomable, want to be a guest in the Gu family?" Li Wanshan was confused in his heart.
The Gu family's power in Huanhua Lane is very weak.
The strongest person today is the girl Gu Tingyue.
The sphere of influence is also the smallest.
The Gu family occupies
The two most underground spiritual springs in Huanhua Lane and the most barren 20 acres of spiritual fields in Huanhua Lane are mostly very weak. The only thing worth noting is that there is a talisman paper workshop.
"I heard that the Gu family in Huanhua Lane is a branch of the Gu family... Could it be that this fellow Taoist Gu Qinggu is..."
Li Wanshan's eyes were a little bright.
If that was the case, he might be able to use this matter to get involved with the Gu family. The Gu family was so powerful that even the island owner had people from that Gu family.
Huanhua Lane.
This is not an alley as the name suggests.
The smooth stone road paved a manor covering an area of about 10,000 acres. A corner of this manor belonged to the Gu family.
In addition to the Gu family, there are four other families in Huanhua Lane, namely Kong, Cao, Yan, and Jin. They are all small cultivation families, but their power today is far stronger than that of the Gu family.
However, this will all change today.
In front of the Gu family.
The foyer, which had once been quite splendid, had fallen into disrepair.
In front of the vermilion gate, the two sacred beasts that suppress the mansion have some paint peeling off. Although they are polished and restored, it is still difficult to cover up the age of the two stone sacred beasts.
Dark figures gathered neatly in front of the door.
Led by the current head of the Gu family, Gu Cheng, and several elders who were in the middle stage of Qi refining, together with all the cultivators in the family, there was a dark group of people in front of the door.
There were over twenty-seven people in total.
These are all the monks in the Gu family now.
Among them, four are in the middle stage of Qi refining.
There were twenty-three people in the early stage of Qi refining, including two boys and girls. They had just introduced Qi into their bodies and their breath was still a little unstable.
"This time, Senior Foundation Establishment has condescended to be a guest of my Gu family. It can be seen that the rise of our Gu family is now! If you don't cheer up quickly, what will happen if you neglect Senior Foundation Establishment?"
Gu Cheng glanced back and scolded in a deep voice.
Half a minute later, he had received a summons from Gu Tingyue.
So he hurriedly called out all the monks in the family to greet the foundation-building senior to show his respect, but he was also quite uneasy in his heart.
How could a senior foundation builder like their Gu family?
"Master, this matter..."
The eldest family elder on the side is a male cultivator who is less than thirty years old. His face still has the youthfulness that will fade away in the future, and his cultivation level is at the sixth level of Qi Refining.
As the third-highest monk in the family, he was pushed to the top some time ago and became the great elder at a young age.
Although the clan tribute he received was still the same as before, the change in status still made him feel a heavy responsibility.
There is probably something fishy about the senior foundation builder this time.
As the elder of the family, he had to remind the head of the family!
The young family elder had not finished speaking.
At the end of this alleyway, three figures turned in.
The person leading the way was the Gu family's only elder, the person with the highest cultivation level, and the family head's aunt, Gu Tingyue.
The head of the family's parents are cousins.
Therefore, Gu Tingyue's surname is naturally Gu.
And because of her beauty, Gu Tingyue has always been loved by the younger generation in the family. At this time, their beloved elder was followed by a terrifying-looking young man.
This young man's glance from a distance made all the monks in the Gu family tremble with fear, and they did not dare to make the slightest move.
Seeing his monks standing upright in front of the door, Gu Tingyue hurriedly took a few steps to get closer and started talking to everyone in the clan.
Gu Qing took An Meng back, stood aside, and gently nodded to the Gu family members who were saluting him.
He looked around silently.
As Gu Qing walked along Huanhua Lane, he saw intricate lanes and a large number of spiritual trees planted on both sides of the lanes.
This kind of spiritual tree is full of pink petals.
The pink petals were blown by the wind and fell one after another, chasing and flying in the alley. It was really beautiful, and Gu Qing noticed that where this kind of spiritual tree was planted in large numbers, the spiritual energy was often more abundant.
"It should be a spirit tree that has the effect of gathering spirits..."
Gu Qing looked into the open door ahead.
This is a very poor family.
This was Gu Qing's first impression.
How poor is it?
It was hard for the entire family to see any spiritual objects. Although the buildings were magnificent, they were just mundane gold and silver after all.
If he saw such a family in other places, Gu Qing would really think they were some wealthy family in the ordinary world! Even the spiritual trees that are everywhere in the lanes are not found in this family’s courtyard.
There are quite a few tree stumps of this kind of spiritual tree.
Gu Qing didn't wait long.
After two breaths, the head of the Gu family, Gu Cheng, whom he had met once before at Hukou Pier, came forward.
Along with this person, there were three elders of the Gu family.
This should be the head of the monk family with the lowest cultivation level and the elder of the monk family that Gu Qing has ever seen or heard of.
How could such a weak Gu family survive?
Mostly because of the Gu family, the powerful master family.
"Senior, since you would like to be a guest of my Gu family, I will be your guest..." Gu Cheng respectfully saluted again, and then looked at each other with several elders before making the previously agreed terms.
To recruit a foundation-building monk as a guest, the Gu family must offer the highest sacrifice they can. This is their sincerity.
"You don't have to pay anything to take care of your family."
Gu Qing spoke suddenly and suppressed Gu Cheng's words.
"This time I am a guest of your Gu family. One is to find a place to stay, and the other is that your Gu family is weak and cannot restrict my freedom. That's all! As for your Gu family's enshrinement, forget it. I will take action when your Gu family's life and death are at stake, so don't bother me with anything else."
Gu Qing stood with his hands behind his hands and spoke coldly.
After hearing what Gu Qing said, Gu Cheng and several elders were a little dumbfounded.
But immediately, several people reacted.
They are not fools. Now that Gu Qing, the foundation-building senior, has spoken out and stated that he does not want their family's support, but only wants to stay in their family, they naturally understand it.
Gu Cheng was quietly relieved.
In order to prepare the offerings for this foundation-building senior, they emptied all the storage bags of the entire family of monks!
"I will follow what my senior said."
Gu Cheng said solemnly, clasping his fists.
"I will follow what my senior said!"
"Based on what my senior said..."
The remaining three elders of the Gu family and the monks all agreed, and immediately, Gu Qing and An Menghuan were welcomed into the Gu family's mansion.
The Gu family's mansion is not small, covering an area of several hundred acres. In addition to the spiritual fields, spiritual springs, animal gardens and other places, dozens of simple caves are located messily behind the Gu family's mansion.
"Senior, please see, this is the place where an elder of my Gu family has a high level of cultivation. The place where he cultivated during his lifetime is the place where my Gu family's spiritual energy is the most abundant." Gu Cheng introduced the cave ahead to Gu Qing.
This location is at the core of all the caves of the Gu family. Faintly, these caves form a natural formation, gathering spiritual energy towards the center.
Gu Qing shook his head lightly: "This place is a bit noisy."
Although the aura of this cave is the highest among the Gu family's many caves, it is surrounded by other caves of the Gu family and faces the houses of the Gu family. Although he can arrange formations here to isolate the movement inside and outside, it will still take a lot of effort. , and this place is too important to the Gu family.
"I don't need these spiritual energy, just take me to the most secluded cave in your Gu family." Gu Qingru said to Gu Cheng.
"The most secluded cave..."
Gu Cheng thought for a moment.
"like
In this case, this cave should meet the requirements of the seniors, but..." Gu Cheng took Gu Qing to the back of the Gu family's mansion, in the corner. There is a small natural valley here, and a cave that has been in disrepair for a long time is located. Deep in this valley, above the turbid water.
The water in the pool is black, smelly and hot.
There are many tiny insects swimming in the water, stirring up the muddy water.
The cave, which was suffocating with stinking odor, was like a small semicircular earth bag, lying upside down in a relatively gentle part of the valley on one side.
Gu Qing's consciousness penetrated it and took a few glances.
There is a cave in the cave, and the space is not too small. As for the problem of this pool of water, it is not difficult for him to solve it. It is just that there is a monster beast in it that is comparable to the perfect state of Qi refining.
"I'll take care of that monster myself."
Gu Qing spoke up.
As he spoke, he threw a communication charm to Gu Cheng and Gu Tingyue each, and continued: "If you two have important matters, you can summon someone. If you have nothing important and disturb someone, you will bear all the consequences."
"Just back off."
Gu Cheng and Gu Tingyue took the messenger talisman, their eyes were filled with joy, and then they clasped their fists at Gu Qing and retreated: "Thank you, senior, for helping my Gu family and getting rid of the evil monster in the pond! Junior and others will leave."
The other Gu elders and monks also followed the family leader to retreat.
Soon, only Gu Qing and An Menghuan were left by the pond.
Dawn was approaching, and the wind was originally cool, but when it passed the lake in front, it became sultry. It blew An Menghuan's hair and made her figure sway.
After staying on the spirit boat for so long and following Gu Qing for such a long distance, An Meng was still very hungry and thirsty, but she still suppressed the feeling of hunger and thirst and stood quietly behind Gu Qing.
"Aren't you going to go back and take a look?"
Gu Qing looked back and glanced at An Meng in return.
The girl's little face showed fatigue and haggard, but she still stood upright and her body did not tremble.
Gu Qing could sense that An Menghuan's aura was getting weaker and weaker, as if he saw a ball of life fire that was becoming dim. This meant that An Menghuan, a mortal woman with no spiritual power, had begun to decline. , of course, not permanently declining, just hungry.
However, a woman of An Meng's age would normally be full of vitality. Even if she is extremely hungry and thirsty, she should not change like this.
It seems that the elixir that the Qing family gave to these ordinary women should not be a good thing, and it seems to be overdrafting their vitality.
An Meng was startled when she heard this.
She shook her head without hesitation: "Reply to the master."
"The dream has followed its master. Wherever the master is, the dream will still be there."
The girl's tone was firm. Although she may not have some special thoughts, Gu Qing still liked it quite a bit when he looked at the haggard face that could not hide her beautiful face. He nodded with a smile.
"That's right."
Gu Qing said.
He turned his head and looked at the deep pool, with a smile on his lips: "Do you know in your dream why this pool of water is so lifeless?"
An Meng also heard the words and glanced at the black pool.
The strange-looking insects in the pond made her a little afraid: "Is this... maybe it's because of these insects? No, if it were just these insects, then the Gu family should have cleaned up the pond long ago, so as not to turn into a cave. It has been abandoned so far. Perhaps there is some kind of water monster in the pond?"
"Haha! There is no water monster, just a small fish." Gu Qing responded after listening to An Menghui's words. He took An Menghui into his arms, swayed, and headed straight for the pool of water.
thump!
The five-color light ball smashed into the water like a huge boulder. Gu Qing noticed that An Meng was returning the girl, and tightly grabbed his hand. Her delicate body was already trembling a little, and her breathing became quite rapid.
It wasn't until she entered the water that the girl let go of her hand.
An Meng looked around in surprise. The black water was just a few inches away, but there was no stench in her mouth and nose. The strange-looking insects flashed around her. Falling at an extremely fast speed,
But with the big warm hands on her waist, she no longer had any panic.
"Go with me to capture that little fish."
Gu Qing's tone remained calm and calm.
An Meng nodded obediently and said nothing.
The two of them just fell down to an unknown depth, and the five-color light ball suddenly hit the back of a huge monster entrenched at the bottom of the pond, slamming the monster awake!
Roar!
An angry roar sounded the next moment.
A strange fish that was twenty or thirty feet long, with a huge tail and a black and red body, suddenly swung its tail in the water!
Gu Qing watched this scene indifferently.
"My consciousness is very low...that's fine, there's no need to hold back."
There was golden light emerging on his hand. This golden light seemed to penetrate through his bones, penetrated his skin and flesh, and adhered to his palm. He then moved forward, facing the fish tail, and suddenly slapped it with his palm!
Boom!
There was a violent explosion under the water, and there was a blank space at the bottom of the pool for a moment, and all the black water within a considerable range was cleared!
