When I became a saint, an immortal official summoned me to take care of horses

Chapter 51: Zhou Tongyou, the Strongest in a Hundred Years

Monster hunting?

Gu An's interest was piqued.

As they continued to descend, the landscape of the Tianya Valley appeared in the snow and fog. Looking from midair, it looked like a vast green ocean. There was a small stream flowing into the valley from all sides of the mountain forest. There were two small rivers at the edge of the valley. Looking carefully, the end of the rivers flowed into the ground.

Soon, Luo Hun and Gu An landed on the ground. He took out a piece of cloth and began wrapping his spear.

"From now on, you're the Valley Master. You can do anything you want. You can give me orders," said Luo Hun.

Gu An nodded. He took out the Heavenly Constellation Sword and said, "Set up a few buildings on the edge. I'll weed them."

Luo Hun's eyes fell on the scabbard of the Heavenly Constellation Sword. His eyes widened, and he knelt. "Greetings, Sword Master of the Heavenly Constellation Sword!"

Gu An had taken out the Heavenly Constellation Sword on purpose, afraid that Luo Hun wouldn't take him seriously enough.

The effect was great!

"What are you doing? Get up." Gu An pretended to be terrified as he helped Luo Hun to his feet.

Luo Hun stood up with a complicated expression. "I didn't expect His Majesty to give you the Heavenly Constellation Sword."

Gu An was surprised. "What's with the reaction?"

Luo Hun replied, "Taicang has three imperial swords. Seeing them is like seeing His Majesty: Heaven's Inquisition, Heaven's Constellation, and Heaven's Punishment. His Majesty holds the Heaven's Punishment Sword, while the Heaven's Inquisition Sword is with His Highness the Crown Prince. Without His Majesty's permission, no one can take it. So seeing the sword is like seeing His Majesty."

Hearing this, Gu An suddenly felt that Li Ya held a high place in Li Xuandao's heart.

Without Li Xuandao's permission, Li Ya would have a hard time inheriting the Heavenly Constellation Sword.

But now that the sword was in his hands, Li Xuandao wouldn't be scheming, would he?

Gu An was used to thinking of the worst-case scenario, so he didn't think Li Xuandao was that simple. After all, an emperor's heart was as deep as the ocean.

"I see. Then let's get to work," said Gu An.

Luo Hun had no objections, but he couldn't help but glance at the Heavenly Constellation Sword.

Then, he saw Gu An using the Heavenly Constellation Sword to cut the weeds. This made him want to say something, but he stopped himself.

An hour later.

The Formation Steles around the Tianya Valley were activated. Each of the steles burst out with blue light and soared into the sky. They gathered in the sky and formed a semicircular light shield that enveloped the entire Tianya Valley. Then, it became transparent.

After activating the formation, Luo Hun began constructing the pavilion.

By noon, Gu An had cleared out all the weeds at the bottom of the valley. His efficiency was very high. If not for the fact that he wanted to hide his true strength, he could have gotten rid of all the weeds with a stomp of his feet.

Three days later.

Gu An had already finished sowing the seeds. Luo Hun had brought along many high-grade medicinal plant seeds. His storage pouch seemed to have an endless supply of them.

Over the next three days, Luo Hun completed the construction of five pavilions and captured three monkey demons.

These three monkey demons were all Rank Two Demonic Beasts. They could walk upright. Other than the fur on their bodies, they looked no different from humans.

Luo Hun asked Gu An to name them, and Gu An named them Sun Da, Sun Er, and Sun San. Luo Hun fell silent for a long moment.

The three monkey demons liked the surname Sun very much.

Gu An led the three monkey demons on a tour of the garden and gave them their daily tasks.

The three monkey demons could already speak the human language. They were all very clever, and it was easy for them to communicate. Gu An wasn't worried that they would cause trouble. After all, they had been cursed by Luo Hun. Their lives were no longer in their own hands.

Elsewhere, Luo Hun walked to the stairs of one of the pavilions and lay down. He took out a book from his robes. The words "Investiture of the Gods" were written on the cover.

He was also a fan of the Investiture of the Gods. When Gu An had talked to him about the Investiture of the Gods, he had been very excited, unlike his usual aloof demeanor.

Near evening, Gu An found Luo Hun and told him that he was returning to the Profound Valley.

Luo Hun was afraid that something would happen to him. After all, there were many Demonic Beasts along the way. Unfortunately, he insisted on returning.

Gu An said that he would be careful.

Luo Hun thought for a moment, then took out ten talismans from his storage pouch. "This is an invisibility technique. Pour your spiritual energy into it and you will become invisible. Even your aura will be concealed. Unless you encounter a Rank Three Demonic Beast or a Core Formation cultivator, it will be very difficult to detect you. Each talisman lasts for ten hours. Use it sparingly. After all, you have to come back."

Gu An took the talismans and cupped his fists in gratitude.

Luo Hun was still a bit worried. "How about you enter Foundation Establishment first? I have Foundation Establishment Pills here."

Gu An shook his head. "I have Foundation Establishment Pills of my own. You don't need to worry. I've already memorized the path. I have plenty of Spiritual Energy Pills on me."

With that, he flew away on his sword.

Leaving the Horizon Valley wouldn't be blocked by the formation, but entering would be difficult.

Luo Hun looked at Gu An's back and frowned.

He recalled His Majesty's words and could only sigh.

Li Xuandao had said that if Gu An died, he would replace him with someone else. Luo Hun's mission was only to protect the Horizon Valley.

…

Fifty kilometers away from the Horizon Valley, Gu An suddenly sped up. Before nightfall, he had returned to the Profound Valley.

With the Horizon Valley, Gu An would be very busy in the coming days. The outer sect disciples' cave residences were waiting for him to take care of, and he would have to go to the Horizon Valley from time to time to check on the situation. He wouldn't completely trust the monkey.

Although he would be busy, Gu An didn't feel tired at all. On the contrary, he was full of fighting spirit.

In a few years, his lifespan would increase exponentially!

Once he obtained the medicine valley that Gu Zong promised him, a million-year lifespan would no longer seem so unattainable.

Gu An even studied the art of puppetry, leaving a puppet in each of the medicinal valleys to help him guard the medicinal herbs.

Before that, he had to raise his cultivation base on the surface.

Mortal Realm Stage 9 was no longer enough, at least it would be troublesome to travel back and forth between the Profound Valley and Sky Valley.

Just like that, fifteen days passed.

Gu An came to the outer sect and went to visit Elder Liu Chang of the Book Collection Hall.

He felt that Liu Chang had more power than Zhu Qinglu of the Medicine Hall.

The two of them met in the inner room alone. Liu Chang was flipping through the latest volume of the Investiture of the Gods. He smiled and said, "Not bad, not bad. It's written very brilliantly. Just casually flipping through it makes my heart itch."

Gu An hesitantly said, "Elder Liu, I have a request."

Liu Chang asked without raising his eyes, "What is it?"

"I'm preparing to reach Foundation Establishment, but I don't want to be an outer court disciple. I want to continue serving as the Profound Valley's Valley Master. This way, it'll be easier for me to write books. If I become an outer court disciple and go out on missions, I'm afraid I'll die outside …"

"That's all?"

"Can Elder Liu do it?"

"Of course, hehe, I'll go directly to Gu Yu. He told me before that his father thinks highly of you and asked me to take care of you and try my best to satisfy your needs."

Liu Chang laughed. His laughter was like that of an old fox.

Gu An immediately thanked him.

Liu Chang put down the book in his hand and said, "You are already a special talent of the Supreme Mystery Sect. The harvest you turn in every year is already in the top three of the outer sect's medicinal valleys. Not to mention, you can also write the Investiture of the Gods. Because of your book, the number of disciples recruited by the Supreme Mystery Sect has increased by fifty percent. Your contribution has already far exceeded the contribution of the outer court disciples."

"Don't worry, even if you can reach Golden Core Realm in the future, I won't let you go out on missions."

After saying this, he was amused.

Even he couldn't reach Golden Core Realm, but Gu An could?

Gu An felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted off his shoulders.

As long as he didn't act like a genius, he could slowly improve his superficial realm, which would make it easier for him to do things in the future.

Liu Chang seemed to have thought of something and said, "Recently, the genius of the Jue Shan Sect, Zhou Tongyou, will come to the Supreme Mystery Sect to challenge the young cultivators under a hundred years old. It will probably be very lively. You can inquire more and gain inspiration for your next book. Remember, when the time comes, you have to write about the Supreme Mystery Sect."

The Investiture of the Gods was almost finished, and Liu Chang had already received instructions from above.

Gu An nodded and asked curiously, "Is that Zhou Tongyou very powerful?"

"Of course he is. He was born with double spiritual roots, and his physique is the Evil Suppressing Golden Body that the Zhou family cultivated for thousands of years. He has never met a match in the same realm. He once killed a cultivator at the third level of the Golden Core Realm with a cultivation of the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm. His name shook the cultivation world and he was known as the strongest genius in the Tai Cang Cultivation World in a hundred years."

When Liu Chang mentioned Zhou Tongyou, he was very surprised. He began to talk about that battle, and Gu An listened very seriously.

A genius who could cross realms to kill enemies, in Gu An's opinion, was the main character's destiny.

After all, he couldn't do it, or rather, he didn't dare to do it.

Compared to crossing realms to kill powerful enemies, he preferred to use his powerful cultivation to suppress weak enemies.

An hour later, Gu An left the Book Collection Hall.

After buying a batch of things in the city, he rushed back to the Profound Valley.

The next morning, Gu An gathered the disciples to practice. At the same time, he announced that he had successfully entered the Foundation Establishment Realm last night, which surprised the disciples.

Wu Xin was pleasantly surprised, but also a little reluctant.

Since Senior Brother had successfully entered the Foundation Establishment Realm, he would definitely go to the outer sect and become the Valley Master!

"Master, are you going to leave us?" Zhen Qin hurriedly asked. Her tone was reluctant, and she pretended to have a pitiful expression on her face.

The other disciples also looked at Gu An nervously. Wu Xin restrained his surprise and pretended to be disappointed.

Gu An sighed and said, "Yes …"

The expressions of the disciples instantly dimmed, and Wu Xin's heart thumped uncontrollably.

The saddest one was Xiao Chuan. He was going to become the oldest person in the valley.

"However, because our Medicine Valley's harvest is good, I applied to the outer sect to continue staying in the Medicine Valley. The outer sect has already agreed."

Gu An changed the topic and said quickly.

The disciples were stunned for a moment, then they cheered and rushed to Gu An.

Wu Xin was stunned. After a few breaths of time, he tried to squeeze out a smile.

The happiest person was Xiao Chuan. He knew that he had no hope of entering the Foundation Establishment Realm in this life. If Gu An could accompany him for a lifetime, he would naturally be happy. Only Gu An would indulge his interest in raising demons.

The Profound Valley was immersed in liveliness. It took Wu Xin a long time to calm down.

Gu An saw his mood and pulled him to the side. He said that he would soon have a new Medicine Valley. Even if he was still in the Profound Valley, he could be the master of the Profound Valley.

In the future, Wu Xin would have the real power of the Valley Master!

This made Wu Xin very excited.

Looking at his excited smile, Gu An thought of Cheng Xuandan and Zhang Chunqiu again.

Things were still the same, but people had changed.

The days passed quickly. Gu An went out of the valley every two days to take care of the cave residence of the outer sect disciples. Every half a month, he went to Tianya Valley.

After learning that Gu An had entered the Foundation Establishment Realm, Luo Hun was completely relieved and no longer disturbed him.

Gu An saw that he liked to read, so he brought him the Journey of Qing Xia.

Strangely, when Gu An went to Tianya Valley later, he didn't see Luo Hun reading the Journey of Qing Xia.

Did he not like it?

Then I won't bring it for him in the future!

But why didn't he read The Investiture of the Gods?