If I become a saint, a celestial official will summon me to raise horses.

Chapter 76 An Exaggerated Lifespan Limit, Gu An Takes on a Disciple
Once his cultivation was completely stable, Gu An closed the lifespan barrier.

This time, the lifespan barrier consumed more than eight thousand years. At this rate, activating the lifespan barrier will sooner or later become a huge lifespan expense.

He still needs to work hard to earn more lifespan. He looks very wealthy now, but if he wants to achieve a comprehensive upgrade, he won't have enough lifespan!

Gu An stood up, stretched, and then touched his chest.

The Integration Realm is like a transition, unlike the previous realms which are phased, but this transition is a great test of one's cultivation accumulation.

Gu An could sense that the next realm was related to the heart, and the things condensing on his heart were signs, but he couldn't judge what they would be for the time being.

He started walking.

He continued to use the Boundless and Unfathomable Profound Heaven Step, constantly shifting his position, each step covering hundreds of miles. At the same time, he spread his divine sense, carefully sensing the differences of the ninth level of the Integration Realm.

Sudden.

Gu An stopped and looked in one direction, his brows furrowing slightly.

He hesitated for a moment, but still moved in that direction.

……

Beside a mountain stream, a boy covered in blood and mud stood in front of a cliff, holding a large rock in his hand. Behind him stood a girl, equally disheveled, staring ahead in terror.

Across the river, the trees parted, and a wolf demon, two zhang tall, emerged from the forest. It walked upright, its fur a deep black, and even in the early morning, its eyes gleamed with a terrifying ferocity.

The wolf demon opened its mouth, exhaled foul air, and stared intently at the two people in front of it.

The boy's arms trembled with fear, but he still bravely walked forward.

The two did not notice a figure appearing on the mountaintop behind them; it was Gu An.

Gu An temporarily changed into a set of white clothes and wore a specially made mask on his face. He made it in his spare time and it contained a restriction to prevent divine sense from spying on him.

A gentle breeze stirred Gu An's robes as he looked down at the two people below the mountain, probing their lifespans.

[Dog Egg (Unprofessional): 12/99/9999]

【Xiaohua (Unranked): 12/78/230】

A lifespan limit of 9999 years?

Gu An even doubted his own eyes; this had broken Ji Xiaoyu's human record.

Could it be that this kid also has an innate Dao talisman within him?
Just then, the wolf demon suddenly pounced on the boy named Gou Dan. Gu An raised his hand and waved his hand, and a sword aura landed between the wolf demon and Gou Dan. Stones flew and water splashed, startling the wolf demon so much that it stopped and turned to run away.

Dust rushed in, startling Gou Dan so much that he closed his eyes and started coughing.

When the dust settled, he looked closely and saw a crack half a zhang wide and a hundred zhang long appear beside the stream, as if it had been cut out by a giant sword.

Footsteps sounded from the side, startling Gou Dan, who quickly turned around and saw Gu An.

Although Gu An looked like an ordinary person, he was wearing a mask, so Gou Dan did not drop the stone in his hand.

"Are you... human... or a demon?"

Gou Dan asked cautiously, his voice weak and trembling.

Gu An said, "Of course they are people, otherwise why would I save you?"

He changed his voice, making it sound very weathered, as if he were in his forties or fifties.

Upon hearing this, Gou Dan breathed a sigh of relief, but did not put down the stone, which made Gu An's eyes flash with a hint of appreciation.

"Where do you live? I'll take you home," Gu An continued.

Upon hearing this, Gou Dan immediately fell silent.

At that moment, Xiaohua, who was behind him, suddenly burst into tears.

"My parents...were eaten by a monster..."

She spoke haltingly, her voice choked with emotion, and her outburst made Gou Dan's eyes turn red as well.

Then, Gou Dan recounted their experience.

A group of monsters broke into their village, ate all the adults, and then brought the children to this area. Every day they could see their other companions being boiled into soup. Last night it was supposed to be their turn, but suddenly the earth shook and the monsters guarding them ran away.

As dawn broke, they escaped from the cave but found no trace of the monster. They began to run, but before long, they were spotted by a wolf demon that was on its way.

Gu An listened in silence; it was the first time he had truly witnessed the suffering of humankind.

He was born into the Ji family and never experienced the threat of demons. Later, he went to the Tai Xuan Sect and relied on stealing lifespans, which can be considered a smooth journey.

Compared to him, these two children are truly suffering.

Gu An felt pity for Gou Dan, but Gou Dan's exaggerated lifespan limit made him dare not take him back.

Such a lifespan limit would certainly cause countless troubles if one were to cultivate immortality.

Gu An even suspected that Gou Dan possessed great fortune, which was why he was the only one in the family to survive. Just when Gou Dan was about to be eaten, Gu An broke through in this area. When Gou Dan was about to be caught by the wolf demon, Gu An saved him again.

When all these coincidences come together, then it's no longer a coincidence!

Son of luck?

But seeing that these two people had no parents and no relatives to rely on, Gu An couldn't bear it.

After thinking for a moment, Gu An decided to take them to a safe place first.

He appeared behind Gou Dan in one step, picked him up, and then came to Xiao Hua's side, lifting one person in each hand and moving quickly.

The two were startled by his movements and stopped crying, their bodies tense.

After ten breaths.

In a mountain forest, Gu An stopped and gently placed the two people on the ground.

He took out a bottle of pills from his storage bag and poured half into each of their mouths.

The two were choked by the sudden infusion, but as the pill entered their throats, they felt a warm current flow down their throats and then surge into their bones and muscles. This feeling was quite magical.

The two stared wide-eyed, their faces filled with disbelief. Gu An then sat down in front of them, having also begun meditating, and asked, "Do you want to cultivate immortality?"

He didn't dare to take Gou Dan back directly, but he could teach them the methods of cultivating immortality, so that the two of them could go and worship the Tai Xuan Sect on their own in the future, and then it would be none of his business.

He will send a top genius to the Tai Xuan Sect as compensation for the offenses he has committed by repeatedly extracting spiritual energy over the years.

"Are you an immortal?" Gou Dan exclaimed, his face full of excitement.

"I am not that. I am just trying to become an immortal. Since you have nowhere to go, I will teach you the methods of cultivating immortality. In the future, you can join the Tai Xuan Sect and have a place to belong."

Gu An replied that he would still use the method of voice alteration to avoid being recognized if they met again at the Tai Xuan Sect.

Gou Dan nodded hurriedly, and he even kowtowed to Gu An, calling him Master.

He turned to look at Xiaohua, who was still in a daze, pressed her head down, and said, "Quickly call him Master!"

Xiao Hua instinctively called out, "Master!"

Gu An wanted to refuse, but seeing their expectant faces, he couldn't.

Damn!

Is this the influence of the Great Fortune?

Gu An felt that it wasn't that he was soft-hearted, but that Gou Dan had some kind of luck affecting him.

Cultivating immortality inherently involves concepts like fortune and karma, and it involves believing in those ethereal and illusory existences.

"Alright, next I will teach you the mental cultivation technique and incantation. Listen carefully and memorize it carefully," Gu An said seriously.

The two of them quickly sat up straight and stared at him intently, afraid that he would get angry.

Gu An passed on his Yangmu Hunyuan Gong to them. He wasn't afraid that Gou Dan would learn it thoroughly. Once he had a lifespan of a million years, he would continue to improve this technique.

Actually, he also wanted to see how far Gou Dan could develop the Yangmu Hunyuan Gong.

Even now, he is not entirely sure what level his cultivation techniques and unique skills would be considered in the world of cultivation.

Time passes quickly.

Gu An's lecture lasted half a day, mainly for Xiao Hua. He was explaining the first level of the mental cultivation method, which Gou Dan memorized after hearing it only once.

The lifespan limit really doesn't lie!

Gu An told Gou Dan to go aside and cultivate, while he taught Xiao Hua alone.

"Master, I feel something inside me! Could it be spiritual energy?"

In the afternoon, while Xiaohua was still deep in thought, Gou Dan, who was not far away, suddenly barked excitedly.

Upon hearing this, Xiaohua's eyes widened in disbelief, and then her face darkened.

Gu Anping said calmly, "Shouting like this, what kind of behavior is this? Do you want to summon a monster?"

Upon hearing this, Gou Dan immediately shut up.

As evening approached, Xiaohua finally memorized the first level of the Yangmu Hunyuan Gong technique.

The night passed.

Gou Dan has fully embarked on the path of cultivation, while Xiao Hua has yet to cultivate spiritual power.

A person with normal five-elemental-root aptitude needs to cultivate for a month to develop spiritual power, so Gu An was not disappointed in Xiao Hua.

As dawn broke, Gu An prepared to leave.

"Dog Egg, I'm going out for a bit. I'll be back tonight. Take good care of your junior sister," Gu An said.

Dog Egg opened his eyes, quickly got up, and asked nervously, "Master, will you really come back? Don't leave us behind, I promise I won't scream again."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Hua opened her eyes, stood up, ran over, and hugged Gu An's waist, not allowing him to leave.

Gu An was both amused and exasperated, but still said in a serious tone, "I'm going to kill demons. Do you want to drag me down with me?"

Upon hearing this, Xiaohua quickly let go.

Dog Egg's eyes darted around, and he said, "Master, we've all started cultivating immortality, so why don't you give us new names?"

He felt that naming was a very meaningful thing, and having the master name them would bring the master and them closer.

Gu An hesitated for a moment, then raised his right hand and pointed his index finger at the ground, writing words with sword energy.

Dog Egg quickly ran over and stood beside him to watch.

Although they came from a mountain village, there was a schoolteacher there, so he could barely recognize them.

After Gu An finished writing, Gou Dan couldn't help but ask, "An... what's An? Master, what's the next character?"

"Your name is An Hao. Hao represents the sky. I hope you can become the sky for your junior sister and also create your own sky."

"As for Xiaohua, her name is Anxin. Master hopes that you can live a peaceful and contented life."

Gu An said calmly, and then he disappeared from the spot.

Gou Dan, now named An Hao, looked around but could no longer see Gu An. He immediately squatted down, looked at his new name, and murmured, "An Hao, Hao..."

He seemed to want to remember the character "昊".

Anxin squatted down beside him and stayed with him as he looked at the words on the ground.

the other side.

Gu An rushed towards Tai Xuan Sect. When he returned to Xuan Valley, Wu Xin was still leading the disciples in practice.

He walked from the mouth of the valley and saw many cultivators flying across the sky. It seemed that the commotion the night before had alarmed the Tai Xuan Sect.

The third update!

To be continued tomorrow!

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