In Emei, start by obtaining golden attributes.

Chapter 371 The Love-Longing Flower
After sitting down in front of Abbess Miejue and Abbess Juechen, Abbess Miejue coughed lightly and said, "Your uncle and I have come here this time because there is another matter we want to discuss with you."

Gu Shaoan remained respectful, waiting for Abbess Miejue to continue.

"Given the events at the Demon Master's Palace, and the fact that the three of you are not yet married, I haven't brought it up. Now, Shao'an, you are already a first-rate expert. Your two uncles and I have discussed it and decided that we can try to entrust the affairs of the Emei Sect to you."

Upon hearing this, Gu Shaoan and the others knew perfectly well that Abbess Miejue meant for Gu Shaoan to succeed as sect leader.

In an instant, everyone's eyes fell on Gu Shaoan.

Although Gu Shaoan is not very old, he is impeccable in terms of temperament, intelligence, talent and strength.

Outside, with the defeat of the Demon Master Pang Ban, the kneeling of Shi Huolong and others from the Beggar Clan on the Golden Summit of Emei Mountain, and the defeat of Yuan Dongyuan, the master of Wuhen Manor, Gu Shaoan's reputation has grown higher and higher.

Within the sect, Gu Shaoan's prestige among the disciples and elders of the Emei Sect is now no less than that of Abbess Miejue, the sect leader.

There will be virtually no opposition to his succession as sect leader.

Abbess Miejue was not someone who coveted power or the position of sect leader. It was no exaggeration to say that Emei was fortunate to have a disciple like Gu Shaoan as its leader.

Seeing that Gu Shaoan did not speak, Abbess Miejue continued, "Now that the Emei Sect has returned to the ranks of first-class forces, my internal energy level is only at the Qi Condensation stage, which is somewhat inappropriate. On the contrary, it would be more appropriate for you, Shaoan, to become the sect leader."

Only after Abbess Miejue finished speaking did Gu Shaoan shake his head and say, "It's too early."

Then, in the eyes of Abbess Miejue and the others, Gu Shaoan continued, "Now that chaos is approaching, the struggle between the Great Wei Kingdom and the Great Yuan Kingdom will be no small matter. When the two countries go to war, the martial arts world will inevitably be in turmoil. At that time, it is unknown whether our Emei Sect can stay out of it."

"The best way to protect the Emei Sect is to increase the sect's strength."

"After becoming the sect leader, there will inevitably be many things that will distract the disciples. In comparison, maintaining the status quo is the best option."

After a pause, Gu Shaoan smiled and said, "In addition, Master and Uncle are only in their early forties. After Linglong Refined Heart, Master and Uncle's internal strength has improved considerably. In another two years, their internal strength should be able to reach the level of Condensing Yuan into Gang. With Master and Uncle's current foundation and potential, it is not an unattainable thing for them to reach the Celestial Realm in the future."

"When the time comes, your lifespan will increase by three hundred. According to that age, Master is still considered young now, so why rush things?"

Upon hearing Gu Shaoan's next words, Abbess Miejue couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Is that how you calculate it?"

After responding, Abbess Miejue fell silent again.

Seeing Abbess Miejue's reaction, Gu Shaoan smiled and said, "For disciples, senior sisters and junior sisters, Emei is already home. Different roles among family members make for a more harmonious family."

"For a disciple, what matters is never position, but the people around him."

"Given my situation, I'll inevitably be involved in many things in the future. Having the title of sect leader would actually restrict my actions. In comparison, it's better for Master to remain in this position."

Finally, Gu Shaoan seemed to remember something and changed the subject, saying, "If Master feels tired of sitting in the position of sect leader, he can hand it over to Uncle Juechen or Uncle Juezhuo. After all, we are family, so we can take turns sitting in the position."

Upon hearing this, Abbess Miejue laughed and scolded, "What do you take this position of sect leader for? You even take turns doing it."

Despite her words, Abbess Miejue could only sigh inwardly.

What Gu Shaoan said, how could Abbess Miejue not understand?

However, Abbess Miejue was even more convinced that the Emei Sect would be even more glorious in Gu Shaoan's hands than it had been in hers.

Seeing that Gu Shaoan really had no intention of succeeding as sect leader, Abbess Miejue pondered for a moment and said helplessly, "Very well! It's good that you want to focus on cultivation. Since you don't want to sit in this position for the time being, I will take care of all the miscellaneous matters for you so that you can focus on cultivation."

Gu Shaoan smiled and nodded, saying, "Then I'll have to trouble Master and Uncle."

Time flies like an arrow; the forests in the mountains have lost their lush green of midsummer and are now tinged with golden red and pale yellow.

In the blink of an eye, it's already late autumn in October.

The bamboo forest on the east side of Mount Emei is still lush and green, with the bamboo leaves not yet withered. The rustling sound of the bamboo tips swaying in the autumn wind is less hot and more refreshing than in summer.

Inside a pavilion deep in the bamboo forest, Gu Shaoan and Gu Santong sat facing each other.

At this moment, Gu Santong frowned, holding a black chess piece in one hand, staring intently at the chessboard in front of him.

Gu Santong has maintained this posture for almost half an incense stick's time.

On the other side, Gu Shaoan propped up half his face with one hand and casually rested the other on the stone table. A warm white chess piece seemed to come alive, nimbly rolling, jumping, and weaving between his slender fingers. Its speed varied, and its trajectory was unpredictable, but it never fell.

What is most eye-catching is that behind Gu Shaoan, there is a blurry, fiery red phantom that appears and disappears. Occasionally, the power of heaven and earth enters Gu Shaoan's body through the fire god's avatar behind him, and then Gu Shaoan skillfully guides it into his essence, energy, and spirit.

Over the course of several months, the essence, energy, and spirit within Gu Shaoan's body have become even more solid than when they were first formed.

Consequently, Gu Shaoan's own essence, energy, and spirit also became purer and more refined.

After a moment's thought, Gu Santong finally placed the black piece on the chessboard.

Just as Gu Santong's chess piece landed, Gu Shaoan flicked his thumb, and the white piece tumbled in the air, drawing an arc before landing precisely on the chessboard.

Watching Gu Shaoan make his move, Gu Santong quickly scanned the chessboard with his eyes, then looked dejected.

"I'm not playing anymore. I've played hundreds of games over the past few months and haven't won a single one. I don't know where you, at your age, got such profound chess skills."

Gu Shaoan chuckled inwardly at Gu Santong's complaints.

With his masterful chess skills, not to mention Gu Santong, there is no one in the entire land of Kyushu who can compare with Gu Shaoan in terms of chess skills.

If they were to lose to Gu Santong, that would be truly bizarre.

After using the Yin and Yang energies to pull the black and white chess pieces on the board into the two chess boxes, Gu Shaoan said, "It's rare that you, Uncle Gu, are in the mood to play chess today. Have you made a breakthrough in the 'Heavenly Will Four Symbols Technique'?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Santong's face immediately fell.

"I don't know how you came up with this 'Four Symbols of Heavenly Will' technique. It's so difficult to cultivate. I've been at the 'beginner' level for more than three months, and I've only felt the signs of a breakthrough in the last few days."

Gu Shaoan smiled and said, "The Four Symbols of Heavenly Will is special. Even if you only cultivate it, you need to involve essence, qi, spirit and vital energy. You have only condensed the qi seed now. The essence seed and spirit seed have not yet been condensed, so the difficulty of cultivation will naturally be greater."

"However, once you reach the 'Mastery' stage, you will be able to use the 'Wind God's Wrath' technique to refine the power of heaven and earth, and use it to temper your essence, energy, and spirit. Moreover, Uncle Gu will also gain another unique skill for defending against enemies."

Gu Santong nodded and said, "Yes! Then we'll have another trump card to defend against the enemy."

Gu Santong felt helpless as he said this.

Although Gu Santong was not from a prestigious family, he still possessed two unique skills: the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill and the Absorption Technique.

However, the "Absorption Technique" does not absorb energy; its effect is merely to absorb some suction force, which can be considered a method.

When facing other masters, the "Invincible Vajra Divine Skill" can only make Gu Santong invincible, but whether he can win is another matter.

Just like the fight with Sun Baifa, Sun Baifa couldn't break Gu Santong's "Invincible Vajra Divine Skill," but Gu Santong couldn't touch Sun Baifa either. Especially when Sun Baifa made his move, his old mouth kept spouting witty remarks.

Being beaten up by Sun Baifa like a wooden stake is even more infuriating than losing.

But with this "Four Symbols of Heavenly Will" technique, things are different.

During battle, Gu Santong used the Dharma Image, formed by combining the power of heaven and earth with the power of the Gang Yuan, to defend against the enemy, while he himself remained unmoved.

If the enemy can break through the Dharma image formed by the "Four Symbols of Heavenly Will" and attack in front of him, then he has actually entered Gu Santong's comfort zone.

Then, Gu Santong said, "When I went to Jiading Prefecture this morning to fight with that old man Sun, he asked me to pass on a message to you. He said that he has found out about one of the medicines you wanted. It is in the home of the Qin family in Baoding Prefecture."

Gu Shaoan's heart skipped a beat: "What medicine?"

Gu Santong responded with "Acacia Flower".

Upon hearing the words "Acacia Flower," Gu Shaoan raised an eyebrow slightly.

Love-longing delicate flower.

The flower of longing, also known as the love flower, is called the love flower.

It resembles a datura flower, is covered in poisonous thorns, and has exceptionally beautiful flowers.

The Acacia flower is a rare variety of love flower, and only a hundred-year-old love flower has a very low probability of transforming into the Exquisite Flower.

Its flower stems are still covered with poisonous thorns, and the toxicity is even more potent.

However, unlike others, its flowers emit a fresh and elegant fragrance, are non-toxic, and never wither.

A hundred years ago, the largest number of them were found in the Valley of Heartbreak.

However, with the destruction of the Valley of Heartbreak, its Love Flowers were left uncultivated and gradually became rare.

"Sure enough, the efficiency of doing the same thing is different depending on whether you have an intelligence network or not."

From the moment Gu Shaoan's medical skills reached the Grandmaster level, he had already instructed the disciples of the Emei Sect to keep an eye out for the Acacia 'Linglong' flower. Gu Shaoan himself would also visit various pharmacies and flower shops in every town he visited, but unfortunately, he had not found anything.

Unexpectedly, only a few months after telling Sun Baifa, Sun Baifa actually found the whereabouts of the Acacia Flower.

Seeing Gu Shaoan's reaction, Gu Santong asked, "Judging from your reaction, this thing is very important?"

Facing Gu Santong, Gu Shaoan did not hide anything and said frankly: "The Acacia Linglong Flower has unique medicinal properties. Its stem contains a deadly poison that can kill on contact with blood. However, after the poison is removed, its medicinal power can increase a martial artist's strength. The flower itself has special medicinal properties and can soothe the mind. When combined with appropriate medicines to make the Linglong Qingyu Pill, it can even preserve youth."

Upon hearing about the medicinal properties of the Acacia 'Linglong' flower, Gu Santong immediately sat up straight.

"Then why didn't you just have Old Man Sun bring this Acacia Flower over for you?"

Whether or not one possesses true skill is secondary; Gu Santong's current focus is on the "Four Symbols of Heavenly Will," not on skill level.

What Gu Santong cared about was the anti-aging effect of the Acacia 'Linglong' flower.

Although he can't use it, Su Xin can!
Even though Gu Santong didn't understand much about women's minds, he could still tell how powerful the words "preserving youth" were for a woman.

Once Gu Santong presents the exquisite jade pill to Su Xin, he can imagine how happy Su Xin will be.

Gu Shaoan shook his head and said, "If it were possible to obtain it through ordinary means, perhaps Senior Sun would have brought the Acacia Flower directly. However, he has sent a message that the family that possesses the Acacia Flower likely has some special requirements."

As he spoke, Gu Shaoan looked at Gu Santong and asked, "Didn't Senior Sun explain it to you in detail?"

Gu Santong shook his head and said, "He only gave you the location. If you want something, you can get it by going there."

If it were anyone else saying such things, Gu Shaoan would suspect that the other person might be setting a trap for him.

But Sun Baifa had no such reason.

Moreover, he was certain that he could obtain the Acacia Flower from that family. After thinking it over, Gu Shaoan roughly guessed the reason.

Immediately, Gu Shaoan said, "It seems I'll have to make the trip myself."

Just then, Gu Santong suddenly coughed lightly.

"Hey, could you help me treat a friend this time?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Shaoan looked up at Gu Santong.

Meeting Gu Shaoan's gaze, Gu Santong said, "Didn't I tell you before that my friend would be taking my son back to the Great Wei Kingdom? This morning, Old Man Sun brought a message saying that my friend was also planning to bring Fei'er back, but he encountered some trouble at the border. Fortunately, someone came to his rescue."

“But the person who saved my life seems to be seriously ill. It just so happens that I mentioned your medical skills to him before, and it just so happens that they will pass through Baoding Prefecture when they come to Emei.”

At this point, Gu Shaoan was well aware of Gu Santong's meaning.

Gu Shaoan asked, "Do you want me to help treat you?"

Gu Santong chuckled.

In response, Gu Shaoan asked, "Should I bring Brother Cheng back directly?"

Gu Santong nodded like a chicken pecking at rice and said, "With you protecting him, it's definitely safer. By the way, you can also check on that brat along the way. If he encounters any problems, help me teach him. Anyway, with your medical skills, it'll be hard for that kid to die."

Even with Gu Shaoan's "Enlightenment" and "Insightful Insight" attributes, martial arts like the "Four Symbols of Heaven's Will" are extremely difficult to master, let alone for Gu Santong.

Moreover, the "Four Symbols of Heavenly Will" involves the power of heaven and earth.

If things go wrong, you'll end up like Sun Baifa, being devoured by the power of heaven and earth.

These past few days, Gu Santong has been at a crucial point in the "Four Symbols of Heavenly Will" and dares not be careless.

Gu Shaoan didn't mind, nodded in agreement, and then left without further tormenting Gu Santong in chess.

After Gu Shaoan left, Gu Santong looked down at the chessboard in front of him.

After a few moments of contemplation, he suddenly raised his hand and pressed it against the chessboard from a distance.

After the chessboard and its box on the table were reduced to dust, Gu Santong finally felt much better.

"From this day forward, chess is forbidden."

(End of this chapter)