In Emei, start by obtaining golden attributes.

Chapter 93: Returning to the Innate Realm, a New Golden Entry

Time flies like water, like sand slipping through your fingers.

More than three years have quietly passed since the heavy snowfall that wiped out the extinctions from the mountains.

As the winter snow melts away once more, all things come to life, and the majestic Mount Emei awakens from its slumber once more, donning a lush and verdant summer coat.

The back of Da'e Peak remains far removed from the bustling crowds and swirling incense smoke of the front mountain, making it all the more serene and ethereal.

The afternoon sunlight was filtered through layers of dense bamboo forest, leaving only countless dappled, golden spots of light that fell on the pebbles of the clear mountain stream.

The babbling brook, its waters colliding with the smooth stones, creates a melodious, ceaseless sound, like an ancient symphony played by nature.

On the cliff edge of the back mountain, beneath an ancient pine tree beside a blue stone, Gu Shaoan sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, motionless.

Several months ago, Gu Shaoan had already reached the age of hair-binding.

Although he was only of marriageable age, Gu Shaoan's height already far exceeded that of his peers due to years of hard work in physical training and martial arts studies.

Compared to other physical characteristics, it is closer to the physique of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old youth.

His close-fitting blue and white outfit perfectly accentuated the strong physique he had developed from wielding a heavy sword day after day.

His face is even more handsome than before, with clear and heroic lines, sword-like eyebrows that slant into his temples, and a high nose bridge. He has shed his childishness and revealed some angular features, with only his slightly full lips still bearing a trace of youth.

Sunlight filtered through the leaves, falling on his sharply defined profile, giving his handsome features a composure and sharpness far beyond his years, like a renowned sword sheathed in its case, silent yet already possessing the brilliance to pierce the sky.

Upon closer inspection, Gu Shaoan's internal energy surged like a deep, vast, and profound river, flowing through the complex network of the eight extraordinary meridians and the twelve regular meridians.

The surging waves were continuously compressed and purified by an invisible will, converging towards the central hub of all the meridians in the body—the Dantian Qihai, three inches below the navel!

"Om~"

Just then, a slight fluctuation suddenly emerged from Gu Shaoan's body.

But to Gu Shaoan, this slight fluctuation felt as violent as an earth dragon churning.

As a hidden meridian in Gu Shaoan's body opened, a notification appeared in Gu Shaoan's mind.

[The fifth level of the "Emei Nine Yang True Scripture" has reached perfection, achievement points +1000.]

However, Gu Shaoan had no time to pay attention to the prompts in his mind at the moment.

As Gu Shaoan cultivated the fifth level of the "Emei Nine Yang True Scripture" to perfection, he felt his internal energy surge wildly within him, like a runaway horse.

Under Gu Shaoan's deliberate guidance and extreme compression, the vortex deep in his dantian, which was illuminated by pure internal energy and resembled a tangible golden sun, suddenly emitted a deep rumble.

The sound did not resound to the outside world, but directly vibrated in his spiritual sea of ​​consciousness, as if it were the first thunderclap at the beginning of the world.

The entire dantian seemed to transform into the core of a star about to erupt, with immense energy compressed to its limit, emanating a terrifying aura that made one's heart tremble.

The time has come!

Gu Shaoan's mind was as sharp as lightning, his spirit steadfast and his will as solid as a diamond.

The vast sea of ​​qi, which had been compressed to its limit, found an outlet under his will. Suddenly, a golden torrent of pure essence, condensed to the point of almost becoming a solid liquid, split off and flowed upstream along the Du meridian, which had long been nurtured and developed to be extremely resilient. It was accompanied by the force of wind and thunder.

"boom"

Then an even more violent movement emerged, and a gust of wind even emanated from Gu Shaoan's body.

In an instant, Gu Shaoan's whole body trembled violently. He felt a surge of scalding hot magma rushing up from his tailbone (Changqiang acupoint). Wherever it passed, the twenty-eight acupoints on the Du meridian seemed to be thrown into blazing gold, undergoing the most thorough tempering and purging amidst excruciating pain! Every acupoint was frantically absorbing and releasing this pure energy, while being forcibly connected, forming a bright pathway.

The momentum is overwhelming!

In just a moment, the torrent of true essence, with its unparalleled momentum, broke through the two bridges of heaven and earth.

"Boom——!"

Just as his internal energy connected the two bridges of heaven and earth, the internal energy in Gu Shaoan's body suddenly froze, and then poured wildly down from the Baihui acupoint on the top of his head, like the Milky Way pouring down to earth.

As his powerful internal energy circulated rapidly, a wisp of energy, distinct from his internal energy yet seemingly a hundred times heavier, began to condense within Gu Shaoan's body.

Like clouds and mist, yet also like lead and mercury.

This is the sign that after a martial artist has opened up the eight extraordinary meridians and the two bridges of heaven and earth, they have returned to their innate state, and their internal energy has transformed into true qi.

True Qi is constantly being condensed, while internal energy is being rapidly consumed.

In just half an hour, Gu Shaoan's internal energy disappeared, replaced by highly refined true qi.

In contrast, his dantian and dantian, the source of true qi, had transformed into a deep, warm, and vibrant golden spring!

Although the spring is small, it seems to have its own life. Without deliberate guidance, it can drive the true energy to circulate in the meridians like the ebb and flow of the tide with each breath, endlessly.

"call--!"

After an incense stick had burned for a while, a long, lingering breath finally escaped from Gu Shaoan's mouth.

Slowly opening his eyes, Gu Shaoan's eyes were clear and bright like glass, even brighter and cleaner than three years ago, carrying a sense of untainted insight.

"We've finally reached this point."

With all eight extraordinary meridians open, the bridge between heaven and earth will be forever secure.

Having returned his inner strength from the acquired to the innate, at this moment, fifteen-year-old Gu Shaoan, with a body as sharp as a sword and a heart as clear as crystal, has quietly reached an inner strength level that ordinary people may not be able to achieve in their entire lives.

This also allowed Gu Shaoan to successfully step into a new starting point.

Over the past three years, Gu Shaoan has won several more power cards through lotteries.

However, almost all of them have accumulated their skills over several months or one or two years.

But over time, this accumulation gave Gu Shaoan an additional five years of skill.

It was also because of his five years of training that Gu Shaoan was able to forcefully use his own powerful internal energy to connect the final two bridges of heaven and earth and return to the innate state half a year ago.

However, doing so would undoubtedly diminish the sense of perfection.

This allowed Gu Shaoan to continue using his usual approach, "overflowing naturally."

Only when the internal energy is so abundant that the meridians can automatically open up, can the foundation be stabilized and the meridians be preserved.

And the result undoubtedly proved that Gu Shaoan's choice was correct.

Currently, Gu Shaoan has only just transformed his internal energy into true qi, yet it already has a state resembling lead and mercury, clearly indicating that his true qi has been condensed to its extreme.

For ordinary martial artists, this quality of true qi can be condensed into true essence simply by improving their internal cultivation techniques.

It is conceivable how profound Gu Shaoan's true energy is now.

However, at that moment, two notification messages suddenly popped up in the corner of Gu Shaoan's eye.

[Internal skill has reached the level of Returning to the Innate Realm, unlocking the third talent attribute.]

[Acquire new talent attribute: Multitasking (Gold)]

"Ok?"

Seeing the two new notification messages pop up in the corner of his eye, Gu Shaoan was stunned for a moment, then a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

【Multitasking】As the name suggests, it allows the person who obtains this term to be able to focus on multiple things at the same time.

Although it cannot, like the "Ambidextrous Technique," allow a person's internal energy or true qi to circulate within the body according to two different martial arts simultaneously, it allows Gu Shaoan to maintain the circulation and cultivation of true qi within his body while doing other things.

Over time, the benefits will be enormous.

Thinking this, Gu Shaoan looked up and gazed at the distant mountain scenery. At the same time, the true qi in his body began to circulate according to the sixth level of the "Emei Nine Yang True Scripture".

This feeling is amazing.

This is different from Gu Shaoan's previous attempts.

In the past, Gu Shaoan tried to multitask, and when he was reading, he also wanted his internal energy to flow along the path of the cultivation technique. However, as soon as his attention was slightly distracted, the flow of internal energy would immediately stop.

But now, even though it's the same thing, it feels more natural to act when I'm distracted.

Just like a normal person using chopsticks to pick up food while simultaneously chewing the food in their mouth.

It seems as if they have all become instincts.

"It's a pity we arrived a little late."

Three years ago, Gu Shaoan already felt that his days were too short, and a few hours were not enough to learn several martial arts and cultivate internal energy.

If this talent attribute had come three years earlier, Gu Shaoan's strength would definitely have increased even more by now.

Immediately, Gu Shaoan had a thought and summoned his attribute panel.

[Player: Gu Shaoan] [Innate Talent: Excellent]

[Cultivation Level: Later Return to Innate Stage]

[Internal Cultivation Technique: Emei Nine Yang True Scripture (Fifth Level Completed)]

[Martial Arts Techniques: Willow Catkin Swordplay (Smooth and Smooth), Sunset Swordplay (Smooth and Smooth), Golden Summit Cotton Palm (Smooth and Smooth), Divine Dragon Appears Three Times (Smooth and Smooth), Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms (Entering the Inner Chamber), "Tendon Changing and Bone Forging Chapter".]

[Achievement Points: 1527]

Looking at the martial arts skills on the attribute panel that had reached the "perfect and satisfactory" level, even Gu Shaoan felt a sense of accomplishment.

However, looking at the level of the "Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms", Gu Shaoan couldn't help but shake his head.

It must be said that martial arts of the level of "Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms" are indeed very difficult to master.

Even Gu Shaoan, after three years, had only managed to cultivate this martial art to the "entry-level" stage.

At his current pace, it would probably take him another two or three years to fully master the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms.

Suppressing his thoughts, Gu Shaoan gazed at the lush, undulating mountains in the distance before turning and walking towards the bamboo hut.

Soon, after walking a dozen steps, Gu Shaoan heard a series of strange noises.

With a slight raise of his brow, he then lightly touched the ground with his feet, his body suddenly rising into the air like a dragon soaring through the sky, instantly traversing a distance of eight zhang.

When his body was suspended in mid-air and about to fall, he circulated his internal energy and his body mysteriously rose another five zhang until he stood on the top of a green bamboo.

The change in his true energy actually made Gu Shaoan feel as if he were riding the wind when he activated "The Three Manifestations of the Divine Dragon".

The spot where Gu Shaoan stood was the most tender part of the bamboo top, about the thickness of a toothpick.

When the mountain breeze blows, the bamboo branches at the top also sway in the wind.

But strangely, Gu Shaoan's feet seemed to be glued to the bamboo branch, and he showed no sign of falling.

If Miejue were to see this scene, she would surely realize that Gu Shaoan's skill in "The Three Appearances of the Divine Dragon" has completely surpassed hers.

With her eyes slightly lowered, she saw Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan flitting about like butterflies flitting among flowers near the stream on the back mountain, their palms flying.

They were actually using the "Golden Top Cotton Palm" technique to practice and verify their skills.

Having just finished his cultivation, Gu Shaoan became interested when he saw the two women sparring, and thus began to watch from his vantage point.

On the open ground, Zhou Zhiruo exuded a gentle and aloof temperament. Three years had passed, and her features had matured a bit more. Her elegant and refined appearance was further accentuated by the graceful movements of her well-tailored dress, which swayed gently with her movements, making her seem like a rare orchid in a secluded valley.

Unlike Zhou Zhiruo's aloofness, Yang Yan's features are not as delicate as Zhou Zhiruo's, but rather exquisite, with eyebrows like distant mountains, resembling peach blossoms in spring, making her even more beautiful.

However, her eyes were sharper than they were three years ago, adding a touch of fierceness to her delicate beauty.

Both of them were using the Golden Top Cotton Palm technique at this moment.

At this moment, Yang Yan exerted force with both legs like a surging river, and her figure arrived in an instant. Her right palm brought a sharp gust of wind and struck Zhou Zhiruo's left shoulder. Although the palm strike was not particularly fierce or domineering, it was full of the impact of high-speed movement, like a rushing river crashing against a reef.

Faced with this attack that came in an instant, Zhou Zhiruo's eyes remained unchanged. She neither dodged nor evaded, but gently raised her left arm like a willow branch swaying in the breeze, and calmly struck out with one hand as well.

However, when her palms met, Yang Yan immediately felt a gentle, dense force dissipate the strength in her palms.

The two then exchanged dozens of blows, their palms flashing, and the "Golden Top Cotton Palm" technique they used had reached a level of "complete mastery".

Even though it's the same martial art, its power and the feeling it gives are completely different in the hands of Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan.

Zhou Zhiruo's "Golden Top Cotton Palm" appears gentle and casual, but in reality, it contains hidden, subtle strength.

When he struck out, his palm strikes carried a gentle, flowing quality, and his body moved with supple grace.

In contrast, Yang Yan used the fierce power of the Golden Summit Cotton Palm technique to its fullest extent, her palm strikes like a surging mountain stream, unstoppable.

After watching for a while, Gu Shaoan couldn't help but nod slightly.

With the help of the "Yi Jin Duan Gu Pian" (a set of exercises for strengthening tendons and bones), Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan have made significant progress over the past three years.

Both of them have reached the mastery stage in the first level of the "Emei Nine Yang True Scripture".

Because of Gu Shaoan's request, the two women did not directly cultivate the second level, but instead tried their best to cultivate the first level to perfection.

However, his internal strength has increased more than tenfold compared to three years ago.

Moreover, thanks to Gu Shaoan's daily guidance, his progress in martial arts has far exceeded Miejue's expectations.

All of the techniques in "Golden Top Cotton Palm" have reached the level of "comprehensive mastery".

Yang Yan, in particular, possessed a talent for light-body skills that, as Gu Shaoan had anticipated, was unmatched by ordinary people.

The most difficult one, "The Three Appearances of the Divine Dragon," also successfully entered the "entering the inner sanctum" level a few days ago.

Although she started learning martial arts much later than Zhou Zhiruo, her skill in lightness techniques surpassed Zhou Zhiruo's.

If the two of them joined forces, they could even fight the three bandit leaders on Blackwood Mountain to a standstill.

The progress has been remarkably rapid.

Half an hour later, as Yang Yan glanced at the shadow on the ground out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly noticed that something was wrong.

Turning my head, I immediately saw Gu Shaoan standing on a bamboo branch, one hand behind his back, exuding a sense of elegance.

Seeing Yang Yan suddenly lose focus, Zhou Zhiruo, who was about to strike, quickly withdrew her palm and looked at Gu Shaoan in the air.

As the two stopped fighting, Gu Shaoan gathered his strength and leaped up, his body gliding through the air like a wild goose. Just before landing, his movements slowed abruptly, as if he were a light feather, landing silently.

"Senior Brother Gu!"

Upon seeing Gu Shaoan suddenly appear, Yang Yan, who was just about to rest, immediately came over and spoke with a smile.

Zhou Zhiruo also lightly leaped to Gu Shaoan's side, displaying her tranquility and gentleness.

Gu Shaoan raised his hand and gently patted Yang Yan's head.

"How can you be distracted during a battle? If your senior sister hadn't withdrawn her attack in time, you would be injured now."

Although it was a reprimand, there was an undeniable hint of doting in his words.

Yang Yan wasn't annoyed at all when Gu Shaoan patted her on the head. She stepped forward, took Gu Shaoan's arm, and said with a bright smile, "Senior Sister Zhou is beautiful and kind-hearted, she wouldn't hit you hard."

Zhou Zhiruo did not refute, and a faint smile remained on her lips.

The back of Mount Da'e has always been the residence of the Emei Sect leader, and ordinary elders are not allowed to enter without prior notice.

It can be said to be the most secretive place within the Emei Sect.

To ensure that the contents of the Nine Yin Manual and the Emei Nine Yang Manual remained unknown to outsiders, both Abbess Juejue and Abbess Juechen had been living in Abbess Miejue's courtyard for the past three years, focusing on their cultivation.

Yang Yan moved into Zhou Zhiruo's courtyard.

Spending so much time together, the two girls developed a very close relationship, like sisters.

One was as bright and beautiful as a delicate orchid, the other as reserved and elegant as a secluded orchid; their temperaments were distinct and completely different.

Three years have passed, and the two women's features have matured a bit, making them even more outstanding in appearance.

If the two of them were to walk down the street, they would undoubtedly attract countless stares.

Looking at the two people in front of him, Gu Shaoan felt a sense of "my daughter has come of age".

Just then, Gu Shaoan sensed something and quickly turned his head.

But they found that Abbess Juechen was already standing three zhang away, looking at the three of them with a smile in her eyes.

"Master!"

Upon seeing Abbess Juechen, Yang Yan, who had just been holding Gu Shaoan's arm, immediately ran happily to Abbess Juechen.

"Uncle Master!"

Gu Shaoan and Zhou Zhiruo also bowed.

Looking at Gu Shaoan and Zhou Zhiruo, Abbess Juechen smiled and nodded.

"Huh~"

But the next second, as if sensing something, Abbess Juechen suddenly let out a soft exclamation and locked her gaze on Gu Shaoan.

Then, he flashed in front of Gu Shaoan, grabbed Gu Shaoan's right hand, and injected his true energy into Gu Shaoan's body.

However, just as Abbess Juechen's true energy entered Gu Shaoan's body, she felt a force of true energy, which was of the same origin as her own but of significantly higher quality, forcefully push her true energy out.

(End of this chapter)