bookbashuk #271 - The whole hospital is almost empty.
#271 - The whole hospital is almost empty.
A courtyard.
Zhang San's miserable screams sent chills down everyone's spines.
In the prison, everyone watched Zhang San writhe on the ground in agony.
He was curled up, clawing at his face, leaving trails of blood on his skin.
There was clearly no sign of any power aura.
He had just said he was going to break the seal, but the next second he was on the ground in pain.
He rolled around, screaming in agony.
As if enduring the most horrific torture imaginable.
Yang Qi and the others immediately rushed over.
At this moment, Zhang San looked at Yang Qi in pain, reaching out for help: "Save, save me."
Yang Qi's mind was thrown into turmoil, then he remembered something and said:
"The seal, it's the seal.
The Law Enforcement Hall's seal is not a constraint, but a protection for you.
Did you break the seal?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was moved.
Even Leng Qingtao, who originally had no emotional changes, was somewhat incredulous.
She had never heard of such a thing.
Zhang San also instantly remembered this matter.
He didn't believe it, but his current pain and suffocation forced him to believe it.
Especially since there was still no great power aura on him.
Not daring to hesitate, he tried to restore the Law Enforcement Hall's seal.
The process was extremely painful.
But fortunately, everything returned to normal.
The pain was gone, and his body returned to normal.
With that, he finally breathed a heavy sigh of relief, then collapsed to the ground, staring weakly at the ceiling.
No one knew what he was thinking at this moment.
At this time, Yu Tu and Zeng Lan had also arrived, looking at the changes here with some confusion.
Leng Qingtao was somewhat shocked, restoring the seal, and everything was fine?
For a time, everyone subconsciously checked their seals.
They had never thought that this seal was actually a life-saving charm.
Suddenly, Zhang San opened his mouth and said: "What is my value?"
Yang Qi and the others were slightly surprised.
Because Zhang San's cultivation was too high, they didn't need to pay too much attention to him.
If they couldn't get something, they couldn't get it.
Just leave him be.
Give him food and drink, and deal with him if he causes trouble.
So they didn't react for a moment to what Zhang San said.
"We don't know either, we need to ask our leader," Yang Qi paused and said: "What does Senior think his value is?"
Hearing this, Zhang San got up, looked at Yang Qi and the others, then pointed to Zeng Lan and said: "I'll help her build her foundation."
Then he looked at Yang Qi: "Help you advance to the Completion of Foundation Establishment, and even teach you how to form a Core."
Finally, he looked at Yu Tu: "You... I'll teach you body techniques, teach you how to tap into your potential, after learning it you'll basically be in the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.
Tell all this to your leader, and also tell him that I will teach you brand new cultivation methods.
Each cultivation method can at least be cultivated to Return to Void."
"I'll go notify Senior Brother immediately," Yang Qi said immediately.
At this time, Zhuo Shide on the side couldn't sit still: "That, what do you need me to do, I can do anything,
Prisoner Yang, please also ask for me."
Return to Void had already spoken, and others with insufficient cultivation were even starting to worry.
They were afraid that writing techniques and cultivation methods would have no value.
If so, how could they get out?
Having no value was equivalent to being in danger.
After Yang Qi and the others left, Leng Qingtao asked with some curiosity:
"You're not going to do anything?"
Hearing this, Zhang San, who was lying on the ground, smiled miserably:
"I originally thought this was just an ordinary cage, but now I understand that this is an impregnable fortress.
The reason why this place is clean is not because the person in charge of the First Courtyard is benevolent, but because they disdain it."
Everyone was silent.
Today, after Gu An obtained the axe, he came to the backyard as soon as possible.
A forest originally covered in mist was revealed.
However, there was a formation on the periphery.
Preventing people from approaching.
Gu An verified his identity token and entered.
Because the forest was applied for by him, the people of the Second Team can currently enter.
The people of the First Team cannot enter.
After all, this was applied for with the identity of the Second Team's leader.
If the First Team wants to enter, they can also enter with an application.
It's much more convenient than before.
After entering, what Gu An saw were reddish leaves.
The branches themselves were ordinary in color, like ordinary trees.
This is the Moon Tree.
A tree that even Primordial Spirits cannot cut down, according to normal specifications, this is a tree that Return to Void cultivators would come into contact with.
But some Primordial Spirits will also take the initiative to come into contact with it.
Golden Cores basically don't.
Not many people look for trouble for themselves with the Moon Tree. In the daytime, it looks like an ordinary branch, but under the moonlight, its red leaves will turn silvery-white.
The trunk will also change.
At this time, the tree body has enough spiritual energy.
What is cut down during this time period is the spiritual tree branch.
Once the moonlit night is missed, then the spiritual energy will be lost.
Cutting it down again will be an ordinary spiritual tree.
The value is vastly different.
There is no specific feedback, but it has a certain shock to the mind.
It is easy for the mind to weaken, fall into illusions, and be susceptible to charm techniques, etc.
Others can even use the aura of the Moon Tree to cast charm techniques.
Those who buy this wood are mostly sects like the Joyful Union Sect.
Of course, this is also one of the best materials for illusion formations.
Overall, although the Moon Tree is dangerous, it is not to the point where Golden Cores cannot touch it at all.
It is precisely because of this that it was able to be applied for.
Gu An didn't come this time to cut down trees, but to check the age.
He wanted to cut down trees of sufficient age.
After checking for a long time, he began to mark the trees.
Which one to cut down first, which one second,
Half a day later.
Gu An marked twenty-six trees.
When he wanted to continue checking, Pang Wen suddenly ran over.
"Senior Brother, there's progress."
Gu An raised his head slightly and said: "Tell me about it."
He didn't care too much, and continued to check.
"Zhang San has softened, saying he's willing to impart techniques..."
"Speaking, he told the other party's words verbatim.
Gu An pondered slightly, and said softly: "He's quite good at picking people, picking the three weakest and easiest to promote."
Pang Wen also thought so.
"It doesn't matter, teaching earlier means getting out earlier, teaching later increases the difficulty," Gu An said calmly:
"Let him write down the cultivation methods he teaches at the same time, and then after reaching his goal, he can get out.
As for that Zhuo Shide, he seems to have written a lot of things."
"Yes, cultivation methods, techniques, and known secrets are all written down, and not only that, but he also wrote down some of the sect's situation," Pang Wen pondered for a moment and said: "But he is a weathervane, it's not necessarily good to let him out."
"Do you think it would be worth it to exchange him for spirit stones?" Gu An asked.
Pang Wen hesitated for a moment, and shook his head.
"Then go back and discuss it with Junior Sister Shu, estimate his value.
Then let him write an IOU and let him go," Gu An said.
In fact, the things the other party handed over were enough for him to leave.
It's just that Gu An deliberately held him back.
As for the IOU, it's useful when it's useful, and it's just a piece of paper when it's not.
Just keep it.
It's also troublesome to keep such a weathervane inside.
The remaining ones, besides the newly arrived Return to Void, are the original two people and Chen Changfeng and Zhao Qingshan who are unwilling to leave.
Actually, the others can leave.
Seven people.
Zhao Qin and Qiao He can be released sometime soon, as long as Zhao Qingshan is willing to teach people.
In that case, there will be five left.
Then the First Courtyard can be considered clean.
The fewer people there are, the safer the people in the First Courtyard will be.
These people involve too many sects, and staying here can easily cause other problems.
For a little benefit that he doesn't need, there's no need to put the people in the First Courtyard in danger.
After all, various sects are still at war with the Azure Wood Sect, and everyone is still in an overexcited state.
Any excessive behavior could happen.
Pang Wen returned to the First Courtyard after receiving the news.
The people in the First Courtyard felt strange, it seemed that the leader was personally showing up less and less.
Probably everything is as expected.
"Planning strategies in the tent," Ruan Huan said.
"Actually, I asked around, and only we are relatively normal here.
Other places are very chaotic," Shang Huo said.
"That's because other places have people from various peaks interfering, only we don't here." Yang Qi said, "I asked my old friend, she said don't look at how glamorous the other courtyards are, the lists they submit look good.
But their real leaders have actually changed:
Only we here are still under the control of Senior Brother Gu.
This is just the beginning, if the benefits here become big enough later, Heavenly Suspension Peak will probably send people over too.
I'm afraid Senior Brother Gu will be in trouble."
Hearing this, everyone fell silent.
No wonder the team leader wanted them to improve their cultivation as soon as possible.
It seems they can't slack off.
Three days later, a new document appeared in the First Courtyard.
It said that four people below were to be released.
Pang Wen and Shu Ci came down and said to Zhuo Shide and the others, "The team leader has agreed."
As they spoke, they had Zhuo Shide and the other four sign the document.
They were a little excited: "Can we really leave?"
"Let's go." Pang Wen said.
"Won't you send us to another courtyard as soon as we leave?" Zhuo Shide asked.
Shu Ci smiled and said, "Senior, are you still going out?"
Zhuo Shide signed immediately.
Before leaving, he cupped his hands at Zhao Qingshan and the others and said, "Then I'll go out first."
Watching the four people leave, the First Courtyard gradually became deserted.
Seven people remained.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang San is also leaving soon, right?" Zhao Qingshan said.
"Why is Fellow Daoist Zhao still here?" Zhang San asked curiously.
Zhao Qingshan smiled slightly and said, "Who knows? The team leader here doesn't seem to be in a hurry to send me away."
The others were also puzzled.
End of April.
Night.
Gu An kept swinging his axe, the sweat on his body dripping like water.
He didn't expect that logging would make him sweat.
But it wasn't from physical exhaustion.
It was mental fatigue.
That made him break out in a cold sweat.
The Moon Tree was indeed extraordinary.
He could chop down one tree a day.
And he would get two streams of warmth a day.
That meant it would take about two months to improve a spell once.
It was a bit slow, but much faster than before.
Before officially logging, he had also tempered his primordial spirit with ascetic cultivation once.
After his primordial spirit became stronger, he had a strange feeling,
Seeming to have more control over his power.
Looking internally, his body became brighter.
It seemed that the primordial spirit still needed to be tempered.
Now that his primordial spirit was so huge, if he tempered it further.
He would probably be invincible in the same realm without even using the Qi Sea Heavenly罡.
Thinking like this, Gu An chopped wood one after another.
At midnight, he felt the warmth.
Ascetic cultivation plus one.
Gu An breathed a sigh of relief.
Here it comes, there should be another one before dawn.
Sure enough.
After dawn, Gu An sensed the warmth again.
Spell plus one.
With that, Gu An chopped a few more times, and the Moon Tree fell to the ground.
Gu An then looked at the panel.
【Name: Gu An】
【Cultivation: Primordial Spirit Perfection】
【Status: Poison enters Qi Sea, Qi Sea produces Xuan Huang】
【Spells: 19 / 50】
【Ascetic Cultivation: 9 / 100】
【Ring of Destiny】
It's almost there next month.
These days, Gu An had been logging here.
He basically didn't go to the First Courtyard.
Occasionally Pang Wen would come over to report, and recently a new batch of people had come, the strongest being Returning Void, and the weakest being Golden Core.
Pang Wen said that if this continued, the Returning Void cultivators would no longer be able to have one cell per person.
Gu An told him to screen out the valuable ones, and then give each one a cell.
Those who were not valuable were all thrown into the large prison cell.
Let them write down cultivation methods, spells, or tell him where their resources were hidden.
Then they could leave.
The First Courtyard wouldn't keep anyone forcibly, and would send them out as soon as possible.
There was no need to interact with them too much.
Therefore, although a batch of people had come, many of them cooperated in writing down cultivation methods and spells.
Only one person repeated too much and couldn't leave.
He was very flustered, especially watching others leave, regretting that he hadn't learned more things in the first place.
Even the things he knew weren't refined.
Otherwise, he would be able to leave.
Those who were worthless were usually sent to log.
Then he would think of other ways to send them away.
Leaving the forest, Gu An put the axe on the stone, absorbing the quantity on it.
This was for Team One.
Making a hundred spirit stones in his spare time.
After all, these spirit stones were indeed a lot.
If Yu Tu and Zeng Lan couldn't complete it, they would have to do it themselves.
These two people really wanted to earn spirit stones.
Yang Qi was better, after all, he was the warden and couldn't leave all the time.
Zeng Lan and Yu Tu were relatively freer.
However, Gu An also thought of a problem.
Although someone was teaching, the First Courtyard lacked resources.
Relatively speaking, they did have a lot of resources.
But if they wanted to improve as soon as possible, it was still not enough.
Pills, spirit stones, spiritual herbs.
Even if there was a famous teacher, without these things, it would be quite slow to improve.
Zeng Lan's realm had improved, but she was at the seventh level of Qi Refining.
It was easy to advance to the eighth level of Qi Refining.
Currently, besides Zeng Lan, only Shu Ci, who had a good foundation, had improved.
Originally, the First Courtyard was for earning spirit stones, but now...
It was actually lacking spirit stones.
After thinking for a long time, Gu An had some ideas, the Peak Outside Peak hadn't started giving lectures.
Many people actually had questions but had nowhere to ask.
There weren't opportunities every day on the inner sect side either.
Like this.
Gu An came to the First Courtyard.
Some newcomers didn't even know who Gu An was, and those with strong cultivation didn't care about him at all.
After all, he was just a Golden Core.
However, Zhang San and the others stood up.
"Why does Little Team Leader have time to come today?" Zhao Qingshan asked.
"I need a Returning Void cultivator to go to the Peak Outside Peak Square to answer questions for some fellow disciples.
Who has time?" Gu An asked, looking at Zhang Si and the others.
"I'll go." Zhang San said.
"You'll go out occasionally, but the longest will be three months, even if the previously set goal isn't completed, I'll send Senior away." Gu An said.
Gu An didn't pay attention to the others for the time being.
No matter what ideas they had.
He didn't plan to pay attention to them.
He had to advance to Returning Void first, otherwise if someone could really break free from the seal, then the one in danger would still be himself.
Afterwards, Gu An had Pang Wen and Shu Ci go to the Peak Outside Peak Square to answer questions for people.
Ten spirit stones per session.
The first three people each day were free.
Once every three to five days.
He also announced Zhang San's cultivation.
Before leaving, Gu An came to Zhang San's side and said softly, "The previous words are still useful outside."
Hearing this, Zhang San's pupils shrank.
He just nodded slightly.
Like this, Gu An started writing reports in his spare time, to be submitted tomorrow.
The next day.
Above the main peak.
Some peak masters saw the report, with smiles on their faces.
Situ Baichuan sighed and said, "The people are almost all released, and he hasn't gotten anything valuable.
I'm really impressed by him.
What is he thinking?
Can't he think of a good idea?
I heard he went logging again, not even managing the First Courtyard.
Besides logging, can't he do something serious?
Can those logs make him win?"
Yan Ruxue looked at the report and smiled, "The other five courtyards have gained a lot, with unique and daring methods, the only pity is that these people seem to have already occupied the other five courtyards.
On the surface, there's nothing, but the leaders in the dark have all changed."
"Yes, those leaders are clearly in the vortex, but they're still being bullied like this, so pitiful." The compassionate fairy shed a tear.
"So outrageous? You're even shedding tears." Qu Youdao felt disgusted, but still smiled and looked at the others and said, "Look at it for another month?"
Situ Baichuan shrugged: "I don't care, it has nothing to do with me anyway."
"It might have something to do with you in another month." Yan Ruxue said with a smile: "The benefits inside aren't small."
"Then they're out of luck." Situ Baichuan said.
"Then let's wait another month, and look again on May 1st." Qu Youdao said.