Chapter 273: Retreat! Xiao Yi Xian in Danger!

Chapter 273: Retreat! Xiao Yi Xian in Danger!

"With these ten thousand spiritual medicine pills, it should be enough for Zi Yan to eat for a few months."

Thinking this, Gu He directly took out nearly half of the spiritual medicine pills from the system space and piled them on the ground.

The stacks of boxes piled up were even taller than Zi Yan.

Seeing the sudden appearance of a pile of wooden boxes, Zi Yan curiously opened one to take a look.

"Wow!"

"So many spiritual medicine pills!"

After seeing the contents of the box, Zi Yan exclaimed in amazement, then eagerly opened the rest of the boxes to check.

"Teacher, are all these for me?" Zi Yan, squatting on the ground and opening boxes, looked up at Gu He with her big, black eyes, full of anticipation.

"Who else likes to eat these things besides you!" Gu He stated plainly.

"Hehe, seems like it!" Rubbing the back of her head, Zi Yan chuckled, then turned to shout at Han Yue behind her, "Junior sister, come over and help me count how many there are!"

Hearing Zi Yan's words, Han Yue didn't hesitate and skillfully squatted down to help Zi Yan count the number of spiritual medicine pills.

Just then, Gu He suddenly spoke, "Zi Yan, Han Yue, for the next period, I need to go into retreat! You should practice diligently and strive to make a breakthrough by the time I come out."

"Ah, going into retreat again? How long will it be this time?"

"Teacher, rest assured and go into retreat. I will practice diligently following Sister's lead."

Hearing Gu He was going into retreat, Zi Yan complained while Han Yue was very understanding. For someone of Gu He's cultivation level, it was quite normal to go into retreat for several months.

"Cough!... Han Yue, just focus on your own cultivation, and definitely don't follow your sister's example!"

Hearing their responses, Gu He quickly added a reminder.

"Hmph! Teacher, what's wrong with learning from me? I won't lead her astray," Zi Yan said, seemingly picking up on Gu He's disdain.

"Alright, that's all I had to say. I'm leaving now!" Seeing Zi Yan getting serious, Gu He didn't explain further and chose to leave swiftly.

After saying this, Gu He's figure turned into a streak of light and shot out of the inner courtyard.

...

In the mountains behind the inner courtyard, Gu He chose a small valley as his retreat location.

Before starting his retreat, Gu He cast several mysterious hand seals towards the void, sealing off the valley and the space around it.

Having done all this, Gu He sat down on a piece of bluestone at the bottom of the valley.

The energy he was about to absorb this time was more terrifying than any before. Even with many experiences under his belt, Gu He had to treat it with great caution.

When he adjusted himself to the best state, Gu He silently commanded in his mind: "System, begin integrating one hundred and twenty-two years of cultivation! (This includes the fourteen years returned from transferring power to Han Yue)"

As soon as Gu He finished speaking, the massive cluster of purple energy in the system space was instantly compressed to the size of a ping-pong ball and then abruptly appeared inside Gu He's body.

Boom!

As this terrifying energy entered Gu He's body, a muffled sound emanated from within him.

As the energy entered Gu He's body, it began to wreak havoc wildly. However, with his experience from several occasions, Gu He cleverly divided it into eight portions. After dividing the energy, Gu He's powerful soul force came into play. He directly divided eight strands of soul power to control eight purple flames, using them to refine the massive energy within his body, greatly speeding up the refinement process.

In just a moment, streams of pure energy separated from the eight clusters of purple energy and then flowed into Gu He's meridians throughout his body.

Feeling this energy merge into his body, Gu He experienced an indescribably comfortable sensation.

While Gu He was focused on refining this massive energy, Xiao Yi Xian, far away in the Cloud Empire, was facing a chase.

...

Ruhoney City, a major city located in the central region of the Cloud Empire, was managed jointly by four families, each with Dou King level powerhouses.

Within Ruhoney City, almost no one dared to provoke members of these four major families.

However, a few days ago, a significant incident occurred in Ruhoney City. The recently notorious Xiao Yi Xian set fire to the medicinal warehouses of the Ma and Wang families, two of the four major families, injuring dozens of their members.

As a result, after a discussion among the heads of the four families, they decided to put a bounty on Xiao Yi Xian for her assassination.

Soon, news came that Xiao Yi Xian had been seen in a nearby small city's dark port.

Upon receiving this information, the four families immediately organized a large number of their elite members to prepare for an ambush against Xiao Yi Xian.

...

Dark Port, a city known for its many rivers and ponds, with most of its buildings half in the water and half on land.

At this moment, at the entrance of the well-known Nine Poison Auction House in Dark Port, a figure shrouded in a large black robe slowly walked in.

However, as soon as the black-robed person entered the auction house, they were targeted by several discreet gazes.

The Nine Poison Auction House, as the name suggests, auctioned mostly poisons.

And most of the people attending this auction were there for these poisons.

When the black-robed person entered the venue, the auction just happened to start.

One by one, poisons were placed on the circular stone platform in the middle of the auction stage.

Then, a white-haired old man slowly walked onto the stage and said to the crowd, "Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted you could join us at the Nine Poison Auction House. Today's auction items will not disappoint you..."

"Old man, hurry up and start, why dawdle?" The white-haired old man had just begun to speak when he was urged by the people below.

Seeing this, the white-haired old man could only laugh awkwardly and then shouted with all his might, "The first item of today's auction, a fourth-grade poison, the Crack Pattern Demon Flower, starting price, fifty thousand gold coins!"

As the old man announced the starting price, a flurry of bidding voices immediately erupted from below.

"I bid sixty thousand gold coins!"

"I bid seventy thousand gold coins!"

"Eighty thousand gold coins! This Crack Pattern Demon Flower is mine, Li Shan."

As a burly voice rang out, the fierce bidding in the auction house suddenly came to a halt, followed by whispers of discussion.

"Li Shan is actually attending the Nine Poison Auction too!"

"It is said that Li Shan's cultivation has reached eight-star Dou Ling. He's notoriously ferocious in this region and should not be provoked."

"I bid one hundred thousand gold coins!"

Suddenly, in the quiet auction house, a crisp voice rang out.

(End of Chapter)

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