"this……"

Qiu Ran hesitated when he wanted to speak, a look of struggle appeared on his face. After a few breaths, the corner of his mouth became bitter, but he chose silence.

This reaction made Gu Xiao frown and said coldly: "How can I trust you if you don't explain the reason?"

After saying that, Gu Xiao narrowed his eyes, raised the Kyushu Sword and pointed it at a distance, his aura and killing intent rising at the same time.

Gu Xiao's move made Qiu Ran panic, she pursed her lips tightly, flipped her wrist, took out the gold ring and tied it with a lotus.

Then Qiu Ran glanced at Gu Xiao, put it at her feet, and stepped back a few feet.

Qiu Ran's move made Gu Xiao stunned.

"Sir, I presented you with a golden ring and lotus. Can you believe me now?"

Gu Xiao squinted his eyes, his eyes falling on Qiu Ran without moving. He even communicated with Lan Feng and used his spiritual mind to observe Qiu Ran.

After a few breaths, Gu Xiao received the emotion conveyed by Lan Feng, and his expression relaxed. He stepped forward and put the golden ring and lotus into the storage bag, and also put away the Kyushu Sword.

Feeling that Gu Xiao's hostility disappeared, Qiu Ran finally let go of her hanging heart and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sir, please follow me."

After Qiuran smiled slightly, she walked into the only corridor first. Gu Xiao hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward to follow.

Although he chose to believe Qiu Ran, Gu Xiao became more and more cautious. While walking, he observed Qiu Ran's steps, and every step he took was in the place where Qiu Ran had walked.

Being so cautious, it was difficult for Qiu Ran not to pay attention, but she didn't say anything.

After making some tea, my vision suddenly opened up, and a three-foot-wide corridor appeared. On both sides of the corridor, there were stone rooms arranged in an orderly manner.

At the same time, Gu Xiao keenly discovered that the spiritual energy here was quite strong, and it was flowing towards a stone chamber with a door.

"This room is the stone room used by the direct line of the Yan family for training, and the one next to it is for the training of the collateral lines and guest ministers."

Gu Xiao nodded, then looked at several other stone chambers, and found that there were restrictions in front of the stone chambers.

"These rooms are used to store weapons and elixirs, but only the direct descendants of the Yan family know how to lift the ban."

Store weapons and elixirs...

Gu Xiao's expression changed. When he came to one of the doors, he raised his hand to touch the restriction.

Upon discovering Gu Xiao's intention, Qiu Ran's expression changed and she quickly stopped her: "Sir, if you forcefully lift the ban, the things stored inside will be damaged."

"Isn't that good? If you untie it, you will make a lot of money. If you can't untie it, it will be the loss of the Yan family. What does it have to do with me?"

Gu Xiao's words made Qiu Ran twitch her mouth, but she couldn't find a reason to refute. After a moment of hesitation, she stepped aside.

Qiu Ran no longer stopped, and Gu Xiao used his spiritual thoughts to check the restrictions. Although he knew little about the restrictions, Lan Feng, who was hidden in his spiritual thoughts, might know how to break it.

After a few breaths, Gu Xiao, who was investigating, received a helpless expression from Lan Feng, and was inevitably a little disappointed.

However, this disappointment did not last long, as a smirk appeared on Gu Xiao's face, he took out the Kyushu Sword and swung one after another sword energy at these restrictions.

For a while, there were constant explosions.

As a result, just as Qiu Ran said, the ban was forcibly lifted and everything stored inside was destroyed.

Seeing this scene, Qiu Ran, who was standing aside, looked strange and looked at Gu Xiao with brilliant eyes.

You must know that the forging workshop under the Yan family is responsible for nearly 80% of the weapons business in the entire Yue Kingdom, and the weapons that the Yan family can store here are all top-notch products.

But Gu Xiao destroyed it so simply, which really shocked Qiu Ran.

At the same time, Qiu Ran also felt a strong sense of fear and happiness in her heart. She was lucky that she had been wise before and did not want to offend Gu Xiao.

But Qiu Ran didn't know that the reason why Gu Xiao was so decisive was that he knew in his heart that, regardless of the Yan Qili who had just been offended, and the matter of Yan Feng sending Huang Mo to intercept and kill him, sooner or later there would be a conflict between him and the Yan family.

They'll all match up.

Destroying these weapons and elixirs now would be equivalent to greatly weakening the Yan family's strength, so why not?

"Isn't this the only place where the Yan family stores their things?"

Gu Xiao suddenly asked, Qiu Ran was stunned for a moment, and after a moment she came back to her senses and nodded with a strange expression.

"In that case, you wouldn't mind if I destroyed those things, would you?"

Seeing Gu Xiao looking at her with a half-smile but not a smile, Qiu Ran laughed dumbly, said "I don't mind" lightly, and then led the way.

In the next few hours, Gu Xiao was completely wreaking havoc, completely destroying the things stored here by the Yan family.

A rough estimate is that the value of these things is at least several million taels. Even if the Yan family has a big business, it is enough to break the bones.

After doing this, Gu Xiao got to the point and asked Qiu Ran how to leave.

"There are two ways to leave here. One is to leave with the help of a refined 'key', which is a token, and the other is to communicate with the control center of the cave and teleport away."

The method of leaving described by Qiu Ran was very common. Gu Xiao did not doubt it too much. Under Qiu Ran's leadership, he came to the control center.

The so-called control center is an unpretentious jade plaque that exudes a faint shimmer.

"This jade tablet originally contained the remnant soul of the powerful Void-Breaking Mirror, but it has been wiped out by the Yan family over a hundred years. What now exists is the spiritual thought of the current head of the Yan family."

Qiu Ran paused and looked at Gu Xiao with a worried face.

"The current head of the Yan family, Yan Zhiwen, is a second-level cultivator of supernatural powers. Young Master, you..."

Qiu Ran didn't say the next words, but the meaning she wanted to express was already obvious.

Gu Xiao took a breath, his expression became solemn, and he tried to integrate his spiritual thoughts into the jade tablet.

But as soon as he came into contact with the jade tablet, his spiritual thoughts were directly deflected, and even counterattacked by the spiritual thoughts left by Yan Zhiwen. He was in a daze and his face turned pale.

"Master!"

Gu Xiao quickly raised his hand to indicate that he was fine, but his face turned gloomy.

If Lan Feng hadn't protected him in time, the counterattack just now might have damaged his mind.

And Gu Xiao also learned from Lan Feng's emotions that with his current strength of spiritual will, he simply couldn't compete with the spiritual will left by Yan Zhiwen, let alone erase it.

Gu Xiao raised his chin, frowned in thought, and after a moment looked at Qiu Ran: "Besides these two ways to leave, is there any other way?"

Qiu Ran was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and shook her head.

Gu Xiao took a breath, and the trace of luck in his heart dissipated. After sighing, he turned around and walked in the direction he came from.

Qiu Ran was stunned again, and then asked doubtfully: "Master, where are you going?"

Gu Xiao paused, then turned around and said, "You also saw what happened just now. With the intensity of my spiritual thoughts now, there is still no way to erase the spiritual thoughts left by Yan Zhiwen."

"So, are you planning to give up?" Qiu Ran's expression tightened.

Gu Xiao shook his head: "Of course I won't give up, but according to my estimation, I have to reach at least the ninth level of Qi Condensation to be able to erase it, so now I have to practice."

Qiu Ran was relieved when she heard Gu Xiao said that she would not give up, but when she heard Gu Xiao said that it would be possible to erase the spiritual thoughts only after reaching the ninth level of Qi Condensation, her heart started to rise again.

Although she couldn't find out what level Gu Xiao was in, but he could defeat Yan Qili in one face-to-face, so she must be at least in the seventh level of Qi Condensation.

But……

"Today is the ninth day of August. On the fifteenth day of every month, Yan Zhiwen will definitely go to this secret place. Moreover, the fifteenth day of the month is also a full moon night, which is a great time to practice..."

Qiu Ran's words made Gu Xiao stunned for a moment, and then he realized the meaning of Qiu Ran's words.

"You mean to leave before the full moon night?"

Qiu Ran's expression was solemn and noncommittal, while Gu Xiao's brows were furrowed.

There are only six days left until the fifteenth full moon...

"Although these words are somewhat inappropriate, Master, are you sure you can break through to the ninth level of Qi Condensation within six days?!"

After Qiu Ran finished speaking, before Gu Xiao could reply, a look of dejection appeared on her face.

However, Gu Xiao did not see Qiu Ran's dejection. Instead, he picked up his chin, pondered for a moment and said: "Breaking through the third level in six days is indeed difficult, but it is not impossible."

What?!

Qiu Ran was completely stunned, her face was somewhat shocked, and she stared blankly at Gu Xiao motionless.

"Anyway, time is running out, I have to hurry up and practice."

Although he had previously explored the training room dedicated to the direct descendants of the Yan family and the spiritual energy was very strong, the six days were indeed too tight. Gu Xiao also felt the pressure. After speaking, he stopped talking and hurried to the training room.

It wasn't until Gu Xiao walked away that Qiu Ran, who was stunned, came back to her senses. She held her forehead with a headache, and felt endless regrets in her heart.

If we had known that this person was an arrogant person, we should not have given him the gold ring and lotus!

But the matter has come to this, and apart from choosing to believe, there is no other option but to resign oneself to fate...

Qiu Ran stamped her feet bitterly and followed Gu Xiao.

When they arrived at the place, Gu Xiao had already entered the stone room. Qiu Ran could only choose a stone room at random and enter. Thinking that in these six days, every improvement would bring more vitality, so he started practicing with helplessness.

On the other side, Gu Xiao was not in a hurry to practice, but carefully felt the concentration of spiritual energy in the stone chamber.

"Although this stone chamber is supplemented by a formation similar to the Spirit Gathering Array, the concentration of spiritual energy is acceptable, but it needs to break through the ninth level of Qi Condensation within six days..."

Gu Xiao frowned, sighed, and took out the pill bottle containing Qi Condensing Pills from his storage bag. After taking a deep breath, he opened one of the bottles and swallowed fifty Qi Condensing Pills in one go.

After eating, sit down cross-legged.

As soon as he sat down, Gu Xiao felt the cyclone in his Dantian suddenly rotating, a large amount of spiritual energy pouring into Baihui, and an incomparable pain suddenly spread through the meridians throughout his body.

Not daring to neglect, Gu Xiao quickly executed the Fuyao Sword Technique, and his mind sank into the mysterious space at the same time. While guiding the spiritual energy, he mobilized the three yangs and began to wash away his body.

The effect of the Qi Condensing Pill is to accelerate the absorption of spiritual energy. In ordinary Qi Condensing realm, taking one pill at a time is already the limit. Even a genius can only take no more than five pills at a time.

Gu Xiao taking fifty pills at once was tantamount to committing suicide.

But the reason why Gu Xiao dared to do this was because he knew very well that the speed at which Sanyang could temper spiritual energy was far greater than the speed at which Qi Condensing Pill could absorb it.
Chapter completed!