BTTH: DISCIPLE CASHBACK SYSTEM

Chapter 246: Plotting for the Fallen Heart Flame!

"Um, thank you for your concern, Great Elder. After this session of alchemy, I plan to search for a few herbs in the mountains as a form of rest!" Gu He nodded.

After speaking, Gu He drew half of the jade bottles placed on the stone platform towards him and handed them to Su Qian.

After briefly inspecting the pills in the jade bottles, Su Qian's smile deepened.

Among these jade bottles, there were three sixth-grade pills, and the rest were all fifth-grade pills.

"Great Elder!"

Just as Su Qian was delighted with the pills he received, Ziyan's childlike voice came through.

Su Qian had already learned about Ziyan being taken in by Gu He from Elder Huo, so he wasn't too surprised at this moment.

"Ziyan, now that you are under Elder Gu's tutelage, you must not be as mischievous as before!" Su Qian said seriously.

"I know, Great Elder!" Ziyan replied softly.

If Elder Huo or anyone else had called Ziyan mischievous or said anything else, Ziyan would probably have retorted immediately, and it might even have led to a fight. But now that it was Su Qian who spoke, Ziyan felt no resistance in her heart.

"Elder Gu, please take good care of this girl, Ziyan, from now on!" After Ziyan spoke, Su Qian once again expressed his feelings to Gu He.

"Don't worry, Great Elder. I, Gu He, will never treat my disciples unfairly." Gu He replied very seriously upon hearing Su Qian's words.

"Um, I can see this girl is quite comfortable here."

Su Qian's eyes glanced at the remnants of the spiritual medicine pill at the corner of Ziyan's mouth, a smile flashing in his eyes.

It was fortunate for this girl to be apprenticed to Elder Gu, at least she won't have to worry about pills in the future.

...

"Phew~ Finally, he's gone!"

After Gu He saw Su Qian off, Ziyan, who had been standing stiffly with a serious expression, suddenly let out a long sigh of relief and then reverted to her previous playful and smiling demeanor.

Seeing the big difference in Ziyan's behavior before and after, Gu He couldn't help thinking: "This girl is so lively around me, how come she becomes timid when facing Su Qian? Could it be that my expression is not as serious as Su Qian's?"

Thinking this, Gu He suddenly called out with a stern face: "Ziyan!"

Hearing Gu He's loud call, Ziyan looked at him with puzzled eyes.

"What's wrong, Teacher?"

The next moment, a somewhat aggrieved childish voice entered Gu He's ears.

Ziyan's pair of black eyes first showed confusion, then turned into a pitiful look.

"It's nothing, Teacher just wanted to tell you that I have to go out today and might come back late." After seeing such a pair of eyes, for some reason, Gu He found his voice couldn't sound harsh.

"Oh, I see. Well, Teacher, please go and come back soon." Ziyan's voice sounded a bit dazed.

...

After leaving the inner courtyard, Gu He quickly headed towards the deep mountains surrounding the Canaan Academy's inner courtyard.

All the way, Gu He concealed his presence, not disturbing many magical beasts.

After traveling a considerable distance from the inner courtyard, he found a relatively secluded valley. With a few quick hand seals, he set up a spatial barrier around the valley and then sat down cross-legged on a huge green stone.

After slightly adjusting his state, Gu He then immersed his mind into the system space.

Then, Gu He silently recited: "System, begin integrating twenty-four years of cultivation!"

As Gu He's words fell, the colorless orb that was floating in the void within the system space suddenly turned into a dazzling light and shot directly into Gu He's body.

Bang!

With the entrance of this dazzling light into Gu He's body.

The next moment, Gu He felt a muffled sound within his body, followed by waves of exceptionally vast and violent energy, rushing towards his limbs and bones like tangible whips.

"Um, thank you for your concern, Great Elder. After this session of alchemy, I plan to search for a few herbs in the mountains as a form of rest!" Gu He nodded.

After speaking, Gu He drew half of the jade bottles placed on the stone platform towards him and handed them to Su Qian.

After briefly inspecting the pills in the jade bottles, Su Qian's smile deepened.

Among these jade bottles, there were three sixth-grade pills, and the rest were all fifth-grade pills.

"Great Elder!"

Just as Su Qian was delighted with the pills he received, Ziyan's childlike voice came through.

Su Qian had already learned about Ziyan being taken in by Gu He from Elder Huo, so he wasn't too surprised at this moment.

"Ziyan, now that you are under Elder Gu's tutelage, you must not be as mischievous as before!" Su Qian said seriously.

"I know, Great Elder!" Ziyan replied softly.

If Elder Huo or anyone else had called Ziyan mischievous or said anything else, Ziyan would probably have retorted immediately, and it might even have led to a fight. But now that it was Su Qian who spoke, Ziyan felt no resistance in her heart.

"Elder Gu, please take good care of this girl, Ziyan, from now on!" After Ziyan spoke, Su Qian once again expressed his feelings to Gu He.

"Don't worry, Great Elder. I, Gu He, will never treat my disciples unfairly." Gu He replied very seriously upon hearing Su Qian's words.

"Um, I can see this girl is quite comfortable here."

Su Qian's eyes glanced at the remnants of the spiritual medicine pill at the corner of Ziyan's mouth, a smile flashing in his eyes.

It was fortunate for this girl to be apprenticed to Elder Gu, at least she won't have to worry about pills in the future.

...

"Phew~ Finally, he's gone!"

After Gu He saw Su Qian off, Ziyan, who had been standing stiffly with a serious expression, suddenly let out a long sigh of relief and then reverted to her previous playful and smiling demeanor.

Seeing the big difference in Ziyan's behavior before and after, Gu He couldn't help thinking: "This girl is so lively around me, how come she becomes timid when facing Su Qian? Could it be that my expression is not as serious as Su Qian's?"

Thinking this, Gu He suddenly called out with a stern face: "Ziyan!"

Hearing Gu He's loud call, Ziyan looked at him with puzzled eyes.

"What's wrong, Teacher?"

The next moment, a somewhat aggrieved childish voice entered Gu He's ears.

Ziyan's pair of black eyes first showed confusion, then turned into a pitiful look.

"It's nothing, Teacher just wanted to tell you that I have to go out today and might come back late." After seeing such a pair of eyes, for some reason, Gu He found his voice couldn't sound harsh.

"Oh, I see. Well, Teacher, please go and come back soon." Ziyan's voice sounded a bit dazed.

...

After leaving the inner courtyard, Gu He quickly headed towards the deep mountains surrounding the Jia Nan Academy's inner courtyard.

All the way, Gu He concealed his presence, not disturbing many magical beasts.

After traveling a considerable distance from the inner courtyard, he found a relatively secluded valley. With a few quick hand seals, he set up a spatial barrier around the valley and then sat down cross-legged on a huge green stone.

After slightly adjusting his state, Gu He then immersed his mind into the system space.

Then, Gu He silently recited: "System, begin integrating twenty-four years of cultivation!"

As Gu He's words fell, the colorless orb that was floating in the void within the system space suddenly turned into a dazzling light and shot directly into Gu He's body.

Bang!

With the entrance of this dazzling light into Gu He's body.

The next moment, Gu He felt a muffled sound within his body, followed by waves of exceptionally vast and violent energy, rushing towards his limbs and bones like tangible whips.

However, Gu He had experienced this situation many times before and was not panicked at all.

He dispersed the energy within his body bit by bit and then slowly absorbed it. At this moment, Gu He hardly made any unnecessary movements.

After breaking through to the Dou Venerate realm, the amount of energy his body could contain was incomparable to that of the Dou Ancestor realm.

Even after absorbing twenty-four years of cultivation in one go, Gu He did not feel much discomfort.

Soon, the vast energy within Gu He's body was completely absorbed, and at that moment, his aura also experienced a breakthrough.

Crack!

As the huge green stone slab below shattered, he slowly opened his eyes.

After checking his cultivation, Gu He found that this extraction of cultivation had only led to a breakthrough of one star level, reaching the level of a two-star Dou Venerate.

It seems that the further one advances, the more energy is needed for a breakthrough.

"It's like forcing me to take on a few more disciples."

Muttering to himself, Gu He then made his way back to the Jia Nan Academy's inner courtyard.

...

In the courtyard, seeing Gu He return, Ziyan happily greeted him.

"Teacher, how come you came back so soon?" Ziyan asked curiously, seeing that Gu He had been gone for less than four hours.

"I found the herbs I was looking for ahead of time and came back!" Gu He made up a reason.

When he saw Ziyan stuffing another spiritual medicine pill into her mouth, the corner of Gu He's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help saying: "Ziyan, you've been gobbling up these spiritual medicine pills these past few days, haven't you thought about cultivating to refine this medicinal strength?"

"Um!"

Hearing Gu He's question, Ziyan stood still for a second and then said, "Teacher, I used to cultivate in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower when it was open, and I focused on eating at other times."

"You mean the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower has not been open these many days?" Gu He asked somewhat exasperatedly.

Not long ago, both when Gu He left and returned to the inner courtyard, he had seen several shadows entering and exiting the giant black tower's entrance in the sky.

"No, it's because my cultivation has broken through to the peak of the fifth rank, and the training rooms in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower are no longer of any use to me." Ziyan explained.

"I see!" Gu He muttered, then began to ponder.

Beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower lies the Fallen Heart Flame, ranked fourteenth on the list of Heavenly Flames, and has remained unclaimed for a long time. If he could devour and refine it, he could at least increase his cultivation by one star level or more.

However, as an elder of the Jia Nan Academy, it would not be appropriate for him to directly take it.

Suddenly, an idea formed in Gu He's mind.

Since his identity made it difficult to act, he could let a spirit avatar created by the Fen Shen Jue (Splitting Spirit Technique) do it!

Moreover, the spirit avatar currently assumes the identity of a guardian of the Soul Hall, making it perfectly suitable for such actions.

(End of Chapter)

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