Gu Changqing and Gu Changde had already bid farewell to the Yan family and returned to the house rented by the Gu family, and Gu Xuanzhan also paid a visit the next day.
The Gu family is only a member of the Zifu family, and Gu Xuanzhan is only in the early stage of the Zifu family. Naturally, he has no chance to meet the Yuan Ying ancestor of the Yan family. The one who entertains him is Yan Rici, a golden elixir monk of the Yan family.
After politely thanking him, Gu Xuanzhan said goodbye.
Yan Rici did not try to persuade him to stay. After all, he had to entertain many monks every day and did not have the extra time to be polite to a small clan from Qingzhou Zifu.
Being able to personally entertain Gu Xuanzhan was out of Gu Changqing's favor.
After all, no matter where you are, young geniuses like Gu Changqing are not common. Unfortunately, the Gu family is only a small clan in the Zi Mansion. Gu Changqing's future path may be more bumpy.
When he was at the Yan family, he also inquired whether Gu Changqing had any thoughts of joining the Yan family, but Gu Changqing said without hesitation that he had no thoughts of finding a Taoist companion.
It's just a pity that Yan Rigi is given, but even so, he will not give any benefits to Gu Changqing and the Gu family for no reason. After all, the Gu family is not a subsidiary force of their Yan family. Lanzhou, where the Yan family is located, is too far away from Qingzhou, so there is little support.
If you don't get any benefit, why bother?
Of course, Gu Changhuan was not very clear about these things.
He looked at the two people who were concentrating on playing chess, and without making a sound, he quietly walked to the chessboard and watched the two people playing chess.
He is not proficient in Go, but it is not difficult to see clearly the outcome of the situation.
He had played a few games with Gu Xuanzhan. Gu Xuanzhan had an indifferent style of chess and seemed casual, but in the later stages, he hid murderous intent at every step, and Gu Changhuan, who was always able to kill, was a loser;
Now, the person playing against Gu Xuanzhan is Gu Changqing. Unlike Gu Changhuan, Gu Changqing is quite accomplished in Go, but he has never shown it.
Gu Changqing has a keen chess style, is not good at defense, and is good at using offense as defense. He can't figure out Gu Xuan's way of fighting, and has already begun to test it out.
But Gu Xuanzhan was still in a stable position.
White, who had a slight advantage, did not see Black's counterattack, so he gave up the test for the time being.
Gu Changhuan watched quietly without saying a word.
Soon, Gu Xuanzhan, who had completed the layout, launched an offensive; however, Gu Changqing was able to show off his tactics and even turn around to take a few black spots, and he seemed not to be at a disadvantage.
But as the bystander knows, Gu Changhuan understands: Although the black stones and the white stones are now fighting back and forth on the chessboard, the rhythm of the white stones held by Brother Ninth has been disrupted. If he cannot seize the dominant position, I am afraid that he will be defeated after a while.
It's about to lose.
Sure enough, even though the black and white pieces were equally matched, and there was even a stalemate, in the end the black pieces held by Gu Xuanzhan were superior and defeated Gu Changqing's seven sons.
Gu Changhuan remembered that when he played chess with Gu Xuanzhan before, he had lost to his great-grandfather Jiuzi at least once, and couldn't help but sigh.
Gu Xuanzhan waved his hand, and the black and white chess pieces flew back into the box.
He looked at Gu Changqing, smiled and praised:
"Yes, among the younger generations of the Gu family, your chess skills are undoubtedly the best. Even Chang Huan can't compare with you!"
Gu Changqing said matter-of-factly:
"I'm still far from my great grandfather."
Gu Xuanzhan smiled. He had delayed for too long in the late stage of foundation building. In the end, he had even tempered his true essence several times. There was really nothing to do. He could only drink tea and drink, and think about playing chess. His chess skills were naturally all these.
Young people who are busy practicing daily can't compare.
Then he looked at Gu Changhuan again, his smile even wider
"Although it is common for immortal cultivators to change their appearance, it is not common for people to dress up like an old man like you.
But I went to participate in the gold and silver auction? How was the harvest?"
Only then did Gu Changhuan remember that he had not yet taken off his disguise.
So, he cast a spell and then pulled off the disguise mask on his face.
Gu Changqing looked at him rather strangely and thought: The seventeenth brother is really good at disguise. If he can beg him to come over, it will be much easier for him to travel in the future.
Gu Changhuan took off his disguise and said:
"I went to Jinyintai to participate in the auction today and it was quite rewarding.
But the most important thing is that it opened my eyes. Many things in the auction come from Lanzhou or Hengzhou, and we don’t have many specialties from Qingzhou.”
Gu Xuanzhan and Gu Changqing both nodded to express their understanding.
However, Gu Xuanzhan did not ask what exactly Gu Changhuan bought, but asked:
"Do you have anything important to deal with these days?"
Gu Changhuan thought about it. The only task at hand seems to be to study the formula of Xianyuan Pill. However, it is not easy to make a brand new pill recipe. He will definitely not be able to complete it in a short time, so for now,
He said that he really didn't have anything to deal with, so Gu Changhuan shook his head.
Seeing him shaking his head, Gu Xuanzhan said:
"In that case, you, Chang Qing, Shining and I will go out to socialize.
You have also advanced to the Purple Mansion, it is time to get to know some monks."
Gu Changhuan and Gu Changqing naturally nodded in agreement.
Gu Xuanzhan has gotten to know many monks from the Qingzhou family these days. The Gu family is gradually becoming stronger. If he can get along well with these people, it will be much easier for him to do business with each other in the future.
The so-called "people connections" are nothing more than that.
Gu Changhuan cultivated in Zifu at a young age and was still a third-level alchemist; Gu Changqing understood the meaning of the sword and had extraordinary talent in swordsmanship. Those family monks must be very willing to make friends with them.
At this time, Gu Changqing suddenly remembered the incident of rescuing two brothers and sisters from the Shuangling Mountain Mu family at the border of Qingzhou, so he told the story.
After listening to Gu Changqing's words, Gu Xuanzhan smiled and clapped his hands and said:
"It's a coincidence. It is said that people from the Mu family will be there tomorrow, but I don't know if the two brothers and sisters you mentioned will be brought by their parents. If one of the two brothers and sisters is here, what will happen to us?
It is also beneficial to make friends with the Yun family."
It's not that I'm asking for repayment, but I just want to make good friends with the Mu family.
After that, the three of them chatted for a while, mainly Gu Xuanzhan introduced the identities, backgrounds and lives of some of the monks he had befriended these days.
After giving an overview, Gu Xuanzhan waved them back to rest.
After Gu Changhuan returned to his house, he opened the restriction and entered the Xuantian Tower.
He planted the thousand-year-old banyan tree and Gaigu spirit vine that he obtained today in the corner of the first floor of Xuantian Tower.
Although these two things are still young plants, they are already one foot tall.
Then Gu Changhuan harvested some elixirs and sown the spiritual rice.
After doing this, Gu Changhuan looked at the somewhat messy first floor of Xuantian Tower and thought:
It seems that after returning to the family, it is time to take care of the spiritual objects in Xuantian Tower.
There are some first- and second-level spiritual objects that he doesn't need at all now. It would be better to exchange them for the family and help him out.
Then he checked the cultivation levels of the two spiritual pets, Mo Lin and Qing Tu. The cultivation bases of these two spiritual pets were already at the second level, but if they wanted to advance to the third level, they still needed to accumulate.
If you want them to advance faster, you can only rely on external forces.
I heard that the Mu family is good at refining spirit beast pills, and Ninth Brother also said that their spirit beast pills are indeed very effective.
It would be great if we could get a few bottles of elixirs from the herdsmen tomorrow that could assist the spiritual beasts in their cultivation.