After eight days of traveling, Gu An and others finally returned to Dongling County.
Yan Libin, Yang Ling and others, who had received the news early, waited at the gate of Baihusuo with their subordinate Xiaoqi.
Not long after, the sound of horses racing from the end of the street cheered them up.
"Get ready, my lord is back."
"Hush!"
"Hush!"
In front of the horse gate, Gu and An got off their horses.
"Welcome Ding Baihu, Gu Xiaoqi goes home."
Yan Libin took the lead, and everyone behind him said in unison.
As early as the day Gu An won, the news spread to hundreds of households.
So now everyone looked at Gu An with more awe than before.
After all, only a few generals knew about Gu An's killing of Ji Kun.
They all only knew that Gu An was very strong, but they didn't know exactly to what extent.
Now there is a comparison.
At the Martial Arts Headquarters in the capital, the high-ranking young masters of Gangqi are not as powerful as him!
Everyone immediately understood that he was the number two master of Baihu Institute!
Ding Shichang put his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "Okay, go home... tsk tsk, that's a good word."
With that said, Ding Shichang looked at Gu An beside him: "Let's go home."
Gu An smiled and nodded, and followed Ding Shichang into the Hundred Household Office.
On the road.
"During my absence, nothing major happened, right?" Ding Shichang asked Yan Libin beside him.
"Sir, except for the Blood God Sect's night attack on our Baihu Residence before Gu Xiaoqi left the Baihu Residence, basically nothing happened." Yan Libin said truthfully.
Hearing this, Ding Shichang gritted his teeth and said, "Made, the Blood God Sect...Li Bin, go and inform the management of each department, and we will gather in the conference room in half an hour."
"yes!"
Yan Libin cupped his hands, turned around and ordered the handyman disciples to go and inform the various managers.
Half an hour later, in the conference room.
Ding Shichang sat on the main seat, and Gu An and the general banners and stewards sat on both sides.
Looking around the hall, Ding Shichang said with a stern face: "Today's discussion is, firstly, related to the purpose and follow-up arrangements of the Youzhou Young Warriors Conference.
You must have heard of the purpose, so I won’t repeat it here, just talk about the arrangements.
Because Gu An won the championship, this combat operation against the Wu Li Sect will be led by our Suppression of Evil Division.
You Qianhu has already set a time to recruit warriors from various places to move closer to Shiwan Mountain on September 15th.
So now we still have 18 days to notify the following counties."
Ding Shichang took a deep breath: "The second thing is about the Blood God Sect's previous night attack on our house.
Before coming back, I had already discussed with You Qianhu that the time to use troops against the Wu Li Sect would be September 15th.
We will first eradicate all the strongholds of the Blood God Sect within our Dongling County, and then go to Shiwanda Mountain!"
At the end of the sentence, a fierce light flashed in Ding Shichang's eyes.
As soon as he left, his home was suddenly attacked. Ding Shichang was obviously angry.
When he changed his position and stared at the warrior of the Blood God Sect, Ding Shichang would have rushed directly into the Blood God Sect's stronghold if hundreds of households in other counties hadn't stopped him.
After a while, the meeting ended.
Gu An returned to Section 5, met with his team members, and then returned directly to the house. He took out several books related to intermediate formation patterns that he had borrowed from Wu Zhimin before and walked out of the room.
Array pattern.
Gu An was sitting in the guest seat drinking tea.
Wu Zhimin, the deacon of the Formation Department, came from a distance with a smile on his face. When he saw the book Gu An placed beside the table, he couldn't help but be startled.
After the two parties greeted each other, Wu Zhimin had just sat down. Before he could speak, Gu An had already handed over the book in his hand and said with a smile.
"Thank you very much, Deacon Wu. I have already read these books in Zhennancheng."
Wu Zhimin took the book, looked at Gu An's hesitant expression, and asked tentatively: "Does Gu Xiaoqi want to borrow a book about advanced formation patterns?"
Gu An smiled shyly: "Exactly, I have memorized the contents of these intermediate formation books.
So I want to memorize the contents of the advanced formation patterns and practice them while understanding them."
Wu Zhimin nodded and thought for a moment: "I didn't expect that Gu Xiaoqi could take part in the conference and also find time to learn the formation pattern.
Please wait a moment, Gu Xiaoqi, I will go get it for you right away."
"Excuse me, Deacon Wu."
After a while, Wu Zhimin took some blue books and handed them to Gu An.
"Advanced formations are different from intermediate formations. Intermediate formations more often use an engraving pen to absorb energy value from the outside world to imprint formations. Mental power is only an auxiliary means.
As for advanced formation patterns, more emphasis is placed on mental power, allowing the spiritual power of the formation master to be the main force, supplemented by external forces, to carry out the imprinting.
Therefore, the power is closely related to the mental strength of the formation master."
Gu An took it, nodded, and said with a smile: "Thank you very much, Deacon Wu, for your advice. When I was in Zhenna City before, I tried to engrave the primary formation pattern and found that I could already carve the flame formation pattern.
I think my mental strength should be pretty good."
Wu Zhimin stopped when he was about to pour tea for Gu An. After a while, he put down the teapot and raised his head to think.
"Gu Xiaoqi, didn't you ask before if anyone has successfully carved formation patterns on their bodies?
It didn’t happen before, but now it does!”
Wu Zhimin pondered his thoughts: "You and Ding Baihu were on the road during this period. You may not know that news came from the Xie Si General Office in Shangjing Town the day before yesterday.
Grandmaster-level formation pattern master, Grandmaster Chen Anmin, successfully carved two high-level formation patterns on the body of Commander Yi Chengyi.
The effect has also been tested and it can be activated.
Be prepared to wait for a while before proceeding with the imprinting of more advanced formation patterns."
…
On the way back.
Gu An held the baggage in his hand and thought about what Wu Zhimin mentioned just now.
The great celestial elephant, the commander-in-chief of the Suppression of Evil Department, Yi Cheng, can now carry the array pattern on his body.
Gu An has not yet tried to imprint high-level formation patterns on his body. According to Wu Zhimin, the power of the formation patterns is different depending on the strength of the imprinter.
Chen Anmin, a master-level formation master, must have very strong mental power.
This means that Yi Cheng's physical strength is far beyond that of ordinary warriors.
However, with this 'precedent', I will have an excuse to show my formation pattern in front of others after a while.
For example, you should aim to become Commander Yi and work hard to learn from Commander Yi, etc.
Thinking of this, Gu An couldn't help but smile.
According to what Ding Shichang said before, accepting missions will be suspended during this period. After the rotation is arranged, some people will be left to garrison the Baihu Office of the Zhenxie Division, while the rest will be fully devoted to the war against the Wu Li Sect.
"I can rest for a while. I haven't had any rest since I left Ping'an County. My spirit has been tense. If it goes on for a long time, problems will arise."
Gu An sighed and walked towards his yard.
Night time.
In an abandoned house in the western suburbs of Dongling County, a middle-aged man in a bloody robe slowly opened his eyes and looked outside the house through the broken window.