Gu An led the Divine Steed slowly out of the woods and arrived outside the courtyard. He lifted his eyes and saw two people inside. One of them was Shen Zhen, who was chatting with a one-armed old man in a blue robe.
When Shen Zhen and the other heard the sound of hooves, they turned their heads and saw Gu An leading the horse into the courtyard.
The old man in blue fell into a daze the moment he saw Gu An.
Looking at that weathered face, Gu An could not help but smile. He took the initiative to greet him. "Brother Chu, long time no see."
This old man in blue was Chu Jingfeng of the Taixuan Sect from the Heavenly Spirit Great World. When Gu An first came to know him, Gu An had still been young, and at that time, Chu Jingfeng had been an Inner Sect disciple he looked up to.
Thinking back to those days, Gu An's first master, Cheng Xuandan, had still been alive. It was a very distant past. During that time, an evil creature known as the Greed-Hatred Demon Ghost had wreaked havoc in the Outer Sect of the Taixuan Sect, and Chu Jingfeng had been the Inner Sect disciple Cheng Xuandan invited to protect Medicine Valley.
In the course of dealing with the Greed-Hatred Demon Ghost, Chu Jingfeng lost an arm.
The Greed-Hatred Demon Ghost was the first demon creature Gu An had slain, and he still remembered it vividly. He also remembered that Li Ya had already shown signs of being a hotheaded greenhorn back then. His cultivation was weak, yet he still dared to carry his sword to support Chu Jingfeng, only to end up badly injured.
As for his other senior brother, Meng Lang, he had been