Longevity Begins With Gu Refining

Chapter 119: Three Hundred Years of Prosperity

A drizzling night.

The wind blew against the wild geese.

Chen Qing wore a bamboo hat and sat under a tree, leaning against it as he drank.

The surroundings were pitch-black, but Chen Qing felt like he had returned home.

He could clearly sense that an ant was struck down by the rain in front of him, landing on a withered leaf with a worm hole.

The surroundings were filled with towering trees, and the fallen leaves on the ground formed a thick layer, making it soft to sit on.

Even the sparse rain could not pass through the dense leaves and land on Chen Qing's body.

Chen Qing sensed that midnight was approaching, and took out the bronze ghost mask. There was no danger within a radius of ten li.

He put on the ghost mask without worry, and sent his consciousness into the mask.

The other four were already waiting here, and after a short greeting, Chen Qing said plainly: "Then, today's gathering begins now."

Fu Luo seemed to have obtained a lot of information, and her attention returned to nurturing her own Gu worms.

She displayed her Gu worms and began to ask Chen Qing questions one by one. After receiving eight hundred middle grade spirit stones, Chen Qing gave her pointers on her four spirit Gu.

While giving pointers, Chen Qing estimated her strength in his heart.

With her current strength, she was far from being his and Li Chonghuan's match.

She still had a long way to go before she could successfully establish her foundation.

Xu Yaofeng continued to ask him how to improve his light butterfly. Chen Qing looked at it and said softly: "Bone transformation flower."

Murong Lang and Hu Yao did not ask for any pointers this time, because they had spent most of their savings on their light butterfly.

They were looking forward to their light butterfly quickly transforming into a butterfly and obtaining an extremely strong spirit Gu.

Hu Yao even carried a debt from Murong Lang.

After giving pointers, Chen Qing said: "Now, you can start chatting."

Ji Ru had the most information, and was the first to speak: "The immortal island in the north disappeared half a month ago, and I heard some news about it."

Xu Yaofeng was clearly interested, "What news did you get?"

Ji Ru said: "This incident was caused by the Yin Yang Sect, and they purposely released the news about the immortal island to kill Li Chonghuan."

"But clearly, they miscalculated and were completely wiped out on the Immortal Island."

"A Daoist girl from the Celestial Master Abode died. However, this Daoist girl rarely shows herself, so the Celestial Master Abode did not investigate. She was probably an abandoned pawn."

"In the end, Li Chonghuan found an ancient sword manual and a spirit grade sword Gu on the Immortal Island."

"That's all I know."

Xu Yaofeng pondered for a moment. "That's not right!"

Hu Yao had no intention of interrupting at all. She only wanted to listen quietly.

Murong Lang, on the other hand, was too far away to know what had happened.

Ji Ru asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Xu Yaofeng said, "I've said before that a large number of Aura Refining stage cultivators from the Extreme Light Sect have gone north, but there's no information about the Extreme Light Sect in the information you've gathered."

"With the strength of our Extreme Light Sect, those who have reached the peak of the Qi Refining Realm are close to the strength of Daozi and Daozi. Some of them are even stronger than Daozi and Daozi.

"There's no news about such a powerful force. It's as if they've never come north. Isn't that strange?"

At this time, Hu Yao said innocently, "That's right. Where are the people of our Extreme Light Sect?"

"I can easily defeat Daozi now. Even if they're not as strong as me, it's impossible that there's no news about them at all with so many of them."

Xu Yaofeng continued, "According to the information I've received, there are about ten Aura Refining stage cultivators who have lost contact with us."

"They're all people who have gone north."

"Together with the information given by Ji Ru, we can infer that it's very likely that these ten people have started Light Chasing."

Hu Yao asked in confusion, "Light Chasing?

What's Light Chasing? "

Xu Yaofeng said, "Our Extreme Light Sect fights for ourselves. It's true that we travel alone for thousands of miles. However, once we encounter someone who has a Dao Integration Realm light butterfly and whose strength is far beyond our peers, we'll choose to temporarily give up our identity as Extreme Light Sect members and start Light Chasing."

Murong Lang said, "You mean that our Extreme Light Sect has an existence who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Divine Son of the Immortal Court?"

Xu Yaofeng said, "It's very likely. Even I didn't reach this level back then. I can only defeat those of the same level, but I'm far from being strong enough to make others feel despair."

"To be able to make the Extreme Light Sect start Light Chasing, their strength must have reached a point where they feel despair and feel that they'll never be able to catch up."

"Unfortunately, we don't know who it is."

"Moreover, once Light Chasing starts, this group of Extreme Light Sect members will begin to hibernate until they feel that they can establish a foothold in the entire world."

While Xu Yaofeng said this, Ji Ru was thinking, 'When can we announce the name of Absolute Beginning to the entire world?'

Anyway, it was definitely not possible now. One Foundation Establishment and three Qi Refinement Realm cultivators. There were only so few people under Absolute Beginning. Even she herself felt embarrassed.

When the name of Absolute Beginning appeared, the entire world should be shocked. Only then would it be in line with Absolute Beginning's identity.

Chen Qing listened to their conversation and thought that it was fortunate that only the Extreme Light Sect could speculate this.

However, at most, they could only speculate that the Extreme Light Sect had an existence comparable to the Divine Son of the Immortal Court. As for who it was, they still didn't know.

It seemed that he'd better show himself less in the future.

He should cultivate in peace, build his foundation in peace, and earnestly seek his own immortality.

When all the people sitting here become Immortals, he'll talk about Absolute Beginning's appearance.

After the gathering ended, Chen Qing took off the bronze ghost mask on his face.

He got up and walked through the dense trees. After walking for ten miles, he passed by a strange beast's lair.

He walked softly and reached out to pluck three fruits from a Central Golden Day Fruit Tree guarded by this strange beast. Then, he left quietly.

This fruit was very powerful. If it were sold in the market, it would cost three thousand spirit stones. But now, it was just a piece of cake for him.

The entire earth was like his back garden.

Was this the meaning of being a Worldly Walker?

It was as if the entire earth was his home.

While walking, Chen Qing felt that his understanding of Houtu had deepened.

Reaching out to hold the reins of his horse, Chen Qing stuffed a fruit into the horse's mouth. The horse happily rubbed against Chen Qing's chest.

He ate one himself. It was slightly sweet and tasted just right. It was refreshing and thirst-quenching.

After walking for eighteen miles, Chen Qing saw a thick fog amidst the drizzle.

In the thick fog, the sound of a suona could be heard. In front of him, four green-faced, fanged ghosts were playing the suona and beating the drum.

Behind them was a flower bridge. Four headless bronze men were carrying a bridal sedan across the road.

Chen Qing's expression did not change as he watched carefully.

The bridal sedan stopped in front of Chen Qing. The four green-faced ghosts in front were clearly frightened. The suona and drum stopped playing.

A woman with a face as beautiful as a peach blossom walked down from the bridal sedan. If she wasn't holding her head, she would be an extremely beautiful woman.

The female ghost held her head. Dressed in white, she walked in small steps to Chen Qing and knelt on the ground. "Grandpa Mountain God, I am Scholar Yin. Greetings, Grandpa Mountain God."

Chen Qing did not ask her to get up. He only asked, "Why do you call me Mountain God?"

Scholar Yin said, "I have a pair of Yin-Yang Eyes in front of me. They can see some special things."

"In my eyes, there are many threads on Mountain God's body that are connected to the entire earth."

"Moreover, it seems that this world is under Grandpa Mountain God's control. I feel that Grandpa Mountain God can destroy me with a single thought."

Chen Qing did not expect this female ghost to be able to see through this. She was quite unique.

"Have you ever harmed anyone?"

"Yes."

"How many?"

"Eighteen."

"Why did you harm them?"

"They took this servant's eyes and killed this servant."

Chen Qing smiled. "Good job!"

"Go, don't harm the innocent. Do more good deeds and wash away your sins. Go reincarnate as soon as possible."

The female ghost got up happily. "Thank you, Grandpa Mountain God. I'll go back now."

Chen Qing did not expect that after the light butterfly reached Dao Integration, he could actually make ghosts fear him. According to the female ghost, their lives were in his hands.

Chen Qing felt that they were a part of the earth and could be controlled by him.

Could it be that this world also had an underworld?

His light butterfly was definitely related to this.

Now that he had reached Dao Integration, what he needed was the Nine Lightning Purple Sky Energy. Could it be that he could reach the heavens as well?

He did not know any of this. While walking, Chen Qing suddenly thought of something. He looked back at the bridal sedan chair in the distance. He did not dare to beat the drum or play the suona. He just walked silently, not daring to go fast or slow.

Travel thousands of miles and observe the death of all things.

The requirement for his light butterfly to advance to King Grade was to travel thousands of miles and observe the death of all things. Just now, he encountered a group of ghosts.

Could it be that there was a connection between them?

He laughed. Maybe he was thinking too much.

He had seen Yao Feng and Fu Luo's Dao Integration light butterflies. Those requirements were not like his light butterfly at all.

Travel thousands of miles and observe the death of all things.

How simple.

As for the specific situation, he would only know after he reached Dao Integration Ninth Refinement Stage.

Just like that, Chen Qing walked on this land, picking some spirit fruits and spirit herbs along the way.

While exploring spirit stone veins, he also accumulated medicinal properties to prepare for his breakthrough to the perfected Qi Refinement Stage.

After walking for another two days, Chen Qing had more or less explored the nearby terrain. When he returned, he planned to take another path so that he could see more.

After strolling in the mountains for a day, Chen Qing suddenly felt that the surrounding spirit energy was gathering towards one place.

He began to carefully sense the direction of the terrain and walked towards the most mysterious place.

Arriving at the peak of a mountain, Chen Qing suddenly saw a lake in front of him. Nine rivers converged from all directions.

The Nine Rivers separated the Nine Mountain Ranges. This was actually the rare place where the Nine Mountains rose and the Nine Rivers converged.

This lake was a natural place where spiritual energy gathered. However, the lake was not big, and the surrounding trees were extremely lush, so it was very difficult to find.

Chen Qing sensed the topography of this place. The nine mountain ranges extended outwards, extending into nine extremely long mountain ranges. From the looks of it, it would most likely extend for thousands of miles.

Chen Qing was a farmer, so he immediately recognized the value of this place.

In other places, one would need to open up one mu of land per hundred mu in order to succeed.

In this place, one could continuously open up spiritual fields. Because this place was the source of the terrain, it could absorb the vitality of the nine mountain ranges that extended out.

It was true that all things could grow around him, but the range was limited.

It was only the size of a mountain.

If the spirit ginseng was planted in Ironflow Valley, it would only affect a dozen or so mu of land at most.

This place, however, was different. One could continuously open up spirit fields, and even open up hundreds of acres of spirit fields.

If he moved Ironflow Valley here, he would be able to plant large amounts of blood ginseng.

Thinking of this, Chen Qing memorized this place. He planned to move Ironflow Valley here after settling this matter.

After another day, Chen Qing returned to Ironflow Valley. Just as he returned, Wei Qingchen came looking for him.

"Lord, I have already broken through to Foundation Establishment!"

Chen Qing nodded. He told Wei Qingchen about the second upgrade material of the Wind and Rain Sword Gu and gave him a map.

"There are fifteen spirit stone veins marked on this map, and I have even marked out their depths."

"There are also twelve caves and blessed lands. Take them and make arrangements."

Wei Qingchen saw that the most important bait was finally in his hands, and said confidently: "Lord, please take a look at my methods!"

Chen Qing nodded and said: "I will leave this matter to you. I will not show myself in the future. You have to discuss this with Jiang Miaoxian."

After Chen Qing finished speaking, he let Wei Qingchen go and prepared to return to his own pavilion. He would then call Jiang Miaoxian over for questioning.

The cultivators of this world, after reaching Foundation Establishment, rarely showed themselves.

Although Chen Qing was not at Foundation Establishment, he was stronger than them. He had to be better at concealing himself than those Foundation Establishment cultivators.

In the world of Gu Dao, it was a competition of survival and concealment.

It was useless no matter how strong you were. After all, once you died, the opponent could use your Gu worm to create another one of you.

Once he made a move, he had to secure victory.

Chen Qing had been in Carefree Mountain for ten years, but he had only seen the mountain lord make a move once.

And now, he had to start concealing himself.

Wei Qingchen was the person he had groomed to show himself. In the future, he was going to let Wei Qingchen handle many things on the surface.

Of course, this was only a temporary test. There might be someone more useful in the future.

Wei Qingchen was only useful to him now. As for loyalty, he did not think it was worth mentioning.

Wei Qingchen had no reason to risk his life for him. Currently, it was only because he was strong and had saved their lives.

For someone who already had a thousand spirit stones, if you gave him another thousand spirit stones, the most he would do was to respect you.

But if you gave a person who only had twenty spirit stones, he would be loyal if you gave him a thousand spirit stones.

Chen Qing looked at the slim and graceful Jiang Miaoxian as she walked in, hoping to hear good news.

"How is the situation?"

Jiang Miaoxian said, "Origin Martial Jue helped Jiang Yuhu to take down a tribe first."

"Now, Origin Martial Jue is bringing Jiang Yuhu to help Jiang Baihu."

Chen Qing frowned slightly, "You mean Origin Martial Jue?"

Jiang Miaoxian nodded, "Yes, Origin Martial Jue does not seem to have the intention to take down a tribe. He is now focused on helping others."

Chen Qing chuckled, "This is rather interesting."

Wei Qingchen who already had a thousand spirit stones. He already had a Gu worm.

And Origin Martial Jue who only had twenty spirit stones. He was a surrendered general, and his rise and fall was within Chen Qing's control.

If Yuanwu Absolute did well this time, he could bestow it to him.

After all, without Chen Qing, Origin Martial Jue would not have the chance to obtain a Gu worm in this lifetime. Even Foundation Establishment would be a problem.

"If he really has the ability, then I will grant him three hundred years of prosperity!"

(End of chapter)