Longevity Begins With Gu Refining

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The golden ghost mask's consciousness enveloped his soul. From the Void Flower, another nimble consciousness spread out, burrowing into the golden ghost mask's consciousness and enveloping Chen Qing's soul once more.

A double-layered nesting doll?

Even more miraculously, the Void Flower seemed to have opened a purple door.

Chen Qing no longer hesitated. His consciousness stepped into the purple door.

The door closed. Chen Qing could see the golden ghost mask and the Void Flower controlling his body's movements.

It was like watching his actions through glass.

At this moment, Chen Qing was more curious about what was beyond the purple door. However, when he looked carefully, he only discovered that it was a narrow space.

It was just that his consciousness had entered it, so it did not feel cramped.

The long staircase led to the sky. It seemed like the peak of Longevity Mountain, but it also seemed like it was not.

It seemed like it was, but it was not. Perception was useless here.

Chen Qing did not dare to spread out his perception.

Every time he stepped on a step, there would be two Taoists of unknown cultivation level nodding slightly at him.

He walked up over a hundred steps, but it was still the same.

Among these Taoists, the lowest cultivation level was probably at the Profound Martial Realm!

Was this God Miao's power?

It should be the accumulation of ten thousand years.

Or were all the Profound Martial Realm cultivators gathered here?

Chen Qing did not know.

After all, he did not see his father-in-law.

As he walked, the golden ghost mask's consciousness became more and more similar to his. Even their thoughts were the same.

Apart from the deepest level of consciousness, it seemed to be able to imitate everything Chen Qing had done recently.

As for the Void Flower's consciousness, it kept repeating, "I am the Lord of the Mortal World!"

Every Taoist he saw was different from the one he had seen before. This made Chen Qing know clearly that these were all real existences.

Some of the Daoists were even talking about their own news.

"This is Qing Xu?"

"He's one of us from now on."

"I wonder what divine position the church will give him."

"It's very likely that he'll be above us. It's better to be respectful."

"He'll only be above us if he can come out of the Death Realm alive."

"If he can't come out alive, he'll just be a pile of dirt."

The higher he went, the more terrifying the scene he saw.

A flight of stairs towering into the sky led to an indescribable temple in the distance.

After passing by nearly three thousand Daoists, Chen Qing looked at the magnificent and mysterious divine temple in front of him and felt that he was looking at an endless sea of soldiers.

In front of Chen Qing, a sword named Dragon Sparrow was being forged in the temple.

Golden hammers fell from the sky on both sides, constantly hammering the sword.

The temple was constantly changing, as if it was reflecting his thoughts.

On both sides of the stairs, there were no longer Daoists. Some were paintings, and some were swords.

Some were dozing Qilins, while some were not at all.

It seemed that those with transcendent cultivation were not interested in Chen Qing coming to pay respects to Deity Miao.

Walking forward again, the path ahead suddenly widened. There were no longer only stairs, but it extended to both sides.

Thrones appeared one after another.

There were Sword Sovereign Thrones, Saber Sovereign Thrones, and Spear Sovereign Thrones. Almost every weapon had a Sovereign Throne.

These thrones were also different. The Sword Throne had a long sword inserted behind it.

Golden sabers hung on both sides of the Saber Throne.

The most ridiculous one was the Axe Throne, which looked like a guillotine.

This made Chen Qing ponder for a while about how one could sit on this throne.

Chen Qing thought that he would not see anyone here. However, he saw a middle-aged man in his forties in front of him, who was looking at him.

When Chen Qing passed by, the man said, "You can do whatever you want in Wu Country. Even if you kill a few of those good-for-nothing descendants of the royal family, I don't care."

This was King Wu?

With such doubts in his mind, Chen Qing continued forward. He saw a woman in red. She wore a fiery red feather robe and sat on a throne engraved with a blazing fire totem.

"Don't believe him. King Wu is old. He doesn't have the heart to come see you."

"The one who spoke to you just now is King Wu's enemy."

"Don't look at me, and don't talk to me."

"You are here to pay respects to Deity Miao. Talking to me is disrespectful to Deity Miao."

"Disrespect to Deity Miao here is not something that can be settled by killing you like in the mortal world."

The woman raised her hand, plucked a feather from her feather robe, and inserted it into Chen Qing's hair.

"Be careful. Don't learn from my husband."

"If you walk out of the Death Realm and the world wants to find trouble with you, you can come to my South Sea to hide!"

South Sea?

Husband?

Who was this woman?

A King?

Why did she tell him this?

Chen Qing walked past the woman and continued forward. The scenery on both sides changed drastically again.

An immortal palace was ethereal, and an immortal island was floating.

A cauldron seemed to contain a part of the world.

A place filled with qi and blood, full of vitality.

The four parts of the world were different, and there were no living creatures.

These four short steps seemed like an eternity.

After walking for an unknown period of time, Chen Qing finally stepped into the temple after walking through these four long and narrow steps.

The temple door was so tall that the top could not be seen. The temple was spacious and vast.

A huge god with three heads and six arms was in the center of the temple.

Behind each head was a divine ring surrounded by raging flames.

There were three heads. One was a female, and the other was a male.

The head in the middle had a green face and fangs.

It did not make people feel strange and terrifying. Instead, it made people feel as if they were in a prison.

Chen Qing could only watch as the consciousness in the golden ghost mask came in front of the god and knelt on the ground. It kowtowed three times and kowtowed nine times in an extremely pious manner.

Chen Qing could feel that the consciousness in the golden ghost mask did not encounter any oppression, nor did it encounter any changes.

It was as if it was supposed to be like this.

It controlled its body and kowtowed forward. It was extremely natural, as if it had practiced countless times.

"Great God Miao, your people pray!"

"I'm praying for your favor!"

"Please focus your unchanging gaze on your lowly subjects for once."

The head in the middle of the statue slowly lowered its head and looked at Chen Qing.

With just a glance, it pierced through the consciousness of the golden ghost mask and captured the consciousness produced by the void flower.

In the next moment, Chen Qing felt as if the void flower had come to life.

The words it had been chanting had also changed from 'I am the lord of the mortal world' to 'I am God Miao'!

In the next moment, everything disappeared in front of Chen Qing's eyes.

It was as if Chen Qing had never climbed the endless steps or paid his respects to God Miao. He appeared at the foot of the Ten Thousand Years Mountain.

There was only a sword that streaked across the sky and landed in front of Chen Qing.

Chen Qing could clearly see the information of this sword.

[Spirit grade sword parasite, Dragon Sparrow]

Quality: Dao Integration First Transformation

Lifespan: 360/500

Effect: Can transform a hundred strands of sword intent into a strand of Dragon Sparrow Sword Intent.

Special Characteristics:

[Sickle Weasel]: Sharper than the sickle weasel's flying claws.

[Dragon Sparrow]: Wields the Dragon Sparrow to drive the wind away, greatly increasing speed and reaction speed.

Growth Requirement: Feilian Wings.

Growth Progress: 16/100

Advancement Requirement: Unable to advance any further.

This gave him a way to deal with cicada-type parasites?

Chen Qing grabbed the Dragon Sparrow Sword and picked it up.

He bowed toward the Ten Thousand Years Mountain. "Thank you, God Miao."

The temple attendant asked, "What divine position did God Miao bestow upon you?"

Chen Qing replied, "Divine Blessing."

The temple attendant was slightly startled. "Divine Blessing?"

"You are indeed a fortunate person. Divine Blessing is extraordinary. You are the person closest to God Miao!"

Chen Qing chuckled and turned to leave. "God Miao has given me an important decree. I will take my leave first."

The temple attendant didn't dare to ask what the decree was. He only envied Chen Qing's good luck.

Strictly speaking, divine blessing wasn't a divine position.

It was only a subordinate position.

For example, this temple attendant was subordinate to the Flame King, one of the nine kings.

Divine blessing was different. It was directly subordinate to God Miao.

Although it didn't have a specific divine position, it represented God Miao's will to a certain extent.

After returning to the ship and entering his cabin, Chen Qing took out the Void Flower. Its petals opened and closed as it spoke.

"I am God Miao's divine blessing!"

"Who do you think you are? How dare you hold me in your hands!"

"Hurry up and prepare the best urine for me. I want to grow!"

"I want it fresh!"

"Hmph! You're just a mortal! Hurry up and serve me!"

"I want to bloom!"

"I want results!"

Chen Qing picked it up and bit off two petals.

The Void Flower instantly calmed down. "Cough cough cough, my lord, I know my mistake. I will be obedient."

Chen Qing said, "Stay there by yourself for now. Otherwise, I will eat half of it next time."

He waved his hand and stored it into his body. After giving the order to return, Chen Qing began to study the Dragon Sparrow Sword.

Thinking of this, Chen Qing reached for the back of his head and removed a red feather.

Upon closer inspection, it was also a spirit-grade venomous insect.

[Spirit-Grade Arrow Venomous Concubine]

Quality: Gu Rank Eight

Life span: 120/300

Effect: Arrows are imbued with the power of spirit burning.

Characteristics:

[Absorb]: Can absorb the enemy's burning aura.

Growth Progress: 52/100

Growth requirement: Flying stone

Upgrade requirement: a strand of Black Heavenly Treasure Aura, a piece of dragon scale

Xuan Ping should like it and bring it back for her.

After sealing the Flame Concubine Gu into a jade bottle, Chen Qing picked up his Dragon Sparrow Sword.

After looking at it carefully a few times and confirming that there was nothing wrong with it, Chen Qing began to draw the contract runes.

The Dao Integration Stage Dragon Sparrow Sword Insect was indeed very powerful, and Chen Qing had to swallow an entire spirit bead before he was able to form a contract with it.

After forming a contract with the Dragon Sparrow Sword, Chen Qing gripped the Dragon Sparrow Sword in his hand and gauged his speed.

It was much faster than before, more than twice as fast as before.

Although it was not as overbearing as the cicada-type Gu, it was still a way to deal with it.

In that case, his current strength should be enough to fight Yan Shiying.

Judging from his battle with Hao Chengtian the other day, he should only be slightly stronger than them.

And during this period of time, Chen Qing's strength could be said to have skyrocketed, and he should be able to easily defeat them.

With the Dragon Sparrow Sword, he finally didn't need to use the Lawful Embodiment of Heaven and Earth whenever he wanted.

In normal battles, the Dragon Sparrow Sword should be enough to deal with them.

The Lawful Embodiment of Heaven and Earth was pure strength, while the Dragon Sparrow Sword was both strength and speed.

Of course, in terms of strength, the Lawful Embodiment of Heaven and Earth was definitely stronger.

That was an increase of several times.

Next, he had to steadily raise his cultivation base to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

At the same time, he could also nurture various types of Gu insects.

Taking out a stalk of precious medicine, Chen Qing swallowed it in a few bites and started cultivating again.

"At this rate, with another ten stalks of precious medicine, I should be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage."

Keep up the good work, and strive to break through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage before returning to Floating Sky City!

As he swallowed one stalk of treasured herbs after another, Chen Qing could feel his cultivation base rising steadily.

This feeling was something he had only felt when he was in the Qi Refinement Stage.

It had to be said, after accepting this mission to fight for the heavens' will and leading the Foundation Establishment Stage army, he really didn't lack cultivation resources at all.

The only thing he had to think about was how to give the numerous Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators sufficient resources to cultivate.

Not only did he want to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment Stage himself, but he also wanted to ensure that the more outstanding Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators who followed him could also cultivate to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

When the time came, they would follow him to conquer the Death Realm.

After getting off the ship, Chen Qing sat on the chariot, supported by the four evil spirits, and continued cultivating on the chariot.

After spending three days, he finally cultivated to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

Breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage was different from when he was in the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. His dantian was almost one size larger.

The spirit liquid all over his body also became more condensed and stronger, and the spell techniques he used were also more powerful.

After his cultivation base broke through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, Chen Qing also slowed down his cultivation speed and didn't continue to consume precious medicine to cultivate.

He wanted to consolidate his cultivation base and prepare to break through to the Foundation Establishment Peak Stage.

It should be time for Lu Shenglong and Zhu Yan's wedding to gather all the precious medicines in the Fire Country and transplant them to Floating Sky City or other treasured lands.

This was just a drop in the bucket. Even if he had the ability to make all things grow, he could only shorten the precious medicines that would take several decades to grow to ten years.

Ten years was a long time, but it wasn't a long time either.

For Chen Qing, it was already considered long.

After all, it had only been five years since he started cultivating.

But with his long lifespan, he could afford to wait.

But whether Ji Chang would wait for him was a problem.

At this moment, a cultivator suddenly came to the chariot on a flying sword. "Guard Master, General Su has an urgent letter!"

Chen Qing got up and walked out of the chariot. "Quickly bring it over."

Taking the letter, Chen Qing opened it. "Mm, the Divine Weapon Treasure World has finally arrived!"

The Divine Weapon Treasure World was a small world hidden within the world. It was usually shrunk in one place and would only appear when Miao Shen woke up.

And this time, the Divine Weapon Treasure World must be related to the battle of the Death Realm.

At present, it was confirmed that there were two entrances to the Divine Weapon Treasure World in the Fire Country. One was near the Royal City, and the other was in Langan Mountain.

There were many monsters gathered in Langan Mountain. It was a demon mountain.

But now, Chen Qing was not afraid at all. As long as there were no Profound Martial Realm monsters, there was nothing to be afraid of.

"Speed up the march, quickly return to Floating Sky City!"

No matter what kind of treasures there were in the Divine Weapon Treasure World, at least the two places in the Fire Country, he, Chen Qing, wanted to occupy them all!

The Divine Weapon Treasure World not only had a large number of weapon-type Gu worms, it also had many precious medicines.

After thousands of years of accumulation, even Chen Qing coveted its medicinal properties.

(End of this chapter)