Longevity Begins With Gu Refining

Chapter 166: The Appearance of Treasures

Three thousand five hundred years ago, the Divine Weapon Treasure World appeared.

Among them, there were thirty spirit weapon-type Gu worms and large amounts of thousand year herbs.

Two thousand four hundred years ago, the Divine Weapon Treasure World appeared.

Among them, there were over a thousand Black Armor Gu worms, forming the invincible Black Armor Army in the Death Realm.

Twelve hundred years ago, the Divine Weapon Treasure World appeared.

Among them, there were over a thousand spear type Gu worms, the cultivators who obtained them were able to create spear formation mountain armor and were unstoppable.

And now, just in Fire Country alone, there were two entrances.

Sitting cross-legged in the war chariot, Chen Qing looked at the personnel list sent by Su Yi.

His subordinates did not include Vermillion Bird tribe and its vassals.

There were five hundred and twenty initial stage Foundation Establishment, three hundred and twenty middle stage Foundation Establishment, ninety-eight late stage Foundation Establishment, and thirty-two peak Foundation Establishment.

And most of them were young, the oldest was only sixty years old.

The average age was forty years old.

It could be seen that these large tribes had a certain amount of foundation.

Large numbers of spies set off under Chen Qing's arrangements, going to other places to scout for treasures in the Divine Weapon Treasure World.

Three days later, Chen Qing arrived at Floating Sky City.

Stepping into the main hall of Floating Sky City, Chen Qing sat on his seat and asked: "Have you ascertained the number of Divine Weapon Treasure Worlds that appeared?"

Su Yi stood up: "There are twelve in total, two in Fire Country, and two in Heavenly Treasure Country and Lin Country at the east."

Chen Qing asked again: "Ma Yuan, do you have any information about the treasures in these Divine Weapon Treasure Worlds?"

"It is mainly about the Black Armor Gu."

Ma Yuan stepped forward: "According to the information I received, the Black Armor Gu is mainly concentrated in the Divine Weapon Treasure World near Lin Country's Imperial City."

"In addition, the Dragon Horse Gu is produced in Tie Country's Divine Weapon Treasure World."

"If the Dragon Horse Gu is planted on a foundation Establishment demon or spirit beast, it can turn into a Dragon Horse!"

Everyone's spirits shook when they heard this news.

Lu Shenglong immediately stood up and said: "Lord Wei, if we can obtain large amounts of Dragon Horse Gu, we can train a heavenly army!"

"Relying on the demon beast's leg strength to travel long distances, it can catch the enemy off guard!"

Chen Qing also understood this logic.

Cultivators needed to expend a large amount of Spirit Qi to fly. If they flew for a day, the Spirit Qi in their bodies would dry up.

Although one could rely on Spirit Stones to recover, Spirit Stones could not be obtained casually.

If they had the Dragon Horse Gu, their mobility would be the best in the whole of Nan Li, or even the whole world.

Chen Qing's original plan was to take out the Black Armor Gu first to let his foundation establishment subordinates have strong defensive abilities. Only then would they have enough power to fight.

"Right now, the most crucial Gu worms are the Dragon Horse Gu and the Black Armor Gu, but we can only take one first, what do you think?"

Su Yi thought for a moment, then stood up and walked to the center of the hall, "Lord Wei, I think we should first seize the Black Armor Gu!"

Chen Qing asked, "Why?"

Su Yi said: "Because no one can enter the Divine Weapon Treasure Realm, the Gu worms have lived for a long time and the quality of the Gu worms produced are extremely high. There are large numbers of wild butterfly-shaped Gu worms."

"As for the Black Armor Gu, as long as you obtain it and contract with it, you can greatly increase your strength!"

He spoke with assurance, "The Dragon Horse Gu is different, we still need to find foundation establishment stage demons. Looking at Nan Li's situation, how can there be so many foundation establishment stage demons to search for?"

"Even after obtaining it, the possessor would not contract with it directly, but would store it and wait until they catch a foundation establishment stage demon to contract with it."

"Although the Dragon Horse Gu is the strongest, it still needs time to use."

"We can seize enough Black Armor Gu first, and use it to raise our strength, then fight for the Dragon Horse Gu!"

"Even if Tie Country's foundation establishment stage cultivators obtain the Dragon Horse Gu, they will not be able to raise their strength in a short period of time, they will not be our match!"

"This way, we can obtain both types of strong Gu worms!"

Chen Qing heard this, "Su Yi has great talent!"

Su Yi smiled and cupped his hands, "These are just some words of experience."

Chen Qing thought for a moment, "Then let's plan, gather the eight hundred strong army and set off with me. We will first pretend to march to Yan Country's Lang Gan mountain's Divine Weapon Treasure Realm."

"Midway, we will change our path and go straight to Lin Country, seize the Black Armor Gu first, then attack Tie Country!"

"Su Yi, you handle things fairly and have a strategy, stay in Floating Sky City to take charge of the situation."

"Use Vermillion Bird tribe's treasury, give all our foundation establishment stage cultivators about thirty thousand spirit stones worth of treasures according to their cultivation and battle merits."

"Three days later, the army will set off!"

Su Yi, who was originally happy that Chen Qing accepted his suggestion, now had an awkward expression.

Alright, Chen Qing accepted his suggestion, but he could not go himself.

But it was good, he was the one who came up with the plan, when the time came, he would definitely not be short of credit.

After letting Lu Shenglong and the rest go to prepare, Chen Qing asked Su Yi to stay behind, "How is the acquisition of the Meat Gu going?"

Su Yi said, "According to my estimation, if we gather the strength of Yan Country and Wu Country, we should be able to let all our foundation establishment stage cultivators have a Meat Gu."

"Unfortunately, we need at least half a year to a year to collect them all."

"Moreover, Wu Country's situation is not under our control, it is a bit difficult."

Chen Qing comforted, "Continue to collect them secretly, collect as much as you can."

"Wait for me to return, we will plan in detail."

"These are troubled times, we can't afford to wait any longer."

Chen Qing had wanted to order the Fire Country to gather all their precious herbs in Floating Sky City, but then he remembered that he had brought the army with him, leaving only a hundred people behind. They might not be able to suppress the counterattack.

This matter could only be put aside for now.

A large number of spies were sent to the Lin Country to gather information.

Chen Qing distributed the rewards and led the ambitious group, preparing to secretly take a detour to the Lin Country.

Three days later, Chen Qing led the eight hundred foundation level cultivators in a rapid march in the night, flying close to the ground.

A foundation level cultivator had just flown up when he was beaten into a bloody rain by the vanguard.

"Report, a Lin Country foundation level cultivator discovered our whereabouts and wanted to report the news, but he was already killed by General Zhang!"

Chen Qing said in a deep voice, "Continue marching, all the foundation level cultivators we meet on the way will be recruited if they are willing to surrender, those who are unwilling will be killed."

"Knock out all those below foundation level and imprison them for seven days."

After Chen Qing finished, he continued to read the information in his hand, "The Lin Country's current foundation level leader is actually a one hundred eighty year old man?"

That person was called Forest Deer. His tribe had many Beast Gu and raised many spirit beasts.

Although Chen Qing could get close to the spirit beasts, there was nothing he could do on the battlefield.

He must have a chance to get close to the spirit beasts and slowly nurture them.

But once the battle started, where would he get such a chance?

Moreover, these spirit beasts had owners.

After dispelling this unreliable idea, Chen Qing began to carefully analyze how to deal with it.

Lin Country's cultivators mostly used controlling spirit beasts to fight, while they themselves cultivated life-saving spells.

He had been cultivating properly, but this group of cultivators had turned him into a Pokémon battle in the Country of Lin.

Their military strength was not small, more than a thousand foundation level cultivators.

If he fought head-on, his troops would definitely suffer heavy losses.

It would be best not to alarm Forest Deer and directly enter the Divine Weapon Treasure Realm, take the Black Armor Gu and leave.

Just as he was thinking, Ma Yuan suddenly reported, "Guard Lord, the situation is not good!"

Chen Qing walked out of the war chariot and asked, "What happened?"

Ma Yuan said, "According to the information I received, Forest Deer was preparing to go to another Divine Weapon Treasure Realm, but he received a mysterious letter!"

"After he finished reading the letter, he set up an ambush in the forest eight hundred miles ahead of us a day ago!"

Chen Qing looked around him. His troops were marching at high speed, and his orders were all directed to Langan Mountain. How could they have been discovered?

Could it be that there was a spy in the army?

No, even if there were spies, they couldn't have sent the message so quickly.

He was marching in a hurry. Even the messengers might not be as fast as him when he asked everyone to use spirit stones to recover their spiritual qi!

This sense of familiarity caused Chen Qing to quickly think of a person.

Yan Shiying.

Yan Shiying must have arrived!

He also saw the crucial point of the foundation establishment army's battle and wanted to snatch the Black Armor Gu!

The first step was to write a letter to inform the Deer in the Forest of his presence, so that it could discover his presence and even set up an ambush in front of him.

What should he do?

There was a wolf blocking the way in front, and a fierce tiger grinding its teeth at the back.

If he and the Deer in the Forest were to fight, and Yan Shiying suddenly led his army to attack while the two armies were fighting.

It could be said that he was bound to lose!

It was very likely that his entire army would be wiped out in this battle.

At that time, it would be a lie to talk about competing with Ji Chang for the heavenly mandate!

After thinking rapidly, Chen Qing picked up the Deer in the Forest and the Lin Kingdom's foundation establishment army's structure and had an idea.

"Continue marching, and stop three li away from the giant tree forest."

The army continued to move in the night, flying close to the ground.

On the evening of the second day, they finally arrived at the giant tree forest.

The giant tree forest was named after the large number of giant banyan trees.

Banyan trees grew aerial roots easily, and were shaped like giant trees.

In reality, they were not very useful. But when many banyan trees were connected together, it was still quite a spectacular sight.

Chen Qing stopped his chariot, and said to Lu Shenglong, Yan Bailiang, and Zhang Can, "Yan Shiying is here!"

Hearing this, the three of them were all shocked and their expressions changed.

Zhang Can was shocked, "Yan Shiying is here too?"

Zhang Can and Yan Bailiang had real experience with Yan Shiying. Lu Shenglong had also heard of Yan Shiying.

In their eyes, this person was the only person who could compete with Chen Qing for the hegemony of Southern Li.

Chen Qing said calmly, "I will go to the giant tree forest alone and talk to the Deer in the Forest, and persuade him to join me."

"Yan Shiying did not provoke a battle between me and the Deer in the Forest, so he will definitely send his army."

"You must hold on."

"After I persuade the Deer in the Forest, we will meet up with the Lin Kingdom's foundation establishment army and attack Yan Shiying together!"

Chen Qing walked in the afterglow of the setting sun toward the giant tree forest, and gradually walked into the forest.

(End of chapter)