Longevity Begins With Gu Refining

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

No cultivator could reject spirit stones.

Chen Qing had always liked spirit stones. Now that there were more people to pay, he liked them even more.

Ten million Spirit Stones were now in his hands, and he had spent them in one or two days.

He followed Qing Ran into the arena and looked around. There was a sea of people.

The cultivators were talking non-stop. It was rare to see such a grand event.

"It's been a long time since the cultivators of the Nine Nations gathered together."

"I heard that there will be a selection of three hundred Dragon Stallion Army soldiers!"

"What's the Dragon Stallion Army?"

"It's an army with a unified Gu worm."

"I heard that as long as you get a spot, you can get Gu worms worth hundreds of thousands of spirit stones!"

"It's a pity that only Foundation Establishment cultivators can participate."

"Qi Refinement cultivators can participate in the Wen Meet."

"We didn't dare to get close to the Foundation Establishment battles. Now, we can take a good look at the Foundation Establishment battles."

"Which nations are the ones participating in this competition?"

"The Water Nation was destroyed by Tie Kui. All the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Water Nation submitted. They probably don't dare to come."

"Among the remaining four nations, the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Ye Nation are all going to the academy. They are waiting outside the academy to see the latest news."

"Only the Yun Nation, the Secluded Nation, and the Li Nation are competing."

Chen Qing listened to the discussions of these cultivators and found it interesting. As he walked, the sunlight in front of him was suddenly blocked.

When he looked up, he saw a young man who was over nine feet tall. He was dressed in black and had a long sword hanging from his waist. He stood in front of him with his head held high and his chest puffed out.

Qing Ran was furious. "How dare you block the path of the Guard Master!"

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

The young man cupped his fists at Chen Qing. "Ying Wugang of the Li Nation!"

Chen Qing narrowed his eyes and looked at this person. "Why are you blocking my path?"

Ying Wugang said, "Gu worms are the life of a cultivator. You shouldn't compete in public."

"If I do that, I will only expose my Gu worms and invite a fatal disaster."

"The Guard Master's selection of the Dragon Stallion Army should be done in secret and not in public like this."

Chen Qing found it interesting. Ying Wugang's words made sense. Unfortunately, he was too one-sided.

"When you become a member of the Dragon Stallion Army, you can talk to me about this."

After saying that, Chen Qing and Qing Ran swaggered off.

Ying Wugang stood where he was and watched for a while. Then, he shook his head slightly and walked towards his own battle arena.

Sitting on the spectator stand, Chen Qing watched for a while. This Ying Wugang's strength was not bad. With his cultivation at the Great Circle of Foundation Establishment, he easily won the first round.

However, there were more than 1,500 people participating in the competition. One battle was useless.

The selection this time was based on a scoring system, not on victory or defeat.

The judges will use Lu Shenglong's strength as ten points, and will grade the contestants based on their performance.

If this battle could be very exciting, and both of them were extremely strong, there might be a situation where both of them got eight points.

In the end, the top 300 would be selected based on their scores to enter the Dragon Legion Corps.

This kind of competition was very subjective.

Moreover, because Chen Qing liked cultivators with strong physical bodies, cultivators with stronger defenses would get slightly more points than they should.

Chen Qing looked at these Foundation Establishment cultivators fighting and found it boring. If it were him, he would have slapped them one by one.

Only in the evening, when Ying Wugang went up for the second time, did Chen Qing show some interest.

Ying Wugang's opponent was You Country's Heavenly Blade Division's Zuo Chuan.

The battle between the two was very exciting, they used all their methods.

Although it was not a battle of life and death, they fought with all their might.

In Chen Qing's opinion, they were almost on par with Lu Shenglong.

But now, they were still a little lacking.

Lu Shenglong had followed Chen Qing all the way and obtained three spirit Gu from the spoils of war. He had already completed his Gu worm system, and his strength had long surpassed his past self.

Be it the spirit grade Black Armor Gu or the spirit grade Dragon Horse Gu, they were all of great help to Lu Shenglong.

Moreover, Lu Shenglong had also obtained a spirit grade Spear Gu from Vermillion Bird Tribe. He had become extremely strong in terms of offense and had almost no shortcomings.

Ying Wugang's spear attainment was not much different from Lu Shenglong's. Spear Gu was also spirit grade, and his silver dragon spear was very smooth.

Zuo Chuan's saber skills were also very amazing. He had a Gu worm that could shrink the ground, appearing and disappearing unpredictably. In addition, his saber Gu was also spirit grade, so he was also very strong.

This great battle only ended after fighting for a full three hours. The entire platform was riddled with holes by them.

Ying Wugang won by a narrow margin in the end.

They walked towards the judging panel, looking at their scores expectantly.

Out of the seven judges, almost all of them gave them nine points.

The highest was 9.01.

Seeing this result, Ying Wugang was slightly disappointed. In his opinion, they should not be weaker than Lu Shenglong. Why was there such a huge difference?

If it was 9.08 or 9.09, he could still accept it.

But this difference of almost one point made him doubt himself.

"Is the difference so big?"

Zuo Chuan, who was beside him, felt the same way. "The generals of Li Soldier Guard are actually so strong?"

"The difference between us is actually so big?"

Ying Wugang said: "If the difference is not big, it can be understood that these judges are giving this score to protect Lu Shenglong's face. But the difference is one point."

Zuo Chuan said awkwardly: "That can only mean that if we fight with General Lu, we will definitely lose."

Chen Qing walked over and looked at the score, saying: "It's quite fair." Then he left.

Hearing this, Ying Wugang and Zuo Chuan understood that the judges did not lower their scores by one point.

Ying Wugang and Zuo Chuan did not get angry after the fight, instead they went to a restaurant in the city to drink.

Ying Wugang drank a cup and said: "I wonder how many points lord will give us."

Zuo Chuan clinked his cup with Ying Wugang, "I heard that when Lord Wei attacked dragon elephant tribe, he said to Lu Shenglong: 'If you survive three moves from me, I will spare your life!'"

Ying Wugang was shocked: "He is so much stronger than General Lu?"

Zuo Chuan said: "What is more terrifying is that General Lu was almost killed."

"It is said that he could barely move after a month of recuperation."

"And now, Lord Wei obtained the spirit grade black armor Gu and dragon horse Gu, he is probably even stronger."

Ying Wugang said: "Doesn't that mean that Lord Wei alone can suppress the whole of Nan Li, to the point that all the foundation establishment cultivators cannot raise their heads?"

Zuo Chuan said: "Lord Wei is different from us, he is someone who will go to the death realm and fight for the Lord of Mortal World, as well as that true dragon of Da Wu."

"There might not even be one in eight hundred years."

"Without a divine ability like Lawful Embodiment of Heaven and Earth, he is still an ordinary person."

"You should feel honored to be born at this time. Not only can you witness history, you can also participate in it."

Ying Wugang said: "It is fate, it is not up to us to decide."

Zuo Chuan said: "If we win, we will be in charge!"

Ying Wugang said: "This time, the Death Realm will be bloodier than the one three hundred years ago."

"It is said that in the Death Realm three hundred years ago, almost all the cultivators who entered it died nine times out of ten."

"Ninety percent of them will die inside."

Zuo Chuan said: "There is nothing we can do about it, the Death Realm is not like the outside world, if you admit defeat outside, they might let you live."

"Once a battle starts in the Death Realm, one side must die before it is considered over."

After chatting for a while, the two saw figures running on the streets towards the academy.

Yang La entered the academy and stayed in his own small room. There was no courtyard here, each person had their own room.

Food and lodging were naturally arranged, they only needed to wait quietly for the summons.

After waiting for a long time, a messenger boy finally came. Miao Shun followed the boy to the center of the academy and walked into a study room. Miao Shun raised his eyes and looked at him, muttering, "Yang La, strength Gu rank eight, yes?"

Yang La nodded.

Miao Shun pointed at the cushion in front of his table: "Sit."

Yang La sat down and listened to Miao Shun's arrangements.

Miao Shun picked up a brush and asked: "What rank is the contract?"

Miao Shun said: "Rank three!"

"Tell me in detail the materials you used to rank up, including the approximate amount."

Yang La started to recall the materials used to rank up his strength Gu: "Rank three to rank four is a pair of elephant tusks, I ate them all."

Miao Shun recorded everything according to Yang La's instructions, there were a total of five materials.

"Five materials, not bad, I can make accurate deductions."

"Hmm, let me see, a total of fifty yin and twenty-four yang, it should be yang."

"In that case, when I was in the wild state, I should have eaten yang materials to rank up."

"Rank one to rank three, two materials, the yang attribute is slightly lower, about eight."

"Then rank nine, make up for the remaining eighteen yang, it should be the item of eighteen yang!"

"I have not used tiger tooth, it has 9.8 yang attribute, slightly lower."

"It should be demon tiger tooth!"

"Demon Tiger's Fang, Yang skewed to 18.1."

Miao Shun wrote down his deductions and the information about the Gu worm on a piece of paper. He picked it up and said, "Take it and send it to the courtyard outside. The portrait will be made public later."

Yang La listened to these strange numbers and didn't know what to say.

What Yin and Yang? I don't understand.

He could only take the piece of paper that was filled with words, but he couldn't understand them.

He arrived at a courtyard near the main street. As soon as he walked in, a painter began to draw his portrait.

Cultivators drew using drawing Gu, with a wave of the brush, their appearance would appear vividly on the paper.

After writing down his information, name, and Gu worm's grade, he led him to the street.

The painter pasted a portrait of Yang La on the wall, then said to the cultivators on the street, "Everyone, look carefully, Yang La, strength Gu rank eight!"

Saying so, the painter urged Yang La: "Quickly show everyone your rank eight Gu worm."

Yang La heard this and took out his strength Gu. The rank eight strength Gu laid on his palm and showed it to these cultivators.

Only then did the painter say, "Everyone, look carefully, this is a rank eight strength Gu!"

Saying so, the painter added this Gu worm's appearance on Yang La's portrait. Its size was exactly the same as the one in his hand.

The cultivators on the street immediately cheered. "Everyone saw it. Old Painter, hurry up, we are still waiting to see his Gu worm's rank increase!"

After doing so, the painter took the seal and stamped it.

After verifying Yang La's situation, the painter brought him back to the academy. "Take that piece of paper and find the material distribution area. They will naturally give you the best materials."

Yang La nodded and asked around. He came to the material distribution area and queued up. After waiting for less than fifteen minutes, he received the tiger demon tooth that was worth five hundred spirit stones.

This tiger demon tooth was pure white. It could be seen that it was made from the best materials. There was no way it could be faked.

After receiving the tiger demon tooth and returning to the courtyard, Yang La began to feed his Gu worm.

The next morning, someone came to warn him, "Once you find signs of a Gu worm's rank increasing, immediately go to the painter and prove to everyone that it was a success."

He stayed in his room, cultivating and feeding his Gu worm for a total of seven days.

On this morning, Yang La, who was cultivating, suddenly opened his eyes. There was a special throbbing in his body!

He quickly spread out his hand. His strength Gu's skin had hardened. "It is about to rank up!"

"It really succeeded?"

Carefully holding his Gu worm, Yang La jogged and came to the painter again. "Senior, my strength Gu has risen in rank!"

The painter was clearly happy when he heard this news. He brought Yang La to the street outside and let Yang La stand in front of his portrait.

Then, he began to introduce. "Everyone, look carefully. His strength Gu is about to rise from rank eight to rank nine!"

Yang La spread out his hand and let everyone watch the process of his strength Gu's rank increasing.

At this time, he could no longer care about hiding his Gu worm.

He was here to witness the authenticity of the divine book, so he naturally did his best to cooperate.

An hour passed slowly. Yang La's Gu worm broke out of his skin and the twenty or so people on the street saw this scene with their own eyes.

"It really succeeded!"

"He is the second one, right?"

"Right, there are twenty people on this wall, he is the second to succeed!"

"It has only been a few days, he succeeded already?"

"Does anyone know how many people succeeded?"

"I went to the entrance of the academy early in the morning, there are seventy-two people now!"

"Seventy-two people in seven days?"

"Tomorrow, the day after, there will probably be more."

Yang La listened to these cultivators' discussions and suddenly felt that this book was truly godly!

The Gu worm's evolution cycle was usually seven to ten days.

If they were fed correctly, they would succeed in seven to ten days.

At night, Yang La did not continue to stay in his room, but prepared to go out for a walk. He came to the edge of the academy and could see that it was brightly lit outside.

There seemed to be many cultivators waiting for news at night.

In the various restaurants, a large number of cultivators were gathered in one place, calculating how many people had successfully ascended.

There was a commotion outside, but the academy was not quiet either. After a while, Yang La heard someone shouting: "My Gu worm has risen in rank!"

"It rose, it rose!"

"My Gu worm has also risen in rank!"

Hearing the voices coming from the academy, the voices in the inns outside became louder.

"Another one, no, two!"

"Let's go, let's go and see who succeeded again!"

(End of this chapter)