Longevity Begins With Gu Refining

Chapter 211: Hu Yao will always appear when you need her.

Smoke drifted through the air, the color of white bones.

Chen Qing sat on top of a pile of bones, taking out the information Su Yi sent him and carefully reading through it.

Immortal Gourd wielder Xiao, Thunderclap Sword Shen Zhangye, Star Dragon Crown Prince, Nine Dragon Picture Zhou Li, Immortal Mountain's Killer Daoist, Rootless Gate's Cao Guanxiu.

Cao Guanxiu didn't need to be concerned for now.

Xiao had already seen him.

Shen Zhangye was arrogant and paranoid, not someone easy to deal with.

Star Dragon Crown Prince had a heroic aura. He was straightforward, but he paid attention to details and sympathized with his subordinates.

Zhou Li was arrogant and conceited. He was strong, but he was obstinate and self-opinionated.

Killer Daoist was the oldest, rumored to be over two hundred years old. He was an experienced man, doing things flawlessly.

From the information, the best breakthrough should be Zhou Li.

Chen Qing pointed at Zhou Li's name. "No matter how I look at it, this Zhou Li seems like a breakthrough Ji Chang left for me on purpose."

Lu Shenglong said, "That shouldn't be the case. This is just Zhou Li's personality. Don't tell me that Ji Chang will consider all of this dead?"

Chen Qing thought back to everything Sword Roaming Palace had arranged. Everything was because of him, everything was his own choice.

"There is no lack of people in this world who can consider others dead."

"That is why we can only come up with a plan."

Chen Qing picked up a merit tile and looked at it carefully. "That is why our first step is to raise my cultivation to the peak of the Ghost Face Realm."

"How many merit tiles have we collected so far to raise their cultivation to the peak of the Ghost Face Realm?"

Lu Shenglong replied, "There aren't that many in the city, only a trifling three thousand pieces. That Shang Tong should have taken quite a bit with him."

Chen Qing said, "Let me see how many merit points I need to cultivate to the peak of the Ghost Face Realm."

Lu Shenglong asked, "Then where are we going now?"

Chen Qing said, "Let's first approach the city Shen Zhangye is guarding, and then change our path to the city Zhou Li is guarding."

Lu Shenglong was a bit confused. "Didn't Wen Zong say that this Zhou Li is too much of a bait?"

Chen Qing said, "Let's play around with Ji Chang first."

Chen Qing sat sat on the green bull, reaching for the jade like merit tile.

Although it was called a merit badge, it was just a thin piece of jade that resembled a badge.

Actually, it was more like bone fragments.

There were also blood-red merit cards, beige merit cards, and golden merit cards.

However, most of the merit badges that were plundered from Chaotian City were blood-red.

The Ghost Face Realm was the pinnacle of the physical body. After breaking through the Ghost Face Realm, continuing to cultivate would no longer completely strengthen the physical body.

To a certain extent, it could be understood that one's physical body would reach its limit in the Ghost Face Realm.

Because it was to strengthen the body, it was divided into four realms: flesh, bones, and blood apertures.

The three realms of flesh, bone, and blood could be cultivated at the same time.

These three realms were known as Blood Transformation, Bone Sacrifice, and Spirit Muscles.

The final stage of cultivation was the Enlightening Plane.

Strengthening the internal organs, five abdomen, seven apertures.

Due to different lifebound Gu worms and different cultivation methods, it was possible for all kinds of mystical abilities to appear.

For example, Clairvoyance, Clairaudient, Sacred Bones of the Ancients, Body of Ghosts and Deities, Nine Serenities Divine Blood, and so on.

It was not difficult to obtain a merit card. It could only be obtained by transporting souls to the White Bone River or the Dead Sea.

It was not difficult, but there were too many people who needed merit. That was why the situation of the Death Realm fighting each other was formed.

Chen Qing picked up a bone merit card and murmured softly while riding on the back of the green ox. "Fisherman, is that you?"

"If I take control of the Death Realm in the future, I will definitely go to the Dead Sea to find out."

He reached out and held the white merit card. Before he started to absorb it, he felt the butterfly in his chest begin to flap its wings frantically.

Chen Qing immediately pressed the white merit card against his chest. In just a moment, the merit card seemed to have melted into his body.

Chen Qing could clearly feel that his bones had become even stronger.

Although the change was small, he could still feel it clearly with the strength of his Divine Soul.

Chen Qing immediately picked up a white merit card and pressed it on his chest. When he looked at the lifebound Gu on his chest again, he found that there was an additional line of words.

[Ghost Face Realm's awakening period can cultivate the mystical [Azure Eyes], [Engulfing Mouth], [Heaven and Earth Chakra], [All Things Returning Breathing Technique].]

Was it because of the uniqueness of the Emperor Heaven Queen Earth?

Chen Qing picked up a merit card and threw it to Lu Shenglong, "Try refining it."

Lu Shenglong rode over on his dragon horse and quickly refined the merit card. Chen Qing said again: "Let me take a look at your lifebound Gu."

If someone else made this request, Lu Shenglong might kill their entire family. But since it was Chen Qing, Lu Shenglong immediately took out his lifebound Gu.

It was a dragon elephant Gu.

It was covered in armor and was the size of a finger.

Chen Qing clearly saw that after Lu Shenglong refined the merit card, there was an additional line of information on the dragon elephant Gu.

[Ghost Face Realm can cultivate the mystical [Dragon Elephant Spine].]

Chen Qing nodded, "Keep it."

He started to think. His lifebound Gu came from the Death Realm, it was a king Gu and represented authority.

It was normal for him to be able to cultivate four extremely powerful mystical abilities.

But Lu Shenglong was different, his lifebound Gu was only a spirit Gu.

Thus, even if he could cultivate a mystical ability during the bone tempering stage, it would not be a peak level mystical ability like the sacred bone of desolation, it would only be an ordinary mystical ability, the dragon elephant spine.

Chen Qing called over a rare Dragon Stallion Army who used mortal Gu as his foundation, and threw him a merit card, saying: "After you finish absorbing it, let me take a look at your lifebound Gu."

This Dragon Stallion Army did not have any doubts, he felt that Chen Qing only liked to research Gu worms.

His lifebound Gu was a mortal sword Gu, after refining the merit card, only his bones became slightly stronger, there was no new information on the Gu worm.

This meant that ordinary Gu worms could not cultivate any mystical abilities.

It seemed that light Gu was the only way out.

Moreover, Chen Qing's light Gu was extremely powerful.

Chen Qing's original plan was to get Shang Tong's hair or dead skin and cultivate to Ghost Face Realm peak stage, which was the awakening period.

Then, he would enter his dream and kill Shang Tong!

Shang Tong's Extreme Light Sect was formed because of Shang Tong, if Shang Tong died, there would definitely be chaos.

This way, Xu Yaofeng's pressure would be greatly reduced, and Ji Chang would still need to send troops to suppress Shang Tong's Extreme Light Sect.

In this situation, if Chen Qing suddenly came back and attacked Fengdu City with Xu Yaofeng, they would definitely be able to obtain a huge victory and break through Ji Chang's frontlines.

Indeed, Chen Qing's target was not the generals guarding Ji Chang's rear, but Ji Chang's main forces.

This was the most unexpected tactic.

But at this moment, Chen Qing was stuck at the step of raising his cultivation to the peak of the Ghost Face Realm.

Shang Tong took away a large number of merit tablets, leaving only the bone merit tablet, so Chen Qing could only finish his bone sacrifice cultivation.

With such a cultivation, entering Shang Tong's dream really couldn't take him down!

Shang Tong had been guarding the Death Realm for a long time, so he must be at the peak of the Ghost Face Realm, and even cultivated a divine ability.

The difference in cultivation was too great.

If he couldn't kill him in one strike, Shang Tong would definitely be on guard once the dream failed. It wouldn't be so easy to make a move next time.

It had to be said that Ji Chang had forced Chen Qing into a desperate situation this time.

What a headache!

Although Wang Yuan's tactic was good, Wang Yuan had lost to Wang Ji in the competition, so his actions were very likely to be seen through by Wang Ji.

As expected, cultivation was never that simple.

It was even more difficult to fight for hegemony in the Death Realm.

Xu Yaofeng, on the other hand, had quite a lot of merit. His flesh, bones, blood apertures, and four colors of merit had all been prepared for him.

But the problem now was how to get out of Fengdu once he entered.

Xu Yaofeng was already surrounded by Ji Chang, and looking at the current situation, it wouldn't be a big problem for him to be surrounded for another ten years.

Ji Chang didn't dare to attack forcefully, as the losses were too great. Once half of his men were lost, Chen Qing would directly attack with all his troops, and it was very likely that he would make a comeback.

This was Chen Qing's intention of directly taking over Chaotian City.

If Chen Qing also plunged in, he probably wouldn't be able to come out.

It was very annoying.

If there was really no other way, then he could only use [Venerable King – Immortal Edict].

Chen Qing didn't really want to use [Venerable King – Immortal Edict] at this time.

The reason was very simple. Once his subordinates became immortals, their cultivation would stagnate.

300 early-stage Ghost Face Realm cultivators wouldn't be of much use.

They weren't fools. After knowing that you had an immortal body, they would still foolishly exchange injuries with you.

For example, Chen Qing could completely capture an immortal in the Foundation Realm, exhaust his spiritual energy, and then directly tie him to a chain, pour water on him, and throw him into the Death Sea.

Even if you had an immortal body, it was useless.

After another day of travel, late at night, Chen Qing gave the order to halt their advance and prepare for tonight's gathering.

He brought the green ox to a secluded place not far away. Chen Qing put on the bronze ghost mask and appeared on the cloud platform.

After a short greeting, Chen Qing saw that no one had the intention to ask about the Gu worm, so he said, "Alright, you can start chatting."

Ji Ru was the first to ask, "Yao Feng, how's the situation on your side?"

Xu Yaofeng smiled and said, "Taiyi has already entered the Death World. It only took him half a day to take down Chaotian City. His army is hoarding there and helping me out."

"Ji Chang doesn't dare to attack anymore. If he loses too much, Taiyi will definitely lead the entire army to attack."

"Shang Tong has lost his strongest city. Now, he is having a headache."

"All in all, Fengdu's crisis can be considered resolved, but we still can't get out."

Ji Ru patted her chest and said, "That's good. At least your crisis has been resolved."

Xu Yaofeng asked, "What's the situation in the human world after Taiyi left? Is Nanli still stable? You're the only one left in the human world."

Ji Ru said, "Wu Shang went to suppress the ghost calamity."

"After Taiyi left, most of the evil spirits under him started to rebel. Now, evil spirits are wreaking havoc in Nanli's Lin Country. Ghost calamity has covered thousands of miles. There are few traces of humans and bones everywhere."

"But fortunately, Wu Shang was left behind. He is now suppressing it with all his strength. It will probably take him a few months to clean it up."

Chen Qing was slightly angry. Before coming, he should have killed all the evil spirits.

Now, he had caused trouble. Fortunately, Wu Shang was sensible and left behind to suppress it.

Xu Yaofeng said, "After Li Chonghuan enters the Death World, you will lead the royalist faction that supports the current Emperor to fight against the revered ancients faction that supports Ji Chang."

"This way, the pressure in the human world will be reduced."

Ji Ru nodded and said, "I will do my best to cooperate with the royalist faction."

Xu Yaofeng said, "Our current predicament is that even though Taiyi led the army into the Death World and helped me relieve most of the pressure, we still can't break out of this situation."

"If we can't get out of the city and escort the dead souls to the River of Bones and the Dead Sea, we won't be able to obtain merit and our cultivation won't be able to improve."

This was also Chen Qing's current predicament. He was guarding the city alone and couldn't obtain merit.

Even if he could, it would only be within a thousand miles of Chaotian City.

Outside this range, it was no longer safe.

Chen Qing finally spoke for the first time while they were chatting. "Taiyi did tell me about this predicament and asked me for help."

When everyone heard Chen Qing speak for the first time in a conversation, they immediately became serious.

Chen Qing continued, "I have a method that can kill Shang Tong, but it requires a large amount of merit to let Taiyi cultivate to the peak of the Ghost Face Realm."

Ji Ru said, "Even if I can contact Cao Guanxiu, I'm afraid he won't have the chance to give out such a large amount of merit."

"After Ji Chang entered the Death World, he kept a tight control over his merit. There are clear records of the whereabouts of almost every merit."

Xu Yaofeng said, "I have a large inventory here, but Taiyi can't enter."

"If he enters and is trapped in Fengdu with us, the situation will be completely out of control."

"If we want to get out of the city, we can only fight Ji Chang head-on. If we fight now, we'll lose without a doubt."

Just as the two of them were frowning, Hu Yao suddenly spoke, "If it's just Taiyi's personal merit, I have a way."

"Although I'm at the border, I still have some emergency merit in my hands."

"However, he needs to kill his way through the Dead Sea, at least to the Bridge of Helplessness in the middle of the River of Bones. Only then can I give it to him."

Xu Yaofeng was overjoyed. "Finally, there's a way to get out of this situation."

The four of them focused their gazes on Chen Qing, quietly waiting for him to speak.

"I'll tell Taiyi. If you hear that Taiyi is marching toward the Bridge of Helplessness, it means he agrees with this method."

Hu Yao said, "Then I'll set off toward the Bridge of Helplessness first. We must arrive on the fifteenth of August. If we're late, we'll retreat."

After the gathering ended, Hu Yao took off the bronze ghost mask on her face. She walked out of her royal carriage and looked at the monkey squatting beside her. Then, she glanced at the bulls pulling her carriage. "How many people can cultivate to the peak of the Ghost Face Realm with the merit we've obtained from plundering?"

The monkey hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, it's enough for ten people to reach the peak of the Ghost Face Realm!"

Hu Yao calculated for a while. "In that case, he alone should be enough. Even if he needs to cultivate to become divine, it should be enough."

"Get ready and bring them to me."

The monkey asked, "Who does Your Majesty want to give them to?"

Hu Yao smiled. "A real king."

The monkey was stunned. Even after Hu Yao had entered the royal carriage for a long time, he was still breathing rapidly.

"Is the real king coming?"

(End of Chapter)