Longevity Begins With Gu Refining

Chapter 40: Thirty Years of Spring and Morning Dew, the Pinnacle of the Qi Refinement Realm

Ye Yuntian attacked with all his might, instantly changing the situation.

Even though Zhang Yangdao's white bone claws resisted with all his might, they were still insignificant in front of Ye Yuntian's domineering sword aura.

One by one, the withered bones were turned into bone fragments by the sword aura.

Zhang Yangdao, who had lost three of his four arms, leaned on his sword and coughed out a mouthful of blood. He turned around and slashed at Feng Qi again.

Feng Qi instantly turned into mist.

What no one expected was that when Zhang Yangdao's sword landed on Feng Qi's transformed fog, it immediately burst into flames.

Feng Qi, who had retreated from the mist, spat out a mouthful of blood. He turned his sword and slashed down again.

On the other side, Ye Yuntian's sword aura swept past and shattered Zhang Yangdao's last white bone claw!

Ju Xiu urged the tiger to leap up and sweep its claws, creating a gust of wind.

Zhang Yangdao struggled to raise his sword and block the tiger's claws.

Feng Qi naturally wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity. He slashed down and Zhang Yangdao's head fell to the ground, blood splattering everywhere.

Gongsun Xiu got up and went downstairs. "He's a bit weaker than I expected."

Chen Qing asked, "Senior Brother, you mean this Zhang Yangdao isn't strong enough among the Ascetics?"

Gongsun Xiu nodded. "If you ever meet an Ascetic who has cultivated for more than thirty years, you'll see the pinnacle of the Qi Refinement Realm."

When they went downstairs, Gongsun Xiu asked, "Qingshuang, did you learn anything from today's battle?"

Yu Qingshuang said, "I feel that my swordsmanship has improved again."

Gongsun Xiu said, "I think Senior Brother Feng wants you to know that the Jianghu has always been a gang fight."

The two followed Gongsun Xiu to the center of the battlefield. The entire street was in ruins.

Zhang Yangdao's strange corpse lay in the middle of the street, kneeling on the ground but not falling.

Chen Qing walked to the side of Zhang Yangdao's head, only to find that the head was actually laughing eerily.

Feng Qi, who was standing beside the head, had a gloomy expression. He seemed to be puzzled by the head's frozen expression.

More than ten Carefree Mountain disciples walked out from all directions and began to clean up the battlefield.

Ye Yuntian held three Gu worms in his hands, "Only rain Gu, sword Gu and that strange four-armed white bone Gu are left."

After returning to his cave abode, Chen Qing lay on the stone bed in the basement and recalled the previous battle.

After this battle, Chen Qing finally had a slight understanding of the battles in this world.

Cultivation was the foundation of everything. Only with spiritual energy in the body could one activate Gu worms.

Of course, Gu worms related to physique like the Iron Skin Gu and the Strength Gu had an extremely low demand for spirit qi.

Even if there was no spiritual energy, it could still exert considerable power.

Gu worms were related to the power of spells.

Sword rules were skills, how to unleash the greatest power of a Gu worm.

Zhang Yangdao had many Gu worms, but their quality was very low. Other than rain Gu, sword Gu, and that unknown white bone Gu, the rest were mostly rank two or three.

But even so, he still managed to hold out for so long against the four strongest hall masters of Mount Carefree.

Ye Yuntian's sword Gu looked like it was only rank three or four butterfly transformation. He also had a rank nine wind Gu. As for his other Gu worms, it was hard to tell.

I need to get more Gu worms!

In a battle of sword skills, other than fog Gu, wind Gu is the key!

If technique is not enough, speed can make up for it!

If I nurture all my Gu worms to butterfly transformation or even rank nine butterfly transformation, the situation would be completely different.

Even if Ye Yuntian, Feng Qi, Ju Xiu, and He Ming fought together, they would not be my match!

Under absolute speed and power, everything would turn to dust!

Of course, this was based on the performance of the four of them tonight.

After all, they only suffered some minor injuries. Chen Qing guessed that they still had more methods that they had not used.

After confirming his future path, Chen Qing started to recall the moves they used when they fought.

That was a sword move that was more straightforward than Yu Qingshuang's, purely focused on lethality.

It wasn't that Yu Qingshuang's swordsmanship was flashy, but it was still superficial and lacked a bit of ruthlessness.

Thinking about it, this Senior Martial Sister's swordsmanship would improve again after this.

Chen Qing had a new understanding of sword moves, striking while the iron was hot, he practiced again.

The next morning, Chen Qing woke up early and found some morning dew in the spirit plant garden to feed the fog gu.

Just as he arrived at the spirit plant hall, a senior brother from the shadow hall came over with a box.

"Hall Head Chen, last night's matter is over. This is a share of the information you provided a few days ago."

That's right, if he, Chen Qing, did not report this information, how could the assassination of Zhang Yangdao happen?

This was what he deserved.

Chen Qing opened the box. Inside, there were about a thousand low-grade spirit stones. He smiled and said, "Please thank Senior Brother Feng for me."

Carefree Mountain did not even have the mind to pass down sword manuals to him now. The sect would not be stupid enough to send him out to fight.

It was time to raise the sword gu to rank nine before transforming into butterfly.

At night, Chen Qing carried his bag and quickly walked down the mountain.

He booked a room at Bright Moon Tower and locked the door. He used his perfected changing technique and came to Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

He followed the waiter into the tea room.

"Give me twenty sections of purple vein bamboo."

Purple vein bamboo, thumb thick and solid. Not only did it have purple markings on the outside, there were also purple veins inside.

It was extremely tough and had extremely sharp edges.

When the waiter brought the purple vein bamboo, Chen Qing asked: "Do you have sword gu here?"

"Rank one type."

Chen Qing emphasized again.

A sword gu was needed for a sword treasure to evolve into butterfly. But since they only needed a sword gu, there was no need to buy a wild one. They could just leave one behind after killing someone.

Highlight a bargain.

The shop assistant understood what Chen Qing meant. He didn't say anything else. "This type of Sword Parasite is cheap. I'll go get a few for you."

Soon, the shop assistant returned with three Rank One Sword Parasites. Chen Qing picked the one with the shortest lifespan and asked, "How much for this one?"

The shop assistant smiled and said, "These Sword Vermin all have the same price, 2500 low-grade spiritual stones."

Upon seeing this, Chen Qing pointed to the one with the longest lifespan and said, "This one then. This one is pleasing to the eye."

The shop assistant quickly sealed the Sword Gu, "Sir, what else do you want?"

Chen Qing said, "Three strands of Geng Jin Qi, and give me a high-quality Green Snake Gallbladder."

The shop assistant asked, "Green Snake Gallbladder. We have 200-year-old, 300-year-old, and 500-year-old ones here. Which one would you like?"

Chen Qing pondered for a moment. The higher the quality of the materials used to advance to butterfly transformation, the better.

"How much is a 500-year-old one?"

The shop assistant smiled and said, "The 500-year-old ones are more precious. It'll cost about 2400 low-grade spiritual stones."

Chen Qing calculated the amount of spiritual stones he had now. It wouldn't hurt to buy a 500-year-old Green Snake Gallbladder. "Take one."

(End of chapter)