Longevity Begins With Gu Refining

Chapter 44: The Heretic Cultivator Returns, But Have I Ever Been the Same?

The wings of the green Sword Butterfly were not as round as the Grass Spirit Butterfly's, and the edges were sharp.

They looked like sword feathers.

There was a layer of fine fur on its wings. If one looked carefully, they would discover that it was not fur, but small swords.

Compared to the Grass Spirit Butterfly, the Sword Butterfly looked even more murderous.

[Mortal Grade Sword Butterfly]

Grade: First Transition

Lifespan: 12/110

Effect: Turns 30 strands of spirit energy into Geng Metal Sword Energy

Characteristics: [Void Sword Break] Turns the Geng Metal Sword Energy into a sword, sharp and unstoppable.

Growth Requirement: Black Iron Essence

Growth Progress: 0/100

Advancement Requirement: Unable to advance

It was the Void Sword Transformation, without the ability to obtain a flying sword.

Thirty strands of spirit energy consumed so much?

Although Chen Qing did not know how many strands there were, he did not know how many strands there were.

But compared to the five or six strands from before, the difference was too big.

Chen Qing tried to condense a strand of Geng Metal Sword Energy at the tip of his finger. His current sword energy was more inclined toward the green gold color.

Just condensing it at the tip of his finger made Chen Qing feel as if there was a blade on his back.

In terms of sharpness, it was not even as sharp as Ye Yuntian's Sword Butterfly.

But then again, Ye Yuntian could use a flying sword.

Just condensing a strand of sword energy, Chen Qing felt that his spirit energy had decreased by one-seventh!

In other words, even if he gave it his all, he could only use seven strands of sword energy.

So domineering?

He tried out the Void Sword Transformation ability again. This ability was quite useful.

He grasped the air with his right hand, and with his mind, he could control the sword insects and condense a sword in his hand.

The size and shape of the sword could be determined by one's will.

It consumed more spirit energy than condensing Geng Metal Sword Energy, but the good thing was that it would not dissipate quickly.

If he did not inject spirit energy, it would last for twenty breaths of time before dissipating.

If he continued to inject spirit energy, Chen Qing estimated that if he continued to use the Void Sword Transformation, he could use it for about ninety breaths of time.

Its sharpness was higher than the Geng Metal Sword Energy.

No matter how he looked at it, the Void Sword Transformation was more useful.

Looking at it this way, the Void Sword Transformation's battle prowess was better than the flying sword.

However, it was a pity that Chen Qing's current cultivation was too low. That was why he could only use it for a short period of time.

However, there was nothing Chen Qing could do about his cultivation base. He was already cultivating by drinking the Spirit Ginseng Wine every day. Thus, his rate of cultivation was three to four times faster than that of ordinary cultivators.

Every day, he would cultivate for half a day. He could be considered to be quite hardworking.

Based on his current cultivation speed, it would take him another half a year to break through to the fourth layer of Qi Refining.

However, thinking about it, it made sense. If cultivation was so easy to increase, then wouldn't there be Nascent Soul cultivators everywhere, and Immortals were inferior to dogs?

Until now, he had only seen two Foundation Establishment Cultivators. One was the Mountain Master, and the other was Yao Feng, who claimed to be a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

He wondered if there were any Gu worms that could increase his cultivation speed.

He did not delve into it. After all, this type of Gu worm was at least at the spirit grade. It was not something he could come into contact with now.

Although he could feel that his Sword Vermin was extremely domineering, Chen Qing still wanted to give it a try!

Now that he had the Sword Butterfly, it was time to test it out!

Just as Chen Qing was about to pick an opponent to test out, he realized that he was actually useless.

First of all, he couldn't expose his identity, so he could only look for evil cultivators or demonic beasts.

But how terrifying were evil cultivators and demonic beasts?

How could the evil cultivators and demonic beasts in this world live until now if they didn't have some skill?

In the end, he, Chen Qing, was only a third layer Qi Refining cultivator at the bottom of the cultivation world.

He only relied on his own hard work to obtain a Sword Butterfly.

How could he defeat evil cultivators and demonic beasts?

In the end, it was still somewhat unstable.

If he made a mistake and the great Absolute Beginning was killed by the wild boar spirit, then it would truly be a mistake that would cause everlasting regret.

Chen Qing, who recognized his own strength again, took a step back and returned to his cave residence, closing the door.

It was better to wait until the Sword Butterfly turned nine.

After eating breakfast, Chen Qing went to find Yu Qingshuang to get beaten up as usual.

Senior Sister Yu's moves had become more and more ruthless these two days. Chen Qing did not dare to spar with her anymore.

The main reason was that he was afraid he would not be able to control himself and turn into a sword to kill her.

Yu Qingshuang sheathed her sword, "You seem to be distracted. In your current state, you can't take three strikes from me."

Chen Qing thought, "No, Senior Sister, you might not even be able to take one strike from me right now."

After practicing with Yu Qingshuang for an hour, Chen Qing finally found that his worries were unnecessary.

He was a person who loved peace and did not like fighting and killing.

There was no situation where he could not control himself from turning into a sword.

Feeling Chen Qing become more serious, Yu Qingshuang smiled, "This is what sword practice looks like."

As the spirit ginseng grew stronger, Chen Qing could feel that the atmosphere of the entire Carefree Mountain was different.

It seemed that Ye Yuntian and the others were preparing to increase the treatment of Carefree Mountain's disciples. Anyone who worked in the various halls of Carefree Mountain could receive a bottle of spirit ginseng wine every month.

As for how much and who it would benefit, it would be decided after the spirit ginseng fully matured.

Chen Qing had seen the spirit ginseng in the field. With the grass spirit butterfly taking care of it, it was indeed different. It had only been planted for three months and it was already the size of a carrot.

This made Chen Qing seriously doubt whether he was planting radishes.

All in all, everything was developing in a good direction.

Chen Qing, who was considered young in Carefree mountain, now had many people calling him senior brother.

His days seemed to have calmed down again, Chen Qing also enjoyed the benefits of this peaceful life. Everyday, he would go on duty, practice swordsmanship, drink spirit ginseng wine and cultivate, and occasionally go down the mountain to buy the materials needed to advance sword butterfly and fog Gu.

During this period, the gathering on the fifteenth of July and the first of August was nothing major.

Red Lotus, that silly girl, did not have much money, Scholar still needed some time to activate light Gu, Yao Feng was preparing for the advancement of his light butterfly, thinking that the fifteenth of August was a good day.

Chen Qing, however, felt it was nonsense.

Of course, he did not say anything.

The ninth of August.

Morning, fog.

Chen Qing took a detour into a remote valley and lit a Resurrection Cigarette.

The smoke and the dense fog fused together, the rank nine fog Gu flew out of his body, flying between the fog and the resurrection cigarette.

It turned into a dense fog, fusing with the resurrection cigarette and large amounts of fog.

Chen Qing could clearly see that the surrounding fog was visibly fading.

The fog was supposed to conceal the fog Gu's advancement, but now, the fog in the valley was fading.

He looked around and didn't find any movement. Only then did he feel slightly relieved.

The fog gathered around the fog Gu, becoming denser and denser, making people unable to see what was inside.

The fog gathered into a lump, like a fog whirlpool, absorbing the surrounding fog.

It wasn't until two hours later that the fog in the entire valley had mostly dissipated. The dense fog that was the size of a millstone finally dispersed, and a fog butterfly flew out from within.

Its wings seemed illusory, like wisps of smoke.

[Mortal fog butterfly]

Quality: Rank one

Lifespan: 26/110

Effect: Body will turn into fog within nine breaths of time, can fly during this time.

After turning into fog, needs thirty breaths of time to recover.

[Characteristics]: [Phantom] Can use a wall passing technique every sixty breaths of time.

Growth requirement: Old key

Growth progress: 0/100

Advancement requirement: Unable to advance

Wall passing technique?

Even if there were no gaps, it could pass through?

It was a good match for its appearance that alternated between reality and illusion.

No wonder fog Gu was so hard to nurture, it was so powerful after transforming into a butterfly!

After quickly cleaning up the scene of the advancement, Chen Qing went to the Spirit Plant Hall to finish his errands. After returning to his own abode, he lit a ball of fire in the stove.

He was curious as to whether he would be harmed if he used the Wall-Passing Spell to pass through the raging flames.

In the past, when he used fog Gu, the intense fire would cause great damage.

He looked at the stove that was full of fire and immediately turned into mist to use the Wall Passing Technique. The mist flashed and when Chen Qing landed again, he was already behind the stove.

He checked his body and found that he wasn't injured.

It seemed that after the fog Gu turned into a butterfly, it had a way to deal with the raging fire and lightning.

As long as one treated the raging fire as a wall, one could pass through it in an ethereal state.

He wanted to continue using the wall passing technique, but found that the fog Gu had no reaction.

He gave it a try. The interval was sixty breaths, and it was the same as what he saw.

After testing out his new ability, Chen Qing was satisfied. He now had another life-saving ability.

On duty the next day, Chen Qing had just arrived at the Spirit Plant Hall when he heard the sounds of discussion inside.

"Have you heard? Two of our fellow disciples have gone missing recently."

"I heard that they had just contracted Gu worms, could it be that someone killed them and stole their Gu?"

"Who is so arrogant, daring to be so impudent in our Carefree Mountain world?"

Chen Qing arranged today's work for everyone and called Li He over, "Two of our disciples have gone missing?"

Li He said: "Yes, I don't know what happened, but Ye Hao and Li Ke have gone missing."

Chen Qing thought for a moment and suddenly became vigilant, "If I didn't remember wrongly, they were qi refinement level three, right?"

Li He thought for a moment, "Hall master, now that you mention it, it seems to be true!"

Chen Qing waved his hand to let Li He leave and pondered in the Spirit Plant Hall alone. Why did this evil cultivator capture Carefree Mountain's qi refinement level three for?

He thought carefully and suddenly thought of an extremely important point.

On the day he obtained the bronze ghost mask, he was the only qi refinement level three who was strolling around the market at the foot of the mountain!

The other qi refinement level three cultivators had either just contracted Gu worms and were familiarizing themselves with them, or were working hard to save up.

He was the only one who would go to the market every few days to buy materials when he had nothing to do!

Could it be that his qi refinement level three cultivation was the most prominent characteristic of that night?

He started to analyze from the evil cultivator's point of view. If I wanted to throw away the treasure and run away, I wouldn't throw it away randomly, but would throw it to someone with distinctive characteristics. This way, it would be easier to find it when I return, and I wouldn't have no idea where it went.

And it would be best to find someone with low cultivation. This way, when I find them in the future, they won't be able to resist.

After understanding this point, Chen Qing sensed the rank five sword butterfly in his body and killing intent silently rose in his heart.

The bronze ghost mask was the key to earning money for him.

He was a member of Extreme Light Sect, this matter couldn't be exposed.

Right now, I already have the rank five sword butterfly and the fog Gu has already turned into a butterfly, I might as well give it a try.

Even if that person was as strong as Zhang Yangdao, with the rank five sword butterfly, he would have at least three chances to attack.

Moreover, if that evil cultivator had Zhang Yangdao's strength, how could he be chased by three qi refinement level seven cultivators?

That person was definitely far inferior to Zhang Yangdao!

In the worst case scenario, even if he couldn't win, he could use the fog butterfly's wall passing technique to escape safely.

After thinking of a way out, Chen Qing closed his eyes and made arrangements.

(End of chapter)