All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 190 Recognizing Ancestors and Returning to One's Origin

"Inviting me to return to the Ice Spirit Clan? What does that mean?" Zhou Qing's eyes changed slightly, and his mind raced.

According to his plan, he was to find a way to enter the Ice Spirit Clan, but what he saw before him was completely unexpected.

The Ice Spirit Clan's patriarch, the tenth-generation descendant of the Xuanzhu Venerable, inexplicably appeared in the Divine Might Camp, inviting him to return to the Ice Spirit Clan.

There are far too many omitted steps in this process.

The process went too smoothly, to the point that Zhou Qing felt it was somewhat unreal.

Wanqi Zongyuan looked Zhou Qing up and down with a smile on his face. "I know you must be full of questions right now. Actually, before I met you, I didn't believe that a human martial artist could possess the bloodline of the spirit race, and that the bloodline could still awaken such a powerful talent ability after being diluted generation after generation."

"Spirit Race? Bloodline Awakening?" Zhou Qing's expression was 'warning'. Judging from Wan Qizongyuan's appearance, he must have come with an answer to his question.

"The Spirit Clan is what our Gu Masters call ourselves. According to you, we are called the Barbarians, or the Southern Barbarians."

As for bloodline awakening, it means that the bloodline of a high-level Gu Master flows in your body.

Whether you are a martial artist or a Gu master, once you reach the third rank, your physical body will be refined by the power of heaven and earth, and you will be strengthened in all aspects.

According to martial arts practitioners, this means entering the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top stage, using the power of heaven and earth to return from the acquired to the innate state.

The same applies to Gu Masters; a third-tier Venerable can integrate the bloodline of a powerful Gu worm and pass it on to their descendants.

However, some of these bloodlines will awaken, while others will not, making it highly random.

Wanqi Zongyuan explained slowly and deliberately.

"You're not going to tell me that I possess the bloodline of the so-called Xuanzhu Venerable and am also a member of your Ice Spirit Clan, are you?" Zhou Qing asked incredulously, his expression shifting as if he couldn't accept this fact.

"In fact, whether it is the human race or the spirit race, we are all human beings in essence. You are a citizen of the Great Jin, and I am a member of the Five Streams Spirit Race."

Aside from differences in language, customs, and cultivation systems, we are essentially no different from each other.

The ongoing war between the human race and my spirit race is essentially a struggle for interests, not a conflict between races.

Just like within your own ranks, there are quite a few instances of fathers and sons, or masters and disciples, turning against each other for personal gain.

You're so young, you probably wouldn't be like those old fogies who agree with that nonsense about 'those who are not of our kind must have different hearts,' right?

Any cultivation system, once it reaches the third stage, will enter the ranks of 'longevity species'.

In terms of life form, they have gradually separated from their original race.

However, most strong individuals are willing to maintain their original group after becoming stronger.

After all, immortal beings also possess emotions; not all of them would stop at nothing for personal gain.

Wanqi Zongyuan's words surprised Zhou Qing; he hadn't expected the other party to be so open-minded.

Most people who join the army may not even know what mistakes the enemy has made, yet they are forced to fight to the death against them.

Many people only know that the Wuxi barbarians are evil, wanting to invade human territory, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of evil deeds. Only by eliminating them can peace be protected.

However, according to the intelligence Zhou Qing had gathered...

Among the Five Streams Barbarians, only the Sheng Barbarians and the Beast Souls are hostile to the Great Jin Dynasty, while the Ice Spirits, Flying Feathers, and Yin Souls remain neutral.

The two sides engaged in a major battle, primarily over the resources of the Qilian Mountains.

Many Gu Masters can even move freely in the Southern Frontier, and they will not be attacked even if they enter the city of Nanli County.

Zhou Qing shook his head: "I don't have that idea. With your strength, you infiltrated the Divine Might Camp for so long without Han Shibo noticing. Clearly, your strength has surpassed that of all living beings in the Southern Border."

If they wanted to deal with me, it would be effortless; they wouldn't go to the trouble of fabricating a lie to amuse me.

However, what the senior said was simply too unbelievable.

After all, I was originally just the child of a silkworm farmer, living a life where even basic necessities were hard to come by. Now, my senior suddenly tells me that I am a member of the Spirit Clan. It's hard for me to accept this all at once.

“You are a sensible person. Your reaction is within my expectations. If a powerful figure from the Primordial Mystic Realm suddenly came to ask me to acknowledge my ancestors, my first thought would most likely be whether he had ulterior motives.” Wanqi Zongyuan stroked his beard and smiled.

"how old are you?"

Wanqi Zongyuan suddenly changed the subject and asked about Zhou Qing's age.

"In two and a half months, it will be my nineteenth birthday." Zhou Qing said thoughtfully, "What's wrong?"

"What did you just say? You said you're just a silkworm farmer's child? A Blood Exchange Realm Grand Martial Master under nineteen years old is an extremely rare existence in the entire Southern Border. Looking at the entire history of the Ice Spirit Clan, the youngest Blood Exchange Realm Grand Martial Master broke through after the age of nineteen." Wanqi Zongyuan said solemnly.

"Are there martial artists among the Ice Spirit Clan?" Zhou Qing asked.

Wanqi Zongyuan nodded, "Of course, not all members of the clan possess the aptitude of a Gu Master."

For those clansmen who lack the talent of a Gu Master but possess high martial arts talent, the clan naturally cannot waste their talent.

However, anyone with the talent to become a Gu Master will not choose the path of martial arts, but will instead focus on the path of Gu.

"Oh? Why is that? As far as I know, martial artists are in no way weaker than Gu Masters of the same level, and may even be stronger." Zhou Qing seemed somewhat unconvinced.

"You don't understand just how endless the methods of a Gu Master are. A high-level Gu Master can easily fight against two or three martial artists of the same realm. The higher the realm, the more methods a Gu Master has, making it extremely difficult for a martial artist to match them."

Your current level is too low; you haven't even come into contact with the real world of Gu Masters. What do you think Gu worms are?
For a Gu master, everything can be used to create Gu.

Wanqi Zongyuan shook his head, and as if to let Zhou Qing understand more, he continued.

"Once it possesses someone, even a third-tier expert will be plagued by a foul stench. Have you ever heard of the Stink Gu that lasts for three years?"
Have you ever seen a Spirit-Subduing Gu that can grant ordinary people first-class Gu Master qualifications, or even awaken a martial arts spirit body and make rapid progress in cultivation?

Not to mention the Yu Guang Gu and Zhou Hai Gu, which can fold space and travel thousands of miles in an instant.

"If that's the case, how come the world is now dominated by martial artists, and why would the Gu Masters have fled to the Ten Great Mountains?" Zhou Qing started his argumentative mode, wanting Wanqi Zongyuan to 'show off' a bit more.

"Do you know how big the depths of the Ten Thousand Mountains are?" Wanqi Zongyuan looked at him as if he knew too little.

"Even ten Great Jins cannot compare to the wealth of the Ten Thousand Mountains! It's not that the Gu Masters were driven away, but that they ceded the Southern Frontier and the Central Plains."

Because of the great war, the human race and the Gu Masters were allies at first, but later, due to the unequal distribution of benefits, a conflict broke out.

Ultimately, both sides ceased hostilities, divided their territories, designating the southern border as a neutral region, and the Gu Master fled to the Ten Thousand Mountains.

"So, there's a third-party force that requires the human race and Gu Masters to join forces against? Who is it?" Zhou Qing quickly pressed for an answer.

"Knowing too much now is meaningless to you. Once you venture deep into the Hundred Thousand Mountains, enter the blessed lands, and come into contact with the true world of Gu Masters, you will naturally know the truth."

Wanqi Zongyuan shook his head and chuckled.

“If it weren’t for your exceptional bloodline talent, I wouldn’t be wasting my breath on you. It’s been many years since I’ve spoken this much.”

“Senior, I once met a brother and sister from the Shengman tribe. According to them, I do not have the aptitude to be a Gu Master, it seems…” Zhou Qing pondered.

"If you don't have the aptitude of a Gu Master, then how did you open your Yuan Aperture?" Wanqi Zongyuan raised an eyebrow, and then he released light spots from his body that looked like fireflies.

These points of light converged towards Zhou Qing, eventually circling his body once, but did not enter it.

"Really not." Wanqi Zongyuan muttered to himself, but he was not disappointed. After all, Zhou Qing's talent was there, and his bloodline was so pure that whether he had the aptitude to be a Gu Master was secondary.

"This is a long story. I opened my primordial aperture through the wine worm."

Zhou Qing took out the wine worm that was swimming in the True Essence Lake from his Yuanqiao. It was white and plump, just like a silkworm.

"A top-tier first-grade item?" Wanqi Zongyuan stared in surprise at the wine worm's jade-like body.

Before coming here, he had already investigated Zhou Qing's life. Based on the existing information, he also speculated that Zhou Qing might have wine worms, but he never expected that he would have top-grade wine worms.

This is the most precious type of first-tier top-grade auxiliary Gu worm, and many second-tier Gu masters are unable to cultivate it.

Besides the techniques and skills of refining Gu worms, cultivating Gu worms also requires luck.

Cultivating a wine worm requires a great deal of luck, because with such a weak worm as the Green Silk Gu, no one knows which one will have the potential to become a wine worm.

Therefore, only a large number can be trained at once, but the cost of this process is greater than that of training a first-level Gu Master, meaning the cost far outweighs the reward.

However, some people are lucky enough to cultivate wine worms with just a few green silk gu.

Zhou Qing is most likely the latter.

"Do you still consider yourself the child of an ordinary silkworm farmer?" Wanqi Zongyuan withdrew his gaze and smiled faintly.

"A martial arts master at the Blood Exchange Realm who is not even nineteen years old, and who also cultivates the Gu Dao, has reached the first level of perfection. Even if he were one of the top forces in the Southern Border, it would not be an easy thing for him to achieve this."

Looking back on your short three-year cultivation career, your cultivation speed seems to have increased as time went on, which goes against common sense.

The reason for this is that you possess the bloodline of the Xuanzhu Venerable. As you grow older, this bloodline gradually awakens, stimulating your body's potential.

Otherwise, how could you have made such progress in the art of Gu cultivation while simultaneously practicing martial arts?

Wanqi Zongyuan nodded, looking like he understood.

"Among the Ice Spirit Clan, there are quite a few members who leave without the aptitude to become Gu Masters and never return. Therefore, it is highly likely that your ancestors came from the Ice Spirit Clan. Unexpectedly, after so many generations of dilution, the bloodline has suddenly reverted to its ancestral form in your generation. You should also be able to feel the increasingly powerful cold energy within your body, right?"

"Cold energy? Is this what you mean, senior?" Zhou Qing stretched out his hand, and a highly condensed ball of ice-attribute true essence gathered in his palm.

Kaka!

The moisture in the air was frozen by the overflowing cold air, and the surroundings were covered with a layer of frost.

"Ice Soul Cold Qi!" Wanqi Zongyuan's gaze sharpened, and his face showed surprise.

"Your bloodline is so pure. If it weren't for the fact that more than two hundred years have passed since the Venerable One passed away, I would have suspected that you were the Venerable One himself who used the Reincarnation Gu to cultivate again."

Wanqi Zongyuan couldn't help but sigh, as Zhou Qing's bloodline purity was far beyond his expectations.

"..." Zhou Qing felt a chill run down his spine, then changed the subject, "Wasn't my ice-attribute true essence mutated by combining the water and wood-attribute true essences within my body?"

"Even if the dual attributes of water and wood can mutate and combine to form the attribute of ice, do you really think it can generate the icy chill that would amaze even me?"

Wanqi Zongyuan burst out laughing.

"There is no need to deny your origins. You were born a member of the Ice Spirit Clan, and it is only natural for you to acknowledge your ancestors and return to your clan."

After a moment of silence, Zhou Qing bowed and said, "Senior, may I consider it?"

"That's certainly possible, but you don't have much time. The people from the Witch God Cult have already arrived in Nanli County."

Although I don't take these people seriously, I'm afraid that Commandant Han won't be able to handle so many of them.

Wanqi Zongyuan spoke calmly, his figure gradually becoming ethereal and indistinct, and his entire body dissipated into a cloud of cold air.

At the same time, the tents that had been frozen into ice sculptures were restored to their original state, and the terrifying cold air that had surrounded them disappeared without a trace.

"Greetings, Commander!"

As Zhou Qing stepped out of the tent, the soldiers on guard nearby saluted him.

Clearly, they were completely unaware of what had just happened in the enemy's tent.

At this moment, Zhou Qing looked towards the central command tent not far away.

At such close range, even Han Wending did not notice Wan Qizongyuan's arrival.

Wanqi Zongyuan's strength is truly terrifying.

“It seems that recognizing one’s ancestors and returning to one’s roots is inevitable,” Zhou Qing nodded to himself.

(End of this chapter)