All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 259 Blood and Qi Furnace! Half-Step Grandmaster!
[First, it needs to be nurtured with water-attribute magic and strengthened with water-attribute spiritual objects to enhance the Yinglong's bloodline supernatural abilities.]

[Second, it must be fed highly poisonous substances, and the essence of dragon-type spirit beasts must be used to strengthen the venomous dragon's bloodline.]

At this moment, more text appeared in Zhou Qing's field of vision, which was about two methods for hatching the Seven-Colored Ink Butterfly.

"It's best to use both methods together. If that doesn't work, you'll have to settle for the next best option."

Zhou Qing pondered for a moment.

When he hatched the Heavenly Fire Centipede eggs before, he used both methods together. The Heavenly Fire Centipedes that hatched were powerful and were his strongest attack methods before he could cultivate the third-tier Gu worms.

However, the requirements for hatching the Seven-Colored Ink Butterfly are much higher than those for hatching the Heavenly Fire Centipede.

"No matter how difficult it is, we must do our best to achieve it!"

Zhou Qing's eyes were eager.

The ancient text *Classic of Mountains and Seas* records: "Chi You waged war against the Yellow Emperor, who then ordered Yinglong to attack him in the wilderness of Jizhou. Yinglong stored water, and Chi You summoned the Wind God and Rain Master to unleash a great storm. The Yellow Emperor then sent down the heavenly maiden Ba, and the rain stopped, and Chi You was killed." "After killing Chi You, Yinglong also killed Kuafu, and then went to the south to live, hence the south has much rain."

This world has never seen mythological figures such as Chi You or Huang Di, but Yinglong was a real historical creature.

It controls the power of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, and has experienced ancient wars. It fought against the legendary King of Ten Thousand Poisons, the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm Gu, as well as many sixth-order immortal Gu, and held its own.

Of course, the Poison Dragon bloodline contained within the Ink Dragon bloodline is also a terrifying existence at the fifth rank.

The Yinshan Sect's signature divine skill, "Poison Dragon Golden Body," one of the ten major sects of the previous dynasty, was created by a powerful individual with the bloodline of a poison dragon and can directly reach the primordial mystery realm.

When the Poison Dragon Golden Body is cultivated to its fullest potential, one can possess a powerful physical body comparable to a fifth-tier Poison Dragon and extraordinary poisons, even exhibiting extremely strong resistance to the deadly poisons of some sixth-tier Immortal Gu.

However, compared to Yinglong, the poison dragon is not even in the same league.

“Nurturing it with water-attribute magic is not difficult to do, but water-attribute spiritual objects would probably need to be over a thousand years old.”

Zhou Qing's mind raced. With the Divine Wood King Cauldron in hand, his water-attribute magic power could continuously nourish Er Qing. However, water-attribute thousand-year-old spiritual objects were rare and hard to come by. Even if they did appear, they would attract the attention of grandmasters.

As for feeding the dragon with highly poisonous substances and using the essence of dragon-type spirit beasts to strengthen the bloodline of the poison dragon, it is currently barely achievable.

Because Zhou Qing was able to continuously supply the symbiotic poisonous insects of the Ink Dragon, and the potent poison contained in the Ink Dragon's skin was by no means weaker than that of the poisonous insects.

As for dragon-type bloodline spirit beasts, the readily available one is that severely injured third-tier black dragon.

Zhou Qing originally did not want to provoke the other party, but now that Erqing has evolved into the Seven-Colored Ink Butterfly, it has also activated the Poison Dragon Divine Power and Yinglong Bloodline. Once he truly breaks through to the third rank and refines Erqing into his natal Gu, he will no longer have to fear the deadly poison of that third-rank Ink Dragon.

Moreover, a family should be together all the time.

Zhou Qing stole the black dragon egg, and after Er Qing hatched it, he was afraid that the black dragon would come back to haunt them.

If Wanqi Zongyuan hadn't appeared back then, Zhou Qing and several members of the Ice Spirit Clan would probably have also fallen victim to the Black Dragon's poisonous hand.

Now that cause and effect have reversed, offense and defense have changed, so don't blame Zhou Qing for being ruthless and lacking in martial ethics.

Crash~!

Under the operation of the Divine Wood King Cauldron, a large amount of the power of heaven and earth condensed into water-attribute magic power, which was eventually absorbed by the giant silkworm pupa that Erqing had transformed into.

"somebody is coming."

A moment later, as the water-attribute magic formed a huge funnel in the sky, it drew upon the power of heaven and earth within a radius of hundreds of miles, finally attracting the attention of the Grandmaster of the Southern Frontier.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing could only put away the silkworm cocoons and the Divine Wood King Cauldron and leave the scene.

"It's a pity. If one could break through to the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, or become a genuine Third-Order Venerable, one wouldn't need to hide like this."

Zhou Qing thought to himself, although the power of heaven and earth is ownerless, each force has its own territory. Even a top expert who has undergone twelve blood exchanges cannot break through the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top and absorb the power of heaven and earth within the territory of a certain force if he has not joined a certain force.

Although Zhou Qing now possesses the combat power of a third-tier expert, he is not a true third-tier expert and dares not let third-tier experts discover his special abilities.

Once he truly becomes a third-tier powerhouse, he won't need to worry about so much anymore.

"Let's go back to Black Mountain Town first."

Zhou Qing fled in the direction of Black Mountain Town.

Before dawn, he returned to Black Wind Mountain and quietly entered the mountaintop cabin.

He kept a small portion of the black dragon skin, and then fed the rest to Erqing, letting him absorb the potent poison it contained.

The following evening, he pretended to have just returned and appeared at the entrance of Black Mountain Town. He noticed that Black Mountain Town was much more prosperous than before, with tall city walls built around it and a significant increase in the number of people on the streets.

In fact, the economic development of Heishan Town was stimulated from the time the Baiyun Martial Arts School was rebuilt.

Clearly, thanks to the Xie family's efforts over the past six months, the trade route from Jinyun Prefecture to Heishan Town has gradually come into play.

As the tiger eagle circled over the town, Zhou Qing discovered through shared vision that Heishan Town was expanding in the east, west, and south directions.

As for the area to the north, which is adjacent to Black Wind Mountain, it is assumed to be the territory of White Cloud Martial Arts School, so there is currently no construction there.

Zhou Qing returned to Baiyun Martial Arts School, and Xie Feng came to visit him shortly afterward.

Seeing the other party's slightly uneasy expression and the anxiety in their eyes, Zhou Qing didn't keep them in suspense and took out a palm-sized porcelain bottle from his pocket and presented it to them.

"Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life."

"These are... three mid-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills!" Xie Feng took the porcelain bottle as if he were holding up the future of the Xie family. His expression was extremely solemn. When he opened the bottle and found three mid-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills inside, he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"My master refined a total of five mid-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills this time. The extra one is a token of my gratitude to the Xie family," Zhou Qing said with a smile. He gave the Xie family an extra mid-grade Heavenly Spirit Pill because he didn't care much for mid-grade pills anyway. As for not giving them high-grade ones, he just didn't want to cause trouble.

"I, Xie Feng, thank you, Master! Thank you, Brother Zhou!" Xie Feng bowed deeply. With the addition of a Heavenly Spirit Pill, the Ancestor had a greater chance of breaking through to the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top.

"No need for formalities, Steward Xie." Seeing that the desired effect had been achieved, Zhou Qing nodded in satisfaction.

"I am..." Xie Feng suddenly lowered his posture again.

"Please speak freely, Steward Xie." Zhou Qing's heart stirred.

"Aside from the mid-grade Heavenly Spirit Pill that was promised to the Yao family, Master should still have one mid-grade Heavenly Spirit Pill left. I wonder if Master is willing to part with it? The Xie family is willing to offer the utmost sincerity to purchase this Heavenly Spirit Pill."

Xie Feng was extremely solemn.

“I can agree to this on behalf of my master.” Upon hearing this, Zhou Qing took out two porcelain bottles from his bosom and handed them to Xie Feng.

"This is..." Xie Feng was taken aback.

"I'll trouble Steward Xie to pass on the other mid-grade Heavenly Spirit Pill to Young Master Yao." Zhou Qing smiled faintly. His return was unfortunate. Two months ago, the Yao siblings returned to Southern Xinjiang and brought a batch of medicinal herbs that he needed. However, he was still in Shuntian Prefecture at that time, so they did not meet. Later, the Yao siblings heard about the whereabouts of a precious medicinal herb and went to Tianyuan Prefecture together.

"I will definitely deliver them!" Xie Feng accepted the two porcelain bottles.
"Then we'll await good news from Steward Xie. We hope the Xie family can keep an eye out for high-age water-attribute spiritual items, or if they have any relevant information, that would be helpful," Zhou Qing added.

"Don't worry, Brother Zhou! The Xie family will definitely show you our sincerity!" Xie Feng readily agreed.

"Ancestor, you have been waiting for many days. I have decided to set off immediately to return to Emerald Valley and deliver the elixir back first. My apologies!"

"Take care, Manager Xie." Zhou Qing nodded. "By the way, in six months, Baiyun Martial Arts Academy will hold the founding ceremony of the Wan Du Sect on Huanglong Mountain. If Manager Xie has the time, I hope you can do me the honor of attending the ceremony."

"I will definitely arrive on time. I will also inform the Ancestor about this matter," Xie Feng replied.

"Thank you."

"Brother Zhou, you flatter me. Please wait a moment."

Xie Feng left, and he left in a hurry.

Clearly, the Xie family's ancestor had reached a point where he had no choice but to break through.

After all, breaking through the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top also depends on opportunity. Sometimes, if you don't seize the opportunity when you have the chance to break through, it will be gone in a flash.

After Xie Feng left, Zhou Qing returned to his usual ordinary cultivation life.

About a month later, Zhou Qing used up all the mid-grade and high-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills he had, finally strengthening his meridians to the extreme and successfully breaking through to the tenth blood exchange stage.

boom!
A powerful surge of blood energy gathered above Zhou Qing's head, resembling a boiling cauldron from which dragon-shaped essence blood swirled.

"Ten blood transfusions are indeed difficult to break through, but I didn't expect this time to be different! What's wrong with my blood and qi?"

Zhou Qing was suddenly shocked to discover that after breaking through, his Qi and blood would surge, and his body would be able to hold even more Qi and blood.

However, with this breakthrough, his Qi and blood had been raised to the limit of his body.

In other words, Zhou Qing's breakthrough this time was actually equivalent to going directly from the ninth blood exchange to the peak of the twelfth blood exchange in one go, and he had one foot in the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top.

(End of this chapter)