All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 260 Martial Will! Grandmasters Attend the Ceremony!
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After being tempered and refined countless times, Zhou Qing's internal energy and blood finally reached the pinnacle of his physical body. The power of heaven and earth unconsciously surged into his body, and finally, under the guidance of the Yuanqiao magic power, they gathered in the energy and blood furnace above his head.

The dragon-shaped essence blood in the Qi and Blood Furnace, replenished by the power of heaven and earth and magical power, began to solidify rapidly.

The body, which was originally a mix of reality and illusion, gradually transformed into a lifelike dragon, with the texture of each scale clearly visible.

"Roar~!"

With a roar, the poisonous dragon above Zhou Qing's head seemed to come to life.

hum!
A terrifying aura emanated from the poisonous dragon, forming tangible ripples in the space.

A powerful force filled Zhou Qing's entire body; this was the ultimate physical strength!
He felt as if his body had broken through some kind of constraint, undergoing a complete transformation.

[You have condensed the martial will—the Poison Dragon True Form!]

"The Golden Body of the Poison Dragon - Volume Two: Entering the Perfect Realm!"

[Skill: Golden Body of the Poison Dragon - Middle Roll]

Progress: Complete (1/600000)

[Effects: Poison Dragon Blood Sac, Poison Dragon True Qi, Poison Dragon True Body]

[Poison Dragon True Form: Martial artists who cultivate top-tier divine skills, after their physical bodies have undergone countless trials and their essence, energy, and spirit have broken through the limits of the Blood Exchange Realm, have a certain probability of being influenced by the power of heaven and earth when attempting to break through to the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top. Based on the characteristics of the cultivation technique itself, they will condense a martial will. Martial artists with a martial will will receive comprehensive enhancement to their essence, energy, and spirit. With the protection of the Poison Dragon True Form, you will be immune to all poisons and able to ward off evil. Absorbing potent poisons and the bloodline of dragon-type spirit beasts can strengthen the Poison Dragon True Form. (Martial artists with spiritual bodies are more likely to condense a martial will and absorb more power from heaven and earth through it.)]

"Martial will!" Zhou Qing was both surprised and delighted. No wonder his blood and qi had broken through the limit after taking so many Heavenly Spirit Pills. It turned out that the medicinal power had been absorbed by his body and condensed into martial will.

The Poison Dragon Golden Body technique is recorded in the text. Only the Primordial Mystic Realm expert who created this technique activated the Poison Dragon bloodline within his body and condensed his martial will when he broke through the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top.

Zhou Qing had never thought that he could condense his martial will when he was trying to break through the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, because the conditions for condensing martial will are extremely demanding, requiring foundation, opportunity, and luck, none of which can be lacking.

His original idea was to find a way to condense his martial will after breaking through the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top.

Although Zhou Qing had previously obtained the Ink Dragon Skin and Er Qing had absorbed the essence of the Ink Dragon Egg, Zhou Qing had already refined the Ice Soul Mystic Spider's essence blood.

Although the Poison Dragon's bloodline origin is as high as the fifth rank, while the adult Ice Soul Spider is only at the fourth rank, the Ice Soul Spider's essence blood is related to his martial arts spirit body.

Therefore, he naturally could not give up the essence blood of the Ice Soul Spider and instead absorb the essence blood of the Poison Dragon.

However, Zhou Qing did not expect that he could condense his martial will ahead of time simply by using the symbiotic poisonous insect of the black dragon, the remaining essence blood of the black dragon skin, and the help of mid-grade and high-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills.

"I now have no bottleneck in breaking through the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, and the success rate is approximately 100%."

Zhou Qing felt that his Qi and blood had reached their current limit, but the Poison Dragon True Body could still be strengthened. Although the mid-grade and high-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills no longer had any effect on him, the powerful medicinal power of the top-grade Heavenly Spirit Pill would definitely allow him to reach a higher level.

In addition, the ingredients for the Five Palaces Forging Yuan Pill have been basically gathered, and only one more precious auxiliary ingredient is missing. Yao Ze and Yao Xuewei have already gone to Tianyuan Palace to find it.

After refining the Five Palaces Forging Yuan Pill, Zhou Qing planned to use the effects of the two pills to attempt the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top.

"The magical power in my Yuanqiao has also accumulated quite a bit. Perhaps I can simultaneously attempt to break through to the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top and the Venerable Realm."

Zhou Qing suddenly had a bold idea.

Since it's a foregone conclusion that he will break through to the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, why doesn't he simultaneously attempt to reach the Third-Order Venerable Realm? Breakthroughs in major realms bring enormous boosts.

Breaking through the third realm of martial arts and the third realm of Gu cultivation simultaneously will undoubtedly bring even greater benefits.

This method is too risky for others, but for Zhou Qing, the biggest bottleneck and difficulty he actually faces is simply condensing the third Yuan Aperture.

"Once Erqing hatches, the magical power in the Yuanqiao will also be enhanced, and then we can start preparing to break through to the Venerable Realm."

Zhou Qing pondered for a moment, and felt more and more that this method was feasible.

In this world today, martial saints at the Five Elements Convergence Realm are rare, and Grandmasters are the strongest beings.

Whether it's breaking through the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top or striving for the Venerable Realm, both require a massive amount of the power of heaven and earth, which will cause a huge commotion and make it difficult to hide one's tracks.

If people knew that he had broken through the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top in his twenties, they would probably suspect that he possessed a rare treasure.

After all, even with a martial arts spirit body, not everyone can break through the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top stage.

If one breaks through both martial arts and Gu Dao simultaneously, and their strength increases significantly, they should be able to protect themselves from Grandmasters of the 'Earth Flower Realm' or even top Grandmasters of the 'Gathering of Heaven, Earth, and Man' realm.

As long as they know that someone is not to be trifled with, unless they are mortal enemies, a Grandmaster-level expert will not easily start a war. After all, the power of heaven and earth in this world is thin, with ninety percent being absorbed by the cave heavens.

If one's magical power is consumed in excess and not replenished in time, it will damage one's essence, thereby shortening one's lifespan and affecting one's cultivation potential.

At this level, everyone is focused on achieving immortality and will not easily start a war.

Just like Qi Yandao back then, seeing that Zhou Qing's Wood God Gu was difficult to deal with, he chose to get away directly instead of dragging it out and waiting for the arrival of another veteran grandmaster of the Qi family.

If Qi Yandao were to recklessly use his magic power and deplete his source power, Zhou Qing would certainly be unable to escape for a time. Then, facing another Grandmaster's attack, even if he survived in the end, he would probably have to pay an unimaginable price.

However, Qi Yandao did not do that, because he had broken through the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top at a young age and was expected to reach the Five Qi Gathering at the Origin in the future. Therefore, he did not want to consume his original power, fearing that it would shorten his lifespan and affect his cultivation potential.

In the days that followed, Zhou Qing adapted to the changes in his body and began preparing to break through to the third tier.

Four months later, Yao Ze and Yao Xuewei returned to Black Mountain Town, bringing with them the last important auxiliary ingredient of the Five Elements Forging Pill, 'Mixed Yuan Divine Sand'. This sand can only be found in the deep sea and contains extremely pure Five Elements evil energy.

Even without the Primordial Divine Sand, it is still possible to refine the Five Palaces Forging Yuan Pill, but the quantity and quality of the pills will be greatly reduced.

The medicinal materials used to refine the Five Palaces Forging Yuan Pill are all extremely precious, especially the main ingredient, which is extremely rare. Naturally, the final result cannot be affected by the lack of an auxiliary ingredient.

After several days of preparation, Zhou Qing attempted to refine the first batch, but unsurprisingly, it failed. He didn't continue, as the medicinal herbs were only enough for six attempts, leaving him with only five.

I don't know when I'll be able to gather all the ingredients for the Five Elements Forging Pill again.

Zhou Qing carefully reviewed every step of the alchemy process, reflected on whether there were any mistakes, and learned from the experience.

Three days later, with a month to go before the founding ceremony of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, Zhou Qing was preparing to continue the furnace operation when Xie Feng from the Xie family arrived in Black Mountain Town once again.

Xie Feng brought generous gifts and expressed his apologies to Zhou Qing.

It turned out that after Xie Feng returned to Emerald Valley with five mid-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills, he went directly to see Xie Qianjue, the patriarch of the Xie family. After explaining the reason, he presented four mid-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills and prepared to send the other mid-grade Heavenly Spirit Pill entrusted by Zhou Qing to the Yao family.

However, in order to increase his chances of breaking through to the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, the Xie family patriarch withheld the Heavenly Spirit Pill that should have been given to the Yao family.

It was this action that enabled the Xie family patriarch to successfully break through.

Xie Qianjue used four mid-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills in a row, but felt that he was still a step away from achieving the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top. So he decisively took a fifth mid-grade Heavenly Spirit Pill.

Half a month ago, Xie Qianjue successfully broke through the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top.

Xie Feng felt guilty for breaking his promise to Zhou Qing.

However, with Xie Qianjue reaching the Grandmaster level, the Xie family truly rose to become a top family in Jinyun Prefecture, which greatly excited Xie Feng, as a member of the Xie family.

After Xie Qianjue broke through, he first paid a visit to the Yao family patriarch, then expressed his apologies to Yao Tian, ​​the head of the fourth branch of the Yao family, and offered compensation.

If Xie Qianjue had failed to break through the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, Yao Tian could have still made trouble for the Xie family. But now that the die is cast, and even the Yao family patriarch has shown goodwill towards Xie Qianjue, Yao Tian can only swallow his anger.

"Judging from the timeline, Yao Ze and Yao Xuewei should not know about this yet," Zhou Qing sighed inwardly. Faced with absolute interests, many people may no longer care about promises.

After all, there is a lifespan difference of two 60-year cycles between the Blood Exchange Realm and the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top Realm, and one's strength and status will undergo earth-shattering changes.

"I have come here on two fronts: firstly, to convey my gratitude to Brother Zhou and my esteemed teacher on behalf of my ancestor, and to present them with a gift; and secondly, to express my apologies to Young Master Yao. I wonder if Brother Zhou could mediate between us, since the Xie family and the Yao family will have more opportunities for cooperation in the future," Xie Feng said solemnly.

Although he was still very kind this time, Zhou Qing could tell that Xie Feng had changed with the breakthrough of Xie Qianjue, the patriarch of the Xie family.

If Xie Feng's attitude last time was almost ingratiating, this time it was neither humble nor arrogant, but simply a friendly gesture.

"I can't say much about this matter," Zhou Qing said thoughtfully. To put it mildly, this matter shows that the Xie family broke their promise; to put it more seriously, Xie Qianjue and Yao Tian are enemies who have obstructed each other's path.

The Xie family was the one who did wrong, yet Zhou Qing was asked to act as a peacemaker.

Of course, Zhou Qing didn't plan to give Yao Ze another Heavenly Spirit Pill.

Although he made a fortune from this deal, he did so through his own abilities.

It's not true that with greater ability comes greater responsibility. This standard can serve as a form of self-discipline, but if it comes from someone else, it becomes moral blackmail.

Seeing Zhou Qing's somewhat troubled expression, Xie Feng added:
"Master Yao has already agreed to a settlement, so I don't think Young Master Yao will have any complaints."

Furthermore, the Xie family promised that if they find any more high-grade Heavenly Spirit Fruits in the future, they will give priority to selling them to the Yao family.

"Then let's see what Brother Yao thinks," Zhou Qing nodded.

As expected, Xie Feng's attitude changed significantly based on his position of power.

"Of course," Xie Feng said with a smile, noticing that Zhou Qing seemed to have become a little cold, so he immediately changed the subject.

"By the way, Brother Zhou, the Ancestor said he will personally attend the founding ceremony of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect next month."

"Oh?" Zhou Qing was taken aback. "If that's the case, it would truly be an honor for the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect."

The presence of a Grandmaster at the founding ceremony certainly added luster to the event, and Zhou Qing felt a bit more favorably toward the Xie family.

As for the Yao family, the Xie family will naturally provide compensation.

In addition, Zhou Qing can make another deal with the Yao family.

Although he had used up all the mid-grade and high-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills, and could not reveal the top-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills, he still had more than a dozen low-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills.

Selling all of them to the fourth branch of the Yao family could also play a crucial role in achieving the goal of "Three Flowers Gathering at the Top".

A month passed quietly.

Zhou Qing also celebrated her 23rd birthday.

The founding ceremony of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect was also held on this day.

Most of the martial artists from the southern border region gathered near Huanglong Mountain.

Not to mention Shuntian Prefecture, even martial artists from Jinyun Prefecture traveled thousands of miles to come.

Because a martial artist spread the word that Xie Qianjue, the patriarch of the Xie family in Emerald Valley of Jinyun Prefecture who has just broken through to the Grandmaster level, will go to Huanglong Mountain to attend the ceremony, and it is said that he will also give a lecture on the spot.

The presence of a Grandmaster who had recently broken through to the next level giving a lecture would undoubtedly drive a group of Blood Exchange Realm warriors into a frenzy.

Many people never see a living grandmaster in their entire lives.

(End of this chapter)