Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 125 Planning

This kind of thinking is easily found in second-rate family forces.

If it were a first-rate immortal clan like Baiyue Mountain or the Xia family, they wouldn't think this way.

The four even disguised the battle scene before leaving.

secretly.

Beneath the canopy of the Senluo Temple, Gu Qing heard their entire conversation. He was the one who preemptively cut down the barbarian ghost, and even a piece of eighth-grade Yin marrow fell from it.

His original intention was to eliminate the barbarian ghost, impersonate a Xia family cultivator, attack the four people, and then pretend to be defeated and escape.

The purpose was to instill a sense of urgency in the Gongsun clan.

They should expedite their tunnel project so that Gu Qing doesn't have to wait indefinitely.

But after hearing their conversation, he changed his mind.

Apart from Gongsun Ji, the Gongsun clan's team consisted of only five Extreme Real Cultivators and twenty Upper Real Cultivators.

If we can reach an understanding with these four, the plan to steal the Netherworld Stone will go much more smoothly.

As for how to reach an understanding, it doesn't necessarily require meeting in person.

some time afterwards.

Every time this four-person team went to the ground to hunt, Gu Qing would always take care of the target ghost before them.

It may seem like hard work, but it's actually a way to hone your skills.

The third protective barrier of the Demon-Slaying Sword needs to be stabilized by killing demons. As the number of demons killed increases, the fourth protective barrier will begin to form naturally.

Spiritual artifacts are tools used by seventh-grade cultivators, also known as True Persons. Three-layered protective barriers are classified as low-grade, six-layered as mid-grade, and nine-layered as high-grade.

The Demon-Slaying Sword has the potential to be upgraded to a high-grade spiritual weapon, so Gu Qing naturally wants to nurture it as much as possible, and these special ghosts are the best nourishment.

Secondly, the types of ghosts that need to be beheaded are special. Their ghost nests contain more or less some spiritual materials with yin attributes. Due to their special bloodlines, the chances of dropping yin marrow are also greater.

Gu Qingxiu's divine sense also needs the assistance of this treasure.

His method of reaching an understanding was quite straightforward: every time a ghost nest was cleared, a piece of cloth from the Xia family's symbolic crimson robe would be left behind.

During the previous struggle for the Azure Cloud Flame, they obtained many storage bags from Xia Wuye and others, and the clothes were obtained from them.

This move.

This greatly surprised Gongsun's four-person team, but they quickly became puzzled by the purpose of this Xia family member, as it made no sense no matter how they looked at it.

The second time, I was still in doubt.

By the third and fourth time, each time I could find fragments of clothing, and each fragment was in the same position, which was illogical.

Finally, they "discovered" the truth.

"He is not a cultivator from the Xia family."

The team leader looked at the charred red cloth in his hand and made a judgment in a low voice.

"How to say?"

"Given the Xia family's nature, they will definitely stop us if they discover our actions."

"The fact that this person placed the corner of the Xia family's red robe here is probably to tell us that he has a connection with the Xia family cultivators, but he hasn't informed them yet."

"He is very likely one of those who have undergone training."

"What's the purpose?"

"Why do you want to help us?"

"typical."

The team leader's eyes gleamed with wisdom, and he spoke with a slight upturn of his lips.

"Perhaps he wants to avoid the Xia family's notice and do something using the tunnels we've opened up, maybe it's related to the Netherworld Fiend Fire?"

“By cleaning up the haunted house for us, he was showing kindness.”

"Once we accept the order, even if we discover anything amiss in the ranks, we cannot speak of it."

"..."

This bizarre understanding, even with Gu Qing's deliberate guidance, still went astray.

Attention was indeed drawn to the newly opened underground passage, but the four men's blatant betrayal of their family interests was suffocating. After they left...

The Guhuoniao emerged from the corner and sneered.

"See, I told you they harbored resentment towards their family."

Yes, the news about the Guhuoniao was the fundamental reason why Gu Qing acted this way before he implemented his plan.

The Guhuoniao has a unique bloodline and can be considered one of the exotic species.

However, apart from the special ability to transform into human form, he had not yet revealed any other special abilities to Gu Qing, one of which was the ability to sense the negative emotions of others.

After noticing this trend, I followed them for a while, monitored their daily lives, and overheard some of their everyday conversations, which gave me a clue.

As top-level cultivators, they should be considered pillars of the Gongsun clan, especially since they are relatively young, none of them over three hundred years old.

The root of their resentment lies in the talented disciples who joined the Xia family team to participate in the trial activities. They couldn't go, so people who were not as good as them went instead. How could their resentment not be great?

This is just one example.

If they can cultivate to the highest level of perfection, their lifespan will be a full thousand years, which is considered to be entering the hall of immortality. However, those who initially enter the realm of eating the sun and moon only have a lifespan of about eight hundred years.

Only cultivators who break through to the seventh rank before the age of two hundred can become sixth-rank cultivators, worthy of being nurtured with intensive resources.

They are beyond the standard. Physiologically they may still be young, but according to the unspoken common sense in the cultivation world, they already belong to the previous generation.

He refined his essence into qi and lived for over two hundred years.

He practiced fasting under the golden dew and lived for over four hundred years.

It gathers spiritual energy from all its orifices and lives for over six hundred years.

He ate the food of the sun and moon, and lived for over eight hundred years.

These are the lifespan regulations for true cultivators, but the benefits brought by consuming the essence of the sun and moon are no less than those of breaking through realms. As cultivation progresses and reaches its peak, one can eventually live for a thousand years.

In terms of the difficulty of breaking through to the eighth rank, even without resources, one can grind through it. The only time one will get stuck is when breaking through to the next realm. If one's aptitude is not good, one will also encounter a bottleneck in increasing true essence.

The road ahead is arduous.

For Gu Qing, the choice of these four people was also a test of his understanding, and his mindset grew. Perhaps this is the benefit of having high comprehension.
Experience is what it means to gain insights from encountering people and events.

"Let's go."

"Gah?"

Not understanding what Gu Qing was thinking, Guhuoniao quickly followed, as the last stretch of road to Ghost King Peak was about to be cleared.

Another half month later.

"This is Ghost King Peak?"

This place is the center of the Lesser Netherworld, the palace of the Fire Demon King.

The entire mountain range floated in the air, thousands of meters above the ground.

Below, eerie green flames burned, forming a sea of ​​fire. Gu Qing couldn't understand how the Gongsun family's tunnels could reach the sky.

Countless ghost flames were devouring other ghost flames in the sea of ​​fire, creating a surging heat and scorching temperature.

The Netherworld Fiend Fire is very similar to the ultimate evolved version of the Will-o'-the-Wisp. The reason why its core counters ghosts is currently unknown.

There must be the Fire Demon King's treasure trove in the middle of this Ghost Mountain.

Unfortunately, lacking the strength, Gu Qing could only look on with envy.

It's safer to rob the Gongsun family.

This is similar to robbing the rich to help the poor. Stealing the poor's food is their life, and Gu Qing couldn't do it without any grudge.

He could rob the gold of wealthy and powerful families cleanly and efficiently.

at this time.

In Gongsun's ranks.

"Uncle Ji, the tunnel excavation has reached the sea of ​​fire at the foot of Ghost King Peak. What should we do now?"

"Take what you have gained over the past few days and go back through that passage. You have no say in what happens next."

(End of this chapter)