Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 159 Exploring the Mysterious Bashe
Of course, if you encounter a sixth-rank demon king, the chances of being seen through are also very high, so you still need to be cautious.

Following the example, we traversed the rift valley.

Gu Qing has entered the demon realm three times, and this time he will not leave for a while. As for the situation at Tianlao Pass, he has been assigned a mission to investigate information about the demon race.

The reward for this kind of mission is uncertain.

There are low and high.

This quest is suitable for exploring the territory of the demon race, allowing you to legitimately slack off.

Some clan members were unwilling to stay on the frontier and suffer.

After a year of basic training, they would be given an exploration mission, and then they would disappear. Fifty years later, after their service period was over, they would return to hand in the mission. The information was mostly standard and not very useful.

There are quite a few, even a lot, of such people.

Occasionally, when geniuses are overwhelmed with tasks, they may use this method to avoid responsibility.

As for second-rate forces, and even rogue cultivators...

Forget about the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, they don't even have the right to freely form a demon-hunting team. Instead, they have to join the demon-hunting army and then advance to the regular army to accumulate merits and improve their strength.

Merits, strength, qualifications, background.

To be promoted, one must meet four requirements. The fourth requirement, background review, is considered the fairest and most effective way to advance in the cultivation world.

Xue Shen'an is the representative!
Gu Qing accepted the exploration mission also for his own benefit. There was no war at the moment, and the Golden-backed Eagle clan had been injured, so he could take this opportunity to go out for a stroll.

It can take anywhere from three to five years, or even ten to twenty years.

The problem is not big.

We pressed on, making sure to walk through the woods where there were no paths.

Gu Qing buried fire seals underground along the way. This was a product of the Fire Escape Technique being integrated with the Flame Lord's Secret Manual, truly achieving the effect of teleportation. He could freely travel between the fire seals within a five-mile radius.

It consumes a lot of mana, but once the Flame Lord's Secret Manual is fully mastered, it may be able to be used more often.

Currently, it exists as an insurance policy for retreat.

The Fire Mark has sunk deep underground and fallen into silence. As long as it is not activated, it will not dissipate for a hundred years. It is extremely practical and suitable for use in duels.

The process of traveling is actually a way of exploring hidden places.

They always come into contact with all sorts of demons.

Some live alone in the wild, and if they take Gu Qing's destined item, they will be fed to the sword.

If they are poor and destitute, they can live in peace.

Maintaining the half-dragon form of the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique, he fought only with his physical strength. He had made up for much of his experience in this area, and his movements became more skillful and fluid.

Passing by a large city of demons, Gu Qing didn't even bother to enter.

Bypassing the powerful clans with sixth-rank demon kings, they targeted weaker demons and, surprisingly, obtained quite a few good things like the Marrow Cleansing Fruit.

If you are tired, or your magic power is insufficient.

They would hide in Qingyun Tower to meditate and recover their magical power, or take a nap and continue their journey the next day.

His pockets were getting fuller every day. The ability of a seventh-grade cultivator to earn resources was only slightly slower than his ability to refine weapons. This shows that the difference brought about by realm is in all aspects. The strong will always be strong. This is the principle.

Two months later.

At that time, Gu Qing had already ventured deep into the demon realm, and there was no turning back.

This day.

The Guhuoniao, which had been incubating its eggs for a long time, finally ushered in the harvest season.

"Gu Qing! Gu Qing!"

"It cracked! It cracked!"

"coming."

Gu Qing, who was running among the treetops, stopped and scanned his surroundings. He found a natural tree hole, placed Qingyun Tower inside, and seemed to shrink countless times before jumping into the tower.

This three-story pavilion with a courtyard has been decorated quite nicely by the Guhuoniao, complete with all the necessities for daily life, including a grand master's chair.

In the hundred-acre spiritual field in the courtyard, only five or six spiritual plants were growing, drooping and listless, because they had just been transplanted and had not yet recovered their vitality.

With the support of Qingyun Tower, survival is definitely not a problem.

These were all harvested from the demon realm, worth about two or three hundred spirit stones. "Come quick, the little guy is about to hatch."

It's a coincidence.

As soon as Gu Qing entered, he saw a round snake head emerge from the eggshell. A fire marrow bracelet was tied around its body. It had bluish-black scales, large pure black eyes with no whites, and its pupils seemed to be some kind of even darker color.

Therefore, at first glance, it looks like a black-eyed snake without pupils.

The Guhuoniao didn't mind the little guy's ugly appearance and reached out to pick him up, but Gu Qing stopped her sternly.

"Wait, something's not right with this thing."

"What……"

call out!
A flash of black light appeared, and the little black snake attacked Gu Qing. Just as the flames were about to erupt, the Guhuoniao shouted.

"Don't hurt it, it means no harm!"

Gu Qing naturally placed a certain degree of trust in the Guhuoniao, but no creature is born without the experience of lacking knowledge or the moral constraints imposed upon it.

Evil and good are inherently chaotic.

Gu Qing abandoned the use of explosive flames to avoid harming it, and instead activated the Fire Marrow Bracelet, a spiritual artifact whose main effect is to enhance fire elemental aptitude, firmly imprisoning it in mid-air, preventing it from getting any closer.

It's made of spiritual material, so no matter how fierce the little snake is, it can't break free.

"It has a blue head and a black body, and teeth on its upper jaw."

"Born with a physique comparable to a Grandmaster at the ninth rank, this is incredibly powerful. Could it be an ancient beast?!"

Gu Qing was surprised and turned to look at the still bewildered Guhuoniao. This guy didn't know anything.

The little guy was chirping and whimpering.

His mouth was wide open!

The snake's tongue is short, but it hisses incessantly.

"hungry?"

Gu Qing took out the Crimson Sky Pagoda and removed a thigh from the two-headed lion's corpse, intending to cut it into small pieces for it to eat.

As a result, the mouth, like a black hole, sucked out a gust of black wind that was blowing into its mouth, and the lion's leg quickly shrank and entered the snake's mouth.

I downed it in one gulp!
And it still had its mouth wide open, looking hungry.

This ability to absorb and its insatiable appetite immediately reminded Gu Qing of an ancient ferocious beast—the Bashe!
The snake used to describe insatiable greed is the Bashe (巴蛇).

This shows its inherent greed, but if its appetite is satisfied, it will not eat for years, which is similar to the habits of snakes.

When Gu Qing was researching information about Taotie, he had read about Bashe.

Most importantly, this beast is a Bashe (a type of snake).

If Gu Qing could learn this swallowing method and combine it with the incomplete Taotie Refining Divine Power, wouldn't that be the "complete" Devouring Heaven and Earth Divine Power?
Opportunity!

The Gluttonous Refining Technique alone greatly increased Gu Qing's speed in refining pills. Pills that would take others a year to digest could be digested by him in just a few days.

Furthermore, by absorbing and refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth through the Bashe Devouring Technique, the speed at which he accumulates magical power is not ten or twenty times that of his peers, but more than a hundred times.

The combination of the two will surely bring about a qualitative change.

So, should we refine it into a primordial magical artifact similar to the Taotie's head? That way, we could deduce the Bashe Devouring Technique from the Dao patterns on the primordial magical artifact…

After hesitating for a moment, Gu Qing still couldn't make up his mind.

It's said to be a Bashe (a type of snake), but that's not actually confirmed; it's only suspected. To sentence a small snake to death based on that is rather inhumane.

Furthermore, the feelings of the Ubume also need to be taken into account.

Furthermore, this beast was born with a congenital defect, having been corrupted by the Yin spirit of the Weak Water for countless years. It was only through the dual nurturing of the "Ghost Mother Seeking Her Child" and the "Fire Marrow Bracelet" that it was able to be born.

It carries a certain amount of good fortune.

This also brings about certain mutations. The little black snake is clearly close to Gu Qing, who has the fire attribute, and Gu Huo Niao, who has the yin attribute. Based on the speculation of eye contact after hatching, it is necessary to further verify whether it has undergone mutations.

Regardless of whether it is a purebred Bashe or not.

The devouring technique that one is born with will definitely benefit Gu Qing.

"Whether you are or not, from now on you are Bashe!"

(End of this chapter)