Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 179 The Difficulty of the Wind Disaster: Refining Evil Spirits and Nourishing the Soul
"Gu Qing? Did you gain anything from this trip?"

"By chance, I gained a small amount of wealth."

Lian Chutian patted him on the shoulder and laughed heartily, "It's worth the trip. You're now a favorite of many border commanders, and they all want to get you to serve them."

Gu Qing shook his head with a wry smile: "Why did the Palace Master give me all the credit..."

"You don't understand this."

Lian Chutiangong looked towards the direction of Baiyue Mountain and explained.

"The position of Hall Master of Weapon Refining is already a core high-level position, and I will definitely enter the Ancestral Hall in the future. I have no way to advance further."

“You are still young and have no clan support behind you, so you need merit and fame even more.”

"This……"

Gu Qing couldn't be sure if what he said was true or false for a moment. Perhaps because he was used to scheming and fighting, he felt a strong sense of shame when faced with such care.

"This junior has troubled the Palace Master."

"No need for such fuss. You are also an elder I recognize for refining weapons. Once I break through to the next realm, and Jiang Yuan takes over, you won't be able to get such benefits."

The emotional fluctuation was fleeting, but Gu Qing quickly regained his composure. Even Chu Tiangong was backed by a clan, the Lian Chu Clan, one of the nine great immortal clans of the Southern Wilderness.

Shi En... verbally gave Elder Jiang Yuan a slight rebuke.

Gu Qing couldn't help but roll her eyes inwardly. You old geezer, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, you almost believed it.

"Gu Qing, it would be impolite to refuse."

"That's more like it. Now that you're back, let's continue to participate in the forging of war artifacts."

"it is good."

After taking his leave, Gu Qing returned to his residence and did not start work until the next day.

During the day, they would refine and repair war artifacts, inspect the Imperial Dragon Pass, or steal a moment to refine some small artifacts to replenish their artifact points.

At night, I refine the earth's milk and enhance my magical power, making my middle dantian increasingly perfect.

In his spare time, he would consult Lian Chutiangong on weapon crafting issues and ponder how to overcome the calamities of wind disasters.

The Three Calamities and Soul Tribulations are all tribulations targeting the soul.

All living beings have three souls and seven spirits.

As the saying goes: Heaven and Earth are always outside, while the life soul resides in the body. If one of the seven spirits is missing, emotions are hard to control, and losing one of the spirits is a matter of life and death.

The three souls: Heaven, Earth, and Fate.

The Heavenly Soul is the connection between man and heaven, meaning that your name is recorded in the world, similar to the concept of an "identity card" in the Cangwu cultivation world. It is also the best manifestation of a cultivator's comprehension; the stronger one's Heavenly Soul, the stronger one's comprehension.

The earth spirit, hidden in the netherworld, will transform into a ghost and manifest in the mortal world if the deceased experiences strong emotional stimuli such as resentment, sorrow, grief, or anger, or if yin-elemental energy enters the body.

The more powerful a person is in life, the longer their lifespan will be after death, often more than ten times that of their previous life.

The life soul resides within oneself and is the key to one's memories, personality, emotions, and life throughout one's life. The power of consciousness is derived from the life soul's hands and feet.

A strong consciousness leads to a strong life force.

The four realms of a seventh-rank cultivator: Mana Transformation, Soul Refining and Nourishing, Spirit Division and Thought Transformation, and Gathering and Scattering to Connect with the Netherworld.

This final step, "Gathering and Dispersing to Connect with the Netherworld," involves capturing the two souls of Heaven and Earth, merging them into one's own body, and condensing one's primordial spirit.

The primordial spirit, also known as the primordial infant, will undergo various transformations in the divine path, such as infant transformation, spirit transformation, and immortal embryo, which will require further cultivation.

It can ascend to the heavens above and descend to the netherworld below.

It is the final transformation before a cultivator ascends to immortality, and it is extremely difficult.

The wind calamity originates from the seven spirits, blowing from the inside out, affecting the life soul. If one has rare treasures to repair the spirits, the difficulty of overcoming the tribulation will be much less. Gu Qing believes that his Crimson Crow Divine Sense is sufficient to protect his life soul through the wind calamity, but he is also collecting information on rare treasures for the soul. The military supply department has an item called the [Stabilizing Pill].

A high-grade seventh-rank pill, priced at 2000 merit points, has the effect of repairing the soul. However, only 20 are available every ten years, and they have long been sold out.

as time flows.

Only six months after returning to Yulong Pass, Gu Qing completely filled the Qi Sea in his middle dantian, and a crimson ocean reappeared, now completely different from before.

Previously it was true essence, now it is magical power; the difference in quality is more than tenfold, and the mystery is a hundredfold greater.

A comprehensive view of the three dantian in the human body.

The upper dantian, known as the "Niwan Palace," is where the spirit resides. A red crow carries a divine ring, displaying fiery radiance and a Yang pearl, illuminating the sea of ​​consciousness with boundless light, making it difficult for evil spirits to invade.

The dantian, the place where Qi is stored, is transformed into a sea by the power of the Yanlong magic. A divine spring is hidden within it, and the spring at the bottom of the sea continuously produces divine light to nourish the physical body and magic power. Its creation is mysterious and profound.

The lower dantian, known as the "Gate of Life," is where the essence is stored. The essence transforms into a longevity lotus, with each petal representing ten years of lifespan. Qi and blood converge here, forming a sea of ​​blood, which is a manifestation of Gu Qing's physical cultivation. Only the longevity lotus floats above it.

This place is also where the Dao fruit will condense in the future. It contains the innate true life qi, which is invisible and unattainable, and cannot be touched for the time being.

The Four Nine Immortal Paths are closely related to the human body. Only by continuously developing one's potential and reaching the summit can one truly cultivate oneself.

This day.

Having achieved perfect cultivation, Gu Qing took another leave to go into seclusion and attempt to break through to a higher realm.

The name "Refining Evil and Nourishing the Soul" is a simplified name for the general principles of cultivation, not a method for breaking through.

Breaking through a realm is actually quite simple; you just need to sense your own life force.

Throughout his cultivation journey, the difficulties in breaking through realms have almost all been related to how to sense things. At the ninth rank, he needed to sense the "Heavenly Gate Divine Palace," at the eighth rank, he needed to sense the "Ancestral Aperture Heavenly Heart," and at the seventh rank, he still needed to sense the "True Spirit Life Soul."

I wonder if things will remain the same after reaching the sixth rank, ascending to the pinnacle, and ascending to immortality...

Drive away the chaotic thoughts in your mind.

Sink your Qi to your Dantian, concentrate your mind, and silently recite the breakthrough incantation of the Nine Revolutions Fiery Dragon Scripture.

With powerful divine sense as a foundation, returning to the source and tracing its origin is not as difficult as imagined.

The soul resides outside the Niwan Palace.

No, it was the Niwan Palace itself. The perspective seemed to be raised from between the eyebrows, looking down at a grayish-white humanoid soul body whose appearance was exactly the same as Gu Qing's.

"So this is my soul."

Upon contact of thoughts, the soul slowly opened its eyes and began to move under the control of its will. It was slow and sluggish, but not completely unable to move.

At this moment, thought and soul merged, and the power of divine consciousness began to surge without limit.

Outside, inside Gu Qing's residence, the array automatically activated, shielding the interior from view.

Everything around them floated up under the influence of an invisible force, moving erratically and eventually exploding and being destroyed.

The breakthrough is only halfway complete.

Just then, a cold wind howled and rose from his body, as if a calamity had descended from the heavens to test him. His seven souls, hidden within his physical body, transformed into seven eyelets of wind.

The cold wind was sharp as a blade, attempting to destroy Gu Qing's Niwan Palace.

The outer layer of life force was severely damaged, almost instantly torn to shreds, leaving numerous holes.

Gu Qing quickly released all his barefoot divine sense, weaving it into a golden feather robe for protection. Among the many treasures he had extorted from the secret realm within his Void Ring, there were a few that were useful to the soul.

Its grade is not as good as the [Mind-Stabilizing Pill], but it's enough.

He could manage on his own; a little extra help would make it even easier. With the nourishment of the medicine, his life force recovered quite quickly.

(End of this chapter)