Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 192 Six Years in a Flash, Body Perfected
After Gu Qing made the arrangements in an orderly manner.

He slightly modified the Bone Demon Fan to make its corpse puppet aspect more prominent, filled it with the demonic essence stored in the Demon Vengeance Dragon Robe, and then released it to maintain order in the demon market.

These twelve demon puppets include eleven high-ranking seventh-grade puppets and one high-ranking seventh-grade puppet, enough to open twelve top-tier demon markets. When used for law enforcement, they are sufficient to demonstrate authority.

Although many of the scattered demons in the Demon Phoenix Tomb Realm have died, these things are inexhaustible and numerous. Even if they are cleared out, other demon cultivators will come to settle here.

Without a sixth-rank demon king, Gu Qing could easily seize a large amount of resources, oppress the rogue cultivators of the demon race, and even squeeze oil out of the dried corpses that had become demons.

A few days later.

The woman in red was invited by Leopard Chong. After fighting Gu Qing once in the wasteland, this female ghost decisively chose to follow him.

He opened a "Cloud and Smoke Pavilion" in the demon market, where his female ghost subordinates could satisfy any perverted request of the demon master. The business was booming, making a fortune every day. He also absorbed the yang energy of demons to cultivate, and his progress was quite good.

As expected, Lin Yuan did not react as Lin Yuan had predicted to the Chenxing Crocodile Clan.

After Gu Qing invited him, he personally came to the Demon Market again, bringing Hu Meiniang with him. He didn't mention his escape at all, but instead discussed the division of their profits.

After all, the struggles between demons are more direct than those between humans.

This should have been credited to him, but due to the interference of the current Demon Emperor, he not only didn't get any benefits but also got a beating, which inevitably led to his anger being directed at him.

Therefore, Lin Yuan took the cooperation proposed by Gu Qing very seriously.

A 40% profit would amount to at least tens of thousands of spirit stones.

Every year, this resource will be a significant source of income, greatly accelerating his cultivation speed.

Hu Meiniang was kept by him again, and this time she really worked for Gu Qing. She even hinted to him that he could freely communicate and strive for advancement.

Gu Qing smiled on the surface, but in reality, he was dismissive.

He dislikes women with strong body odor and prefers women who are considerate, independent, and mature, like the Guhuoniao type.

This ghost bird is basically free-range.

After absorbing and refining the earth milk in Qingyun Tower, her cultivation level rose again, reaching the eighth rank. Gu Qing then placed her in the demon market to run a weapon-refining shop, which was her old profession.

And so another month passed.

Once the demon experts dispatched by Lin Yuan were in place, Gu Qing began large-scale construction to expand the demon market.

He personally led the team to forcibly demolish all the demon markets within a radius of ten thousand miles, occupying one-third of this scattered demon territory.

They reaped a great harvest of various treasures, and the Crimson Sky Tower was teeming with demons. The Demon-Slaying Sword consumed one every day, maximizing its growth rate.

The Demon City was renamed, and Gu Qing inscribed the words "Demon Phoenix City" to capitalize on the trending topic.

After a major construction project, the city expanded from eight streets to one hundred and two streets, built eight gates in the city walls, and charged admission fees. It also attracted various powerful forces to settle in due to its trade connections with Lin Yuan and Bao Chong.

Auction houses, treasure pavilions, elixirs, and evil artifacts—he sells everything. He has what other demon markets don't, and he also has what other demon markets have, and even better ones. Of course, human pills are an exception, but he does have crude blood pills made from the flesh and blood of demon beasts.

Ancient sorcery can also be copied and sold, generating huge profits with no initial investment.

Only then can we be considered to be on the right track.

The Bone Demon Fan was given to Leopard Chong. This Wind Leopard was quite clever, and Gu Qing was comfortable using it. He was also afraid that Leopard Chong would die, so he lent him the weapon to protect him.

Thus, a series of miscellaneous tasks took him three months to complete before he could finally enter the Demon Soul Pit and enter into seclusion in peace.

This period of seclusion lasted for six years.

She left the pass once during the journey because the eldest prince of the Golden-Backed Eagle came to her door. Qianzhu was very angry and felt that she had been deceived in her feelings.

Gu Qing then embraced Hu Meiniang, demonstrating through his actions that dragons are inherently lustful, and now that he has a better backer, betrayal is only natural.

Qianzhu Jun dared not make a move, and in a fit of anger, he retreated in defeat.

Gu Qing did not lay a hand on Hu Meiniang. Mo Xuan's identity was flawless, and even if he left the Demon Realm, he would still be useful in the future.

There's still more to do.

Six years have passed, the Mind-Stabilizing Pill has long been used up, and the second step of refining evil and nourishing the soul, the physical body, has also been perfected.

The seven souls and the life essence are all perfectly solidified.

During the second refinement of the Earthly Fiends, the Zhou Tian Star Bloodstone provided Gu Qing with tremendous help. This thing has a miraculous effect on body refinement, and when combined with the flame body refinement method of the Nine Revolutions Flaming Dragon Scripture, it becomes even stronger.

With the addition of baleful energy to temper his body, Gu Qing's physique has become far more powerful than that of other dragons of the same level. Although he hasn't yet reached the level of a true dragon, he's not far off. His physical strength, previously a common method, may now become one of his trump cards.

Over the course of twenty years, the process of refining evil spirits and nourishing the soul has reached its third stage.

This day.

With his mind focused on the vicinity of the Niwan Palace, Gu Qing's soul sat cross-legged outside the palace, with seven small black spheres revolving around it, which were the materializations of the seven souls.

The third step is the cultivation of uniting the soul and spirit, and achieving harmony between the mind and body.

As for what kind of earthly evil supernatural powers would be generated, Gu Qing had no idea.

Practice the exercises.

One of the seven souls was held in the hand of the little soul and swallowed.

In an instant, the little soul easily released a large amount of black energy, and the first soul, the corpse dog, manifested, exerting great resistance to the unity of the spirit and soul.

Fortunately, the refining of the same-origin demonic soul gave the two a basis for combination.

Binding with divine consciousness, the profound mysteries of the cultivation method are integrated.

Gradually, the Corpse Dog Soul transformed into veins, merging into the root chakra of the Life Soul Little Man, where blue soul patterns manifested, giving the pitch-black Life Soul color.

Immediately afterwards, the second soul, Fushi, merged into the navel chakra of the life soul.

The third soul, Sparrow Yin, merges into the solar plexus of the life soul.

The fourth soul, Devouring Thief, merges into the location of the life soul's heart chakra.

In the blink of an eye, all four souls merged, and Gu Qing's life soul figure unleashed a large amount of demonic energy, undergoing a fundamental transformation. The four chakras in the mist merged into one, with a Dao pattern being conceived at the center, which was not clearly visible.

But the first attempt was aborted.

Past accumulation and foundation allowed Gu Qing to complete the fusion of the four souls in one go. There are still three souls left: Non-poison, Purification, and Foul Lung, which correspond to the throat chakra, third eye chakra, and crown chakra, respectively.

The seven souls also govern the seven major organs: heart, stomach, kidneys, intestines, gallbladder, liver, and lungs. With each soul that merges into Gu Qing's body, the corresponding organ also experiences a significant improvement.

This is the mystery of the seventh-rank, mid-level Refining Evil Spirit and Nourishing Soul.

Main spirit, secondary qi, and secondary essence.

In his dantian, more than half of the liquid mana had completely crystallized. Gu Qing's cultivation in this area was slower, but it was also the easiest to improve.

Putting everything else aside, just find a place full of spiritual energy, unleash the power of the Bashe Divine Power and the Devouring Divine Power, and you can achieve perfection in a year or two.

However, the last three souls will likely require further refinement of the spirit to fully perfect the fifth level of the Fire Star Crimson Crow Diagram before they can be cultivated.

"Not urgent."

"Having been on the frontier battlefield for nearly thirty years, I am only two steps away from the seventh rank. I am only seventy years old tonight, and I still have plenty of time to squander."

They were released from customs the next day.

The six-year revenue of Demon Phoenix City was laid out before Gu Qing. In the first year, it only had 40,000 spirit stones. In the second year, it got on track and reached 80,000. In the third year, it began to flourish and reached 110,000.

Starting from the fourth year, the market entered a boom phase, with land, shops, residences, and cave dwellings going on sale, generating nearly 200,000 spirit stones in one go.

The number dropped in the fifth year to only 160,000.

The sixth year is 150,000; that's probably the upper limit.

Over six years, a total of 740,000 spirit stones were collected.

Excluding personnel expenses, injury and death compensation, relationship management, real estate accumulated from principal, dividends from allies, etc.

Gu Qing still has 300,000 yuan in liquid funds at his disposal—a windfall! A guaranteed windfall!

Gu Qing felt perfectly justified in taking the resources obtained by exploiting the demon race.

With the protection of the Chenxing Crocodile Clan, Yaohuang City only needs to ensure that the management team, including Bao Chong, Hongyi, and Hu Meiniang, doesn't slip out of his control, and he can distribute about ten thousand spirit stones every year.

This output can last for at least a century.

After paying the spirit stones, Gu Qing planned to return to Yulong Pass. There were still twenty years left before the deadline, and he wondered if he could extend it for a while.

The Demon Realm is truly a blessed land; I'm so happy I don't even want to leave!
(End of this chapter)