Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 218 Earth Spirit Body: The Shell of the Earth Soul
The area encompassing Yan State, Shilong Prefecture, Xiangshan Prefecture, and Bailian Township.

This place is called Lijiazhuang. It is not far from Huilongguan, only about 100 li away. When Gu Qing destroyed the mountain some time ago, people here should have been able to see the commotion.

Even after more than a month, people are still talking about the "Wrath of the Immortals" incident.

Gu Qing walked along the country road, and no one noticed him; they completely ignored his presence.

To the west of the village, beside a field.

Three thatched huts are enclosed by a fence to form a courtyard, where a middle-aged couple is sitting under the eaves, the man chopping wood and the woman picking vegetables.

Two children, a boy and a girl, are playing in the yard.

They used foxtail grass to poke the chickens' rear ends, having a great time.

Gu Qing stared intently.

According to blood relations, the man in the couple should be his younger brother, and the child should be his nephew or niece.

They have chickens to raise, fields to cultivate, and both sons and daughters.

In Lijiazhuang, and even in the entire Yan Kingdom, they were considered relatively well-off commoners.

Although it was the first time she had seen it, Gu Qing couldn't help but wonder what her life would have been like if she hadn't been abandoned on the roadside.

With the panel in place, one can inevitably embark on the path of cultivation.

It should be a little later, right?

Dispelling his magical concealment, Gu Qing stood outside the fence and knocked on the wooden door.

"Is it the Li Hei family?"

The woodcutter looked at Gu Qing and saw that he was dressed in fine clothes and had a handsome face. He hurriedly ran over to open the door and said somewhat reservedly.

"My lord, I am Li Hei."

"Is there...something wrong?"

"It's nothing serious. May I ask where your father is buried?"

Li Hei was a little confused and scratched his head sheepishly.

“My parents were buried a few years ago. If you want to see them, I’ll take you there.”

"Tiedan, Taotao, stay home with your mother. Dad will be right back."

The two children nodded, looking at Gu Qing with curiosity, but dared not speak.

Li Hei's wife was the same, a look of worry appearing in her eyes.

"My Lord, follow me."

Li Hei grabbed a wood-chopping knife and led the way. Soon they arrived at a low hill covered with grave mounds and grass, with not a single tree in sight.

“When my parents were still alive, it was a chaotic time. Almost everyone who died in the village was buried here. They were buried at the foot of the mountain, right there.”

Li Hei nimbly cut down the thatch, clearing a path for him to walk on.

Finally, two unremarkable mounds came into view.

Gu Qing stepped forward, slightly moved, and bowed slightly as a gesture of respect.

It would be a lie to say that I have feelings for my parents in this life.

When I was abandoned, I also felt resentment.

But at that time, signs of chaos were already emerging, and various miscellaneous taxes were suffocating the people, making it impossible to raise a weak and sickly baby. Doctors couldn't afford to treat him, so how could he be raised?
He understands, but he cannot forgive.

So after achieving success in his cultivation, he never thought of coming back. Now that he is dead, any lingering resentment has naturally dissipated, for the dead deserve respect.

Once you've seen it, the thought fades away.

In this mortal world, life and death separate us; from this day forward, we will have no further connection.

Gu Qing turned and left, covering a hundred meters in a single step, disappearing in an instant. Li Hei was startled and immediately knelt down, kowtowing in the direction Gu Qing had left, muttering something under his breath.

It took me a while to realize that my body felt much lighter.

The pain from years of farming has disappeared, some gray hair has turned black again, and he is in excellent health.

The sky.

He casually flicked three balls of magic and injected them into the bodies of his two children and sister-in-law, using the profound power of magic to baptize mortals, ensuring they could live to at least a hundred years old.

"So be it."

This is how one severs ties with the mortal world. Gu Qing vaguely understood this and his divine sense improved slightly.

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The Imperial Palace of Yandu, the Fire Chamber.

Gu Qing had been back for over a month. Not far away, amidst the surging earth fire, a sword shimmering with spiritual light floated in the flames; it was a low-grade spiritual weapon.

This is a lazy approach, letting the earth fire nurture the process while he only controls the key steps. This results in a much longer refining time, but it won't delay his cultivation.

After a brief examination, I infused it with magic power.

Gu Qing then sat back down on the prayer mat.

"almost."

The Hundred Reincarnations Soul Refining Technique is still one level away from being mastered, but the preparations for condensing the spiritual body are complete.

When cultivating a spiritual body, the stronger the nascent nascent soul, the better. The deeper one's accumulation in the path of refining the spirit, the smoother the cultivation will be. For example, Gu Qing's foundation in refining the spirit is sufficient to cultivate two spiritual bodies simultaneously.

Unlike the two cultivators killed in the Jinsha River.

They lack sufficient spiritual foundation and can only cultivate one body at a time, which will slow them down considerably.

Gu Qing planned to first condense the weapon seed of the Ghost-Slaying Sword, which would become the container for the Earth Soul in the future.

A thought came to my mind.

A four-foot-two-inch jet-black ghost sword, with two blood-red patterns, floated in front of Gu Qing.

With hand seals, magical power surged and transformed into golden threads connecting the two.

With fingers drawn straight as knives, they slice across the space between the eyebrows.

Inside the Niwan Palace, the nascent nascent soul's expression twisted in pain. Its indestructible demonic soul body instinctively activated, and a dark spot of light floated out from between its brows, making the whole thing appear much more ethereal.

Gu Qing's face also turned pale.

Dark light surged into the Demon-Slaying Sword, merging with the spirituality born within the weapon. Gu Qing continuously infused it with magical power and divine consciousness, using his cultivation techniques to construct something like meridians within the sword's body.

Gradually, the Demon-Slaying Sword shrank smaller and smaller.

After shrinking to the size of half a finger, it suddenly burst forth with countless eerie black lines, beginning to construct its body.

This ghostly aura is not ghostly aura in the conventional sense.

Rather, it is the power of the Yin element.

The spirit body will eventually return to the original body. Cultivating ghost energy will greatly affect Gu Qing's original body and will not be conducive to the return to oneness, but the Yin attribute magic power will not.

As one's cultivation level increases, the yin energy and demonic energy become less deadly than in the early stages. Sometimes, absorbing some of them won't force one to switch to the ghost path as in the initial stages.

"The Primordial Divine Embryo, its life was dedicated to Heaven and Earth."

"Qi is divided into three streams: life essence, qi, and spirit."

"When the primordial spirit returns to its rightful place, the three lives attain longevity."

"Absorb the principles of heaven and earth, extract the essence of heaven and earth, elevate the spirit to its source, and return to the Dao of heaven."

"The principles of Heaven are vast, the primordial spirit is divided into three parts, Heaven grants the Way, and all laws return to the origin."

"Rising from the netherworld, the vessel is a spirit, the soul originates from it, the body of the earth soul, the lifespan of the underworld is boundless, and the Lord of the Underworld bestows the seal."

"rise!"

With a low shout, Gu Qing's divine sense extended infinitely in an instant. Due to the special material of the Ghost-Slaying Sword, it vaguely touched another world called the Netherworld.

The feeling subsided in the blink of an eye, and when I opened my eyes again...

A spirit body exactly like Gu Qing's, radiating yin energy, was officially born.

The passage I just recited was a spirit body incantation.

It is mainly used to "make a statement," to make a statement to the Heavenly Dao, and to ask the Netherworld for the seal. The two souls of Heaven and Earth are outside, which is the principle of the Heavenly Dao. It is the connection between cultivators and the Cangwu Realm. If you want to take it back, you need to take precautions.

That phrase, "ascending to the source and returning to the Dao in Heaven," is the reason.

The general idea is that I cultivate the path of spiritual ascension, and all my legacy after death will belong to you, as I cannot take it with me out of this world. Therefore, the stronger I am, the greater the benefits I will bring to the world after my death.

From then on, he possessed the ability to vaguely sense the locations of the two souls of heaven and earth.

Because what is condensed is the earth's soul body.

He also needed to send a letter to Youming, indicating that he posed no threat and was willing to be under Youjun's command. Thus, Youming, who was independent of the Cangwu Realm yet closely connected to it, opened his doors to him.

He can sense the presence of the netherworld; how to open the door is up to him.

When a second spiritual body is formed in the future, a letter must also be sent to the Nine Heavens so that the Heavenly Soul Body can enter and explore.

Such actions made Gu Qing marvel at the wisdom of the ancients.

After pondering for a moment.

Gu Qing reached out and placed his hands together with the spirit body's palms. With a thought, the earth spirit body with a black sword mark between its brows merged into his body and resided in the Yin position among the hundred orifices.

In the early days of consuming the sun and moon, it absorbed and refined the essence of the sun and moon, shaping the seven hundred and twenty acupoints in a Yin-Yang pattern, and condensing the shadows of the sun and moon.

Since they are two opposing forces, they are naturally opposed to each other.

Heaven and earth, yin and yang, the yin position is the dwelling place of the earth soul's body. By cultivating the body of a deity, it will automatically absorb yin spiritual energy and accumulate strength until it catches up with the progress of Gu Qing's main body.

Then you can enter and leave the Netherworld to search for the Earth Soul.

It is worth mentioning that the spirit body can enter, but Gu Qing's physical body cannot, so he must cultivate the divine body.

In the right environment, the Taotie method can accelerate this process, but Gu Qing is currently in the Yan Kingdom, so this method is not feasible for the time being.

"At this rate, it will take at least fifty years for the Earth Spirit Body to reach perfection."

"If we can find a small Netherworld and use the Gluttonous Gluttony Technique to accumulate and refine it, the speed will be greatly accelerated."

The first earth spirit body was formed.

Next, it's the Heavenly Spirit Body's turn. Gu Qing needs time to recover from the injuries that caused his nascent soul to take shape. He needs a year or two to recover; there's no need to rush.

Moreover, the Demon-Slaying Sword and the Heavenly Soul's body are not very compatible.

He plans to use a certain material and the innate weapon-refining method to cultivate the sword, thereby enhancing the potential of the Demon-Slaying Sword and its affinity with the Heavenly Soul.

"Continue to retreat."

(End of this chapter)