Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 220 The Boundaries of the Colossal Magic Array
Fengming Prefecture and Qishan County.

Gu Qing should return to the place where he started his career, both out of courtesy and reason.

Compared to more than fifty years ago, tree roots are now growing on the city wall, and many parts have collapsed, yet no one has repaired them, leaving moss and weeds to fill the gaps, creating a desolate scene.

Under the influence of his divine sense, Gu Qing was astonished to discover.

Qishan County has been abandoned, but the mines where spirit gold was mined have been completely occupied by the Yun family, who built a talent training base centered around the mines.

This is an eighth-grade spiritual land, almost identical to the former Yanling Treasure Land, and still contains remnants of spiritual gold minerals. For the Yun Clan, it is truly a treasure land.

It's probably because it's too close to Qishan County.

The Yun family relocated these mortals to prevent their spiritual essence from being corrupted by worldly defilement.

Gu Qing sneaked underground and revisited the place where the Taotie Tomb had been discovered.

There's no one here.

The stone platform containing the evil alchemy technique is still there, but the corpse in the rock crevice is gone, presumably the Yun family searched it repeatedly afterward.

This heretical cultivation method has some merit.

It comes from the ancestral teachings of Jinyun Qizu, and those with divine consciousness can sense this teaching.

Generally speaking, only those who reach the middle level of the eighth rank, Golden Dew Abstinence, will have the ability to project their divine sense, but the range of their perception is very shallow, only about one zhang in radius.

One must possess the means to refine one's spirit and have cultivated one's divine sense in advance.

Only then did they have the opportunity to discover the concave surface of the stone platform. The Yun family was merely a prominent family in a prefecture, second-rate in the mortal world. On the contrary, the branch families that followed the Yan family and were sent out to develop better and more powerful, with at least one or two seventh-rank cultivators.

Unlike here, where great opportunities are at hand, yet people are slow to discover them.

With a thought, Gu Qing began to scribble haphazardly on the stone platform, like a child's doodle, covering the part of the stone platform that recorded the evil cultivation method with "mosaic".

There is no difference in appearance.

Satisfied, Gu Qing leisurely left the place and headed into the deep mountains.

Destination: The Zhao Family!

He knew that Zhao Yuyang's younger brother and sister must have returned home since he hadn't seen them in the snowy mountains.

If you calculate the time, they are almost sixty-seven years old.

Having failed to break through the Heavenly Gate and Divine Gate for so long, and already over fifty years old with declining energy and blood, the chances of success are extremely slim, so it's normal to have thoughts of giving up.

Besides their ancestral home in the cliff cave, the Zhao family also has a Grade 9 sacred land deep in the mountains, which is only about 1200 square meters, just the size of a house.

Along the way, Gu Qing didn't see a single familiar face.

Upon arriving at the sacred land, a slight sensation from his divine sense brought a smile to his face.

Compared to the situation back then, the Zhao family now has more than ten grandmaster-level experts and has firmly established itself. After the Yun family abandoned Qishan County, they crossed mountains and valleys and established the Zhao family in Tengshan County of the neighboring Qingmu Prefecture.

In order to earn resources to support the cultivation of the disciples in the clan.

"Danya and Yushan, old friends come to visit."

The sound of expanding magic power enveloped the courtyard. In no time, more than a dozen figures stood on the wall. When they saw Gu Qing appear from the sky, they were all startled.

Zhao Yushan and Zhao Danya had both reached the ninth rank of cultivation. One of them carried a spear and appeared as a masculine middle-aged man.

One of them held a sword, her hair styled in a bun, resembling a ripe peach, her figure proud and her head held high.

Upon seeing those two ordinary divine weapons, Gu Qing was somewhat lost in thought, as if recalling the scene from back then.

"Brother Gu!"

"it's me."

They landed leisurely in the courtyard. Everyone put away their weapons. Several grandmasters were from the same batch as Zhao Yushan and the others. They had met Gu Qing and even trained together for a period of time.

Zhao Danya leaned closer, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

"Brother Gu, you haven't changed at all. How is Brother Yang?"

"Everything is fine."

They exchanged a glance in the evening after catching up.

The three of them arrived in the mountains and forests, and under the moonlight, they sat on a huge rock on the mountaintop and chatted casually.

Zhao Yushan's tone was dejected.

“Back then, we left home to learn sword-making skills at the Sword-Forging Manor. In the sixth year, Grandpa Huai De and Grandpa Huai Yi went together.”

“You and your elder brother went to Baiyue Mountain one after the other, while Danya and I lagged behind. We tried our best to catch up, but we were still left behind. We couldn’t even sense the Heavenly Gate Divine Palace in the end.”

"After wasting forty years, I felt my qi and blood begin to decline, so I gave up cultivation and returned to my family to raise future generations."

"By the way, Brother Gu Qing, have you seen Uncle Zhao Yin?" Gu Qing was taken aback, truly stumped by the question, and shook his head.

"I didn't see him, but I inquired about the situation."

"He is already caught in a vortex of trouble, sandwiched between Baiyue Mountain and the Dihong Clan. If Zhao Yuyang gets close to him, he will only be courting death."

"I've never had any contact with it in all these years."

Zhao Danya said.

"Brother Gu, how long are you staying? Have you taken over the Celestial Envoy's mission?"

"That's not true."

"I've been back in Yan for a while now. I'll leave shortly after seeing you all."

"So fast?"

Zhao Danya felt somewhat disappointed, remembering the time when the four of them were together.

She was the one who served Zhan Cha, with superb skills and excellent tea ceremony. She was also the one who received the most care and often sat with Gu Qing to drink tea and chat.

Looking back now, I am shocked to find that it happened forty or fifty years ago.

Touching her face, Zhao Danya lay down on the boulder in despair, saying nothing more.

The three of them sat quietly for a while.

"correct."

Gu Qing suddenly spoke.

"Zhao Yuyang asked me to deliver some things to you."

Seeing the two looking over, Gu Qing flipped his palm, and four jade bottles appeared in his hand.

"Two of the bottles contain Grade 8 Divine Elixir, twelve pills per bottle."

"As the name suggests, it helps in sensing the Heavenly Gate, but this barrier mainly depends on oneself, and external forces can provide limited assistance."

"Take one pill per month, and continue taking twelve pills in a row, and you will be able to enhance your life force perception to an extremely sensitive level."

"The other two bottles contain Earth Milk Elixir, which can restore the blood and energy you have lost over the years and greatly enhance your physique. It is a small token of my appreciation."

Gu Qing didn't have many items suitable for them, as their quality was generally too high. Besides, he didn't want to force the people around him to move forward.

When their cultivation level is low, he can make their cultivation path smooth, but what about when their cultivation level is high? It's impossible for him to handle all the resource issues.

It is already incredibly difficult for one person to climb the path to immortality.

It's unrealistic to carry such a heavy burden.

However, Gu Qing is willing to offer some assistance within her capabilities to help them overcome their difficulties.

The Shenque Pill wasn't something Zhao Yuyang asked him to deliver; it was just a pretext. Some people knew about his return to Yan, but Zhao Yuyang wasn't among them.

"This……"

"Brother Gu Qing, I am deeply grateful and cannot express my thanks."

Zhao Yushan, breathing heavily, accepted the treasure. His obsession with cultivation was even deeper than that of Danya and Yuyang. The fact that he named the divine weapon "Heaven-Defying Spear" when he forged it reveals his nature.

Thus, Zhao Danya accepted the treasure.

As for whether they use it themselves or hand it over to a younger generation with more potential, Gu Qing doesn't care. He has already shown them kindness, and how they handle it is their own business.

"This trip has been successful. I'm off."

"I hope to see you in Baiyue Mountain in the future."

Before the two could express their gratitude further, Gu Qing's figure disappeared once again.

This time, it's really over. He'll never come back, he'll never look back!

The brother and sister looked at each other, speechless.

Less than half a month later.

We have arrived at Lingxiu Prefecture, the most barren border region among the twelve prefectures of Yan.

This was Gu Qing's last destination upon returning.

A desolate land!

This is the edge of the colossal magic array that envelops the Yan Kingdom. Beyond this lies a desolate area devoid of any spiritual energy, where cultivators can only replenish their mana using spirit stones.

(End of this chapter)