Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 243 The celebration ends, Gu Qing makes his move.

The question, "You want credit, but not credit," left Li Daoyang speechless.

"What do you mean by that, Elder Gu?"

"literal meaning."

Gu Qing sat opposite Li Daoyang, brewing tea and pouring water for himself. He did not mention the Bai family of Cangshan, but instead talked about an old story from hundreds of years ago.

"Three hundred years ago, the Qihuang Cao clan rebelled, colluding with internal and external forces, which led to the devastation of the three prefectures of the Southern Yue Cultivation Kingdom by the demon race, causing widespread suffering and heavy sins."

"About sixty years ago, I encountered the remnants of the Cao family who were creating zombies to harm people. At that time, I, Gu, vowed to bring all of them to justice."

"Now, we've encountered it."

"Fellow Daoist Li, tell me, what should be done?"

Li Daoyang frowned and looked at Gu Qing meaningfully.

“You are not a member of the Enforcement Hall, you have no right to use vigilante justice, and you cannot start a war.”

The unspoken meaning behind these words was actually a reminder to Gu Qing that without a deeply rooted background, he couldn't touch either the Situ family of Nanli or the Bai family of Cangshan.

If they acted in secret, Li Daoyang would be a sword hanging over Gu Qing's head, ready to strike at any moment.

Upon hearing this, Gu Qing simply said...

"Master Baohua owes me a favor."

Li Daoyang's pupils contracted, and his smile instantly widened.

He quickly snatched the teacup from Gu Qing's hand.

"Look at me, with such distinguished guests at the door, I actually let them pour their own tea. How awful."

"It doesn't matter."

After bringing in Patriarch Baohua, the matter was already largely settled. The ranking of the eleventh patriarch was not something that could be controlled by the background of one or two patriarchs.

However, Gu Qing still wanted to explain the pros and cons, he said.

"Zhao Yin, the commander who took office in the Supervisory Hall in recent years, is a close friend of mine from the same period. They are also close relatives and have a very close relationship."

He needs merit to solidify his current position, but... his relationship with the Jiang family of Emperor Hong is too deep, which I dislike.

Li Daoyang understood.

"Elder Gu, if you have any other requests, please feel free to make them."

"Master Tianhe!"

Upon hearing this, Li Daoyang fell silent.

Ancestor Tianhe was his master, ranking among the twenty-fourth ancestor, with a mid-level sixth-rank cultivation. He was not far from the upper level and could make a breakthrough within a hundred years.

Gu Qing's words were so blunt that the target of the enforcement was undoubtedly the Bai family of Cangshan. Only a family of that size would require the involvement of the Enforcement Hall.

Just like the punishment of the Qihuang Cao clan three hundred years ago, except for those who were lucky enough to go out, almost all of them were wiped out in their clan territory.

"I need to think about it carefully."

“Alright, I will wait for Fellow Daoist Li’s message until the celebration ends.”

"Whether we respond or not, the Hall of Law Enforcement cannot remain uninvolved."

After Gu Qing finished speaking, he stood up and took his leave.

Li Daoyang saw him off, then immediately turned around and visited the Lord of the Law Enforcement Hall.

The Enforcement Hall wields considerable power.

Therefore, in terms of cultivation, both the Palace Master and the Deputy Palace Master are at the peak of the seventh rank, with the potential to reach the sixth rank.

Compared to the likes of Lian Chutiangong, they have a greater probability of successfully breaking through.

But the greater the power, the more people will covet it.

This position has never been handed over normally; it is mostly arranged by some patriarch to parachute in and take over the power.

Therefore, it is unlikely that Li Daoyang, the deputy hall master, will inherit the position of hall master.

In this respect, he actually needs credit more than Zhao Yin.

Of course, if he could break through to the sixth rank, he could skip this stage directly. But he knows his own situation; he hasn't cultivated his essence, energy, and spirit to their limit yet, let alone break through to the sixth rank and condense a minor Dao Fruit. He hasn't even touched the threshold.

It will take at least two or three hundred years, and the position of the Law Enforcement Hall Master is very important to him and the Li family of Nanli.

The current head of the Law Enforcement Hall is related to him by marriage. If he decides to join Gu Qing's team, he should bring that side along as well.

This matter will not be discussed for now.

After returning to Huosang Mountain, Gu Qing spent his days discussing Dao with three high-ranking immortals: Lei Jiulou on thunder magic and Sun Yunshu on fire magic.

Both sides benefited greatly.

Both Yan Jun's Secret Manual and the Nine Absolute Thunder Techniques have made great progress. Gu Qing actually has some longing for the Divine Firmament Thunder, and Lei Jiulou also has some longing for his Nine Absolute Thunder Techniques.

Unfortunately, the other party's lightning techniques could not be passed on to outsiders, so the items they exchanged were relatively superficial. They only promised to exchange them with Gu Qing in the future when they obtained more profound lightning techniques.

Even so, Gu Qing's progress was extremely fast. With the Bodhi Leaf, a treasure that temporarily enhances comprehension, Gu Qing had never felt so intelligent before.

The conversation with Sun Yunshu went relatively smoothly. The methods of Flaming Mountain mainly revolve around strange fire, and apart from the Refining Spirit Method, there's nothing that can't be said.

Gu Qing possessed a brand-new strange fire called the Ten Thousand Serpents Poison Flame, and after being taught by Sun Yunshu, its effects were very noticeable.

Previously, one relied on physical constitution and spiritual awareness to manipulate flames.

Now that magic power has been added, the effect is even better, with the power of fire magic increasing by about 30%, which is no small amount.

It could completely crush the version of myself at the very beginning of the competition.

Furthermore, the greatest benefit from discussing Dao with Sun Yunshu was actually in terms of the fire Dao spirit body.

Flaming Mountain is primarily for cultivating the divine and qi paths.

However, in the Four Nine Immortal Paths, essence, energy, and spirit are all indispensable. The physical body corresponding to the essence path is replaced by the fire path spiritual body.

Innate Fire Spirit Body, Fire Spirit Treasure Body, Thousand Flame Profound Body, Fire Ancestor Dao Body.

Four levels.

These correspond to the ranks of 9, 8, 7, 6, and 5 respectively.

Its strength is actually not weak.

Gu Qing's physique is the Fire Spirit Treasure Body, and he is in the process of transforming into the Thousand Flame Profound Body. He is about 33% complete, which is still the growth brought about by completely absorbing the Burning Gold Fire.

Sun Yunshu taught him a secret technique for cultivating a fire spirit physique.

It requires the collection of fire essence to slowly nurture it, and it will be very effective in a hundred or eighty years. It may seem slow, but it is actually the normal state of a righteous and orthodox method.

It is called the "Fire Essence Refining True Technique".

Gu Qing can further deduce and advance later. It is best to cultivate this technique in the underground lava river, where the fire element spiritual energy is inexhaustible. It is easy to damage the spiritual vein foundation by refining fire essence in the Fire Mulberry Mountain.

In exchange, Gu Qing also taught her a few unique fire techniques, such as some of the secret techniques for transforming into a fire dragon.

Of the three cultivators from the immortal sect, Xu Qingning was somewhat baffled, and they gained the least from communicating with her.

It always feels weird.

This kind of life lasted for nearly three months, until it reached a point where there was nothing left to discuss, and the Ascension Ceremony finally came to an end.

Jiang Xi'er lived up to expectations and won first place in the alchemy competition.

She came specifically to thank Gu Qing and brought more Desolate Blood Sacred Medicine. Gu Qing's portion had already been refined, so she made up some for herself as a thank-you gift.

As for Shenxiao Leijun and the others, they will stay in Baiyue Mountain for another year and a half.

Only the top local forces gradually left the mountain gate.

Also on this day.

Gu Qing ascended to the Hall of Law Enforcement and presented numerous pieces of evidence from the recording stone. One was to accuse the two dead men, Situ Hua and Bai Ji, of secretly attacking him but being killed in retaliation, and demand that the Situ family pay him 50,000 spirit stones in compensation.

Secondly, we accuse the Bai family of Cangshan of privately practicing evil arts and smuggling human-nourishing pills with demons, a crime that is unforgivable. We recommend that their property be confiscated and their entire clan exterminated.

Thirdly, we must report the Bai family of Cangshan Mountain for transferring resources worth over 800,000 spirit stones to the Demon Realm over the past thirty years, which they have illegally sold to the Demon Realm and colluded with the Demon Clan. This is an outrage against Heaven and Earth, and we recommend that the entire family be executed.

Gu Qing makes his move!

(End of this chapter)