Longevity: Starting from Refining Gu

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Ji Dang first met Zhou Li on a cold night.

Originally, Chen Qing only intended to learn about the origin of the Nine Dragon Map, but discovered Ji Dang in Zhou Li's memory and decided to take a look.

Amid the drifting snow, Zhou Li, heavily wounded while being pursued by the Jiguang Sect, fell into a ruined temple.

It was just an ordinary girl who saved Zhou Li, a girl who lived by begging.

To save Zhou Li, the girl exhausted every method she could think of.

Zhou Li watched silently, healing himself in the meantime.

In fact, these mortal medicines had no effect on him.

But there was no denying that if it weren't for the food the girl begged for, he might have starved to death.

Because a large number of the Jiguang Sect were searching for him, he couldn't show his face, and with his serious injuries, it was even more unsuitable.

The first words Zhou Li spoke upon waking in front of the girl were, "Why did you save me?"

The girl didn't mention being kindhearted and seeing him as pitiful but rather seriously analyzed, "You have severe injuries. To still be alive with such injuries, your skills must be excellent."

"Someone like you, after experiencing a life and death situation, may become weary of the fighting. If I persuade you well, perhaps you'd want to retire to the countryside with me."

"Then we would develop feelings over time, have a few children, you farm the land, and in leisure moments, teach the kids martial arts."

"I'll cook and make clothes, and we'll live a good life together."

"That way, I'll have someone to rely on, not having to beg daily to get by but instead live a good life."

Zhou Li said coldly, "Unfortunately, your plan has failed."

The girl, puzzled, asked, "Why?"

Zhou Li replied plainly, "Because I can live for five hundred years."

The girl immediately looked dispirited.

After speaking, Zhou Li left.

He dared not look back because he felt a slight stirring in his heart.

This was not right.

This harmed one's Dao heart.

Cultivators were said to enter this world naked, traverse it unclothed, and eventually, naked, to accompany cultivation.

Nothing else.

Unfortunately, a cultivator's heart was destined to be harder than iron, willing to sacrifice everything for cultivation.

When he first saw Ji Dang, he originally had no intention to follow him.

But Ji Dang took out a painting. In the painting, that girl was embroidering under his large mansion.

Zhou Li sat calmly in front of Ji Dang, "Is she at peace and joyful for a lifetime?"

Ji Dang responded indifferently, "As long as you wish."

Zhou Li clasped his hands, "Willing to follow the prince."

Just like that, nothing more.

Ji Dang helped Zhou Li fill the void in his heart. Thus, Zhou Li followed Ji Dang into the Death Realm to fight for him.

Chen Qing opened his eyes, his gaze falling on Zhou Li's head, "He was not a bad person."

Chen Qing quietly said the next words, "But he was an enemy."

Everyone has their own path in the martial world, and Zhou Li's encounters had nothing to do with Chen Qing, only life and death concerned him.

Chen Qing picked up the remaining special Gu from Zhou Li, looking at it closely.

[Spirit Magic Gu·Nine Heads]

Quality: First Transformation

Life Span: 1/120

Effect: Can control four Power Gu, forming a pattern behind.

Trait:

[God and Power Combined]: With every move, one can gather all their strength (no other Power Gu should exceed this Gu's power).

[Dragon Abyss Energy]: This Gu was nurtured by the Dragon Abyss King Gu, thus can control spirit class Power Gu. (Effect invalidated)

Growth Requirements: Dragon Tears

Growth Progress: 0/100

Promotion Requirements: One spiritual rhinoceros bone, nine Mortal class Power Gu, twelve strands of Dragon Energy

So Jiguang belonged to Dragon Abyss, but it was unknown why the King Gu Dragon Abyss was in the hands of the Great Yan family instead of the Dragon Palace.

The effect of God and Power Combined intrigued Chen Qing, but unfortunately, he owned the Dragon Elephant Gu and also had the Divine Power of Heaven and Earth. His innate strength was too great, surpassing what Nine Heads could control.

Even if he contracted it, it would be useless.

It would be better suited as a Lifebound Gu or the main type of cultivable Power Gu Worm.

He had no use for it.

Chen Qing picked up a jade bottle and asked, "Who slew him?"

Wei Qingchen stepped forward, "It was I who slew him!"

Chen Qing smiled as he tossed the jade bottle over, "I devoured his soul, and I already know the Promotion Map of this Gu. Take it and contract it. I'll teach you how to use it specifically."

Wei Qingchen was overjoyed, lacking just such a Gu Worm that could transform his power once again.

At his rank, as Chen Qing's trusted general, ordinary spirit Gu no longer mattered to him.

However, a Gu Worm like the Nine Dragon Map, born from a King Gu, was still very coveted.

"Thank you, Lord Wen!"

Chen Qing said, "This Nine Dragon Map was born from the Dragon Abyss King Gu. Now that Zhou Li has been slain by us, the King Gu Dragon Abyss's owner will surely know."

"Therefore, it will lose the King Gu's blessing and part of its power, but it will still be decent."

"Your martial arts realm is slightly higher than Zhou Li's, so perhaps in your hands, it can display even better effects."

Wei Qingchen still had some doubts, "But Lord Wen, since this Gu was born from the Great Yan Dragon Abyss, will the owner of the Dragon Abyss King Gu affect its ownership?"

Chen Qing understood this. Similar spirit Gu birthed from such King Gu were much stronger than ordinary spirit Gu. Some King Gu had methods to control spirit Gu.

"This Gu will not. You can use it without worry."

Hearing Chen Qing say that, Wei Qingchen finally felt completely at ease.

After Chen Qing finished, a mouthful of counter-blood from his throat couldn't be suppressed and came out in a cough.

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