Longevity: Starting from Refining Gu

As the recent upheaval subsided, the surrounding powers finally realized that Wuyou Mountain was not to be messed with and things have been much more peaceful lately.

Under Yu Qingshuang's guidance over the past few days, Chen Qing had become quite familiar with the use of the sword Gu.

In fact, before the sword Gu underwent Butterfly Transformation, the usage was pretty much the same; attaching Sword Qi to the sword body to enhance the power of swordsmanship.

According to Yu Qingshuang, after the sword Gu undergoes Butterfly Transformation, there could be two forms.

One is the Void Sword, which does not require a physical sword and can use Spiritual Energy to form a sword in hand to oppose the enemy.

The other is a flying sword, which can use Spiritual Energy to convert into Sword Qi and injure enemies at a distance.

In Chen Qing's imagination, isn't this akin to an enhanced Sword Qi attachment and a Sword Qi machine gun?

After sparring with Yu Qingshuang using the sword Gu,

Chen Qing deeply realized that using the sword Gu in combat was not quite suitable for him at the moment.

It was somewhat too dangerous.

Seeing Chen Qing's impatience, Yu Qingshuang said, "Let me teach you a simple method, which is the most practical for you now."

"Right now, just practice one sword move, master it first, then learn more swordsmanship."

"Anyway, with your current cultivation level, there's no way you can engage in long battles."

Chen Qing also thought this method was good, at least having one move to use against an enemy for now.

To master it would require years of practice, far better to perfect one sword move for self-defense first.

This sword move wasn't difficult; it was just a lunging step using all his strength, gathering it into one sword—Sword Qi attached to the blade—and striking from the upper left to the lower right.

Practiced continuously for three days, and the effect had immediately become apparent.

Previously, sparring with Yu Qingshuang had always been easy for her.

Now Chen Qing launched a forceful slash, forcing Yu Qingshuang back three steps.

Yu Qingshuang felt the tremor from the blade in her hand, "The core of this move is speed and ruthlessness, and you've grasped a few key points now."

"If your sword Gu was of much higher quality than mine, I wouldn't be able to block it at all."

Chen Qing understood these words; this was exactly the sword move he desired!

In any case, it wouldn't take too long for his sword Gu to undergo Butterfly Transformation, and using the Sword Butterfly's power to execute this move, no cultivator with only a Sword Gu would be able to resist it!

Pure brute force overcomes all techniques, unrestrained and dominant.

No matter how advanced your swordsmanship, if you can't take my one strike, then what's the point of fighting!

My senior sister understands me!

He simply loved the straightforward thrill of overpowering with sheer strength.

With this in mind, his progress in practicing swordsmanship accelerated, feeling each strike brought a new insight.

June first.

The sky over Feiyun Creek was always pitch black, shrouded by Demon Clouds.

Rain often fell from the sky here.

This was an outside world, a forbidden zone for humans.

But for the disciples of the Qinglian Sword Sect, they didn't think so; in their eyes, it was more like their own backyard.

In the drizzle, two Qinglian Sword Sect disciples, wearing rainproof cloaks, weaved through the forest, "Hey senior brother, is that information legit?"

"Of course. I spent three Spirit Stones to buy that info, how could it be fake?"

"The White Tiger, a naturally born spirit beast, really appear on the outskirts of Feiyun Creek?"

"Anyway, I have definitive info; that guy even left his own brother under my custody!"

They walked on the muddy path, cutting through the thorns ahead, and looked from afar at a giant banyan tree; under that banyan tree lay a majestic White Tiger.

"Senior brother, it's really there!"

"Keep your voice down so it doesn't get scared away!"

They bypassed the main road ahead, planning to flank from a path.

Just as they were rushing, suddenly a dull sound came from behind them.

When they turned their heads, they saw a fierce-looking woman in red arrive in an instant, hands turned into claws slamming down on them!

They activated their Protective Spirit Energy, trying to withstand the hit.

But their chests were bombarded with enormous force, and both were thrown three zhang away like rag dolls.

Hu Yao followed up and cleanly pierced their hearts with two claws.

Reaching out, she captured the two escaping sword Gu with Spiritual Energy in her hand.

She washed them clean in the nearby pond, then swallowed the two sword Gu and patted the nearby large tree.

"Come out and clean up."

The earth at the base of the tree lifted, and a half-man-high earth rat emerged, gesturing with its paws, "Two people, six Spirit Stones."

Hu Yao looked at the plump earth rat before her, stretched out her tongue, and licked her lips, "Seeing you makes me a little hungry."

The earth rat turned and burrowed into the ground, but emerged again in less than twenty breaths, holding a ten-pound earth rat in its hands.

"I caught you the fattest brother!"

Hu Yao stretched out her hand to receive the plump earth rat, threw down six middle-quality Spirit Stones, returned to the banyan tree, and mounted the White Tiger, "Let's go back, Xiao Wu."

The White Tiger stood up and let out a fierce roar, "Alright, sis!"

"Sis, why can't we go over there?"

"Over there is the human world."

"Can't we go to the human world?"

"They would ride you."

"But sis, you're riding me right now too!"

"..."

"Hiss, ouch, sis, I won't ask anymore."

...

Thunder Pure Land.

Giant black clouds, occasionally flashing with lightning, spiraled upwards, converging towards the center in the sky.

An endless tower stood towering in the center of the thunder cloud vortex.

Looking upward from the tower's edge, it was deep and unfathomable.

While gazing at the tower, one always felt as if it was sensing their existence with its entire being.

The starry sky trembled under the purple canopy as thunder fell.

Ruins and broken stairways converged into broken paths leading to the awe-inspiring tower.

Murong Lang stood on a floating fragment of a wall, gazing down, with not a single spot untouched by the black, glass-like ground.

The higher he climbed, the stronger the wind became; fortunately, he had the Wind Gu.

Not only was the wind no hindrance, but it even helped him ascend the tower.

As he climbed higher, more and more cultivators gathered around him.

Thousands of cultivators entered the tower one after another, and Murong Lang blended in and went inside.

Everyone wore silver-white robes because the Nine Tribulations True Monarch had proclaimed his love for silver-white colors.

Murong Lang found his position among the many cultivators, standing among them.

All the cultivators gathered on the first floor, standing in position.

At sunrise, an elderly man with white hair, hunched over and leaning on a peach wood staff, walked up to the high platform.

He raised his hands towards the mysterious paintings above, leading the chant, "The Nine Tribulations True Monarch saw the people suffer from monsters and demons, thus created Thunder Pure Land!"

The cultivators all raised their hands, following the chant, "The Nine Tribulations True Monarch saw the people suffer from monsters and demons, thus created Thunder Pure Land!"

The elder continued, "The Nine Tribulations True Monarch said: demons and monsters entering Thunder Pure Land shall all die!"

Murong Lang, amidst the crowd, also followed, "The Nine Tribulations True Monarch said: demons and monsters entering Thunder Pure Land shall all die!"

The elder let out a long call, "Thus, all demons and monsters, entering Thunder Pure Land, shall turn to dust!"

The crowd shouted in unison, "Thus, all demons and monsters, entering Thunder Pure Land, shall turn to dust!"

Once in awe of the Nine Tribulations True Monarch's great power, Murong Lang now had an odd thought rising in his mind.

He wondered whether Senior Taichu or the Nine Tribulations True Monarch was more powerful.

After all, even when the Nine Tribulations True Monarch manifested, it never revealed how to advance Gu.

Feeling the Thunder Butterfly within him, it had already reached the Sixth Transformation.