Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 212 Severing worldly ties, killing enemies, and reducing their bones to ashes!
Lying is a skill; a level of truthfulness where nine parts are true and one part is falsehood is considered the ultimate state of being, capable of deceiving the vast majority of people.

The abbot of Huilong Temple took advantage of Gu Qing's kindness.

And it was only by chance that the mystery of the unborn child was revealed that he hesitated.

Based on current information, the content regarding ancient history appears to be accurate.

The problem lies in the information about the Jinyun clan; they must have deceived him. Their purpose was simple: to use the Phoenix Blood Pool as bait and evidence to lure Gu Qing into the underground palace.

Let this gluttonous Taoist solve Gu Qing's problem.

The plan wasn't particularly clever, but it was the only way to solve the problem; the Taoist priest seemed unable to leave the vicinity of the Phoenix Blood Pool.

The other party took the initiative, so Gu Qing was no longer in a hurry.

These people who orchestrate things behind the scenes all share a common characteristic: they reveal their plans and conspiracies to the dying, thus satisfying their perverse desires.

"So, you are Jin Yunlan, and the one who was executed is Jin Yunchang?"

Gu Qing narrowed his eyes slightly. The corpse in the Taotie Tomb must have been Jin Yunchang's; there had been many problems between them.

Upon hearing the name Jinyun Chang...

Taotie Daoist was indeed furious.

"Don't mention that name to me. When the plan was about to succeed, this fiend betrayed me, taking half of the Taotie's corpse with him and fleeing, which forced me to be forced to abdicate by those old bastards."

Half a corpse?

No, Gu Qing was certain that what he saw when he first entered the Taotie tomb was definitely a complete skeleton, otherwise a complete Taotie head would not have been formed.

The "half" here likely refers to the difference between the body and the soul.

"I hate that I trusted the bond of blood back then. This bastard has been slow to contact me after his defection. Otherwise, he would have been among the bones in this pool."

Upon hearing this, Gu Qing felt a chill run down her spine.

After the blood was drained, a pool full of white bones was revealed. Judging from the size of the bones, there were at least tens of thousands of people. It's not hard to guess who these dead people were.

"You slaughtered the entire bloodline of the Jinyun clan?"

"Was it you who killed the 16th generation Jinyun Patriarch a hundred years ago?"

"if not."

Taotie Daoist actually asked a question in return, then stood leisurely in mid-air, opened his arms and took a deep breath.

"Our branch has been protecting the Taotie from ancient times to the present, helping them complete their Nirvana. But what about them? Those elders, they just rely on their bloodline and age to act recklessly. What contributions have they made to the clan?"

"It's one thing to point fingers at me, but to demand that the land of Yan be given to mortals to rule? I merely comprehended the process of the Taotie's Nirvana and absorbed a little phoenix blood, yet you consider me guilty for affecting the process of Nirvana."

"If you insist on expelling me from the clan, then let's go all the way. I'm just a beast. If you want me to be revived and protect our clan, then let me do it."

"By devouring the gluttonous beast, we can steal the great evil's talent using our ancestors' weapon-forging techniques, seize the Dao of heaven and earth, and restore our ancestors' glory."

"Those who obstruct me will be killed without mercy!"

After speaking, he looked at Gu Qing with murderous intent.

"I can sense that you possess something closely related to the Taotie. What is it?"

Gu Qing sighed.

Taotie Daoist was very strong. In his lifetime, he definitely reached the sixth rank of strength, or even far exceeded it. Moreover, he mastered the other half of the great divine power of "Devouring Heaven and Earth", which is related to the Taotie Devouring Technique.

A little bit.

Whether it's the Taotie Taoist or the Master of the Returning Dragon Temple, they are both dead.

No matter how powerful one was in life, after death one must cultivate the path of the ghost and start all over again.

Gu Qing was unclear about the specifics of what was done to the Taotie's soul.

But his soul is plotting resurrection.

This can be seen from his use of the Phoenix Blood Pool, and it is even possible that he was limited by the instinct of the immortal artifact, and could not go too far away, etc.

As a seasoned weapon refiner, Gu Qing's understanding of artifacts far surpasses that of ordinary people, so it's not surprising that he was able to make this judgment.

The reason why the other party could act indistinguishably from a living person was...

It was precisely because of the Gluttonous Devouring Technique that it absorbed a large amount of energy in a short period of time, allowing it to reach a pseudo-sixth-grade state.

"Without the Taotie Refining Technique, this move is simply courting death."

"It's shameless to talk big."

Taotie Daoist swooped down toward Gu Qing, the stone gate behind him already closed, turning the underground palace into a deathmatch arena with no way out, thus gaining the home-field advantage.

In a head-on confrontation, Gu Qing's chances of winning are slim. Even if he is a genius, he cannot defeat a mid-third-grade cultivator, even if the cultivator is a pseudo-third-grade cultivator, with only the lower third-grade realm.

This vast difference in realms is not something that even the most talented or powerful individuals can overcome. But he has some unusual tricks up his sleeve.

With a thought, the head of the Taotie emerged from between his eyebrows. As soon as it appeared, the spirituality born from the spiritual veins absorbed by the innate weapon-refining method revealed great malice towards the Taotie Daoist.

It's an instinct that remains in the physical body, an instinct to merge with the soul!
The invisible roar of the beast echoed, and Taotie Daoist's forward momentum halted. His skin swelled up strangely, as if a strange beast was trapped beneath his body, struggling.

It is the soul of Taotie.

He could use the methods of the Jinyun Artifact Ancestor to borrow a chicken to lay an egg and master the Taotie Devouring Technique, but he could not completely refine it and could not complete the integration of body and spirit.

The path taken therefore leaves flaws.

This is also a flaw and defect that will always be left behind when one uses external forces to improve one's cultivation.

After unleashing the Taotie head, the fierce instinct became the main force restraining the Taotie Taoist, allowing Gu Qing and him to stand at the starting line again.

call out---

Black and red light, along with golden lightning that was extremely harmful to ghosts, fiercely lashed out at the Abbot of Huilong Temple.

This guy didn't expect this kind of turn of events to happen either.

His own strength was already lacking, and his mind was drawn to his father. Under the sneak attack, he only had time to let out a wail.

"No!"

Completely gone.

With his enemy slain, Gu Qingfei stepped forward, grasped the twin swords that had flown back, and slashed at the Gluttonous Taoist.

The surging sword light obliterated everything, and even space itself trembled.

After a deafening explosion, Jin Yunlan, his skin covered in blood and covered in strange scales, roared and charged forward again.

After years of refinement, this body is no less powerful than Gu Qing's.

It's even much stronger.

Gu Qing, however, used a head-on approach to constantly provoke Jin Yunlan into unleashing even greater power.

"Come again."

"Come!"

"You piece of trash, fuck your mother!"

"Scum like you deserves to be bullied by the elders. Are you angry? Come and hit me."

Gu Qing continued spouting trash talk, while the Taotie Daoist's body grew larger and larger, having already departed from human form and was transforming into a beast. The more this transformation occurred, the stronger his power became, but it also meant that he was being assimilated by the Taotie's Dao.

It can't even maintain its original form and is about to turn into a gluttonous beast.

Boom!
Gu Qing was sent flying backward, his body tattered and embedded in the stone wall, unable to get up for a while.

The trauma I suffered was not much better than what the other person experienced.

But the smile on his face became more and more obvious.

"The Crimson Sun God and Demon Diagram, the Great Sun Divine Halberd!"

At the critical moment, Gu Qing's previously concealed divine power erupted, and the golden divine halberd, radiating the brilliance of the sun, suddenly pierced into the mind of the Taotie Daoist.

This powerful blow was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Unable to suppress the ferocity of the Taotie soul any longer, it completely mutated into a Taotie.

Also at this time.

Flesh and blood shattered and dissolved, and the jade-like bones turned into scattered dust. Gu Qing could vaguely see the departing figures of the Jinyun clan.

This skeletal body was clearly forged from the flesh of someone with the bloodline of Jinyun; how cruel!

It's more accurate to say that Gu Qing won this battle than that the opponent committed suicide.

He perished in madness; all he did was add the final straw that broke the camel's back—disgraceful, but wise.

After a while.

Gu Qing struggled to his feet and just then saw a remnant soul of a Taotie fly out of the ashes and merge into the Taotie's head without hesitation.

This artifact has returned.

Instead of returning to Gu Qing's Niwan Palace as usual, it released immense power and merged with his skull.

The power of the Great Dao is manifested.

That legendary great supernatural power is being rapidly completed!
(End of this chapter)