Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 35 A Few Things About Blacksmithing, May You Live to 210!

In the blink of an eye, two months have passed since our casual chat at Qingxin Teahouse.

The order from Baiyue Mountain was to refine a special magical artifact called the Evil-Repelling Pearl, which required the use of Evil-Repelling Artifact Patterns, and Gu Qing happened to know how to use these patterns.

It was just a small thing; I gained some connections.

Currently, the number of Qi Dao points has accumulated to 800.

Gu Qing was most concerned about his own lifespan.

The current lifespan column shows 164 years, while the 800 weapon points represent his total earnings over four months, which translates to 66 years of lifespan!

Add one year to 12 points.

As Gu Qing accumulated more and more essence over the decades, he felt his body becoming stronger and more vibrant.

After adding 46 years, the "+" sign after "lifespan" disappeared, and it became the lifespan limit of 210 years!

Gu Qing

Age: 21, Lifespan: 210

[Realm: Ninth Grade, Ultimate Level - Innate Breathing]

[Technique: Five Qi Profound Origin Technique - Fourth Level+]

[Secondary Study: Morning Glow Purple Aura Strategy - Level 3+]

[Refining the Spirit: Fire Virtue Visualization Diagram - Level 2+]

[Martial Arts Skill: Hidden Blade (Perfect)+]

[Skills: Metal and Stone Weaponry - Hundred Refinements Technique (Perfected), Fire Refinement Technique (Mastered), Blood and Bone Weaponry - Evil Refinement Technique (Basic)]

[Items: Corrupted Blood Hidden Arrow (Five-Patterned Magic Weapon), Star and Moon Twin Swords (Five-Refined Weapon Embryo), Explosive Iron Gallbladder x10 (Five-Refined Weapon Embryo)]

[Tool point: 246]

"Two hundred and ten years!"

"The Grandmaster realm known to the world is the Innate Breathing stage, which has a lifespan of 180 years. I actually have half a Jiazi longer."

Thirty years doesn't seem like much.

How many grandmasters could possibly live to be 180 years old? Only those with exceptional health maintenance skills, who rarely engage in violent or aggressive behavior, have no hidden ailments, and possess sufficiently stable emotions could reach that number.

Anyone who has suffered hidden injuries could not possibly reach the number 180 years.

Therefore, the lifespan of a Grandmaster is basically limited to around 150 years old, and Gu Qing's lifespan is the limit under the rules of Heaven.

"In that case, all the hard work of the past four months has not been in vain."

In the art of weapon crafting, Gu Qing also mastered the Fire Refining Technique, reaching a high level of proficiency and mastering the use of the weapon crafting furnace.

The difference between a weapon-refining furnace and an alchemy furnace is that the weapon-refining furnace is fixed and connected to the underground fire vein. It can be activated by breathing or spiritual power, and can use the temperature of the earth fire to melt spiritual materials and metals with extremely high strength!
It can greatly accelerate the process and improve the perfection of the fusion of metal and stone.

The most difficult technique to master is fire control. It is already difficult for ordinary cultivators to control earth fire with spiritual power, but it is even more difficult for Gu Qing to control it with the power of fetal breathing.

But he had divine assistance.

This thing is like a perfect assistant, allowing him to observe the subtle details of things.

Whether it's refining weapons or alchemy, having divine sense to assist in the early stages makes things much simpler.

This piqued Gu Qing's curiosity.

Martial arts cultivation helps one break through the Heavenly Gate and Divine Palace, so those who successfully break through to the eighth rank must have reached great success or perfection.

However, Yan Lin had no divine sense and did not discover the evil alchemy method in the tomb of the strange beast.

This demonstrates that the "Fire Virtue Visualization Method" is extremely unique.

We must visit that library to find out the origin of this method.

Now that the Great Cycle of Heaven is about to begin, my lifespan has been fully extended, and I have accumulated 36 Fetal Breathing Pills, it's time to shift my focus to cultivation. I can put aside weapon crafting for a while and just complete the tasks assigned by the Weapon Crafting Pavilion.

As for the magical artifacts he used, the Corrupted Blood Sleeve Arrow was proof of Gu Qing's skill in weapon crafting.

It has already been upgraded to a five-patterned magic weapon, which is the limit of a low-grade magic weapon.

It was originally intended as a trump card for those seeking to harm others. For the added runes, Gu Qing used items from evil alchemy techniques.

The four types of poisons, namely [Corrosive Poison], [Blood Poison], [Nail Head], and [Shadow Arrow], are combined with the initial [Sharpness] to form a five-patterned magical artifact.

The two types of toxic artifact patterns are combined with the toxicity of the corrosive iron itself.

[Nail] can make arrows curve, hitting the target's head in an unorthodox way.

【Shadow Arrow】As the name suggests, the arrow flies without a shadow, is difficult to see with the naked eye, and also has the effect of silencing.

The connections between the five types of patterns are rather weak, and can only be considered as barely cast. The potential has been exhausted, and there is no further potential for improvement except for recasting.

As for the Star Moon Twin Swords and the Exploding Iron Gallbladder, Gu Qing is still working on the weapon patterns of the three elements of wind, fire, and thunder, planning to forge them into mid-grade magic weapons once he breaks through to the eighth-grade true cultivation realm.

It's perfectly normal for a weapon refiner to have a lot of magical artifacts on hand.

After making the decision.

What followed was a period of arduous cultivation. His cultivation improved daily, and his innate embryonic breathing accumulated more and more, bringing him not far from the point of completing the 360-cycle major circulation.

Especially after he devoted more time to spiritual practice.

It's so fast it's like taking off.

Ten days at most is enough!
a few days later.

When Zhao Yuyang and the others returned, they chatted with Gu Qing and talked about the senior brothers who had advanced at Life and Death Peak. This time, one of them, named Sun Yueru, was successful.

It is said that a grand banquet will be held to entertain friends and guests.

"The Sun family, the one in the Imperial Guard?"

"Yes, she is the beloved daughter of the Commander of the Golden Guard. She is the third child in her family and seven or eight years older than us. Her breakthrough at this time can be considered a genius achievement."

"Yuyang, you were invited too?"

"This……"

Zhao Yuyang paused for a moment, then said dejectedly.

"The Zhao family has offended the royal family. They are not making things difficult for us because of that person in Baiyue Mountain."

"I see."

In fact, at the Sword Forging Manor, Zhao Yuyang and his two companions, as well as Gu Qing, were just like Gu and Senior Brother Li, ostracized by the Yan Kingdom's social circle and completely invisible.

Those aristocratic families have been operating in this circle for hundreds of years; how could they be easily integrated into?

Gu Qing was curious because Zhao Yuyang was not a fool.

Why would I care about this Senior Sister Sun?

He quickly explained.

"Manager Yan of the Merit Hall told me that Sun Yueru is different from other true cultivators. Her ambition is to strengthen the Sun family and wants to break away from the royal family of Yan. Therefore, she is likely to stay in the Sword Casting Manor."

"This means we need to find a position at the resort."

"Refining weapons and alchemy are lucrative positions, and the manor lord holds them tightly; they are not vacant."

"Therefore, he is very likely to serve as the warehouse manager of the Great Snow Mountain, which is neither the best nor the worst position, and the royal family is happy to lend him a hand."

"I see."

Zhao Yuyang, Zhao Yushan, and Zhao Danya got their positions as warehouse managers through connections, which were quite vacant.

The appointment of a new official is itself a reshuffling of power.

Given their relationship, they were likely to be removed from the list, which would significantly reduce their cultivation efficiency. Since this concerned their own path to enlightenment, Zhao Yuyang took the initiative to seek out Gu Qing, hoping to find a solution.

In fact, after spending four months in the warehouse management position and practicing diligently all day long, the three of them accumulated innate fetal breathing quite quickly, at least fifty strands.

If this continues, it will take a little over three years to form a complete cycle of Qi circulation. After another two years of forging an innate body, the cultivation of the Grandmaster realm will be basically completed.

It took exactly five years to reach the average.

(End of this chapter)