Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 43 Innate Fire Spirit Body

"After nearly two months, we've finally reached the last step."

Xiantian Academy.

Another room.

At this moment, Gu Qing was sitting cross-legged on a futon. The fire elemental energy around him was extremely dense, almost materializing into crimson flames that surrounded him.

Each time a flower condenses, it enters his body.

Its bare upper body will simultaneously display a fire pattern, like the prayer text that appeared when shamans prayed to heaven in ancient times, representing the power of the fire element in the Five Elements.

Also known as the "Zhurong pattern".

It is the manifestation of the fire path. When the Zhurong pattern covers the upper body, making his skin look like magma, the temperature rises sharply and the air is constantly distorted.

At this moment, the explosiveness and warmth of flames simultaneously appeared in Gu Qing's senses.

It was both painful and comfortable.

It was as if months of painstaking effort had been condensed into a single, explosive moment.

He let out a muffled groan and suddenly stood up.

All the fire elemental energy flowed into his mouth and nose, like a vast ocean surging into a deep pool.

Thus, the body-casting stage is considered passed.

As the Zhu Rong pattern on his body gradually disappeared, Gu Qing felt much lighter, and his vision changed. As long as he focused his mind on perceiving the mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, forests, and even the sun, moon, and stars, they all exuded a faint spiritual energy.

In particular, a portal appeared in the area three inches outside the chest, which was not inside the body but outside the surface, yet belonged to him.

This portal is the channel through which he can absorb and refine spiritual energy.

It's a pity it's not open yet.

Gu Qing understood immediately.

"This is the Heavenly Gate Divine Palace?"

At first, he thought it would be near his forehead or between his eyebrows, but who would have thought that this gateway to longevity would appear near his chest.

The Heavenly Gate is the gateway to immortality, and spiritual energy is the power that leads to immortality.

The ninth level of foundation building involves four steps to transcend the mortal realm: nourishing strength and strengthening bones, cleansing marrow and generating blood, building golden skin and jade meridians, and achieving innate fetal breathing.

It expands around the lower dantian of the human body, which is the place where essence is stored.

Now that the innate fetal breath has been exhausted, what remains is an infinite amount of life essence. The longer the remaining lifespan, the more abundant the life essence.

Next step.

Breaking through the Heavenly Gate's blockade, the spiritual energy from the outside world is drawn into the body. After being refined through cultivation techniques, the [Sea of ​​Qi] is opened in the dantian area of ​​the chest.

The essence surges upward, flowing from the lower dantian into the middle dantian, where it is combined with spiritual energy to become the spiritual power used by true cultivators!
The refinement of essence should be steady, not fast.

After all, refining too much can shorten one's lifespan. The cultivation of the Refining Essence into Qi realm mainly involves refining spiritual energy, and the mixing ratio varies depending on the cultivation method.

Taking the Five Qi Profound Origin Technique as an example, it involves refining twenty-five strands of spiritual energy with one strand of essence to obtain one strand of spiritual power.

This stage takes a very long time, and the vast majority of cultivators are at this stage. If they can obtain pills or spiritual items to replenish their essence, their speed can be increased considerably.

Similarly, pills that aid in absorbing and refining spiritual energy can also increase cultivation speed.

For Gu Qing, longevity is the concrete manifestation of whether one's vital essence is abundant.

He can refine the essence without any scruples.

It can be made up for afterwards by using the effect of transforming lifespan through the Dao Points, making it a veritable cheat code for cultivation.

"With the innate body already formed, it can directly sense the Heavenly Gate Divine Palace."

"I am not far from breaking through to the realm of true cultivation."

Gu Qing wasn't sure exactly how long it would take; the opportunity for a breakthrough was extremely mysterious and could come at any time.

Furthermore, the innate body he forged was influenced by the Refining Spirit Technique, making it unique.

In the aptitude assessment of the Martial Stele Scripture back then, his fire element talent was rated as lower Bing (丙). After being enhanced by the Fire Virtue Visualization Diagram, it has at least reached the upper Bing level.

The casting process has now unexpectedly resulted in the formation of the Zhurong pattern.

His talent in the fire element could be described as having a "natural fire spirit body," which was a significant leap, at least reaching the first rank. As for which of the three ranks—upper, middle, and lower—he couldn't quite say.

"A person with an innate fire spirit body is very beneficial for cultivating the way of fire."

"Now that I have a clear direction for my future cultivation, it's time to visit the library."

In terms of contribution points, he accumulated them for almost a year, and sometimes he would also gain some contribution points for those true cultivation artifacts.

There are currently 16 points.

I feel like I don't have enough points, so I'm going to accumulate until I reach 20 points before going, to round it up.

And so, feeling refreshed, I went out.

The Xiantian Academy was unusually lively today. Gu Qing pulled someone aside to ask and learned that this year's new disciples had arrived, while the outside world was experiencing heavy snow that had blocked the mountain pass.

In other words, he has been a disciple of the Sword Forging Manor for eight months. No wonder Zhao Yuyang and the others were not there; they had gone to pick up their little brother.

This made Gu Qing feel a little dazed; time had passed too quickly.

A year ago, Zhao Yuyang and others were at a higher level than him, but now he has sensed the Heavenly Gate Divine Palace and is only one step away from breaking through to the eighth-grade true cultivator.

Zhao Yuyang and the other two were still practicing innate embryonic breathing, striving to form a complete cycle of Qi circulation.

Even at the fastest possible time, it will still take two more years.

After all, they can only get one per month, while they can refine one every ten days, so three per month is the optimal configuration.

Gu Qing considered the remaining Fetal Breathing Pills in his hand. After completing the Body Forging process, these pills would no longer have any effect on him. He might as well give them to Zhao Yuyang and the other two as a favor.

His mindset and ascetic attitude make him a worthwhile investment. The two have a close relationship, and he also owes a debt of gratitude to the Zhao family for guiding him. It would be reasonable for him to lend a hand.

He handled Sun Yueru's matter very well some time ago.

Using their eloquence, they made a group of nobles who didn't want to leave their posts take the lead, thus suppressing the Sun family's desire to control the warehouse.

After her plan failed, and realizing that staying at the Sword Forging Manor would not enhance the family's prestige, Senior Sister Sun changed her mind and went to Baiyue Mountain to seek a solution.

In fact, Gu Qing felt that she was being too concerned about appearances.

As one's cultivation level increases, one's status naturally rises, and those around them will give them face, rather than relying on one's position to elevate one's status.

As a cultivator, she didn't understand the relationship between primary and secondary matters.

Now that they've gone to Baiyue Mountain, they've actually gotten back on the right track.

In that sense, Zhao Yuyang actually helped her.

With nothing else to do, Gu Qing took a stroll through the new disciples' courtyard to assess their abilities before heading to the main hall for transmitting the Dharma.

There is a lecture given by a master today.

Moreover, he is a true cultivator from Baiyue Mountain, and he is in charge of the reception position in Yanjing Prefecture. He has a powerful background and his cultivation level is the highest among all the immortal envoys.

It was quite a fortunate opportunity for such senior figures to give lectures to them.

Therefore, Gu Qing also rushed over.

He arrived quite early, but the main hall for transmitting the Dharma was already packed with people, with a dense crowd of heads, and many more standing outside the hall.

"With new disciples joining the fold and all the immortal envoys returning, it's truly a lively affair."

Gu Qing squeezed into the crowd and, through Liu Ziyi's connections, successfully got a front-row seat. During their conversation, they talked about weapon crafting.

"New varieties will be available in a few days, I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

"Hehe, I absolutely trust Brother Gu's words."

During this period, due to the body casting process, he had stopped refining weapons for a long time. However, he had recently comprehended a lot of weapon patterns, so he could create something new.

(End of this chapter)