My equipment is designed for cultivation; I started by slaughtering my way through a small world.

Chapter 141 Return and Alchemy

The seal broke on its own, why is that?

Watching the sealing patterns on the black box disintegrate into specks of light and disappear, I saw them vanish.

Gu Qing didn't know whether it was good or bad for a moment.

The spiritual sense opened the mysterious black box, revealing a token on the ground.

This token is neither gold nor jade, but its color is like black jade.

The front is engraved with the two characters "长生" (longevity).

The back is engraved with the two characters "仙法" (Immortal Techniques).

"Immortality, the art of immortality."

Upon seeing those two words, Gu Qing felt a chill run down her spine.

Immortality is easy to understand.

Since this item was obtained from the forbidden area of ​​the Four Great Sword Sects, it is probably related to the Longevity Sword Lord.

As for the words "immortal techniques".

It's hard to guess; it could refer to some powerful immortal lineage, or it could be the name of some force.

"Elder Gu!!"

As Gu Qing examined the mysterious token, Elder Hao Yan, who was leading the Crimson Emperor Sword Sect, walked over and called out with a forced smile.

"Um?!"

Gu Qing looked up, puzzled.

What happened?

Do I owe him spirit stones?

Although I really didn't want to talk to this person, he was, after all, a Golden Core cultivator.

Even if you don't respect someone's character, you should at least respect their abilities. Taking a deep breath, Gu Qing calmly asked, "What brings you here, Master Hao?"

Seeing Gu Qing's confused look, Hao Yan's anger surged instantly.

He pointed at the six Ji brothers and other disciples of the Crimson Emperor Sword Sect, his face flushed with anger, and said, "Elder Gu, as an elder of the Azure Emperor Sword Sect, why did you steal the spiritual herbs gathered by more than a dozen of my disciples?"

"This kind of bullying of the weak by the strong is truly despicable."

As soon as Hao Yan finished speaking, most of the disciples from the other three sects, except for the disciples of the Azure Emperor Sword Sect, stared at Gu Qing in shock.

Even Dugu Mingyue, who was hidden among the disciples of the Crimson Emperor Sword Sect, stared at Gu Qing with her phoenix eyes.

There was something unreadable in her eyes.

Upon hearing this, Gu Qing breathed a sigh of relief; so that's what it was about.

Seeing Hao Yan's angry face, Gu Qing smiled and said, "How dare you slander others for no reason, Master Hao?"

"When have I ever bullied someone who is weak?"

"Master Hao, look carefully, I am at the Qi Refining Realm."

"How can you say I'm bullying the weak?"

Gu Qing wore a gentle smile.

Gu Qing still remembered that before the forbidden area opened, this Master Hao had hypocritically advised him not to participate in the forbidden area trial, lest he perish there.

"You're an elder of the Azure Emperor Sword Sect!"

"Is this what they call bullying the weak?"

Hao Yan was very unwilling and emphasized Gu Qing's identity again.

"I am at the Qi Refining Realm cultivation level."

Gu Qing continued to smile as she watched Hao Yan break down.

"You, you—you're a Rank 3, Rank 3 Spirit Pattern Grand Alchemist, where's your pride?"

"How can you lower yourself to the level of an ordinary disciple?"

"I am at the Qi Refining Realm cultivation level."

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Many of those present suppressed a laugh as they listened to the conversation between the two.

Even Dugu Mingyue's eyes widened, seemingly surprised that Gu Qing had such a side to her, acting like a stubborn mule and infuriating Hao Yan.

"Hahaha!!"

The disciples of the four sects dared not laugh.

Li Daoyi of the White Emperor Sword Sect was not included in this list.

Seeing Hao Yan's discomfiture, he laughed heartily.

"Elder Li, what are you laughing at?"

Hao Yan glared at him, somewhat annoyed.

Li Daoyi wasn't afraid of the other party at all, and instead teased, "I'm thinking of something happy."

"What's making you happy?"

Hao Yan glared at the other person.

"Our White Emperor Sword Sect disciples have gathered many spiritual herbs; the harvest is quite good."

"hateful----"

Looking at Gu Qing and Li Daoyi, Hao Yan immediately understood that Li Daoyi had just been mocking him.

but.

Before Hao Yan could continue venting his anger, Master Xu Gui of the Black Emperor Sword Sect interrupted the three of them, saying, "The forbidden area passage has been closed."

"This trial has ended. Next, each sect will refine Foundation Establishment Pills, which will greatly increase the strength of the sects."

"It's time to unite against external threats, instead of bullying each other internally."

"Close the restricted area, everyone go home!"

Li Dao nodded, not forgetting to tease Hao Yan, "Fellow Daoist Xu is right, unlike some people who don't know what's important."

"you----"

Before Hao Yan could retaliate, Li Daoyi flew towards the forbidden altar.

The same applies to the other two.

After a while.

The four special flying swords that opened the forbidden area were retrieved by the people of the four sects.

The cultivators from the four sects returned to the Four Great Sword Sects aboard their respective flying magical artifacts.

Two days later.

The Azure Emperor Sword Sect's flying artifact, the "Soaring Cloud Crossing," was parked at the entrance of the mountain gate.

They haven't disembarked from the spaceship yet.

From afar, one could see Sect Master Su Changge and a large number of sect disciples arriving at the entrance to welcome the group participating in the forbidden area trial.

"Junior Sister Jian, Elder Gu."

"Thanks for your hard work!"

Upon seeing the disciples return, Su Changge personally went forward to greet the two.

The seventy-odd people who returned from this forbidden area trial were the ones with the lowest mortality rate in the recent forbidden area trials.

Su Changge was very pleased.

"You're too kind, senior brother."

"The main reason is that my disciples are very promising."

"Okay, very good."

"Everyone did a great job. Next, let's go back to the mountain and refine the Foundation Establishment Pills."

Return to the sect.

The disciples who participated in the forbidden area trial came to the Pill Pavilion and contributed the spiritual herbs they had collected in the forbidden area. The quantity and quality of the spiritual herbs were converted into contribution points for herb collection.

After a sect refines a Foundation Establishment Pill, disciples participating in the forbidden area trial can exchange their contribution points for a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Disciples who make significant contributions can even exchange them for many Foundation Establishment Pills.

If there is only one Foundation Establishment Pill, the Foundation Establishment may fail.

With a few Foundation Building Pills, you can try to repeat the Foundation Building process.

The steward in charge of registering spiritual herbs at the Dan Pavilion waited for his disciples to arrive, holding paper and pen.

"Zhu Ming, one thousand-year-old golden ginseng, five rhinoceros grass, two snake-coated fruit — 537 points of herb gathering contribution."

The first disciple to register contributed a thousand-year-old spiritual herb and more than a dozen auxiliary herbs, making it a great start.

"Five hundred and thirty-seven o'clock!!"

"hiss."

"Senior Brother Zhu Ming can exchange for two Foundation Establishment Pills. Senior Brother Zhu's Foundation Establishment is now secure."

"Yes, I wonder if Senior Brother Zhu Ming has any Foundation Establishment Pills left. I can buy them with spirit stones."

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Many disciples who had not contributed enough looked at Zhu Ming with envy.

"Liu Zhihao, eleven Spirit-Guiding Thousand-Machine Grasses, one Dao Seed Robe, totaling one hundred and twenty-six points of herb gathering contribution."

"Yang Tao————"

"Yellow hat————"

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After the first disciple, the spiritual medicines contributed by the other disciples were not very good, and most of them were auxiliary medicines.

Very few people contributed the main ingredient of the Foundation Building Pill.

Only a minority of elite disciples are able to operate in the area inhabited by exotic beasts at the Foundation Establishment stage.

soon.

Disciples lined up to register.

When Gu Qing arrived in front of the deacon in charge of registration, the Foundation Establishment Realm deacon was slightly taken aback.

"Elder Gu!"

"Why are you in line too? If I had known you were in the line, I would have insisted on letting you go first—"

As an elder of the sect, Gu Qing was in charge of the Pill Pavilion and the Rejuvenation Hall, and was this steward's superior.

Gu Qing waved his hand, interrupting, "I participated in the forbidden area trial with the other disciples. Everyone is contributing to the sect, regardless of rank or status."

"Since the other disciples are queuing up, I naturally can't give them special privileges."

Register now!

"Yes."

"The elder is right."

Upon hearing this, the steward felt a chill run down his spine and quickly echoed Gu Qing's words.

However, when Gu Qing took out the spiritual medicine from his storage ring, the steward was instantly dumbfounded.

Others collect medicinal herbs by the plant, but Gu Qing collects them by the pile.

Not only are there tons of auxiliary drugs.

Even the main medicines were piled up in heaps.

With trembling hands, the deacon approached the table and examined each plant one by one.

"Elder Gu, thirteen thousand-year-old Vermilion Fruits, eight thousand-year-old Earth Fire Lingzhi Mushrooms, three thousand-year-old Thick Earth Ginseng Mushrooms, and a thousand-year-old Earth Elemental Fruit—"

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"A total of 14,376 points were contributed from herb gathering."

As soon as the steward finished speaking, the entire Dan Pavilion hall fell into complete silence; you could hear a pin drop.

Everyone stared wide-eyed at the medicinal herbs on the table in front of the deacon.

"How many points?"

"Is this something a human being would do?"

"14,376 herb gathering contribution points, is that true?"

"Am I under some kind of illusion? Brother Luo, hurry up and slap me!"

"Snapped!"

After a while.

The entire Dan Pavilion hall instantly erupted in discussion.

Many people rubbed their eyes and looked again and again.

14,376 points of herb gathering contribution.

According to the sect's rules, 200 points of herb gathering contribution can be exchanged for a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Gu Qing's contribution points could actually be exchanged for 71 Foundation Establishment Pills.

Elder Gu is terrifyingly powerful!

"quiet-

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The Foundation Establishment deacon in charge of registering spiritual herbs looked at the noisy hall and immediately reprimanded him.

"Elder Gu is powerful enough to defeat a Foundation Establishment cultivator."

"With Elder Gu's strength, it's perfectly normal for him to be able to gather so many spiritual herbs."

"Why are you making such a fuss!"

"You Qi Refining Realm disciples are truly fortunate to be able to participate in the forbidden area trial alongside Elder Gu."

"According to the sect's rules, any Foundation Establishment Pills that you can't use yourself, you can sell to fellow cultivators in the same sect."

"The spiritual herbs collected during this forbidden area trial can be used to refine sixty or seventy more Foundation Establishment Pills."

"As long as you have spirit stones, there's a high probability that all of you disciples will successfully establish your foundation."

As soon as the deacon finished speaking, many disciples reacted instantly.

The gazes of the crowd towards Gu Qing instantly shifted from shock to admiration, flattery, and fawning.

The myriad aspects of human life are too numerous to describe.

Even cultivators are human.

Gu Qing's control over the distribution of sixty or seventy Foundation Establishment Pills instantly transformed into an invisible form of power.

Half an hour later.

The registration for the forbidden area's medicinal herb trial concluded, and the disciples dispersed.

The fact that Gu Qing alone possessed over ten thousand herb-gathering contribution points seemed to have grown wings.

Before nightfall, the news spread throughout the entire Azure Emperor Sword Sect.

Many disciples stuck in the Qi Refining Realm began to sell everything they owned to raise spirit stones.

He was preparing to buy a Foundation Establishment Pill from Gu Qing.

In the past.

The spiritual herbs collected during the forbidden area trials, after being used to refine Foundation Establishment Pills, will not yield many Foundation Establishment Pills beyond what is needed for this year's trial disciples.

This trial has gathered so many medicinal herbs.

This may be their only chance to build a foundation in their lifetime.

In the main hall of the Azure Emperor Sword Sect, a steward approached Sect Master Su Changge and immediately greeted him respectfully, "Sect Master!"

"Elder Gu has the authority to exchange sixty or seventy Foundation Establishment Pills this time."

"What do you think? How about we redistribute these Foundation Establishment Pills?"

"Many disciples of sects have contributed to their sects for over a decade; even if they haven't achieved great things, they have certainly worked hard."

Su Changge glanced at the man, whose face showed no joy or delight, and said indifferently, "Could it be that such good results in this forbidden area trial were due to the efforts of others?"

"Since Elder Gu has brought back so many spiritual herbs, he should be given a corresponding reward."

"Otherwise, will any disciples still risk their lives in the next forbidden area trial?"

"You guys!"

"Don't be envious of Elder Gu. Those sixty or seventy Foundation Establishment Pills are just meat that's already been used on the disciples of our Azure Emperor Sword Sect."

"As for Gu Qing earning spirit stones, that's Elder Gu's skill."

"You're all so envious. Just think about how to take back the spirit stone mine at Golden Rooster Ridge."

"At that time!"

"Ten thousand, twenty thousand, or even thirty thousand spirit stones, take them all."

"Step down!"

Su Changge waved his hand.

If a sect wants to rise to prominence, ordinary disciples, like worker bees, certainly need to work hard.

But what this world needs is never worker bees.

Instead, they were exceptionally talented geniuses.

It was through generations of outstanding talents leading the sect to continuously grow stronger and conquer more territory.

Over at Dan Pavilion.

The other disciples withdrew, and the steward, carrying the spiritual herbs, went with Gu Qing to the alchemy room.

"Elder Gu, mass production of pills requires the use of the power of earth fire."

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"The alchemy room in front is the one where the earth fire is most stable."

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