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

After nodding slightly to Yang Xi, Su Changge looked at the surging spiritual energy in the bamboo forest behind the mountain and felt a sense of surprise.

Almost a month has passed since Gu Qing achieved Foundation Establishment.

Unexpectedly, Gu Qing could absorb so much spiritual energy at all times and made rapid progress.

Normally speaking...

Once a cultivator breaks through a major realm, they can only make rapid progress in a short period of time; it's impossible for them to continue like this indefinitely.

The strange phenomena caused by Gu Qing's cultivation seemed to have no bottlenecks.

Thinking of this, Su Changge remembered the purpose of his trip and looked at Yang Xi, asking, "Yang Xi, can you contact your master now?"

"Did he go into seclusion to break through to a higher realm?"

"Hmm, I think so!"

Yang Xi's eyes darted around, a hint of uncertainty in them.

Actually.

Gu Qing's order to her was that if anyone came, she should inform Gu Qing first so that Gu Qing could tidy up the place.

otherwise.

The extraordinary phenomena caused by Gu Qing's cultivation are far too shocking.

If this gets out, it will have a bad impact.

It's not a big deal if ordinary people are shocked, but the real fear is that they might be targeted by some old monsters from hostile forces.

Seeing Su Changge's brows furrow slightly, Yang Xi quickly added, "If the sect leader has something urgent, I can go to where my master is in seclusion."

"Well, in that case..."

"Why don't you go for a walk in the bamboo forest first?"

Upon hearing this, Su Changge immediately smiled again.

"Sect Master, please wait a moment..."

After saying this, Yang Xiyan turned and headed deeper into the bamboo forest.

A moment later, the spiritual energy surging wildly deep within the bamboo forest trembled slightly, and the surrounding spiritual energy returned to normal.

"metropolitan."

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

Before the person arrived, Gu Qing's voice came from the depths of the sea, and a purple-pink sword light streaked across the sky like a shooting star, quickly arriving at the entrance of the bamboo forest.

"Foundation Building Stage 3?"

As the sword light descended, seeing the powerful aura emanating from Gu Qing, Su Changge's pupils constricted slightly, and she couldn't help but speak.

He never expected that Gu Qing had only broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage for less than a month, and his spiritual power cultivation had already reached the third level of Foundation Establishment. The third level of Foundation Establishment is a hurdle; once you cross it, you will reach the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

However, such rapid improvement will inevitably lead to an unstable foundation...

Thinking this to himself, Su Changge suddenly changed the words he was about to say:

Elder Gu.

"You've been in seclusion these past few days; were you trying to break through to the fourth stage of Foundation Establishment?"

"If the breakthrough doesn't go smoothly, you might as well stop and solidify your foundation. With Elder Gu's talent, breaking through to the fourth rank should be a natural progression, not a forced breakthrough or pulling up seedlings to help them grow."

After a pause, Su Changge sighed:

"At present, although the Tiger Fiend Sect is coming on strong, the sect still has many senior deacons who can hold it off."

"Elder Gu, you don't need to put too much pressure on yourself."

"Having just broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, he has raised his cultivation to the third level of Foundation Establishment in less than a month. This cultivation speed has surpassed the fastest cultivation record in the history of the sect."

Listening to Su Changge's words, Gu Qing thought to himself:

"How can Foundation Establishment Stage 3 be enough?"

"If others find out, they'll think I lack talent. I need to at least advance my cultivation to the tenth level of Foundation Establishment!"

Compared to profound comprehension and Dao foundation optimization, improving spiritual power cultivation is actually the easiest thing for Gu Qing.

Let's set a small goal first: advance our spiritual power cultivation to the tenth stage of Foundation Establishment.

Gu Qing didn't say this aloud.

There's no need to frighten others.

Gu Qing changed the subject and inquired about Su Changge's purpose for coming:

"What brings the Sect Master here today?"

Upon hearing this, Su Changge first handed over a very exquisite storage bag, and then said, "This contains the spirit stones paid by the sect for storing high-quality Foundation Establishment Pills."

"Elder Gu, please examine him first."

"what?"

Gu Qing probed the storage bag with his divine sense and immediately discovered that this batch of spirit stones was not only very large, but the quality of the spiritual energy inside the spirit stones was also far superior to that of ordinary spirit stones.

"Sect Master, these spirit stones seem a bit different?"

"Hmm, not bad."

"This batch of spirit stones are all top-grade spirit stones, with an internal spiritual energy capacity one hundred times that of ordinary spirit stones. The spiritual energy is highly pure and contains few impurities."

"Top-grade spirit stones are extracted from the essence of spirit stone veins, and their production has always been low."

"In most cases, high-grade spirit stones are monopolized by major sects and are used as reserve energy for sects' defensive arrays, and are not circulated to the outside world."

"The few high-grade spirit stones circulating in the market are used by independent cultivators as external energy sources for puppets to power them or to drive array plates."

Su Changge took out this batch of high-grade spirit stones, all of which came from the sect's strategic reserves.

Considering that the sect was facing a life-or-death crisis, he took out these strategic reserves to transform them into the sect's strength.

Gu Qing is undoubtedly the one with the greatest potential among all the people in the sect at present.

It's worthwhile to invest high-grade spirit stones in Gu Qing; this is a small perk.

"Thank you, Sect Master."

"With this batch of spirit stones, my breakthrough to the third stage of Foundation Establishment will be much faster."

Gu Qing smiled and put away the storage bag containing spirit stones.

In fact, Gu Qing's biggest expenditure of spirit stones was on cultivating his natal spiritual root. This batch of high-quality spirit stones solved his immediate problem.

The Bitter Bamboo, whose natal spiritual root is the Sword Realm, needs to be replenished with 10,000 ordinary spirit stones every day to meet its rapid growth requirements.

"Does the sect leader have any other matters to attend to?"

"Does the sect leader have any other matters to attend to?"

If it's just about delivering spirit stones, Su Changge shouldn't need to make the trip himself; he probably has other things to do.

really.

As soon as Gu Qing finished speaking, Su Changge's expression turned serious. He asked, "Elder Gu, now that you've advanced to the Foundation Establishment Realm, are you confident in subduing the soul of this ancient, ferocious insect that's at the Golden Core Realm?"

"The soul of an ancient, ferocious insect remnant at the Golden Core stage!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Qing silently pondered the matter in her mind.

After a moment, Gu Qing said seriously, "Sect Master, the souls of ancient remnant ferocious insects are far more troublesome than ordinary insect souls. If we use them for alchemy, we are afraid that they will choose to self-destruct their souls at the last moment."

"Hmm, let's wait another month!"

"Once my spiritual power cultivation breaks through to the fourth stage of Foundation Establishment, I will be even more confident in suppressing the insect soul."

Upon hearing this, Su Changge nodded.

The higher Gu Qing's cultivation level, the higher the success rate of refining the Grade 3 Insect Soul Condensation Pill.

After exchanging private matters, he brought up another matter with Gu Qing: "Elder Gu, the sect has decided to fully support your cultivation. I wonder what cultivation resources Elder Gu currently needs?"

"Spirit stones?"

"Or perhaps a manual on cultivation techniques?"

"Um?!"

Gu Qing was pleasantly surprised upon hearing this.

With such good fortune, and the full support of the Azure Emperor Sword Sect, his cultivation speed will accelerate considerably.

I thought about it.

The situation of the Azure Emperor Sword Sect is not optimistic, especially in terms of resources.

There are spirit stones sold from high-quality Foundation Establishment Pills, but don't try to take advantage of the Azure Emperor Sword Sect in that regard. Instead, you can absorb the sect's accumulated resources in terms of cultivation techniques and scriptures.

"Sect Master, if you put it that way, then I won't stand on ceremony."

"Speak freely. Whatever the sect can do, it will definitely be given priority to Elder Gu."

Su Changge felt a chill run down her spine, but still smiled and said.

If Gu Qing is making exorbitant demands, he'll accept it even if he has to grit his teeth. As Gu Qing becomes stronger, the sect can eventually earn back the resources it lost; the cost will ultimately come from the sect's own resources.

"No need for spirit stones for now."

"As for the pills, you only need to provide the medicinal materials for the Spirit Nourishing Pill and the Tai Xuan Jade Dew Pill. I will refine the pills myself."

"Is the Tai Xuan Jade Dew Pill a pill for the Qi Refining Realm?"

A look of doubt appeared on Su Changge's face, and she asked with slight surprise.

"Yes, that's right."

"The main purpose of refining the Tai Xuan Jade Dew Pill is to prepare it for Yang Xi and my spirit pet."

"In other aspects... if there are any cultivation manuals for the Azure Emperor Sword Manual left by the sect's seniors, I would like to have a few to study and comprehend."

"Other notes related to the wood element are also acceptable."

Gu Qing stated her needs.

Su Changge was quite surprised to hear this, as Gu Qing did not ask for any other cultivation resources.

"These are all easily satisfied."

"The sect has a history of ten thousand years. Although most of the sect's disciples cultivate the sword, there are also many records of the sect's predecessors researching the mysteries of wood-attribute magic."

"I'll have someone send it over shortly..."

"Thank you, Sect Master."

After chatting for a while, Su Changge took his leave.

Gu Qing returned to the depths of the bamboo forest to continue his dedicated cultivation and comprehend the profound mysteries of the wood element.

More than ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Strange fluctuations emanated from the Bitter Bamboo of the Sword Realm once again.

Between heaven and earth.

Countless streams of spiritual energy surged forth, converging into a terrifying vortex of spiritual energy above the bamboo sea behind the mountain.

"finally……"

"What profound insights will the Bitter Bamboo of the Sword Realm gain from this advancement?"