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

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past few days, Gu Qing has been cramming on his past knowledge using the resources he has. If he were to take the college entrance exam again, Gu Qing dares to say that no one knows more about it than him!

Looking up at the Xianmu Group's signboard, Gu Qing sighed inwardly, "It's all about timing and fate."

soon.

Gu Qing and the others arrived at a grand hall, where a Foundation Establishment cultivator riding a sword appeared directly in front of the hall.

"Welcome to Xianmu Group, everyone."

"The Immortal Wood Group is an enterprise founded by the Azure Wood Immortal Venerable, with businesses in more than a hundred planes. We will conquer more void planes, grow bigger and stronger, and create new glories."

"As temporary mercenaries of the Immortal Wood Group, you will participate in three trial missions."

"Each trial mission will test your potential. Those who perform exceptionally well will receive substantial investment from the company to help them achieve Foundation Establishment."

"Furthermore, a large number of experts at the Golden Core, Purple Mansion, and Nascent Soul levels have emerged from the group's mercenary ranks."

"For your first basic trial, you will be teleported to a first-tier plane, which is also the least dangerous plane, with a mortality rate of only fifty percent. Try your best to come back alive!"

The Foundation Establishment cultivator in front of the main hall gave a brief explanation, then waved his hand and opened a giant light gate.

This is the connection point of the supreme immortal artifact, the Void Gate.

It serves as a springboard for the Immortal Kingdom to conquer countless planes, automatically scanning the coordinates of void planes and also responsible for teleporting Immortal Kingdom personnel to invade other planes.

In the more than ten million years that the Immortal Kingdom has spanned, the Void Gate has played an indispensable role in enabling human civilization to sweep across the many alien races in the void.

The Immortal Kingdom possesses two more such supreme immortal artifacts.

"Teleport."

Upon entering the light curtain of the void gate, Gu Qing silently recited.

next moment.

Gu Qing felt his body and soul transform into streams of light, surging into the unknown dimension connected by the portal.

……

The Ming Dynasty.

The Western Mountain Sword Sect.

As a world-renowned holy land of swordsmanship, the Xiyue Sword Sect has an extremely profound heritage.

There are no fewer than 10 swordsmen at the Innate Realm, and even one sword saint at the Grandmaster Realm.

Throughout the entire Ming Empire, whether in the imperial court or in martial arts sects, those with innate martial arts skills were considered experts, and those who were grandmasters were even rarer.

With a Grandmaster-level Sword Saint presiding over the Western Mountain Sword Sect, they are among the top players in the martial arts world, capable of influencing the course of events.

Sword Hall.

Hundreds of disciples, swords in hand, were practicing the Xiyue Sword Technique, sweating profusely.

The Western Mountain Sword Technique consists of 108 forms, making it an extremely comprehensive basic sword technique and the foundation of the Sword Sect.

Many disciples of the Xiyue Sword Sect often practice this sword technique during their morning lessons.

Just as the Sword Hall disciples were practicing their sword techniques again and again, a group of lay disciples arrived from not far away.

These lay disciples, all seventeen or eighteen years old, are wealthy young men who come to the West Mountain Sword Sect to learn swordsmanship, mostly to gain prestige.

"I never expected this..."

Among these lay disciples, one of them had a hint of surprise in his eyes.

This lay disciple was Gu Qing, who had been transported from the Immortal Kingdom.

He never expected that the Void Gate of the Immortal Kingdom would assign him an initial identity.

"The world of martial arts..."

Gu Qing murmured.

Through the identity arranged by the Void Gate, Gu Qing obtained some basic information.

This world is similar to the world of wuxia novels, where martial arts masters can take the head of an enemy general amidst a vast army.

The grandmasters in this realm are roughly equivalent to Qi Refining cultivators in the Immortal Kingdom.

[Setting: Ancient Martial Arts World]

[Difficulty: Grade 1, Level 1]

[Task: Upon entering the ancient martial arts world, familiarize yourself with its rules, enhance your reputation within this world, and based on the reputation and prestige you gain, estimate your potential to explore void planes.]

[Timeframe: Ten years in the ancient martial arts world.]

……

The mission information silently surfaced in Gu Qing's mind.

"Ten years in the world of ancient martial arts?"

"Reputation and prestige?"

Looking at the two key pieces of information in the mission, Gu Qing seemed to be deep in thought.

The task is easy to understand.

How to increase reputation and prestige in the world of ancient martial arts?

Is being the best in the world acceptable?

Just as Gu Qing was pondering, he and a group of wealthy young men arrived at the martial arts arena, where an inner disciple of the Xiyue Sword Sect began to teach them sword techniques.

After practicing the West Mountain Sword Technique three times, many wealthy young men were so exhausted that they had to stop.

The inner disciples couldn't help but shake their heads at the sight.

Setting down his sword, the inner disciple addressed the group, "From now on, you will cultivate on your own. Remember to practice within your limits and never force yourself to practice sword techniques, lest you injure your bones and muscles."

"yes!!"

The group clasped their hands in greeting.

After the inner disciples left the training ground, Gu Qing quietly went to the sword rack and picked up the sword that the inner disciples had just used.

The hilt of this sword is smooth; that inner disciple must use it frequently.

[Equipable item 'Sword', equip?]

Gu Qing looked around and, seeing that no one was paying attention to her, a thought suddenly occurred to her.

"equipment."

[Equipped Item: Linghu Chong's Sword]

[Rank: Commonly used sword of inner disciples of the Western Mountain Sword Sect]

Completeness: 96%

[Equipment Effect: Gain swordsmanship experience from Linghu Chong]

[Note: If the item is equipped for more than one day, all its effects will be permanently granted.]

……

A sword flashed in the equipment slot, revealing a sword inside.

next moment.

Gu Qing's eyes widened.

In an instant, a flood of knowledge about swordsmanship rushed into his mind.

Gu Qing took a deep breath.

He then picked up his blank sword and began practicing the Western Mountain Sword Technique.

Gu Qing frowned slightly.

I can clearly feel a mismatch between my mind and body.

But as he practiced swordsmanship, streams of heat surged from his body, constantly strengthening him and making Gu Qing's movements more and more natural.

"abnormal."

"This is so perverted, I love it!!"

Gu Qing couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

At the same time, Gu Qing stopped paying attention to his surroundings and focused on practicing his swordsmanship in the training ground, accelerating his absorption of the experience gained from Linghu Chong's swords.

As Gu Qing cultivates, the time it takes to permanently gain the equipment effect is decreasing minute by minute.

Time is money, time is life.

……

Yue Lianfeng, the leader of the Sword Hall, was inspecting his disciples' training at the martial arts training ground.

He glanced at the disciples of the Sword Hall and nodded slightly.

"Not bad, not bad."

"Disciples of the Western Mountain Sword Sect are of steady character. There are no shortcuts in cultivation. A fine sword is forged through tempering, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold..."

His gaze swept over the disciples of the Sword Hall, and when Yue Lianfeng looked at the noble young men sent by the various powerful families of the Ming Empire, he immediately frowned.

"This group of princes and nobles..."

"None of them look human."

Yue Lianfeng glanced at the lay disciples sitting slumped on the stone steps not far away and couldn't help but curse inwardly.

With this bunch of spendthrift sons, if the Yuan Dynasty's wolf cavalry from the north were to invade, the Ming Dynasty would surely be doomed to perish.

"Um?"

Just as Yue Lianfeng was about to reprimand the lay disciples.

He froze suddenly.

His gaze swept past the other lay disciples who were slumped over, and landed on the lay disciple in the corner.

This lay disciple was also practicing swordsmanship.

"this……"

The Sword Hall Master Yue Lianfeng's expression changed slightly, but... the more he looked, the more incredulous it became, as if he had seen a ghost.

Is this guy a poet?