Starting with the Corpse-Eating Worm, he worked his way up to become the Left-Winged Immortal Lord.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, you don't need to push yourself so hard. Uncle Lu is in charge now, and you won't be sent out even if you don't train Ghost Leaf. Take a break." When Li Fu came over, the first thing he did was to advise Gu Qing to rest.

"clear."

Gu Qing didn't try to justify her busy schedule with a grand philosophy, because Li Fu was stuck in the early stages of Qi Refining, and anything she said would only hurt him.

"I hope you understand."

Li Fu smiled helplessly.

He always felt that Gu Qing would never listen to him.

Li Fu changed the subject, "The cultivator that Uncle Lu secretly sent to Kang Le County has returned. Master Chen Ci of the Sanyin Temple is indeed dead. Moreover, the situation in Kang Le County is more serious than in our Changping County. Now everyone in Kang Le County is in danger. Many miscellaneous and unorthodox sects want to go to the county seat to hide, but they die on the way before they even leave Kang Le County."

"Then how come the people Master sent can come back?" Gu Qing asked.

Li Fu was taken aback and exclaimed in surprise, "You mean they did it on purpose, deliberately letting him bring this news to Changping County?"

"Most likely." Gu Qing nodded. "What about the other counties? Has Master sent anyone to investigate?"

"The investigation is still ongoing, but the situation doesn't look good." Li Fu's brows were furrowed with worry. "I don't know how my father is doing. Xuanqing Academy has no intention of intervening at all. Uncle Lu's reports have been ignored, and Xing Jiutian hasn't shown up yet..."

"Don't worry, Vice Abbot Li is a lucky man and will be blessed by Heaven."

Gu Qing offered a few words of comfort.

Li Fu forced a smile and nodded. Before turning to leave, he added, "Fellow Daoist Gu, you can put the matter of Ghost Cover Leaf aside for now. Focus on improving your strength first, so you can better deal with any unforeseen circumstances in the future."

"clear."

Gu Qing raised his hand in a gesture of respect.

……

After Li Fu left, Gu Qing turned around and went back to the shady area behind the mountain.

Three days later.

Gu Qing once again obtained 4140 points of corpse energy by cultivating the Shattered Void Stag Beetle, nurturing the Ghost-Covering Leaf, killing three waves of Spirit-Eating Insects, and refining a second-tier purple zombie.

Feeding back Yin energy will yield a gain of 1590 points.

No hesitation.

Gu Qing immediately consumed 3000 units of corpse energy to directly upgrade the Forbidden Word Insect from the lower first tier to the upper first tier.

[Forbidden Word Bug]

[Ranked 663rd on the anomaly list!]

[Status: Adult (0/4000) - Breeding Direction: Lower Tier 2]

Quantity: 300

[Ability: Forbidden Magic Weapon]

……

[Forbidden Word Insect Breaks Through Continuous Limits]

[Replenish Yin Energy +300]

……

Although they were only at the first-level advanced stage, their numbers increased to a full three hundred, filling the Yin organs to the brim.

As their numbers increased, when the tiny insects, as small as mosquitoes, spread out, the coverage area expanded from ten zhang to thirty zhang.

Aside from cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage, most cultivators at other realms fight within a distance of about thirty feet.

Therefore, the current forbidden word insect is basically suitable for dealing with any cultivator in the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

However, while the Forbidden Word Insect is best suited for using corpse energy, its effectiveness is only maximized when raising cultivation levels, and it doesn't significantly improve the effectiveness of forbidden techniques and chaotic artifacts. Therefore, the Forbidden Word Insect can currently only restrict cultivators at the fourth level of Qi Refining.

Once they reach the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refining, the Forbidden Word Worm can only affect their ability to cast spells or use magical artifacts.

"It seems that for the effects of the forbidden magic artifact to affect a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, they would need to be cultivated to at least the upper second stage."

However, there is another way: feeding it talismans, magical artifacts, and the like can greatly enhance the effect of the spell-blocking and chaos-disrupting artifacts.

Fortunately, I have a top-tier second-tier magic weapon that I can't use.

Let the forbidden word bug eat it.

The top-tier second-order magic weapon that Gu Qing mentioned was naturally Lu Xingzhi's natal magic weapon. It was swallowed into the belly of the Corpse-Eating Worm along with Baili's natal ghost. However, since natal magic weapons are connected to cultivators to a certain extent, Gu Qing dared not take it out.

As for returning it, Gu Qing had considered it, but when he thought about how the other party had seen it being swallowed by the alien insects, he realized that if he returned it, the other party would definitely speculate about the insects around him, and he was the only insect tamer around him.

Even if he only appears to be at the second level of Qi Refining, he will inevitably attract attention and cause unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, Gu Qing simply regarded this natal magic weapon as the reward for saving Lu Xingzhi that day, rather than as repaying a debt of gratitude.

soon.

Gu Qing then controlled three hundred forbidden-word insects to enter the mouth of the corpse-devouring insects, and under the cover of the corpse-devouring insects' aura, they devoured the top-tier second-order magic artifact completely.

The following day, when the Forbidden Word Insect was evaluated, it also gained an extremely high amount of 1000 Corpse Qi and 500 Yin Qi.

However, the biggest gain was the forbidden magic weapon.

Originally, it could only restrict cultivators at the fourth level of Qi Refining.

Now, by consuming a top-tier second-tier magic weapon, the effect of the spell-blocking and chaos-inducing weapon can be directly upgraded to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

"Should we also feed Chen Ye's Yin Horse Floating Pagoda Yin Talisman?" The powerful effects made Gu Qing consider feeding it again.

The Yin Horse Floating Pagoda Yin Talisman is indeed powerful, but it's not very useful to Gu Qing, and he doesn't have enough resources to cultivate it into a talisman treasure.

Rather than keeping it in your possession and only being able to sell it later, it's better to use it to enhance the effects of the Forbidden Word Worm's forbidden magic artifact.

No hesitation.

Gu Qing acted immediately.

After consuming one Yin Horse Floating Pagoda Yin Talisman, the Forbidden Word Worm gained an additional 2000 Corpse Qi and 1000 Yin Qi the very next day.

Unsurprisingly.

The effect of the forbidden magic weapon was directly upgraded to the sixth level of Qi Refining.

"The effects of a first-tier upper-level forbidden artifact can affect a Qi Refining level 6 cultivator. It seems that cultivating it to the second tier will be sufficient."

The words fell.

Gu Qing's gaze fell on the remaining corpse energy.

[Remaining Corpse Energy: 6103]

"Again!"

Gu Qing consumed another 4000 units of corpse energy, directly upgrading the Forbidden Word Insects to the lower second tier, bringing the total number to 400.

The coverage area also increased dramatically to 50 zhang (approximately 150 meters).

The effects of the forbidden magic weapon have also been greatly enhanced once again.

pity.

The upper limit of the influence of forbidden magic artifacts has not been raised to the seventh level of Qi Refining.

"It seems that to influence a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, all I need to do is advance to the middle stage of the second tier." Gu Qing was overjoyed at this result, after all, that was a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator. A being with absolute overwhelming power over a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator!

Close the panel.

Gu Qing smiled with satisfaction.

In seven more days, the Forbidden Word Bug will be able to reach another level.

At that time, a cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining would have no chance of survival in front of him, and he would not be afraid of even a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

"In this way, apart from the top-level Qi Refining experts at the ninth level and the Qi Refining Perfection level in the Heavenly Principle Sect, I will have no fear of anyone."

Thinking of this.

Gu Qing finally felt a strong sense of security.

however.

Before Gu Qing could be happy for long, the bell of Wufeng Temple rang nine times again.

"What happened now?"

Gu Qing's initial joy vanished instantly, but he was no longer filled with the unease and anxiety he used to feel.

After comforting the Taoist boy in the yin area with a few words, Gu Qing immediately headed towards Wufeng Temple.

Upon entering the temple, Lu Xingzhi was seen hovering above Wufeng Temple on his sword, loudly proclaiming, "Vice Abbot Lü, Vice Abbot Li, Vice Abbot Wei, we encountered a large number of Heavenly Principle Sect cultivators on our way here. All cultivators at the third level of Qi Refining or above, assemble immediately and follow me to fight the enemy!"

Upon hearing this...

The monks of Wufeng Temple were filled with indignation.

The simultaneous return of the three deputy abbots finally caused their long-held anxiety to erupt.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

The shouts of battle echoed through the sky.

But Gu Qing frowned when she saw this scene.

Something is wrong!