Enduring humiliation for three years, seizing the elixir, the treasure, and the holy maiden.

The sword trembled, and a line of sword light shot out from the sky.

Where the sword's light passed, a shallow trench appeared in the void.

The ditch cut right into the trajectory of the fire wave.

The fire wheel that Qin Lie was driving had already reformed, but it was cut apart by the folds in the void.

It veered off course and crashed into the sideboard wall.

boom!

A large, charred crater was blown open on the wall of the platform, and rubble flew everywhere.

"Space...the laws of space!"

An experienced repairman on the platform gasped in surprise.

Qin Lie's face turned completely pale.

His mind raced, and he wanted to recall the fire wheel.

It's too late.

Su Chen flashed and was already three feet in front of him.

A wisp of spatial power quietly locked down the area within three feet around Qin Lie.

The fiery wheel couldn't retract in time, and Qin Lie's prized movement technique was completely sealed off in place.

A sword was pressed against Qin Lie's throat.

The sword's edge was only a hair's breadth away from that Adam's apple.

"Give up?"

Su Chen spoke very softly.

Qin Lie stood frozen in place, not daring to move.

Cold sweat streamed down his cheeks, hitting the scorching bluestone with a hiss and turning into a wisp of white steam.

The middle stage of refining the void.

He suppressed the late-stage Great Perfection of the Void Refinement realm, a level far exceeding his own.

The entire venue was deathly silent.

Qin Lie's mind was in turmoil.

This is not a difference in level of understanding.

This is... an utterly unreasonable supernatural power.

"I......"

Qin Lie's lips trembled, but he couldn't utter the word "I submit."

...

A wisp of energy wafted over from the darkness.

The energy was initially light and faint, but when it landed on the platform, it suddenly became heavy.

Qin Lie felt as if a mountain was pressing down on him, his knees buckled, and he almost collapsed to his knees.

"stop."

A woman's voice, clear and cold as a spring.

The cultivators looked in the direction of the sound and saw a female cultivator in plain clothes standing at the edge of the platform.

The female cultivator was extremely beautiful.

Her attire was quite simple and elegant.

Even so, it was enough to make many cultivators drool.

Although he didn't use his spiritual pressure to show himself, it wasn't hard to tell that he was in the early stages of fusion.

"Senior Gu...!"

Qin Lie was completely numb at this point.

Gu Qingwu frowned.

Spatial laws....

In the spirit world, it is rare to find even one person who cultivates this path, perhaps only once every hundred years.

How could Su Chen not notice the woman's expression?

"This junior is Su Chen, a true disciple of the Hao Ri Sect."

"He is a disciple of the Supreme Elder, Li Changfeng."

The moment the name Li Changfeng was uttered...

Qin Lie's already ashen face was now completely devoid of color.

Li Changfeng.

A notorious madman in the spirit world, known for his extreme bloodlust.

Offending his personal disciple is a serious offense, not just for him as the young master of the Crimson Flame Sect, but for the entire Crimson Flame Sect.

"Please forgive me, senpai!"

"It was my ignorance that led me to offend you, fellow Daoist!"

Qin Lie no longer cared about maintaining his dignity as the young master. He repeatedly apologized and slunk away with his entourage.

Gu Qingwu, however, did not leave.

Those clear, cold eyes were now churning with a turbulent emotion unseen by others.

The true lineage of Haori Sect.

Li Changfeng's apprentice.

It also bears the laws of space.

What a coincidence!

She waited for such a person for three hundred years.

...

The mist outside the window shimmered with gold, and a cool breeze seeped in through the windowpane.

Gu Qingwu set up a separate table for Su Chen to talk to.

A pot of spiritual wine and several plates of spiritual fruit were laid out on the table.

As Su Chen sat down, he casually picked up a spiritual fruit, and its sour taste made him frown.

"Fellow Daoist's skill is indeed quite impressive."

You must know what level of cultivation a woman possesses.

Su Chen is only at the Refinement stage.

Within his own sect, it was perfectly acceptable for others to address Su Chen as a true disciple uncle, or to address him as a peer among Nascent Soul cultivators.

If you go through this door and encounter Zhe and the others, you will most likely be treated as a junior.

However, this woman gave Su Chen a lot of face, addressing him as a fellow Daoist.

But Su Chen couldn't be too impolite.

After all, we are unfamiliar with the place and the people, so making friends with them would be of great benefit.

Gu Qingwu poured wine from the pot.

Su Chen took the wine glass.

"You're being so polite, senior. You must have something to say."

Gu Qingwu's lips curled up slightly.

"A straightforward person."

She put down the wine pot and looked straight at her.

"Qingwu's cultivation technique has reached a bottleneck."

"It requires a trace of the Heavenly Tribulation power within you, along with the power of the spatial laws, to achieve perfection."

The power of heavenly tribulation...

This female cultivator has a sharp eye.

"How would you like to borrow it, senior?"

"Dual cultivation to guide Qi."

Gu Qingwu spoke calmly.

"There are already people I can't let go of in my heart."

"I will not fall in love with anyone."

Su Chen was at his wit's end.

In fact, there is no loss in dual cultivation with a cultivator who has achieved the Fusion Realm, even if you borrow a trace of the power of the Heavenly Tribulation and the laws of space.

This would be of great benefit to Su Chen's cultivation.

But with such cultivation level, the other party's identity must be extraordinary.

If I rashly agree, I'm afraid I could easily get into some trouble.

Unless this woman has conditions she can't resist...

"puff."

Gu Qingwu was amused by these words.

As she poured the tea, her lowered gaze vanished, and the skin along her neck shimmered in the golden light of the mist.

"You brat."

Do you really think Qingwu has even the slightest affection for you?

She picked up her wine glass and took a sip.

"You are at the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm, having reached the Qingwu Integration Realm."

"There are two completely different worlds in between."

"If they weren't desperate, who would be willing to do this Qi-cultivation thing with a junior like you?"

These words, though blunt, clearly reveal the nature of the relationship between the two.

A deal.

Take what you need.

Su Chen's initial wariness actually eased a bit.

In a world full of deceit and treachery, such an open and honest transaction is surprisingly clean.

"What can you give me, senior?"

Su Chen then took a sip of wine.

The wine, once it entered my throat, sent a pungent sensation straight to my head, far more potent than anything I'd tasted in the mortal realm.

It's good wine, though.

Gu Qingwu seemed to have been waiting for these words.

"There is a master weapon refiner in the spirit realm named Ou Yechen."

"He is famous for forging spirit swords and has a reclusive personality."

Even Mahayana cultivators would have to be extremely polite when asking him for help.

Su Chen's hand holding the cup finally stopped.

A master of weapon crafting.

Forging a spirit sword.

Isn't this the very path he's been searching for since he came down the mountain?

"Qingwu is his descendant."

Seeing the fleeting hint of interest in Su Chen's eyes, Gu Qingwu knew that she had successfully baited him.

"As long as you agree to draw in Qi, Qingwu will allow Ou Yechen to reforge your spirit sword at all costs."

Right in the middle.

Su Chen sneered inwardly.

This female cultivator had a complete grasp of his intentions for this trip.

So be it.

The matter of drawing in qi did not harm him.

On the contrary, he had already mastered the dual cultivation method he had learned from the ancient cultivators' techniques.

Li Tianqi, Wang Yuyan, Lin Wanwan, and that holy maiden of Xueyuan Pavilion...

Which one of them didn't overcome their difficulties by relying on this technique?

"make a deal."

Su Chen put down his wine glass.

"But let me make this clear from the start."

"Guiding Qi is one thing, but nothing else is up for discussion."

Gu Qingwu smiled.

"What Qingwu has always wanted is just those two strands of the power of law."

She was secretly calculating in her heart... Drawing qi into the body was dangerous enough, but the power of the heavenly tribulation was extremely domineering, and the slightest carelessness would result in a backlash.

If it weren't for the fact that one's cultivation technique had been stuck at a bottleneck for three hundred years, leaving one in a dilemma, who would be willing to take such a risky trip with a junior whose cultivation level was two worlds apart?

...