From the Valkyrie to the Endless

Zhao Yingnan didn't want to say anything more. He picked up Ji Jingyu and walked slowly into the capital.

"What do you think we should name this child?"

Ji Jingyu lay quietly in her husband's arms. Her attention was quickly diverted. She stared at her lower abdomen, and the corners of her mouth involuntarily curled up.

"Just call me Zhao Yu."

Zhao Yingnan had obviously thought it through long ago. He had been guarding the Southern Region for many years and inevitably had dealt with the Rain God many times, but the result was his sudden death for unknown reasons. Now he took the word "Rain" in his name, which could be regarded as a way of commemorating his old friend.

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Southern Region, Haoyin City.

City Lord's Mansion, inside the secret room.

Shen Qing calmed down and concentrated his mind. A golden tail feather was placed across his knees, with spiritual patterns all over it.

She traveled with a group of gods and encountered monsters several times before returning to the city.

The first thing she did after returning to the city was to start her seclusion. The energy accumulated in the sundial was enough to help her unlock the divine treasure in her body.

That day, she was severely injured by the strange bird's dying counterattack. Although she recovered safely with the help of the power of the sundial, she still felt a lingering fear.

That tail feather naturally caught her attention. The spiritual pattern imprinted on it was also innate, originating from the metal system. When injected with the inner energy, it could evolve into a weapon out of thin air. Its sharpness was no less than that of a magic weapon. Shen Qing comprehended many mysteries from it, and made some progress in the art of formation.

What a spiritual array master who has entered the array needs to do is to look at the spiritual patterns in the world. The more he sees, the higher his cultivation will naturally be. When his accumulation reaches the limit, he can comprehend the heaven and earth by himself and draw power directly from them, without having to copy others.

Shen Qing has already refined this tail feather into a magic weapon. The spiritual patterns on it are natural, so she doesn't have to spend too much effort. The power is also strong enough. She can inject internal energy into it and wave it at will. An ordinary fourth-level monster will be killed in one encounter. After all, it is a rare treasure taken from the great monster Shenzang.

After putting away the tail feathers, Shen Qing connected his mind to the sundial and slowly began to advance time. He began to explore the divine treasure in his body according to the method recorded in the Star Source Secret Book.

The first secret treasure she wanted to open was the secret treasure between the eyebrows.

After opening the storage of consciousness, she will be able to store the magic weapon in her soul to nurture it, derive divine consciousness, gain insight into all things, and her communication with the heaven and earth will become closer. At the same time, the speed of perceiving spiritual patterns will also increase.

After absorbing so much power from incense and vows, Shen Qing's spiritual accumulation was already sufficient. In just a few minutes, she sensed the location of the secret treasure and began to try to use the internal energy in her body to open the door to the secret treasure.

This is an extremely time-consuming task that requires patience and perseverance. It is normal to spend a year or two to open a sacred treasure, and this is for people with extraordinary talent.

If one has ordinary talent and the skills he practices do not indicate the specific location of the secret treasure, it is normal to be stuck on a secret treasure for dozens or even hundreds of years.

Obviously, Shen Qing did not have this worry. According to the deduction of the sundial, three years had passed in a flash. The door to her consciousness was directly opened, and a red ocean filled with chaotic mist appeared in her perception.

Vague divine thoughts permeated the surroundings, and had not yet condensed into a concrete primordial spirit.

The moment he opened his consciousness, an extremely surging energy gushed out and flowed through his limbs and bones. The surging energy in Shen Qing's body transformed again and turned into a more refined divine essence, which surged in his body like magma in the crater of a volcano.

Divine thoughts permeated the surroundings, and the entire Haoyin City came into view, clearly discernible. The spiritual patterns between heaven and earth became dozens of times clearer. Before, it was like seeing flowers in the fog, but now it was like the reflection of the moon in the lake. Although it was still impossible to touch it, the feeling was very different.

The most significant change was that Shen Qing clearly realized that his life span had been extended, at least more than doubled to more than two thousand five hundred years, and the potential of his physical body had been initially developed.

In the realm of Shenzang, the gap is huge. The more Shenzang you open, the stronger your combat power will be. In this realm, there are endless geniuses in ancient legends who can kill enemies across major realms. This is even more true for Mingyuan. There are cultivators in the Shenzang realm who have lived for ten thousand years, which is longer than the ordinary Guiyi Zhenjun.

Similarly, the more divine treasures are opened, the greater the benefits will be when the soul and body are unified, and the combat power will undergo an astonishing transformation. There have been examples of cultivators in the state of unity killing true gods in ancient times.

There was still a lot of energy in the sundial. Shen Qing did not stop and continued to open the divine treasure in his body.

After recognizing the treasures, Shen Qing opened the seven orifices of his head, including the eyes, ears, mouth and nose, one after another, and finally filled his head with energy. From then on, the nine secret treasures in the head were all opened. The deduction of the sundial also took nearly eighty years, and the energy obtained from killing the fifth-level monster was almost exhausted.

This is also thanks to the accumulated power of incense and vows. Otherwise, this time would be extended several times.

If it were during the Great Xia period, the energy absorbed by the sundial would be enough for Shen Qing to deduce for thousands of years or more, but in this era, it has run out of energy in less than a hundred years.

After deduction, Shen Qing's bone age is over a hundred years old, but a hundred-year-old divine treasure is already a rare monster in this era. In the entire Southern Region, there is only one such person, Lu Xunfeng.

After calming her breath, Shen Qing put the sword and the tail feather into the storage space between her eyebrows to nurture them. Her practice came to a temporary halt. She did not sit in seclusion again, but came out to handle some chores.

First, she went to the city defense army camp and used the power of incense and vows to bring down the gods' blessings, helping Qin Bao to restore his previous cultivation level to the late Gangsha realm.

The same was true for the rest of the city defense forces, who had returned to their peak form when they were the Rain God.

However, this is already the limit. With Shen Qing's current incense and vows, it is far from enough to directly create a cultivator in the Gangsha realm. He can only help them restore their previous cultivation level.

After entering the Shenzang realm, Shen Qing's need for incense and vows was even greater. He did not have enough for himself and had no extra vows to bestow blessings.

Now all the chores in the city are handled by Yan Baohai. With the remaining incense and vows, assisted by elixirs, Shen Qing has forced his cultivation to the third level of Condensation. The strength of the second level alone is really not enough. Even with her behind him, he is still restricted in handling affairs.

As for his younger generation, Yan Han, Shen Qing did not devote too much effort to his training, nor did he have the energy to train him. He just randomly picked up a set of skills from the City Lord's Mansion and threw it to him. He practiced very diligently, but his talent was average, so it was unlikely that he would achieve anything.

After a brief inspection, Shen Qing went out.

She now goes out hunting every day. Fortunately, while she is hunting monsters, she is also accumulating energy for the sundial, which does not delay her time for practice.

Thanks to such frequent hunting and some elixirs, at least the millions of people under Haoyin City have not yet starved to death. At least they can have a bowl of blood-replenishing soup every day.

In order to feed as many people as possible, the flesh and blood of a demon often has to be re-cooked four or five times. After all the essence is squeezed out, the bones are ground into powder and turned into a bowl of porridge for survival.

But this is only a stopgap measure, only a temporary solution. In the long run, change is necessary.

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Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

One day, just as Shen Qing was about to go out hunting, he received a divine decree from the Lord Xuanling.

The words in the divine decree were very obscure, and basically it was asking Shen Qing to restrain herself in the recent days. A big shot from the demon side had already asked to take her life, and it would take a lot of energy for him to suppress it.

Then he asked about the progress of the construction of the golden statue, and expressed some dissatisfaction with not having received any incense and prayer prayers.

Shen Qing took a look at it, pondered for a moment, and wrote a letter back, which was mostly full of flattery, thanking Lord Xuanling for helping him bear the pressure.

As for the incense, vows and the construction of the temple, her response was that it was being processed on an expedited basis, and it would take some time to build the largest golden statue for Lord Xuanling.

As for the progress of the construction, Shen Qing could only say that it was already in the plan.

Shen Qing did not hesitate to build the temple of the Snow God near the City Lord's Mansion, and it was almost completed.

After all, compared to Lord Xuanling, Lord Snow’s actions will bring real benefits.

And thanks to the Snow God's banner, although the gods outside were fighting fiercely, no one dared to invade Haoyin City, which saved Shen Qing a lot of trouble.

She was naturally not afraid of those gods, but many people would undoubtedly die.

All the demons near Haoyin City, regardless of their strength, have been almost hunted down. Shen Qing will inevitably have to go to a farther place. If there is no sundial to support him, just going back and forth will be a huge consumption.

After another day of fighting, Shen Qing, who was somewhat tired, had just returned to Haoyin City when he heard the news that someone from the Zidian Tianzong was visiting.

The person who came was none other than Lu Xunfeng.

The Zidian Tianzong is one of the most powerful forces in the entire Southern Region. It has a True Lord Guiyi in charge, named Qingyun.

Although True Lord Qingyun has been stuck in the middle stage of the Guiyi Realm for thousands of years, his status is already transcendent enough.

With the emergence of Lu Xunfeng, there is a successor and the family is prosperous. Now, his words carry some weight in the cultivation world of the Southern Region.

"Your progress in cultivation is truly monstrous. Even if we look back through the history books for 100,000 years, there should be no one who can rival you."

Apparently Lu Xunfeng had received news about Shen Qing's cultivation before. He was not surprised when they met, but just had a look of emotion and a little regret.

Shen Qing's cultivation has now reached the level of the Divine Cang, so his status is naturally different. He is now on an equal footing with Lu Xunfeng. Naturally, his words about accepting him as a disciple that day are no longer valid.

If this kind of monster were to join the Zidian Tianzong, it would surely bring thousands of years of prosperity.

"Master, your words are too kind. I haven't yet thanked you for your gift of the knife. I would like to thank you here." Shen Qing shook his head and thanked him.

"May I have a look at your sword, Sir?"

Lu Xunfeng's eyes lit up slightly. He was very curious about what the original knife blank looked like now.

"Has your sword already drunk the blood of a great demon?"

After Shen Qing took out the sword, Lu Xunfeng was surprised when he sensed the bloody aura flowing from the blade. He did not expect that Shen Qing had already killed the great monster in Shenzang just after entering Shenzang. This was a bit shocking.

"It was just luck. Why are you here?"

Shen Qing didn't say much and asked Lu Xunfeng why he came.

"The other day, a great demon tried to invade Haoyin City, but was stopped by the sect master. Its intention was to take your life."

After hearing what Lu Xunfeng said, Shen Qing suddenly realized that what the Xuanling God had said in the divine edict that he had given her before was all nonsense.

The demon had no intention of giving him face and had already attacked her, but it was Zi Dian Tian Zong who stepped in and helped her block the disaster.

After understanding the key points, Shen Qing felt guilty for a moment. First, Lu Xunfeng gave him the knife, and then Qingyun Zhenjun stepped in to block the disaster. He really owed a lot of favors.

I will revise it as soon as possible. The number of words is only a little more, I am very sorry

(End of this chapter)

143. Chapter 143 Demonic Chaos, Thunder Nine Slashes (needs major revision)

143.

2023-08-03

"I am here to receive the order from the Sect Master."

Lu Xunfeng had no intention of repaying a favor, so he didn't say much about it and stated his real purpose:

"The Sect Master wants to see you and invite you to have a chat."

"Master Qingyun wants to see me?"

Shen Qing was slightly surprised, but without much hesitation, he nodded in agreement.

Since I owe you such a big favor, I should meet you, or at least thank you in person.

"When do we leave? So I can be prepared."

Shen Qing couldn't just leave. He didn't know how many days it would take him to come back, so he needed to make some preparations in advance to avoid seeing a city full of corpses when he returned.

"Not urgent."

Lu Xunfeng waved his hand and chuckled:

"I think your sword is a top-grade magic weapon, but it still lacks the sword spirit."

"It just so happens that I accidentally hunted a dragon whale overseas before. I have captured its spirit and its intelligence has been dimmed. It is just the right person to be your sword spirit."

As he spoke, he flipped his palm and took out a glass bead. The bead was dark blue in color, and a small fish could be vaguely seen swimming slowly inside it.

"It's not right to accept rewards without merit."