Fairy, please don't do this!

This is naturally due to the 100-point Yang attribute bonus from the Crimson Sky Sword.

In the game "Above the Sky", in addition to the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, there are also three elements: thunder, yin, and yang.

The so-called yang energy is of the yang attribute, and in concrete terms, it manifests as a point and a zhang (approximately 3.3 meters).

This is Gu Jinzhao's true trump card.

As long as he has the Crimson Sky Sword in his hand and is immersed in the Yi Yang Daoist Aura, he is the reincarnation of Yang Dingtian, the leader of the Ming Cult. Anyone who comes will be killed by him!

"How could this be... how could this be..."

Li Chimo discovered that the nine suns, like lapdogs, darted back behind Gu Jinzhao in a flash, instantly extinguishing the hope that had just been ignited.

She couldn't understand why such a dramatic scene had occurred!

They were so confident of victory, but in the blink of an eye, they lost everything!

The reason for this was actually that rusty iron sword.

“I’ve already told you, this sword is my only weapon, but you just won’t believe me.”

As he spoke, Gu Jinzhao smiled and activated Yi Yang's Daoist aura.

The towering phantom behind him raised its hand and pointed. Before Li Chimo and the other two could even scream, their foreheads were pierced by the crimson sword light, and they died completely.

Chapter 18, A Bountiful Harvest: Wan Qingsong, the Demonic Cult Spy

Li Chimo, Lin Tiannan, and Lian Yu died on the spot.

Adhering to the principle of thrift and diligence, Gu Jinzhao began to plunder the belongings of the three men.

Before long, they found more than ten silver notes with a face value of one hundred taels each, totaling a total of one thousand eight hundred taels, as well as more than ten bottles of pills, including the [Reversal Pill].

"We need to get a storage artifact."

He packed all these things into a bundle and carried it on his back.

In the cultivation world, storage artifacts are extremely rare because the materials used for their creation are scarce and the crafting process is extremely difficult.

Even a sixth-rank elder of the Hehuan Sect like Li Chimo wasn't qualified to possess it.

Gu Jinzhao does have a way to get one, but he needs to go to Wanhua Pavilion.

Wanhua Pavilion belongs to the Wanhua Chamber of Commerce, whose influence is extremely widespread, even having a branch in a relatively small city like Cangxing City.

But no one knew that the mastermind behind it was the Empress of the Moth Phoenix Clan—Yuechu'e.

That's right, she is also one of the female leads.

In the game, players can switch sides from humans to join the demon race, the Gu race, or even the demonic faction!

The key to joining the demon race is to help Yuechu'e ascend to the throne of the demon emperor.

In the past, Gu Jinzhao would definitely have gone to see Yuechu'e.

But now that it's confirmed that Mu Yiren and Lin Qingci are both in their second playthrough, how could he dare to provoke other female leads?

As his thoughts wandered, Gu Jinchao walked along the broken walls and into a medicinal herb field.

This is where the True Yang Sword Palace cultivates spiritual herbs. It should be full of precious natural treasures, but now it's completely barren.

Gu Jinzhao had anticipated this and immediately cast a spell.

hum-

The next moment, the ground shook, and a chilling aura shot into the sky from the cracks.

In an instant, the grass and trees within a radius of ten feet were covered in frost, and even the air was filled with tiny ice crystals that fell down in a soft rustling sound.

"It really is here!"

Gu Jinzhao circulated his spiritual power, and a layer of crimson light rose around him, isolating him from the biting cold before looking at the collapsed medicinal field.

Within it, nebula-like streams of light slowly rotated, as if sealing away a miniature world of ice and snow.

What fills this icy world is a fist-sized, ice-blue crystal.

Celestial Ice Soul can only be nurtured in a thousand-year-old cold vein. It is a sacred spiritual object that cannot be bought with money, and its uses cover multiple aspects such as cultivation, weapon refining, healing, and formation.

In addition, this item can suppress fire poison, making it a useful quest item for increasing Yueyue'e's favorability.

Although Gu Jinzhao doesn't have this idea for the time being, he might need to use the Celestial Ice Soul to exchange for an important magic weapon with Yuechu'e in the future, so he naturally can't miss this opportunity.

"Unfortunately, the cold meridians have already dried up."

Gu Jinzhao put away the Celestial Ice Soul and sealed its medicinal properties with spiritual power to prevent it from being lost.

This cold vein was originally the earth vein of the entire Moon Shadow Mountain Range, formed from the condensed cold and yin energy of thousands of years.

The first leader of the True Yang Sword Palace established the sect here to use the cold energy in the cold veins to help the sect's disciples hone their Yang sword skills.

"It's time to leave!"

To enter the True Yang Sword Palace, one needs a pass jade token; to leave, one must kill the sword puppet that is close to the fifth rank before a passage to the outside will appear.

This is why Li Chimo's spirit is trapped here and unable to leave.

Now, the sword puppet has been killed.

It wasn't that Lin Tiannan and his two companions were particularly powerful, but rather that this sword puppet had suffered too much damage from numerous battles, resulting in a significant decrease in its combat strength.

……

After returning to the Moonshade Mountains, Gu Jinzhao also took care of the Hehuan Sect demons hiding there.

They guarded the exit, naturally to ensure that the opportunities within the Sword Palace would not be taken away by outsiders.

Who would have thought that they would be wiped out in one fell swoop?

After skillfully examining the corpse and collecting several hundred taels of silver, Gu Jinzhao returned to Cangxing City satisfied.

It was early morning.

After meeting up with Lin Qingci, he hired a carriage and began his journey home.

Gu Jinzhao sat inside the carriage, looking at the delicate girl in a green dress: "Junior Sister, is your injury any better?"

"The external wounds have healed, only the sword bone remains."

Lin Qingci's pretty face still had a bit of paleness, but her complexion had improved a lot, giving her a kind of sickly beauty as she recovered from a serious illness.

"To repair the sword bone, we'll have to trouble an elder in the family who is skilled in medicine."

"You can come with me then."

"But before that, I need to go back to Qingyun Sect and see my master."

Gu Jinzhao pondered for a moment.

The doctor he was referring to was, of course, Aunt Ruo.

Although her cultivation level was only eighth grade, her medical skills were extremely superb.

Looking across the entire Qingzhou, even within the Qingyun Sect, there is no one else who can compare to him.

Lin Qingci gave a soft "Mmm": "Senior brother can arrange it."

Several days later, the two people and the cat returned to Qingyun Sect and met Wan Qingsong.

This is a middle-aged man dressed in a gray-blue sword robe.

With a kind face and gentle demeanor, he was incredibly kind and approachable, just like an extremely benevolent elder.

But Gu Jinzhao knew that this was just a facade!

His master was the mastermind behind the destruction of the Qingyun Sect.

On the surface, he is the fourth elder of the Qingyun Sect, but in reality, he is an undercover agent planted by the Underworld God Sect, one of the three sects of the Demonic Sect.

The purpose of entering the Qingyun Sect was solely to plunge it into internal strife and external chaos, and then find an opportunity to break through the Demon Suppression Tower.

Even taking Lin Qingci as his disciple was all for the purpose of refining her into a Blood Essence Pill that could enhance her cultivation after she reached the sixth rank.

A person with a special physique can create a pill on their own, and the quality of the pill is extremely high.

"Master, some unexpected things happened during our trip to the Lin family..."

As his thoughts raced, Gu Jinzhao recounted how Lin Qingci had been framed and how Lin Tiannan had colluded with the brothel.

As for what happened inside the True Yang Sword Palace, it was naturally half true and half false.

It was said that Lin Tiannan and Lian Yu joined forces to kill him, but fortunately he sensed something was wrong in advance and directly rushed into the mist of the secret realm, thus escaping a calamity.

Later, in order to survive, he made his way from the first floor to the fifth floor. Although he encountered dangers along the way, he always managed to escape unscathed.

Although they didn't gain any special opportunities in the end, they left the secret realm safely.

As for Lin Tiannan and the others, they did not come out, and it is unknown whether they are dead or alive.

This explanation was full of loopholes and even absurd, especially since he had actually managed to break through to the fifth level of the secret realm with his cultivation at the early stage of the eighth rank.

But Gu Jinzhao knew that Wan Qingsong would believe it!

Because the Underworld Cult was in cahoots with the Prince of Zhenbei, they naturally knew that he possessed a portion of the Cangyue Dynasty's fortune.

It is perfectly normal for someone with good fortune to be able to turn misfortune into good fortune.

Wan Qingsong narrowed his eyes, his tone turning cold: "You don't need to concern yourself with this matter anymore. I will personally go to Cangxing City."

Gu Jinchao wasn't worried about the discovery that he had obtained the inheritance and the semi-divine artifact.

After all, the primary crime scene, the True Yang Sword Palace, is no longer accessible.

Because after he receives the inheritance, the True Yang Sword Palace will be completely closed, and even those with a pass cannot set foot there...

Chapter 19, To Win Over Senior Brother, First Win Over Aunt Ruo (Please Read Further)

After Lin Qingci performed the apprenticeship ceremony, Gu Jinzhao led her to register her information and receive the sect token before they descended the mountain together.

The demonic path has one religion and three sects, while the immortal path also has two realms and four sects.

The two realms are the realm of Tao and the realm of Zen.

The four sects are Qingyun Sect, Xuanshu Sect, Wuyuan Sect, and Haoran Sect.

These six forces are distributed across the five states under the rule of the Cangyue Dynasty.

The Qingyun Sect is located in Qingyun Mountain in Qingzhou, where several spiritual veins are nurtured and the mountain is full of spiritual energy.

As you descend from the mountaintop, you'll see cave dwellings inhabited by elders or disciples, and the higher you go, the richer the spiritual energy becomes.

However, these cave dwellings need to be purchased or rented with contribution points, which has led to installment payment methods such as "cave dwelling loans" and "magic treasure loans".

Many Qingyun Sect disciples are burdened with heavy debts and can only keep taking on sect missions, desperately competing against each other.

Gu Jinchao sometimes couldn't help but sigh that even if he embarked on the path of cultivation, he would still be unable to escape the fate of being a beast of burden.

Of course, he was an exception.

He lived in Qingyun City, free from the pressure of "cave dwelling loans," and could arrive promptly if summoned by the sect.

There's no pressure from "magic weapon loans," since they've already obtained the semi-immortal artifact [Crimson Sky], so there's no need to buy more.

Although the supply of spiritual energy is a problem, it can be made up for by consuming elixirs made from various spiritual materials of heaven and earth.

As his thoughts wandered, Gu Jinzhao and Lin Qingci returned to Baicaotang.

He then explained the injury to the sword bone to Aunt Ruo and asked if it could be repaired.

After carefully examining Lin Qingci, Si Ruoyu said softly, "Although the sword bone is damaged, it has not been fundamentally damaged."

"It will only take some time to repair it and reintegrate it into the bone."

Lin Qingci said softly, "Thank you for your trouble, sir!"

Si Ruoyu felt a deep affection for this gentle young woman: "There's no need to be so formal. Since you are Jinzhao's junior sister, just call me Aunt Ruoyu like he does."

Lin Qingci had met Gu Jinzhao, this elder, in her previous life and knew that he was gentle and kind.

In particular, Mu Yiren once said that she was the daughter-in-law approved by Aunt Ruo.

If Mu Yiren can gain recognition, why can't I?

To win over your senior brother, you must first win over Aunt Ruo!