70: Earth Sword Collection

Seeing Jun Ao Zhi’s obvious dissatisfaction, Gu Liangyuan shook his head.

“What’s the point of me talking to this big simp? It’s better to communicate with Lin Furen later.”

Speaking of Lin Furen, it seems I forgot to return that silk handkerchief to her.

Looking at Jun Ao Zhi’s situation, he’ll have to go to the Central Continent sooner or later. I’ll talk about it later.

With that in mind, Gu Liangyuan said to Jun Ao Zhi:

“Forget it, whether you believe it or not isn’t important.”

Saying that, he handed the apprenticeship gift Lin Furen had given him to Jun Ao Zhi.

Because Jun Ao Zhi possessed a Fire Spiritual Root, he also imparted the Great Sun Burning Heaven Art to him.

“No matter what, from now on, you are my disciple.”

“This is the apprenticeship gift your mother gave me. I’ll use it as a return gift.”

“This scroll of the Great Sun Burning Heaven Art is a Nine Revolutions Body Refining Mysterious Skill, which perfectly matches your Fire Spiritual Root.”

“Whenever you can successfully reach the Nascent Soul Stage, I will let you return to the Central Continent.”

Jun Ao Zhi took the Storage Pouch Gu Liangyuan handed him, and he felt that at this moment, Gu Liangyuan suddenly became much taller in his heart.

The Nine Revolutions Mysterious Skill for Body Refining, even the Jun Family only had one, and it was only for those with a mutated Ice Spiritual Root to Cultivate.

He hadn’t expected Gu Liangyuan to have a Body Refining Cultivation Technique suitable for him and to give it to him without reservation.

With Forgetting Love for Divine Soul Cultivation and Great Sun Burning Heaven for Body Refining, with these two Cultivation Techniques, his Cultivation path would surely be smooth sailing.

And that Storage Pouch, this was an apprenticeship gift personally chosen by his mother, and nothing inside was ordinary.

Gu Liangyuan didn’t even look at it and just gave it to him directly?

This was great; after escaping Forget-Love Peak, he would have travel expenses to find Little Red again.

But when he heard the latter half of Gu Liangyuan’s sentence, he immediately showed a sorrowful expression.

“Master…”

It was his first time calling someone Master, and Jun Ao Zhi was still a bit unaccustomed. After stammering out the two words “Master,” he continued:

“With my dual Spiritual Root talent, it would take at least a hundred years to Cultivate to the Nascent Soul Stage. By then, Little Red would have forgotten me.”

“Your promise is worse than no promise at all.”

Gu Liangyuan looked at Jun Ao Zhi:

“Who said you only have the talent of a dual Spiritual Root?”

“If that were the case, I wouldn’t have taken you as my disciple.”

“You also possess a hidden Demonic God Bloodline!”

Although Jun Ao Zhi had been so infatuated with Little Red before that it delayed his Cultivation, he was, after all, born into a large Family. He knew more secrets of the Cultivation World than ordinary people.

Concerning his own Physique, and with his infatuation value temporarily suppressed, his expression also became a bit more serious:

“That doesn’t make sense. I haven’t heard that our Jun Family ancestors had any Demonic God ancestors. However, the neighboring Wang Family does have Demonic God…”

At this point, Jun Ao Zhi suddenly realized something and widened his eyes.

Gu Liangyuan leaned forward slightly, moving closer to Jun Ao Zhi.

Clearly, his gossip heart had been stirred!

The neighboring Old Wang?

Checking a Bloodline even uncovered a piece of gossip!

Jun Ao Zhi shook his head repeatedly:

“Impossible, absolutely impossible. I had my Bloodline tested in our Jun Family. It can’t be an outside Bloodline.”

Gu Liangyuan began brainstorming, thinking of Lin Furen’s deceased husband, and a grand soap opera was already playing out in his mind.

“Is there a possibility that you are born from the union of the Jun Family and the Wang Family?”

Jun Ao Zhi fell into deep thought…

After a long time, he still shook his head, his tone firm:

“Absolutely impossible!”

Gu Liangyuan raised an eyebrow upon hearing this:

“How about we make a bet? If you have a Demonic God Bloodline, then before you achieve Nascent Soul, you will diligently Cultivate with me and absolutely not run away.”

Jun Ao Zhi’s heart skipped a beat. How did he guess I wanted to run away?

Gu Liangyuan’s words continued:

“If you don’t have it, I’ll immediately let you return to the Central Continent.”

Jun Ao Zhi’s eyes flickered for a moment, then he gritted his teeth and nodded heavily:

“I’ll bet with you!”

Gu Liangyuan smiled: “Words alone are not enough. Make an oath.”

“If you don’t fulfill the bet then, once you see Little Red, you’ll immediately be entangled by a Heart Demon and die!”

Hiss!

“What a vicious oath!”

“If you don’t accept, then so be it. To prevent you from escaping, I can only keep you under house arrest on Forget-Love Peak.”

“You’re ruthless!”

In the end, Jun Ao Zhi still obediently made the oath and stayed on Forget-Love Peak.

After arranging for Elder Wang to closely monitor Jun Ao Zhi, Gu Liangyuan finally had free time and began to check the System’s return rewards:

“Ding, Host bestowed a Low Grade Spirit Treasure, triggering a five hundred times return. Return reward: Eleventh Earth Sword.”

“Ding, Host bestowed Artifact Refining Materials, triggering a three hundred times return. Return reward: Materials for refining the Five Thief Banner, ten sets.”

“Ding, Host bestowed a Low Grade Spirit Treasure, triggering a two thousand times return. Return reward: High Grade Spirit Treasure Heavenly First Sword.”

“Ding, Host bestowed a Heaven Rank Magical Artifact, triggering a five hundred times return. Return reward: Low Grade Spirit Treasure.”

“Ding…”

The densely packed System panel returned more than thirty Spirit Items and Spirit Treasures!

Although the quality was slightly inferior to Zhang Yang’s Opportunity, the quantity was abundant!

Gu Liangyuan inventoried his gains. Magical Artifacts and Spirit Items below the Heaven Rank were set aside. His main focus was on the first few returned Spirit Items.

First was the Eleventh Earth Sword, which allowed him to complete the Earth Sword set.

Name: Twelve Earth Swords

Rank: When separated, each is a Medium Grade Spirit Treasure. When the Earth Swords are combined, they form a Supreme Grade Spirit Treasure.

Function: When all twelve swords are simultaneously unleashed, the Sub-Wu Sword Formation can be deployed.

Sub-Wu Sword Formation: Composed of four minor formations representing spring, summer, autumn, and winter. It arranges the Five Elements Qi, enacts the changes of the four seasons, and is unparalleled in slaughter while also capable of trapping enemies.

With the Host’s current strength, unleashing any one minor formation can slay a Soul Transformation Early Stage cultivator.

Unleashing the complete Sub-Wu Sword Formation can contend with a Soul Transformation Mid to Late Stage cultivator.

(Spring three swords: Yin, Mao, Chen; Summer three swords: Si, Wu, Wei; Autumn three swords: Shen, You, Xu; Winter three swords: Hai, Zi, Chou.)

Looking at the densely packed System description, Gu Liangyuan was satisfied.

As expected of the Earth Sword set he had spent so much effort to collect; cross-Rank slaying was just a trivial matter.

Moreover, the magical power required to control Spirit Treasures was far less than the consumption of unleashing a Great Divine Power.

He had gained another trump card.

Gu Liangyuan then turned his attention to the Materials for refining the Five Thief Banner. These items were not particularly precious.

The most difficult part of the Five Thief Banner was collecting the Five Thief Qi.

Well, with the System’s return reward, it saved him the effort of collecting them himself. He could try refining it later.

Finally, Gu Liangyuan’s gaze fell upon the Heavenly First Sword, and he had an ominous premonition.

Name: Heavenly First Wood Sword

Rank: High Grade Spirit Treasure

Function: There are ten Heavenly Swords, corresponding to the Ten Heavenly Stems. Each is a High Grade Spirit Treasure.

When all ten swords are combined, they can form a Low Grade Immortal Artifact.

When combined with the Twelve Earth Swords, they form a Medium Grade Immortal Artifact.

When the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches are all gathered, the Jia Zi Sword Formation can be unleashed, unparalleled in slaughter.

Looking at the description of the Heavenly First Sword, Gu Liangyuan’s joy from collecting the Earth Swords was instantly diluted by a few points.

System, you’ve studied at Tencent, haven’t you!