38: The villain who dug the protagonist's bones

"Young Master Gu, let's talk this through. We have no grievances, there's no need to kill me."

"As long as you spare me this time, whatever pills you need refined in the future, just ask."

Although Xiao Yi didn't know why Gu Qing brought him into the flying ship's private cultivation room, the fact that he wasn't immediately killed meant there was still a glimmer of hope, which made Xiao Yi breathe a sigh of relief.

He immediately begged for mercy.

It was less of a plea for mercy and more of a deception.

After all, his words offered no real promises; it was all nonsense.

Gu Qing knew without asking that if he sought him for pill refining in the future, the cost would surely be high, and Xiao Yi was probably already thinking of ways to trick him.

Seeing that Gu Qing didn't respond, Xiao Yi quickly increased his offer.

"Young Master Gu, actually, my pill refining success rate is ninety percent. In the future, I will definitely become a seventh-grade, eighth-grade, or even a ninth-grade alchemist."

He was absolutely not lying.

To be able to refine fourth-grade pills in the Xuan Dan Realm was an extremely rare talent in the entire cultivation world.

"Compared to refining pills, I'd rather refine you."

A mocking smile appeared on Gu Qing's lips.

The protagonist is indeed the protagonist, oblivious to his impending doom, still daydreaming.

"You... what did you say?"

Xiao Yi's smile froze on his face, and a wave of panic surged within him.

Refine him?

Was it the kind of refining he imagined?

Could the true disciple of the Star God Temple be cultivating some demonic art?

"You'll find out soon enough."

Gu Qing formed a hand seal, and profound, mysterious Dao rhyme surged around him, converging into light particles that enveloped Xiao Yi, forming a precious bottle.

"Ah... so comfortable..."

Xiao Yi involuntarily let out a comfortable moan, as if returning to the womb, feeling cozy, warm, and his mind peaceful and serene.

But soon, Xiao Yi became utterly terrified.

He couldn't move; it was as if his body no longer belonged to him.

He watched helplessly as his physical body disintegrated, powerless to do anything.

This was the terrifying aspect of the Chaos Treasure Bottle Seal; it was a divine ability, yet not merely a divine ability, but more like a manifestation of the Great Dao, merging with all Dao and all things.

It made people feel as if they were about to ascend to immortality, to transcend through the Dao.

"Teacher... Teacher, save me quickly..." he cried out in terror, scared out of his wits.

"Alas..."

The Ring Old Man sighed, then said in a deep voice, "Junior, I am Xuan Qing Dan King. Can you give me some face and let this matter go?"

"Heh..."

Hearing this, Gu Qing sneered.

Give you face? You really think you're important?

Let alone Xuan Qing Dan King being just a wisp of a remnant soul, even in his prime, Xuan Qing Dan King was nothing more than a slightly larger ant in front of the Star God Temple.

He didn't have such great face to make him release someone with a single word.

"Junior, as long as you release my beloved disciple, consider it a favor I owe you, how about it?"

Xuan Qing Dan King's tone grew a bit more serious.

He didn't believe that Gu Qing wouldn't be tempted by him, a ninth-grade Pill King, who possessed countless pill formulas and divine arts.

Of course, he didn't expect Gu Qing to agree so easily.

There would definitely be conditions.

But he couldn't care about that much now; as long as he could live, he would agree to whatever conditions Gu Qing proposed.

"Teacher, I can't hold on, save me quickly..."

Xiao Yi collapsed.

By now, half of his flesh and blood had been dissolved, and he was covered in gore.

"How can I save you as your teacher?"

Hearing Xiao Yi's wails, the Ring Old Man finally couldn't help but explode.

He himself was in danger now, his life and death entirely at Gu Qing's whim.

He had fallen to this state entirely because of Xiao Yi's self-inflicted actions.

What should have been a simple matter was repeatedly messed up by Xiao Yi's continuous foolish operations.

Now he was doing his best to salvage the situation, yet Xiao Yi was still not satisfied. Did he have to burn his divine soul and die before Xiao Yi?

"I..."

"Young Master Gu, please let me go. As long as you are willing to spare me, I swear that in the future, whatever errands you have, even if it means going through fire and water, I, Xiao Yi, will not refuse."

The great terror of death enveloped his heart, and Xiao Yi was terrified beyond measure, directly swearing an oath to beg for mercy.

All his proud integrity, his indifference to life and death, were completely cast aside in the face of death.

Xiao Yi only wanted to live now.

As long as he was alive, there was hope for everything.

"Tsk tsk, not playing smart now?" Gu Qing sneered, his hands still moving.

Seeing this, Xiao Yi and Xuan Qing Dan King immediately understood that Gu Qing's killing intent was resolute, and their hearts sank to the bottom.

The Ring Old Man hesitated repeatedly, deciding to burn his divine soul, even knowing it was futile, but he couldn't just sit idly by and wait for death.

Even if he died, his soul annihilated, he would not let Gu Qing successfully refine him and his disciple.

His idea was good, but he ultimately overestimated his own strength.

Two people combined couldn't withstand the Star Picking Hand, so how could they break the Chaos Treasure Bottle Seal?

As soon as the Ring Old Man appeared, he was bound by the Chaos Treasure Bottle Seal, becoming fish on the chopping block.

His divine soul was no longer under his control.

It was as if he had merged with the Chaos Treasure Bottle Seal.

"What kind of evil art is this..."

The Ring Old Man was knowledgeable, but he had never seen or heard of such a strange secret art.

"No, this isn't an evil art, this is the power of the Great Dao."

Before, hidden in the ring, he hadn't felt it so deeply, or even understood the profoundness of the Chaos Treasure Bottle Seal.

But now that he was out, a force of the Great Dao merged with him, and Gu Qing controlled that force, meaning Gu Qing controlled their life and death.

Instantly, a wave of despair enveloped both of them.

"No, I can't die."

"Sister Xun'er is still waiting for me to find her, I haven't married Sister Xun'er yet..."

Xiao Yi's eyes were bloodshot, regret and unwillingness clouding his heart.

If he could start over, he would never offend Chu Yao for those few spirit stones, nor would he take risks again, abandoning all talk of seeking wealth in danger.

Constantly surviving by the skin of his teeth had made him forget that once you fail, people die.

Unfortunately, it was too late for regrets now.

There are no 'ifs' in this world.

Gu Qing extracted the memories of the two, absorbing their pill refining knowledge.

As well as the Ring Old Man's numerous cultivation techniques, divine abilities, pill formulas, and so on.

It could be said without exaggeration that he was now considered a master alchemist.

With the enhancement of the Chaos Treasure Bottle Seal, Gu Qing was confident in refining divine pills with pill patterns.

Spirit pills are divided into low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, top-grade, and those with pill patterns.

The higher the grade of the spirit pill, the less pill poison it contains.

And a top-grade pill is a spirit pill with no pill poison side effects.

As for spirit pills with pill patterns, these are supreme treasures.

They contain the Dao rhyme of laws, give rise to life force, can absorb spiritual energy to evolve, and even take on human form.

According to legend, the founding patriarch of the Divine Pill Sect was a nine-pattern divine pill that took human form and had already ascended to the Immortal Realm.

Every pill with a pill pattern, even if only one, is a divine pill.

It can help people comprehend the Dao, break through realms, heal injuries, awaken physiques, improve aptitudes, and so on, with endless wondrous uses.

"Every child of destiny and child of fate is my godfather..." Gu Qing exclaimed with genuine emotion after digesting the memories of the two.

Children of destiny and children of fate were truly bountiful; each one could bring him immense opportunities and good fortune.

Gu Qing took a deep breath and began to absorb... and cultivate.

(Cultivate... delete...)

His cultivation and soul power rapidly increased.

Xuan Dan seventh layer.

Xuan Dan eighth layer peak... "System, summon my attribute panel."

Name: Gu Qing.

Realm: Xuan Dan Realm, eighth layer peak.

Physique: Supreme Dao Bone, Chaotic Star Body (evolving... 27%)

Talent: Innate Dao Seed, Unprecedented!

Fate: Variable.

Destiny: Unknown.

Luck: Three hundred twenty-one thousand.

Innate Divine Abilities: Chaos Treasure Bottle Seal, Yin Yang Wheel, Star Picking Hand.

Divine Ability: Little Thousand Swordplay.

Magic Treasures: reincarnation divine halberd, Qiankun Sword.

innate spiritual root: Nine-Colored Soul Lotus.

Cultivation Technique: Chaos Immortal Scripture (initial creation)

"My physique only increased by five points, it's evolving really slowly."

The further one progressed, the more difficult the physique's evolution became.

Relying on the Golden Gourd was more reliable.

The precious liquid refined from demon beast flesh and spiritual herbs contained the purest life essence, which could also evolve one's physique.

Thinking this, Gu Qing began to tally his spoils of war.

"Incomplete king-grade artifacts, incomplete magic treasures, incomplete divine iron, black-patterned celestial gold, spiritual pills and wondrous medicines..."

"So rich..."

If all these treasures were sold, it would be enough for a Body Tempering Realm cultivator to reach the Void Dao Realm.

Gu Qing took out a jade slip to copy the Ring Old Man's pill formulas, cultivation techniques, divine abilities, and so on.

He planned to sell them all to Chu Yao.

They were useless to him anyway.

The only useful one was Xiao Yi's primary cultivation technique, the Fen Jue.

This was a miraculous cultivation technique without a fixed grade; it could devour all kinds of heavenly flames, and the technique would automatically upgrade, developing subsequent methods.

It also possessed the ability to refine all heavenly flames.

Naturally, Gu Qing would not sell such a miraculous cultivation technique.

He planned to integrate it into his Chaos Immortal Scripture upon his return.

Perhaps with the integration of the Fen Jue, his Chaos Immortal Scripture could evolve by devouring other cultivation techniques in the future.

Of course, this was just a beautiful fantasy; Gu Qing knew it was not very realistic.

After all, heavenly flames and cultivation techniques were not on the same level.

Heavenly flames contained the power of laws, they were the Dao Seeds of fire; devouring them and deriving cultivation methods from them was within a reasonable scope.

But cultivation techniques were not Dao Seeds, nor did they possess the power of laws.

However, after integrating the Fen Jue, it would definitely be much easier for his Chaos Immortal Scripture to integrate other cultivation techniques in the future... "Sister Su, it's been five days. When do you think Young Master Gu will come out of seclusion?"

Chu Yao took a sip of tea, resting her chin on her hand, her foxy eyes narrowed, her voice sweet and alluring.

Today she wore a long black gauze dress, her delicate figure graceful and shapely, so much so that she couldn't see her toes when she looked down.

Her faintly visible skin was like beautiful jade and white snow, seemingly glowing.

Her pair of long, straight, round legs were flawless, without a single pore, as if carved from beautiful jade, half-hidden and half-revealed by the black gauze dress.

"What a seductive little vixen..." Ji Ning thought to herself.

She sat to the side, enveloped in divine light, appearing as steady as an old ox on the surface, as if the matter had nothing to do with her.

However, her eyes, hidden beneath the divine light, were secretly observing the two.

Su Qingyue was as aloof as ever, wrapped tightly, her temperament extraordinary, cold and noble, like a fairy who didn't eat human food.

The two women's personalities and temperaments were completely opposite, yet sitting together, they were naturally harmonious and breathtakingly beautiful.

"This little vixen keeps calling her 'sister,' 'sister.' Could it be that she's taken a liking to Gu Qing? Yes, it must be. When a woman gets excited, her actions and demeanor are different."

"Tsk tsk, the little vixen and the little pervert's three days and three nights should soon produce a little life..."

The two women frowned, simultaneously turning to look at Ji Ning, always feeling a scorching gaze secretly scrutinizing their bodies from behind.

However, seeing Ji Ning's steady posture like an old ox, both women immediately wondered if they were mistaken.

After all, what kind of person was Ji Ning? A human supreme, ruthless and taciturn. How could she be staring at them?

Su Qingyue withdrew her gaze and said coldly, "Vixen, stop calling me 'sister.' We're not close."

"Hehe... Sister Su, don't be so heartless. More friends mean more paths. If Sister Su ever needs anything in the future, feel free to ask this elder sister for help."

"Who cares about your help?"

"Don't speak so absolutely."

"Cultivators must endure thousands of hardships, and the Dao is long and arduous. Who can guarantee smooth sailing?"

"I am the Saintess of the Star God Temple."

"Then you can't always stay cooped up in the Star God Temple, can you?"

"Thump thump!"

Seeing the two arguing endlessly, Gu Qing deliberately heavy his footsteps.

"Senior Brother."

"Young Master Gu, you're out of seclusion."

Chu Yao's smile was enchanting, her charm naturally alluring, every movement exuding endless temptation.

Gu Qing hummed in acknowledgment and asked, "Did you bring the demon beast flesh?"

"I brought some from several nearby major continents, but of course, only a portion."

"The Barren Ancient Realm's five great domains are vast and boundless. If we were to collect everything, it would take at least three years."

Gu Qing nodded.

The world was too vast; even if the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion went all out and used teleportation arrays, it would still take time to collect everything.

"Help me sell all these things. Same old rule, use all the proceeds to buy demon beast flesh and low-grade spiritual herbs."

"Alright."

Chu Yao readily agreed.

She swept her divine sense and saw the large bell, immediately understanding.

Xiao Yi really wouldn't die if he didn't court death.

She also wondered if the mysterious powerful figure behind Xiao Yi had been dealt with by Ji Ning.

"Senior Brother, do we still need to go on an adventure?"

Seeing Gu Qing settle the matter, Su Qingyue quickly spoke, also giving Chu Yao a glance, her eyes slightly triumphant.

What if Chu Yao was rich?

She could only conduct transactions with Gu Qing.

She and Gu Qing were from the same sect; perhaps they could become Dao companions who would stay together forever.

"Do you want to go?"

Gu Qing answered with a question.

Actually, he wanted to return to the Star God Temple.

To develop the Star God Temple, this super treasure trove.

To peruse cultivation techniques, divine abilities, secret arts, and cultivation insights, and so on.

If he could integrate all of these into his Chaos Immortal Scripture, his foundation would definitely reach an Unprecedented realm, and his path of cultivation would be bright.

But this wasn't just his matter alone.

Su Qingyue was supposed to be out on an adventure.

"No."

Su Qingyue shook her head. The so-called 'adventure' was merely sightseeing, making friends, and experiencing life.

As for going to secret realms, it was better to enter the Star God Temple's secret realms for training.

Gu Qing probably felt the same as her, eager to leave this place and return to the Star God Temple.

Su Qingyue smiled beautifully, her lovely eyes sparkling as she said, "Of course, wherever Senior Brother goes, I go."

"Then let's go back."

Gu Qing smiled slightly and said, "I just received a message from Master. Master has taken in another junior sister. What is her background?"

"I'm not sure either."

"I know."

Chu Yao interjected, "She is the Ninth Princess of the Divine Phoenix Empire in the Eastern Domain, named Luo Li, and possesses the Phoenix bloodline."

"I heard she even dug out her fiancé's Supreme Bone."

"Really?"

The two froze, looking at Chu Yao in disbelief.

"Of course, the news is absolutely accurate."

Chu Yao said with certainty.

"Speaking of which, I've even met Luo Li's fiancé. He is the only son of Zhenbei Wang, a monstrous talent, but it's a pity."

"With his Supreme Bone dug out, he has become a cripple, destined to have no connection with the Great Dao in this life."

The Supreme Bone, this was an existence comparable to a top-tier divine body.

It even had the potential to evolve into a Supreme Divine Body.

"This..."

Gu Qing's expression was strange.

Isn't this the child of destiny template?

"Is his surname Shi?"

Chu Yao was stunned, not understanding why Gu Qing asked that. She shook her head and said, "His surname is Ye, given name Hao, and he is eighteen years old this year."

"Why, Young Master Gu, do you know a Supreme Bone with the surname Shi?"

"No."

Gu Qing was certain that this Ye Hao was definitely a child of destiny.

After all, whether judged by his name or his identity as Zhenbei Wang's son, he fit the protagonist's standard.

In that case, wasn't his little junior sister a villainous big antagonist?

Thinking this, Gu Qing really wanted to fly back to the Star God Temple to meet this female antagonist named Luo Li.

"Senior Ji, this junior wishes to travel to the Star God Temple to become a disciple. I humbly request Senior to take me along."

Chu Yao suddenly bowed to Ji Ning.

She had wanted to become a disciple of the Star God Temple for a long time.

After all, the Star God Temple was an ancient and immortal Dao lineage, with countless divine abilities and cultivation techniques.

Heavenly treasures, secret realms, small worlds, sacred medicines, divine medicines, everything was available.

As long as she could join the Star God Temple, she would surely become a powerful expert.

However, the Star God Temple also had its downsides.

The competition was too brutal.

And it was filled with monstrous talents and peerless geniuses; even an outer disciple there would be a top-tier genius capable of suppressing an entire region in the outside world.

Her identity was special; if she rashly joined the Star God Temple, she feared being suppressed by the geniuses and monsters there and forcibly taken as a female slave.

At that time, the Chu family wouldn't be able to help her either.

However, now she had obtained the cultivation techniques and divine abilities given by Gu Qing, and her foundation and combat power had both improved.

Moreover, she had become acquainted with Gu Qing, a union of interests; if she was in trouble, Gu Qing couldn't just stand by and do nothing, could he?

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