463: The Eighteen Skills of the Four Secretaries

"Master, are you comfortable...?"

In the courtyard of the Purple Bamboo Forest, Shu Ying and Yi Tang smiled as they massaged Gu Qing's shoulders, their movements gentle, their skin touching his.

Hong Lan and Wan He also massaged Gu Qing's shoulders.

Their eyes sparkled, every smile and frown exuding charm. The mature allure, elegant and intellectual, honed by years, was something young girls couldn't compare to.

"Comfortable!"

A faint, lingering fragrance wafted as Gu Qing, like a grand lord, closed his eyes and enjoyed the kneading of the four stunning beauties.

"Hehe! Master, our four sisters have recently learned to play various instruments and are proficient in eighteen different skills. There's something even more comfortable, Master, would you like to try it?" Yi Tang giggled, her beautiful eyes shimmering with charm.

Hong Lan and Wan He's faces were flushed, standing behind Gu Qing, massaging here and there.

Their beautiful eyes darted about, their expressions shy beyond measure.

"Oh? Eighteen different skills?" Gu Qing opened his eyes, quite surprised. He had heard of eighteen martial arts, but never eighteen skills.

No, he seemed to have heard of it somewhere.

However, with Hong Lan and Wan He present, was it really appropriate to display the eighteen skills?

“Master, please watch! Please guide us if there are any imperfections.” Yi Tang blushed and slowly lowered her head.

...

Gu Qing turned to look at Hong Lan and Wan He.

The four of them seemed to have agreed, their slender hands moving gracefully.

...

At this moment, Gu Qing suddenly recalled a poem.

Why do I dwell on the green mountain, you ask? A gentle smile, a tranquil heart. Peach blossoms drift with the water, silently passing, a world apart, not of this mortal realm.

Time flowed by, and Gu Qing watched the full moon rise and fall, momentarily forgetting why he had sought out his secretaries.

It didn't seem to be anything important.

If it were important, he wouldn't have forgotten.

So these unimportant matters were utterly trivial; the process, details, specifics... none of it mattered anymore.

However, to be fair, what needed to be explained, still had to be explained.

Only after everything was clearly explained did Gu Qing leisurely depart.

He secretly resolved to consult with his secretaries more often in the future. The four of them had too many ingenious ideas, and adopting their suggestions would be more beneficial for him in managing the sect.

"Master has so many Innate Spirit Treasures!"

"Isn't that right? He already gave us two, and now two more."

"I feel like I'm about to break through to Immortal King."

"The greatness of the God King needs no words!"

"Sisters, we must not let the Eldest Miss find out."

"We know, we know!"

The four beautiful and voluptuous women lay sprawled, whispering amongst themselves.

Although Xi Ling initially told them to become Gu Qing's women, she never brought it up again later. The answer was obvious; they dared not let Xi Ling know.

"Let's go. The Lin family has been destroyed, leaving countless properties. We need to quickly arrange for people to take over."

"Yes, it's a good thing we have the Time-Space Shuttle, otherwise we could only sigh in despair."

...Gu Qing entered the Boundless Space, and the first thing he did was ask He Ni for the lottery results.

He wrapped his arms around both mother and daughter, pulling them into his embrace, and silently commanded the system to open.

Immediately, a virtual system panel, visible only to him, appeared before his eyes, filled with a large amount of reward information.

[Congratulations to the host for slaying an Immortal King, obtaining a Mid-Grade innate spiritual root...]

(I missed one, a total of nine Immortal Kings were killed, not eight.)

Nine consecutive rewards filled Gu Qing with joy.

There were three Mid-Grade innate spiritual roots, five Mid-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures, and one Superior Grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure.

This lottery draw yielded very good rewards.

Gu Qing took out the only Superior Grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure.

It was a Nine Ying Flowing Splendor Hairpin, incredibly beautiful, shimmering with brilliant light.

The Nine Ying Flowing Splendor Hairpin embodied the divine essence of heaven and earth, containing the creation of the universe. It was excellent for both offense and defense, could assist in cultivation, and was aesthetically pleasing.

No female cultivator wouldn't like it.

Gu Qing directly placed it on He Ni's head, smiling with satisfaction: "Madam is truly beautiful. A mere Nine Ying Flowing Splendor Hairpin can only serve as a foil for Madam's astonishing beauty."

He Ni: "..."

Yan'er: "..."

She blinked her big eyes, a little confused, but her mother seemed very happy after hearing it.

Yan'er followed suit, saying, "Daddy is right, the Nine Ying Flowing Splendor Hairpin complements Mommy."

He Ni still couldn't help but beam with joy, stroking her daughter's little head: "Yan'er is so good!"

Her precious daughter was indeed her thoughtful little cotton-padded jacket.

"Smooch!" Gu Qing kissed Yan'er's fair, tender cheek several times. The little darling was so heartwarming. Just as Gu Qing was about to play with the cub further, He Ni pushed him away.

"Don't scare our daughter. What kind of father are you?!" He Ni chastised.

She had never seen such a terrible person. Their daughter was perfectly fine, why would he tease her?

Gu Qing looked dejected; with He Ni present, his surging paternal love had nowhere to go.

"Then let's cultivate!" Gu Qing said sullenly.

Summoning the Creation Green Lotus, the three of them sat upon it.

This time, Yan'er, for some unknown reason, voluntarily snuggled into his arms.

"Daddy, don't be unhappy!" Although Yan'er didn't know why Gu Qing was suddenly unhappy, she knew he was unhappy now.

Her soft little hand stroked her old father's chest, comforting him in a milky voice.

"Alright, alright, alright!" Gu Qing held the soft, milky bundle, his gloom instantly dispelled. Looking at the sweet and docile Yan'er, he truly wanted to just gobble her up.

"Behave, and cultivate quickly." He Ni glared at him upon seeing this.

"Cough!"

Gu Qing lightly coughed, dismissing his dangerous thoughts, and closed his eyes to assist the Calamity Black Dragon in refining the Immortal King Dao Fruit.

At the same time, he extracted the Great Dao insights and the essence of myriad Dao laws.

In less than a month, Gu Qing had completely refined it.

The Calamity Black Dragon broke through to the peak of Immortal King as expected.

Gu Qing then refined the Chaotic Divine Sword, making it his Natal Magical Treasure.

The Chaotic Divine Sword was suitable as a Dao-proving treasure for Lin Feng, but it was even more suitable as a Natal Magical Treasure for him.

He was a Chaos Dao Embryo, his body like chaos, containing the Chaotic Great Dao. He only needed to place the Chaotic Divine Sword within his body to nurture it, and it would perfectly advance to the Chaotic Spiritual Treasure level, without the need for any auxiliary treasures.

If Lin Feng wanted to advance the Chaotic Divine Sword to a Chaotic Spiritual Treasure, who knew how many treasures would be needed to feed it.

Soon, Gu Qing had refined all three layers of restrictions on the Chaotic Divine Sword.

After all, it was currently a Low-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure. Once the Chaotic Divine Sword advanced to the Chaotic Spiritual Treasure level, the remaining nine layers of restrictions would naturally evolve.

"System, bring up my system panel!"

[Name] Gu Qing.

[Realm] Late God King.

[Physique] Chaos Dao Embryo.

[Talent] Chaos Dao Seed.

[Fate] Variable.

[Destiny] Unknown.

[Luck] Nine million fifty-two thousand.

[Natal Divine Abilities] Devouring Path, Chaotic Immeasurable, Chaos Treasure Bottle Seal, Yin Yang Wheel, Star Picking Hand, Chaotic Return to Ruin Sword Art, Star Shattering Finger, Star Dou Divine Fist, Divine Prison, Blood Drop Reshaping, Profound Yellow Heaven Sealing Art, Space Divine Art, Devouring Divine Art, Myriad Transformations Star Shadow, Starlight Escape, Words Become Law, God King Domain, Great Dao Golden Wheel.

[Divine Abilities] Space Teleportation, Reincarnation Divine Pupil, Life and Death Wheel, Nine Heavens Mysterious Sword Technique, Qi and Blood Dragon Transformation, Tiangang Nine Sword Art, Profound Yellow Heaven Sealing Finger, Heavenly Emperor Fist, Sunset Twilight, Divine King Opening Heaven, Limitless Halberd Technique, Nine Yang Dharma Idol, Heaven Transformation Secret Technique.

[Magical Treasures] Profound Fire Treasure Mirror, Time-Space Shuttle.

[Companion Exotic Treasure] Calamity Black Dragon (Early Immortal King)

[Innate Spiritual Roots] pan peach tree, innate bitter bamboo, innate enlightenment tea tree.

[Innate Magical Treasures] space divine rune, profound heaven sword, Creation Green Lotus Cauldron, Chaotic Undying Halberd, Hongmeng Immeasurable Tower, Heavenly Bow and God-Slaying Arrow, Chaotic Divine Sword.

[Cultivation Technique] Chaos Immortal Scripture.

"There's absolutely no change."

Gu Qing glanced at it, instantly feeling that the road ahead was difficult. He had extracted the Great Dao insights of several Immortal Kings and billions of living beings, yet his realm had shown no breakthrough.

His Dao attainment had only increased a little, and his magic power had increased a tiny bit. Breaking through was too difficult.

No wonder those Immortal Kings would seclude themselves for millions of years without any breakthrough.

At the Profound God Realm, if you comprehended, you comprehended. If you didn't, cultivating for countless years wouldn't lead to any breakthrough in realm.

For an Immortal King to break through, to advance their realm, was incomparably more difficult than for a Profound God.

"The Calamity Black Dragon's assistance to me is no longer significant." Gu Qing had originally wanted to find foreign races to sacrifice, in order to quickly break through his realm.

Now, it seemed he had thought too much. The Calamity Black Dragon did help him, but not much.

The saying 'there are no shortcuts to the Dao' was largely true.

Gu Qing stroked his chin in thought.

For others, there might be no shortcuts to the Dao, but he had a way to take a shortcut.

Eating Jiang Yu's soft rice, his cultivation soared.

He could also kill protagonists, obtain heaven-defying treasures, and breaking through would be a matter of minutes, wouldn't it?

Thinking this, Gu Qing closed the system panel and glanced at He Ni.

Seeing her cultivating in a state of oblivion, he didn't disturb her, gently placing the sleeping Yan'er into her arms.

Stepping out of the Boundless Space, Gu Qing immediately cast two curses on Lin Feng and Lin Xuan.

As expected, they were bounced back, the curses seemingly unable to find their targets.

Since even the Calamity Black Dragon couldn't find the two, Gu Qing was helpless, feeling a faint unease in his heart.

After all, Lin Xuan and Lin Feng were both children of destiny with systems, possessing heaven-defying luck.

Especially Lin Xuan; according to the system's calculations, Lin Xuan's current emergence meant his cultivation was at least at the Immortal King level.

Perhaps if he were to prove Dao as an Immortal Emperor someday, Gu Qing wouldn't find it strange at all.

If only Jiang Yu were still here.

The so-called children of destiny, even Immortal Emperors, were as weak as ants in Jiang Yu's hands.

No matter where they hid, Jiang Yu could calculate their location, and in this regard, she was even more formidable than the system.

System: "..."

It just knew, this was definitely a Great Filial Son.

It was another day of being disliked by the filial son.

"Godfather, can you calculate the locations of Lin Xuan and Lin Feng?" Gu Qing asked.

[No.] Even if I could, I wouldn't calculate for a Great Filial Son like you.

"I can offer luck as compensation."

[Luck is useless to me.]

"Sigh!" Gu Qing sighed, knowing the system was useless, a pointless question.

Fortunately, without Lin Xuan and Lin Feng, he still had the super-useless son-in-law, the heaven-defying War God Chu Nan.

Having raised this son-in-law for so long, it was time to harvest.

In the days without Jiang Yu, he could only hunt protagonists to sustain himself.

On the nth day without Jiang Yu, he missed her again.

Gu Qing took out a communication jade and sent her a few messages, but after waiting a while, there was no response.

"Where exactly did Jiang Yu go? Didn't she say she'd be back soon...?" Gu Qing looked out at the boundless void, a worried expression on his face.

If Jiang Yu came back this time, he would definitely kiss her leg until it went numb.

Xia Ruanruan: "Gu Dage, did you receive the gift I had someone send you?"

Gu Qing glanced at the communication jade, which had accumulated thousands of messages from Xia Ruanruan. Seeing the latest message, Gu Qing couldn't help but frown.

What kind of gift would Xia Ruanruan send him?

One must know, he was the most powerful existence in the All Heavens Myriad Realms; worldly treasures were like dirt to him.

"Could it be that Ruan Ruan sent me some rare treasure?" Gu Qing wondered, growing a little curious.

He sent a voice transmission to a disciple outside the door, and one of them immediately lifted the gift Xia Ruanruan sent with spiritual power, delivering it to Gu Qing.

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