83: Doesn’t your conscience hurt?

"Who is your elder sister?"

Seeing Liu Ruyan's cold, world-weary face remain silent, Gu Qing continued to ask.

"She... she's a demon."

Hearing the words "elder sister," the deliberately forgotten memories instantly flooded Liu Ruyan's mind, her small face turning pale, and her body trembling slightly, like a wounded little beast.

Upon seeing this, Gu Qing found it inappropriate to ask further.

He was just more curious.

What kind of existence could make Emperor Ru Yi so afraid just by hearing her name?

It seemed like another vicious main villain.

Thinking this, Gu Qing changed the subject: "Do you want to join the Star God Temple? That's the sect I belong to."

"The Star God Temple has been passed down from the Ancient Era, possessing countless divine arts and secret methods, and an innumerable amount of heavenly materials and earthly treasures..."

"How do I join?"

Liu Ruyan swallowed her words of refusal and asked eagerly.

She indeed did not lack divine arts or secret methods, nor did she need guidance from powerful cultivators.

Furthermore, she disliked all major forces in the world, so she had no intention of joining any sect and had long decided to be a rogue cultivator.

However... if it was the Star God Temple, she couldn't refuse it at all.

"I just need to introduce you."

"I'll be going into seclusion for a while; piloting the void flying boat will be up to you."

Gu Qing tossed the coordinates to her.

Such a good tool, it would be a waste not to use it; he certainly wasn't going to be someone else's bodyguard.

He Ni had given him so many divine arts; by integrating all of them, his foundation would rise to another level.

"Alright..."

Liu Ruyan happily took it, placed it into the void flying boat's control panel, and began various operations.

Although she was mature for her age, she was still a little girl.

Seeing such a high-grade flying magical treasure, Liu Ruyan excitedly flew around everywhere.

After flying for a day, the excitement wore off, and Liu Ruyan looked tired, suddenly coming to her senses.

"That's not right, didn't Master tell Gu Qing to take care of me? Why does it feel like I'm taking care of him?"

Liu Ruyan's small face wrinkled up.

Controlling the void flying boat was mentally and physically exhausting, and after joining the Star God Temple, Gu Qing would definitely no longer need to take care of her.

Thinking this, Liu Ruyan shook her head, feeling she was overthinking, being suspicious, and seeing everyone as a bad person.

Gu Qing probably saw that she liked the void flying boat, which was why he let her pilot it.

Joining the Star God Temple would be of immense benefit to her.

Perhaps it could even allow her to regrow her Divine Demon Dao Body Origin... Inside the seclusion chamber, Gu Qing calmly comprehended the cultivation techniques He Ni had given him.

All of them were very high-level, with even a few Immortal King-level Dao scriptures.

Such profound cultivation techniques were beyond his comprehension.

Because cultivation techniques above the Divine Fire Realm were no longer called cultivation techniques; describing them as Dao scriptures was more fitting.

He could only integrate cultivation techniques that matched his own realm.

Gu Qing's eyes swirled with endless phenomena, rapidly deducing the Dao scriptures and integrating them with the Chaos Immortal Scripture.

His primordial spirit sat enthroned within the Nine-Colored Soul Lotus, its nine-colored divine light illuminating his entire Purple Mansion, emanating a profound Dao charm.

His soul power and physical realm rapidly increased... Time flowed, and half a month passed in a blink of an eye.

Gu Qing integrated all the cultivation techniques into the Chaos Immortal Scripture, breaking through to the second layer of the King Realm.

"System, bring up my attribute panel."

"[Name] Gu Qing."

"[Realm] King Realm, second layer."

"[Physique] Supreme Dao Bone, Chaotic Star Body, Dao Pupil, Xuanhuang Undying Blood (2%)."

"[Talent] Innate Dao Seed, Unprecedented!"

"[Fate] Variable."

"[Destiny] Unknown."

"[Luck] 773,000."

"[Innate Divine Abilities] 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."

"[Divine Abilities] Annihilating the Eight Desolations (minor accomplishment), Space Teleportation (minor accomplishment), Reincarnation Divine Pupil."

"[Magical Treasures] reincarnation divine halberd, Golden Gourd, Xuanhuang Pearl, space divine rune, Sun Mirror, Cosmic Tower, void flying boat."

"[Companion Exotic Treasure] Calamity Black Dragon."

"[Exotic Fire] Heart of Ice and Fire."

"[innate spiritual root] Nine-Colored Soul Lotus."

"[Cultivation Technique] Chaos Immortal Scripture."

"Several months have passed, and there hasn't been much change."

Gu Qing suddenly understood the saying, "Cultivation is difficult, more difficult than ascending to the heavens."

In the past, he could continuously break through a major realm in a few months.

However, now he could only break through a minor realm, which could only be considered a slight improvement.

This was only the King Realm; when he reached the Venerable Realm and Saint Realm, breaking through a minor realm would probably be counted in years.

Thinking this, Gu Qing consumed a large amount of resources, sealed them within his body, and circulated his cultivation technique to continue cultivating.

Utilizing the uniqueness of his physique, he constructed an internal circulation, operated the Chaos Immortal Scripture, and simultaneously focused on two tasks, steadily improving his cultivation.

This method of continuously improving cultivation was co-created by him and He Ni.

Although it wasn't as effective as cultivating in full seclusion, it still had half the effect, which was already quite remarkable.

Gu Qing walked out of the seclusion chamber and saw Liu Ruyan and the Thunder Eagle sprawled weakly on the control panel, their eyes dim and extremely frail.

"What's wrong with you two?" Gu Qing asked, puzzled.

"How dare you ask?"

Seeing Gu Qing's rosy complexion and vibrant spirit, Liu Ruyan immediately flared up in anger.

After the spirit stones stored in the void flying boat ran out, she and the Thunder Eagle desperately used their cultivation to pilot it.

But Gu Qing, on the other hand, had been comfortably cultivating in seclusion.

Was this how Gu Qing took care of her after receiving benefits from Yang Dieyi?

She was only in the Divine Sea Realm; wouldn't Gu Qing's conscience hurt for exploiting her like this?

If it weren't for fear of disturbing Gu Qing's seclusion, she would have violently knocked on the door long ago.

"So that's how it is..."

After listening to Liu Ruyan's complaints, Gu Qing smiled indifferently and casually threw her 100,000 top-grade spirit stones.

"This..."

Liu Ruyan's eyes widened, her little heart pounding wildly.

100,000 top-grade spirit stones?

It was common knowledge that the exchange rate for spirit stones was ten to one.

But when it came to top-grade spirit stones, there was a difference in quality and quantity.

Top-grade spirit stones had pure and flawless spiritual energy, could be directly absorbed, and contained a spiritual charm, like miraculous elixirs, greatly aiding breakthroughs.

Of course, this referred to low-realm cultivators.

But it was enough to show the preciousness of top-grade spirit stones.

Ten thousand high-grade spirit stones couldn't even buy one top-grade spirit stone.

Gu Qing gave out 100,000 top-grade spirit stones in one go.

Was she dreaming?

"Not enough?"

Gu Qing chuckled, asking with interest.

"Enough, enough!"

Liu Ruyan nodded repeatedly, putting the two storage rings into her possession, her resentment instantly disappearing.

She thought, what kind of person was Gu Qing? How could he exploit her?

He must have been accustomed to nobility and simply hadn't thought of such trivial matters.

Thinking this, Liu Ruyan's divine sense once again probed the storage rings to confirm their authenticity.

After looking for a while, she hesitated, then finally couldn't help but ask: "You... do you have a lot of spirit stones? Do all disciples of the Star God Temple have this many spirit stones?"

"Of course not."

"I haven't taken a single spirit stone from the Star God Temple." He had, however, taken quite a few other treasures.

"Then..."

"I snatched them."

"Ah?" Liu Ruyan was shocked; could Gu Qing be a great demon causing chaos in the world?

"What are you thinking?"

Gu Qing pinched her chubby little face and smiled: "The world is just like this: the strong prey on the weak, and the strong are respected. Clearly, I am the strong one."

Are 100,000 top-grade spirit stones a lot?

It was indeed a huge sum, one that even ordinary sacred lands might not be able to produce.

But to him, it was just a drop in the bucket; he could have as many as he wanted.

When he became strong enough, if he said the world was his, no one would dare to object.

Back then, the Chu family, for a divine-level cultivation technique, directly gave him all their demon beast flesh and blood, which, if converted into spirit stones, would be countless.

But a divine-level cultivation technique was not worth that many spirit stones at all.

However, some things could not be measured by mundane objects.

Even though the Chu family already had a divine-level cultivation technique, they still chose to trade.

This was the importance of strength.

As long as you had enough strength, the entire world was yours.

"Oh!" Liu Ruyan slapped away Gu Qing's large hand and nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

"You should recover your cultivation first." Gu Qing gave her a few more bottles of top-grade pills.

"Gulp!"

"Gu Qing, why don't I become your disciple?"

Liu Ruyan was completely awestruck by Gu Qing's generosity.

Only now did she realize that a super sugar daddy was right beside her.

Moreover, Gu Qing was in the King Realm; placed in a sacred land, he could be an Elder.

For him to take her as a disciple, she would be climbing the social ladder.

As for Yang Dieyi, when she left, she told her that if she met a suitable strong cultivator, she could become their disciple, and she was not allowed to mention anything about her.

"You dream too big."

It was fine to befriend Liu Ruyan with some things he didn't care about.

But taking a disciple would require giving good things and diligently teaching them.

What was the difference between that and taking a father?

He certainly wouldn't take disciples.

He'd rather have more wives in that time.

"Alright!" A hint of disappointment flashed in Liu Ruyan's eyes.

She gave a pill to the Thunder Eagle, and took one herself, her cultivation quickly recovering.

Gu Qing placed 10 billion high-grade spirit stones into the void flying boat, piloted it, and soon arrived at a border city of the Great Qing Empire.

"Go buy a coordinate map of the Eastern Region. I'll wait for you here."

The world was too vast; without a coordinate map, one wouldn't know where to fly.

"..." Liu Ruyan.

Why did she suddenly feel like a little servant?

An illusion.

It must be an illusion.

Liu Ruyan shook her head and left the void flying boat, flying through the air.

Upon entering the city, Liu Ruyan, with her cold and world-weary face, curiously looked around, finding everything new and interesting.

Her demeanor was aloof yet a little cute and silly... "Second Princess..."

On the city wall, a middle-aged cultivator looked at the spiritual artifact compass in his hand, trembling with excitement.

He carefully examined Liu Ruyan's appearance, confirming it was indeed Liu Ruyan.

She looked almost identical to her seven-year-old self, just scaled up proportionally.

Moreover, the spiritual artifact compass had Liu Ruyan's aura, and the two perfectly matched.

Thinking this, the middle-aged cultivator immediately transmitted Liu Ruyan's image to Liu Ruyi's subordinates.

"I finally found you, my dear younger sister."

In the imperial palace, Liu Ruyi murmured excitedly, her smile gradually deepening.

"First Princess, should we report to His Majesty?"

Xu Jing bowed respectfully, looking at Liu Ruyi. For some reason, she suddenly felt Liu Ruyi's smile was obsessive and pathological.

An illusion... She secretly shook her head.

Who didn't know that Liu Ruyi was the reincarnation of a goddess, a propitious omen for the Great Qing Empire?

Noble and ethereal, with a heart for all living beings in the world.

"Yes, go. This princess will personally go to welcome my sister back."

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