82: Ancient ruins

At the same time, he could now truly draw the Golden Blade Talisman in this world.

If he succeeded, it would be of immense help to him in the real world!

Thinking of this, Gu Chang immediately immersed himself in Cultivating martial arts, drawing Talismans, and studying.

The officials of the Shenwu Dynasty still appeared diligent and conscientious, with no one daring to openly challenge Gu Chang while he was still alive.

After being warned once, Gu Chang’s younger brother immediately settled down, no longer daring to inquire about political affairs, but instead dedicating more time and energy to studying literature and practicing martial arts.

Gu Chang naturally approved of this and specially ordered someone to encourage him.

Thanks to these reasons, the development of the entire Shenwu Dynasty remained quite rapid.

Since Gu Chang adopted a strategy that emphasized both civil and military affairs, and valued industry, agriculture, and commerce, it would be difficult for the country not to develop rapidly as long as the national situation remained stable.

Meanwhile, at the Engineering Academy, several highly respected artisans, scholars, and instructors immediately began their research after receiving Gu Chang’s orders and manuscripts.

In just over a month, they had already made achievements.

“It’s done! It’s done! It actually worked!”

“Hahaha!! Your Majesty is truly a Reincarnation of an Immortal, a scholar of the heavens, who actually understands the method of controlling lightning and the means of Immortals!”

“Nonsense! Your Majesty has clearly stated that this is electrical science, a new field of study, absolutely not an Immortal Spell!”

“Alright! Alright, what are you arguing about? The urgent matter at hand is to immediately report the success of the experiment to Your Majesty!”

“Exactly! It should be so!”

“…”

Thus, the door to electrical science opened wide on this day.

After receiving Gu Chang’s approval, they quickly invested more manpower and resources, preparing to construct what they called generators, converters, dischargers, and other devices.

Gu Chang would not personally guide them on how to do this, but rather let them experiment and try things out.

Only by continuously making mistakes and correcting them could they find the correct Dao.

Just like that, two months quickly passed, and Gu Chang once again entered the Heavenly Thunder Hall to undergo Heavenly Thunder Body Refining.

“Boom! Crackle!”

“Sizzle!”

Violent currents continuously surged inside and outside his body, and the Martial Dao Divine Paragon, formed by Zhengang Strength, was also constantly being tempered by the Heavenly Thunder.

Although Gu Chang had gradually adapted to these currents, he still felt excruciating pain when the lightning was violent.

Fortunately, this torment was not in vain.

Now, the Zhengang Strength within his body had become increasingly pure and condensed, and the color of the Zhengang Strength was shifting towards dark red.

The continuously compressed and condensed Zhengang Strength even caused the Martial Dao Divine Paragon’s size to shrink by a large circle.

However, his strength had increased significantly during this process, and he even gradually felt his will becoming stronger and stronger, with a sense of Breakthrough beyond physical constraints.

But ultimately, the accumulation was not enough; this process still needed to be repeated continuously.

Only by enduring long-term, continuous tempering could a qualitative change truly occur!

“Boom!”

Immediately following, another incredibly violent bolt of lightning struck, and the Martial Dao Divine Paragon outside his body finally could not withstand such terrifying power, directly facing the might of heaven and earth, and thus immediately disintegrated, engulfed by the extremely intense current.

Subsequently, Gu Chang’s body was also charred by the terrifying electric current, and he could barely react throughout the entire process.

Thus, he ended this Reincarnation once again.

[Martial Dao Major Achievement, Spirit Refining Perfection, under Divine Might, rarely meets an opponent!]

[This Reincarnation evaluation: C-]

[This Reincarnation reward: 14 Reincarnation points]

[You have 280 Reincarnation points, which can be used to exchange for: Xuanbing Blood Fiend Skill (12 points), Divine Statue Skill (8 points), Blood Talisman Technique (6)]

“Hmm? I didn’t expect that the ability to create Blood Talismans could also be exchanged?”

Upon his consciousness returning, Gu Chang immediately noticed this point, and he instantly felt exceptionally pleased, thinking that his achievements had finally gained the recognition of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

After careful consideration, Gu Chang exchanged for this ability.

As for the Xuanbing Blood Fiend Skill and Divine Statue Skill, he still did not touch them.

After all, he had not yet completed his Breakthrough, and these two Cultivation Techniques still required further accumulation.

Exchanging them now would not have a significant effect on him.

A few days later, Gu Chang left his Immortal Cave, preparing to sell the Talismans in his possession, when he suddenly noticed that the entire Qing Ling Market seemed to be discussing one particular matter.

“Is it true or false? It’s actually an ancient ruin!”

“How could it be false? I heard that some people have already entered this ancient ruin and obtained quite a bit of Opportunity!”

“…”

Even those drinking buddies he hadn’t seen in a while walked up to him at this moment.

“Fellow Daoists, what is this about?”

Gu Chang saw that they didn’t look like they were going out to drink and eat meat.

“It seems Fellow Daoist Zhao is still unaware of this matter.

An unopened ancient ruin has appeared within Qingling Mountain, and this is a tremendous Opportunity.

Perhaps there is some valuable Legacy within!”

“Currently, most Cultivators in the market have already moved at the news, preparing to go explore that ruin.”

Wang Wuji, who was skilled in swordsmanship, quickly spoke out about this matter.

“Ancient ruin? Will those Family Sects allow us to share the benefits?”

Gu Chang was stunned when he heard this, then asked with some confusion.

“This ancient ruin is very special; there are at least seven or eight discovered entrances and exits, which no single force can fully control.

Other forces will likely get involved next.”

“We, Qingling Mountain, are the local hosts, and as the saying goes, ‘the early bird catches the worm.’

We can take advantage of the fact that the various forces haven’t reacted yet to enter and seek benefits.”

“Under such circumstances, even the Meng Family would find it difficult to stop us, unless their Family wants to become enemies with all of us Loose Cultivators.”

Hanjiao Zi shook his head, explaining to Gu Chang, seemingly trying to persuade him.

“How about it, Fellow Daoist Zhao?

This kind of Opportunity is rare, once in a lifetime.

Missing it would surely lead to lifelong regret.

Why not join us in exploring the ruin?”

Finally, another Cultivator extended an invitation to Gu Chang.

“This… My strength is low, and I am not skilled in combat, so I’ll have to decline this matter.”

Gu Chang refused without even thinking when he heard this.

Are you kidding? He would never get involved in something that was clearly a murky situation.

“Fellow Daoist Zhao, you are mistaken.

The four of us working together are definitely not weak; we are sure to gain something in the ruin.”

“That’s right, Fellow Daoist.

Your Talisman techniques are proficient; there will surely be a place for you to display your skills once we enter the ruin.”

“Exactly, this Opportunity waits for no one!”

“If we go too late, we might not even get a sip of the soup!

As long as we act fast enough, we will surely gain enough benefits before those major forces react!”

The three of them tried to persuade him, one after another, but Gu Chang simply refused, and so the two sides parted ways unhappily.

“Sigh, it seems I won’t even have drinking buddies anymore!”

“Forget it, no matter how good the ruin is, what’s the point? Even if you can get it, you still need to be alive to use it!”

Watching their retreating figures, Gu Chang shook his head silently.

Ultimately, they were not on the same Dao; besides eating and drinking, they had no other interactions.