Immortality: Grinding Experience Starting as a Paper Craftsman

Chapter 109 The dust has settled, and a bountiful return is in order.

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With the ordeal in Pingyang County coming to an end, Anyuan County and Qinghe County have also completed their planned performances.

It has to be said that the acting skills of those demonic brats from the Blood River Sect have made a qualitative leap under the tutelage of the Blood Swordsman.

While cursing and shouting slang that only demonic cultivators could understand, they turned the old grain in the homes of the wealthy families in the three counties upside down.

The elite disciples of the Flowing Cloud Sect, like male protagonists in a wish-fulfillment novel fighting in a tournament, descended from the sky at the perfect moment, struck their coolest poses, unleashed a few powerful moves with stunning visual effects, and then reaped the incense offerings and prayers from the people, which were mixed with fear and confusion.

As the last sword light disappeared into the sky, this grand drama, ostensibly about exorcising demons but in reality about dividing the spoils, finally came to an end.

……

Changning County, the seat of the Demon Suppression Division, at noon.

Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the old locust tree, falling on Gu Yan's face.

Gu Yan lay on a rosewood chair, leaning back, looking very lazy.

He closed his eyes tightly, focusing his mind on the Blood Swordsman clone.

At this moment, the Blood Swordsman was playing with the two Condensing Qi Pills.

The surface of the pill was covered with strange cloud patterns, and just holding it in one's hand gave off a bone-chilling cold that seemed to seep into one's marrow.

For righteous cultivators, this is a deadly poison; but for demonic cultivators, it is an indispensable catalyst for breaking through to the Golden Core realm.

"My lord, breakfast is ready."

Song Hong pushed open the door and entered, carrying a tray in her hand.

Today, Song Hong changed into a simple blue dress, and her hair was simply tied up in a bun with a wooden hairpin in her hair.

Since breaking through the Foundation Establishment stage and truly stepping into the extraordinary world, she has lost some of her earthy charm and gained a more capable and heroic air.

She placed a bowl of thick spirit rice porridge on the stone table, and then arranged several delicate side dishes. When her gaze swept over the book about the Condensing Fiend Pill beside Gu Yan, her eyes involuntarily narrowed, but she quickly looked away without asking any more questions.

"What's the situation outside?"

Gu Yan picked up the bowl of porridge and blew on it to cool it down.

"It's very lively."

Song Hong sat down on a stone bench, a mocking smile playing on her lips: "The Flowing Cloud Sect's flying boat has retreated to Black Wind Valley, a thousand miles away. I heard that Elder Mo was seriously injured and is currently in seclusion to heal. Now the people of the three counties are all saying that a reclusive powerhouse who happened to be passing by couldn't stand the Flowing Cloud Sect's behavior and punished them."

"Oh? There's such a saying?"

Gu Yan picked up a piece of pickled cucumber with his chopsticks and chewed it with a crisp sound.

Song Hong looked at Gu Yan, her eyes filled with inquiry: "Not only did they not refute the rumors, but they also withdrew all means of monitoring Changning County. Now, within a hundred miles around here, we can't even see a single carrier pigeon from the Liuyun Sect. My lord, that reclusive master seems to have quite a temper."

Gu Yan took a sip of porridge, a signature honest smile appearing on his face: "Perhaps some senior just happened to be passing by, saw that Changning County had good feng shui, and gave us a hand? Who can say for sure what will happen in the cultivation world?"

Song Hong gave him a deep look, then stopped asking questions. She simply picked up the teapot and poured Gu Yan a cup of tea: "Whoever it is, as long as they're on our side, that's fine. By the way, Senior Brother Xiao just sent word that he discovered some suspicious people on the outskirts of the Burial Dragon Mountains in the west."

"Who is it?"

"Judging from their style, they don't seem to be from the Flowing Cloud Sect, but rather..."

Song Hong paused before uttering the second half of her sentence: "They seem to be rogue cultivators from other prefectures, as well as spies from some major sects. The news of the earth's veins' revival can't be kept secret. Now that the Flowing Cloud Sect has suffered a setback, these wolves have come smelling the scent."

Gu Yan put down his chopsticks and tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

This was exactly what he had expected.

Changning County is now like a piece of fat meat, even though it is nominally still in the Liuyun Sect's bowl.

However, the Flowing Cloud Sect cannot be the only one to dominate, and other wolves and tigers are naturally eager to get a share of the pie.

"Tell Senior Brother Xiao not to worry about them."

Gu Yan said calmly, "As long as they don't cause trouble in the city or harm the people, let them roam freely in the mountains. If any fools dare to lay a hand on us..."

He picked up his teacup, took a small sip, and said in a gentle, refined tone, "Then chop it up."

A glint flashed in Song Hong's eyes, and she nodded in agreement, "Understood. I'll get back to work now. The newly recruited rogue cultivators have too weak a foundation; we need to get them trained quickly."

After Song Hong left, the backyard returned to tranquility.

Gu Yan's smile slowly faded.

He raised his hand and waved it, and a barrier enveloped the entire backyard.

Then, he closed his eyes and his mind sank back into his sea of ​​consciousness.

……

Thousands of miles away, deep in the Great Rift Valley.

Blood River Sect, underground secret chamber.

This is the place where the Blood River Sect's spiritual energy is most abundant, and its malevolent energy is also the heaviest.

The surrounding rock walls were covered with hideous runes, and a tributary of an underground blood river flowed from the pool in the center of the secret chamber, churning and boiling.

The Blood Swordsman sat cross-legged on the bone lotus platform in the center of the blood pool.

He removed the bronze mask, revealing a pale and cold face.

The next step after reaching the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment is the Golden Core stage.

Looking at the vast world of the Great Wei, the number of Golden Core cultivators on the surface is only a few hundred, which shows how difficult it is for them to break through.

"The main body is ready."

The Blood Swordsman muttered to himself, his voice hoarse.

He took out the two Qi Condensation Pills from his pocket.

As soon as the pill was produced, the boiling blood around them instantly calmed down, as if it had been suppressed by some higher-level malevolent energy.

"eat!"

Without the slightest hesitation, the Blood Swordsman tilted his head back and swallowed both pills at the same time.

"boom!"

The pills entered the abdomen and transformed into two extremely cold and domineering torrents, rushing straight to the dantian.

If the previous demonic energy was a wild horse, then these two medicinal energies are two mad dragons.

They wreaked havoc within the Blood Swordsman's body, severing his meridians inch by inch, only to rapidly regenerate under the influence of his demonic arts.

This kind of pain far surpasses the agony of being slowly sliced ​​to death.

Although it is just a clone, with the blessing of the spirit-enhancing properties, the Blood Swordsman is no different from an ordinary person. With a certain degree of independent consciousness, he will naturally have the ability to feel pain.

He gritted his teeth, remaining silent, his muscles taut like rocks, and fine beads of blood seeping from his skin, staining his red robe even deeper.

"Not enough...not enough..."

Just as the Blood Swordsman was about to lose control of the drug's effects and face the risk of exploding and dying,

Gu Yan, who was far away in Changning County, suddenly opened his eyes.

Within the Qi Sea, the crimson dragon pearl spun violently.

"change!"

Gu Yan gave a low shout.

Through the connection of the Divine Demon Tai Chi Diagram, an extremely yang and powerful primordial fire, carrying the majesty of the ancient Candle Dragon, used paper offerings as anchor points to travel thousands of miles and directly descend into the Blood Swordsman's body.

Extreme Yin meets extreme Yang.

The chilling aura of the Condensing Fiend Pill and the supremely yang dragon flame of the Dragon Pearl collided fiercely within the Blood Swordsman's dantian.

"puff!"

The Blood Swordsman suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood.

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After spitting out the blood, his previously painful expression actually eased somewhat.

Two completely opposite forces began to form a delicate balance within his body, just like the divine and demonic Tai Chi diagram of Gu Yan's true form.

Yin and Yang complement each other, and dragon and tiger intertwine.

The originally violent spiritual energy began to become docile, and slowly condensed into an irregular solid prototype in the center of the dantian.

That was a sign that the Foundation Establishment cultivator was about to break through to the Void Core stage.

Once this nascent elixir is refined and perfected, and subjected to tribulation by lightning, it will become the true Golden Elixir Path.

Time passed second by second.

The blood in the sealed room had dried up at some point, and all the essence had been absorbed into that body.

I don't know how much time passed.

The Blood Swordsman slowly opened his eyes.

His pupils turned into an eerie dark gold, with two vortexes slowly swirling within them.

Although it was still a little short of the mark, and it didn't attract a real tribulation lightning to complete the final step.

However, his current strength has undergone a qualitative leap, and he is now invincible in the Foundation Establishment stage.

"call……"

The Blood Swordsman exhaled a breath of turbid air, which, like a sword, pierced a bottomless hole in the opposite rock wall.

He looked down at his palm, feeling the surging power within him, his expression becoming increasingly eerie.

"Zhao Lingfeng, the next time we meet will be the day you die."

……

Changning County, the seat of the Demon Suppression Division.

Gu Yan severed the synchronization of his senses with his clone and rubbed his temples wearily.

This long-distance transmission of primordial power took a huge toll on his mental energy.

However, it was all worth it.

The increased power of his clones means that he has an extra trump card to overturn the table in the upcoming chaos.

He took out the three dark gold tokens from his storage bag.

The token is diamond-shaped, neither gold nor wood, with the words "Sunset" engraved on the front and a complex map pattern on the back.

This is the key to entering the hidden realm of Sunset Valley.

According to the records of the Liuyun Sect, Sunset Valley is a fragment of space from the ancient war between immortals and demons, which opens once every sixty years.

It contains not only rare spiritual herbs and medicines that have disappeared from the outside world, but also the inheritances and magical treasures left behind by ancient cultivators.

Legend has it that Sunset Valley possesses a unique set of natural laws that can enhance the power of lightning tribulations and make the spiritual energy refined during a cultivator's breakthrough even purer, making it the best place to break through from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core.

For Gu Yan, whether it's achieving godhood through the incense offerings of his main body or through the demonic cultivation techniques of his clone, he needs to rely on this special environment to perfectly form his core.

"As the son of the Grand Elder, Zhao Lingfeng will definitely be included in the quota for Sunset Valley."

Gu Yan toyed with the token, a cold glint in his eyes.

"The Flowing Cloud Sect suffered a great loss this time and will definitely not let it go. Although that old fox Mo Qianji has retreated, he will definitely set up an ambush in Sunset Valley, waiting for the Blood Swordsman to walk into his trap."

This is a conspiracy.

Because everyone knows that for demonic cultivators to form their core, the Condensing Demon Pill is merely an aid; the real opportunity lies in Sunset Valley.

"Now that you've set up the stage, I'll accompany you in performing this play to the best of my ability."

Gu Yan stood up and walked to the window.

The old locust tree in the yard swayed in the wind, making a rustling sound.

He not only wanted the Blood Swordsman to go in, but he also wanted to go in himself.

Only when both the main body and the clone are present can absolute safety be ensured, allowing them to become the final hunters in that secret realm surrounded by wolves, and then break through to the Golden Core stage together.

But the question is, how can Gu Changsheng, as the commander of the Demon Suppression Division, legitimately disappear for a period of time and go to Sunset Valley?

"I need to come up with a reason..."

Gu Yan stroked his chin and muttered to himself.

"Perhaps, I should create another simple clone?"

As he was thinking this, he was just about to perform the paper-crafting technique.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps broke the afternoon's tranquility.

"My lord! My lord!"

Wei San ran into the backyard, panting, waving a gold-embossed invitation in his hand.

"A woman riding a white crane has arrived... no, a female cultivator! She says she's from the county town and specifically requests to see you!"

"The county town?" Gu Yan raised an eyebrow.

Yong'an County was a city that was more than one level above Changning County.

Moreover, riding a white crane?

This is a kind of pomp and circumstance that only true disciples of major sects can enjoy.

"Did she say something?"

"I didn't say anything, I just said I was sending you a message."

Wei San swallowed hard, clearly intimidated by the other party's aura, and stammered, "That female cultivator looked like a celestial being, and her face was frighteningly cold. I didn't even dare to look her in the eye."

Gu Yan accepted the invitation.

The invitation was made entirely of precious brocade, with a blooming peony embroidered on it in gold thread.

Upon opening it, the handwriting was delicate and beautiful, yet it exuded a sharp, sword-like intent.

[Half a month later, Sunset Valley opens. Commander Gu is cordially invited to the county seat for a meeting to discuss the grand plan to eliminate the demon. — Princess Yong'an, Li Qingge.]

Gu Yan looked at the signature and a playful smile appeared on his lips.

Li Qingge.

He had heard of this name before.

The only daughter of the Prince of Yong'an, she is said to be exceptionally talented. She entered a top sect in Dongzhou at a young age and has already become a master of the early Golden Core stage. Even the sect leader of Liuyun Sect has to show her respect.

Why would she suddenly pay attention to a mere commander of Changning County?

"A grand plan to exorcise demons?"

Gu Yan closed the invitation, his smile deepening.

While they claim to be discussing a grand plan to exorcise demons, their true motives are likely far more complex and probably related to certain circumstances in Sunset Valley.

However, it's like someone bringing you a pillow just when you're about to go to sleep.

With this official identity as cover, he could legitimately leave Changning County and head to Sunset Valley.

"Please invite them to the main hall. I'll change my clothes and come over."

Gu Yan straightened his clothes and gave instructions to Wei San.

"yes!"

Wei San accepted the order and left.

Gu Yan did not rush to leave. Instead, he turned around and walked to the desk, picked up the pen, and the ink spread out, revealing the three characters "Li Qingge" on a piece of white paper.

He then wrote "Zhao Lingfeng", "Blood Swordsman" and "Gu Changsheng" next to it.

The four names form a complex four-corner relationship.

He picked up his pen and drew a subtle dotted line between "Gu Changsheng" and "Blood Swordsman," then circled the name "Li Qingge."

"It seems that this trip to Sunset Valley is even more lively than I imagined."

Gu Yan put down his pen and gently rubbed his fingers together.

The piece of paper covered with names transformed into countless white butterflies, flying out of the window and disappearing into the mist.

He pushed open the door and strode out.

Sunlight shone on his back, casting a long shadow.

The shadow twisted on the ground, as if hiding another soul, silently grinning at the impending storm.