Longevity: Starting from Refining Gu-Chapter 120 - 99: March Passes Slowly, Nurturing Eight Tigers Under My Command_2

The cat’s train of thought was completely at odds with Chen Qing’s, "Meow, can you help Miao Miao fight the bear?"

Chen Qing asked puzzled, "Bear?"

Miao Miao never forgot about her mice, carrying five in her mouth to lead the way.

Chen Qing followed the cat demon for thirty miles. She pointed at a stone cave, "A big black bear, stealing Miao Miao’s mice!"

Chen Qing nudged his horse slightly forward. Since his meat Gu needed a bear’s paw, and this place was not far from his base, he slightly turned his head, "Jiang Yuhu, Jiang Shanhu, go and bring that bear demon out."

In just a moment, Chen Qing heard a rumbling from inside the cave, and Jiang Yuhu, along with Jiang Shanhu, came out carrying a large black bear weighing three to four thousand pounds.

Jiang Yuhu felt a bit embarrassed, "Sir, this black bear was only at Qi Refinement level five and couldn’t withstand our sword..."

Chen Qing laughed, "No matter, send the bear’s paw to me, and the rest you can distribute among the people in the valley."

"Miao Miao, the big bear is dead now, come back with me."

Miao Miao then followed them from a distance and, after making sure Chen Qing and the others wouldn’t harm her, boldly jumped onto Chen Qing’s horse’s back, "Miao Miao wants to ride the big horse too!"

Chen Qing was dumbfounded and laughed; it was amusing, but leaving her to catch mice was also good.

Sometimes, some rat demons that had just gained sentience, although not powerful, were extremely troublesome. Keeping a cat demon in the tribe could solve such troubles.

He took Miao Miao around the tribe, letting most people know she was raised in the clan to avoid them killing a demon on impulse. Only then did Chen Qing return to his pavilion.

He had to say, in a major tribe like the Xuan Bird Tribe, the surroundings were much quieter than in Wuyou Mountain.

This was the advantage of having great strength. With a Great Witch in the royal city as a deterrent, the Xuan Bird Tribe itself was not weak, with many in Foundation Establishment.

Hardly any small powers or Evil Cultivators came to provoke them. Chen Qing was also happy with the peace, spending each day cultivating, grooming his people, nurturing Gu, and listening to reports from his spies about the intel they gathered.

Though there were some internal conflicts, they were minor and kept within non-lethal boundaries.

It was mostly a form of mutual probing.

In the blink of an eye, three months had passed, and during this time, Chen Qing finally got some peace, making good progress in consolidating himself.

This period could be described as the most peaceful days since Chen Qing entered the cultivation world.

The Butterfly Transformation of the meat Gu was now at the Fifth Transformation, and it hadn’t developed any new traits.

The strength of the meat Gu lay in its increased speed of reaction. Chen Qing could clearly feel his sword speed was now more than twice as fast as before.

The Iron Skin Gu had advanced to the Ninth Transformation, gaining a trait: [Bronze Blood], where its flow could slowly heal a wounded bronze body.

The Copper Bone Gu had undergone Butterfly Transformation to the Fourth Transformation, with the trait being [Bone Surge], consuming life force to enhance blood production.

Coincidentally and inexplicably, it synergized with the Bronze Blood trait, bringing Chen Qing great delight.

According to Chen Qing’s estimation, with the support of three high-quality Gu, even if Xuanping fully used Golden Skin and Jade Bone, she might not be stronger than him.

The Butterfly Transformation of the Fire Gu allowed him to swallow fire, but for Chen Qing, who already had the Snake Gu, it was not very significant.

The Thunder Gu had reached the Ninth Transformation through Butterfly Transformation, adding a trait [Call Cloud], which allowed summoning a thundercloud every three days to follow him.

The Power Gu Butterfly Transformation reached Ninth Transformation, only extending its doubled strength duration to thirty breaths.

The Great Kui Sword could be said to be truly perfected, without any further cultivation needs.

Ji Ru, lately obsessed with sword scripture, rarely sought advice from Chen Qing, contributing only 120,000 Spirit Stones over three months.

This amount of Spirit Stones was just a drop in the bucket for buying materials for the Snake Butterfly.

What upset Chen Qing the most was that Ji Ru never came to ask him whether the sword scripture was suitable, leaving Chen Qing slightly frustrated.

However, considering Ji Ru’s family background, she likely had plenty of experts at home, leaving Chen Qing helpless.

Xu Yaofeng finally elevated his Light Butterfly to the Second Transformation of Harmonization but then received a task from higher-ups, so he hadn’t been around lately.

Hu Yao was wholeheartedly cultivating the Dragon Tiger True Gang and busy for the Gu.

Of course, she had not neglected the Light Butterfly, but being in a wilderness area, her speed in finding materials was far slower than others, just reaching the Eighth Transformation.

Unfortunately, recent expenses were too high, utterly unable to bear the expensive consultation fee for inquiring about the Light Butterfly’s Harmonization.

Murong Lang’s situation was similar to Hu Yao’s. Despite becoming a Daoist Master and receiving an increased stipend, it needed time to accumulate. Although his Light Butterfly reached Ninth Transformation, he lacked Spirit Stones to inquire about harmonization methods.

He was currently striving to gather Spirit Stones.

Sitting in the pavilion, Chen Qing picked up the last ten Soul Stealing Flowers, "These are the last ten Soul Stealing Flowers. If I still can’t open the ninth meridian, it means the Soul Stealing Flower’s medicinal power is insufficient for breaking through the ninth meridian."

He consumed one flower after another, feeling the medicinal power and the full spirituality within, and began fully assaulting the barrier!

Controlling the spiritual energy to continuously impact his ninth meridian, Chen Qing was extremely focused, no longer having the swagger when looking at a full box of Soul Stealing Flowers.

An hour later, Chen Qing opened his eyes in disappointment, "Did not expect, breaking through the ninth layer of Qi Refinement is unexpectedly this difficult!"

"It must be because my breakthrough was too rapid, lacking the gradual consolidation process, resulting in unstable foundations."

"Fortunately, I’ve completely developed the eighth meridian, leaving only the final bottleneck."

"Next, it will be waiting or searching for opportunities, to see if I can find a more potent medicinal herb."

"I shouldn’t have consumed Zhu Fruit back then; it should have been saved for use now."

He walked to the window and sighed longingly, "Cultivation indeed is hard, seeking immortality is not easy."

"Even with my talents, I am trapped at the bottleneck of Qi Refinement eight layers."

He stood high, looking in all directions. Silence reigned, with only Jiang Yuhu’s house still lit.

Interestingly enough, Jiang Yuhu’s Sword Butterfly was the first to undergo Butterfly Transformation, yet his Thunder Gu had not transformed until all the Sword Gu and Thunder Gu of the other seven had.

The reason was simple; the advancment requirement for his Thunder Gu at the Eighth Transformation was to meditate under a thundercloud.

Such an outrageous requirement depended on the right time, naturally making it extremely difficult.

It wasn’t until Chen Qing’s Thunder Butterfly reached Ninth Transformation that he had a chance to promote the Thunder Gu, hence his slower progress.

Now, Jiang Yuhu’s Thunder Gu was about to undergo Butterfly Transformation.

Chen Qing laughed and clapped the railing, "These silly guys!"

Shaking his head, Chen Qing returned to his bed and fell into a deep sleep.

At this moment, Jiang Yuhu was exceedingly anxious, with nearly every light in the house lit, the flames blazing.

Before him was a jade plate, with numerous Spirit Stones and a cocooned Thunder Gu inside.

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Surrounded by Jiang Shanhu and seven others, Jiang Shanhu spoke, "There are two days until the tribe assembly, Yuhu, can you still manage it?"

Jiang Yuhu replied, "My Thunder Gu cocooned yesterday; today it should be soon, soon, it’s surely about to transform into a butterfly!"

Jiang Shanhu laughed heartily, "Your Sword Butterfly was the first to undergo Butterfly Transformation back then, making the brothers all envious for a while. Now, your Thunder Gu is the last to transform, it’s payback."

Jiang Dahu said, "Now among us eight, anyone can withstand three of the master’s swords, but you, you can only take one. Don’t embarrass the master at the tribe assembly in three days!"

Jiang Yuhu retorted angrily, "That’s only because my Thunder Gu hasn’t transformed into a butterfly!"

At this moment, Jiang Yuhu suddenly felt a stir, ignoring the sarcastic remarks of his brothers, he looked towards the jade plate.

A piece of wing emerged, and the silver-white cocoon broke open, with the Thunder Butterfly slowly crawling out.

"The Butterfly Transformation succeeded, it succeeded!"

Jiang Yuhu laughed heartily, "It’s done, it’s done!"

Watching the Thunder Butterfly standing on the Spirit Stone and slowly spreading its wings amidst flickers of lightning, Jiang Yuhu felt he had caught up with his brothers again.

Jiang Shanhu immediately turned around and went out, bringing in a jar of wine, "Old Five, have the tavern send a roasted deer, let’s feast!"