Longevity: Starting from Refining Gu-Chapter 45: After this sword, there will be no more ties between you and me, nor between you and this world.

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Evening.

Chen Qing had a hearty meal, but he didn’t dare eat too much to avoid affecting his judgment during a confrontation.

He tidied up his clothes, ensuring he was in the most flexible state.

He didn’t have a breastplate or any armor on; if armor were useful, who the heck would bother with cultivating immortality?

He carefully checked his body, moved slightly to ensure every part was in its best condition.

He knew exactly where his chance at victory lay.

It was relying on the surprise of the Mist Butterfly and the powerful destructive force of his Sword Butterfly to finish the opponent with one blow before they could react.

If one blow didn’t settle it, he would go for a second.

If two blows didn’t do it, then he would go for a third!

If three blows couldn’t settle it, then it was time to prepare to run at full speed.

He prepared a medium-grade Spirit Stone to restore Spiritual Energy, opened his hand, and looked at his Sword Butterfly.

[Mortal Sword Butterfly]

Quality: Fifth Transformation

Life Span: 12/150

Effect: Converts thirty-three strands of Spiritual Energy into Geng Metal Sword Energy

Trait: [Void Sword·Break] Forms a sword with Geng Metal Sword Energy, cutting gold and breaking jade, unstoppable

Growth Requirements: Meteorite Iron

Growth Progress: 6/100

Promotion Requirements: Unable to promote

As for others’ Sword Butterflies, he didn’t know, but in any case, his Sword Butterfly needed more Spiritual Energy the higher it advanced.

Fortunately, he had been cultivating diligently lately, boosting his cultivation, otherwise, he wouldn’t have managed even three blows.

Leaving the mountain for the market, he made a round, basically finding the positions of the Shadow Hall disciples watching the market below the mountain.

Finding a street without Shadow Hall disciples patrolling, he walked into a dark alley, went through it, trying to lure that Evil Cultivator to make a move on him.

However, he walked through alley after alley, and no one made a move on him.

Not daring to expose himself too much, Chen Qing wandered through the big and small streets until he had covered almost everything, then returned to the mountain.

Back in his cave dwelling, Chen Qing lay on the stone bed in the basement and murmured softly, "I was so cautious and vigilant, yet that bastard chickened out!"

Tomorrow, I will come again!

On this day, Chen Qing decided to first listen to some tunes, then after listening, he would begin strolling through the various streets, buying materials.

Along the way, although he appeared casual, he kept a vigilant mind.

Still to no avail.

Could it be that the Evil Cultivator had started being vigilant?

It shouldn’t be!

Before he came, I also liked to wander around!

Pick any person from the market below the mountain, who doesn’t know me, Master Chen?

Among all the Qi Refinement level three disciples in Wuyou Mountain, he was the one who loved to go down the mountain for no reason the most.

Of course, this was limited to the market below Wuyou Mountain.

Another day passed.

Chen Qing, after eating a simple meal, headed to the market below the mountain, where he picked up a string of old keys at an antique shop.

As soon as Chen Qing stepped into an alley, he saw a woman looking pitiful, with bloodstains on her jade-like legs.

She seemed to be about thirty years old, just the age of utmost maturity.

Amid the hazy night, the sense of mystery made the woman, clad in gauze, seem even more alluring.

"Fellow Daoist, save me, there’s an Evil Cultivator!"

Chen Qing calmly walked towards the woman, but his right hand inside the sleeve was slowly forming a fist, ready to execute the Void Sword at any moment.

At this time of night, dressed like that, not just an Evil Cultivator, but even the Righteous Path wouldn’t be able to hold back!

Chen Qing had a clear idea about his appeal to women. Except for Yu Qingshuang having some vague fondness for him, no other woman had shown any interest.

Of course, Chen Qing hadn’t actually given it much thought.

If he had thought about it, he would realize it wasn’t that beauties weren’t interested in him.

But the upper echelons of Wuyou Mountain were openly matchmaking Chen Qing with Yu Qingshuang, so who would dare step in without thinking?

But that was beside the point.

As Chen Qing moved closer to the woman, he remained vigilant, wary of her suddenly making a move.

Once I get within three steps, I’ll give you a strike!

Unfortunately, things didn’t go as Chen Qing had expected. When there were still five steps between them, the woman waved her hand.

A large cloud of red powder immediately scattered in the sky, aiming to engulf Chen Qing!

Chen Qing transformed into fog, slipped through the range of the spreading red powder, and used the Wall-penetrating Skill to pass through the woman’s body.

As he landed, a Geng Metal Sword over four feet long, gleaming with blue light, appeared in his hand, slashing toward the woman!

It was time to use the move I’d practiced for four months!

A hundred days of hard work and previous insights from spectating battles culminated in this one strike!

三 emphasized three words: swift, precise, and ruthless!

This diagonal slash, with its extremely large kill area, nicely compensated for his lack of sword technique proficiency.

As the woman took a step back, a fierce look flashed in her eyes. She drew her sword, Sword Qi swirling on the blade, attempting to counter Chen Qing’s violent strike with Sword Qi-imbued sword.

Clang!

Splat!

With man and sword, in one blow, it was cut in two!

Blood rained down as a severed arm flew up; Chen Qing didn’t blink, thrusting another sword at the woman’s head, piercing it completely.

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Ensuring the woman was lifeless, he finally relaxed his grip, letting the Geng Metal Sword in his hand dissipate.

With a swift motion, he caught a Sword Gu and a Wind Gu in his hand.

Looking back at the battlefield, even he was taken aback.

The woman was sliced in half by one strike, from her right shoulder to her left armpit!

剑断,人亡!

二 Both arms were severed by a single sword from Chen Qing.

After this sword strike, there’s no entanglement between us anymore.

He thought lightly in his heart.

He squatted down, quickly searching the woman’s body for loot, shoving whatever he found into his bosom without checking.

After taking everything, Chen Qing immediately used the Wall-penetrating Skill in the alley, moving to another alley, then turned into fog and flew out to the end of that alley, appearing on another street.

Taking advantage that no one was paying attention around, he strode towards the direction of the Bright Moon Tower.

Booking a private room, Chen Qing let out a long sigh, slumping into the chair.

I killed someone!

From now on, I’m no different from the cultivators in this world.

She attacked first!

Never mind that, it’s not the point.

It seems, apparently, it didn’t have a huge impact on my mind.

There’s no feeling of disgust or wanting to vomit.

Even though she died such a gruesome death by my hands.

It must be Ye Yuntian and Feng Qi who corrupted me!

Never mind, let’s not think about these unpleasant things.

He took a glass of rice wine, drank it down, and began analyzing today’s battle seriously.

Under normal circumstances, generally speaking, cultivation and the quality of Gu are closely related.

After all, a cultivator usually spends about half a day daily on cultivation, and the remaining time on making money to nurture Gu.

So normally, if a cultivator has high cultivation, the quality of Gu must also be decent.

If cultivation is low, the Gu is certainly not great.

However, he’s an exception; the quality of his Gu is absurdly high!

Normally, in a fight between cultivators, there’s a process of exchanging blows, during which cultivation becomes extremely crucial.

The higher the cultivation, naturally the more enduring the combat capability.

The difference between me and them is that although I’m not enduring, every strike I make is fierce!

One-on-one, perhaps, I’m very strong. After all, the opponent can’t even withstand one sword from me, so what good is high cultivation if there’s no chance to put it to use?

But in group battles, I’m still not very capable now.

Unfortunately, cultivation isn’t something that can be elevated in a short while.

In that case, I can only cultivate more Gu that don’t require much cultivation.

Like Power Gu, Iron Skin Gu, they don’t rely much on cultivation either, I should get a couple more of these.

Even if I run out of Spiritual Energy, I’d still have strength to fight back!

With thoughts like these, only then did Chen Qing prepare to check what treasures he had obtained from killing and plundering.

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