Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 14 Zhao Family Disciples
Therefore, Gu Qing paid special attention to matters concerning the upper limit of lifespan.

The process of replenishing one's lifespan and accumulating Qi Dao points is like the cultivation of Golden Skin and Jade Networks—it cannot be rushed.

The simplest way to obtain the Five Elements Profound Essence is to eat its flesh and drink its blood. With the support of the Zhao family, Gu Qing's body became stronger day by day.

This translates to an increased speed in smelting, allowing for the forging of weapons that have undergone multiple refinements.

Forging also seems to be a form of exercise.

This allowed him to perfectly control every bit of power, and occasionally spare time to practice the hidden sword fighting technique, making his days quite fulfilling.

This day.

When Zhao Huaide came to visit, the old man asked him with a smile.

"How have you been lately, young friend Gu?"

"Uncle De is joking. How could I possibly be dissatisfied? I'm much happier here than in the county town."

"Ha ha ha ha."

After the jokes, we got down to business.

"Judging by the time, the envoy from the Sword Forging Manor will arrive in two months. Young friend, you haven't met the disciples of my Zhao family yet. Why don't you come with me to take a look today?"

Gu Qing froze for a moment, then clapped her hands in frustration.

"Hey, blame me."

"The cultivation environment here is so good that I forgot about this. I'll just follow Uncle De's arrangements today."

"Very good, very good."

Gu Qing had previously only seen children exercising in the mornings, and he had never seen seventeen or eighteen-year-old members of the Zhao family before. In addition, Zhao Huaiyi had asked him to forge some weapons for the young men.

On the other hand, although only one member of the Zhao clan from Fengming Prefecture has become famous in the past ten years and joined the Sword Forging Manor, it does not mean that he is the only one who has succeeded; he just hasn't become that famous.

If we consider the selection process of the messengers' arrival as a competition, then...

The Zhao family produced the top scholar in Fengming Prefecture!

There should be some that meet the standards.

Following Zhao Huaide away from this area and heading deeper into the valley, which was obviously more secluded and closed off, Gu Qing became somewhat curious.

"Uncle De, do the Zhao family members not have any contact with the outside world?"

"how come?"

Zhao Huaide explained.

"Families in the Yan Kingdom that came into contact with immortals generally had a secret place for raising their offspring, which was not a secret among themselves."

“Spiritual places also exist in mortal realms, but they are relatively rare.”

“This kind of spiritual land is easily affected by the impurities of the mundane world, so the fewer people there are, the better the effect.”

"Take, for example, the sacred site of the Yan royal family—Yanling."

"Its scale is more than a hundred times that of my Zhao family. It occupies the largest piece of spiritual land in the Yan Kingdom. Many of its descendants were already Grandmasters when they entered the Sword Forging Manor. There have even been many geniuses who reached the Great Perfection of Grandmaster."

"18 years old?"

"What else? They have better resources and a better environment than us, so it's normal for them to have such geniuses under these conditions."

Gu Qing's throat was a little dry. No wonder he said that the structure of the experts in Yan Kingdom was quite strange. They were all old people who became famous, and there was not a single young person to be seen.

The mighty Zhou King was probably just a fleeting figure in the end, and was not taken seriously by the Yan royal family at all.

Perhaps sensing the change in Gu Qing's mindset.

Zhao Huaide laughed.

"Don't worry about it too much."

"why?"

"Hahaha, temporary gains and losses, speed and slowness, do not represent lifelong achievements."

"With such conditions, it's no surprise that the Prince of Yan's offspring are outstanding. I've heard that breaking through to the eighth rank from the Grandmaster realm is a life-or-death ordeal."

"There is no precious medicine to help, at least not in the Yan Kingdom." "My Zhao family's prodigy, after studying at the Sword Forging Manor for ten years, broke through the barrier of life and death and learned the way of immortals. This is the so-called transformation from mortal to immortal."

Zhao Huaide's eyes held envy, satisfaction, and above all, overflowing pride.

"Few have been able to break through this barrier since the time of the Prince of Yan."

"It could even be said that less than one in a hundred survives."

Gu Qing felt a flash of inspiration, as if she had grasped something crucial, but then missed it.

"We've arrived. Ahead lies a sacred site that my Zhao family found deep in the mountains."

Gu Qing couldn't explain exactly what made the spiritual land different.

I subconsciously felt that the air was a bit fresher, but I don't know if it was just psychological.

The plot of land was not large and was surrounded by a wall. At the entrance was a building similar to a city gate, and the houses were also built around the perimeter, leaving a large open space in the middle paved with blue bricks.

The entire area is only the size of two football fields, and it has been repaired to be extremely smooth.

When the two wanted to enter.

Two figures suddenly appeared from nowhere. They had flowing white hair and were already in their seventies, but their faces were ruddy and they had a youthful appearance despite their advanced age.

This is a grandmaster who has mastered the innate embryonic breathing technique!
Although the Zhao family has not been in contact with the Sword Casting Manor for long, they have abundant medicinal resources and their foundation is growing very rapidly. The two grandmasters are not necessarily the only ones.

"Elders, Zhao Huaide has come to pay his respects."

"Huai De, is this young friend Gu who recently joined the Zhao family?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Huaide glanced at Gu Qing, but didn't say anything more, only nodding.

“Young friend Gu is highly skilled. He forged that horse-headed sword, which is no less than the sword-making master of the manor. It would be a good thing for the Zhao family to recommend him.”

"Very good."

"Young friend Gu, these are Elder Bai and Elder Sang. This area of ​​the spiritual land is under the jurisdiction of the two elders. You will be staying here for the next two months."

"Please don't be offended if those little brats disturb us."

"Uncle De, you flatter me."

Gu Qing knew in his heart that no matter what, he was not a member of the Zhao family, so joining was obviously nonsense, but there was still some affection between them.

Before they came, it was probably already agreed upon.

The main purpose is to forge weapons for those young people. They don't need to reach the level of divine weapons; they just need to be better than a hundred-forged weapon, that is, a weapon that has been forged two hundred times.

It cannot be called a divine weapon without being refined twice.

He could experience the effects of the spiritual land for two months, which might accelerate the formation of golden skin and jade meridians and benefit his internal energy.

Zhao Huaide escorted him to the door, handed him over to the two elders, and then left.

Elder Sang was responsible for arranging accommodation and a smelting room for him.

He was also reminded to gather at the high platform before dawn the next day.

All the raw materials have been prepared, including many special ores such as Akashi, black iron, and copper magnetite.

It was a real waste to forge weapons that were not even refined twice with these ores. Gu Qing habitually calculated the fire consumption, then clapped his hands. If he wanted more, he could ask for more.

Now that the cooperation has been reached, nothing will change until the envoy from Sword Forging Manor arrives.

If it does not pass.

Judging from what Elders Sang and Bai said, Gu Qing only has one option: to marry into the Zhao family. There are pros and cons to that.

The existence of these two had not been revealed before.

They were probably testing him to see if he had any ill intentions. The ancestral home in the mountain cave was mostly inhabited by ordinary people, and he, a third-step martial artist, could easily take them down with force.

The information the Zhao family revealed to him was actually phased, starting from the power struggles he had with Zhao Huaiyi in the county town, and then their interactions with Zhao Huaide during this period.

With each step he took, he learned more.

Now that he has come into contact with the spiritual land and followed the Zhao family's path to become a disciple of the Sword Forging Manor, regardless of whether it is true or not, he has been labeled as a member of the Zhao family.

(End of this chapter)