Longevity: Start by practicing the ruthless way

"Fairy Yunmeng, why are you here in this old city?" Murong Zhixiu tried to get close to Yunmeng diligently.

"I often come here to look for treasures, but you guys, instead of staying with Her Royal Highness the Princess, why are you running around everywhere?" Yun Meng asked back.

"Sister Qianhe wanted to buy some refining materials, so I stopped by to take a look." Murong Zhixiu chuckled and said, "It's a good thing I came along, otherwise I wouldn't have run into Fairy Yunmeng."

"You smooth talker, go back quickly after buying things. Many people are eyeing you now." Yun Meng smiled sweetly and after giving this reminder, Nianiao Nana continued to walk forward.

Gu Chi and his friends continued to wander around and collected more than a dozen materials, but there were still eight that were not found.

"You can come back in a few days. We won't leave so soon anyway." Murong Zhixiu said.

Gu Chi nodded. She was already very satisfied that she could collect so many rare materials in such a short time.

If you really can't get enough, you can ask Murong Zhixiu or Ying Shili to borrow some spirit stones as a substitute.

"Let's prepare for action tonight. After rescuing the people, we will just run away." Gu Chi secretly communicated with Lao Hei through his spiritual consciousness.

After returning to her residence from Bi Bo City, she immediately tried to communicate with Que Si Zhan and asked her about the origin of those stones.

The Quesi hairpin shone with a soft brilliance, ignoring the barrier of the Heaven Swallowing Bag and directly devouring and refining the two mirror-like stones. Then, it sent out a wave of thoughts and said, "That is the Blood Life Stone."

"What, Blood Life Stone? You refined it for me like this? Spit it out to me right now!" Gu Chi lost his composure all of a sudden.

The Blood Life Stone, according to legend, was formed from the blood of an ancient mighty being after his death. It was not a rare treasure. After all, after so many years, the essence of the blood had almost dissipated. However, it had some special miraculous effects. It could be used to cleanse the impurities in the blood and temper the 206 bones in the body.

"With your current physical body, the Blood Life Stone can't help you much."

"Even a dime is money. Who would think they have too much money?"

"I won't eat your food for nothing. In return, I can help you when necessary... half the time."

Gu Chi was puzzled and asked, "Either you attack or you don't attack. What does it mean to attack halfway?"

Que Si Zan shone brightly as she said, "I'm only using less than 50% of my strength, but in your lower realm, it's enough to solve most of your problems."

Gu Chi's mind moved, and he said, "In other words, even if you encounter a powerful master in the Nascent Soul stage, you can still deal with it?"

"can."

After a pause, Quesizhan added, "Only I am so kind, unlike that other guy who ate and took without showing any appreciation."

"What do you mean?"

"It doesn't want to bother with you now, but you'll know later."

Gu Chi didn't think much about it and asked the question he wanted to know most, "By the way, who are you? Is this hairpin really the consciousness that was born on its own?"

Half a day passed and Gu Chi did not receive any response. The luster of the Quesi hairpin dimmed and it fell into silence again.

Gu Chi sighed, put it back into her hair, and began to count the various materials collected in Bi Bo City today with Lao Hei.

There were a total of twenty-eight kinds of materials, which cost her a full eight thousand gold crystal copper coins.

Of course, she couldn't come up with so much money herself. These eight thousand gold crystals and copper coins were all borrowed from Murong Zhixiu. This was also the reason why she insisted on taking Murong Zhixiu with her to Bi Bo City.

"Lao Hei, get ready first. I need to go find Ying Shili to reimburse today's expenses. I'll also borrow some spirit stones from her to replace the other materials I couldn't find."

It's late at night and everything is silent.

Above the clouds, the Locking Heart Palace stands tall. Time has left traces on it, and it looks a bit dilapidated overall, but it is still mysterious and unfathomable.

There are many huge suspended meteorites around the ancient temple, which are scattered in an orderly manner, like a natural stone forest.

A man and a dog stood on the clouds, observing their surroundings vigilantly.

"Besides Long Jun, a Half-Step Lord, there are many powerful old demons here. We should try not to make too much noise. If they notice us, we will definitely be in big trouble."

Lao Hei looked serious, knowing the stakes involved. If they alarmed the Dragon King or the old monsters nearby, they would be in big trouble.

It circled around the Locking Heart Hall, pondering and considering carefully.

Gu Chi did not urge her. Lao Hei's attainments in the art of forbidden formations were far superior to hers. Lao Hei was the protagonist of the night.

After half an hour, Lao Hei finally finished his investigation and started to take action.

"Come on, Lao Hei, you are the hope of the whole village now!" Gu Chi handed the Heaven-Swallowing Bag to Lao Hei. Every material in it was engraved with special Taoist patterns, which were very complicated.

Lao Hei took a deep breath and threw out a piece of blood-colored tortoise shell, which silently sank into the meteorite group and froze there.

It flew through the air, quickly throwing out various materials around the Locking Heart Palace, and was sandwiched among the meteorites.

Half an hour later, Lao Hei let out a long sigh and said with his spiritual consciousness: "Okay, Sister Gu Chi, I have changed some of the restrictions and Dao patterns here by concealing the truth from the world."

"Is this okay?"

Gu Chi was not very experienced in the field of formation restrictions. During the whole process just now, she only saw Lao Hei busy, but she couldn't tell what he was busy with.

"I just slightly changed and sorted out the Dao patterns and restrictions here. If you don't investigate carefully, you will definitely not be able to see any clues."

Gu Chi suddenly understood and nodded, "Can we go in now?"

"Okay."

Lao Hei took out his black gold coffin and hung it above their heads. Strands of golden silk from autumn silkworms hung down, forming a golden barrier that enveloped them.

The Locking Heart Palace stood above the clouds. The man and the dog approached carefully and cautiously. The process went very smoothly and no accidents occurred.

When they were less than five or six meters away from the Locking Heart Hall, Lao Hei turned around and carefully rearranged the positions of the Nine-Star Lotus and other materials, isolating this place to prevent any excessive noise from being made in the Locking Heart Hall and being noticed by the outside world.

"Not bad, Lao Hei. You think things through so carefully now." Gu Chi gave a thumbs up.

Lao Hei grinned and chuckled.

Continuing to approach the Locking Heart Palace, Gu Chi discovered that this slightly dilapidated ancient palace was not built by ordinary means, but seemed to be carved from a huge piece of jade.

Although there are dividing lines between bricks and tiles, if you look closely you will find that each brick and tile is actually a connected whole.

"Damn... this entire ancient temple was carved out of a single, gigantic piece!"

After a brief pause, the man and the dog continued to move forward. Lao Hei gently shook the black gold coffin, the golden silk of the autumn silkworm flowed slowly, and the door of the ancient temple was silently pushed open.