Chapter 15

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Gu Qingshan didn’t give up and continued asking, “What about the camp itself? Everyone’s dead, but there’s still an armory here, right? You mean there are no weapons left?”

Zhao Liu caught on and said, “I have the keys to the armory, but because I don’t know how to use any of the weapons, I’ve never gone in before. Why don’t we have a look?”

Gu Qingshan happily agreed, “Sure.”

The two of them opened the door of the armory and looked around with torches in their hands.

All the racks of weapons were empty. The two of them walked through the entire place and finally found a curved saber that was half broken on the last rack in the room.

Gu Qingshan frowned. They continued to search the walls and finally found a place that had a hidden lock.

Behind the hidden lock would be a place where the highest-ranked officers of the camp would store items.

This part was the same as his previous life.

In his previous life, whenever players had noticed anywhere that had been abandoned by cultivators, the first thing they would do was to search for treasure. Eventually, knowing how to find such treasures had become an expertise of sorts.

Toward the end of the game, there were even players who’d specialized in finding treasures.

Gu Qingshan took one look at the hidden lock and had a rough idea of what type it was.

He said, “This hidden lock is of a higher level, so I suppose only the general guarding this camp has the keys.”

Zhao Liu was surprised as he looked at the hidden lock and couldn’t help but exclaim, “But the general died in battle a long time ago.”

Gu Qingshan asked, “Then, do you know where his room is?”

“That much I know.”

“Come on. Let’s go and have a look.”

The two of them went out and searched the general’s room for a long time before Gu Qingshan finally managed to find the key.

Gu Qingshan took the key back to the armory and opened the lock on the wall. There were only a small book and a very filthy, round plate.

There were several crack lines on the round plate, and a lot of it had already been chipped off.

“A formation disk?”

Gu Qingshan’s heart skipped a beat as he immediately picked the round plate up.

“Low Level Formation Disk (Damaged), for creating and stabilizing Psychedelic Magic Formations.”

“Comprehension of how to create Psychedelic Magic Formations requires 17 points of Soul Power.”

17 points. That was way above Gu Qingshan’s Soul Power upper limit, so this was impossible.

But this wasn’t what Gu Qingshan was concerned with.

Gu Qingshan flipped the formation disk over and pressed a button in the center of the disk. The formation disk was immediately opened.

Faint light blue sparkles fell from the formation disk and spilled all over the floor.

Gu Qingshan pressed down on another part of the formation disk, and even more countless sparkles fell to the floor.

“Spirit Stones!”

Zhao Liu exclaimed as he fell to the floor and scrambled to pick everything up.

Gu Qingshan was relieved inside.

The formation disk was damaged, but it seemed like none of the Spirit Stones inside had been used before, and even the reserves hadn’t been used either.

It was probably because the commander-in-chief here had died unexpectedly and nobody knew about this, so the Spirit Stones were left behind as a result.

This was a pleasant surprise.

The two of them picked up all the Spirit Stones and counted them to find that there were 75 Stones!

Now, the Concealment Magic Formation around the camp could sustain for another two weeks.

Gu Qingshan put the formation disk down, picked up the small book, and flipped through it.

Military Qi Refining Instruction

Level 1: Qu Chi

Level 2: Yin Men

Level 3: Shao Shang

Level 4: Tai Yin

Level 5: Shu Zhong

Level 6: Ling Xu

Level 7: Shen Tang

Comprehension of Levels 1-3 requires 1 point of Soul Power.

Comprehension of Levels 4-5 requires 2 points of Soul Power.

Comprehension of Level 6 requires 3 points of Soul Power.

Comprehension of Level 7 requires 6 points of Soul Power.”

This was the cultivation approach in the military and was considered the most ordinary way of cultivation among all the cultivation techniques. It really couldn’t be compared to the secret techniques that those sects and aristocratic families practiced.

But this sort of cultivation approach was good in that it created a very firm foundation that was beneficial for reaching Foundation Building stage. Also, there were plenty of others who cultivated the same way, so he wouldn’t stick out or seem strange.

This was really a gift that he hadn’t even asked for. But didn’t leveling up require XP?

How was he able to use Soul Power too?

Gu Qingshan thought about this, and a row of luminous words appeared on the War God Operating Interface.

“A complete set of cultivation approaches has appeared. War God Operating Interface is already prepared for this.”

“From now on, the player can choose to use Soul Power to replace XP for leveling up.”

“Soul Power can only be used by itself. Once you decide to use Soul Power, you will not be able to use XP to level up anymore. Please choose carefully.”

This system was really quite flexible. Once he had cultivation approaches on hand, then leveling up was like comprehending skills and only required Soul Power.

That way, Soul Power became even more important.

Gu Qingshan looked at the War God Techniques Interface and fell into deep thought.

“What is Soul Power exactly?” he asked.

The interface replied, “It is the root power of all living things, and it comes from the source of the soul.”

The words “root” and “source” rarely appeared in the game, and it represented a sort of extreme.

This extreme sort of power must have its own special characteristics.

Gu Qingshan immediately started paying attention.

When it had come toward the end of the game, the amount of XP needed to level up had been at an astronomical figure, and it’d become a terrible problem for players.

But Soul Power seemed to be a greater sort of power. Choosing Soul Power could help him avoid the limits of XP, but nobody knew what the way ahead looked like.

But so many amazing and incredible players couldn’t reach the highest standard of battling in this world in the end partly because of this XP problem.

He had been given a second chance, so was he going to let history repeat itself?

Why not take a chance?

Gu Qingshan thought about it for a while, then said decisively, “I choose to use Soul Power to level up.”

“Player has chosen Soul Power. You have made another step toward becoming a War God. Please continue to work hard.”

As the system rang out coldly, Gu Qingshan’s XP field on the interface completely disappeared, and he was left only with Soul Power.

Gu Qingshan quietly looked at the War God Operating Interface and stuffed the little book into his pockets.

The two of them walked out of the armory and back toward the room. Zhao Liu was so happy that he couldn’t stop grinning.

The two of them split ways and went into their own rooms. Gu Qingshan closed the door behind him and sat down on the ground, then placed the book of Military Qi Refining Instruction on his knees.

Gu Qingshan had gone past the Qu Chi, Yin Men, and Shao Shang levels, so he skipped these levels and looked at the fourth and fifth levels.

Since he had actually gotten a book of cultivation approaches, if he wanted to increase his capabilities and increase his Soul Power’s upper limit, then this was his best option.

Gu Qingshan wasn’t an indecisive person, so once he reached this conclusion, he didn’t hesitate any further.

“I choose to comprehend the way to break through to Level 4 Tai Yin.”

“Comprehension starting. 2 points of Soul Power will be deducted. Remaining Soul Power: 2/5”

A warmth flowed out of the small book and into Gu Qingshan’s consciousness.

In just a few seconds, the Spirit Power movement, breathing rhythm, and transfusion of Qi and blood techniques that were required to break through to this level were all clearly etched onto Gu Qingshan’s heart.

Gu Qingshan closed his eyes and quietly gathered his Spirit Power to push it through the barriers in his body.

He was like a Qi Refiner Level 4 cultivator coming back to go through this process again.

The military way of refining Qi was a little simplistic and coarse, but it had no loopholes and wouldn’t cause the cultivator to lose his soul in it, so he could safely continue cultivating in peace.

The Spirit Power started spinning at the barrier, then it suddenly shrank and expanded, bursting through Shao Shang in an instant.

Gu Qingshan checked himself to find his Spirit Power slowly spinning within his Dantian, but it was now much more than before.