Gu Qing studied the Hun Tian Bead day and night, and finally succeeded in making the Hun Tian Bead recognize it as a master on the fifth day.
She also obtained another message from the Hun Tian Bead, which was that as long as the Hun Tian Bead recognized her master, unless the master was already dead, if anyone else took it, the Hun Tian Bead would automatically return to her side.
With this, even if Gu Qing had a treasure like the Hun Tian Bead, she was not worried about it being snatched away.
With only one day left, Gu Qing planned to try and see if she could break through her Later Period of Foundation Stage. She quietly made a bottle of spiritual liquid and consumed it, and the vast and boundless Spirit Qi once again rushed into his various meridians, and under Gu Qing's guidance, they all rushed towards the mountain pass that had already been loosened.
Crack!
An hour later, the threshold of the Later Period of Foundation Stage suddenly let out a light sound. Gu Qing's mind immediately jolted, and she focused even more on the attack.
Gradually, the dense spiritual energy around her became denser and denser. The moment the first ray of dawn arrived, a slight buzzing sound came from within her body, signalling that she had successfully stepped into the threshold of the Later Period of Foundation Stage.
Calming the surging spirit energy within her body, Gu Qing opened her eyes as the corners of her mouth curled up slightly. Now that she had the Primal Chaos Pearl in her hand and a few cultivation techniques that she had obtained from her legacy, she finally had the power to protect herself! Now, she had the strength to compete for a placing in the Ancient Ruins!
After some calculations, today just so happened to be the day of her second match.
Gu Qing stood up, stretched her body, then leisurely walked out of the cave and headed towards the competition grounds outside Ancient Ruins.
She knew that her opponent this time was Iron Fist Sect's Chilian Zi, and she had heard of Chilian Zi's great name. Furthermore, the Iron Fist Sect mainly focused on training the body, their bodies were already as strong as primary Spiritual Treasure's, and were not easy to deal with.
She pondered as she walked towards the competition grounds. There were many people on the way, all of them in a hurry. Gu Qing did not even look at the others, but suddenly, she felt a gaze landing on her.
She immediately turned her head, meeting Qing He's gaze. Her heart suddenly sank as countless thoughts flashed through her mind. At this moment, Qing He's indifferent gaze shifted again.
Gu Qing's speed did not slow down, but her mood had already started to fluctuate.
Why had Qing He still not left even after appearing here for such a long time? Why had she looked at him just now?
Gu Qing had always been cautious, rather than making her believe that it was a coincidence or something, she would rather believe that the other party had a goal. She frowned slightly, and slowly clenched her hands into fists under her sleeves, as if she had made a decision.
Soon, she arrived at the arena. This match was extremely important, so she could only temporarily restrain her emotions.
When she landed on the competition grounds, he found that it was empty. Chilian Zi did not appear. After waiting for a while, the time for the competition got closer and closer, but Chilian Zi did not appear.
Gu Qing sat down, closed her eyes and started to recuperate.
It was unknown how much time had passed when a coarse voice suddenly came from the other side, "You're Xuanhua Sect's Zi Jin?"
Gu Qing slowly opened her eyes and looked over. In front of him stood a man wearing a dark purple robe, the man's face was dark and shiny, with a knife scar across his cheek.
Gu Qing did not answer and instead asked, "You are Chilian Zi?"
"Hmph, a nameless newbie doesn't deserve to know my name!" While he was speaking, a cyan light suddenly exploded from Chilian Zi's body. His swarthy skin also slightly trembled, as the veins at the exposed areas faintly throbbed.
Seeing that the other party had clearly already started to fight, and facing such a strong opponent, seizing the initiative was even more advantageous. Thus, she immediately activated "Wind Chasing Technique", and quickly moved her body. At the same time, she weaved countless shadows of the whip into a huge net, forming a circle in Chilian Zi's direction.
Chilian Zi's eyes flashed with a green light, and with a wave of his hands, the densely packed whip appeared in front of him, and with a "chi chi" sound, it disappeared without a trace.
Gu Qing's heart trembled, this Chilian Zi was indeed not ordinary, one must know that back then she only used two moves to kill a Middle Period of Foundation Stage cultivator, but after seeing her earlier, she understood, that this Chilian Zi was much stronger than the other cultivators.
This thought only flashed across his mind, but as Chilian Zi quickly charged towards him, Gu Qing immediately coalesced into a whip again, his spirit energy transforming into a gigantic Luoshen's Whip that floated above Chilian Zi's head.
Chilian Zi's eyes flashed slightly as he slowed down. However, Gu Qing did not hesitate to hack the Luoshen's Whip fiercely towards her opponent.
The instant the Luoshen's Whip descended, all the plants and vegetation on the ground were turned into fine powder from the huge destructive force. However, after the smoke and dust dispersed, Chilian Zi held his hands above his head, and a pair of cold eyes appeared below, staring coldly at Gu Qing.
Gu Qing's heart went cold, she never thought that the Luoshen's Whip would actually be unable to injure the other party, this Chilian Zi from Iron Fist Sect was truly extraordinary!
Before she could even think about it, Chilian Zi's body turned into a ray of green light and quickly moved towards her direction. Gu Qing immediately used "Wind Chasing Technique" to increase the distance between the two of them. However, it was obvious that the other party had also practiced speed increasing techniques. Although the distance between the two of them was not shortened, it was not by much.
Suddenly, Chilian Zi extended out his hand in a strange posture, and following that, his fist quickly grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, and fiercely smashed onto Gu Qing's back.
Gu Qing had been using her consciousness to observe Chilian Zi who was behind her. She had clearly seen him taking action, but she didn't have the time to counterattack, she could only condense half of the spirit energy in her body to form a barrier, protecting her vital parts and her entire body.
Boom! *
With a loud noise, the spirit energy around Gu Qing's body crumbled, she too spat out a mouthful of blood and flew a few steps forward before stopping, but blood splashed onto the ground beneath her feet.
The corner of Chilian Zi's mouth curved up in a weird smile. It was extremely ugly as his coarse voice sounded out, "I see that you don't want to admit defeat, so continue then!"
Gu Qing turned her head and fiercely glared at Chilian Zi as she forcefully wiped the blood off the corner of her mouth.
The moment Chilian Zi brandished his fist that was emitting green light, Gu Qing also made a bold decision.
She waved her Luoshen's Whip above his head, provoking Chilian Zi's ridicule, "You can't only know this move, right?
After saying that, he rushed over without slowing down.
Gu Qing did not say a word, and the grey little handprint had already condensed within her sleeves. Chilian Zi was a Body Refinement Cultivator, so other techniques and Spiritual Treasure would only harm him a lot less than normal cultivators. But Withered Handprint was different, it started destroying the opponent's body from the inside.
She decided to give it a try, and see if the Withered Handprint could ignore the body refining cultivator's copper skin and iron bones.
Boom! *
The moment the Luoshen's Whip descended, Chilian Zi closed in. Gu Qing used the majority of the spiritual energy around her body to protect herself, and only used a small amount of spiritual energy to condense the Withered Handprint.
Withered Handprint did not have many restrictions to the cultivation level, but in the past, it would consume all the spiritual energy in her body if she used it, and now it only required a third of it, but no matter how much spiritual energy she had left, it would only need a third, so Gu Qing used most of it to defend against her opponent's attacks.
Her actions were also very risky, after all, if the Withered Handprint had no effect on her, she could only admit defeat.
A resolute look flashed across his eyes, and in the instant the opponent's attack closed in, the small grey hand silently landed on the opponent's palm. Gu Qing flew out at almost the same time, blood spurting out from her mouth once again.
But she didn't care at all, she only turned to look, only to see the smile on Chilian Zi's face freeze, becoming uglier and uglier, finally dropping to the ground and squirming.
Gu Qing heaved a sigh of relief and immediately sat down with her arms crossed as soon as she landed. She was not in a hurry to check Chilian Zi's injuries and force him to admit defeat, but rather to quickly recover his own injuries and spirit energy.
After a quarter of an hour passed, she recovered and opened her eyes to look at Chilian Zi. Chilian Zi's forehead was drenched in cold sweat, and he was staring at her with a pair of extremely resentful eyes.
She ignored his gaze and walked step by step towards him. When she arrived in front of him and lowered her eyes to look at him, she gave him back the words he had just said, "I think you don't want to admit defeat. Then let's continue!"
Gu Qing said, she raised her hand, and was about to fight.
"Wait!" I concede! " Chilian Zi was also a decisive person, if not his reputation would not have skyrocketed at such a young age. He knew that the current situation was extremely disadvantageous for him. If he continued to fight, he would only suffer even more. Once his Tao root was destroyed, he would lose all other opportunities.
"Oh? Then, are you convinced? " Gu Qing curled the corner of her mouth and asked softly. She was not afraid of infuriating the other party, because she understood that for a cruel and merciless person like Chilian Zi, from the moment he lost, the two of them had already been enemies from the very beginning. Whether she said it or not, this would not change. Since that was the case, Gu Qing was not afraid to enrage him any further.
Chilian Zi clenched his teeth, and stared straight at her, "You have to pray that your cultivation is always above mine!"
The corner of Zi Ling's mouth slightly moved. "Don't worry. Even if my cultivation is below yours, I am not afraid of you."
Although the two of them were cultivators with Later Period of Foundation Stage, only Gu Qing was able to truly step into the late stage yesterday. Moreover, during the competition, Gu Qing had many reservations, otherwise she wouldn't have been injured by Chilian Zi.
It was useless for her to use spiritual liquid s that were recovering their spiritual energy quickly. There was also the first style of Seven Deaths of Soul and the primordial divine treasure, the Hun Tian Bead.
If she could use these things wantonly, Gu Qing was sure that she would be able to kill Chilian Zi without even needing to be injured.
After the judge declared her victorious, Gu Qing no longer looked at Chilian Zi's face that was filled with anger. She turned and walked out of the competition grounds, just at this time, she coincidentally met with Gu Lee's gaze.
Gu Qing looked at her coldly, waiting for her to step towards him.
Gu Qing originally wanted to take a detour for Gu Lee, but after a moment of thought, she continued to move forward. Gu Qing didn't even know that she was Gu Qing, so why did she have to turn around?
The distance between the two slowly shortened, and just as Gu Qing was about to pass by her side, her voice suddenly sounded, "I will take back everything that belongs to me!"