"It's a pity that two have left. The Flowing Star Piercing Moon Sword Art has not yet completely merged with the Thirteen Flowing Light Swords. Otherwise, leaving aside the Refining Reality Sixth Stage woman, Lu Zixia, Liu Zhenghua would undoubtedly be dead."
Lü Qinghe sheathed his sword and looked at the two figures that had already disappeared, feeling a little regretful.
However, he quickly shifted his gaze to Liu Zhenghua and Lu Xuejian.
Having not encountered Xue Jin, Zi Baihe, or Di Tianguang, the gains from Liu Zhenghua and Lu Xuejian were also not insignificant.
"Seven-Star Dragon Coiling Jade, top-grade precious jade worth no less than six hundred gold, the jade pendant used by Liu Zhenghua is the middle-grade Dusty Smoke Jade worth a hundred gold, the two of them carry swords worth a hundred gold and one hundred fifty gold respectively, adding the one hundred forty-two gold they carried on them..."
The total income had already exceeded a thousand gold.
Counting the money he had on him...
Without any hesitation, Lü Qinghe directly turned and headed towards the trading area.
Even though it was already past ten at night.
Middle-grade precious swords and middle-grade precious jade were popular items in the inner disciples' trading area. Lü Qinghe spent half an hour and sold all these gains, then immediately went to the booth displaying the Huntlight Jade, buying the one worth one thousand one hundred fifty gold.
Wearing the Huntlight Jade, a faint coolness emanated from it, blending into his body, interacting with his true qi, allowing Lü Qinghe to clearly sense the nurturing and purifying effects of this top-grade precious jade on his true qi.
"All the previous gains have been spent. At this moment, I only have six gold left on me, but I finally purchased the Huntlight Jade. It's worth it."
Lü Qinghe was quite satisfied with this trip.
As it was late, he couldn't delay any longer and hurried back to his courtyard.
After more than an hour due to the round trip, when Lü Qinghe arrived at the location of the stone bridge, he found that the bodies of Liu Zhenghua and Lu Xuejian had already been removed by someone.
Obviously... as there were near attendants and outer disciples dying every day, there were already dedicated people responsible for collecting the bodies on the Third Peak.
"Outer disciples... near attendants..."
This scene made Lü Qinghe realize the ruthlessness of the competition in the Seeking Immortal Sect.
The threshold for outer disciples of the Seeking Immortal Sect was extremely low.
Anyone, as long as they were under thirty and at the Fourth Stage of Refining Reality, could join the outer disciples of the Seeking Immortal Sect after paying a certain amount of gold. Although they became outer disciples, their lives were not guaranteed. They couldn't even get in touch with the true mysterious techniques and arts of the Seeking Immortal Sect, and their situation was even worse than the students of the higher academies in the Eternal City.
If it weren't for the fact that once they entered the inner sect, they could ascend to the sky in one step and the huge difference in their situation compared to the outer disciples, presumably, no one would have chosen to join the cruel and harsh Seeking Immortal Sect competition.
Shaking his head, Lü Qinghe pushed aside these thoughts.
In front of him, Lu Qingyun's courtyard was already close by.
At this moment, in the courtyard, Mu Yan, along with three Snow Eagle swordsmen, were all brimming with anger, looking around.
When they saw Lu Qinghe arrive, all their gazes fell on him.
"Young Master Lu, you are finally willing to come back."
Lu Qinghe glanced at the female swordsman who spoke... Unfortunately, he didn't remember her name.
"Hmm."
Lu Qinghe nodded and was about to step into the courtyard and leave.
"Hold on!"
His attitude immediately made the female swordsman quite angry: "It's already past midnight, and you only return now, shouldn't you say something?"
"I said before that I was going to buy a jade pendant. Now that I'm back, is there a need to say anything?"
"Does it take two hours to buy a jade pendant?"
"Do you want me to explain every detail?"
Lu Qinghe looked at the female swordsman. Perhaps they were worried about Lu Qingyun being affected by him, but... he didn't like this kind of tone.
"The importance of the matter is within my own judgment. I do not need to explain anything to you. If any mistakes occur, I will take full responsibility."
"Responsibility? Coming from you? In the end, won't Miss Lu have to clean up after you?"
"Is it any concern of yours if Lu Qingyun cleans up for me?"
"You..."
Before the female swordsman could finish speaking, Lu Qinghe's gaze had already fallen on her: "Your duty is to protect Lu Qingyun's safety. If you feel incapable of resolving a crisis, facing difficulties, then leave. What use are you if you are powerless and can only chatter endlessly?"
"Lu Qinghe!"
Seeing Lu Qinghe treating them like this, the female swordsman shouted angrily, drawing her precious sword.
"Gu Tong, stop!"
Seeing this, Mu Yan quickly shouted, "Don't forget Miss's orders."
"Damn!"
Mu Yan stopped the female swordsman Gu Tong and then turned to Lu Qinghe, "Lu Qinghe, do you have to cause trouble?"
Lu Qinghe glanced at Mu Yan, then turned to the female swordsman, "Fight me tomorrow morning. If you can take a blow from me, I will never set foot in Wenxian Sect again. If not, then stop all this noise."
With that, he didn't even look back, heading straight to his room.
"You..."
Gu Tong watched Lu Qinghe leave, infuriated and almost going mad, "Take a blow from you? Me? A Lianzhen Fifth Realm expert, take a blow from you?"
The other two, also looked at Lu Qinghe's departure with a look of someone who had seen a madman.
"This Lu Qinghe, has he gone mad? Just because he has broken through to the Fourth Realm of Lianzhen, does he think he's invincible?"
"Disdainful and arrogant to the extreme. It's truly unbelievable that Miss's older brother has become so incorrigible."
"Damn Lu Qinghe, if not for being Miss's elder brother, I would give him a memorable lesson for life!"
Mu Yan's patience with Lu Qinghe's attitude had reached its limit.
"A lesson?"
Gu Tong was trembling with anger, but her tone was ice-cold, "Tomorrow, I will let him understand what it means for someone to be beyond someone, for there to be a higher power, since he wants to bring this upon himself, I will make sure he gets what he asked for. After this battle, I want him to tremble at the sight of me, Gu Tong!"
"It's time to teach him a lesson."
...
When Lu Qinghe returned to his room, he had already forgotten about Gu Tong's matter.
Although Gu Tong was also a Lianzhen Fifth Realm, at best she was equivalent to Lu Xuejian. If he had to deal with her, one strike would definitely suffice.
As he returned to his room, he operated the Thunder Sound Body Refinement Technique, mobilizing the blood and true energy in his body, making them continuously circulate.
During the circulation of his blood and true energy, Lu Qinghe could clearly feel the auxiliary effect of the Hunting Light Jadeite on his cultivation.
At this rate, within a month, the true energy in his body would complete the transformation from postnatal to prenatal, thus completely stabilizing the Fourth Realm of Lianzhen.
Once the Fourth Realm of Lianzhen was stable, after another two or three months of cultivation and adjustment, he could start to break through to the Fifth Realm of Lianzhen.
"Hmm!?"
Just as Lu Qinghe was circulating his blood and true energy, some subtle changes suddenly caught his attention.
Some of the true energy returning to the prenatal stage silently dissipated during the circulation, blending with the blood, forming a peculiar energy that rose slowly towards his dantian.
Amidst this peculiar energy's ascent, Lu Qinghe could feel that his spirit was three times clearer compared to before, and the speed of his mental processing had also increased by several folds.
"This... is the transformation of Qi Refinement into Spiritual Attainment..."
Lu Qinghe was somewhat surprised.
Actually, he did not master the knack of refining qi and transforming it into divine power.
Back when he transformed his true spirit and crossed the starry sea, it was purely a matter of survival, with no other choice.
"Refining qi and transforming divine power..."
Lu Qinghe's mind merged with those rising peculiar energies, along with those energies, gradually rising. After a moment, he finally found the culprit causing a phenomenon similar to refining qi and transforming divine power to appear within himself.
"Qingping!"
The source of the gravity that caused the integration of prenatal true qi and refined essence qi to rise slowly was actually the Qingping Sword in his mind.
The Qingping Sword emitted a faint halo, resonating and intersecting with the drifting energy, emitting a completely new kind of power that sharpened his thinking, enhancing his cognitive ability, and ascending in a straight line.
"Qingping! It's the Qingping!"
Lu Qinghe recalled the marvelous sensations he had when breaking through to the second and third stages of refining true qi. The speculations he had dismissed suddenly came to mind with answers.
Qingping.
Breaking through in cultivation could sharpen one's senses, but it could not enhance insight or improve logical thinking. The source of the invisible increase in his insight was actually the Qingping Sword.
"Legend has it that the Qingping Sword is a sacred weapon of the Supreme Saint, containing the wisdom of the Supreme Saint's enlightenment. Could it be..."
Lu Qinghe speculated, his breathing becoming vaguely hurried.
His mind was focused on the subtle changes in the Qingping Sword.
As he continued to transport his true qi, the halo on the Qingping Sword gradually weakened and dimmed. After four hours, the halo emanating from the Qingping Sword had completely disappeared, and the gradual increase in insight and logical thinking in his mind also ceased.
The enhancement was not significant, but Lu Qinghe, who paid close attention, could feel the difference.
If his previous foundational insight was a ten, then at that moment, his insight had invisibly increased a little.
Reaching a level of eleven.
An increase of just a bit...
However...
Lu Qinghe thought of how difficult it was for him to comprehend swordsmanship when he first obtained the Qingping Sword on Earth, compared to how effortless it was now...
The disparity was beyond measure.
"If not for the Qingping Sword, I probably wouldn't have been able to compile the 'Supreme Sword Scripture,' even if it was just a single concept of cultivation, or a level of swordsmanship..."
Lu Qinghe realized.
His insight, through continuous breakthroughs in cultivation and continuous contemplation of the Qingping Sword, had already reached a level that surpassed that of an ordinary person.
"The Profound Light Technique, an advanced technique, takes several months for ordinary people to cultivate, and subsequent cultivation is also twice as slow as other techniques. Yet I have not felt the slightest hindrance... The Flowing Light Thirteen Swords, comprehended one fifth in an afternoon, the Shadow-Casting Sword Art is also easily understood..."
It wasn't that these sword techniques were easy to cultivate...
It was that his insight and his realm had already surpassed the levels of these sword techniques.
"Qingping..."
Lu Qinghe contemplated the illusion of the divine sword in his mind.
"In this world... there are immortals."
"In my current state, my cultivation and vision are still shallow. But as my cultivation improves and my experience grows, one day, bit by bit, I will uncover the mysteries and understand your secrets."