Gu Qingfeng let out a breath and immediately looked at the Master True Intent Map in front of him.
Gu Qingfeng found the Master True Intent on the map had completely dissipated.
The True Intent contained in the Master True Intent Map could only help him cultivate up to the seventh level of True Intent.
It was an unavoidable matter.
If it had been the Master True Intent Map from its peak period, he believed it would have allowed him to cultivate to the eighth level, or even the ninth level of True Intent.
This Master True Intent Map, having been in the Zhuo Family's possession for many years, had much of its Master True Intent already lost; now, reaching the seventh level of True Intent was about the limit.
The Master True Intent dissipated.
It was now merely an ordinary painting with no further use.
Gu Qingfeng approached the desk, spread out a piece of Xuan paper, closed his eyes for deep meditation, and then reopened them. With a sweep of his brush, he quickly sketched a new painting.
The Xuan paper suddenly shattered, turning into a cloud of fragments scattering in the air.
Gu Qingfeng slightly shook his head, "As expected, the power of True Intent is not something ordinary paper can bear; even if I wish to preserve such True Intent, I must find a treasure capable of containing it!"
He wanted to emulate his predecessor and leave behind his own True Intent power.
Ordinary Xuan paper could not withstand it.
And the Master True Intent Map sent by the Zhuo Family was clearly made of no ordinary material.
Gu Qingfeng temporarily abandoned the idea of leaving behind a True Intent Map.
There were other methods to truly preserve True Intent, not just this one.
The difference being, if one could emulate the ancient ones and use special treasures to contain the True Intent, then such True Intent could be preserved for much longer.
True Intent Breakthrough.
Gu Qingfeng felt his strength had improved again.
He continued to practice other supreme techniques and explore the mysteries of the Domineering Blade Chop.
Although the Master True Intent in the painting had been exhausted, this did not mean that he no longer had the potential to progress further.
Without the aid of the Master True Intent, subsequent improvements would be much slower.
Gu Qingfeng established the Grinding Blade Hall, where he placed a portion of the weapons left by martial artists slain in the past from the Gu Family Manor's treasury. He used the force of the Hundred Weapons' Slaughter to refine his own True Intent.
Any weapon, once used by a martial artist for a period, would invariably retain some different kind of charm.
Many of these divine weapon's charms are extremely subtle, not to mention difficult to detect, and even if detected, they would not be of much use.
Only those divine weapons worn by top-tier powerful beings, constantly refined by their owners and stained with the blood of formidable enemies they had slain, would nurture a much stronger essence.
only a few Divine Weapons existed within the Grinding Blade Hall.
These Divine Weapons all belonged to weapons from Martial Artists of the Bone Refining Realm and above.
In the center of the Grinding Blade Hall, there was a rack made from Mystic Iron, where the Evil Slayer Blade was prominently displayed.
Daily maintenance of the blade,
made the bond between Gu Qingfeng and the Evil Slayer Blade even tighter and allowed this Divine Weapon to gradually evolve to a higher level.
Since the Grinding Blade Hall was established, Gu Qingfeng spent most of his time practicing here, hardly ever leaving the first or second gate, sometimes staying for days on end.
He would occasionally come out for a walk, provide guidance on Gu Yang's training, spend some tender moments with Xu Yulan, and visit their two young sons.
It seemed that everything was returning to true peace.
Sunrise sprinkled down.
Gu Qingfeng sat cross-legged in the middle of the Grinding Blade Hall, when suddenly, Great Sun Yang Qi flowed through the skylight into his body, speeding up the circulation of the Green Sun Skills power, silently advancing the cultivation technique directly from the Fifth Layer of Perfection to the Initial Stage of the Sixth Layer.
The breakthrough from the Fifth Layer to the Sixth Layer.
This marked the difference between Blood Refining and Bone Refining.
Before the Sixth Layer, the cultivation was at the level of Blood Refining, but starting from the Sixth Layer, it involved the aspect of Bone Refining.
Gu Qingfeng felt the power of Pure Yang Qi Blood refined by the Green Sun Skills, which merged from the veins into his bones, and his already tempered bones, terrifying in strength, expelled a bit of impurity once again.
As the impurities were expelled, Gu Qingfeng felt his Golden Bones become even smoother. Yet, to say they were truly flawless was still an exaggeration.
"Once the Green Sun Skills advance further, I should be able to continue tempering my Golden Bones. Perfecting my body with various Martial Arts will surely bring a fundamental transformation to my strength!"
Gu Qingfeng felt the changes in his body, with a little impurity expelled and the circulation of qi and blood within his body running smoothly, his strength also experienced a slight improvement.
Although the improvement was not very evident, at his current level, every bit of improvement should not be underestimated.
Three days after Gu Qingfeng's breakthrough, Gu Yang came to visit again.
"Father, I greet you!"
Inside the Grinding Blade Hall, Gu Yang bowed deeply, and his gaze involuntarily fell upon the Evil Slayer Blade in the center.
Divine Weapons have spirits.
The powerful Blade Intent contained within it slightly influenced his own understanding of the Dominating Blade Intent, as if creating a subtle resonance between them.
Gu Qingfeng opened his eyes, his body still sitting immobile, and he slowly spoke, "Tell me, what has happened?"
"There has been a major incident in Nine Curves Road. The Zhuo Family and the Red Flame Sect, among other millennium-old families and sects, marched into Nine Curves Road, intending to suppress that Evil Spirit, but all were utterly defeated."
"Rumors from the outside suggest that the Evil Spirit is extremely formidable, and tens of thousands of residents of Yunshan City have perished at its hands. It's said that several Masters from the Spirit-controlling Realm of the Evil Suppression Bureau also fell.
This includes the deputy commander of the Evil Suppression Bureau in Guangyang Prefecture, Jiang Qin!"
Gu Yang relayed accurately.
Hearing this, Gu Qingfeng's eyes flashed with sharpness.
"Is this information reliable?"
Gu Yang paused for a moment, then continued to speak.
"If it were not for those sects and families entering Nine Curves Road and clashing with that Evil Spirit, this news might not have reached us.
I have also tried to send people to Nine Curves Road to gather information. It seems that the court is gradually evacuating the people there, and the Evil Suppression Bureaus in various prefectures are also mobilizing to jointly combat this Evil Spirit."
Gu Yang's words made Gu Qingfeng appear somewhat solemn.
If the court truly took these steps, then this rumor was likely true.
The court would not have taken such significant actions.
Just as Gu Qingfeng was contemplating, Gu Yang said, "The situation with the Evil Spirit in Nine Curves Road is causing quite a stir, and someone from the court has also come to Gu Family Manor, seeking your assistance in jointly annihilating the Evil Spirit.
However, since Father was in seclusion earlier, I did not disturb you."