Ancient Strengthening Technique - Chapter 1515

Chapter 1515

AST 1515 - Earth Divine Stone, Qing Shui’s Divine Artifact In The Realm of Violet Jade

With just one move, the surroundings became quiet . The old man was knocked backwards . Even though he had been crippled, he seemed to have forgotten the pain of losing his arm . He marvelled at Qing Shui, seemingly unable to accept the reality .

Qing Shui could only frown after witnessing the current state of the old man’s cultivation . In fact, not all who practiced crude techniques were bad people . However, they were all absolutely vicious . Because of their practice of such techniques, they were more cruel to other people and themselves during the process of their cultivation .

This was also the reason why it was said that those who cultivated crude techniques were bad people . One example was the Rotting Corpse Palm, where a practitioner needed to insert his palms into a decaying human corpse . It was certainly thought-provoking to require a decaying corpse for those who were able to successfully cultivate the Rotting Corpse Palm .

The old man’s Diamond Venomous Claw wasn’t that vicious . However, he needed to soak both of his hands in poison during its cultivation . In the process of that, he would have to confront with the threat of being poisoned .

“Big brother, how are you doing?” The old man behind him came and supported his elder brother anxiously .

“I have misjudged the situation . This person is a supreme master . ” The old man now realized the gravity of the situation . He felt terrified after considering the words that Qing Shui had spoken to him before this .  

Qing Shui then walked towards them slowly .

“We are members of the Taixuan Sect . ” There was a slightly worried expression on the old man’s face, but he was at least still calm .

“The Taixuan Sect? Never heard of it . ” Qing Shui said casually . He really hadn’t heard of such a sect before . The continents were too vast, and there were many things in the world that he didn’t know about .

“I had already given you a chance before . I did remind you more than once, but you refused to give up . You have two choices now . Cripple your cultivation and leave, or allow me to make you stay here forever . ” Qing Shui said as he grinned at the old man .  

This grin seemed more like the devil’s smile in the old man’s eyes . Cold sweat was dripping down his spine . A person’s cultivation was more important than his life itself, not to mention how cultivation was the embodiment of his entire life . If he were to cripple his cultivation for real, he wouldn’t be able to go back either . Demonic beasts in this world could easily kill him . Moreover, the distance from here to their home was quite far . Those without cultivation would have to walk for an unknown amount of years should they decide to go back home from here… . .

Without their cultivation, their mounts would definitely abandon them or even revolt against them . When they had tamed their mounts initially, they had utilized brute force to make their mounts submit to them . The characteristics of a powerless demonic beast would show eventually .

“You are trying to force us to desperation . Even a provoked rabbit can bite people . You have to show mercy to us . ” The old man was neither humble nor arrogant at this moment . He was trying to fight his way out with force, using an apprehensive approach .

“When you thought that you were stronger than me, you decided to be ruthless . But when the situation isn’t right, you immediately became frightened . On top of that, you want others to show mercy to you . However, will you be able to do the same?” Qing Shui sneered at the old man .

The old man had an unnatural expression on his face . However, nothing was worth more than a life . He could only lower his posture once more and said, “Let them go . I will offer my apologies by committing suicide, alright? You have a family too, and you can’t incriminate a crime onto their families either . Let them go . You can kill me as you please . ”

Qing Shui looked at the determination in the old man’s eyes . The people in this world always used the excuse of not incriminating their families to make others show mercy . But there were times where genocide was necessary . Qing Shui had only crippled one of the old man’s arms . There was certainly enmity, but not to the point of being unable to come to a resolution .

Besides, Qing Shui didn’t want to cause trouble at any given opportunity . There was no hatred to begin with . Even though these people wanted to kill him, they had only planned to because of the treasure here, not because they had any enmity with him . Because of that, Qing Shui didn’t take this incident to heart .

It would be fine to become a lousy good person for once . Qing Shui shook his head and said, “Just go . Remember this, as I will just say it once . I will not hold back next time . You old folks aren’t young anymore . There are some people you just can’t provoke . ”

After he was done, he waved his hands at them!

The old man acted as if he had been granted amnesty . He bowed at Qing Shui and left with his men quickly . Qing Shui wasn’t afraid that the old man would come back to exact his revenge or plot something against him . He was a bit powerful, but Qin Qing was the same too . He was the only one here, so there was nothing to worry about . Most importantly, Qing Shui didn’t take those people as a threat . He didn’t feel anything when he showed mercy to them .

Qing Shui stood here quietly and waited . He knew that this woman would be fine based on her cultivation . The treasure map was the key . If he wanted to go there, it would be difficult to do so .

Time passed by slowly . He was still in a good mood and he wasn’t upset because he hadn’t gotten any benefits . He didn’t know why he felt this way . Perhaps he felt that he had become generous with others . . .

Approximately half a day later, Qing Shui suddenly lifted up his head and saw Qin Qing standing on top of the Battle God Statue . She was still wearing the Goddess Divine Set for her overalls… .

He shook his head when he saw that Qin Qing hadn’t changed much . However, her aura felt a bit strange, somewhat transcendent . She was emitting a strong sense of etherealness to her surroundings .

She seemed like a fairy, despite Qing Shui having never seen one before . He didn’t know how a fairy would look like, yet ‘fairy’ seemed to fit her quite well .

Qin Qing smiled . Her silhouette flashed and she re-emerged beside Qing Shui .

It was incredible when he felt her aura beside him . The more she emitted her aura, the more impalpable it was for him . After looking at her for a while, he said, “How is it? Are you alright?”

“I’m fine . How should I thank you?” Qin Qing smiled at Qing Shui .

She was aware of the value of this treasure map . She had come to help him this time, but she hadn’t expected that she would be the one to reap all the benefits in the end . The Metamorphosis Pill was certainly a treasure too… .

“How about giving your body to me?” Qing Shui thought for a while and laughed .  

Qing Shui became bold when he saw the pleasant smile on her face . In fact, he didn’t mean anything by his words . He just wanted to try his luck when he saw how this woman had become slightly unfettered with anything… .

Qin Qing wasn’t angry . There weren’t any changes in her expression when she said, “Alright, but don’t regret it . ”

Qing Shui was stunned . This was the first time he realized that he was at a loss in front of a woman . It felt like he didn’t know how to continue the conversation . He stared at this woman . She was calm and almighty . She gave Qing Shui a feeling that they were quite distant from one another .  

That feeling was as if a rich, fair-skinned beauty had requested a loser to marry her, and this loser had nothing of value but no intention of ever marrying someone else . It wasn’t a pleasant surprise at this point, but more of what this loser should do next because he wasn’t able to accept the reality of the situation .

Qing Shui was feeling the same as that loser . He rubbed his nose and said, “I’m not prepared yet . I’m a bit nervous… . ”

This time, it was Qin Qing’s turn to become surprised . She snorted and laughed . The otherworldly smile on her face was as beautiful as a flower, and as pretty as a magical illusion . Qing Shui felt as if the sky was clear and serene .  

“Beautiful!” Qing Shui regained his senses and let out a genuine smile .

“I will give you everything . I have nothing except this thing on me . ” Qin Qing took out a piece of strange black rock and gave it to Qing Shui .

Qing Shui took the rock and asked, “What is this?”

Despite asking that, he realized what this item was as Qin Qing shook her head in response .  

Earth Divine Stone!

Once buried on the ground, it could fill the surrounding soil with fertility . The mature period of plants would be shortened by half . The range of effect would not exceed more than 5,000 meters in radius, affecting only plants and vegetation .  

Qing Shui was now slightly in disbelief that there was actually an item like this . He suddenly thought of the Heavenly and Earthly Treasure . Perhaps there could be Earth Divine Stones under those treasures? Of course, this was only speculation .  

“Isn’t this thing custom-made for me?” Qing Shui was no less excited then when he obtained divine artifacts . This item could certainly be regarded as Qing Shui’s divine artifact by default .

Qing Shui had already received the Golden Battle God Inheritance, so he didn’t expect that he would be able to reap anything from this place . It was a good thing that Qin Qing had travelled with him together . Otherwise, he would have wasted his journey this time . However, there was a treasure map here . In essence, that map would belong to him sooner or later, unless the map had already vanished from this place .

In any case, he didn’t expect to find an Earth Divine Stone in this area right now . When Qing Shui realized that this Earth Divine Stone was focused on ground and soil, he wondered if could there be a Water Divine Stone, too .

He felt that he was a bit too greedy . Even if there was a Water Divine Stone, he felt that the Earth Divine Stone was more useful to him . After all, medicinal ingredients were mostly grown on the ground . Besides, the pond on the ground was just a small lake . Whether it had any effect on the herbs was unknown .

This could be considered an accidental bliss - a huge accidental bliss indeed .

“Qing Shui, do you recognize this thing?” Qin Qing asked casually after noticing how happy Qing Shui was .

“This is the Earth Divine Stone . Once buried in the ground, it can shorten the maturity period of plants by half . ” Qing Shui said with a smile .

Qin Qing was shocked at first but continued to shake her head, “That seems a bit worthless . There are many medicinal herbs that require tens of thousands of years to mature . Even if the time is cut down by half, it will still take thousands of years for them to grow . ”

“Not necessarily . There is also a secret method to planting medicinal herbs that can reduce undesirable growth time . On top of that, this Earth Divine Stone is definitely astounding . It’s a divine artifact for growing medicinal herbs in the medicinal garden . ” Qing Shui knew that Qin Qing was intentionally belittling this item in front of him . Even though she had said that it was a bit worthless, this was definitely a divine artifact . To Qing Shui, that this artifact was divine was an absolute fact .  

“Hmm, it seems like they were already driven away by you!” Qin Qing noted when she realized Qing Shui was the only one left .

“Mm, these people aren’t too obtrusive . They actually thought of stealing from you after seeing your appearance . When I saw them trying to do that, I was upset… . ”

Qin Qing stared at Qing Shui and smiled . For a moment, Qing Shui couldn’t finish his sentence .

“Let’s go . There isn't anything here anymore . ” Qing Shui decided not to say anything further after seeing no result from the conversation . He decided to go back . This time, he had reaped something big .

“Alright!”

Both of them went back to the path leading home . Qin Qing had also obtained the Battle God Inheritance for herself . With that, she had pulled the relation between her and Qing Shui closer than before . Every Battle God Inheritance had a certain mark on it, which could make everyone a bit more affectionate towards other inheritors .  

This time, both of them had gotten an extremely large benefit . Their speed of return home was faster . It was quite calm on their way back too . Qing Shui and Qin Qing communicated with each other a lot more this time .

However, Qin Qing didn’t say how she would want Qing Shui to help her, but he knew she definitely had something she wanted help with . She remained silent on the topic, and Qing Shui didn’t pester her about it . When the right time came, she would naturally tell him about it .

After a month passed, Qing Shui and Qin Qing reached to Linhai City . Qin Qing followed Qing Shui to the Imperial Cuisine Hall and stayed there as well .

Both Yi Tong and Lan Lingfeng knew this woman had also obtained the Battle God Inheritance . Most importantly, Qin Qing’s fathomless strength was even stronger than that of Qing Shui’s .  

Qing Shui’s return was naturally a happy thing for everyone . After preparing a grand feast, everyone sat down and discussed the experiences they had during those times they were gone . Nothing had happened for a month inside Linhai City .