Chen Qing went out again and caught a few rabbits; he ate his fill, and the Blood Qi Whirlwind Blade Gu was also fed until it was full.
After eating and drinking his fill, Chen Qing sat cross-legged on the ground and began to carefully ponder the Legacy he had obtained.
"Although it's called a Legacy, having only one Gu worm is a bit too shabby, isn't it?" Chen Qing muttered to himself, then shook his head and continued to think.
After deep thought and internal confirmation, Chen Qing finally affirmed that what he had obtained was indeed a Blood Path Legacy, even though it was quite obvious.
This realization made him both excited and nervous; excited that he possessed an Opportunity that others could hardly achieve, and nervous because he deeply understood the dangers brought by a Blood Path Legacy—the encirclement by the Righteous Path and the schemes of the Demonic Path. Yet, he still decided to embark on this Blood Path cultivation journey.
The reasons were simple: First, Blood Path Gu worms are easy to raise; most only need to drink blood, just like the Blood Qi Whirlwind Blade Gu in his hand, which is very easy to feed.
Second, Blood Path battle strength can be rapidly formed in a short time, allowing for fighting to sustain fighting.
Third, due to the terrain of Southern Border, which is mainly mountains and rainforests, if he hides in a mountain gully and doesn't cause trouble, the major powers of Southern Border might not even know about him. Furthermore, the world barrier has not yet dissipated, so even if Central Continent has the Demon Subduing List, a Blood Path Gu Immortal locator, it would be very difficult to break through the world barrier, not to mention that he is currently just a First Rank Gu Master.
"So, as long as I don't cause trouble, or if I switch to cultivating other Daos in the future, these are all solutions. After all, it's much easier to change Daos as a Mortal than after Immortal Ascension. I just need to find some Gu worms that can wash away Dao marks and then switch to a new set of Gu worms; it's much easier than for a Gu Immortal!"
Chen Qing sighed faintly, remarking, "Sigh… I'm just a First Rank Gu Master right now, and I'm already thinking about Immortal Ascension. It really is…" He shook his head, reined in his wild thoughts, and refocused his gaze on the depths.
"No matter what, it's still a Legacy. It can't be that shabby, can it? No! I have to look again!" Chen Qing, unwilling, began to search and dig around again.
He searched for a long time, but apart from getting himself covered in dust, he found nothing.
Chen Qing patted the dust from his clothes, staring indignantly at the jagged cave wall before him. The faint afterglow from outside the cave slanted in, stretching his shadow long and casting it onto the mottled rock face, like a dying, struggling withered branch.
"How can something like a Legacy be so easy to find?" he muttered to himself, a hint of self-mockery in his tone.
Chen Qing returned to the primeval spring and continued to nourish and scour the apertures' walls.
After scouring for a while, just as Chen Qing reached out to grab a primeval stone, his hand grasped a palm-sized stone.
"Huh?"
Chen Qing looked at the stone; it was smooth and round, palm-sized, silver-gray in color, and felt similar to an ordinary stone.
Chen Qing gazed at the silver-gray stone in his hand, rubbing it for a while, and an idea sparked.
He raised his right hand, and the blood-red leech pattern slowly emerged. A faint bloody Qi vortex enveloped his right hand, slowly approaching the stone in his left hand.
"Let's see if I can cut it open." Chen Qing held his breath, carefully maintaining the blood Qi vortex. While continuously activating the vortex, he also paid attention to his true essence sea. The sharp Qi vortex blade, wrapped in blood Qi, struck the surface of the stone.
Chen Qing suddenly discovered a problem with himself, but now was the time to concentrate fully, not to let his mind wander.
He shook his head, temporarily shaking off the thoughts in his mind.
"Clang!" The Qi vortex collided with the stone, but the stone only sustained a shallow mark. Chen Qing didn't get discouraged; he adjusted the rhythm of his true essence infusion. The Qi vortex, like an agile blood snake, repeatedly cut and ground, sending stone fragments fluttering down.
After an unknown amount of time, the stone "cracked" open, revealing something faintly hidden within. Chen Qing's eyes lit up, and he increased his true essence output. The Whirlwind Blade Gu transformed into a blood drill, forcibly grinding the stone into fragments—
A fist-sized crystal, circulating with a bloody halo, was revealed.