He knew his Chaotic Life Body was helping him recover.

The Life Grass Ring was helping him recover as well.

Su Qing felt that even if his arm had been severed, it wouldn’t have been a problem.

His Physique was strong to begin with, and it was further amplified by his Five Qi God Demon Body.

Every aspect of his being had surged in power.

Otherwise, how could he have possibly made a desperate move, imbued his hand with Sword Qi, pierced through the fallen Immortal Master’s defenses, and crushed his heart?

At the same time, Su Qing also realized something.

Body Tempering and Gathering Spirit seemed to be different.

Although Gathering Spirit cultivation could affect one’s Physique, for Su Qing, this depended on his Five Qi God Demon Technique.

The Spiritual Qi he absorbed wasn’t very powerful on its own. It was nothing like Body Tempering, where every punch and kick carried immense force and pressure.

Physique was greater than Spiritual Qi. Su Qing could feel it now.

’Yeah, this is more than seventy times my initial value at the tenth layer of Body Tempering.’

’How could it not be powerful?’

’Right. On that old attribute panel, the three points of Spiritual Qi were based on the Third-Layer of Gathering Spirit.’

The thought suddenly struck Su Qing.

’By that calculation, does that mean my Physique is actually stronger than my Spiritual Qi’s intensity?’

Because in Immortal Cultivation, advancing a layer couldn’t possibly mean just a single-point increase in the Spiritual Qi attribute.

’It seems I should stick to the original attribute panel. The attributes I came up with based on my own assumptions are completely useless.’

Su Qing suddenly realized this.

The attribute values he’d imagined were, at best, for his own reference and couldn’t be considered a true measure of his combat power.

’But isn’t Body Tempering supposed to be on the same level as Gathering Spirit?’

Su Qing didn’t understand.

But he didn’t dwell on it for too long.

For some mysteries, agonizing over them wouldn’t lead to a solution.

It seemed like he was starting to get some feeling back in his left arm.

Su Qing had endured for over an hour.

He could feel his Spiritual Qi once again filling the meridians in his left arm.

In just another hour, Su Qing felt his arm would be completely healed.

GROWL~

’Just as I thought, I’ve used up too much energy.’

Su Qing stood up, his right hand still pressed against his left arm.

He kicked open a chest in the room.

Inside were many Great Replenishing Pills.

Su Qing bent down and grabbed a mouthful of Great Replenishing Pills directly with his teeth.

He managed to grab five or six pills at most.

After chewing the bitter, medicinal Great Replenishing Pills a few times and swallowing, he felt strength beginning to replenish his body.

Gradually, Su Qing could clearly feel that the pain in his left shoulder was gone, and he could move his fingers again.

He could circulate Spiritual Qi smoothly through his left arm by operating the Five Qi God Demon Technique.

He slowly let go with his right hand.

Then, he slowly raised his left hand.

"It’s healed! It really healed! The Chaotic Life Body is just too powerful."

This was an incredible regenerative ability. A brilliant smile spread across Su Qing’s face.

But as soon as he saw the corpse and bloodstains on the floor, Su Qing’s face turned cold again.

A dense Fire Spiritual Qi appeared in his hand.

He pressed it against the corpse, and it began to burn continuously.

"Hm?"

Su Qing discovered that among the innermost layer of the corpse’s clothing was a garment that was very resilient and could even dampen Spiritual Qi abilities.

Although Su Qing had already torn a hole in it at the heart’s location, it was preventing him from burning the body.

’Why does he have so many treasures?’

Su Qing frowned and, with no other choice, went back to dealing with the corpse.

He stripped it naked, then burned the clothes.

There was also a ring on its hand. It was a green ring, inlaid with a tiny, dark stone only about the size of a grain of millet.

’Could this be a Space Ring?’

Su Qing raised an eyebrow, a look of delight spreading across his face.

He channeled his Spiritual Qi into it and found that there really was a small space inside. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

It was only 0.5 by 0.5 by 0.5 meters in size.

There were quite a few things inside: clothes took up half the space, along with two white jade bottles, five sheets of talisman paper, a Compass, and several white stones.

Within the white stones, Su Qing could sense a great deal of mixed Spiritual Qi. Besides the Five Elements Spiritual Qi, there were other types of Spiritual Qi as well.

Adding in the longsword, Su Qing felt like he had suddenly become wealthy.

’These things can’t be seen by anyone else.’

Su Qing looked at the corpse on the floor, then rummaged through his own clothes.

After tearing up some of his own clothes to wrap the body, Su Qing picked it up and ran straight for the outskirts of Shangjing.

Two or three hours had passed, and the blood had already dried. Plus, Su Qing was careful to make sure no residual blood dripped, so there were no careless mistakes.

Dispose of the body, sink it in the river.

Su Qing was absolutely thorough.

Then he ran back to his bedroom and quickly cleaned up the bloodstains, rinsing them with water.

He then flooded the floor and walls with Fire Spiritual Qi one more time.

With all the details taken care of, Su Qing, exhausted, finally went to sleep.

Just a while ago, Su Qing had thought he was done for.

One of his Puppets had been destroyed.

And if he had tried to flee now, it would have undoubtedly been even more difficult.

They would have identified him as the killer for sure.

But Su Qing didn’t think about it anymore.

Time to sleep.

...

When he awoke, Su Qing looked around and couldn’t help but feel like it had all been a dream.

But a glance at the Puppet guarding him—only the little girl-shaped one remained—told him it wasn’t a dream.

’In the end, it all comes down to strength.’

’Strength is the only thing that matters.’

Su Qing sighed and resumed his Cultivation of the Divine Concealment Technique.

It would be a few more days before the Immortal Master would likely be discovered missing.

Su Qing estimated that by then, his Divine Concealment Technique would have reached the Third Layer.

’No, I have to grind the Divine Concealment Technique to the Third Layer.’

After experiencing this crisis, Su Qing felt the importance of strength more keenly than ever.

And the importance of laying low and striking from the shadows.

Once the Divine Concealment Technique was upgraded, he still had to cultivate the newest version of the Five Qi God Demon Technique +2 to Perfection.

There was still a long road ahead.

Su Qing picked up the Storage Ring. Although his heart ached a little, he grabbed a handful of grass and synthesized them together.

Who knew if it had some kind of tracking mark or symbol on it?

It was better to just synthesize it. It would either be destroyed or change its appearance.

[Synthesis Successful: Green Grass Ring]

[Green Grass Ring: Possesses 0.5 cubic meters of storage space and emits a sweet scent like fresh grass.]

Su Qing read the synthesized item’s description.

He also saw a ring that looked like it was woven from blades of grass. Although its appearance was uglier than the original White Jade Ring, it gave off a fresh, grassy scent.

It smelled quite nice.

Su Qing slipped it onto his index finger.

He had burned all of the Immortal Master’s clothes.

As for the sword, Su Qing also tried to synthesize it.

He synthesized it with some firewood.

[Synthesis Failed]

The item disappeared.

So did Su Qing’s good mood.

That was a Divine Weapon! To the current Su Qing, it truly was a Divine Weapon.

It had been so brutally effective when it cut his arm. For it to just vanish like that, it was maddening.

’Forget it, forget it. Having a Storage Ring is already great. It’s like carrying a small chest around with you.’

’It’s really nice.’

Su Qing tossed all of his synthesized Great Replenishing Pills and those Small Demon Pills inside.

After throwing in a few changes of clothes, Su Qing slowly calmed his mind and began to cultivate the Divine Concealment Technique.

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