Stronger by Killing

The system page displayed a prompt: [Congratulations player, you have obtained the Three and a Half Stars Skill Chang Chun Skill]

Then, Gu Zhan glanced at the notes,

This Chang Chun Skill is not much different from the previous Immortal Supreme Skill, both are rather sinister cultivation techniques.

The original Immortal Supreme Skill was a cultivation technique that relied on absorbing blood energy and then converting it into spiritual qi for advancement. This is also why the White Lotus Celestial Mother kept pushing the White Lotus Sect to rebel, as it seemed like she was aimlessly creating wars because she needed the large-scale deaths from wars to supply a vast amount of blood energy.

Previously, the Divine Monk Huai Su referred to the White Lotus Celestial Mother as Lady of Echigo, combined with the fact that the White Lotus Celestial Mother has lived for over three hundred years.

Gu Zhan roughly guessed the identity of the White Lotus Celestial Mother.

Over three hundred years ago, the Xia Kingdom experienced an event of the harem seizing power and causing chaos in the court, instigated by the Empress at the time with the surname Yue, hence known to the world as Lady Yue.

Lady Yue was the only Empress in the seven to eight hundred years of Xia Kingdom’s history to personally preside over court affairs, and nearly changed the dynasty of the Xia Kingdom.

During her power, she initiated many wars, both internal and external, regardless of whether the Xia Kingdom could endure it, recklessly starting wars, and in a few short years, turned the Xia Kingdom upside down, depleting the foundations built over hundreds of years.

However, the later history’s authenticity is questionable,

The Xia Kingdom had a ruler who restored order with a strong hand, overthrew Lady Yue, and restored civil governance in the Xia Kingdom.

These are recorded in history,

And from today’s events,

Gu Zhan could roughly guess some of the real situation,

It should be that the Immortal Supreme Skill of Lady Yue was exposed, suffering a powerful assault from the two Buddhist sects, ultimately fleeing in defeat, her realm declining, hiding within the White Lotus Sect, continuously inciting revolt to regain cultivation.

And the two Buddhist sects were likely always coveting the Immortal Supreme Skill, so they were persistently seeking Lady Yue, and she likely only recently showed traces that were tracked down, but the two Buddhist sects were apparently not very sure, otherwise, it wouldn’t have been just two Third Realm Grotto Heaven Cultivators coming.

And this Lady Yue, able to accomplish so much as a woman, is all due to this Immortal Supreme Skill, which is a completely demonic skill, and the most bizarre thing is that every sixty years is a cycle, enabling the cultivator to return to youth, continuously cycling, but it’s unclear what the limit might be.

It’s just, as for why Lady Yue turned half-human, half-demon, Gu Zhan was unsure,

According to the system’s analysis of this skill, there was no mention of causing the cultivator to become demonic.

Of course, these things were not important to Gu Zhan anymore,

After the system’s deduction, the Chang Chun Skill was very similar to the Immortal Supreme Skill. If ordinary people cultivated it, they could still rely on absorbing massive amounts of blood energy and converting it into energy for advancement. However, the righteous cultivation method was to absorb Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi or Spiritual Qi, though this way the initial ascension speed could not compare to absorbing blood energy, it was more sustainable and could go further.

But Gu Zhan clearly didn’t need to be so complicated,

Speaking of which,

This Immortal Supreme Skill and Chang Chun Skill were somewhat like a weakened external aid for him, only weakened many times over, and the limit was very low.

In the same killing, normal cultivation required expending energy and focus for conversion, required understanding step by step, personal talent and will determined the limit, and other restrictions applied as well.

"It’s still faster to enhance through cultivation!"

Gu Zhan sighed a bit, then withdrew his focus,

At this moment, the system prompted:

[Perform Same Realm Cultivation]

...

[Use 100 million experience points]

[Same Realm Cultivation to Chang Chun Skill]

[Cultivation successful]

[Chang Chun Skill cultivated to the Fifth Floor]

[Current realm is Divine Sight Four Realms]

...

Currently this incomplete version of the Chang Chun Skill is divided into seven floors, the first six floors correspond to below Divine Sight and Divine Sight Five Realms, while the seventh floor corresponds to a brand-new Martial Arts tier above the Divine Sight Realm.

As for what that realm is called,

Gu Zhan would need to break through later and determine the name based on the transformation.

Feeling the divine power within changing from the even and neutral Great Yellow Court to the current bloodthirsty surge, Gu Zhan smiled slightly.

......

Gu Zhan did not stay long in the pavilion,

Dao Ma City became chaotic, with sounds of weaponry, horse hooves clattering, and hysterical wails echoing everywhere, with raging fires burning throughout the city.

"Marquis Gu!"

Amidst the mixed sounds of horse hooves, a troop stormed into the courtyard outside the pavilion, led by Duke Ji Fu and Lü Chang, along with Nangong Weiyang who also brought a team of Yunxi Army.

Ji Fu, upon entering and seeing Gu Zhan, clasped his hands and said, "Marquis Gu, have you seen Divine Monk Huai Su and others?"

Gu Zhan, appearing somewhat "weary" walked out, snorted coldly, and staring at Ji Fu, said in a cold voice, "Duke of Lu, I hope you can give this marquis a reasonable explanation!"

Ji Fu hurriedly replied, "Marquis, what do you mean by this?"

Gu Zhan squinted slightly, saying, "This marquis broke through alone, faced the siege of three Land Immortals of the White Lotus Sect and dozens of Grandmaster Level figures, yet the three experts dispatched by our court did not assist me, directly entering the city, what does this mean, not only to steal credit but also want me to die at the hands of the rebels, is that right?"