Gold Core Is A Star, You Call This Cultivating Immortality?

Chapter 101: The Opportunity to Comprehend the Origin

On the city wall, Zhang Sheng and Chen Jiao were both weak, but their eyes were filled with admiration.

"The person I used to admire the most was our human leader, White Emperor. Now, I have to add another person... and that is the young hero!" Zhang Sheng looked at Qi Yuan with great admiration.

Chen Jiao was also extremely excited.

He never expected that the powerful demonic army, capable of wiping out the Songzi Camp, would be defeated by Qi Yuan alone.

"Cough... for this great feat, let's have a drink!" Chen Jiao imitated the manner of a gallant wanderer, raised his wine cup with one arm, poured it into his mouth, and the blood that spilled from his lips stained the wine red.

At this moment, Qi Yuan had already returned to the city wall.

He looked at the two men who were basking in the afterglow and said, "You are about to die. Is there any task that can be triggered?"

What he wanted to ask was, what regrets did they have?

If he had the time or convenience, he might not refuse to take on this task.

"Before I die, being able to witness the young hero slaughter the demonic army, I have no regrets in this life," Zhang Sheng said. The colors in his eyes were quickly dissipating. "The young hero should be a dominant force and there is no need to be trapped in... Wugui City."

Wugui City is only the hope of the Great Xia people, not the hope of the world.

Young hero, you can go to other cities where there are fellow members of our human race."

Qi Yuan remained silent, without saying a word.

"My pig...," Chen Jiao began to speak but ran out of strength. He leaned against the wall, unable to move, and raised the wine cup with blood in it, as if he wanted to toast Qi Yuan, but in the end, he couldn't lift it.

The wind blew, causing the military flags to flutter, and the half-opened wine jar emitted a fragrant aroma. The two men seemed to be drunk and motionless.

Qi Yuan looked at the two men, countless beings, people like him, their lives fading away.

"If I remember correctly, there are three levels of death."

"The first level is brain death, the cessation of bodily functions."

"The second level is social death, holding a funeral, canceling the identity card, announcing his death to the world."

"The third level is dust to dust, ashes to ashes, forgotten by everyone."

"You two are lucky. I am destined to become an existence like the Great Principal Golden Immortal, living as long as the heavens. I will remember you."

As Qi Yuan spoke, he picked up the wine cup in Chen Jiao's hand, which still had a trace of blood.

He took a sip, sour with a hint of blood.

"But it tastes really bad!"

He glanced at the two men and sat back on the city wall.

"Xiao Jia."

He called out.

Xiao Jia appeared, obediently holding onto his sleeve.

He hugged her sleeve, and the two of them sat on the city wall, watching the sand swirling in the air.

Qi Yuan slowly recovered his vitality.

He was very strong.

But killing the demonic army also consumed a lot of his energy.

Currently, his level was still low, and it was somewhat difficult to kill the demonic army.

Not to mention venturing outside.

If he encountered a powerful enemy, it would be a case of dying before achieving success.

Of course, staying in Wugui City could also be dangerous.

Five days later, another demonic army appeared.

Qi Yuan once again wielded his broken sword and integrated with Xiao Jia, charging into the demonic army.

Wine cannot dispel worries, so how can worries be dispelled?

Naturally... by killing, killing, killing, killing, killing!

...

Time flew by, and the night was pitch black. On the walls of Wugui City, the flags of Great Xia fluttered in the wind.

"It has been half a year, and I haven't seen any intelligent beings."

Since Zhang Sheng and Chen Jiao died, no new intelligent beings had come to Wugui City.

On the other hand, the demonic army attacked the city every once in a while.

And each time, the demonic army that came was stronger than the previous one, although their strength was limited.

"I'm level fifty-nine now. The next time the monsters come, I'll be level sixty."

Qi Yuan hugged Xiao Jia, lost in thought.

When he reached level fifty, he didn't awaken any new minor skills.

So, when he reaches level sixty, will he still be unable to awaken any major skills?

Suddenly, in the pitch-black night, Qi Yuan heard a slightly helpless voice.

"Am I very ugly? Why haven't you come to see me all these years?"

This voice was very familiar. Qi Yuan had heard it when he was in the Ash Water World.

It was Ning Tao's voice.

Last time, he didn't reply.

This time, his consciousness turned and entered the flesh that was locked by eighteen chains.

Looking over, not far away, Ning Tao seemed to be sleeping, her small body curled up, looking insecure, and there was still a fresh tear mark at the corner of her eye.

"Supreme, and still sleeping," Qi Yuan secretly complained, "Sleeping is one thing, but talking in your sleep is another."

At this moment, Ning Tao, who was sleeping, suddenly opened her eyes, a hint of fear appearing on her cold face. "Husband, you're here."

"I've said it many times, I'm not your husband, and you're not my wife."

"Don't you recognize your little wife? Do you want to recognize me as your mother?" Ning Tao's mouth curved into a smile.

"This conversation is going nowhere," Qi Yuan helplessly said, then asked, "Why is there no stars in the sky of the Flowing Wind Realm?"

He was curious.

He asked Zhang Sheng and Chen Jiao, but didn't get an answer.

So, he wanted to ask Ning Tao.

Ning Tao, upon hearing this, showed a surprised expression on her face. "Aren't you Supreme?"

If he was Supreme, he would naturally know why.

Qi Yuan looked at Ning Tao. "Did I ever say that I am Supreme? I am just a small Heavenly Dao Foundation Building."

"No, you are Supreme!" Ning Tao remembered that when she was besieged, Qi Yuan used his original Divine Ability to kill several powerful beings.

Since he was Supreme, why didn't he know that there were no stars in the sky?

A look of horror flashed in her eyes. "You are not a cultivator of this realm!"

Qi Yuan heard this and wanted to shrug, but found that he had no shoulders. "You're quite smart for an NPC, actually figuring out that I'm a player."

Ning Tao looked at Qi Yuan, her thoughts inexplicable, and she calmed down. "So, you didn't come to see me because you couldn't come to this world?"

"It's because I don't want to see you," Qi Yuan said without hesitation.

"Husband, you're so contradictory." Ning Tao, dressed in a black dress, approached Qi Yuan with a charming smile on her face, as if she knew Qi Yuan's identity, which made her very happy.

"You still haven't told me why there are no stars in the night sky of this realm," Qi Yuan redirected the conversation back.

"Because the Flowing Wind Realm... is a place abandoned by the gods."

"Abandoned by the gods?" Qi Yuan was somewhat confused.

Ning Tao looked at Qi Yuan and murmured, "Without the sun and moon's illumination, it is abandoned by the gods. The place abandoned by the gods breeds demons."

"Is that how demons are born?" Qi Yuan couldn't understand.

"Husband really doesn't know? It seems that husband is not from the Flowing Wind Realm? Does that mean I misunderstood husband and mistakenly summoned him to our Flowing Wind Realm, imprisoning him here, and everything is my fault?"

"Now that you know you're wrong, why don't you let me go? Then apologize to me?" Qi Yuan said.

If Ning Tao let him go, this mass of flesh would crawl and run to Wugui City.

This mass of flesh looked like something good.

He needed to keep it by his side and study it carefully to see what it was.

"Let you go?" Ning Tao narrowed her eyes, as if contemplating something. Suddenly, a trace of gold flashed in her pupils. "I can't let you go!"

Qi Yuan heard this and felt quite helpless.

He then heard Ning Tao continue, "Husband, do you know that our Northern Emperor is looking for a demon called Blood Demon? The Northern Emperor said that this demon will bring disaster to the world and is the great enemy of the Flowing Wind Realm. The Northern Emperor has issued a decree that anyone who encounters the Blood Demon must be killed without mercy!"

"And then?" Qi Yuan didn't understand.

Ning Tao looked at the flesh that was locked by eighteen chains, her expression of fear even stronger. "Husband, don't you realize that you are the legendary Blood Demon?"

"Is the Northern Emperor kidding?"

...

"What is a Blood Demon?" Leaving the underground palace of the Tianxin Palace, Qi Yuan returned to Wugui City.

Many thoughts flashed through his mind.

"Could it be that the big boss of this world is the mass of flesh I'm possessing?"

"Will the final battle be me fighting against myself?"

Qi Yuan felt that this game setting was a bit confusing.

He held Xiao Jia and jumped off the city wall, digging a big hole and burying himself and Xiao Jia underground.

At this time, in the Great Xia Imperial Court.

The young emperor's face already carried some majesty. He sat on the dragon throne, his expression constantly changing.

Finally, he said in a deep voice, "Yuan Qi, Great Xia is unable to gather and deploy a large army to support Wugui City."

The emperor never expected that the Songzi Camp he sent would actually hold on until now.

The flag of the Great Xia Army had been planted on Wugui City for half a year.

Such a thing, for Da Xia, has never happened since the North-South decision began.

The emperor even suspected that something had happened in Wu Gui City.

He knew that Song Ziying led by Yuan Qiong was almost dead, and if they could reach Wu Gui City, it would be considered a victory.

To sit in defense for half a year was impossible.

You should know that Da Sui, next to it, had a country's defender sitting in Jialan City, and every once in a while, they would send reinforcements to Jialan City.

And the Song Ziying led by Yuan Qiong had never even had a hegemon.

How could they sit in defense for half a year?

There must have been changes in Wu Gui City.

Unfortunately, Da Xia was too far from Wu Gui City and couldn't do anything about it.

Da Xia couldn't organize another army to go to Wu Gui City.

The emperor was very curious, but he understood that as an emperor, he had to suppress his curiosity.

Otherwise, his curiosity might kill hundreds or even thousands of people.

Yuan Qi gritted his teeth, "Your Majesty, I am willing to resign as the commander of the palace and go to Wu Gui City!"

The emperor looked at Yuan Qi, his eyes filled with emotion, "In the Yuan family, there is only you left."

Yuan Gong also died in Wu Gui City.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Qi raised his head stubbornly, "The soldiers stationed in Wu Gui City haven't returned home for half a year, haven't tasted the fragrance of their daughters for half a year. I am willing to go and deliver wine!

I am willing to fight and defend Wu Gui City together with my comrades-in-arms!"

Yuan Qi knelt down and knocked his head forcefully.

The young emperor was deeply moved by the scene.

A sense of sadness filled his heart, "Unfortunately, I won't live to see the day of victory in the North-South decision."

The North-South decision could span hundreds or even thousands of years.

The soldiers who died now, even if they didn't go to reinforce Wu Gui City, the outcome of the North-South decision wouldn't be determined so quickly.

But they still went.

...

In Wu Gui City, there were countless graves.

Some of them were buried by Zhang Sheng and Chen Jiao.

Qi Yuan sat on the city wall, just like before.

He didn't know how long had passed before a smile appeared on his lips.

"Are there more monsters coming to die?"

"Unfortunately, these monsters are too stupid to communicate!"

"Otherwise, since they're all going to die anyway, I can communicate with them in advance and have them stick their heads out, lining up for me to chop them one by one.

The process may be different, but the outcome is the same."

Qi Yuan's slender figure leaped down from the city wall.

When he landed, a cloud of yellow sand was stirred up.

As he stood up, his height increased to ten meters, covered in blood-red armor, holding a huge blood-colored broken sword.

He looked like a giant blood-armored warrior, wielding a giant sword and charging into the army of monsters.

"Only a thousand monsters, the strongest of them is only level 50, is that all?"

Qi Yuan was like a tiger among a flock of chickens, constantly swinging his long sword.

Wherever he went, all the monsters were killed by him.

The experience bar also skyrocketed crazily.

Suddenly, a prompt came into Qi Yuan's ears.

[Leveled up to 60, gained an opportunity to comprehend the origin, do you want to use it?]

Many thoughts flashed through Qi Yuan's mind.

Unexpectedly, now every thirty levels, instead of awakening a big skill, he gained an opportunity to comprehend the origin.

Qi Yuan already had some understanding of the term "origin".

But at this moment, he couldn't think too much.

The army of monsters was still in front of him.

"Kill!"

Qi Yuan wielded his sword with even greater force.

Because he wanted to quickly kill all the monsters here and see what the so-called comprehension of the origin really meant.

He charged into the army of monsters, his moves divine.

...

In a distant place.

The face of the Control Demon, Mi Sang, was filled with doubt, "Cai Xia, did Wu Gui City fail again?"

The woman named Cai Xia also looked surprised, "Behind Wu Gui City is Da Xia, this country is just a small country, without even a hegemon.

"The demonic army that was dispatched earlier to attack Wugui City should have already destroyed it."

Currently, their main enemy as controllers of magic is Gulan City.

As for the capture of Wugui City, it is not controlled by the controllers of magic at all, but entirely by the demons themselves.

Generally speaking, it should be easy to take over.

However, this time, after half a year, it still hasn't been taken over.

It was only by chance that Misang discovered this.

"Could it be that another city has supported Wugui? Could it be Gulan City?" Misang wondered.

"Gulan City itself is in a precarious situation, yet they dare to send support to Wugui. They are seeking death!" Cai Xia said disdainfully.

"In a few days, lead a small team of dominant-level demons to Wugui City and take it over. No matter who is in charge of Wugui City, they must die," Misang ordered.

"It's because we didn't pay attention to this small city that it was secretly taken away for half a year.

Now that we have noticed, they still want to occupy it. They are seeking death!" Cai Xia said with a strong fighting spirit.

...

After killing all the demons, Qi Yuan's body was a bit tired. He blew away the remaining blood droplets on his broken sword.

Qi Yuan returned to Wugui City.

"There shouldn't be any demonic army coming for the next five days."

"I should go and see what this so-called comprehension of the origin means."

Qi Yuan returned to Wugui City and found a secluded and safe place.

He whispered, "Activate."

"When comprehending the origin, the longer the time spent, the better the comprehension effect.

Note that regardless of the length of the comprehension time, it is only an instant in the mortal world."

Hearing these prompts, Qi Yuan understood.

He also breathed a sigh of relief.

If he comprehended for too long, some demonic little ghosts might secretly enter Wugui City, and he would be at a loss.

Now it seems that this worry was unnecessary.

"Comprehension begins."

With a prompt sound, Qi Yuan's consciousness instantly became blurred.

When his consciousness became clear again, he felt that his state was somewhat strange.

It was as if he was facing the sun, and at that time, he was like the Heavenly Dao, hanging in the sky.

But at this moment, he was not hanging in the sky, he was on top of a mountain.

He transformed into a drop of blood, or rather a cluster of blood, about the size of a marble.

This drop of blood stood in the middle of the mountain peak.

When Qi Yuan looked up at the sky, he saw a sudden appearance of a door in the sky.

What kind of door was it?

Qi Yuan couldn't describe it, and he couldn't even find an adjective.

But he knew that it was a door.

With the appearance of the door, Qi Yuan also felt that there were several powerful auras in the world rushing towards the door as if they wanted to enter.

Unfortunately, before those powerful auras even touched the door, they instantly turned into fragments.

That door seemed to be the most terrifying thing in the world.

Anyone who touched it would undoubtedly die.

"Is this the origin?"

Qi Yuan looked at the door carefully.

The door had no fixed shape and seemed to be constantly changing.

"The Door of a Thousand Changes, the Unknown Door."

Even if Qi Yuan looked at it with his eyes, he could only know the name of the door, and couldn't obtain any other information.

He knew that it was because his knowledge was too limited.

He kept staring at the door.

After an unknown amount of time, a voice like a lark suddenly sounded in Qi Yuan's ear.

"Oh my, how come there's a little neighbor next to my home?

Wow, you look really ugly, all round and red.

Living here, will it lower the average attractiveness of our Jiupan Peak?"

Qi Yuan immediately looked over and saw a small and exquisite bird-like creature next to him, dressed up in a flashy manner.

"You're the ugly one!" Qi Yuan couldn't stand being attacked about his pride in his appearance.

Thanks to the rewards from eating and the support from the fans, as well as the rewards from the haters!

(End of this chapter)