Longevity: Start by practicing the ruthless way

Chapter 118: Old Black's Tribulation

As Gu Chi turned around, he quietly put away the Heaven-Swallowing Bag, took the big black dog's storage bag, opened it, and revealed several kilograms of low-grade spirit stones inside.

"Looks like we're still a step too late." The young man was a little disappointed. He waved his hand and said, "Well, well, you guys can keep these spirit stones for yourselves. I won't fight with you for them."

The three of them exited the stone tower. Gu Chi was about to leave with the big black dog, but the young man suddenly reached out and grabbed her. He stared at her suspiciously and said, "No, are you hiding something on your body? Why do I sense a familiar aura?"

"No way? My brothers and I are not in your business. We only have a bunch of scrap metal and a few pounds of low-grade spirit stones we got from the stone tower. We don't have anything special."

Gu Chi said with an innocent look on his face, and the big black dog nodded repeatedly beside him.

"No, it does feel like déjà vu." The young man's suspicion grew even stronger. His gaze fell on the big black dog again and he said, "You also have a familiar aura about you."

Suddenly, he exclaimed, "I remember! Over two hundred years ago, two monks from the Qian Kingdom kidnapped the Ninth Princess of the current dynasty and threatened the emperor in the capital to return the bodies of the monks who died in battle at the Qian Kingdom's border."

Gu Chi shook off his hand and said, "So? What does this have to do with us?"

"I happened to be there at the time. Your aura is exactly the same as that of those two Qian Nation cultivators back then! Although you've changed your appearance to conceal your aura, this trick can't fool me. You are those two Qian Nation cultivators from back then, right?"

The young man showed no hostility towards Gu Chi and the others. He said, "Don't worry. We have no grudges against the imperial court. We won't do anything to you. After all, we are all on the same side."

"No, we had no choice. We are different from you traitors." Gu Chi corrected, but saying this was also indirectly acknowledging her and Big Black Dog's identities.

The young man chuckled and said, "What's the difference? We all have grudges against the Jiuli court. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, right?"

After that, he introduced himself: "My name is Murong Zhixiu, grandson of Murong Jingzhao, the thirteenth greatest thief."

Gu Chi was surprised. She had thought that the man in front of her must be from a prominent background, but she had never expected that his background was so powerful. He was the grandson of the thirteenth largest thief in the North.

"Okay, okay, my wife, Lao Hei, is about to give birth. I'll take my leave now."

Gu Chi bowed, turned around and left with the big black dog, wanting to get away from this place of trouble as soon as possible.

"No, you haven't even told me your names yet!" Murong Zhixiu's voice came from behind.

"A lone figure on a cold river, a stranger on the Jianghu, why should we have known each other before we met?"

Gu Chi didn't even turn his head, unlocked the seal of the realm, controlled Cuo Yuqie, and took the big black dog across the earth like a stream of light, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The reddish-brown land stretched as far as the eye could see, desolate and barren. They flew for seven or eight days in a row, but could not see an oasis or even a blade of green grass.

Gu Chi found a valley and decided to live in seclusion there temporarily to refine the Golden Pill needed for the big black dog to break through the Golden Pill stage.

"The northern border of the Jiuli Dynasty is uninhabited for hundreds of miles. Even if a thunder disaster occurs during a breakthrough, I think no one will notice it." Gu Chi muttered.

Two months later.

"Ouch——"

With a long howl, the big black dog turned back into its original form, sat cross-legged on a stone cliff like a human, swallowed the golden elixir refined by Gu Chi, and prepared to face the baptism of thunder.

call--!

A strong wind suddenly arose, and yellow sand swept all over the sky. Thick and oppressive black clouds gathered above the sky, rolling and tumbling, with lightning and thunder.

The big black dog looked in the direction of Gu Chi. Although it could not see Gu Chi, it knew that Gu Chi was looking at it at the moment. This was the source of its confidence.

At the end of the distant horizon, Gu Chi looked up at the thick thunderclouds above the sky and frowned.

"boom!"

The thunderclouds finally gathered together, and a thick bolt of lightning came crashing down, striking the cliff where the big black dog was. Gu Chi's heart also skipped a beat.

"Old Black, you must hold on."

Gu Chi slowly sat down on the ground. She had told the big black dog every detail about the tribulation countless times, so she thought there must be no problem.

"boom!"

Another terrifying thunder struck, and there were screams of agony, but they soon stopped.

Gu Chi knew that the big black dog must be gritting his teeth and holding on at this moment, not wanting to make her worry.

She took out a piece of drawing paper from her Heaven-Swallowing Bag, which depicted a scene of a stick figure and a four-legged beast playing at the foot of a snowy mountain.

Gu Chi stroked it gently with his fingers, a happy smile on his face.

Thunder shone across the sky, and an even more violent thunderstorm arrived. Purple thunderbolts as thick as mountains, carrying a suffocating aura of destruction, mercilessly smashed into the big black dog.

"Lao Hei! If you can survive this thunder tribulation, I will buy you a female dog!" Gu Chi shouted.

"Ouch-ouch!!!"

In the center of the sea of ​​thunder, the big black dog heard Gu Chi's voice and let out a loud, long howl towards the sky.

This is not the first time that Gu Chi has made big promises to it, but it still believes it firmly.

Gu Chiji made a mistake, holding a long straight knife in each hand, and the power of his spiritual consciousness spread in all directions. If anyone was so blind as to dare to break in at this time, he would have to report to the King of Hell.

Time passed little by little, and the sea of ​​thunder above the nine heavens became more and more violent.

When everything returned to calm, a night had already passed. The sun was rising, and the earth was devastated. There were scorched earth everywhere, and large cracks that spread like spider webs for a long distance. These were all traces left by the raging power of thunder.

The big black dog's breath was very weak, like a candle that could go out at any time.

Its entire body seemed to be wrapped in a layer of blood cocoon, and its life force was recovering at an incredible speed.

Gu Chi widened her eyes. This was not the case when she had survived the tribulation.

However, considering that the big black dog is a spiritual beast, it is understandable that his performance after surviving the tribulation is different from hers.

She did not rush forward to disturb him, but just watched quietly from a distance.

"Click"

I don't know how long it took, but there was a crisp cracking sound, and the surface of the blood cocoon cracked quickly like a broken eggshell, revealing a powerful life force.

With a "bang", the big black dog broke out of the cocoon and let out a long and hearty howl towards the sky.

Gu Chi noticed that the big black dog had not only grown a bit bigger, but its fur had also become thicker, like a majestic black tiger. Even if it didn't stand upright, it was still taller than Gu Chi.

"Is this evolution?" Gu Chi was surprised. Before she could think about it, the big black dog pounced on her.

Such a huge monster rushed towards him, and even though Gu Chi had strong physical strength, he was pushed and plowed five or six meters into the ground.