In the world of "Covering the Sky," one can refine Gu (a type of poison) to become an immo

Chapter 158 A Few Words on Refining the Immortal Gu, Frowning with Deep Sorrow (4k)

After resolving the problem, the group chatted for a while.

Soon, Pang Bo and the others left and went to their respective residences.

The path of spiritual practice is filled with many affairs, and everyone has their own things to do, so there isn't much time to gather together and chatter.

After seeing Pang Bo and the others off, Sha Xiao relaxed his shoulders, called over Nangong Zheng, who had been respectfully waiting for his summons, and slowly walked towards the capital with him.

"Nangong Zheng, walk with me and show me around this place."

"yes!"

Nangong Zheng was overjoyed and immediately followed.

He lagged behind Sha Xiao by a step and began to give Sha Xiao a detailed introduction to this city that had already merged with the Gu Dao.

From the array patterns set up at the city lord's mansion to the protective array formed by combining various thunder-based Gu worms and array patterns in the city.

Then, through natural growth, treehouses were built, replacing the original brick walls of the new capital city.

Sha Xiao and Nangong Zheng strolled unnoticed through the city.

A smile appeared on his face as he watched the children laughing and climbing all over the ground, up and down the trees, chanting Ye Fan and Pang Bo's names, and running around the city with their Gu worms.

"It's all thanks to you, sir, that they are living such a good life."

Looking at the bustling crowd, Nangong Zheng sighed with admiration.

"What does this have to do with me? The reconstruction of this city is your achievement."

Sha Xiao looked at the towering trees, some fifty or sixty meters thick and hundreds of meters tall, in the city and smiled.

"It is the Gu Dao left behind by you, sir, that has enabled them to embark on the path of cultivation. Without this forest left by you, how could they have so much spiritual food?"

Nangong Zheng casually plucked a fiery red fruit from a branch of a towering tree beside him; it was a vermilion fruit imbued with a trace of spiritual energy.

"This is the result of Yiyi's efforts over the past few years. She used the wooden path to set up a grand formation, allowing these fruits to ripen every three days."

"It completely solved the survival worries of these mortals and promoted the vigorous growth of Gu Dao in this place."

"To be honest, I really benefited a lot from Yiyi's actions."

"Back then, I was just an ordinary person like them. It's just that the long journey of cultivation made me forget where I came from."

"I was like a withered grass that only thought about growing taller but forgot to put down roots, until recently I rediscovered the true meaning of wood."

How can a plant grow without taking root?

Nangong was filled with emotion.

Looking at the dense fruits among the branches and leaves of the towering tree, Sha Xiao felt a surge of emotion.

To be honest, he was busy dealing with the crisis and didn't have time to promote Gu Dao. Liu Yiyi's actions unintentionally helped him achieve this.

Suddenly, Sha Xiao pointed to the giant bronze pillar in the city center that occasionally drew lightning from the sky and asked, "Was this also arranged by Liu Yiyi?"

Nangong Zheng stroked his chin, looking at Sha Xiao with some anticipation: "This is the Wood Dao that I have come to understand. It is different from Yiyi's, but they support each other."

Sha Xiao nodded. That makes sense.

He squinted, looking at the lingering sea of ​​lightning within the bronze pillar, and said softly, "After realizing your Void Aperture Technique was stuck at the fourth level, you wanted to use the power of heaven and earth to refine an Immortal Gu?"

Although it is a question, the tone is filled with certainty and appreciation.

Nangong Zheng followed Sha Xiao's gaze and realized that Sha Xiao had seen through his thoughts.

He nodded with heartfelt admiration: "Yes, Your Majesty, you have exceptional insight."

As he spoke, he took out a fourth-rank wood-type Gu worm that looked like a man-eating flower from his hollow orifice and handed it to Sha Xiao with both hands, nervously wiping his sleeves with his palms: "This is a fourth-rank Gu worm that I have refined. Please give me your guidance, sir."

Sha Xiao took the Gu worm from Nangong Zheng and infused it with her true essence to activate it.

"Awooo!"

As soon as the true essence was injected, the fourth-level Gu worm seemed to be wound up and came to life. Its petals turned into sharp teeth, and there were faint spatial fluctuations in its mouth, ready to be unleashed.

As Sha Xiao examined the Gu worm, she nodded slightly.

If this fourth-stage Gu were left in the wild, it could definitely tear apart many transformed dragons.

It's very easy to raise it; all you need is flesh and blood.

In other words, this Gu has managed to integrate nurturing and utilization, which is truly rare.

An elderly person who is nearly two thousand years old can still maintain a vigorous learning ability.

In just a few years, he has figured out the formula for the fourth-level Gu from scratch and refined it, which is already considered to be quite talented.

"Have you chosen a name yet?"

Sha Xiao asked while playing with the Gu worm.

"not yet."

Nangong Zheng suppressed his excitement and said.

"A fourth-level wood-type Gu worm, its mouth connects to spatial turbulence, easily shattering any cultivator below the Immortal Platform, its destructive power is extraordinary."

"Feeding is simple, requiring only flesh and blood. It is rare to find a product that combines nourishment and use. Let's call it the Four-Turn Big Mouth Flower Gu."

Sha Xiao easily determined the characteristics of this Gu worm and named it.

"Yes."

Nangong Zheng respectfully accepted the Gu worm, not finding anything wrong with its old-fashioned name.

If an ordinary person were to give his masterpiece such an old-fashioned name, he would definitely grab his own "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" fist and show the other person what real power is.

But since it was named by Sha Xiao, that's a different story.

Who says this name sounds old-fashioned? This name is fantastic!

"Your technique of using Heaven and Earth to refine Gu is still a bit lacking. Tell me, how did you come up with the idea of ​​using Heaven and Earth to refine Gu?"

Sha Xiao handed the Gu worm back to Nangong Zheng, and slowly walked with Nangong Zheng to the bottom of the bronze statue.

Nangong Zheng was filled with excitement. He knew that how he should proceed in the future, and whether he could truly achieve immortality, depended on Sha Xiao's comments later.

He took a few deep breaths and finally managed to suppress his excitement.

As Nangong Zheng showed Sha Xiao the Dao patterns he had painstakingly carved onto the bronze pillar—symbols of divine beasts wielding thunder, such as the Lightning Bird, the Kui Niu, and the Thunder God—he explained his thought process in great detail.

He recounted everything from the beginning, to why he chose these mythical beasts, to the lightning phenomena he observed during this time, fearing he might not have gone into enough detail.

As Sha Xiao listened to Nangong Zheng's explanation, which he seemed to want to break down into a paper, she quickly understood his idea.

He stepped to the top of the bronze pillar, looked at the fifth-rank lightning gu lying comfortably in the center of the blue, crackling lightning pool, and said softly, "Your idea of ​​the way of refining gu in the world is correct in its overall conception. What you lack is just a little bit of detail."

Sha Xiao placed her hand into the deep blue Thunder Pool and gently stirred it.

Nangong Zheng's eyes narrowed sharply, just as he was about to warn Sha Xiaolei that the situation was dangerous.

Over the years, the power accumulated in this lightning pool, drawn by heavenly tribulations and lightning, has become immeasurable.

Even he, if he didn't use his divine power to protect himself and directly touch this pool of lightning, would be instantly electrocuted to ashes.

"Not bad, Lei Chi's training is not bad."

Sha Xiao opened his right hand, pinched a snake-like bolt of lightning, and praised it.

"Heh...heh...as expected of you, sir."

Nangong Zheng swallowed hard as he looked at Sha Xiao's right hand, which was still as white as jade and without a single mark.

Sha Xiao beckoned to the Gu worm that was lazily sitting still in the center of the Thunder Pool.

The Gu worm, which usually ignored Nangong Zheng, suddenly appeared in Sha Xiao's hand, displaying itself with extreme flattery.

"Your problem lies in being greedy and wanting everything. What do you think is the difference between immortal Gu and mortal Gu? A single revolution?"

"That would be a huge mistake! The difference between immortal Gu and mortal Gu is even greater than the difference between a mortal and a supreme being."

"Mortal Gu is only a part of the universe, while Immortal Gu is a corner of the Great Dao."

"The larger and more complete the immortal Gu, such as destiny, wisdom, and power, the more difficult it is to refine."

"Lightning is a forbidden art that no one has mastered since the beginning of time; it is not something that an ordinary person can create."

Sha Xiao played with the fifth-rank lightning gu and said softly.

In the world of Shrouding the Sky, lightning symbolizes much more than just simple lightning.

It is the measure of Heaven and Earth's judgment, a great path leading directly to the Immortal King.

Sha Xiao dares to guarantee that, deep within the universe, the Thunder Immortal Gu has already begun to be naturally conceived.

Moreover, once it is conceived and born, it will be at least a Nine-Turn Immortal Gu.

Sha Xiao even felt that with the foundation of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, it might be able to nurture a Thunderous Wild Beast that reaches the tenth or even eleventh level, directly pointing towards the Quasi-Immortal King.

Although, that would be a quasi-immortal king who cannot escape the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

Nangong Zheng, who had been looking down, was suddenly startled and realized where his problem lay.

"You understand now? I saw a lot of human interference in this Gu poison; it was you who did it, wasn't it?"

"Seeing that this Gu was about to evolve in another direction, we actively interrupted it and forcibly kept it in the state of the Thunder Gu."

"Furthermore, you've learned it wrong. Thunder belongs to wood, that's true, but thunder is thunder. Wood doesn't contain thunder, but it's not thunder, do you understand?"

Sha Xiao glanced back at Nangong Zheng, who was drenched in cold sweat, and chuckled softly.

Nangong Zheng felt a sudden tremor in his heart, and a realization dawned on him.

He was drenched in cold sweat and let out a long breath.

As soon as he exhaled that breath of turbid air, Nangong Zheng felt lighter and more agile, and bronze flowers bloomed on the bronze pillar.

Without a sound, Nangong Zheng felt as if he heard a snapping sound in his heart, as if something on his body had broken apart.

Nangong Zheng's eyes saw a completely different world, as if he had gone from a blurry vision to a high-definition one, and a realization dawned on him.

It turns out that he was still trapped in the Immortal Three Tribulation.

Although he had already passed the tribulation of lightning, the tribulation of the heart continued to trouble him.

Nangong Zheng bowed deeply and said respectfully, "Yes, sir, you are right. I have entered a state of obstruction. If it weren't for your enlightenment, sir, I would probably still be trapped in the path of severance."

"The master first showed me a new path, and then saved me from a dead end. Without the master's guidance, I'm afraid I would have wasted my life in the game of Chinese Paladin 3."

Such immense kindness is beyond my ability; I can only offer my humble service like a dog or a horse.

Nangong Zheng knew that he had been deeply influenced by Sha Xiaoyingzi when he was severing his path in the Immortal 3rd Path, and subconsciously wanted to develop towards the Thunder Path, thus embarking on a dead end.

If it weren't for Sha Xiao's enlightenment, he probably would have really been trapped here to die.

"Boom!"

Thunder rumbled, and people from all over the city rushed here with their Gu worms.

Sha Xiao casually waved his hand, tossing the fifth-rank lightning gu to Nangong Zheng: "What kind of question is this? Go, transcend the mortal realm with it. It has been waiting for you for a long time."

Nangong Zheng nodded, took the fuming fifth-level lightning gu, and rushed into the tribulation clouds with a loud laugh.

"Boom—!"

The lightning tribulation rained down, enveloping the fifth-level lightning gu and Nangong Zheng.

Five layers of thunder struck first, followed by the Qilin's stride. Lightning and phoenixes attacked in a crisscrossing manner, and one calamity after another mercilessly pierced through Nangong Zheng's chest, causing him to bleed profusely from the Gu worms.

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, the form of the fifth-rank lightning gu gradually changed.

Its back split open, and a colorful flower grew out.

"boom--!

""

The aura of the Immortal Gu was released, suppressing the Gu worms within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, making them dare not utter a sound.

"A sixth-level Thunder Flower Immortal Gu, good, another immortal Gu has been added to the world."

Sha Xiao looked at the Rank 6 Thunder Flower Immortal Gu that enveloped the charred and unconscious Nangong Zheng, who had fallen into the Thunder Pool and was now dormant, smiled, and turned to leave.

Having solved everyone's problems, he now needed to solve his own.

Back at the city lord's mansion, Sha Xiaobu released a colorful immortal Gu to patrol the area, set up an array to prevent people from disturbing him, and began his seclusion.

He also has problems that urgently need to be solved.

This unexpected return to the Eastern Wilderness allowed him to step onto the stage of Beidou ahead of schedule.

While the results are undoubtedly a lot of good things, the future is uncertain.

Although they gained power by annihilating the Yao Guang Holy Land.

However, Sha Xiao will never underestimate the stubbornness of these forces behind Beidou.

He dares to guarantee that there will definitely be people who don't understand the situation and continue to challenge him.

From Saint-level to Great Saint-level to Supreme Emperor Weapons, everything will be available.

In that case, Sha Xiao is now forced to face an awkward situation.

That is, his combat strength is severely polarized, and his normal combat strength is insufficient to stand on the field.

Currently, Sha Xiao's ultimate combat power relies entirely on the Wanqing Immortal Gu.

Even when facing battles at the Great Sage level, he can rely on the Myriad Green Immortal Gu to roam freely and become invincible.

When Sha Xiao fully activates the Myriad Green Immortal Gu, he can even shatter the Great Sage in one move.

If all else fails, he can shout "Gai Jiuyou, save me!" and become invincible.

But he can't just activate the Myriad Green Immortal Gu and call on Gai Jiuyou to save him whenever he's in trouble, can he?

It's easy to imagine that with the commotion I've caused, the ancient race will definitely accelerate their awakening.

At that time, there will definitely be many people who will come to challenge themselves.

Since Ye Fan and his group cannot deal with the Sages and Sage Kings in a short time, they will have to face them on their own.

Facing ordinary Saint-level combat power, Sha Xiao could still suppress it with his blood energy.

But the sage king couldn't suppress it; he had to use many methods.

However, this would expose his weaknesses, and his authority would be completely lost.

If he cannot decisively suppress even saints and saint kings, then these cultivators who cover the sky will definitely challenge him one after another.

The problem with the Wanqing Immortal Gu is about to become apparent.

Although if you let Sha Xiao choose one of all the immortal Gu he has to keep, he would undoubtedly choose the Wanqing Immortal Gu.

The Myriad Green Immortal Gu has only one advantage—it's powerful!

Very strong, extremely strong, strong in the literal sense, even stronger than the literal sense, even stronger than that, even...

In short, it retains some of the original numerical values ​​from the world of Shrouding the Heavens.

As the saying goes, numbers are the reason for being king.

Combined with the mechanics changes brought about by the Gu Dao, this is simply and undeniably powerful!

However, the problem lies here as well: it is too powerful, which not only puts a lot of pressure on users but also makes it extremely troublesome to maintain.

The Myriad Green Immortal Gu completely contradicts the supreme concept of the Gu Dao's cultivation, refining, and application as a unified whole.

Its refining requires ridiculously difficult conditions, its usage conditions are numerous, and it is difficult to sustain its production.

If these problems are not resolved, the people of Zhetian will eventually figure out the weaknesses of the Wanqing Immortal Gu amidst wave after wave of attacks.

That is, the charging time is too long.

Three months of charging, three minutes of combat.

If it is activated several times in a row, this hard-won Heavenly Heart Mark will probably disappear completely.

There won't be a second Azure Emperor's Heart in this world for Sha Xiao to refine the Myriad Azure Immortal Gu.