After transforming into a fairy, I, in my simulation, wreaked havoc in the cultivation world.

Three months later.

You are currently traveling with the Youquan tribe to Qingshui Sacred Mountain.

[A month is enough time for you to fully integrate into this faction and gain a general understanding of the surrounding situation.]

Clear Water Divine Mountain is a territory overseen by Golden Core cultivators from the Toad Poison Palace.

The surrounding tribes frequently need to make offerings to the sacred Gu in exchange for the water from the sacred mountain that nourishes the Gu worms—what they call the divine spring.

This spring water can accelerate the growth of the Gu worms within their bodies, allowing them to absorb and release spiritual energy more efficiently, which can be considered a disguised enhancement of the cultivators' talents.

From Liu Guanzhi, you heard a more straightforward truth.

Once a cultivator in this area reaches the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, they will be harvested by the Toad Poison Palace to extract the mature Gu worms from their body.

However, if they do not cultivate, they will eventually be destroyed and devoured by the powerful tribes around them.

Although some people knew the truth, under the power of the Golden Core cultivators and the Toad Poison Palace, no one dared to entertain the slightest thought of resistance, despite their immense resentment and fear.

The more you listen, the more something seems off. Isn't this blatantly using people to raise poisonous insects?

[The inherently evil Toad Venom Palace actually possesses such vicious methods. When you achieve mastery in your cultivation, you will surely try to seize them, thus severing this excellent...and wicked lineage.]

Just as you were feeling indignant, Liu Guanzhi, walking beside you, glanced at the sky, then raised an eyebrow slightly at you, and you immediately understood what he meant.

His cooperation with you is very simple: you help him exterminate nearby tribes to obtain the Gu worms from other people's bodies, and he gives you a Gu worm called "Blood Qi Gu".

This type of Gu worm is useless to ordinary cultivators, but it is very effective for body-refining cultivators.

The methods of body refinement, though different in approach, all lead to the same goal and can generally be divided into two paths.

The first is "internal cultivation."

[It requires drawing upon the body's Qi and blood to refine a very special energy. Once the Qi and blood have been tempered and refined to a higher level of concentration and density, it is then used to nourish the physical body, solidifying its foundation from the inside out.]

Secondly, there is "external cultivation."

[It requires a vast amount of rare medicinal herbs, which are boiled into a decoction or transformed into medicinal power to forcibly toughen the muscles, bones, and skin.]

The first method is more straightforward, starting with difficulties and gradually becoming easier, with a clearer path forward. The second method, on the other hand, involves rapid progress in the early stages but has an uncertain future, and is generally used by powerful factions to cultivate assassins.

Just like the "Taiyin Xuan Shu Refining True Scripture" you are practicing, it draws upon the power of moonlight to temper your qi and blood.

[This method is wonderful, but each circulation of Qi and blood consumes far more energy and blood than ordinary cultivation methods. This is why your foundation is stronger than that of ordinary body cultivators, and also why it will take you a hundred years to advance further.]

However, enhancing one's Qi and blood is an extremely difficult task.

Taking Foundation Establishment cultivation as an example, to improve the foundation of one's Qi and blood at this level, one needs at least a thousand-year-old spiritual herb as a base, and even then, the increase in Qi and blood is extremely limited. To attempt to sustain the enormous consumption of daily cultivation solely through this method is nothing short of a pipe dream.

This type of Gu worm, called Blood Qi Gu, can double a cultivator's blood and qi for a certain period of time, thus accelerating body refinement and cultivation.

However, the cost is not small; it requires consuming the cultivator's lifespan.

That's right, it's lifespan, not vitality!

Upon hearing this side effect, you almost burst out laughing. What kind of price is this?

[However, you've also developed a considerable interest in Gu worms. One should know that lifespan is predetermined, yet this tiny blood-qi Gu has somehow come to involve abilities resembling rules—it's utterly absurd!]

While the group rested, the two of you quietly slipped into the darkness...

"Hey! We're out of Blood Qi Gu again. Can I get one in advance?"

[In mid-air, you bumped the other person with your shoulder, muttering in annoyance.]

Having grown accustomed to the exhilarating feeling of doubled Qi and blood during cultivation, the sudden return to this snail's pace is naturally unbearable.

[Liu Guanzhi was caught off guard by this move; he staggered in mid-air, but then regained his balance expressionlessly.]

He turned his head, his eyes, devoid of any emotion, falling upon you. You felt a chill run down your spine, a sense that something terrible was about to happen.

You subtly twitched your fingertips, grasping a section of his sleeve and gently shaking it.

Then, tilting her head back, a perfectly measured hint of grievance flickered in her eyes, and she spoke softly:

"I'm sorry~ I didn't mean to..."

【"Whoosh~"】

A thin red light flew out and hovered in front of you.

You happily grabbed the Blood Qi Gu and refined it in an instant!

This makes you wonder if the boy in front of you is a little more lenient with you when you're being affectionate.

Could it be that he likes this one?

However, you quickly dismissed this assumption; three months of getting to know each other had given you a better understanding of some aspects of Liu Guanzhi's personality.

[He is adaptable, calm, and possesses near-perfect emotional control; it seems as if everything is within his calculations.]

You can't find any breakthrough. You've tried everything, but each approach is easily countered, and you still can't pry open even the slightest thread of emotion.

However, occasionally lowering your pride and using a little coquetry can always get you some tangible benefits from him. You feel completely at ease about it and don't feel embarrassed at all.

Cultivating immortality isn't shameful.

【"arrive."】

After a long while, Liu Guanzhi's voice interrupted your thoughts.

The two of you stand side by side, suspended above a basin, looking down to see the valley floor densely packed with houses, like an anthill lurking in the shadows.

"Is this the Green Snake Tribe?"

[This is the third target of your cooperation. The first two were forces with only early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators in command, and they were wiped out silently without even making a ripple under your swift and decisive actions.]

[But this tribe is completely different; it is said to have two cultivators at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage and one at the late-Foundation Establishment stage.]

Upon hearing this lineup, you immediately wanted to refuse, but this kid, disregarding all martial ethics, directly offered three Qi and Blood Gu as a bargaining chip, along with a promise that he would handle the late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, which barely persuaded you to agree.

[It should be noted that in the previous two collaborations, Liu Guanzhi remained adamant, only providing one Qi and Blood Gu worm, and each Gu worm was just enough to sustain cultivation for a month.]

This makes you very upset. If the first trial hadn't been a free trial, you might not have agreed to work with him.

[But once you've tasted the sweetness of doubled cultivation speed, you'll never want to let go. After all, in this world of cultivation, methods to accelerate body refinement are extremely rare.]

Liu Guanzhi nodded slightly, his five fingers slowly opening.

Several streaks of black light shot out from his palm, silently descending towards the surrounding area of ​​the valley entrance.

After doing all that, he turned to look at you and said calmly:

"Let's get started."

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