Gou Zai Liang Jie as a Human Gu

Memories flash through my mind like a movie fast-forwarding through my heart.

"This is still Qinghefang, and I am a sacrificial offering from a mortal nation!"

As Lin Mo read through the memories, he became increasingly shocked.

The Xuan Yu Cave Heaven is not entirely populated by cultivators; there are also mortals among them.

There is a country called Da Feng, where the people worship immortals.

Under the protection of the immortal sect, the Great Feng Kingdom enjoys favorable weather, peace and prosperity, and the imperial power is secure.

As a condition of protection, the entire nation of Dafeng cultivates the techniques bestowed by the Immortal Sect, and every five years a grand selection of Immortal Sect members is held, with the winners being recorded as Immortal Seeds and presented to the Immortal Sect.

Tens of thousands of outstanding talents entered the immortal sect, and from then on, the immortals and mortals were forever separated, and there was no news of them again.

This appears to be a win-win cooperation, with both sides benefiting.

In reality, it was only after talented individuals entered the Immortal Sect that the truth was revealed: the so-called Immortal Techniques were merely a means for the Immortal Sect to cultivate human Gu (a type of poison); what the Immortal Sect wanted was to enslave the strongest mortals.

In this simulated identity, after entering the Immortal Sect, I was assigned to be a medicine slave.

Medicine slaves were those used by alchemists to test poisons; they were even worse than fire boys, and could easily die from poisoning if not handled carefully.

I don't know whether to call myself lucky or unlucky.

He was bought by an alchemist named Qian Manhe, who then used a secret method to soak him in Soul-Locking Pills and Soul-Corroding Elixir to destroy his three souls and seven spirits. He was then put into an alchemy furnace to be tempered and eventually refined into a corpse puppet called the Medicine Gourd.

Corpse puppets are a special kind of existence, neither alive nor dead, they have a breath of life, but no independent personality or ability to think.

"It seems I have to pretend to be a puppet, otherwise I'll surely face annihilation if I'm discovered to still retain my self-awareness."

Upon clarifying the current situation, Lin Mo felt a strong sense of unease.

It is very difficult to play a puppet.

After all, he is a living, breathing person, not an inanimate object. In the event of an emergency, he will inevitably be exposed.

Lin Mo hurriedly searched his memory for any related information about the [medicine gourd].

The immortal sects truly live up to their name; their methods are indeed remarkable.

【Medicine Gourd】, a puppet whose name contains the characters for medicine and gourd, naturally possesses puppet supernatural powers. Lin Mo searched his memories and found two complete spells.

It is named "Poison Refining" and "Gluttony".

[Poison Refining]: The Corpse Puppet can circulate its internal essence and blood, transforming it into a special spiritual power that can refine all the world's deadly poisons, nourishing its physical body and making itself immune to all poisons. Therefore, the Corpse Puppet's essence and blood can cure all poisons.

【Taotie】: It is an enhanced version of the 【Poison Refining】 spell. It can devour the energy of all things, whether it is spiritual energy, yin energy, demonic energy, evil energy, or even the most evil energy and malevolent energy. It can devour and refine all of these and turn them into spiritual power to nourish the body.

"There's a problem."

Lin Mo keenly sensed that there was something wrong with these two spells.

The spells 【Poison Refining】 and 【Gluttony】 are constantly strengthening the Corpse Puppet's physique.

If this unrestrained and barbaric strengthening continues, sooner or later the corpse puppet will grow into a pillar of heaven.

All things have a spirit; even inanimate objects, when they receive the essence of the sun and moon, will develop intelligence over time.

However, there were no rumors in his own memory bank about the corpse puppets gaining sentience, breaking free from their restraints, and rebelling against their master.

Where did those corpse puppets that were born with intelligence go?

Furthermore, Qiu Niang of Qunyu Pavilion once said that she wanted to refine herself into a corpse puppet.

If you're going to refine it, then refine it. Why go to such lengths, even paying a courtesan to use your essence, so that you can cultivate the "Six Desires Creation True Chapter" first?

What exactly is the motive behind this?

"There's too little intelligence; we can't investigate it thoroughly."

Lin Mo felt helpless. Each time he simulated a new identity in the cultivation cave, it was too low-level, like seeing only a part of the whole picture, making it difficult to find more useful information.

However, he was not in a hurry.

With the [Mysterious Heaven Treasure Mirror] as a safety net, at worst, if one's luck is good enough in the future, one can change professions and identities, piece together enough information, and surely be able to get a glimpse of the entire immortal sect.

At that moment, he was engrossed in studying the two newly acquired spells, [Poison Refining] and [Gluttony], inside the box.

As he circulated the cultivation technique, his internal blood and essence surged, and strands of power, distinct from martial arts energy, were condensed and flowed through his meridians.

As the spiritual energy began to circulate.

Glug glug!

Lin Mo's stomach protested loudly; he felt a deep thirst.

An unprecedented hunger struck.

"I'm so hungry!"

Lin Mo swallowed hard, looking at his arm. He could almost smell the aroma of roasted chicken wings wafting from it, and he really wanted to take a big bite.

"Gurgle!"

Lin Mo unconsciously raised his arm to his mouth, his eyes gleaming with a hungry green light, and saliva dripping from the corner of his mouth.

"what!"

Lin Mo opened his mouth wide, about to bite down hard on his own arm.

"You can't eat it!"

Just as the tooth was about to fall, Lin Mo's face changed color in horror, and a sliver of clarity returned to his mind.

The intense hunger was driving him crazy.

When they get ruthless, they'll even eat themselves.

If I keep starving like this, something bad is bound to happen!

Lin Mo thought of the pills with unknown toxicity in the [Mysterious Heaven Treasure Mirror].

Regardless of anything else, he took it out, uncorked it, and started gulping it down, even chewing up and swallowing the medicine bottle.

"belch!"

Lin Mo swallowed the pill, let out a burp, and felt an instant surge of satisfaction.

The good times didn't last long. What followed was intense pain, a stabbing pain, a burning sensation, and then a piercing, icy pain... Various kinds of pain tormented Lin Mo's abdomen, making his face turn pale and his forehead beaded with cold sweat.

Spell [Poison Refining], activated!

The spiritual energy circulated within the body, instantly disintegrating the various poisonous pills into the purest vital energy. A portion of this energy merged into the spiritual energy, while the majority nourished the physical body.

Lin Mo's physique was greatly enhanced.

Soon, the poison was neutralized, and Lin Mo opened his eyes, his gaze gleaming.

"That's amazing!"

Lin Mo touched his arm and noticed that his muscles were noticeably stronger. He could clearly feel that his physical body had been significantly enhanced.

This enhancement is comparable to a complete rebirth in martial arts.

"Hehe! Okay."

Sun Qian once said that the ultimate goal of martial arts perfection is nine, which is the number of the highest, but very few people can achieve it.

The reason for this is that when a martial artist is reborn, he or she depletes his or her vital energy.

Even a fool knows that the more times one achieves perfect rebirth, the more solid one's martial arts foundation becomes.

However, most martial artists are willing but unable to do so.

Ordinary martial artists lack sufficient qi and blood to sustain multiple perfect rebirths.

Many martial artists, after achieving perfect rebirth four or five times, are unable to attempt another rebirth and are forced to advance to the eighth-grade Qi Transformation Realm.

Without a solid foundation, one cannot become invincible within the same realm, and the upper limit of future martial arts will also be limited.

However, Lin Mo has now obtained the spells [Refining Spirit] and [Gluttony].

The physical body, nourished by spiritual energy, can grow wildly and infinitely.

This provides him with enough fuel and energy, allowing him to strive towards the legendary Nine Extremes number.

He could even break through the nine-number barrier and reach the perfect number of ten, which no one in the world dares to imagine!

Thinking about all this, Lin Mo couldn't help but feel shocked and excited.

"Danxia old silver coin, you never dreamed this would happen, did you? You schemed and plotted, only to end up being a worthless villain!"

He immediately accelerated the activation of the spell [Refining Spirit], continuously swallowing pills, regardless of whether they were poisonous or not, consuming them all at once.

Refine!

Refine it all and use it to nourish your physical body!

……

"Thump!"

With a thud as the box hit the ground, Lin Mo opened his eyes and stopped refining the deadly poison.

Immediately afterwards, the box was opened, and a blinding light assaulted Lin Mo's eyes. He instinctively wanted to raise his hand to shield his eyes from the light.

Suddenly realizing that he was now a [Medicine Gourd], and that a corpse puppet shouldn't have these instinctive reactions, he quickly suppressed the arm he was about to raise, his face as calm and undisturbed as the surface of an ancient well.

Lin Mo looked around. The buildings were ornately decorated, with red candles and colorful silks, and the air was filled with a decadent fragrance.

This is... the Jade Pavilion!

"After all the twists and turns, we've come back again."