Rank 6 Destined Gu: Spring Autumn Cicada

The refining process was met with a backlash from the Gu!

The Wine Bug, inheriting the powerful will of the Flower Wine Wanderer, invaded the aperture and fiercely counterattacked Fang Yuan.

This powerful will, from top to bottom, fiercely struck towards the Bronze Primeval Sea at the bottom of the aperture.

The Bronze Primeval Sea also churned, raising wave after wave of high tides. Under Fang Yuan's will, large amounts of true essence surged upwards against the heavens, converging together to form a sky-piercing tidal wave, fiercely meeting the Wine Bug's will.

Just as the two were about to collide violently in the center of the aperture, a faint shadow of a Gu worm appeared in the empty space between the two forces.

It was a cicada.

This cicada was not large. If the Moonlight Gu was like a crescent-shaped blue crystal, then this cicada was like an exquisite handicraft made by a master craftsman from brown wood and leaves.

Its head and abdomen were yellowish-brown, with textures like tree rings on the surface, seemingly bearing witness to the passage of time.

The wings on its back were wide and semi-transparent, like two overlapping leaves. Both wings had patterns, and they were very similar. These patterns resembled the typical reticulate venation of leaves, with a central stem from which net-like veins radiated outwards.

Spring Autumn Cicada!

It had been disturbed.

It was like a giant beast, usually slumbering in a cave. But it was suddenly awakened and discovered its territory had been invaded.

Who dares to cause trouble in my territory!

As if its dignity had been offended, the Spring Autumn Cicada became enraged, emitting an aura.

This aura was faint, yet so powerful. It was like a vast celestial river, rolling forward, its waves vast and mighty, destined to sweep across thousands of miles of green mountains and submerge the boundless desert!

Compared to this aura, the Wine Bug's will was like an ant encountering an elephant!

The aura swept outwards, like an invisible, peerless tsunami. The Wine Bug's invading will, encountering this tsunami, had no ability to resist and was directly engulfed by this aura, vanishing completely.

Fang Yuan felt a tightness in his chest.

He tried his best to urge the surging Bronze true essence upwards. Upon encountering this aura, it was like a wave crashing against a celestial mountain. The condensed true essence instantly fell apart, scattering like rain, all falling back into the true essence sea.

Splash, splash.

Waves rose and fell on the surface of the true essence sea, as if a torrential rain had fallen, adding to the turbulence.

But after a few breaths, the Spring Autumn Cicada's aura spread down, pressing onto the primeval sea.

Fang Yuan seemed to hear a buzzing sound, and in an instant, the rolling primeval sea became still.

The Spring Autumn Cicada's aura pressed down on the entire primeval sea, like an invisible mountain suppressing it. The sea surface did not stir a single wave, remaining as calm as a mirror.

It was also like a piece of paper, originally full of wrinkles, being flattened by the boundless hand of a giant formed by this aura.

This was simply unparalleled power!

Fang Yuan felt as if an invisible mountain had been placed on his heart, like the Monkey King being crushed under the Five Elements Mountain. He couldn't mobilize even a trace of his true essence.

However, although he was shocked, he was not afraid. Instead, a strong sense of joy surged in his heart.

"I never expected the Spring Autumn Cicada to have been reborn with me! So it's not a one-time use Gu, but can be reused."

The Spring Autumn Cicada was a Rank 6 Gu, Fang Yuan's first Rank 6 Gu worm in his previous life, and also his last. To refine it, Fang Yuan used all his means and resources, exerting immense effort, and after thirty years of nurturing, he barely succeeded.

But shortly after its success, before Fang Yuan could even savor it, the heroes of the righteous path sensed his threat, united, and killed him.

After being reborn, Fang Yuan did not find the Spring Autumn Cicada and thought it had perished. But in reality, it had attached itself to Fang Yuan's body and fallen into a deep slumber.

Reversing time by five hundred years had severely damaged its vitality, making it too weak for even Fang Yuan, its master, to sense it.

Now, although the Spring Autumn Cicada had appeared, its situation was still not good.

Since his rebirth, it had been recuperating in slumber. Its appearance now was merely because it sensed the crisis in the aperture, having been awakened by the Wine Bug's will.

It was very weak, extremely weak, utterly weak.

In Fang Yuan's memory, the original Spring Autumn Cicada was full of life. Its body was like precious flooring, exuding a warm, oily sheen. Its wings were a vibrant green, like two tender, newly sprouted leaves.

But at this moment, a dense aura of death and desolation emanated from the cicada. Its body lacked any luster, appearing rough and dim, like dead wood. Its wings were not vibrant green leaves, but were filled with withered yellow, like withered leaves about to fall in autumn. Moreover, the tips of its wings were slightly curled and incomplete, like the edges of fallen leaves.

Fang Yuan felt both heartache and relief at this.

He felt heartache because the Spring Autumn Cicada had suffered such a severe blow, being only a hair's breadth away from extinction, standing on the edge of a cliff.

He felt relief because, fortunately, the Spring Autumn Cicada was so weak, otherwise, he would be in much greater trouble!

One must know that between a Gu Master and a Gu worm, they must complement each other, and it is best if they are of the same rank.

A Rank 1 Gu Master uses a Rank 1 Gu worm; this is the most suitable.

If the Gu worm's rank is lower than the Gu Master's, when the Gu Master uses it, it's like a strong man wielding a small wooden stick – very ineffective.

If the Gu worm's rank is higher than the Gu Master's, when the Gu Master uses it, it's like a child carrying a heavy battle-axe – having the will but not the strength.

The Spring Autumn Cicada was a Rank 6 Gu worm, while Fang Yuan was merely a nascent Rank 1 Gu Master. To use a vivid analogy, the Spring Autumn Cicada was a mountain, and Fang Yuan was a squirrel. If you asked a squirrel to carry a mountain to smash enemies, the squirrel would be crushed by the mountain instantly.

If the Spring Autumn Cicada were in its peak state, Fang Yuan's aperture as a mere Rank 1 Gu Master would not be able to contain it at all; it would be directly crushed to death by its immense aura.

Fortunately, it was so weak that Fang Yuan's current aperture could accommodate it.

"I gave up the Moonlight Gu and painstakingly found the Wine Bug, all to refine it as my Destined Gu. But in reality, I already had my Destined Gu; the Spring Autumn Cicada is my Destined Gu!" Feeling the intimate connection between himself and the Spring Autumn Cicada, Fang Yuan was filled with emotion.

The Destined Gu is the first Gu worm a Gu Master refines, and it is very important, greatly influencing the Gu Master's future development.

The better the Destined Gu is chosen, the smoother a Gu Master's development will be. If the Destined Gu is of poor quality, it will hinder the Gu Master's cultivation, causing them to be surpassed by their peers. Most critically, it will also affect life-or-death matters such as battles.

Fang Yuan knew this clearly, which was why even after choosing the Moonlight Gu, the one that protected Gu Yue village, he was still unsatisfied. He sought out the Wine Bug by every means possible.

In his memory, the Wine Bug was already a top-tier choice for a new Rank 1 Gu Master. The Moonlight Gu could only be considered mid-to-upper tier.

But what makes life fascinating is that people never know what awaits them in the next moment.

In his previous life, Fang Yuan had refined the Spring Autumn Cicada. After his rebirth, the Spring Autumn Cicada had fallen into a deep slumber, but the refined connection still existed.

Furthermore, as if tempered by the River of Time, Fang Yuan discovered that the connection between himself and the Spring Autumn Cicada was even more profound and intimate than in his previous life. It was only because the Spring Autumn Cicada was too weak that Fang Yuan hadn't realized it.

Therefore, in the truest sense, the Spring Autumn Cicada was his first refined Gu.

However, the Spring Autumn Cicada was not refined by Fang Yuan in this life, but the result of his five hundred years of effort in his previous life.

The Spring Autumn Cicada was Fang Yuan's Destined Gu.

A Rank 1 Gu Master possessing a Rank 6 Destined Gu!

If this were spoken aloud, no one would likely believe it! It shattered the limits of worldly understanding!

But this matter had indeed happened.

The facts were undeniable.

"The Wine Bug is an excellent choice for a Destined Gu, but compared to the Spring Autumn Cicada, it's mere mud! My Destined Gu in this life is actually the Spring Autumn Cicada, hahaha..."