The Use of Gu Insects

Gu Insect Usage

Unlike the cultivation system in Gu Master novels, Huo Yuhao cultivated soul power, not True Essence.

Therefore, the effects of some Gu insects differed slightly from what he had known in his previous life.

Under the rules of the Douluo Plane, they had undergone adaptive changes.

However, using Gu insects still required three steps.

First, one had to refine the Gu insect, replacing its wild will with one's own. With the System's assistance, Huo Yuhao could skip this step entirely.

Second, Gu insects needed to be fed regularly. If they were not fed in time, they would fall into a state of hunger. Forcing them into use would prevent them from displaying their proper strength; in serious cases, they might even refuse to work or die.

Under the System's adaptive rules, Huo Yuhao could feed most Gu insects with his own soul power.

Finally came the stage of activating the Gu insect. Most Gu insects could be directly activated with soul power or divine power.

Thus, aside from certain exceptionally special Gu insects, the higher a Gu insect's turn, the more soul power it consumed to use.

Hope Gu was one such special Gu insect. As long as he had the Predicament Buff and retained hope in his heart, he could use it by consuming a small amount of soul power.

As the pinnacle of Mortal Gu, Five-Turn Gu Insects were existences on the level of Titled Douluo.

For Huo Yuhao, forcibly using a Five-Turn Gu Insect at his current Soul Power Level required not only the necessary expenditure of soul power, but also external assistance.

The Five-Turn Soul Soothing Gu he had used previously had been fully fed by drawing upon the lingering aura of the Demon from Beyond the Heavens that had accompanied his transmigration.

When he activated the Soul Soothing Gu afterward, because it was a one-use consumable Gu insect, it could be fully activated without expending much soul power.

Through his connection with the Fate-Peering Gu, Huo Yuhao learned that it fed on the Power of Destiny, and that amount of Power of Destiny was merely a drop in the bucket to him.

It would recover in a few days, so the impact was negligible.

Thus, after paying a portion of his Power of Destiny as the price, he obtained one opportunity to use the Fate-Peering Gu.

Expend all soul power and activate the Fate-Peering Gu with full force to peer into the power of fate!

Huo Yuhao shuddered as an indescribable power surged from the depths of his soul. Time seemed to freeze, and all the clamor around him silently faded away, leaving only him resonating with the rhythm of fate.

It was as if he could hear a gentle yet resolute whisper, sending ripples directly across the lake of his heart.

One month from now, go alone to a place on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

This was the Destiny Revelation he had received.

"So the Fate-Peering Gu's cooldown this time is three months?"

Looking at the Fate-Peering Gu, which had dimmed and fallen into slumber, Huo Yuhao put it away in the System Space for safekeeping until its next use.

"Perhaps it's telling me that I'll successfully reach Level 30 in a month, just in time to go to the Star Dou Great Forest and obtain a suitable Spirit Ring?"

Sure enough, he was still too weak. He lacked strength.

He should raise his strength first.

Soul power at merely Level 28 was nowhere near enough!

Looking at Ma Xiaotao, the sleeping Soul Emperor before him, Huo Yuhao thought so.

Sleep? What sleep? Time to grind!

After all, Soul Masters generally used meditative cultivation in place of sleep, and meditation could also ease their fatigue.

The moon set, and the sun rose.

Morning.

Sunlight streamed into the dim room.

Upon the utterly wrecked bed.

"Mm..."

A slightly adorable murmur lingered by his ear, while a faint, enticing fragrance drifted into his nose.

Huo Yuhao emerged from meditation and felt the strange sensation of being pinned down by a big rig, leaving him somewhat helpless.

Sister Xiaotao's sleeping posture was truly improper.

He gently pushed her away and covered her with the blankets again.

Generally speaking, Soul Masters could sense changes in their surroundings while meditating.

Aside from Deep Meditation, ordinary meditative cultivation could be interrupted at any time.

As someone possessing Soul Saint-level Spiritual Power, Huo Yuhao was even more so. Nothing happening around him, no matter how slight, could escape his notice.

While meditating, he was also using his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul to improve his Spiritual Power.

Over the course of this half-night, Ma Xiaotao seemed determined to compete with him, constantly disrupting his meditation.

At first, she merely hugged and clung to him. Later, she went even further and directly...

In short, relying on the lingering effects of her Evil Fire, she had been utterly excessive.

At first, Huo Yuhao would still try to struggle a little.

But after it happened too many times, he could not even be bothered to move anymore.

He gave up.

Perhaps this was the attraction that Ultimate Ice held for Ma Xiaotao.

In any case, he was the one benefiting, so he was not losing out.

His cultivation speed had not been affected either, so it did not matter.

This was the confidence that his powerful Spiritual Power and Ice Soul Body Martial Soul gave him.

After a rather eventful night of cultivation, his cultivation had completely stabilized at Rank 28.

At this moment, with Spiritual Power at the Soul Saint level, Huo Yuhao could sense that Ma Xiaotao had fully awakened.

Half-hidden beneath the blanket, her towering peaks stood proudly, naturally outlining a perfect curve.

Perhaps out of embarrassment, a flush had appeared on her lovely face. Her eyes were stubbornly shut tight as she pretended to remain calm.

"Sister Xiaotao, I'll be leaving first."

Huo Yuhao smiled faintly and did not expose her.

Their relationship was merely one of suppressing her evil fire—pure, innocent camaraderie between classmates.

After he had completely left.

Ma Xiaotao, her thoughts in utter disarray, opened her pale pink eyes. Scenes from yesterday, when they had suppressed the evil fire, involuntarily surfaced in her mind.

The two of them had sat on the floor, naked before one another, embracing.

Huo Yuhao had supported her naked body and gently placed her on the bed.

And then there were the times she had repeatedly taken the initiative to pounce on him...

It was her first time being so physically close to a member of the opposite sex, and things had gone so far. She felt both awkward and lost.

Yet Ma Xiaotao did not feel the slightest anger. Whether it was Huo Yuhao helping her resolve her evil fire or his gentlemanly conduct afterward, he had gradually won her over without her even realizing it.

He had even made her feel grateful and guilty.

What am I even doing? Yuhao... he's so much younger than me. He's just mature beyond his years, that's all...

It could be said that while Ma Xiaotao's feelings toward Yuhao had not yet reached the point of liking him, she had already reached the point of not disliking him at all.

More than friends, less than lovers.

Ma Xiaotao got out of bed, a dazzling blush appearing on her exquisite face. The blanket slipped down, revealing snow-white skin and a slender, graceful figure with alluring curves.

Her legs somewhat weak, she endured her embarrassment and walked into the bathroom to wash up.

As her emotions gradually calmed, Ma Xiaotao sat cross-legged and began cultivating.

Unlike when she had first met Huo Yuhao, when he had used Ultimate Ice to temporarily suppress her evil fire in a very short time as a stopgap measure.

Through their candid exchange yesterday, the evil fire within Ma Xiaotao had been thoroughly purged, leaving her with no worries for the foreseeable future.

Now, without the interference of the evil fire, she could cultivate with complete focus and fight to her heart's content.

However, the evil fire originated from the very source of the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul. It would still emerge again and eventually return in full force.

The more Ma Xiaotao cultivated and fought, the less she would be able to escape this fate. Naturally, the evil fire would erode her reason even faster.

"Just as Yuhao said, after this, I can cultivate at full strength without holding back for more than a month."

"He really does have a sharp tongue but a soft heart."

With such a great favor, she did not know how she could repay him.

"Perhaps I should tell my teacher?"

After estimating the rate at which the Evil Fire Phoenix would regenerate its evil fire, Ma Xiaotao finally remembered that she had a teacher who was the Martial Soul Department Dean.

Since Yuhao was one of Shrek's new students this year, he was surely under Yan Shaozhe's jurisdiction. She should get him some special privileges first.

So that Yuhao would not even be unable to attend the Treasure Appraisal Fair.

Thinking of their second meeting last night, as well as their upcoming next meeting.

Ma Xiaotao smiled brilliantly.

Regarding the setting of Gu Insects.

You can simply think of Gu as a piece of equipment, or a skill.

I have also adapted them slightly to fit Douluo Continent, so the effects of some Gu Insects will definitely differ from those in the Original Work.

From time to time, I will also create some Gu Insects that do not exist in the Original Work.

There is a Gu Insect setting thread in the comments. If any of you have good suggestions or ideas, feel free to leave them in the comments.

It will also give me something to reference.

Many thanks!!