Cultivating Gu by Another Name

Star Dou Great Forest.

Yu Mingxiao met Gu Yuena and Na'er. He could tell that Na'er had grown taller. The two of them had not yet merged into one, and he didn't know what was going on.

However, this was exactly what he wanted.

Yu Mingxiao told the two of them about his plan to find the Dragon Tomb and invited them to join him on the trip.

However, Gu Yuena declined the invitation, while Na'er wanted to go, but Gu Yuena stopped her from going.

Seeing this, Yu Mingxiao didn't try to persuade him further. The space around him slightly collapsed, and with a flicker of his figure, he left the Lake of Life in the blink of an eye.

He planned to set off for the Sun Moon Continent to find the whereabouts of the Dragon Tomb, a place that had no fixed location and could move at will.

The reason it only moves around Douluo Planet is perhaps because the Dragon God's will inside sensed Gu Yuena's presence, which is why it has remained on Douluo Planet without leaving.

Half a day later.

"Is this the Sun Moon Continent?"

Yu Mingxiao arrived in a coastal city, but didn't know its name. Looking around, he saw shops lining the streets, one after another, and the streets were bustling with people.

Using the nautical chart he had previously purchased at an auction house, he successfully reached this unfamiliar continent.

This place is quite far from the Douluo Continent, and he was secretly puzzled. It was strange that the Sun Moon Continent would drift here and merge with the Douluo Continent in the future.

After a brief stroll through the streets, Yu Mingxiao discovered that there were even shops selling Soul Tool. These weren't just Storage Soul Tool; they also had other types, though the levels were all quite low.

Yu Mingxiao walked into the store and noticed how others paid. He discovered that they also used gold coins, but the style was slightly different from the Gold Soul Coin in the Douluo Continent.

He had no desire to buy anything, and besides, they probably didn't accept Douluo Continent Gold Soul Coin here.

After leaving the Soul Tool shop, Yu Mingxiao spent some time finding out the specific situation of the Sun Moon Continent.

The first thing to consider is the distribution of power on the Sun Moon Continent.

This continent was unified early, and the strongest power was the Sun Moon Empire. It was the undisputed overlord, possessing a supreme position that no other power could shake.

The Sun Moon Imperial Family's inherited Martial Soul are the sun and the moon, not the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon. It's unclear whether this is due to incomplete information gathering or if it's truly nonexistent.

Besides these, there are actually quite a few sects within the Sun Moon Empire.

Although the empire has been suppressing and restricting these sects, once these sects unite, their strength can rival that of the Sun Moon Empire, and they might even be able to overpower the empire.

Therefore, the Sun Moon Empire dared not easily attack the sects, and a single sect was not capable of overthrowing the empire. The two sides thus checked and balanced each other, and this situation has lasted for hundreds of years.

On this continent, perhaps because the development of Soul Tool is still in its infancy, the status of Soul Master is still higher than that of Soul Engineer.

Even the term "Soul Engineer" hadn't become widely known yet.

Although Soul Tool are not classified as rare and ingenious skills, and many people in the Sun Moon Empire can make them, most of these people are just ordinary craftsmen and do not have an extremely esteemed status.

Yu Mingxiao walked to a secluded corner and directly used his Divine Sense to probe.

Although the Sun Moon Continent has a considerable land area, it is still smaller than the Douluo Continent. With his current God-level spiritual power, he can naturally explore the entire continent clearly.

He focused primarily on woodlands and large cities, and soon discovered some clues.

"Huh? There's a place over there where the spatial fluctuations are very unstable, like it's constantly collapsing. What's going on?"

Yu Mingxiao's thoughts wandered, and a sense of curiosity arose in his heart.

Without much thought, he used his Divine Sense to pinpoint the location, casually tore open space, and passed through.

He is now in the midst of a range of mountains, surrounded by lush vegetation and vibrant life, with countless Soul Beast lurking deep within the forests.

Yu Mingxiao looked around, unsure of where he was. Judging from the terrain and the way the Soul Beast gathered, he guessed it was the Jingyang Mountain Range.

After all, the original novel described the Jingyang Mountain Range as being home to a great many kinds of Soul Beast.

Yu Mingxiao released his Divine Sense and headed towards the place where the space was turbulent.

As you get closer, the surrounding vegetation becomes lifeless, not slowly withering, but with all life force simply vanishing, making the place increasingly desolate and deathly quiet.

A peculiar energy permeated the ground, relentlessly devouring life and capable of obliterating everything.

"This is the Destruction Power ..." Yu Mingxiao mused, continuing his advance toward that location.

"Who goes there?!"

Just as he was about to reach the place where the spatial anomaly occurred, a sound suddenly came from ahead, and dozens of figures appeared, blocking his way.

Yu Mingxiao had already sensed with his Divine Sense that someone was guarding this place. With a thought, except for the armored general in the lead, everyone else instantly bled from their seven orifices and died on the spot.

"Bang--"

"Bang--"

"Bang--"

Seeing his men fall one after another, the general was terrified and instinctively took two steps back, saying in a fierce but weak voice, "This is a mental attack! What do you think you're doing? Do you dare to oppose the royal family? I warn you, don't come any closer!"

"Royal family? What are those things?" Yu Mingxiao flashed and appeared in front of him.

Just as the man was about to raise his hand to retaliate, an overwhelming pressure, like that of a mountain, swept over him, instantly forcing him to his knees, his bones cracking and popping.

Yu Mingxiao looked down at him and said calmly, "Next, I will ask you questions and you will answer them. If your answers do not satisfy me, your fate will be the same as those soldiers."

"Yes, yes, sir, please ask away!" This man was a spineless coward and immediately admitted defeat.

Yu Mingxiao asked, "Tell me, where is this place?"

The general was taken aback by the question and subconsciously replied, "This... this is the Jingyang Mountain Range."

"Then what are you doing guarding this place?" Yu Mingxiao pressed.

The general looked up at him, hesitated for a long time before speaking, "The position we are guarding is where a giant dragon fell. His Majesty selected more than a hundred women to absorb the Dragon Qi. Fearing something might go wrong, he sent a team of us to guard this place."

"Absorb Dragon Qi? What do you mean?" Yu Mingxiao asked in a deep voice.

The general explained, "The destructive aura emanating from this dragon is Dragon Qi. The imperial retainers speculate that most ordinary people who come into contact with it will not survive."

"But if someone can withstand it, this aura can taint their Martial Soul with destructive energy. If the royal family then marries a woman who has successfully absorbed the Dragon Qi, there is a very small chance that their offspring will awaken a dragon Martial Soul."

Yu Mingxiao's expression shifted slightly. Now he finally understood how the Sun Moon Imperial Family's Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon Martial Soul came about.

This is essentially a disguised form of raising poisonous insects!

More than a hundred women were brought in to bear the destructive Dragon Qi. The one who survived would become the Gu King. If the royal family then married her, they would have the chance to have offspring with the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon Martial Soul.

This method is even more ruthless than raising poisonous insects; it's possible that none of these hundreds of people will survive.