Three-Eyed Wine Worm

The flying vessel set off.

In the largest private cabin inside.

Li Shishi braced both hands on the table, where a map of the White Bone Mountain Range lay spread out.

"In just half a month, a total of one hundred and thirty-five official disciples of the Heavenly Demon Sect have died inside."

"According to the news sent back from there, their deaths were basically identical. Judging from their wounds, whoever did it moved with extreme precision and ferocity. It looks as though they came down from a battlefield."

Li Shishi said coldly.

The reason their law enforcement team was heading to the White Bone Mountain Range was precisely because of this matter.

Casualties during mountain expeditions were normal to begin with, especially in a region like the White Bone Mountain Range, jointly controlled by the Myriad Sword Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect. If no one died, that would be the strange thing.

But this month, too many people had died in White Bone Mountain—and all of them were from their Heavenly Demon Sect!

Thus, Li Shishi had reason to suspect that the Myriad Sword Sect was behind it.

Her mission was to disguise themselves, enter the White Bone Mountain Range, investigate the truth, and report back to the sect. If the Myriad Sword Sect had truly broken the agreement, someone would naturally demand justice from them afterward.

"Senior Sister, judging from the disciples' injuries, the attackers' weapons should have been blades and iron rods."

"Blades are one thing, but weapons like iron rods are rather uncommon. The Myriad Sword Sect's inner disciples probably wouldn't use such weapons, would they?"

"If, as you said, they came down from a battlefield, could they have been people from one of those dynasties?"

Everyone analyzed the situation.

"If a mortal dynasty had truly produced such a figure, there's no way not a single scrap of news would have spread."

"I still lean toward the Myriad Sword Sect pulling strings behind the scenes."

A trace of killing intent flickered in Li Shishi's eyes.

"Whoever it is, once we enter White Bone Mountain, everything will become clear."

White Bone Mountain was located at the northernmost edge of the Heavenly Demon Sect. Its territory connected to that of the Myriad Sword Sect, and the White Bone Mountain Range was merely a small place.

Back then, the two sects had joined forces to clear away the crimson foul qi within these mountains, allowing people to enter freely. Since the two sects had worked together, all the mountains here were jointly governed by both sides.

With the crimson foul qi removed, many mortals and small factions had settled in this region. They developed under the protection of the two sects and had now grown to a considerable scale.

Traveling to the White Bone Mountain Range by flying vessel would take at least twelve days.

But with Yu Linglong by his side, Bai Yu lived quite comfortably.

Still, he had not been idle during this time. Through his token, he contacted Zhao Mingzhu, and at the other's suggestion, Bai Yu used all his contribution points to exchange for the refinement methods of two Gu.

[Three-Eyed Wine Worm]

Born from wine and feeding on wine, it could purify spiritual power and even had a small chance of nourishing spiritual roots, making one's innate attributes purer.

[Nine-Pouch Flower Gu]

Like a red king flower, it was normally raised with wine and could condense nine pouches of flower nectar. It could be used to recover from injuries, or the nectar could be consumed for cultivation. One bowl of flower nectar contained energy equal to one spirit stone.

Both Gu were auxiliary cultivation Gu. Bai Yu had chosen them entirely because, while difficult to refine, they provided an utterly terrifying boost to cultivators.

He could even sell these Three-Eyed Wine Worms wholesale, fleece the Heavenly Demon Sect's disciples of their contribution points, and exchange them for better things.

And the materials on him were enough for him to grind out both kinds of Gu.

[Three-Eyed Wine Worm 0/3000]

[Nine-Pouch Flower Gu 0/3000]

Looking at the progress bars on the panel, Bai Yu had Yu Linglong buy out all the wine sold aboard the flying vessel. Because of this, over the next seven or eight days, many people on the vessel became deeply displeased with Bai Yu.

Especially whenever a rich aroma of wine drifted out from his room—it drove them mad with fury!

What the fuck, had he never seen wine before?!

[Three-Eyed Wine Worm +20]

[Nine-Pouch Flower Gu +16]

[Three-Eyed Wine Worm 1670/3000]

[Nine-Pouch Flower Gu 1720/3000]

"Young Master, this thing can actually increase cultivation speed!"

Yu Linglong stared at the crystal-like Three-Eyed Wine Worm in her hand, her eyes filled with shock. The instant the wine worm entered her hand, she felt the flow of spiritual power within her body speed up by thirty percent.

After taking a sip of flower nectar, the energy surging from her dantian made her even more excited.

"Of course. These things will be important items for us to exchange for contribution points and cultivation resources in the future."

Bai Yu held a large gourd and used his spiritual power to collect the Three-Eyed Wine Worms from the wine jars.

During this time, although he had not fully ground out the progress for both Gu, his gains had already been immense. Twelve wine worms, plus one Nine-Pouch Flower Gu—proof that Bai Yu had not wasted a single drop of wine in the room.

"Once we get off the flying boat, we'll head to the market first and buy plenty of wine to nourish the Three-Eyed Wine Worm."

"Though this thing isn't as valuable as a Yin-Yang Corpse, it can still absolutely drive people mad."

Bai Yu said with a smile.

For ordinary Qi Refinement Realm cultivators, and even Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators, refining a Three-Eyed Wine Worm was exceedingly difficult. After all, during the process of Gu refinement, failure was a Gu Master's daily routine.

Thus, even if they did manage to refine a Three-Eyed Wine Worm, they mostly kept it for their own use.

For that very reason, support-type Gu insects such as the Three-Eyed Wine Worm and the Nine-Pouch Flower Gu had never spread on a large scale.

But Bai Yu was different. The more progress he ground out, the more familiar he became with the refinement method. If he completely filled the progress bar, he would have a one hundred percent success rate!

Thus, only in his hands did the Three-Eyed Wine Worm have the possibility of mass production!

Listening to Bai Yu, Yu Linglong's eyes brimmed with admiration. Though Bai Yu made it sound easy, she knew exactly how difficult it was for a Gu Master to accomplish such things.

Therefore, in her eyes, Bai Yu was a genius—a peerless prodigy who surpassed everyone else!

"We'll be there soon. We should rest up properly for now."

Having dealt with all the Three-Eyed Wine Worms, Bai Yu sighed. They were about to enter the White Bone Mountain Range, so they had to remain in peak condition!

Inside the White Bone Mountain Range.

A thick stench of blood permeated a cave.

An old man chewed large mouthfuls of raw meat, his bare upper body covered in scars.

"General, have some water."

A soldier clad in black armor respectfully offered him a waterskin.

Seeing the soldier's expression, Zhao Tianlong smiled, took the waterskin, and took a savage gulp.

"Tell me, is guarding the border more grueling, or is hunting down these demon brats more grueling?"

At those words, the young soldier looked at the soldiers sprawled haphazardly across the cave floor, his lips moving slightly.

"As long as we follow the General, nowhere feels grueling to us!"

"Hahahaha! You little brat!"

"That's what I like to hear!"

"But once this rain lets up, you'll all leave."

"Though you've taken the Great Medicine, you still have a chance to turn back. Go home and live well."

Zhao Tianlong patted the soldier on the shoulder and spoke heartily.

"General, we won't leave..."

"I could lead you to avenge yourselves before, but after all this time, I reckon the Heavenly Demon Sect has caught on as well. What comes next is no longer something you can meddle in."

"Remember, this is an order!"

"You're still young. You shouldn't die here. After all this fighting, you should become the guardians of the Wu Shu Kingdom. Even if... this dynasty exists in name only, I believe you can make it stand again!"