Spell Mutation, Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes!

Refining Stone Gu was not difficult, especially since Bai Yu had already refined Black Charcoal.

As the proficiency of Earth-Entering Eye and Stone Gu slowly rose, by around the fourth watch of the night, over a hundred small black stones had appeared before Bai Yu.

A faint trace of spiritual power swirled around the black pebbles. If one did not look closely, they were no different from ordinary stones by the roadside.

But Bai Yu knew that these stones were already a batch of top-quality Stone Gu. With such quality, even if a Body Tempering Ninth Layer cultivator fell victim to them, Bai Yu was confident he could make them wish they were dead!

After letting out a heavy breath, Bai Yu had just intended to stand and stretch when dizziness suddenly struck him. A burst of golden light erupted from the system panel.

When Bai Yu regained his senses and looked at the panel again, he discovered that the Earth-Entering Eye and Stone Gu displayed on it had changed.

[Technique: Qi Drawing Art (Minor Mastery) 2370/3500]

[Skill: Cutting (Major Mastery)]

[Progress: (1697/3500]

[Yin-Yang Mystic Dragon Gu (Life-Bound Gu) (Unformed)]

[Dragon Qi Progress: 261/500]

[Yin-Yang Qi: 58/500]

[Diamond Gu (Stone Gu Mutation): 0/800]

[Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes (Beginner) (Earth-Entering Eye Mutation): 0/]

Looking at the two newly appeared spells and Gu, Bai Yu was initially stunned. But when he sensed the additional memories in his mind, his body trembled with excitement.

[Diamond Gu] was a Gu insect mutated from Stone Gu. Compared to Stone Gu, Diamond Gu possessed greater power and gained the trait of maggots clinging to the bone. Even Qi Refining Realm cultivators would find it difficult to expel it from their bodies in a short time once they were struck!

In other words, as long as Bai Yu refined Diamond Gu, he would possess a means to contend with Qi Refining Realm cultivators!

As for the method of refining Diamond Gu, it required using Stone Gu as the foundation and refining it again and again, nine times in total. Once its quality reached perfection, Diamond Gu would naturally be born!

Of course, what excited Bai Yu the most was not Diamond Gu, but the spell Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes—or rather, the Innate Divine Pupil!

Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes was an inborn Divine Pupil. Once developed to its utmost limits, it could observe the past and future; among the nine heavens and ten lands, nothing could escape the piercing power of its gaze. It was further bolstered by its life-bound divine ability, Delusion-Breaking Light, making it an exceedingly terrifying ocular art!

Simply following the development method in his mind and circulating it, Bai Yu felt a scorching heat arise in his eyes. When that heat flowed through his entire body, sweat poured from him in torrents.

In just half an hour, Bai Yu had become like a drenched chicken, his entire body showing signs of dehydration.

[Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes (Beginner) 8/]

Looking at the visible number on the panel, Bai Yu could not help shaking his head with a bitter smile. This was absolutely not something he could access yet. To develop Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes, he needed a great deal of supplementary materials.

Otherwise, he would dehydrate to death before even reaching the beginner level.

But given his current status, if he wanted to obtain a large amount of resources, perhaps heading into the mountains was the most correct path. For a moment, Bai Yu was filled with longing for it.

Struggling to his feet, he grabbed the teapot from the table and fiercely poured the water into his mouth.

Looking at Yu Linglong's stunned expression, Bai Yu felt somewhat conflicted. As a menial disciple, there were not many places he could go, and the outside was even less safe.

After all, on Gu Refining Peak, you could never know what lurked in those seemingly secluded and safe places outside.

Some sinister Gu Masters loved placing their creations in such places, like hunters waiting for prey to come to their door.

For menial disciples, if you did not wander around recklessly, how would you encounter them?

This was the Demon Sect, a place where, if your status was insufficient, you could not even reason with others.

Therefore, cultivating within the stone house was his only option.

But doing so would inevitably alert Yu Linglong. Whether refining Gu or cultivating Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes, his progress was far too abnormal for a menial disciple.

That meant Yu Linglong posed a risk of leaking his secrets!

Thinking of this, Bai Yu felt conflicted. Although only the dead were best at keeping secrets, even if he killed Yu Linglong, someone else would move into this stone house.

If people kept dying here at every turn, that would only draw even more suspicion.

Thus, Bai Yu was conflicted. He did not know how to deal with Yu Linglong.

He had originally thought that his identity as a menial disciple would allow him to develop safely in the Cutting Room for a while, but now it seemed that this identity could no longer support his cultivation.

Instead, it had become a restriction.

Seeing Bai Yu's expression, Yu Linglong seemed to realize something. Fear filled her face, along with a trace of unwillingness.

Her expression twisted for a long while before she finally spoke.

"Senior Brother Bai."

"Mm."

"Did you want to kill me just now?"

"Because I discovered your secret."

"Yes. Some things cannot be seen by others."

Looking at the girl's deathly pale face, Bai Yu did not bother hiding anything. He was confident that even if Yu Linglong knew, she could not escape his grasp.

"You didn't act because you were considering that if I died, someone else would move in here, and then this problem would only keep repeating itself, right?"

Yu Linglong's voice trembled as she tested the waters.

"You're very smart, but that is of no use."

Bai Yu looked at Yu Linglong and spoke slowly.

In the Demon Sect, cultivation was what determined everything. Intelligence and wisdom were mere accessories.

Yu Linglong's delicate body trembled slightly. Though neither of them spoke, she was terrified to the extreme.

"I... I have no talent for cultivation, but I want to live!"

"Senior Brother Bai Yu, from your actions, I know that you will definitely become a formal disciple, so I want to follow you."

"Please rest assured, I will not expose your secrets, nor will I ask about them on my own."

"This is my sincerity!"

As she spoke, Yu Linglong searched around on herself, and soon a pill appeared in her hand.

"This is a Mind-Bewildering Pill. I exchanged my contribution points from the past two days for it. Drip your blood onto it, and I will take it. From then on, I will be your cultivation cauldron."

"I am still untouched, and I will not betray you."

"I will give you all my usual contribution points as well."

"Please take me with you. Even if I become a cultivation cauldron in the future, I will only be your cultivation cauldron."

Yu Linglong's voice was tense. This was the decision she had made after seeing Bai Yu kill Li Daniu. She had long wanted to speak with Bai Yu, but had never found the opportunity.

Yu Linglong knew that with her cultivation talent, she would likely remain a menial disciple for the rest of her life, living a fate where she could be humiliated at any time and die at any moment.

Rather than that, she might as well stake everything on making her life a little better.

Looking at Yu Linglong, Bai Yu already understood what she was thinking. He could not help feeling somewhat emotional.

This was cultivation. Without sufficient strength, you did not even have the power to control your own fate.

Was Yu Linglong wrong?

Should a woman like her have shown an unyielding resolve to die rather than submit, just to be worthy of such a pretty face?

Not at all. Living was the instinct of every person, even every living thing. No matter what happened, only by living could there be hope.

But right now, he did indeed need a woman like Yu Linglong. After all, he had not yet fully refined the Yin-Yang Qi of the Yin-Yang Mystic Dragon Gu.

Joyous Union Peak had too many restrictions. Relying solely on that place would take far too long.

Thinking of this, Bai Yu looked at the pill in the girl's hand and casually took it. Mind-Bewildering Pills were among the cheapest items in the Demon Sect, yet they were also one of its signature products. Everyone knew their effects...

He cut his finger and dripped blood onto the pill. The instant the two came into contact, the pill's black coating fell away, replaced by pure white translucence.

Yu Linglong let out a heavy breath at the sight. Taking the pill, she swallowed it without hesitation, her face full of relief at having survived a calamity.

"Senior Brother Bai Yu, rest assured, I am absolutely no worse than those people from Joyous Union Peak!"