Longevity Gu Brainwave

Upon seeing that the Insect-Rearing Pouch was empty, Luo Zheng and his companion's expressions changed drastically. They exclaimed incredulously, "How is this possible? I clearly kept the Insect-Rearing Pouch at my waist the whole time. How could the Living Wood suddenly disappear? This is impossible!"

Luo Zheng was dumbfounded and frantically reached into the Insect-Rearing Pouch.

However, an empty space is an empty space; no matter how much he touches it, he cannot conjure up Living Wood out of thin air.

Luo Zheng's face gradually turned pale.

Breaking off a piece of bark is certainly not a capital offense for a prince.

But if you lose the Living Wood, then you'll be in big trouble.

That was something the Emperor of Great Yin was waiting to save his life. You lost it, and you can imagine what fate awaits them. How could the Emperor of Great Yin Great Yin them? He probably wanted to kill them all.

Thinking about it this way, Luo Zheng's face grew paler and paler, and his eyes revealed a look of terror. He was no longer the calm and composed man who had everything under control just moments before.

He realized he was in big trouble; things were out of his control.

If he was like this, then Luo Ye, who was even more timid and cowardly, was even more so. At this moment, his legs were trembling, he was so scared that his whole body was shaking, and his back was covered in cold sweat.

He slumped into his chair, his face deathly pale, his eyes filled with despair. He knew what awaited him once he lost the Living Wood.

"Stop looking!" Seeing Luo Zheng still searching for the Living Wood, Luo Yu said with exasperation, "The Living Wood's aura has leaked out; no matter how carefully you guard it, you can't possibly keep it from escaping."

"You two are both Gu cultivators in the Marrow Cleansing Stage. Either Gu King could easily steal the Living Wood without you even noticing."

"What good is being careful in front of the Gu King? The tide has already turned!"

Luo Yu's face was ashen. It was obvious that a Gu King had infiltrated the area, so he wouldn't be surprised if the Living Wood disappeared in a bizarre way.

He quickly checked the surroundings and discovered that the formation had been breached at some point, causing his face to darken.

Clearly, the person who stole the Living Wood was a master of formations—no, a Gu King who was a master of formations. This was the only clue he could find after examining the scene.

Just then, he suddenly sensed several Dao Gu King auras approaching. His expression changed, and he hurriedly said, "Someone is already investigating this place; we can't hide it anymore."

"Hurry, escape through the tunnel! This is a huge problem. The Living Wood is clearly gone, but most people still believe Living Wood's in our hands. No matter how we explain, no one will believe us."

Luo Yu quickly opened a tunnel under the bed. This tunnel was newly dug and not very long.

They chose to build their houses at the corner of the city wall, so the tunnels wouldn't have to be dug very far to reach the outside of the city wall.

Luo Yu quickly jumped into the tunnel with the two princes and made their escape.

He had barely left when the door was violently kicked open.

After Yan Pojun rushed into the room and found it empty, a cold smile slowly crept onto his lips.

He wasn't afraid of being alone inside; he was afraid of being alone. If no one was inside, it meant that the person who had just been hiding inside had something to hide, and the Living Wood was probably on them.

After scanning the room with his spiritual power, he quickly discovered the tunnel under the bed. With a gentle wave of his right palm, he shattered both the bed and the tunnel door, revealing a large, dark hole.

Yan Pojun's smile widened, "Quickly, pursue them! Someone actually dared to dig a tunnel leading out of the city. This is clearly the work of a spy, trying to open a passage into the city for the enemy. Their intentions are utterly despicable! We must not let such a wolf in sheep's clothing get away."

The group of Gu King revealed expressions of wild joy and jumped into the secret passage, disappearing without a trace.

Meanwhile, the Gu King, who were searching other locations, also noticed the anomaly here. They rushed into the room, and upon seeing a large, obvious hole in it, they all laughed and jumped in without hesitation.

As for the two Spiritual Sea Stage Gu cultivators who were guarding the courtyard gate, their heads had long since been severed and they lay dead in pools of blood.

Long Xuan quietly slipped back to the Long Family Estate. After returning to his room, he tightly closed the doors and windows, finally letting out a sigh of relief. His tense nerves finally relaxed, and he was now 100% safe.

However, the thought that the Living Wood, which even hundreds of Gu King had failed to obtain, had fallen into the hands of a mere Marrow Cleansing Stage Gu cultivator like himself, filled Long Xuan with excitement and a sense of pride.

Unfortunately, he was cautious by nature. Even though his residence was surrounded by arrays that could isolate the aura of the Heaven-grade Spirit Medicine, he didn't dare to take the Living Wood over to admire it. He could only suppress his curiosity.

Better safe than sorry. What if the aura of the top- Heaven-grade Spirit Medicine is leaked?

Nothing in this world is absolute. So what if there's an array blocking the aura of Heaven-grade Spirit Medicine? Those two princes were overconfident that the array could isolate the aura of Heaven-grade Spirit Medicine, and what happened?

Although the array surrounding his residence was personally set up by Long Qian and was far superior to the array around that bungalow, he absolutely could not let his guard down because of it.

If even a rabbit can keenly sense the aura of Heaven-grade Spirit Medicine within an array, who can guarantee that a second creature similar to a rabbit won't appear?

Long Xuan was too suspicious. Thinking of the rabbit, a creature that defied common sense, he dared not bring the Living Wood over to admire it.

He hurriedly ordered the Thatch Gu to transplant the Living Wood to his Medicine Garden, using High-Grade Spirit Soil for planting and Spirit Spring for irrigation, so that he wouldn't have to worry about the Living Wood for a while.

However, what Long Xuan didn't know was that the Thatch Gu had planted the Living Wood in High-Grade Spirit Soil as he had instructed, and watered it with Spirit Spring every day, taking meticulous care of it.

However, it peeled off the bark of the Living Wood to build a house, and the Heavenly Dream Dragon Silkworm also flew over and ate all the leaves of the Living Wood.

With no one to supervise them, the monkeys reign supreme in the mountains when the tiger is away. The creatures remaining in the Medicine Garden are now unrestrained and lawless, having completely let loose.

Even Chicken Bro, left unattended, rebelled and stole a lot of high-quality Spirit Insect while Long Xuan was away, growing big and muscular, and his size had clearly increased.

In other words, Long Xuan established a master-servant blood pact with Heavenly Dream Dragon Silkworm and Chicken Bro. The servant's level can never be higher than the master's, otherwise, given their eating habits, they would have already advanced to the next level long ago.

Long Xuan is still unaware that his little creatures have rebelled. If the Jade Rabbit Fairy saw this, she would probably be furious.

She was going to use the bark and leaves of the Living Wood to refine pills. She had begged Long Xuan for a long time to get them, and she was just waiting to start refining Longevity Pill as soon as she got back. But before she knew it, someone else had ruined them all. All her hard work had been for nothing.

Long Xuan was completely unaware of everything in his Medicine Garden. The long night stretched on, and he couldn't sleep. He had just snatched the Living Wood from the hands of a group of Gu King, and his excitement made it impossible for him to fall asleep.

While Living Wood may not be of much use to him, it is of great use to his insects. The Heavenly Dream Dragon Silkworm feeds on the leaves of high-level spirit trees to enhance the strength of its silk and even undergo metamorphosis.

It can be said that the Heavenly Dream Dragon Silkworm is a type of Gu Insect that becomes stronger the more Heaven-Grade Spirit Tree has.

Collecting various Earth-Grade Spirit Tree and Heaven-Grade Spirit Tree was something he had already decided to do.

The fact that it was effective against the Heavenly Dream Dragon Silkworm alone was enough to make it impossible for him to remain calm in front of the Living Wood.

Since he was too excited to sleep, Long Xuan had no choice but to sit down and Liver Gu Formula.

He opened the secret chamber in the room used to study the Dragon Blood Battle Gu Recipe, and then strode inside.

Ignoring the Insect-Rearing Pouch scattered on the floor, he sat down at the table and chairs, preparing to begin studying the Gu Recipe.

He paused for a moment, then finally took out the incomplete formula for the Longevity Gu Old Long had given him that day and placed it on the table, staring intently at it.

Tonight he will be researching the Longevity Gu Recipe.

The Longevity Gu was of little use to him. His original purpose in researching the Longevity Gu Recipe was to fulfill Old Long's dream, something he had spent his entire life trying to accomplish, and he didn't want Old Long to have any regrets.

But now he suddenly wonders if the Longevity Gu is truly useless to him? Probably not.

Who is he? He is a genius who is most skilled in the study of Gu Recipe. He always likes to study unconventional things and always likes to forge a new path. His imagination is arguably the best in the world.

So why did he follow the conventional path of studying the Longevity Gu? Instead, he chose to deviate from the norm, unleashing his wildest ideas to develop a Longevity Gu that was completely out of step with this world.

How else could the Longevity Gu unleash its boundless imagination? With Long Xuan's unfathomable imagination, he instantly came up with an idea after sitting there for only a moment. His eyes lit up quickly.

He was thinking, what if the Longevity Gu was effective not only on humans but also on other Gu Insect?

It should be noted that Low-grade Spirit Insect have a lifespan of more than ten years, but less than a hundred years.

Mid-grade Spirit Insect have a lifespan of over a hundred years, but less than a thousand years.

High-grade Spirit Insect have a lifespan of over a thousand years, but less than ten thousand years.

Supreme-grade Spirit Insect have a lifespan of over ten thousand years, with no upper limit.

The lifespan of Gu Insect follows the same pattern as that of Spirit Insect.

Is it possible to transform Low-Grade Gu Insect into Mid-Grade Gu Insect by increasing Gu Insect lifespan?

Thinking of this, Long Xuan's eyes grew brighter and brighter, revealing an excited look, and his breathing became rapid.

Good heavens, completely changing the quality of a Gu Insect, that's a bit defying the heavens.

You should know that your own Thatch Gu can't teleport people, but if it becomes Mid-Grade Gu Insect, it might have the ability to teleport people.

Putting everything else aside, the fact that it's effective against the Thatch Gu is enough to make Long Xuan eager to research the Longevity Gu Recipe.

However, after the initial excitement, he quickly calmed down and realized that this was not the case; the increase in the lifespan of the Gu Insect might not affect their quality.

Excluding exceptional cases, the more powerful a creature is, the longer its lifespan tends to be.

In most cases, the strength of a living being is positively correlated with its lifespan; this is a natural law of the world, and humans also follow this law.

However, this pattern is not a necessary relationship; how can lifespan, which is increased later in life, change the already fixed genes?

Therefore, if one wants to transform the Thatch Gu into Mid-Grade Gu Insect, the only way is to ensure that this species has a lifespan of over a hundred years from birth, rather than forcibly adding a hundred years of lifespan later in life.

Simply put, the innate lifespan of Gu Insect affects its quality, while its acquired lifespan does not.

To improve the quality of Gu Insect by extending their lifespan, one must start with their innate lifespan, which means altering the species' genes.

Long Xuan's eyes darted around. In this case, his idea of developing a universal Longevity Gu was essentially stillborn.

Humans are humans, and Gu (a type of poisonous insect) is Gu. If one wants to extend the lifespan of the Thatch Gu by a hundred years under its innate condition, one would probably need to research and develop a separate type of Longevity Gu.

Moreover, due to the different species, this Longevity Gu will only be effective against the Thatch Gu, and will not be effective against other Gu species.

"Very well, let's create two types of Longevity Gu then. It shouldn't take much time."

Undeterred, Long Xuan picked up his pen and prepared to first research the Longevity Gu that was effective against the Thatch Gu, while putting aside the Longevity Gu that was effective against humans for now, there was no rush.

Improving the quality of the Thatch Gu and giving it the ability to carry living creatures is the most urgent and crucial task at hand.

Once he figured out the ability of the Thatch Gu to teleport living creatures, he could transfer all the Spirit Insect in this laboratory to his Medicine Garden in the Far Western Lands.

It wouldn't have been easy for him to embezzle the experimental materials here, but if his own Thatch Gu had the ability to teleport living beings, then embezzling the Spirit Insect resources here would be a piece of cake.

Moreover, it's done so without anyone noticing; no one can possibly detect it—it's practically perfect.

Therefore, the most urgent task is to discover that the Thatch Gu has the ability to carry living creatures and teleport; everything else must be put on hold.

Looking at the countless Insect-Rearing Pouch scattered on the ground, Long Xuan's eyes revealed a greedy glint.

He was about to acquire such a vast resource of Spirit Insect; how could he not be excited? He was about to become incredibly wealthy.