Little Apothecary's Wild Imagination

Upon hearing this, everyone in the room immediately perked up their ears.

They knew all too well the dangers of hunting spirit beasts in the Hundred Thousand Mountains; it was a mission that could absolutely cost them their lives.

Spirit beasts are not so easy to hunt. If hunting spirit beasts were so easy, all Rogue Cultivator would be rich, instead of being as poor as dirt.

Spirit beasts are generally physically strong and run much faster than humans.

If a spirit beast ignores the Gu Insect and attacks a weak Gu cultivator, it will be extremely dangerous.

This is basically how Rogue Cultivator who go to hunt spirit beasts die.

Moreover, they were all Gu cultivators at the lowest level of the Spirit Gathering Stage, at the very bottom of the food chain in nature.

In the dog-eat-dog world of spirit beasts, there's no such thing as the strong bullying the weak. If you happen to encounter a fourth-tier spirit beast, you'll become its food.

In the world of spirit beasts, the strong always bully the weak; battles between equals are rare.

Therefore, the dangers of the Hundred Thousand Mountains are unimaginable. In fact, none of them were confident about this hunting mission and were filled with worry about the road ahead.

Now that they heard that Old Daoist Li had found a powerful ally who could guarantee everyone's safety, they immediately became interested and pricked up their ears to listen.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Old Daoist Li immediately revealed a smug look and continued, "Let me tell you the truth! I found a Gu cultivator from a powerful clan, and he's a genius Gu cultivator at the Early Marrow-Cleansing Stage, possessing a supreme-grade Gu worm. His combat power is incomparably strong."

"With him leading the way, our safety is guaranteed. Besides, we're only lingering on the edge of the Hundred Thousand Mountains and will never venture deep into them. With an expert protecting us, how could we possibly encounter any danger?"

"We are 100% safe on this trip, I'm telling you!" Old Daoist Li said with great confidence.

Upon hearing this, the crowd was not pleased; instead, their worries intensified.

Hanmei frowned, her brows furrowed, and asked first, "Really? How could a genius Gu cultivator from a great clan bother leading a group of lowly rogue Rogue Cultivator?"

"What good would he get from doing this? Could it be a trap?"

Long Xuan nodded, finding the whole thing highly improbable. Would a powerful clan's Gu cultivators really be so kind?

"No!" Old Daoist Li said confidently, "You've all heard of the person I'm talking about; he's Long Qilin, the son of the head of the Long Family family."

"Long Qilin is unlike his cunning father; he's known for being honest, kind-hearted, and a total pushover."

"I begged him, pleading my case, and he agreed without much persuasion. Of course, it was just a favor; once we reached the depths of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, he would continue on his way, and we would return the way we came."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ling's worried expression immediately disappeared, and she smiled, "I see. If it's just a matter of giving us a ride along the way, then there's no problem."

"By then, he will have already cleared the way back, so we won't encounter any danger when we return the same way."

The Little Apothecary also said, "I trust this person's character. With him leading the team, there will be absolutely no problems. We can be assured that this trip will be worry-free."

The others nodded in agreement, their worries vanishing and replaced by joy.

Long Xuan was greatly surprised. Who exactly was this Long Qilin? How could he inspire such trust in someone's character?

Simply mentioning that he was the guide was enough to immediately put everyone at ease, leaving no room for doubt.

You must understand that this is the Gu World, and in the Gu World, completely trusting someone is an extremely difficult thing.

Just how high must Long Qilin's character be to inspire such terrifying trust in people?

Long Xuan glanced at Old Daoist Li, his suspicions undiminished, but still said, "Alright! I'll trust you one more time!"

After all, this person's surname is Long. If he says he is Old Long's medicine apprentice, even if something really happens, he can still give Old Long face.

With this in mind, Long Xuan stopped having any doubts.

Speak of the devil, and he appears; they were discussing the Long Qilin when the very person in question arrived.

Suddenly, Long Qilin pushed open the door and walked in with a smile on his face.

Long Xuan immediately looked at the newcomer. He did indeed have a kind face and a simple, honest appearance. His appearance reflected his character, and just by looking at him, one could tell that he was a very kind person.

This man had none of the arrogance one would expect from someone from a wealthy family; he was very kind, and his muscular physique made him look like a typical farmer, quite approachable.

Looking at his muscular physique, Long Xuan knew that he took a close-combat approach, mainly using blood-bound Internal Gu, and personally charged into battle.

However, this person did not come alone; a young man followed behind him, his clothes tattered, seemingly also a Rogue Cultivator.

Upon seeing this person, Old Daoist Li frowned. He completely trusted Long Qilin, but he not only distrusted this person, he also knew nothing about him; he had never met this person before.

No one wants to team up with someone they don't know well. Not only is it impossible to trust them, requiring constant vigilance, but it can also easily lead to arguments over unequal distribution of resources, or even escalate into internal conflict. These are all detrimental to the team.

No matter what you do, the worst thing is for something to go wrong. The person that Long Qilin brought made Old Daoist Li unhappy, but he dared not say anything.

"May I ask who this gentleman is...?"

Old Daoist Li looked at the boy behind the Long Qilin and asked tentatively.

Oh! I forgot to introduce you.

Long Qilin pointed at the boy and said, "Just like you, this boy named Ma Wu asked me for a ride. Anyway, it's the same whether I give him one or two rides, and it's on the way, so I just gave them both a ride. It's no trouble at all, no need to thank me."

He spoke lightly, but the others were not in a good mood.

However, since things had already come to this point, and they were the ones asking for help, they naturally dared not ask for much. They could only suppress their displeasure and force a smile.

After giving the young man a suspicious look, Old Daoist Li began to introduce the people in the room to Long Qilin with a smile.

When it came to Long Xuan's turn, Long Xuan immediately introduced himself first, "Hello, my name is Long Xuan, I am Old Long's medicine apprentice, please take care of me."

His purpose in saying this was, of course, to curry favor. If this person truly harbored ill intentions, he might give Old Long some face and not make things difficult for him.

In reality, he was not Old Long's medicine boy at all; he was just a lowly servant, completely unrelated to the role of a medicine boy. He rarely saw Old Long and had virtually no connection with him.

However, the moment Long Xuan mentioned Old Long Old Long's name, Long Qilin's expression changed drastically. He immediately turned to look at Long Xuan and said fiercely, "So! You're Old Long's disciple! And you even have the surname Long!"

"Your master owes me ten million Spirit Stone. A disciple must repay a master's debt. Tell me, what should we do about this?"

"Huh?" Long Xuan was completely dumbfounded. Something seemed off about this script.

Goodness, it even automatically upgraded him, from a medicine boy to an apprentice.

And this scene seems strangely familiar.

It seems that last time I mentioned Old Long in front of Long Lie, it would have been better not to mention it at all, as the situation only got worse.

It wasn't until this moment that he realized he seemed to have done something stupid. It seemed that Old Long's reputation was worthless outside. If anything happened while traveling, you should never mention his name. If you didn't mention him, you would at most get a beating, but if you did, you would get beaten even more severely.

"Hahaha... Alright! I'm just teasing you. There's a reason for every wrong, and a debtor for every debt. How could I possibly take money from a junior? It's getting late, let's set off now!"

Long Qilin laughed loudly, turned around and walked out, with the boy following closely behind him.

The six people inside exchanged glances, then followed him out, catching up with Long Qilin's footsteps, and slowly walked out of the inn.

By this time, the area outside the inn was already packed with people. They were not the only group preparing to go hunting; the market was overflowing with people, and every shop was crowded with customers.

The impending Beast Tide filled the entire market with tension. All the Gu cultivators were scrambling to buy supplies, striving to increase their strength as quickly as possible and arm themselves as much as possible so that they could protect themselves in the coming Beast Tide.

As a result, all the shops were packed with people, and the entire market was teeming with people, with a flow of people many times greater than usual. Every shop made a fortune and amassed a huge wealth.

As soon as they left the market, they tacitly began to speed up and headed rapidly towards the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

The Hundred Thousand Mountains are not close to the market town, so walking slowly is not an option. The only way is to channel spiritual energy into the legs to increase the speed of movement.

But this is a primitive method after all, and the movement speed is still limited, making it impossible to outrun a spirit beast.

Long Xuan likes to plan ahead, identify his shortcomings in a timely manner, and make up for them promptly.

After running like this today, he realized that speed is his weakness, and he will be in trouble if he encounters a speedy opponent.

Not only are spirit beasts incredibly fast, but the speed of Gu Insect is also far faster than that of humans.

If one day he encounters an opponent with an incredibly fast Gu Insect that bypasses Little White and attacks him directly, he'll be in big trouble.

With this in mind, Long Xuan decided to include the creation of his own Movement Method in his plan.

Half a day passed quickly as everyone ran.

At this moment, apart from Long Qilin, all the Rogue Cultivator were sweating profusely and panting heavily.

The Little Apothecary seemed to be in much better condition, only a little short of breath. Looking at the old Daoist Old Daoist Li beside him, who was covered in sweat, he curled his lip, his expression mocking and disdainful.

The implication was that this Old Daoist Li's imagination wasn't deep enough. Body cultivation is harmful to the body, and others dare not overdo it, for fear of leaving hidden injuries or even damaging their foundation.

But why doesn't he develop his own Cockroach Gu? The Cockroach Gu can negate all conventional damage; even physical injuries from body Cockroach Gu are no match for it.

Those who possess the Cockroach Gu can increase their training intensity tenfold without causing any damage to their bodies. They can overtrain and recklessly destroy their bodies to achieve rapid progress in their body refinement.

This is a shortcut, a shortcut that allows you to leave your peers far behind.

Something I could easily figure out, this Old Daoist Li hasn't even thought of yet. He's lived such a long life in vain, his intelligence...

The Little Apothecary looked at his head with a sympathetic gaze.

These Rogue Cultivator were, after all, Gu cultivators at the Spirit Gathering Stage; how could they possibly keep up with the speed of the Long Qilin? The Long Qilin was not only a Gu cultivator at the Early Marrow-Cleansing Stage, but also clearly someone who specialized in physical training, so of course he was adept at long-distance travel.

This was only because Long Qilin deliberately slowed down to accommodate everyone; otherwise, these Rogue Cultivator would have been completely out of sight long ago, not even a wisp of smoke could be seen.

No one wanted to hold them back, so they all gritted their teeth and persevered, but spiritual power is limited, so what use was their willpower?

However, apart from the Little Apothecary with his amazing body tempering skills who was in a slightly better situation, there was another exception, and that exception was naturally Long Xuan, whose situation was even better than the Little Apothecary's.

While everyone else was exhausted and drenched in sweat, he remained expressionless, not a drop of sweat falling from his face.

He acted like nothing was wrong, even having the leisure to look at the scenery around him; people who didn't know him would think he was on vacation.

Everyone was greatly surprised. All the Rogue Cultivator here were at the Peak Spirit-Gathering Stage, except for him, who was at the Late Spirit-Gathering Stage and had the least spiritual power.

Logically, he should be the first to give up; he should be the one holding everyone back.

How could he possibly last that long?

This is completely unreasonable.

Everyone was completely baffled, and their gazes toward Long Xuan were filled with astonishment.

Little did they know that Long Xuan usually had five clones constantly feeding him back the results of his body refinement, which was equivalent to five times the results of his body refinement. Therefore, his physical strength was not only not bad, but far superior to that of ordinary people.

Needless to say, spiritual power is even more formidable. The strength of the Ten Extremity Physique lies in its abundant and enduring spiritual power, far surpassing that of other physiques of the same level.

Don't underestimate him just because he's only a Late Spirit-Gathering Stage; his spiritual power is actually more terrifying than that of Peak Spirit-Gathering Stage.

Furthermore, his Mutated Spiritual Power is of high quality and consists of five different types. How could these Rogue Cultivator possibly outlast him? Don't even think about it.

He might even be able to go toe-to-toe with the Long Qilin.

Suddenly noticing everyone staring at him with surprise and disbelief, all looking exhausted, Long Xuan finally realized what was happening and quickly put on a panting expression, breathing heavily.

However, he wasn't sweating at all; who could believe his terrible acting skills?

Who are you trying to fool? Everyone rolled their eyes.

The Long Qilin suddenly turned around and, seeing everyone's expressions, knew they had reached their limit. So it immediately ordered them to rest on the spot.

The group of Rogue Cultivator immediately felt a great sense of relief, collapsing to the ground, panting heavily, and frantically gulping down water.

At this moment, their legs felt like they were filled with lead, and they could hardly move them.

"You guys are no good either! You can't even last as long as the one with the lowest cultivation level!"

"As expected, those of us with the surname Long are the most enduring."

Long Qilin glanced disdainfully at the Rogue Cultivator lying on the ground, then turned to look at Long Xuan, who was panting heavily, with an expression of interest.

"Alright! Stop pretending! There's not even a sweat on their face. Don't insult their intelligence."

"What Body Refining Cultivation Method are you learning? It seems quite powerful! I've never heard of Old Long having such a formidable Body Refining Cultivation Method." Long Qilin asked Long Xuan with a puzzled look.

"I haven't cultivated any Body Refining Cultivation Method; I just have innate superhuman strength," Long Xuan replied evasively.

He truly relied solely on physical strength, created by the combined power of five clones.

He is not currently practicing Body Refining Cultivation Method; the reason he has been able to maintain this level of endurance is entirely due to his body's fundamental attributes and the Ten Extremity Physique Techniques.

He definitely intends to cultivate Body Refining Cultivation Method, and due to the unique nature of the Ten Extremity Physique, he will likely have to create his own, but that's not part of his plan for now.

Using five clones for basic training is fine, but Cultivation Method to refine the body is very dangerous. If you don't understand body refinement and practice blindly, you can easily cause problems.

He had already figured it out: the cheat system would only tell him whether something he researched was feasible, but it would never tell him whether it was dangerous.

Even if he develops a Cultivation Method that has a 90% chance of causing death if practiced, the progress will still show 100%, and he will never tell you about the Cultivation Method's drawbacks.

Therefore, he arranged to create his own Body Refining Cultivation Method after he had refined the Water Bear Gu.

With the Water Bear Gu, he gained immortality and could completely ignore the various damages caused to his body by body refinement.

That was the time when he was researching Body Refining Cultivation Method; back then, no matter how dangerous the Cultivation Method was, he could endure it.

"I don't know if you've cultivated Body Refining Cultivation Method, but you definitely have Cultivation Method for cultivating spiritual power, and they're not weak at all, completely comparable to my Long Family's ' Xuanyuan Dragon Art.' Your Mutated Spiritual Power is also in no way inferior to my Long Family's Dragon Power."

The Long Qilin looked into Long Xuan's eyes, its expression serious.

"Brother Long has a keen eye, but my situation is special. Old Long asked me not to reveal it to others, so I can only apologize."

Long Xuan used the excuse he had prepared beforehand. Although the name of Old Long didn't carry much weight outside, this was the only excuse he could use at this point.

He really couldn't hide the fact that he had Mutated Spiritual Power. If he used any spiritual technique, others would be able to tell that it was Mutated Spiritual Power. Even if he could hide it now, how could he hide it during the battle later?

Therefore, Long Xuan was already prepared.

Long Qilin nodded, acknowledging his explanation, and added, "As expected, it was passed down to you by Old Long. The Long Family's secret techniques are never passed on to outsiders; even if someone is a top-tier genius, they will not be nurtured by the Long Family."

"It seems you truly possess the bloodline of the Long Family, otherwise Old Long would never have done this."

Old Daoist Li, standing to the side, looked surprised. He knew that Long Xuan's Cultivation Method was very strong, but he did not expect it to be this strong, to the point that it was comparable to the Long Family's clan- Cultivation Method.

It should be noted that the Long Family's "Xuanyuan Dragon Art" is already one of the strongest Cultivation Method in the Far Western Lands. Its Divine Ability increases the strength of dragons and elephants, and those who achieve mastery can cultivate the power of dragons. Every Gu cultivator of the Long Family is a melee monster.

The fact that Long Xuan's Cultivation Method can rival the "Xuanyuan Dragon Art" is truly an overstatement.