Self-Created Body-Refining Technique

"Separate them! Don't let any of them get away!"

Feng Si watched the group of people flee in different directions, grinned maliciously, and chased after Long Xuan.

The others also chose a target and quickly gave chase.

However, there were only four of them, while Long Xuan's group had five, so one of them would eventually be missed.

Finally, the man glanced at Di Xin and Old Daoist Li, and ultimately decided to kill the fastest one first. The slowest one couldn't run far, so it wouldn't be too late to kill him last.

So he pursued Di Xin.

When Long Xuan turned around and saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh that Old Daoist Li was really lucky. If that person had chosen to chase him first, he would have been doomed.

But he chose to pursue Di Xin first. Di Xin was a master of the Marrow Cleansing Stage who was pretending to be weak while actually being strong. If he pursued her first, he could not expect to end the battle in a short time, and he might even suffer a setback.

In either case, don't even think about having the resources to deal with Old Daoist Li anymore.

But for now, he should take care of himself first.

Looking at the murderous face behind him, Long Xuan felt a chill run down his spine. Just how deep was this grudge?

So what if one older brother and one younger brother died?

Is it really necessary?

He quickly accelerated, using the Starstep for the first time in this world. At this moment, his feet moved like shooting stars, and his speed was so fast that even Feng Si, a master of the Marrow Cleansing Stage, could not keep up with his speed.

"How is that possible? How can he run so fast!"

Feng Si was shocked. The speed of a Gu cultivator in the Marrow Cleansing Stage couldn't even catch up with that of a Gu cultivator in the Spirit Gathering Stage. This was simply unbelievable to him.

However, he wasn't in a hurry. He liked to be overly cautious and was afraid they would escape. He had already laid a lot of traps on their way back. Although the traps might not be very strong, they were enough to limit their speed.

If they hadn't seen them standing still for a long time, they would have remained in ambush ahead and wouldn't have come over on their own.

However, when he saw Long Xuan running ahead on the tips of the grass, as if he were flying, his speed was incredibly fast, and none of the traps on the ground were triggered.

He stared wide-eyed, rubbed his eyes hard, and looked at the scene in disbelief.

Running on the tips of grass? Are you kidding me?

"How did he do that?!"

He was completely stunned. What was happening before his eyes was terrifying and shattered his understanding of Movement Method.

Long Xuan sneered inwardly. Under the Eye of Heavenly Secrets, how could the traps ahead possibly escape his notice? They were far too simplistic.

However, when he turned around and saw Feng Si take out something that looked familiar, his expression immediately changed.

Feng Si revealed a mocking smile. If they really thought they could escape so easily, they would be sorely mistaken. Fortunately, he had anticipated the enemy's moves and had prepared a backup plan.

He took out a venomous Withering Gu, a creature that struck fear into the hearts of Far Western Lands, from the Insect-Rearing Pouch.

It is important to know that the Withering Gu can not only limit the strength of Gu cultivators, but also the strength of Gu Insect.

He knew that Long Xuan possessed a Gu Insect that could slow down enemies, so how could he not be prepared?

So after returning to his Lineage, he devoted all his resources to refining a "Withering Gu," with the aim of restricting the Gu Insect that could slow down speed.

Under the influence of the Withering Gu, the abilities of all Gu Insect will be greatly weakened, and their domains will be compressed to an extremely small area.

Unfortunately, refining the Withering Gu is too resource-intensive. He had exhausted his wealth for revenge and had no extra resources left to allow the Withering Gu to transform.

However, as long as it doesn't involve opponents of the same level, it's more than enough to deal with a mere Spirit Gathering Stage Gu cultivator.

Originally, both the traps and the Withering Gu that had been prepared were intended to limit the Slowing Domain.

But for now, he can only present all his preparations.

As expected, after Feng Si took out the Withering Gu, Long Xuan's speed began to decrease significantly, and the distance between the two sides rapidly closed.

Feng Si's ferocious smile grew wider and wider. Seeing that Long Xuan in front of him was also rummaging through his Insect-Rearing Pouch, he smirked. Was he going to take out his Gu Insect that slowed down enemies? Useless, he thought to himself with a cold laugh.

However, he noticed that although Long Xuan's Insect-Rearing Pouch was clearly open, the Gu Insect inside hadn't come out for a long time. Were they sleeping again? A smile crept onto his lips.

Suddenly, his gaze shifted downwards, and he discovered that a small green dragon had somehow appeared on the back of the Withering Gu, and before the Withering Gu could react, it bit off its neck.

His eyes widened in disbelief.

"Damn it! What is this thing? When did it appear?!"

Feng Si instinctively cried out in alarm and hurriedly thickened the Spirit Armor covering her entire body, sparing no effort to double her spiritual power in order to strengthen her self-protection.

This thing is so elusive; he still doesn't know when Gu Insect arrived. Its speed is simply unbelievable, forcing him to strengthen his defenses to deal with its sneak attacks.

He spent a fortune to create supreme-grade Gu worm, which died suddenly in its first battle. Enraged and on the verge of madness, he completely lost his mind and, in a fit of rage, slapped the damned Gu Insect with his palm.

Logically speaking, a Gu cultivator in the Marrow Cleansing Stage should be able to kill a Mortal Gu at the Spirit Gathering Stage with a single blow.

Just as his palm was about to strike, the Gu Insect suddenly vanished into thin air, leaving him to strike nothing but empty air. He was stunned.

They searched everywhere but couldn't find any trace of the Gu Insect; it seemed to have vanished into thin air.

Little did he know that the Dragon Gu had already teleported into Long Xuan's Insect-Rearing Pouch. He hadn't seen it when it came out, nor when it went in. Where was he supposed to look for it?

Long Xuan closed the Insect-Rearing Pouch and glanced disdainfully behind him.

How dare they bring out that crispy skin? What were they thinking? Don't they know that Dragon Gu is known as the crispy skin killer?

She insisted on pursuing herself.

Another supreme-grade Gu worm died as a result. What a waste!

Without the restriction of the Withering Gu, Long Xuan's speed increased dramatically, and he quickly left Feng Si far behind.

It's utterly unbelievable that a Gu cultivator in the Marrow Cleansing Stage couldn't keep up with the speed of a Gu cultivator in the Spirit Gathering Stage.

"Damn! Damn! Damn!"

Feng Si went completely mad, attacking the weeds on the ground like a madman, and began to pound on a tree trunk with both fists, leaving the tree covered in fist marks and the leaves falling to the ground.

It's like they've gone mad.

It took him a long time to stop venting. He was panting heavily, and after glancing once more in the direction Long Xuan had left, he reluctantly turned back and ran off.

Since Long Xuan didn't stay, the rest of them shouldn't even think about escaping. The culprit escaped, but none of his teammates would get away either. A strong killing intent flashed in his eyes.

Before long, he met up with one of the men in red.

"How did it go? Did you manage to kill that person using the most cruel methods?" Feng Si asked in a deep voice.

However, the person opposite him looked embarrassed and said awkwardly, "There was a small accident. That person clearly obtained an extraordinary inheritance and acquired a magical small boat. I simply couldn't keep up with the speed of that boat."

"So... I lost him!"

Feng Si's eyes widened, and he roared furiously, "What did you say? You, a Gu cultivator in the Marrow Cleansing Stage, actually let a Gu Spirit Gathering Stage escape! What on earth are you doing?!"

On the other side, the Little Apothecary would occasionally glance back at the red-clad man who was always hanging behind him, his expression filled with tension.

Along the way, he frequently encountered traps that they had laid in advance, but he relied on the immortality of the Cockroach Gu to forcibly withstand them.

Since obtaining the Cockroach Gu, he has been frantically refining his body, completely ignoring the hidden injuries that excessive refining would leave on his body. His body refining progressed rapidly, and in terms of physical strength, he has left ordinary people far behind.

However, it is unrealistic to think that one can shake off a Gu cultivator in the Marrow Cleansing Marrow Cleansing Stage simply by relying on superior physical strength.

After all, the speed of Gu cultivators comes not only from body refinement, but also from spiritual power.

The Little Apothecary was a whole realm lower than his opponent, and it's a miracle he hasn't been caught up yet.

At this moment, the man in red behind him was going crazy. How could this little bald guy run so fast? He, a Gu cultivator in the Marrow Cleansing Stage, couldn't even catch up with him, which made his face grow increasingly ugly.

Even though he could never catch up, he still refused to give up.

He, a Gu cultivator in the Marrow Cleansing Stage, couldn't even catch up with a Gu cultivator in the Spirit Gathering Stage. This was too humiliating. Wouldn't he be ridiculed by his companions when he returned? He couldn't bear the shame.

So he gritted his teeth, determined to go all out today. Even if he ran until his legs broke, he was determined to kill that damned bald guy.

So even though he couldn't catch up with the Little Apothecary, he never gave up and kept a close watch on him, which gave the Little Apothecary a headache. Such a stubborn opponent was really too much of a headache.

"No, I can't waste any more time with him. His spiritual power is greater than mine, and he has teammates. His teammates could be free to deal with me at any time."

"We can't delay any longer. If we do, things will turn against us. We must shake off our opponents as quickly as possible, or we'll be in grave danger today."

The Little Apothecary's expression hardened, as if he had made up his mind and decided to use one of his trump cards.

He boasted of his amazing imagination and, after obtaining the Cockroach Gu Cockroach Gu, began to frantically explore its abilities, developing many practical skills, including a life-saving ability.

In this world, there is a magical escape technique called Blood Escape Technique. It consumes blood to instantly teleport a great distance, making it an absolute top-tier escape skill.

However, this technique is forbidden and would be extremely dangerous to use.

Because a person may be in danger once they lose 20% of their blood volume, and the Blood Escape Technique causes a blood loss of more than 20% in a single use.

Once this forbidden technique is used, the person might escape, but whether they will survive is uncertain.

But with the Cockroach Gu, it's different; using the Blood Escape Technique once won't pose any danger.

While others might die after using Blood Escape Technique once, he can use it four or five times in a row, instantly creating a large distance between himself and his enemy. The backlash from the forbidden technique is minimal for him.

The combination of the Cockroach Gu and the Blood Escape Technique is simply a perfect match.

He was just hesitating about how many times he should use the Blood Escape Technique in succession.

Using Blood Escape Technique once was definitely not enough, since the person behind him was a whole realm higher than him, and one Blood Escape Technique was clearly not enough to get rid of his pursuit.

In the end, he gritted his teeth, decided to play it safe, and used the Blood Escape Technique three times in a row to completely disappear from his sight and escape his pursuit.

The next moment, his face drained of all color, turning deathly pale. Then, he vanished into thin air, as if he had evaporated into thin air, leaving no trace.

The man in red was stunned and finally stopped in his tracks. What had just happened?

How can a person just vanish into thin air? Did they magically appear out of nowhere?

He looked completely bewildered.

Before long, Feng Si and his companion caught up with them and immediately asked, "Where is he? Could you have killed him?"

The man in red looked embarrassed; he didn't know where the person had gone either.

Seeing his expression, Feng Si's eyes widened again, staring at him in disbelief, and she screamed in despair, "Don't tell me you've lost them too!"

"You're at the Marrow Cleansing Stage! And your opponent is only at the Spirit Gathering Stage. How could you lose track of them? What are you doing? Are you just here to do nothing?"

The man in red, angered by the insults, roared, "What can I do? He used the Blood Escape Technique seven or eight times and vanished without a trace! How am I supposed to chase him? You go and chase him yourself!"

"Escape seven or eight times?" The other man in red twitched at the corner of his mouth. Thinking that the other person had Cockroach Gu, he actually believed this nonsense.

"Calm down, everyone. There's still one more, isn't there? The information shows that she's terrified of cockroaches, so there's no way she could possess the Cockroach Gu. Without the Blood Escape Technique, she could never have escaped my brother's pursuit."

"Maybe my brother has already taken her in and is enjoying her beautiful body. If we go over now, we might still catch her while she's still hot," the man in red said with a sinister grin.

So the three of them went in another direction and soon found a headless corpse lying on the ground, dressed in the same clothes as them.

All three people were anesthetized.

What the hell? This means that not only did they fail to catch the last person, they also lost their lives. The three of them looked on in disbelief.

It's already unacceptable that Marrow Cleansing Stage can't catch up to someone in the Spirit Gathering Stage, but to be counter-killed in this situation? Are you kidding me?

Feng Si completely broke down.

In other words, despite his cautious approach and bringing four Marrow Cleansing Stage helpers, he not only failed to kill a single enemy but also lost a man and a supreme-grade Gu worm. He couldn't understand it.

"Puff!"

Feng Si coughed up a mouthful of blood.

It's also because he's being foolish. This team is full of chosen ones, who can they possibly catch up to? Going against a bunch of main characters is just asking for death.

"Hmph! Trying to fight me? You're really something else!"

"You really think I'm just pretending to be weak to take advantage of you?"

In the far distance, Di Xin, who was running, shook the Storage Bag she had captured, looking smug, as if she was very satisfied with her success in pretending to be weak to take advantage of others. She had finally figured out how to play the fool this time.

What Long Xuan and his group didn't know was that she was heading in the very direction they had just left the cave abode. What was she doing turning back?

Di Xin's eyes gleamed with excitement, his expression one of extreme smugness.

Many people may not know this, but mechanisms and formations are inseparable. Ancient tombs have always combined mechanisms and formations. How could she not understand mechanisms?

The reason she claimed not to understand the mechanisms in the cave abode was entirely fabricated; women's words are deceitful, and she was truly a master of deception.

She deliberately pretended not to understand the mechanisms in front of everyone, and then went back alone to enjoy the treasure all to herself. She was truly cunning.

However, no matter how cunning she was, she couldn't outsmart Long Xuan; her little schemes were destined to fail.

When she finally returned to her cave abode, she saw the stone door with the combination lock wide open and the cave empty. She couldn't help but rub her eyes, her smile completely frozen on her face, utterly bewildered.

"Who did this?!"

"Which bastard dared to do this?! How dare they mess with me! They've stolen from me! What audacity! Who moved so fast?!"

"Don't let me catch that shameless scoundrel!"

A woman's deafening scream echoed through the cave, the sound deafening and reverberating for a long time...

As for Long Xuan's true form, he returned to his residence safely without encountering any danger. Among this group, who could be more cunning than him?

After returning home, he immediately transplanted the Fire Dragon Fruit Tree to the center of the Medicine Garden, where there was plenty of High-Grade Spirit Soil. After removing all the Fire Dragon Fruit, he covered the area where the Fire Dragon Fruit Tree had been with cold fire.

After that, he stopped caring and let things take their natural course.

Whether it survives or not depends entirely on its own fate. If it can survive, it will; if it can't, it doesn't matter. It's just bad luck.

He was content with having all the fruit on the tree.

The medicinal effects of Fire Dragon Fruit are definitely limited in quantity; it's impossible to eat it indefinitely to stack buffs. So now that he has the fruit, whether the tree lives or dies is really irrelevant to him. Even if it dies, he won't feel sorry for it.

Surviving was merely icing on the cake for him; he dared not sell the fruit, so he could only wastefully eat it as fruit.

After transplanting the Fire Dragon Fruit Tree, he immediately began preparing to refine the Water Bear. That's right, he had completely collected all the materials needed to refine the Water Bear Gu after this adventure.

The materials used to refine the Water Bear Gu are all kinds of Water Bear, which is very simple. So simple that he didn't spend much time making the Water Bear Gu Recipe. Since it only uses one material, it doesn't require any brainpower.

However, don't assume that the Gu Recipe obtained in a very short time are weak. Although the Water Bear Gu is not good at fighting, its practical value is by no means inferior to any of its supreme-grade Gu worm.

Look at how much the Cockroach Gu has been developed by the Little Apothecary.

The Water Bear Gu is far more terrifying and has a much higher potential than the Cockroach Gu. In this world, the Water Bear Gu is definitely one of the top-grade supreme-grade Gu worm, and Long Xuan is confident of that.

How could he lack such confidence? You must know that his Water Bear Gu Recipe uses over four thousand kinds of top-grade Supreme-grade Spirit Insect Supreme-grade Spirit Insect, a Gu Recipe filled with Supreme-grade Spirit Insect.

That's absolutely terrifying.

Besides him, who else would dare to refine Gu using only Supreme-grade Spirit Insect? No one else, only him, would dare to be so crazy and so arrogant.

With so many Supreme-grade Spirit Insect used to refine the Gu, if this Water Bear Gu could still be so simple, then there would truly be something fishy going on.

Long Xuan took out a bunch of bottles and jars from the storeroom, each labeled with a different term.

But the labels clearly had text on them, yet all the bottles were empty.

Without a doubt, all the bottles contain various kinds of Water Bear.

Long Xuan looked excited and smiled with delight.

He began opening the lids one by one, pouring all the Water Bear from the bottles into the largest one, which from a distance looked like he was pouring out air.

After he put more than four thousand Supreme-grade Water Bear into a large bottle, he poured half a bottle of red liquid into it.

Making Water Bear Gu by starving them together is definitely not an option.

Because Water Bear, do you dare to starve one and see what happens?

Starving these undead creatures is useless; only special methods can help.

There are many ways to incite Spirit Insect to fight each other, such as drawing talismans on the ground and holding rituals, releasing smoke, or feeding them poison...

The liquid Long Xuan used was called Frenzy Liquid. Spirit Insect inside the liquid would go into a berserk state and frantically attack their own kind.

Of course, this method is only suitable for those Spirit Insect that are not afraid of water, in order to avoid the possibility of drowning. Water Bear, being immortal creatures, are precisely the kind that are difficult to drown, making them perfect for this method of refining Gu.

After pouring the Frenzy Liquid into the large bottle, Long Xuan put the cap on, lifted the bottle up and shook it wildly before placing it on the table.

He only stopped repeating this action after the progress bar showed [0%] on the bottle, and finally left with a satisfied expression.

He didn't know how long it would take for the Gu to fully form, so he just waited.

While waiting, he naturally couldn't just sit idly by. As usual, he started the next project while waiting, working on something to kill time.

As for his next project, Long Xuan had already decided on it: to create his own Body Refining Cultivation Method. He had been planning this for a long time.

Gu cultivators may not need to learn Body Refining Cultivation Method, but if you don't refine your body, you will definitely be weaker than other Gu cultivators.

Let's set aside the issue of stamina during combat.

Imagine if the enemy sends out extremely fast Gu Insect to attack you; if your physical explosive power isn't enough, how will you dodge them?

This weakness is so fatal that it cannot be ignored.

Therefore, for Long Xuan, learning Body Refining Cultivation Method was a must, even if it slowed down his progress due to distraction from practicing Body Refining Cultivation Method.

This is a required course; anyone who neglects it will fail.

Now that the Water Bear Gu, which can grant immortality, is about to be released, he no longer needs to worry about the various dangers that body tempering might cause.

Therefore, creating one's own Body Refining Cultivation Method can be put on the agenda, and it would be just right to pursue it in tandem with the Water Bear Gu.

He was in high spirits. After taking a deep breath, he sat back down in the pavilion, took out the manual called "Nine Deaths Divine Art"Cultivation Method that he had copied in the cave abode, and then sat there reading it with great interest.

In fact, he had already secretly learned a lot of Body Refining Cultivation Method from the Qian Clan's Treasure Pavilion, and had already understood the basics of creating his own Body Refining Cultivation Method, as well as many Cultivation Method that he could learn from.

But compared to this Body Refining Cultivation Method, those other Body Refining Cultivation Method are simply inferior, by a huge margin.

If we're going to learn from something, we should definitely learn from the strongest Body Refining Cultivation Method.

The arrival of this Cultivation Method called "Nine Deaths Divine Art" is truly timely. This Cultivation Method contains many profound and difficult-to-learn knowledge, making it extremely valuable for reference. Its Cultivation Method is enough to elevate Long Xuan's self-created Cultivation Method at least one level.

The Nine Deaths Divine Art Nine Deaths Divine Art is a Cultivation Method that teaches you how to court death. It's Cultivation Method that teaches you how to destroy without creating, and the more you court death, the stronger you become.

Long Xuan quickly grasped the essence of this Cultivation Method and gained some inspiration.

Three days later, he put away the "Nine Deaths Divine Art," placed a piece of paper on the stone table, and prepared to begin writing the outline of a new Cultivation Method.

In any world, the more dangerous Cultivation Method is, the more powerful it is; this is a law, an eternal and unchanging natural law.

Since the danger level of Cultivation Method is positively correlated with its power, he doesn't consider how strong the Cultivation Method is, but only how dangerous Cultivation Method is.

The more dangerous the better, ideally extremely dangerous, so dangerous that anyone who cultivates it will surely die, but only I can withstand it because of the Water Bear Gu, and only I can cultivate it.

This approach is the most suitable path for him; it's practically tailor-made for him.

He concluded that a Cultivation Method so dangerous could not possibly be weak.

So how can a Cultivation Method be made to its most dangerous state? How can it be made so dangerous that anyone who practices Cultivation Method will inevitably die?

That's easy too.

Therefore, Long Xuan wrote directly in the outline:

First Layer: Magma Body Refinement

Second layer: Body tempering with cold air

Third level; Heavenly Flame Body Forging

Fourth level; Heavenly Tribulation Strengthening Body

If anyone saw what he wrote, they would be terrified.

Are you crazy? Is this some kind of Cultivation Method? This is more like a fancy way to commit suicide.

Jumping into lava to temper his body—how could he even think of that? Is that something a normal person could do? Only a superhuman could do that, right?

He actually dared to try to use Heavenly Flame Body Tempering; he's really courting death. He probably doesn't even know what Heavenly Flame is.

Putting aside the possibility of finding that legendary thing, even if we could, we'd be reduced to ashes before we even got close.

Even the Alchemist with the strongest fire resistance couldn't survive a hundred years of devouring Heavenly Flame. You dare to use it to refine your body? What were you thinking!

This is not how you court death.

Using Heavenly Tribulation tribulations to refine one's body is even more excessive; that's a tribulation that high-level cultivators encounter when breaking through to a higher realm.

Heavenly Tribulation are used to filter people; over 90% of high-level cultivators perish under them. Others would rather avoid them than risk their Heavenly Tribulation, yet you dare to use that thing to refine your body? You're simply insane! What do you consider Heavenly Tribulation to be?

How is that head even shaped?

However, the brilliant Long Xuan thought this method was feasible. Although the body-refining method was indeed a little exaggerated, surely a top-grade Water Bear Gu could withstand it?

Long Xuan thought to himself, somewhat lacking confidence.

Even with a top-grade Water Bear Gu, he was now somewhat unsure about the danger level of this Cultivation Method.

I hope it won't be reduced to ashes by a single Heavenly Tribulation. I don't even know if the Water Bear Gu can survive after turning to ashes, but I'm afraid it will be burned to ashes by Heavenly Flame, which would be a disaster.

But it doesn't matter, since no matter how dangerous the Cultivation Method is, it will be practiced by the clone. Once it's mastered, he can get the clone's cultivation results for free.

If he fails to complete the technique and is struck dead by Heavenly Tribulation, that has nothing to do with his original body. What does it have to do with him if he didn't even complete the technique?

Flame Clone: Thank you!

Long Xuan cleverly shifted all the risks onto his clone, while he himself enjoyed the clone's cultivation results. He played a brilliant game; he was truly cunning.

"Alright! The Cultivation Method is designed like this. Come on, let's see who dares to practice it. Whoever practices it will die."

After Long Xuan finished the outline, he slammed his pen heavily on the table, exuding arrogance.

He simply refused to believe that anyone other than a top-grade Water Bear Gu could survive such a dangerous Cultivation Method.

How powerful would Cultivation Method so dangerous that only he in the entire world could practice be?

On this day, the first draft of Cultivation Method that would shock the world in the future was completed. This heaven-defying Cultivation Method, which would dominate the world and shock the entire Gu World in the future, would gradually reveal its magnificence from this day onwards.