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"": "You have considerable nerve."
"To cultivate gu, you first refine a gu worm, then feed it various venomous creatures and medicines to make it fierce and powerful."
"You refined gu but refused to claim it. Instead, you want to use gu to refine more gu. That can easily go wrong." The Miao King's voice sounded much stronger than before.
Luo Bin noticed the difference.
After a brief pause, Luo Bin answered, "With my abilities, how many years would it take to cultivate something like shell-devouring gu or essence-devouring gu?"
"With your aptitude, ten years. That's already very fast. Don't be greedy," the Miao King said.
"Ten years is too long. Every moment counts." Determination filled Luo Bin's eyes.
"Why?" After asking, the Miao King seemed to fall into thought.
"Too many people want me dead. They may not be able to find me for now, but they've forced me to leave my home. Someone is still waiting for me, waiting to take my life. There's already a huge gap between us. In ten years, that gap could become an unbridgeable chasm. I can't give him that much breathing room," Luo Bin continued.
"Do you know why Miao Gu had his flesh eaten away and became a Gu-Bound Person?" The Miao King Statue seemed to change the subject.
Luo Bin shook his head.
"Shell-devouring gu are cultivated gradually, by feeding corpse flesh to insects and using those insects to nourish the gu. Miao Gu wanted a shortcut, so he raised over a dozen shell-devouring gu and made them devour one another. When he tried to claim the resulting shell-devouring gu, he suffered a backlash."
"Most of his flesh was eaten before he barely managed to make the gu worm recognize him as its master."
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