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"": "Not only that, Hu Jin even reached out to touch the black-gold toad.
"Mr. Hu, looking is fine, but please don't touch it," Luo Bin said.
"A toad Gu?" Zhang Yunxi's gaze also settled on the black-gold toad.
"A fourfold refinement toad Gu," Luo Bin replied.
"Fourfold refinement? Don't the Miao people just raise and cultivate Gu? I've never heard anyone mention different levels of refinement." Hu Jin suppressed his urge to touch the black-gold toad.
After spending so long in Thousand Miao Village, he had gained more than a rudimentary understanding of the Gu Arts. He also knew all too well that Gu worms were not to be touched.
The slightest carelessness could leave him devoured by insects or dead from potent poison.
"My method of making Gu is different from theirs. I can't go into too much detail." Luo Bin had barely paused when Zhang Yunxi's expression grew grave. "Venomous insects fight until only one Gu remains. That idea isn't exclusive to Miao Village. Thousand Miao Village actually raises Gu, while people outside often use it as a metaphor. My guess is that you raise Gu from venomous insects until you have a certain number, then use those Gu to raise another Gu, repeating the process a third and fourth time?"
As expected, Zhang Yunxi's abilities were limited only by the inheritance he had received.
Luo Bin nodded.
"Without Three Miao Cave and the Miao King, you would have had a hard time succeeding. Other Miao people must have tried something like this before."
"This fourfold refinement toad Gu must be very powerful. Is it stronger than the Gray Immortal?"
The first half of Zhang Yunxi's remark was an assessment; the second was a question.
"Squeak, squeak!" Fourth Master Gray darted onto Luo