Feeding the Seven Absolutes Gu

Upon hearing this, the First Elder and the remaining elders finally shifted their gazes from the "little darling," their eyes transforming into green vertical pupils as they scanned their surroundings with a chilling gaze.

Then, expressions of astonishment and bewilderment appeared simultaneously on the faces of the several burly old men.

In their view, the surrounding air was so fresh that the Gu God's power, which used to float in the air like fireflies, was now scattered and pitifully scarce.

"A genius!"

The old men, led by the First Elder, trembled with excitement as they all looked at Xu Lingyin.

Did she absorb all the surrounding "Gu God's power"?

The elders were both astonished and excited at how she did it.

"Wait, something's not right."

The Grand Elder shook his head, scrutinizing Xu Lingyin: "It's true that the little girl's strength has increased dramatically, but she's still only at the eighth rank. The concentration of Gu God power here isn't as high as inside the Abyss, but absorbing it all would be beyond her capacity."

The elders frowned and remained silent; with their wisdom, they certainly wouldn't gain anything.

So they all looked worried and gloomy.

At this moment, Mu Nanzhi returned carrying the little white fox. The Grand Elder glanced at the fair-skinned, unattractive girl and asked in broken Great Feng Mandarin:

"Where's that kid?"

"He said he wanted to wander around," Mu Nanzhi replied.

The elder nodded slightly, not taking it to heart, assuming it was just a stranger curious about the Abyss and wanting to explore and observe to broaden his experience.

As for safety, a superhuman martial artist capable of killing Buddhist School Vajra would be safe not only in the primeval forests on the surface, but even deep inside the Abyss.

On the other side, Xu Qi'an, deep in the primeval forest, sat cross-legged on top of a rock, absorbing the power of the Gu God floating in the air through breathing exercises.

The concentration of Gu God's power here is more than ten times that of the surrounding area. With each absorption, Xu Qi'an's Qi and Blood become more vigorous, and his progress is extremely rapid.

Qi and Blood and blood are not related to the flow of qi; they symbolize physical strength. The more vigorous the Qi and Blood, the better one's physical strength and the greater one's power.

Both being at the peak of the third rank, without using their inner energy, the two Xu Qi'an might not be as powerful as Long Tu.

"The more vigorous my Qi and Blood and qi are, the more qi I can refine. I can absorb as much of the Gu God's Qi and Blood and qi as possible and use it for myself. Then I can cultivate with my aunt and finally pull out the Demon-Sealing Nail. Then I will be a true peak third-grade martial artist, no, a third-grade martial artist who can break through to the second grade at any time."

"Even more powerful than the former Prince Zhenbei."

He maintained his breathing posture, continuously absorbing the power of the Gu God. After a quarter of an hour, the Seven Deadly Gu stopped absorbing.

It reached its limit and could no longer digest the power of the Gu God.

Xu Qi'an "examined" the Seven Deadly Gu and discovered that the power of the Gu not only caught up with the poison Gu, the corpse Gu, and the dark Gu, but even surpassed them.

He gained the second ability of the Power Gu: Berserk!

It can stimulate cells to unleash power beyond normal levels in a short period of time. The price is that after the burst of power ends, the user will enter a state of weakness and have a greatly increased appetite. The user needs to eat and drink excessively to make up for the loss of energy, otherwise it will lead to Qi and Blood and qi depletion and affect lifespan.

Call!

Just then, a whistling sound pierced the air.

A large shadow fell, and a huge rock spun and crashed towards Xu Qi'an.

He gently turned to the side, letting the boulder brush past him, creating a large crater in the ground, and continued to roll, breaking two mutated trees.

The plants here absorbed the Qi and Blood of the Gu God and underwent certain mutations, becoming more resilient and robust than ordinary trees.

Having dodged the attack of the boulder, Xu Qi'an looked ahead. In the dense forest, under the shade of a tree, stood a tall and imposing black-backed gorilla.

Its eyes were bloodshot, its fangs protruded, and the muscles above its long snout bulged. It stared at Xu Qi'an with a ferocious look. When it saw the human looking over, the black-backed gorilla shrieked and pounded its muscular chest.

Then, he grabbed a handful of pebbles from the ground and threw them forcefully. In an instant, they rained down like arrows, striking him head-on.

This gorilla was incredibly strong. Xu Qi'an's body melted as he emerged from the shadow behind the black-backed gorilla.

He clenched his fist so hard that his knuckles cracked like popping beans, and the muscles in his entire right arm swelled up, becoming twice as thick and completely deformed.

violent.

Bang!

Like a cannon firing, the air itself crackled from the force of that punch.

The black-backed gorilla's body was torn to pieces, chunks of flesh flying in all directions, blood and organs splattering everywhere, and a stench instantly filled the air.

"I have this urge to challenge Long Tu to an arm-wrestling match right now."

Xu Qi'an was delighted to experience the changes within himself.

Without delay, they turned and headed east. After walking thirty miles east, they would enter the area permeated by the "power of poisonous insects".

Soon, he arrived at an area shrouded in miasma and covered with dense foliage.

Xu Qi'an originally thought that the area shrouded by the "Poison Gu Power" would have relatively sparse vegetation, with only some highly poisonous plants able to survive. However, he was surprised to find that the trees here were tall, with intertwined branches and leaves, forming a dense canopy that was practically impenetrable.

Click!

He broke off a branch, picked off the leaves from it, put them in his mouth, and chewed them a few times.

"It's toxic, but the quality is poor."

Next, they tasted the shrubs and weeds, all of which contained toxins, but the toxicity was not great and would not benefit the poisonous insects, but could serve as snacks to alleviate the side effects.

He walked along, tasting the plants and occasionally catching a few poisonous insects or picking a few poisonous herbs. The further he went, the higher the quality and the stronger the toxicity of the plants and insects.

After arriving at a place where he enjoyed the food, Xu Qi'an sat cross-legged under the shade of a tree, breathing in and out the miasma and poisonous gas that filled the air, nourishing the poisonous Gu.

Before long, the Seven Deadly Gu reached its bottleneck again and could no longer absorb poison gas.

Xu Qi'an has mastered a new poisonous Gu ability—Poison Body!

Toxins have two main capabilities: transformation and absorption.

Transformation: to turn all non-toxic substances into toxic substances; to turn all toxic substances into non-toxic substances.

Absorption: It absorbs all poisonous substances and uses them for its own benefit, including the enemy's aura, Sword Qi, and other attacks. At the same time, it can also repair its body by absorbing poisons.

Even if it loses an arm or a leg, as long as there are enough toxins around, it can absorb them and transform them into toxins.

However, for Xu Qi'an, this ability is somewhat useless.

A crude brute is least afraid of losing an arm or a leg.

He then went to the other five areas shrouded in the power of the Gu God, without going deep, but gained a general understanding of the Abyss.

The Corpse Gu tribe is inhabited entirely by a group of walking corpses, including both animals and humans. They wander aimlessly in specific areas like zombies, swarming towards any living creature that enters.

It's not for feeding, but for passing on the Gu poison, turning living beings into walking corpses.

The area where the love potion resides is filled with an aphrodisiac scent. Birds sing and flowers bloom, vegetation proliferates wildly, resulting in an extremely lush landscape. Group activities are commonplace.

The animals were single-mindedly engaged in the primitive process of gene transfer.

The only sounds here are birdsong and animal roars. Xu Qi'an tries to use the Heart Gu technique to listen to the language of the animals.

The chirping of birds can be categorized into two types:

"Come on, get on me!" and "Holy crap!"

It's truly a place where birds sing and flowers bloom.

The Dark Gu Zone is fraught with murderous intent at every turn; Gu worms and Gu beasts could leap out of the shadows at any moment to deliver a fatal blow.

Xu Qi'an lingered in this area the longest because he couldn't calm down and practice breathing exercises until he had killed all the Gu worms and Gu beasts around him before he had a peaceful environment to practice breathing exercises.

Releasing the aura of a transcendent being has no effect; Gu worms and Gu beasts only fear high-ranking experts among their own kind.

The area enveloped by the power of the Heart Gu is the most normal, but it only appears normal.

In fact, that place is the most dangerous because all the plants and animals there have a "unified" mindset, like a huge army, working closely together to devour any living creature that enters the area.

Xu Qi'an had no choice but to activate the Vajra Divine Skill, allowing the beasts and plants controlled by the Heart Gu to attack while he absorbed the Gu God's power in the area.

Once the Heart Gu undergoes further transformation and is suppressed by its higher-ranking counterparts, the Heart Gu in that area will no longer dare to attack it.

As Xu Qi'an absorbed the seven powers of the Gu God one by one, and the Seven Absolute Gu reached a balance, his neck suddenly went numb.

"It's time for a transformation."

Xu Qi'an immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, focusing his mind on sensing the Seven Deadly Gu.

The First Elder led the Third and Fourth Elders deep into the primeval forest, their pupils remaining green as they carefully examined the surrounding "Gu God Power."

"The concentration of Gu God's power here has not changed."

The Grand Elder looked around, his gaze lingering on the east side for a moment, and said, "Go take a look over there."

After walking for a few minutes, the three elders stopped and found that the "power of the Gu God" in this place was slightly thin, but this was because the surrounding Gu God power spread over and filled the gap.

The Fourth Elder stroked his chin and analyzed:

"Has a powerful Gu creature been born?"

He was referring to the Gu creatures at the Transcendent Realm.

In the past history of the Gu Clan, Gu creatures of the transcendent realm would occasionally appear in the depths of the Abyss, develop sentience, and then emerge from the depths of the Great Rift Valley to prey on the surrounding creatures, including the Gu Clan.

A transcendent-level Gu creature is born approximately every six or seven hundred years.

The Gu Clan's response to this was that every sixty years, the leaders of each tribe would go together to venture deep into the Abyss to wipe out the powerful Gu creatures within.

However, this cannot completely prevent the birth of extraordinary Gu creatures, because the state of the Gu God is unstable. Sometimes it exudes a vast and rich power, while at other times it is thin and scarce.

There is no fixed pattern.

This could lead to a situation where no powerful Gu creatures are born for the first few hundred years, but then suddenly a batch of powerful Gu creatures, or even extraordinary ones, are born in the next few decades.

However, the leaders of the various Gu tribes could not remain in the Abyss indefinitely.

The Grand Elder's gaze suddenly sharpened, and he said in a deep voice:

There's something going on.

The Third Elder and the Fourth Elder followed his gaze and saw that there were pieces of flesh scattered all over the ground, with blood and internal organs splattered everywhere.

The Grand Elder strode over, grabbed a piece of minced meat, and said:

It's still warm.

The Third Elder found the head of a black-backed gorilla in the nearby bushes. "It's a gorilla."

The fourth elder said, "Collect the meat and take it back to make meat soup for the children."

The First Elder and the Third Elder readily agreed.

After collecting all the edible meat, the three elders began their analysis. The eldest elder raised a question:

"If it's a supernatural Gu creature, why only kill it and not eat it?"

The Third Elder answered the questions:

"Maybe they're full?"

The fourth elder countered:

When have you ever been truly full?

After a moment of silence, they decided to hurry home while the meat was still fresh.

After meeting up with the three elders outside, as well as Xu Lingyin and Mu Nanzhi, the eldest elder vigorously patted Xu Lingyin's head and laughed heartily.

I'll make you some meat soup when we get home.

Xu Lingyin nodded happily and swallowed.

Watching this scene, Mu Nanzhi inexplicably suspected that Xu Qi'an's younger sister had been smuggled back to the capital from the Li Gu tribe.

Despite being a stranger in a foreign land, she felt right at home when she arrived at the Li Gu tribe, and her interactions with the Li Gu people were surprisingly harmonious.

"Has your older brother not come back yet?"

The Fourth Elder asked.

"Hey, where did the big pot go?"

Xu Lingyin seemed to only then realize that her older brother was missing.

The elder glanced at the piece of meat he was holding, then suddenly paused, finally realizing what was happening, and frowned, saying:

"Was this murder?"

The Fourth Elder pondered for a moment:

"Possibly."

The Grand Elder asked again:

"Was he responsible for weakening the power of the Gu God?"

The Fourth Elder pondered for a moment:

"No way."

"He's not from our Li Gu tribe, so Lina wouldn't pass on our tribe's secret techniques to an outsider."

As they spoke, the elders fell silent and looked at Xu Lingyin.

They suddenly remembered that their beloved disciple Xu Lingyin's Gu techniques were taught to her by Lina, because the child was exceptionally gifted.

What if, just what if that kid is also a genius at cultivating power-based Gu techniques?

The elder's expression changed. "Let's go, let's go back and ask Lina."

The elder and his entourage returned to the Li Gu tribe and headed straight for the courtyard where the clan leader resided.

"Lina, Lina!"

The elder let out a loud howl.

Lina came running out carrying a wooden bowl, the bowl filled with a secret recipe that was about to overflow:

"What."

The Grand Elder strode forward, his eyes wide with suspicion. "Did you also teach that Xu Qi'an the Power Gu secret technique?"

Lina answered while eating, "No, I only have one apprentice Lingyin."

The Second Elder immediately corrected him. "You are merely teaching on behalf of your father; we are her true teachers."

The elders breathed a sigh of relief, but were also somewhat disappointed.

I breathed a sigh of relief because Lina, that not-so-bright girl, at least didn't recklessly reveal the clan's secret techniques.

Disappointment stems from the fact that if this is true, Xu Qi'an might be an even more terrifying genius than Xu Lingyin.

Why hasn't Xu Ningyan returned?

Lina glanced back a few times, then her face lit up with joy. "Father's back!"

Everyone turned to look behind them, and Long Tu, barefoot, walked steadily toward them.

As they got closer, the Grand Elder and the others noticed that Long Tu had a solemn expression.

"Is something the matter?"

The elder, leaning on his cane, asked.

This doesn't require using your brain; you just need to have a good understanding of the dragon diagram.

Long Tu nodded. "A stranger has arrived, saying he's from Yunzhou, and hopes we will send troops to fight against Great Feng."

He carefully recounted the proceedings of the meeting and the conditions set by the Warlock of Yunzhou to the elders.

What's your opinion?

The Grand Elder did not make a decision hastily, but first sought Long Tu's opinion.

"We definitely won't fight. If we fight, we'll lose our disciple, and who knows how many more people will die. Besides, that so-called Chief Supervisor's disciple isn't even familiar with us. There's no reason for us to be stupid enough to attack just because he says something."

Long Tu said irritably.

"But if it's true, the other six departments will definitely fight," the Grand Elder asserted.

"If we don't fight, even if we win in the future, we won't get any benefits, and the Li Gu tribe's status within the Gu clan will also decline," the Second Elder said.

Longtu said in a deep, muffled voice:

"Don't worry, when Lingyin advances to the extraordinary realm in the future, our clan will have three extraordinary beings, and our status will only rise, not fall."

"I expected this long ago. Even without a fight, we are still the most powerful Gu clan."

The elder's old face beamed with joy:

"You really are something else, you little bastard. Choosing you as the clan leader back then was the right decision. See how sharp my judgment was?"

Mu Nanzhi rubbed her forehead and took a few steps back.

Long Tu grinned, then suddenly his face darkened:

"They're planning to hunt down Xu Qi'an. I said I wouldn't interfere, but I can't really ignore it; this is a complicated matter."

He had barely finished speaking when he frowned:

"They're here."

As soon as the words were spoken, a shadow slowly emerged from the shady ground of the large tree in front of them, its shape distorted.

The shadows dissipated, and five figures appeared under the trees.

A walking corpse draped in a cloak; Luan Yu wearing a white bodice, shorts, and a long, thin gauze skirt; Chun Yan with long, thin snakes dangling from her earrings; Ba Ji wearing a long robe sewn from animal hides; and Granny Tian Gu with a full head of silver hair and wrinkles all over her face.

As for the leader of the Shadow Division, he did not appear, but instead hid himself well in the shade of the trees.

The cloaked zombie said calmly:

Where is the person surnamed Xu?

P. S.: I'll update this first and then revise it. I took a nap, but I still have to work half a day today.