All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 205 Taking stock of the spoils, the Myriad Beasts Tempering Ointment!

"Brother Zongzheng, will the clan leader and elders be alright?" Wanqi Wenlan asked with a worried expression.

"I don't know." Zhou Qing shook his head.

"With the clan leader being so powerful, and the elders supporting him, he's definitely..." Wan Qibowen hurriedly said, but his tone clearly lacked confidence. The Ink Dragon was too strong, so strong that even though he hadn't broken through to the second tier, he could still feel the Ink Dragon's unparalleled and terrifying strength.

"Father took the Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass with him, so he should be alright, right?" Wan Qiyu's expression was grave.

The Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass can heal most injuries, but if the enemy is too powerful and can kill with a single blow, then there's nothing it can do.

Among the clan leader and three elders, his father had the lowest cultivation level, and he dared not imagine what would happen if he were in danger.

"The clan leader will definitely win!" Wanqi Qingshi was full of confidence in Wanqi Zongyuan.

"Let's wait a bit." Zhou Qing didn't say much. At this level, unless it's a fight to the death, it shouldn't last long.

Whether someone is strong or not cannot be judged solely by their aura; perhaps Wanqi Zongyuan has some hidden trump card.

The five people's worries did not last long. In less than half a day, a huge ice crystal dragonfly appeared in the sky above Ice Cloud Village and then went straight down to the gate of the ancestral hall.

The five people who had remained outside the ancestral hall noticed it immediately.

"It's the clan chief and my father! They're back!" Wan Qiwenlan exclaimed excitedly.

"Everything's alright!" Wan Qibowen breathed a sigh of relief.

"Father, clan leader, elders, are you all alright?" Wan Qiyushu hurriedly went to greet the ice crystal dragonfly as it landed at the entrance of the ancestral hall.

Wanqi Zongyuan, Wanqi Zongbo, Wanqi Zongxuan, and Wanqi Yunting flew down from the back of the ice crystal dragonfly.

Wanqi Zongyuan appeared unharmed, while the other three looked somewhat disheveled and exhausted, clearly having just gone through a fierce battle.

"Yu Shu? What are you still doing here?" Wan Qi Yun Ting frowned slightly. "You haven't told anyone else about this, have you?"

“We’ve stayed here without letting anyone know,” Wan Qiyu said solemnly.

Upon hearing this, Wanqi Yunting nodded, looked at Wanqi Zongyuan and the other two, and cupped his hands, saying, "Clan leader, I will go back first to encourage the growth of the Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass, and then send it over in a few days."

"Well, Yun Ting, you should go back and rest well first. The matter of the Vitality Leaf can wait a few days." Wan Qizongyuan smiled faintly.

"Yes," Wan Qiyunting replied, turning to leave the ancestral hall entrance. His attitude towards Wan Qizongyuan seemed to be more respectful than before.

"You should all go back and rest first. I still have some things to say to the five of them."

After Wanqi Yunting left, Wanqi Zongyuan looked at Wanqi Zongbo and Wanqi Zongxuan.

"Yes." Wanqi Zongbo and Wanqi Zongxuan also left together.

"You five come with me." Wanqi Zongyuan entered the ancestral hall.

The five followed closely behind Wanqi Zongyuan up to the second floor of the ancestral hall.

Following behind Wanqi Zongyuan, Zhou Qing noticed a powerful, yet restrained, chill emanating from him. Furthermore, since returning, Wanqi Zongyuan had kept his left hand tucked into his sleeve, suggesting he was injured.

Wanqi Zongyuan entered a quiet room on the second floor. After the four people entered the room, he began to inquire about the details of what happened in Baiman Mountain.

The group then told Wanqi Zongyuan about their pursuit of the second-tier tiger demon and their encounter with the Beast Soul Clan.

When Wanqi Zongyuan learned that all three of them possessed second-tier Heavenly Thunder Gu, yet were still killed by Zhou Qing using second-tier Gu worms, he was astonished.

"Your Heavenly Fire Centipede has hatched?"

“Yes.” Zhou Qing took out the sleeping Crimson Flame from his Yuanqiao, and a crimson centipede about a foot long appeared in his hand.

"Such powerful true fire energy!" Wanqi Zongyuan's gaze sharpened as he carefully sensed the power contained within the Heavenly Fire Centipede.

"Your Heavenly Fire Centipede is probably beyond the low-grade level, isn't it?"

As a veteran Gu Master at the peak of the second tier, he quickly recognized the extraordinary nature of the Heavenly Fire Centipede.

“Yes, it’s a mid-grade second-tier item.” Zhou Qing nodded. He was using the Heavenly Fire Centipede, so he naturally had no intention of hiding it.

"What?! Second-tier mid-grade?!" Wan Qibowen and the others were all shocked upon hearing this.

For a first-tier Gu Master to cultivate a second-tier Gu worm is already an extraordinary feat, let alone a mid-grade second-tier combat-type Gu worm.

With just this one second-tier mid-grade Gu worm, Zong Zheng can secure his position at the bottom of the elder ranks.

"Very good." Wanqi Zongyuan smiled.

Although the Ice Spirit Clan is known for the power of its ice-attribute Gu worms, Zhou Qing's ability to cultivate such a powerful fire-attribute Gu worm was indeed beyond his expectations.

A newly hatched Gu worm can already reach the mid-grade level of the second tier. With continued cultivation, it might even reach the high-grade level of the second tier, which is indeed not much worse than the Ice Soul Gu.

"By the way, what about the personal belongings of those three junior members of the Beast Soul Clan? Did you bring them back?" Wanqi Zongyuan changed the subject.

Zhou Qing was slightly taken aback, then took out three leather pouches containing Gu, "They're all here."

Seeing this, Wanqi Zongyuan bit his finger, squeezed out a bead of blood, and dripped it onto the three leather bag Gu in turn.

Suddenly, a bizarre scene unfolded. Black bear patterns appeared on all three leather pouches simultaneously. The next moment, the black bears roared and broke free from the pouches, flying towards Zhou Qing's face. However, they were frozen by the ice crystals formed from the blood beads and shattered into pieces.

Zhou Qing looked surprised as she realized what was happening.

"This is the 'Soul-Chasing Blood Curse' unique to the Beast Soul Clan and the Savage Clan. Since these three possess a second-tier Heavenly Thunder Gu, they should be descendants of the Beast Soul Clan elders. The Soul-Chasing Blood Curse on the leather pouch Gu can pinpoint your location. Even if it's placed in a storage space, the Soul-Chasing Blood Curse will still be effective. Under normal circumstances, the blood curse will last for half a year before it expires," Wanqi Zongyuan explained.

"Thank you, clan chief! I was reckless this time." Zhou Qing bowed deeply to Wanqi Zongyuan.

Zhou Qing kept the leather bag gu because he saw that its internal space was very large, about half the size of a room. The three of them together were half again as large as the space of the spirit-guiding plate.

Anyway, he figured he'd keep all three leather pouches of Gu in the spirit-guiding plate and wouldn't take them out.

After all, even the 'Blood Curse,' one of the thirty-six extraordinary arts of the Yinshan Sect, does not have the exaggerated effect of the Soul-Chasing Blood Curse.

It seems he was not cautious enough; this should serve as a warning.

"It's alright. Without the Soul-Chasing Blood Curse, the deaths of the three members of the Beast Soul Clan can be attributed to the Ink Dragon. Just be more careful in the future." Wanqi Zongyuan waved his hand.

"You performed well in this operation. You can distribute the Tiger Demon's corpse among yourselves. As for the remaining Life Leaf, it's yours. Of course, you are free to exchange it with others if you wish."

"Yes." Zhou Qing bowed again.

"Alright, you can all go now." Wanqi Zongyuan smiled.

"Yes, we will take our leave." The five people respectfully left the quiet room. After the five people left, the smile on Wanqi Zongyuan's face gradually disappeared, and his brows furrowed.

At this moment, he stretched out his left hand, which was hidden in his sleeve. His left hand was covered with hideous blood blisters, with the wrist as the boundary. The inside of the blood blisters was faintly black, and a thick layer of blue ice crystals was attached to the outside of his hand.

If you look closely, you can see the black interior of the blood bubble, containing countless tiny insects that are difficult for the average person to see with the naked eye.

These insects are incredibly resilient. The icy chill released by Wanqi Zongyuan was enough to severely injure second-tier Gu worms, but it could not eliminate these tiny insects.

Because once some insects are frozen to death by the icy aura, other insects will immediately swarm in and devour the dead insects, then multiply into even more insects at a visible speed.

"This is troublesome."

Wanqi Zongyuan frowned, activating his bloodline power and using more of his Ice Soul Cold Qi to try and eliminate those tiny insects.

the other side.

After returning home, Zhou Qing began to tally up the gains from the trip.

He emptied the contents of the three leather pouches and placed them on the table.

"As expected of a descendant of an elder of the Beast Soul Clan, he's really rich!"

Zhou Qing's eyes lit up as he looked at the pile of spirit stones in front of him.

The three of them possessed a total of over a thousand spirit stones.

This was a huge sum of money for Zhou Qing, who lacked Yuan Stones.

Yuan Stones can be used directly as food for Gu worms and can accelerate their growth during the cultivation process. They are the most basic and essential resource.

Compared to obtaining elemental stones by completing tasks, this method is still a faster way to accumulate elemental stones.

"I wonder what they mean by the secret realm they mentioned?" Zhou Qing recalled the secret realm mentioned by the three members of the Beast Soul Clan, in which the four clans united to fight against the Ice Spirit Clan.

Zhou Qing wondered if he could reasonably kill the people of the other four races after entering the secret realm.

"Never mind, if they need my help, they'll definitely let me know."

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Qing stopped thinking about it.

Continue taking stock of the harvest.

At this moment, he carefully picked up a dark blue sphere from the table, with faint arcs of electricity appearing on its surface.

The three members of the Beast Soul Clan each possessed a Heavenly Thunder Gu.

However, only two of them managed to use it. The third person was killed by the Heavenly Fire Centipede before he could even use the Heavenly Thunder Gu, thus benefiting Zhou Qing.

Holding the sphere in my hand, I felt a tingling sensation. The power inside was extremely violent, yet it maintained a relative balance.

It seems that Zhou Qing can detonate this thing by injecting a large amount of true essence into it and disrupting the balance.

"Is this how to use the Heavenly Thunder Gu? It's quite simple."

Zhou Qing seemed to be deep in thought.

Having witnessed the exaggerated power of the Heavenly Thunder Gu, he was naturally envious.

When the three Beast Soul Clan Gu Masters used the first Heavenly Thunder Gu, it was Chi Yan who withstood the attack with the Heavenly True Fire and his carapace.

Zhou Qing was only affected by the aftershocks before being thrown into the stream.

If the Heavenly Thunder Gu were to explode at his close range, he would likely be severely injured even if he didn't die.

Even a trace of heavenly lightning power is something that the thin veil of qi and blood cannot withstand.

"Now I have another trump card." Zhou Qing carefully refined the Heavenly Thunder Gu with his true essence, and then stored it in his Yuan Aperture.

Aside from the Yuan Stones and the Heavenly Thunder Gu, the rest of the items weren't as appealing to Zhou Qing.

However, it wasn't without good stuff; there was some flesh and blood of strange beasts, as well as materials for refining Gu poison.

"This is... the Beast Tempering Cream?!"

Zhou Qing found a piece of animal hide about a foot in diameter among a pile of materials for refining Gu poison. It contained a recipe for a medicinal ointment.

"They actually used people to cultivate Gu worms?!"

After reading the recipe for the Myriad Beasts Tempering Ointment, Zhou Qing looked astonished.

The Gu worms used by the Beast Soul Clan are mainly melee-type offensive Gu worms and defensive Gu worms.

Most of these types of Gu worms have the ability to possess a body, directly enhancing all aspects of the physical body's abilities.

For example, the Corpse Worm Gu King also belongs to this category.

In order to further enhance the abilities of their melee Gu worms, the Beast Soul Clan created a secret method that focuses on the Gu Masters themselves. This method uses the Myriad Beasts Tempering Body Paste to strengthen the Gu Master's physical body, and it is similar to the body-refining methods of martial artists.

"When using the Beast Tempering Ointment, one is more susceptible to attack and external injuries. Is the effect really that strong? What if it's used in conjunction with the Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass?"

At this moment, Zhou Qing took out four emerald green leaves with roots and stems, and feeling the vibrant life emanating from the leaves, he fell into deep thought.

"It seems that cultivating four Vitality Leaves into a Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass will not be something that can be done in a short time."

"It's unrealistic to expect to cultivate a Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass with a thousand spirit stones. However, it's more than enough to cultivate the Four-Flavor Wine Worms, and it can even be used to cultivate an Ice Silkworm Gu."

The Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass is a treasure trove, but before it is successfully cultivated, it is a money-devouring beast.

Although Zhou Qing possesses the Jade Tablet and professional bonuses, making his success rate in refining Gu far exceed that of other Gu Masters of the same level, it is not 100% successful. The amount of Yuan Stones required to cultivate the Nine-Leaf Vitality Grass is too great, so he cannot rely on luck.

Conversely, one thousand yuan stones can be used to directly purchase high-quality wines and brewing materials.

In addition, using Yuan Stones as food can significantly shorten the cultivation cycle of Ice Silkworm Gu worms.

This encounter with the three members of the Beast Soul Clan served as a reminder to Zhou Qing that Gu Masters possess a wide variety of methods, and he could not afford to be careless when facing those weaker than himself.

Therefore, when facing an enemy, it is best to first use ranged attacks to probe the enemy.

The Ice Silkworm Gu Worm is undoubtedly the best choice.

(End of this chapter)