All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 208 Second Blood Transformation! Refining the Four Flavors of Wine Worms! (Bonus Chapter for Silver Alliance)

Three months passed in a blink of an eye.

That evening, after eating the flesh of the Tiger Demon Tai Sui, Zhou Qing went to the bamboo forest.

Dangdang Dangdang!
The Corpse Worm King kept ramming into his body from all angles, while Zhou Qing stood still.

"Come again! Come again!"

“Use some more strength!”

"Didn't you eat?"

Faced with Zhou Qing's urging, the Corpse Worm Gu King continued to increase the speed and force of its impact.

puff!
Finally, when the Corpse Worm Gu King used its Vajra Body to strike Zhou Qing's back with all its might, Zhou Qing's body flew out heavily, spitting out a mouthful of black blood.

"Kid, how are you? Are you alright?" Xuanzhu asked hurriedly.

puff!
Zhou Qing spat out another mouthful of black blood, a smile appearing on his face.

"I feel great!"

[You have learned a new skill - Poison Dragon Golden Body, Volume 2]

[Skill: Golden Body of the Poison Dragon - Middle Roll]

[Progress: Beginner (101/30000)]

【Effects: Poison Dragon Blood Sac, Poison Dragon True Qi】

At that moment, a line of text appeared in Zhou Qing's line of sight.

At the same time, his skin turned red, and his blood and qi were boiling. Thick blood and qi gushed out from his skin and pores, eventually turning into a blood-red veil that enveloped his body, though the blood-red veil was faintly tinged with purple.

"The second blood transfusion has been successful!"

Zhou Qing did not expect that he would complete a second blood exchange and his blood and qi would greatly increase as soon as he entered the middle volume of the Poison Dragon Golden Body.

A powerful feeling, emanating from within, filled my entire body.

"My current physical strength should exceed 100,000 jin, right?"

Zhou Qing made a rough guess.

It should be noted that the Beast Soul Clan and the Wild Barbarian Clan, known for their close-combat Gu worms and their integrated offense and defense, only grant their second-tier Gu masters the power of the early-stage second-tier Iron Essence Gu and Violent Bear Gu. In terms of strength alone, this only increases the Gu master's power by one Yuan, which is 129,600 jin, and it also requires continuous consumption of true essence.

Zhou Qing's current enhancement is purely physical strength, not even considering the increase in martial arts and true essence.

“The rules in Fallen Immortal Valley suppress martial arts cultivation, but they shouldn’t suppress pure physical strength,” Zhou Qing pondered.

With pure physical strength alone, he estimates he could kill a second-tier Gu Master without defensive Gu worms with a single punch.

Who would have thought that a seemingly ordinary first-tier Gu Master could possess physical strength comparable to a second-tier melee Gu worm!

"Unfortunately, the other four races should be able to find out my origins and should be on guard."

Zhou Qing sighed inwardly.

If the other four races didn't know his background, he could probably kill several Gu Masters with just a couple of punches, preventing them from using second-tier consumable Gu worms.

However, in crucial moments, it still provides an extra trump card.

A Gu Master without true essence is like a tiger without claws and teeth, and Zhou Qing, even without true essence, still possesses second-tier combat power relying solely on his physical strength.

"It seems that my true essence has also increased." Zhou Qing looked inward at his dantian and found that after entering the Poison Dragon Golden Body, he not only broke through to the second blood exchange stage and his blood and qi surged, but the true essence in his dantian also increased and became more condensed.

"Hmm? So this is the Poison Dragon Blood Sac?"

Zhou Qing noticed a red sphere appearing between his Yuanqiao and Dantian. As he calmed his mind, he noticed that the sphere was filled with dark purple venom.

At this moment, more text appeared in Zhou Qing's field of vision.

[Poison Dragon Blood Sac: Cultivating the Poison Dragon Golden Body requires tempering the body with potent poison, which will leave hidden dangers in both the physical body and blood. A blood sac is formed by condensing essence and blood to store the toxins mixed in with the physical body and blood, and the toxins within the blood sac can be refined.]

[Poison Dragon True Qi: Cultivating the Poison Dragon Golden Body uses the physical body as a vessel. When the body and blood are strong enough, strength, true essence, and blood can fuse together to condense True Qi. Poison Dragon True Qi is a combination of offense and defense, carrying potent poison that is all-pervasive and impossible to defend against.]

"Poison Dragon Blood Sac! Poison Dragon True Qi!"

Zhou Qing's eyes widened. He had already felt the power of the Poison Dragon Golden Body when his blood and qi surged and he broke through to the second blood exchange stage. He never expected that the special effects brought by the Poison Dragon Golden Body would be so powerful that they completely exceeded his imagination.

The Poison Dragon Blood Sac is truly a treasure for those who cultivate poison techniques.

The biggest problem one fears when practicing poison techniques is that the poison will remain in the body, harming others and eventually harming oneself.

With the Poison Dragon Blood Sac storing toxins, one can use the pure, potent poison in the blood sac to temper the body during cultivation, and concentrate the poison at other times without causing any hidden dangers to the body.

When facing an enemy, activating the blood sac allows one to release the potent poison contained within by channeling qi and blood outwards, thus harming the enemy.

Now, Zhou Qing no longer needs to worry about practicing any poisonous techniques.

"I wonder if the Poison Dragon Blood Sac can withstand the venom of the Heavenly Poison Insects. If it can..."

Zhou Qing suddenly thought of the Heavenly Poisonous Insect that was giving Wan Qizongyuan a headache.

If the Poison Dragon Blood Sac can withstand the deadly poison of the Heavenly Poison Insect and turn it into its own, then he will become a unique existence among second-tier cultivators.

However, it seems unlikely at the moment.

Once my cultivation level improves further, I can give it a try.

In conclusion, the Poison Dragon Golden Body truly lives up to its reputation as one of the top ten sects' signature techniques. The Poison Dragon Blood Sac alone is worthy of being called a signature technique.

Moreover, in addition to the Poison Dragon Blood Sac, Zhou Qing also gained another effect—Poison Dragon True Qi.

"Strength, true essence, and blood qi merge into true qi!"

It is said that when one cultivates both internal and external skills to a high level, some top martial arts masters can condense their own internal energy.

I wonder how powerful this Poison Dragon True Qi is. If it can rival the Qi, Zhou Qingguang might be able to fight against a Qi and Blood Wolf Smoke Realm expert based on his martial arts cultivation.

This breakthrough gave Zhou Qing even more confidence for his trip to Fallen Immortal Valley.

"There are still two months left before the opening of Fallen Immortal Valley. I should spend the rest of my time refining the Four Flavors Wine Worms."

After adjusting to the changes in her body, Zhou Qing came to her senses.

During those four months, he mainly did three things.

The first thing is to cultivate the Poison Dragon Golden Body.

The second step is to use the essence and blood of the Ice Soul Spider and the flesh of the Tiger Demon Tai Sui to cultivate a new batch of Ice Silkworm Gu worms. This batch of Ice Silkworm Gu worms not only awakened the Ice Soul Cold Qi, but also became more toxic.

As for the third thing, with the help of the clan elders and the large amount of spirit stones spent, the raw materials for the four kinds of wines—sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy—have all been gathered.

Three months ago, Zhou Qing had already completed the previous steps and was just waiting for the four kinds of wine to finish fermenting before he could combine them to make the four kinds of wine insects.

Having entered the realm of the Poison Dragon Golden Body and broken through to the second stage of blood transfusion, it will be difficult to make significant progress in martial arts in the short term.

If you want to further improve your strength, the only way is to combine the four flavors of wine worms.

Even if the Four Flavors Wine Worm cannot help him open the second Yuan Aperture, simply improving the quality and power of his True Essence by one small realm is enough.

If, after entering the Fallen Immortal Valley, one can use the Four Flavors Wine Worms to open the second Yuan Aperture, then this journey will truly be foolproof.

The same second-tier Gu worm has a significantly different power when used by a second-tier Gu master compared to a first-tier Gu master, even for Gu worms that are consumed only once.

According to Wanqi Zongbo, the quality of a second-tier Gu Master's true essence is three times that of a first-tier Gu Master.

Taking Zhou Qing himself as an example, the amount of true essence stored in his Yuanqiao (acupoint) is 55%.

Even after breaking through to the second level, the true essence reserves in the second Yuan Aperture are still at 55%.

However, once he breaks through, the quality of the true essence in both of his primordial apertures will improve.

It appears that the true essence in the two acupoints adds up to eleven percent, but this is still less than the fifty percent true essence he possessed at the first level.

It's not eleven pairs of five and a half, but thirty-three pairs of five and a half.

There is a six-fold difference in true essence in the middle.

Many Gu worms have a minimum requirement for true essence.

Just like the Xuanbing Gu of the Ice Spirit Clan, activating it once requires consuming 15% of one's true essence.

If a normal third-grade aptitude first-level Gu Master has a maximum true essence storage capacity of 55% in their Yuan Aperture, they can only activate the Xuanbing Gu a maximum of three times. Even if they use Yuan Stones to restore their true essence during battle, they can only activate the Xuanbing Gu a maximum of four or five times.

A first-tier Gu Master with second-class aptitude has 77% of their true essence limit. They can easily activate the Xuanbing Gu five times without needing to use spirit stones to restore their true essence.

Not to mention a first-tier Gu Master with top-notch aptitude, whose maximum true essence storage capacity in their Yuan Aperture is 99%.

No Gu Master dislikes powerful Gu worms, but Gu Masters with low aptitude are naturally incompatible with most Gu worms.

Even a random second-tier Gu worm requires at least 50% of its true essence to activate.

Many single-use Gu worms require even more True Essence.

If Zhou Qing hadn't cultivated both Gu and martial arts, and had an extra dantian to store true essence, he wouldn't have been able to activate the Ice Fiend Gu and the Heavenly Fire Centipede at all.

If he can open his second Yuan Aperture in Fallen Immortal Valley and advance to the second-tier Gu Master, completing the transformation of his true essence, then he will be able to deliver a devastating blow to other first-tier Gu Masters.

A month later.

Zhou Qing was in a quiet room on the fourth floor of the school.

Wanqi Zongbo stood to one side.

In front of the two men were four wine jars.

There are four kinds of wine: sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy. The sour wine is bayberry wine, the sweet wine is red apricot wine, the bitter wine is bitter clam wine, and the spicy wine is fire toad wine.

Zhou Qing released two first-grade top-quality wine worms from his Yuanqiao.

Under Zhou Qing's control, the two wine bugs were the first to fly into the bayberry wine jar.

At this moment, a white ball of light appeared in the wine jar, and Wanqi Zongbo, who was standing to the side, focused intently on throwing Yuan Stones into the wine jar.

After the hundreds of spirit stones were used up, the two wine worms had turned into a ball of light, stuck together, and then flew into the red apricot wine.

Wanqi Zongbo continued to invest in Yuanshi.

Next up is bittersweet wine.

"Now! Quick!"

As the bitter wine was about to run out, Wanqi Zongbo urged excitedly.

Zhou Qing immediately controlled the wine insects to fly into the fire toad wine.

Wanqi Zongbo kept throwing in Yuan Stones, his eyes widening more and more.

When the Fire Toad Wine was completely consumed and the white light dimmed, Wanqi Zongbo's expression changed slightly.

The next moment, a dazzling white light suddenly flashed in the wine jar, and a silkworm with four-colored light flashing all over its body flew out of the wine jar.

"It worked?!" Wanqi Zongbo was overjoyed, then somewhat bewildered.

He had failed eight times in his life to combine the four flavors of wine worms, and the steps he had just taken seemed no different from those he had taken himself.

Why did he fail?

What went wrong?

(End of this chapter)