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Chapter 177 Fourth Lifetime: Innate Spirit Gu, an indescribable existence!
Lu family.

Inside an ordinary room.

Lu Yuan sat cross-legged on the bed, silently organizing the information he had gathered.

Based on his understanding over the past year and the information revealed in the script of life, the cultivation realms of cultivators in this world can be roughly divided into Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul.

Qi Refining cultivators have developed Qi Sensation, can awaken spiritual roots, absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth, and can initially cast some low-level spells.

Although this realm only represents the beginning of cultivation, compared to ordinary people, Qi Refining cultivators are free from all diseases and have a lifespan of over two hundred years, making them legendary immortals.

If someone can reach the Qi Refining Realm before the age of eighteen, they might be able to join a prestigious sect and be valued by some sect elders.

Master Puxuan, as an inner elder of the Medicine Buddha Sect, favored Lu Yuan greatly and could be considered his guide on the path of cultivation.

Strictly speaking, Qi Refining cultivators are merely cannon fodder at the bottom; only those who successfully establish their foundation can become true immortal cultivators.

Foundation Establishment cultivators have a lifespan of up to five hundred years and can ride the wind and control qi, which is like a myth in the eyes of ordinary people.

The Core Formation cultivators, who have progressed beyond Foundation Establishment, possess strength beyond the imagination of mortals, capable of destroying mountains and overturning seas with a mere gesture.

A golden elixir is swallowed into my belly, and my fate is determined by nature.

Such a person could control the rise and fall of a dynasty with a single word.

Even among the major sects like the Medicine Buddha Sect, Core Formation cultivators are considered to be crucial and vital figures.

A Nascent Soul cultivator has already conceived a Nascent Soul. Not only can their soul leave their physical body and move freely, but they can also travel to the heavens and the earth, visiting the blue sea in the morning and the Cangwu Mountain in the evening.

These supreme beings are rarely seen; they are either the patriarch of a sect or a peerless expert renowned throughout the land. Many mortals may spend their entire lives without ever seeing them.

As for realms beyond the Nascent Soul stage, they are too far beyond Lu Yuan's reach for the time being.

"Ordinary cultivators must take Foundation Establishment Pills if they wish to establish their foundation."

"But I follow the path of Gu cultivation. As long as I gather the materials for refining Gu and upgrade my natal Gu to the second stage, I can smoothly enter the Foundation Establishment stage."

Lu Yuan pondered to himself.

He had already deduced the method for refining the second-stage Spirit Absorption Gu from the Spirit Guiding Technique given to him by Master Pu Xuan, and he could start refining it at any time.

"The first-tier Spirit-Gathering Gu feeds on impure spiritual energy. If you want to upgrade it to the second tier, you must supplement it with a large number of spiritual objects or medicinal herbs that contain rich spiritual energy."

Fortunately, Master Zhou had sent a lot of silver and medicine beforehand, which was enough to barely solve Lu Yuan's urgent problem.

But this is just in case.

Lu Yuan then ordered Zhou Yuanwai to spend tens of thousands of taels of silver to purchase a large amount of resources and medicinal herbs from Qingshui County and nearby counties.

Once all the preparations were complete, he began refining the second-stage Soul-Gathering Gu.

"It's finally done."

three days later.

Lu Yuan stared at the fist-sized ball of light in front of him and couldn't help but beam with joy.

He had no lineage or inheritance in the art of Gu, and despite his god-like talent for extraordinary comprehension, he failed many times.

Fortunately, Lu Yuan promptly summarized his failures and lessons learned, and continuously refined his Gu-refining techniques, finally achieving a qualitative transformation in his methods.

Moreover, during one of his Gu-refining processes, Lu Yuan had a sudden inspiration and tried to combine his own innate Qi with the Soul-Gathering Gu as a Gu-refining material.

After all, the Soul-Absorbing Gu feeds on spiritual energy, and innate Qi is, in a sense, a very rare kind of spiritual energy!

However, this also makes the refining of the Soul-Gathering Gu extremely difficult.

It wasn't until after more than ten failures that they finally succeeded in refining it!

"This second-stage innate spirit gu has fused with innate qi, and its potential and effects are more than a hundred times stronger than ordinary spirit-gathering gu!"

A satisfied smile appeared on Lu Yuan's face.

But at the very moment this second-stage innate spirit gu was completed...

His hair stood on end, and an indescribable sense of life-or-death crisis suddenly welled up from the bottom of his heart.

It was as if some immense, indescribable being sensed a threat and suddenly awoke from its slumber.

He glanced at Lu Yuan from afar.

That single glance left Lu Yuan's mind blank, all his senses instantly stripped away, leaving him standing there like a statue.

He is unable to see, speak, or hear.

Even the depths of their souls were filled with all sorts of negative emotions, and their thoughts gradually became distorted and chaotic.

No words can describe how Lu Yuan felt at that moment.

He felt as if the whole world had lost all its vitality and color, leaving only a pure and primal darkness.

"Is this the Heavenly Dao of this world? Or is it the being who is secretly orchestrating this?"

As Lu Yuan gazed at the vast darkness, many speculations arose in his mind.

The Heavenly Dao of this realm is distorted, and its laws are twisted.

Furthermore, someone deliberately pushed all of this behind the scenes, to the point that Gu Dao was rejected by Heaven and Earth and was not tolerated by the Great Dao.

Even if someone is lucky enough to obtain a mere fragment of the Gu Dao inheritance, not only will they be unable to refine any Gu worms, but they will also bring endless disasters and calamities upon themselves.

This is because Lu Yuan possesses extraordinary comprehension and the will of the heavens helps to conceal the secrets of heaven; otherwise, he would have been instantly annihilated by the Heavenly Dao the moment he refined the Soul-Gathering Gu!

The aura of the first-tier Soul-Gathering Gu was too weak to alert the opponent.

However, when Lu Yuan was refining the second-tier Soul-Gathering Gu, he added innate Qi, which caused the Gu worm's potential to surge, even attracting the attention of the other party!
"This is a serious problem."

Lu Yuan felt extremely bitter.

The Heavenly Dao of this realm has long been thoroughly corrupted and degenerate, and there is also a terrifying being hiding behind the scenes.

If they really wanted to target me, even the will of the heavens couldn't interfere much.

Just as Lu Yuan's sanity was crumbling and his soul was about to merge into darkness.

The second-stage innate spirit gu suddenly appeared in front of Lu Yuan, emitting a faint light.

Although this ray of light is insignificant compared to the vast and boundless darkness.

But its appearance gave Lu Yuan a glimmer of hope!

Endless darkness surged toward the Innate Spirit-Gathering Gu like a raging tide, as if trying to drown it.

Although the light on the surface of this innate spirit gu was faint, it possessed amazing resilience and never completely went out.

at the same time.

Another ancient will suddenly descended, causing the light of the innate spirit gu to surge, like a blazing sun illuminating most of the darkness!

After a long stalemate, the two sides remained deadlocked.

All darkness vanished, and everything finally returned to normal.

However, the innate spirit gu's light was dim, as if it had suffered some kind of severe injury, its aura was weak and it could collapse at any moment.

"Whoo~"

Lu Yuan gasped for breath, his back already soaked with cold sweat. Recalling everything that had just happened, he felt a bizarre and absurd sense of being in a dream.

"What exactly was that force just now, and why did it help me?"

"Could it be that the Heavenly Dao of this realm has not yet been corrupted and still retains a sliver of clarity?"

"Or perhaps the being who orchestrated everything isn't the enemy?"

Thinking about all this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

His current strength is too low; he doesn't even know who his enemy is.

However, judging from the current situation, at least one of these two parties does not have any malicious intent towards me.

Moreover, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Regardless of his or her identity, as long as he can buy me time.

Then Lu Yuan can take this opportunity to develop and strengthen his own power as soon as possible!

"The second-stage innate spirit gu is complete. I only need to restore it to its peak condition to successfully enter the Foundation Establishment realm."

Lu Yuan reluctantly stored the innate spirit Gu into his dantian.

Just now, at the last moment, if it weren't for this innate spirit gu protecting his last wisp of soul, he would probably have already been corrupted by the darkness.

"However, Niujia Village is poor in resources. If I want the innate spirit gu to recover from its injuries as soon as possible, I must go to the Medicine Buddha Sect."

After a moment's thought, Lu Yuan quickly made a decision.

A true dragon cannot be raised in shallow water.

Niujia Village is just an ordinary village, and in hundreds of years, not even a single Qi Refining cultivator has been born there.

If Lu Yuan stays here, I'm afraid it will take forever for the innate spirit gu to recover from all its injuries.

half a month later.

Lu Yuan summoned Master Zhou over.

He directly knocked him unconscious, and then used the Qi and Blood Gu to eat most of the bloodworms in his body.

Humans are the most intelligent of all beings, and Gu (a type of poisonous insect) is the essence of heaven and earth.

The Gu worm carries fragments of laws, making it the nemesis and natural enemy of all parasitic species.

The bloodworms that caused Master Zhou so much pain were completely powerless against the Qi and Blood Gu, and their numbers were reduced by more than 70%!
However, Lu Yuan did not allow the Qi and Blood Gu to completely eradicate the bloodworms.

After all, a kind of abnormal symbiotic relationship has been formed between the parasite and the host.

Once all the filarial worms are eaten, Master Zhou will also die.

When Master Zhou woke up from his coma, he felt refreshed and radiant, and he no longer had the weakness that had drained his body!
"I'm all better now? Master Lu's methods are truly divine!"

Master Zhou looked at himself with delight at the changes, and was immediately filled with gratitude towards Lu Yuan, regarding him as his second father.

To express his gratitude to Lu Yuan for saving his life.

With a wave of his hand, Master Zhou bought up thousands of acres of fertile land near Niujia Village.

They then embarked on a large-scale construction project, building a mansion for the Lu family so that Lu Yuan could reside there.

Lu Yuan didn't value these material possessions, but his parents were still his family in this life.

I won't grant them immortality, but I can certainly let them enjoy a lifetime of wealth and luxury.

After doing all this, Lu Yuan stayed in Niujia Village, spending half a year with his parents and focusing on honing his skills.

[Your comprehension is extraordinary; you have mastered the Mysterious Jade Skin Refining Technique to perfection and successfully deduced the method for refining the Jade Skin Gu!]

[Your comprehension is extraordinary; through diligent study of the art of Gu refining, your experience in Gu refining has increased dramatically!]

[Your comprehension is extraordinary; through diligent practice day and night, you are becoming increasingly proficient in using Gu worms!]

After Lu Yuan cultivated the Qi Refining stage to its peak, and the injuries of the innate spirit gu were mostly healed.

Only then did he release a hint, announcing to the outside world that he had awakened his spiritual root and finally entered the Qi Refining stage!
The news caused a sensation throughout Qingshui County!
It should be noted that in a remote and impoverished place like Qingshui County, it is rare for even a few geniuses with cultivation potential to appear each year.

If someone were to reach the Qi Refining stage, it would cause a sensation throughout the entire county, and even the county magistrate would personally come to offer his congratulations!
But what are they hearing now?
Lu Yuan became a Qi Refining cultivator at the tender age of two?
What terrifying talent and aptitude! In the entire Qingshui County, or even the entire Dajing Dynasty, such a prodigy may never have appeared!

The news was so shocking that many people found it hard to accept the fact at first.

In fact, it wasn't just them; when the news reached Master Puxuan's ears, he also looked incredulous.

As an inner elder of the Medicine Buddha Sect, his cultivation was unfathomable, and he had already entered the Core Formation stage decades ago.

With his cultivation level and status, he was a prominent figure even in the entire Great Jing Dynasty.

The reason he has traveled around all these years to practice medicine and help those in distress is because of this.

Firstly, it is for the salvation of all sentient beings; secondly, it is to select promising individuals with the potential for cultivation, thus replenishing the sect with fresh blood.

It can be said.

Master Puxuan had traveled almost the entire Great Jing Dynasty, and the geniuses he had seen were as numerous as carp crossing a river.

He originally thought that it was already exaggerated that Lu Yuan could develop Qi Sensation at the age of one, and that this alone was enough to crush many sect prodigies.

However, Lu Yuan was too young and his physical attributes were not fully developed. Even Master Pu Xuan did not know what kind of spiritual root he had.

Therefore, he only kept a certain amount of attention to Lu Yuan and did not bring him back to the Medicine Buddha Sect.

However, when he learned that Lu Yuan had entered the Qi Refining Realm at the age of only two, he was shocked beyond measure, even though he was usually calm and collected.
"A Qi Refining cultivator who is only two years old—since the founding of my Medicine Buddha Sect, we have probably never seen such a monstrous genius, have we?"

Master Puxuan sighed deeply and immediately decided to set off for Niujia Village.

After all, if the other inner sect elders found out about this, they would probably fight tooth and nail over it!
Therefore, he must take Lu Yuan as his disciple as soon as possible before others know about this news.

Although Yaofo Sect is thousands of miles away from Niujia Village.

However, Core Formation cultivators can ride the wind and travel hundreds of thousands of miles a day.

This distance was nothing to Master Puxuan.

"Sure enough, a hero comes from a boy."

Half an hour later.

Master Puxuan looked at Lu Yuan and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Due to his years of cultivation, Lu Yuan, though only two years old, is the size of a five or six-year-old child.

In particular, Lu Yuan's words and actions were neither humble nor arrogant, but calm and composed, which greatly pleased Master Puxuan.

Two years ago, when he was practicing medicine in Niujia Village, Lu Yuan was just a newborn baby.

But who could have imagined it?

How did that baby who almost starved to death become a Qi Refining cultivator in the blink of an eye?

At the same time, Master Puxuan was also curious about what kind of spiritual root Lu Yuan had awakened and why his cultivation speed was so incredible.
Think of this.

Master Puxuan immediately examined Lu Yuan's physical constitution, but after a thorough examination, his eyes suddenly widened as if he had seen something unbelievable!

(End of this chapter)