Hermit in the Mountains

Gu Changsheng returned to the ground and looked at the scene of everything coming back to life. He calculated with his fingers and realized that two months had already passed.

Mid-March, about six months before September.

Thinking of this, Gu Changsheng stomped his right foot on the ground, transforming into a stream of light that shot straight into the sky.

The moment his right foot touched the ground, a wave of air spread outwards, and dust flew everywhere.

In the blink of an eye, Gu Changsheng appeared above the sea of ​​clouds, and he released his divine sense to determine the location of the sea.

As some of his divine power spread upwards, his throat suddenly moved, and he let out a soft "hmm".

With a thought, his figure flew towards outer space.

Gu Changsheng arrived outside the atmosphere, only to be blocked by a layer of gray airflow.

He could clearly sense that the wind force flowing within the gray airflow layer was very strong.

He slowly extended his right hand into the airflow layer, his arm protected by a gray-green airflow.

The moment his palm touched the gray airflow layer, a metallic clanging sound rang out, and his right hand suddenly paused.

"Jingle bells..."

As the wind swept across the gray-green protective magic shield on the palm, sparks flew everywhere.

Gu Changsheng carefully sensed the power for a moment, and he was somewhat surprised, muttering to himself, "Each wind blade is actually comparable to the power of a first-stage Dao Tree cultivator!?"

"Could this be the legendary protective gale??"

As soon as Gu Changsheng thought about it, his body moved accordingly, and a gray-green protective aura rose around him to shield him.

He stepped into the gale layer, as if triggering some kind of switch, and the surrounding airflow accelerated.

Sparks flew from the armor, and the sounds of metal clashing echoed continuously.

Gu Changsheng endured the attacks of the gale all the way out of the gale layer and turned back to look at Blue Star.

The outermost layer of the Blue Star realm gave rise to the Gale Layer, which primarily serves to protect the Blue Star and the life forms on it.

This layer of gale force can also shield against divine sense detection and extinguish the power of divine sense.

The space environment near the Blue Star boundary is also changing, filled with violent energy fluctuations, as if the untouchable and invisible dark energy has undergone a mutation.

He had only been in outer space for a few tens of minutes, and in order to activate the Armor of Withering and Flourishing to isolate himself from the violent energy impact, he had consumed about five percent of his own mana.

Previously, it was human habit that made him forget to explore the situation in outer space.

After each spiritual energy tide, you should get into the habit of exploring all directions—up, down, left, and right—to fully understand the new changes.

He gazed at the layer of gales, muttering to himself, "Won't a thirty-threeth heaven emerge later?"

The underworld has eighteen levels of hell, and the heavens have thirty-three heavens.

We should pay more attention to changes in this area in the future.

Gu Changsheng stepped into the Gale Layer, returned to Blue Star, and transformed into a flying star, heading towards the sea.

Sharp-eyed cultivators on the ground spotted a silver-blue meteor streaking across the sky and crashing into the boundless sea.

Gu Changsheng plunged into the sea, with the Water Spirit Pearl protecting his head, creating an invisible shield that isolated him from the seawater and water pressure.

He made hand seals and chanted incantations, attempting to use the Water Spirit Orb to control water.

"The water spirit takes form, the water dragon... appears."

The seawater slowly formed a water dragon that was ten feet long.

Gu Changsheng slowly floated to the top of the dragon head. He sat cross-legged on top of the water dragon and controlled it to go deep into the seabed.

The water jet travels at approximately 50 km/h.

Gu Changsheng unleashed his divine sense and the supernatural power of the Root of Heaven and Earth, scanning the spiritual energy fluctuations within a ten-kilometer radius.

As he dived near a coral reef, Gu Changsheng sensed a familiar fluctuation of spiritual energy.

It was an unintentional fluctuation of spiritual energy nodes!

The fluctuations of this spiritual energy node showed no trace of concealment, as if it were an open-pit mine.

He maneuvered the water dragon to change direction and flew towards the coral reef ten kilometers to his left.

Upon reaching the outside of the coral reef, Gu Changsheng dispersed the water dragon and quietly walked into a crevice.

The Innate Breath Concealment Technique envelops one's own aura, magical power, and divine thoughts.

After passing through a crevice more than 30 meters long, a cave came into view.

The cave is about 100 square meters in size, and at the bottom lies a jade turtle the size of a millstone, breathing in spiritual energy.

There is a section of pale blue crystal in the sand beneath the sea turtle.

Gu Changsheng scanned it with his divine sense and found it to be a miniature innate spiritual vein, ten meters long and as thick as a water bucket.

This miniature innate spiritual vein should have originated from a certain water-based spiritual energy node;

The protective formation was probably destroyed by the Golden Core Realm sea turtle before it could be fully formed.

Gu Changsheng chuckled inwardly, 'This wild sea turtle has wasted such a blessed place.'

He used his Eye of Life and Death to examine the sea turtle's condition.

His background and fortune are indeed good, and he has very little karma.

Relying entirely on instinct to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, he actually stepped into the Golden Core Realm.

It is also a good opportunity to find a spiritual energy node.

With the sea turtle's strength, it is able to sense the existence of the spirit network, but unfortunately the spirit network has not yet covered the sea area.

If this sea turtle had entered the spirit network earlier, it wouldn't have exposed its miniature innate spiritual veins like this.

They still suffered from a lack of education and experience.

It's just that there are no Golden Core demons within a radius of several hundred kilometers, otherwise the enemy would have come long ago after smelling the scent.

Killing a sea monster in the early stage of the Golden Core realm was a piece of cake for Gu Changsheng.

However, he did not intend to kill his opponent.

Killing was the worst possible tactic; he intended to use his opponent as a pawn.

He allowed the other party to spread his skills in the sea, laying the groundwork for the future coverage of the sea by the spiritual network.

Gu Changsheng walked three meters directly in front of the sea turtle, revealing his figure, and coughed softly.

"cough......."

Sensing the sound, the sea turtle suddenly opened its eyes and saw a strange figure standing in front of it.

It made an attacking gesture and spoke in human language, "Who, who are you?"

"How dare you... how dare you trespass into my cave!"

The sea turtle had a fierce expression, but its voice was that of a little boy, utterly harmless.

The sea turtle looked bewildered. "What is a transaction???"

Gu Changsheng didn't explain, but pointed to the ground with his right hand, "I want this spiritual vein, I'll trade you a cultivation technique for it."

"With the cultivation method, it will be easier for you to practice and improve your strength."

As he spoke, he released a wisp of oppressive power that pressed down on the sea turtle.

The sea turtle didn't understand any martial arts techniques, but it did understand how to improve its strength.

Also, it felt like a huge mountain was pressing down on it, making it hard to breathe.

It nodded its head vigorously, "A deal, a deal."

Gu Changsheng withdrew his oppressive aura with satisfaction, gently raised his right hand, and uttered a single word.

"rise--"

A ten-meter-long innate spiritual vein was lifted up by an invisible force and suspended in the water.

Hearing the noise and seeing the crack under its feet, the sea turtle quickly hid in a corner, retracting its head and limbs into its shell.

Gu Changsheng activated the power of space to envelop the innate spiritual vein, taking it into his cave world and burying it beneath the white lotus.

After finishing everything, he looked at the sea turtle in the corner, his right hand slightly outstretched.

A halo of light entered the other person's consciousness.

The sea turtle unknowingly entered a state of enlightenment.

The knowledge that Gu Changsheng passed on to the sea turtle contained the "Dao Seed Visualization Technique," some cultivation experience, and a water control technique.

He took out a jade tablet, infused it with a wisp of divine thought, and sketched a spiritual network tens of thousands of miles away.

Sea turtles can access the Spirit Network across regions using tokens.

He left a few words inside the jade tablet, instructing the other party to pass on the cultivation technique to other living beings.

Finally, the jade tablet was implanted into the sea turtle's consciousness.

Fifteen jade stones were taken out and used to set up a spirit-gathering and shielding array around the cave.

This formation can at most block the divine sense scanning of the early Golden Core stage, and also has a simple spirit gathering effect.

He turned and left, leaving the outcome of his carefully laid plans to fate.

It's like opening a blind box.

The main focus is on an unknown surprise!