None of that matters. What matters is Gu Yu's internal injuries. Gu Yu's internal organs have been severely damaged, and eighty percent of his bones are broken. If it were an ordinary person, they would have been in critical condition long ago.

However, Gu Yu possesses a powerful physical body. It is known that his physical body has the power of a dragon, which is unique and unparalleled among humans.

"The High Priest said you could save our entire Fox Clan in the future. I didn't believe it at first, but after what happened today, I believe it," Ri Jiu murmured, looking at Gu Yu. When Gu Yu set up the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Array, she was only slightly surprised. When Gu Yu used the Heaven and Earth Sorrowful Union technique, surprise turned into shock. When Gu Yu's strange primordial spirit suddenly erupted, breaking the bloodline binding, shock turned into awe. Until the wooden sword in Gu Yu's hand unleashed a stunning green sword aura, severing the arm of the Three Demons with a single strike, she completely believed the High Priest's words.

Although she knew that the power of that strike did not belong to Gu Yu, the power of that strike definitely surpassed the power of a peak Emperor Realm expert.

Looking at the young man in front of her, who was younger than her and whose cultivation was only at the first level, Ri Jiu suddenly had a strange feeling. This man in front of her would be able to hold up the sky in the future; this was Ri Jiu's intuition.

The vast Dragon Territory was reduced to ruins after this catastrophe. Houses can be rebuilt, but once people are gone, everything is lost.

The number of Dragon Division members who died reached more than 1,800, more than 4,000 were seriously injured, and others suffered various injuries. At this time, the entire Dragon Division was in an unprecedented slump.

Shi Polu, in particular, felt very guilty. Gu Yu had told him from the beginning that Zuo Lengfeng might be a spy, but he had never thought of a strategy to capture Zuo Lengfeng. He believed that the current losses of the Dragon Division were largely due to him.

After several days of recuperation, Gu Yu has recovered to about 70-80% of his original condition. His extraordinary recovery ability has aroused envy and jealousy in many people.

"Who is this?" Inside a relatively intact house in the Dragon Clan, Zi Long, with a sallow complexion, sat inside. Gu Yu did not recognize this person, so he asked Shi Polu, who was leading the way.

"He is a member of the Dragon Group, codenamed Purple Dragon," Shi Polu introduced to Gu Yu.

"Purple Dragon?" Gu Yu frowned. Anyone with eyes could tell at a glance that Purple Dragon was seriously injured. Considering the fierce fighting in the Dragon Clan earlier, it was obvious that this Purple Dragon was fighting against the Enchantress Emperor.

"Little Dragon." Zi Long smiled at Gu Yu when he saw Gu Yu looking him over, and then called out. Shi Polu had already told Zi Long about Gu Yu's identity, and a long time ago, the Azure Dragon Guardian had informed them that a new member had joined the Dragon Group, codenamed Little Dragon.

"Senior Purple Dragon." Gu Yu saluted Purple Dragon. He didn't know how to address him. In terms of address, they were of the same level, but Purple Dragon had joined the Dragon Group earlier than him, and his cultivation was far superior.

Moreover, in his previous life, Gu Yu had never met any other members of the Dragon Group except for Long Aotian and Qinglong. After all, when Gu Yu grew up in his previous life, sixty or seventy years had passed compared to the current timeline. The situation at that time was extremely dire, and all the members of the Dragon Group had already sacrificed themselves.

"Just call me by my code name, no need to address me as 'senior'," Zilong said with a smile again.

"Oh!" Gu Yu nodded, the scene was indeed a bit awkward. "Purple Dragon, were you seriously injured in the battle with the Enchantress Emperor?"

Gu Yu looked at Zi Long and sensed his aura. He felt something was wrong. Normally, even if someone is seriously injured, their cultivation aura would not change. But at this moment, Zi Long's aura was just that of an ordinary person.

"Sigh!" Zi Long sighed upon hearing Gu Yu's question.

"When Chief Purple Dragon faced the Demon Emperor, he burned the Source Cone." Shi Polu said in a heavy voice. For him, this was a huge loss for humanity. Purple Dragon was a quasi-Emperor, and he might become an Emperor one day. Once there was one more Emperor, China's overall strength would increase a lot, and its confidence would also increase. After all, China currently only has ten Emperors in total.

However, due to the burning cone, Zilong's cultivation was completely destroyed. Although he could slowly recover, it would take a long time. What is this if not a loss?

"Burning the Source Cone?" Gu Yu frowned upon hearing Shi Polu's words. Cultivators can unleash power beyond their own by burning their Source Cone, but the price is that they need decades to recover after burning it. Generally, unless it's a dead end, no one would choose to burn their Source Cone.

With Zilong's cultivation level, if he were to hide, Sanmei would have a hard time finding him. As for the Blood Pull, Zilong was not afraid at all. If he was focused on hiding, that thing would not be able to find him at all. As for Sanmei's later use of the Heavenly Demon Return technique to merge with the formation, it could not kill Zilong at all, because that thing had too wide a range.

Zi Long knew very well that he was no match for San Mei, but instead of choosing to protect himself, he stepped forward and chose to fight San Mei, even at the cost of burning his cone. This made Gu Yu admire Zi Long. To be honest, if it were him, he couldn't do it. Of course, he would do this if his family and friends were in danger, but he would never step forward for strangers and would choose to hide.

"Alas! If I hadn't gone into seclusion, I would have discovered the Three Demons' plan in time, the Heavenly Demon Ten Directions Formation wouldn't have succeeded, and the Dragon Clan wouldn't have suffered such a huge loss," Zi Long said with some self-reproach.

"What's done is done, and all we can do is learn from our mistakes and make sure the same thing never happens again," Gu Yu comforted him.

In his opinion, no one is to blame but the reinforcements from above who arrived too late. They had long since discovered that Zuo Lengfeng was a spy, but because of the enemy's strength, they dared not take action, which led to the unpredictable losses we have now suffered.

"Sigh!" Zi Long and Shi Polu sighed again.

Gu Yu didn't say anything more. He suddenly took out twenty balls of life essence. "Zilong, I think that given your current condition, life essence will still be useful to you. Although it can't restore your source cone, it will be of great help to your injury. Moreover, if you have enough high-grade source stones, you should be able to recover in ten years."

"Life essence?" Looking at the ball of light containing a rich life force in Gu Yu's hand, Zi Long was somewhat shocked. Although the effect of life essence was negligible for someone of his cultivation level, it did not mean it was completely useless. You must know that this thing is much stronger than high-grade source stones. If there is enough of it, his source cone could probably be restored to its original state in a year, not even ten years. Of course, it would require an inexhaustible amount.

However, the preciousness of life essence is unparalleled. The entire China combined probably doesn't even equal the twenty clumps of life essence that Gu Yu currently possesses, let alone use them for cultivation.

"How do you have so much life essence?" Zi Long asked, then quickly waved his hand, "This stuff is more useful to you than to me. It's too precious. You should keep it for yourself!"

Meanwhile, Shi Polu remained stunned. He knew that Gu Yu was wealthy, but he did not know that he was this wealthy. Of course, this wealth did not refer to Gu Yu's money, but to his cultivation resources. Gu Yu had previously exchanged 300 high-grade source stones, but he never thought that Gu Yu would casually take out twenty balls of life essence.

In a true comparison, a ball of life essence is comparable to ten high-grade source stones. However, the source energy contained in life essence is far less than that contained in a high-grade source stone. But the source energy contained in life essence is extremely pure, especially beneficial for cultivating the physical body and healing injuries. It is practically a sacred object for filling blood vessels, opening meridians, and achieving the unity of essence, energy, and spirit.

In addition, the scarcity of life essence means that many people are willing to exchange thirty high-grade source stones for a clump of life essence. The life essence that Gu Yu took out can be exchanged for six hundred high-grade source stones. Six hundred high-grade source stones can be exchanged for sixty thousand low-grade source stones, which is enough for the Dragon Division to distribute to tens of thousands of students every month.

“Zilong, you paid such a price to save us. Your spirit is deeply admired by us. It is only right that you receive these life essences. As for me, you don’t need to worry. I certainly won’t give you everything and leave nothing for myself. I’m not that noble,” Gu Yu said. “As for these life essences, I obtained them from the Aga Source Sect.”

"Aga Yuanmen?" Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, Zi Long frowned. "You actually entered Yuanmen and came out unscathed?"

“Hmm!” Gu Yu nodded. “Not all people in the Source Gate are bad. Some races in the Source Gate do not intend to invade.”

"Hmm?" Zi Long was somewhat puzzled by Gu Yu's words.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Please accept this, Zilong. If you don't accept it, it means you're looking down on me, Gu Yu," Gu Yu said. He didn't want to tell Zilong too much about the fact that not all Source Gates are bad people, since no one could be sure which Source Gate was good and which was bad.

"Alright then! I'll accept it. But I, Zilong, will remember this favor. If my cultivation ever recovers, I will definitely repay the kindness of the Life Essence." Zilong said to the determined Gu Yu, and then he accepted the Life Essence. Gu Yu was right. Twenty orbs of Life Essence were indeed of little help to his Source Cone, but they were of great help to the injuries to his body. You must know that his injuries from fighting Sanmei were extremely serious, and Life Essence was a sacred object for healing physical injuries.

"Minister Shi, is there something important you need to discuss with me?" Gu Yu looked at Shi Polu. It was Shi Polu who had summoned him today, and he didn't believe that Shi Polu's purpose was solely to have him see Zilong.

"Commander Xiaolong, I do have something important to discuss with you," Shi Polu said suddenly, his expression serious.

"oh!"

"Chief Xiaolong, do you know how to set up formations?" Shi Polu asked.

"Yes." Gu Yu thought for a moment, then nodded. He had set up the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Formation in full view of everyone, so there was no way to hide it. He might as well admit it openly. "What? Does anyone need me to set up the formation?"

“Yes.” Upon hearing Gu Yu admit that he could set up an array, Shi Polu immediately said, “It’s because the higher-ups heard that you can set up arrays, and they attach great importance to this matter. Think about it! If we find the place where the Source Gate is about to open, and set up a large array in advance, wouldn’t that be able to resist the invasion of the Source Gate?”

"Uh!" Gu Yu looked at Shi Polu. He had done this before in his previous life, but it was useless. Weak Origin Gates didn't dare to invade, so there was no need to set up an array. As for powerful Origin Gates, they couldn't be controlled by arrays at all. If a God Realm expert intervened, what array could you use to control them?

"What's wrong?" Shi Polu was taken aback when he saw Gu Yu's astonished expression.

"Minister Shi, sometimes good ideas are good, but reality is cruel. Array formations require an extremely large energy supply to the array core. Take the Six Harmonies Demon-Suppressing Array as an example. To control a King Realm expert, you need hundreds of high-grade source stones to set up the array. Then, the array core probably consumes one high-grade source stone every minute, which is 60 per hour, and 1440 per day. To control an Emperor Realm expert, just setting up the array requires thousands of high-grade source stones, and the consumption is as high as 10 per minute. Over time, even an entire source stone mine couldn't withstand the consumption. Do you think we have that many source stones?" Gu Yu asked Shi Polu.

"Uh!" Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, Shi Polu and Zilong exchanged glances, realizing that they had underestimated the situation.

If China had that many Originium stones, would the Dragon Clan be in such dire straits?

"Zilong, Minister Shi, I can only say that this idea is not realistic. It's not that I don't want to do it, but the conditions are simply not feasible," Gu Yu said, shrugging.

Firstly, there are no Originium mines on Earth. Although one could steal them from Origin Gates, weak Origin Gates lack large, high-grade Originium mines, and those that do exist are too powerful to compete with. Of course, the Kunlun Origin Gate does possess such mines, but they are located deep within, riddled with numerous restrictions and dangers. Even a true god risks perishing there. Who would dare to mine them?

“No race throughout history has ever been able to keep an array running continuously. It is only activated briefly when facing a life-or-death crisis. Defending the Source Gate, on the other hand, requires it to operate 24 hours a day, since you never know when the Source Gate intruders will launch their attack,” Gu Yu added.

"Alas! We were just being delusional." Shi Polu sighed, already knowing that the idea was unrealistic.

"Gu Yu, there's a question that might offend you, but I have to ask: what exactly is your primordial spirit?" Shi Polu hesitated for a moment before asking.

After all, Gu Yu's primordial spirit was too strange. It was able to restrain the blood-energy pull and even break it. You should know that as a quasi-emperor, Zi Long could only be unaffected by the blood-energy pull. Breaking it was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Most importantly, Gu Yu's primordial spirit possessed a demonic aura, as if he were practicing demonic arts.

“My primordial spirit is indeed very strange.” Gu Yu paused for a moment after hearing Shi Polu’s question before replying, “I don’t even know what it is myself. You can think of me as cultivating demonic arts. However, there is no distinction between good and bad in cultivation techniques, only good people and bad people. I believe Zilong would agree with me on this point!”

“That’s right. No matter how powerful the technique is, it’s just a tool for cultivation. Although demonic techniques have the side effect of affecting one’s mind, as long as one’s will is strong enough, it can be avoided. I believe that Xiaolong’s will is strong enough to resist the side effects of demonic techniques,” Zilong said.

"Oh!" Shi Polu didn't say anything more.

"Minister Shi, I would like to ask if the Kunlun Origin Sect's qualifying competition will continue?" With the Dragon Clan suffering such a heavy blow, Gu Yu felt that the Kunlun Origin Sect's qualifying competition was likely to be postponed, since there was less than a month left before the competition.

“I originally thought it would be postponed, but the higher-ups’ message is clear: it will proceed as scheduled,” Shi Polu replied.

"Oh!" Gu Yu nodded.

At this moment, in a room, Zui San suddenly woke up and looked around in confusion.

The next second he suddenly stood up. If he hadn't died from the poison, how could he still be alive?

Zui San's thoughts raced, and the next second, a series of images appeared in his mind.

That was Xiang Zhan. As he was about to die, Xiang Zhan appeared, and a somber scroll flew from his hand, enveloping him…

"Master!" Xiang Mo called out immediately, but the room was empty, clearly indicating that Xiang Zhan had already left.

“Master, your disciple is not worth saving, not worth it,” Zui San murmured.

But then his gaze fell on a note on the table, and he rushed over and picked it up.

My dear disciple Xiang Mo, I have never blamed you from beginning to end. In the past, you were intelligent, humble and gentle, and of outstanding character. I have always been proud of you and regarded you as my own son.

That day, when rumors about you spread, I was so angry that I wanted to raze the Xiang family to the ground, but alas, I could not.

For a long time, I have been hoping that you would come to me and tell me your grievances, but I have never heard from you.

That day, when we met at the snowy mountains of the North Plain, seeing you so dejected, so self-destructive, so listless, my heart ached. It was because I hadn't stood up for you, because I hadn't protected you.

If I had intervened that day, you and that girl would surely have married happily, and you would not have done this.

Mo'er, what has already happened cannot be changed. Promise me that you will pull yourself together. You have many important things to do. The future of China needs you. Promise me, okay?

Mo'er, I don't know when I will return from this journey. I implore you, please be strong.

Goodbye, Mo'er. I hope that the next time I see you, I will be able to see the you I once knew.

Xiang Mo looked at the note left by Xiang Zhan, and his eyes were already wet.

"Master, I have failed your expectations, I have let you down," Zui San sobbed, his cheeks already soaked with tears.