"I'm a little hungry," Gu Yu replied.

"Mom will go make you some noodles." Hearing Gu Yu say he was hungry, Zhang Cuiping hurriedly started a fire to cook.

Soon, the steaming hot noodles were ready. There weren't many other dishes at home, only pickled vegetables.

However, in Gu Yu's eyes, there was no better meal in the world than this. He had been craving this bowl of noodles made by his mother for over a hundred years.

Humans are strange creatures. They don't cherish or value what they have easily, until one day they can no longer get it or see it, and then they will miss it endlessly.

Looking at the hand-pulled noodles in his hand, Gu Yu slowly put them into his mouth. The familiar taste, the taste he longed for, it was still the same taste. If only it could stay like this, but some things just happen, and all the simplest beauty can be taken away.

A mouthful of noodles and a bite of pickled vegetables brought Gu Yu a deep sense of satisfaction.

The morning sun, especially in the countryside, is so bright and beautiful, unobstructed by tall buildings, unpolluted by the sky, and free from the noisy horns of cars. However, this is also the busiest time for people.

Gu Yu's family didn't sleep a wink all night; the parents were still worried about not finishing planting!

Gu Yu tried to persuade his parents for a long time, but they still chose to go back to farming. They said, "If rural people don't farm, what else can they do?"

Unable to dissuade his parents, Gu Yu could only bring five Origin Soldiers to help them farm. However, farming, though seemingly simple, is not something everyone can do. Gu Yu and the five Origin Soldiers, despite their strength, could not farm as quickly as his parents, who were frail.

As for the law enforcement bureau, they gave a reply to the parents of the students who were injured by Gu Yu early in the morning: their children ganged up on Gu Yu, and Gu Yu acted in self-defense.

Of course, many parents disagreed, feeling that it was unfair, but after Luo Nanshan's intimidation, they had no choice but to accept it.

Although Wu Sheng's father had the most complaints, there was nothing he could do. He had seen the scene yesterday and could only cry silently. His child would be mute from now on!

Although Gu Yu's actions were too harsh and Luo Nanshan's actions were somewhat unfair, have they considered whether things would have turned out this way if they hadn't provoked Gu Yu? Furthermore, if Gu Yu hadn't received help from Mo Tai and his group, and if Gu Yu had ended up like he did in his previous life, what would have become of him?

As the end times approach, the strong will reign supreme, while the weak will either seek refuge or become victims of alien races.

Helping his parents with farm work was something Gu Yu least wanted to do in his previous life. In his previous life, he suffered every moment while working in the fields with his parents. But today was different. He felt that time was passing very quickly, too quickly. At the same time, he was very happy. He had never been so happy and relaxed in his previous life.

"Mom and Dad, let me teach you cultivation!" Gu Yu said to his parents while sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed) eating. He had originally planned to teach them this morning, but because his parents insisted on going to farm first, Gu Yu had to postpone it.

"Cultivation isn't difficult, is it?" Gu Zhongyi asked.

"It's not difficult, but it's not easy either. However, with me here, you'll be able to get started quickly," Gu Yu said. The biggest reason why cultivation is difficult is not just because of talent, but because of Origin Qi. No matter how high your talent is, you will progress slowly without Origin Qi. However, Gu Yu has a system that allows you to exchange contribution points for Origin Qi.

Contribution: 1283

Talent: 99 (can reach 108)

Combat strength: 1099N

Triple boost: (300 contribution points per use, lasts for three minutes)

Source Qi: (1 wisp for every 10 contribution points)

Source space: (1 cubic meter for every 1000 contribution points)

Source Soldier: (108 contribution points, maximum 10)

Gu opened the data template and frowned when he saw his contribution points. He had already accumulated 1843 contribution points from killing the mutated leopard. Now, after this incident, he had created five source soldiers and exchanged two strands of source energy for his parents yesterday. Now he only had 1283 contribution points left. When would he be able to stop worrying about contribution points?

“Oh! If it’s too difficult, your mother and I won’t learn it.” Gu Zhongyi said. Gu Zhongyi could roughly understand the matter of cultivation. Gu Yu spoke of it casually, but if it were easy, wouldn’t the streets be full of cultivators? How could things be like they are now?

"Mom and Dad! You're right to believe me. Cultivation will be very beneficial to you. At the very least, no matter how much work you do in the future, as long as you cultivate, you won't feel any pain or fatigue!" Gu Yu said.

"Really?" Zhang Cuiping asked. Farm work causes pain, which is a common concern for everyone. Usually, they can only take painkillers. But now that Gu Yu has said this, she is quite interested.

"How could your son lie to you!" Gu Yu said, and then led his parents into the woods. He planned to teach his parents the Guiyuan Technique, since it was the best technique he possessed, which he practiced himself. He also planned to teach his parents Tai Chi.

After three hours of explanation, the parents still didn't quite understand, but they did manage to practice Tai Chi fairly well.

Gu Yu watched his parents practice there. He exchanged for a wisp of Origin Qi and scattered it around his parents. This made the surrounding Origin Qi more abundant, and his parents were able to progress faster.

"It's a pity I haven't opened my meridians and can't release my qi, otherwise I could have helped my parents forcibly nourish their blood vessels," Gu Yu murmured.

In the path of cultivation, there are some peculiar methods, such as high-level cultivators helping beginners nourish their blood apertures. However, this method is extremely time-consuming and laborious. If the other party does not have cultivation talent, forcing them to do this will not result in much progress. Moreover, high-level cultivators also need to consume a lot of source energy, so this is basically not done. Those with talent do not need it, and those without talent have no need for it.

At this moment, Gu Yu's parents were completely immersed in Tai Chi. For some reason, while practicing Tai Chi, they felt warm all over and very comfortable. The fatigue from a day's work gradually disappeared.

Watching his parents practice Tai Chi, Gu Yu felt a little bored. He moved and went deep into the mountains. After taking a deep breath, he also began to practice Tai Chi.

The reason why he didn't cultivate with his parents was very simple: if Gu Yu were to cultivate with that wisp of Origin Qi, it would all be absorbed by him, leaving nothing for his parents.

Gu Yu practiced Tai Chi over and over again. At first, he didn't notice anything unusual. But as he continued to practice, he suddenly felt some disturbance in his blood apertures. The source energy in the 99 blood apertures that were full was somewhat chaotic, while the 9 blood apertures that were not full and could not be full were now restless, as if something in this place was attracting his blood apertures.

Gu Yu stopped, and the feeling immediately disappeared, causing him to frown. Looking around, he saw only darkness and the sound of the wind blowing, which would frighten even a timid person.

"How strange!" Gu Yu was very puzzled. Then he started practicing Tai Chi again, and that feeling immediately came over him again.

It stopped, then disappeared again.

This time, Gu Yu stopped practicing Tai Chi and started cultivating the Returning Origin Technique. As the Returning Origin Technique was activated, the feeling became more pronounced; it seemed to be a kind of shout.

Gu Yu abruptly stopped cultivating the Returning Origin Technique. With a swift movement, he walked deeper into the mountains. Deeper into the mountains was a ravine, a very deep ravine that looked somewhat terrifying, especially at night.

Gu Yu looked at the ravine, and in a flash, he jumped down into it.

After landing safely in the ravine, Gu Yu looked around. He used to come here often when he was a child. There was a spring here with genuine mineral water. When he was tired or thirsty, he would often drink the mineral water here. He never noticed anything strange about this place.

But as he approached the mineral spring, his blood acupoints seemed to come alive and began to vibrate, even the nine blood acupoints that were not yet fully filled.

This excited him. Could it be that the spring water was beneficial to his blood orifices? That would be wonderful. Although using Tai Chi to nourish the blood orifices was a method, it was too long and would not be of any benefit to the coming apocalypse.

He slowly approached the spring. The spring, which was originally calm and undisturbed, became turbulent and magnificent as he got closer, and his blood orifices trembled even more violently.

He seemed to hear a strange sound in his ears, a sound that seemed to be the roar of a dragon.

Thinking about the origin of Ge Village, Gu Yu was startled. Could it be that there was a dragon in Ge Village? Perhaps for ordinary people, dragons do not exist because no one has ever seen one and they are simply regarded as myths.

However, for Gu Yu, dragons do exist. Although Gu Yu had never seen a real dragon in his previous life, he had seen the remains of real dragons inside the source gate opened in Kunlun, and there was more than one.

Thinking of this, Gu Yu looked at the mineral spring in front of him, pondered for a moment, and then jumped into the spring.

The mineral spring wasn't large, only big enough for one person to enter at a time. As for its depth, no one had ever tried it, since everyone was afraid of jumping in and never coming out – that would be risking their lives.

Gu Yu sank for a while. At first, it was very narrow, but as he went deeper, it became more and more spacious. Moreover, after Gu Yu jumped into the mineral spring, a strange force drilled into Gu Yu's blood vessels. This feeling was very comfortable, like returning to a warm home, which made Gu Yu somewhat intoxicated.

Unbeknownst to him, Gu Yu found himself in a wondrous place.

Not only was there no water in this place, but it was also brightly lit all around. Gu Yu looked around and his eyes suddenly showed some shock.

Because a radiant dragon appeared before him. The dragon was not large, only a foot long, and its body emanated a strange energy, the same energy that was constantly drilling into Gu Yu's blood aperture. To be precise, the energy drilling into Gu Yu's blood aperture was emanating from the dragon.

Upon seeing Gu Yu's arrival, the dragon charged towards him. Gu Yu tried to dodge, but found that his body was unable to move, and he could only watch helplessly as the dragon charged towards him.

There was no pain or impact as I had imagined; instead, I felt warmth and extreme comfort.

Just as the dragon was about to collide with Gu Yu's body, it began to circle around him. Its body was very agile, and it circled faster and faster, while the light on its body became more and more dazzling.

As the speed increased, the dragon's body began to split, one, two... nine... one hundred and eight...

At the same time, Gu Yu's 108 blood orifices trembled violently, and the 108 figures split from the dragon instantly entered Gu Yu's body, heading towards the 108 blood orifices.

As he turned around, the 108 blood apertures within Gu Yu's body shone brightly. With the split figures of 108 dragons entering, Gu Yu's 108 blood apertures were perfectly filled and instantly stabilized.

Gu Yu closed his eyes. Although he couldn't move, he could feel the changes in his body. After the 108 blood apertures were perfectly filled, traces of energy began to replenish his body.

His body was surrounded by a flowing light, and although he was originally somewhat thin, he now appeared fuller, not just with simple muscle blocks, but with perfect muscle lines, and his skin also turned whiter.

This continued for more than ten minutes. Suddenly, Gu Yu opened his eyes, and a glint of light shot out from them. He moved upwards and suddenly rushed out of the mineral spring.

The mineral spring had calmed down, but it had become murky and undrinkable.

"Dragon Abyss, this is actually Dragon Abyss." Gu Yu looked at the mineral spring with joy in his eyes.

Longyuan is nothing more than the place where dragons once coiled, and that one-foot-long dragon is a source of dragons.

Dragon Source is nothing more than the essence of a true dragon after its death.

But how long has this mineral spring existed? Has no one ever discovered it?

In my previous life, this place was occupied by foreign races, and I never heard of anyone obtaining the Dragon Source.

Gu Yu couldn't understand why the Dragon Source would call out to him while he was cultivating.

It should be understood that even if the true dragon dies, the dragon source formed is not something that anyone can absorb. The dragon source has its own consciousness, and to absorb it, one must first refine its consciousness and then absorb its power. However, Gu Yu was able to absorb the power of the dragon source without refining it.

It's really strange. Most importantly, the dragon source actively crawled into my body as soon as it saw me. It felt like someone had specially created this place for me, waiting for my arrival.

Thinking about this, Gu Yu became even more puzzled. Could it be that his rebirth wasn't due to the Source Heart, but rather manipulated by someone? But who had such ability? And what was their purpose?

If it is truly as I suspect, then it would be extremely terrifying.

"Why think so much? Whether it is or not, it's harmless to me now, and even beneficial." Gu Yu comforted himself, but he was still a little worried, because if that were the case, wouldn't he be a pawn being manipulated? "As long as I am strong enough, none of this will be a problem."

Contribution: 1273

Talent: 108

Combat strength: 1500N

Triple boost: (300 contribution points per use, lasts for three minutes)

Source Qi: (1 wisp for every 10 contribution points)

Source space: (1 cubic meter for every 1000 contribution points)

Gu Yu looked at his data template. His talent was 108. Because of the Dragon Source, he had opened all his blood apertures. The limit he had reached in his previous life had been inexplicably broken in this life because of the Dragon Source. This was somewhat unexpected for Gu Yu.

With a combat power of 1500N, under normal circumstances, if the 108 blood apertures are filled, the combat power would be 1200N. However, Gu Yu is different now. When the Dragon Source entered the blood apertures, some of the Dragon Source's power replenished his body, which increased his physical fitness several times over, from a little over 100N initially to a little over 400N now.

This can be described as a qualitative leap. He has achieved this by absorbing only a portion of the Dragon Source's power. What would happen if he absorbed all of the Dragon Source's power? The Dragon Source is conscious. Thinking of this...

Gu Yu suddenly had an idea: if he could communicate with the Dragon Source consciousness and release the Dragon Source to attack the enemy in a moment of crisis, it would be a very terrifying trump card.

Gu Yu tried for a long time but couldn't communicate with Long Yuan's consciousness at all, which disappointed him.

"Alas! Human greed is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant!" Gu Yu murmured. He had already gained a great deal today, yet he was still not satisfied.

With a swift movement, Gu Yu arrived at the grove where his parents practiced Tai Chi. His parents were completely absorbed in Tai Chi, seemingly mesmerized. Seeing that his Origin Qi was already thinning, Gu Yu waved his hand and sent another wisp of Origin Qi towards them.

Gu Yu then turned and left. He returned home, where the moonlight was bright and the stars filled the sky. Gu Yu's heart was at peace like never before.

He had too many regrets in his past life, which prevented him from ever reaching the eleventh cone and becoming a god.

In this life, he saw his parents again and returned to the home of his dreams, and his state of mind seemed to be somewhat complete.

The Returning to Origin Technique began to operate. He reached out and flung out more than sixty streams of Origin Qi. His blood orifices and pores began to absorb the Origin Qi, and his 108 blood orifices gradually connected, emitting a buzzing sound.

The 108 blood orifices resonated and surged, with countless tiny veins extending from the blood orifices like tree roots, splitting and extending, and then splitting again, instantly engulfing every inch of Gu Yu's skin and bones.

Boom boom boom…

Ripples emanated from Gu Yu's body, and the next second there was a sudden suction force, which instantly caused the more than sixty strands of Origin Qi that Gu Yu had flung out to disappear completely.

"Not enough," Gu Yu murmured. Then, more than fifty streams of Origin Qi suddenly appeared, half of which were absorbed by Gu Yu's body the moment they appeared.

Buzzing...

A buzzing sound emanated from Gu Yu's body again. Veins bulged all over his body as he compressed his energy and instantly suppressed his aura. When the surrounding source energy was almost completely absorbed, Gu Yu could no longer suppress it.

Buzzing... Boom... Bang...

Suddenly, a huge energy ripple erupted from Gu Yu's body, and a vortex ring appeared behind him.

Having broken through the first meridian, Gu Yu released his aura and slowly floated into the air.

This is far more powerful than when he opened a meridian in his previous life. Of course, the amount of source energy consumed is also enormous. In his previous life, he used sixty strands of source energy to open a meridian, which was already quite a lot compared to many people. But now, he has consumed a full one hundred and eight strands. If it weren't for the system, he probably wouldn't have been able to open a meridian successfully. The consumption is too great.