"So he came back later?" Gu Yu asked when he heard the monster say this. Obviously, his guess was correct. Wu Zhiqi was after the monster's technique.
"Yes! This time, he's been gone for so long that I feel like he might never come back."
Then one day, he suddenly reappeared. I was overjoyed, but I discovered that he was seriously injured. I quickly treated his wounds.
He stayed for a long time this time, and he said I wasn't that boring, just a bit too cold.
He even gave me a name, Snow Woman.
I am very happy that after he recovered from his injuries, his cultivation level broke through from True God to God Lord.
He was very good to me for that year, and I thought he would stay here forever, until one day he told me that he had to leave.
I asked him if he could take me with him.
He said it was too dangerous outside, and that I was too naive and easily deceived.
I said, "He's already so amazing! With him protecting me, who can lie to me or hurt me?"
He said that the people outside are all very powerful, and he is just a little stronger. He has a hard time protecting himself, let alone protecting me. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so badly injured.
He also said that when he becomes emperor and can protect me, he will come here and take me out.
As the Snow Woman spoke, a hint of anger flashed in her eyes.
"Didn't you go out to look for him?" Gu Yu asked at this moment.
"No." The Snow Woman shook her head. "I believe he will come back. I believe in him."
"Uh!" Gu Yu was stunned when he heard Xue Nu's words. He suddenly realized something. Wu Zhiqi and Xue Nu were definitely not from the same source gate. Xue Nu and Wu Zhiqi met when all the source gates were connected. This proved that Xue Nu had been waiting for endless years. After all, Gu Yu did not know the exact time, but it was a very, very long time.
"By the way, have you heard of his name outside? Has he become an emperor?" Xue Nu asked Gu Yu at this moment.
“This…” Gu Yu looked at the snow woman in front of him. For some reason, he suddenly felt very sorry for her. She was very likely to be played by Wu Zhiqi. However, he couldn’t bear to tell her this. Besides, what if the snow woman got angry and killed him?
“There’s a reason he can’t come. All the source gates outside are closed. He’s probably trapped in some source gate world and can’t get out,” Gu Yu said. “But don’t worry, the source gates are gradually opening now. Maybe when the source gate he’s in opens, he’ll come here to find you.”
As for whether Wuzhiqi would come looking for Xue Nu, Gu Yu couldn't guarantee that, since he had no memory of Wuzhiqi, this monkey, ever appearing.
"All the source gates are closed?" Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, Xue Nu was stunned for a moment, then a look of joy suddenly appeared on her face. "So that's it. I was wondering why he didn't come to find me! So that's why."
"Yes!" Gu Yu nodded. "He's probably waiting for you now."
"If you happen to meet him, be sure to tell him that I'm waiting for him here. I'm an emperor now, and I can protect myself," the Snow Maiden suddenly said to Gu Yu.
"Yes, I definitely will." Gu Yu said, looking at Xue Nu. However, what he didn't expect was that Xue Nu was actually a Great Emperor. Long Yuan said that it was very difficult to become a Great Emperor. And Xue Nu, this devoted woman, must have heard Wu Zhiqi say that it was dangerous outside and that only when he became a Great Emperor could he protect her. So she felt that she was too weak to protect herself, and thus she cultivated desperately and became a Great Emperor.
But even though it became an emperor, the person in its heart never came back.
"Although I don't know how you managed to have quasi-Emperor level combat power with just four cones, you are too weak." At this moment, the Snow Maiden suddenly looked at Gu Yu and said, and then a snow lotus appeared in her hand.
Upon seeing the snow lotus, Gu Yu's expression suddenly changed. This was a Condensed Cone Snow Lotus, an eighteen-petaled Condensed Cone Snow Lotus. As for its age, whether it was ten thousand years or a hundred million years, that was no longer important. The eighteen petals alone, along with the exotic fragrance and energy emanating from them, were of immense benefit to Condensed Cones. Even a Royal Realm expert would find its petals useful.
With his current cultivation level, he doesn't even need to consume the petals to condense a cone using the Condensing Cone Snow Lotus; he can simply sit inside the Condensing Cone petals to cultivate.
"Senior, is this for me?" Gu Yu looked at the Condensed Snow Lotus, his mouth watering.
"Hmm! This thing is of no use to me, but since you risked your life to come here for your lover, I'll give it to you." The Snow Woman nodded and said, "I hope you can protect your lover well, and I wish you two can stay together forever."
Then, the petals of the Condensed Cone in the Snow Maiden's hand flew towards Gu Yu, who caught them without hesitation.
Then it looked at the Ice Heart hanging around its neck, with a hint of reluctance in its eyes. It always felt that it was able to get to know Wuzhiqi because of the Ice Heart, which was their token of love. This made it reluctant to part with it. It reached out, took off the Ice Heart, and gently wiped it.
Gu Yu's heart sank when he saw this. Could it be that the Snow Maiden was reluctant to give him the Ice Heart? The Snow Maiden was an Emperor; he couldn't possibly steal it from her.
"Fine! I'll give it to you!" the Snow Maiden murmured softly. Then, with a flick of her hand, Ice Heart flew towards Gu Yu.
Gu Yu took Bing Xin and put her directly into his source space, fearing that Xue Nu might change her mind.
"Thank you, senior. If I am fortunate enough to meet Senior Wuzhiqi, I will definitely tell him that you have been waiting for him here for a long time and ask him to come and see you as soon as possible," Gu Yu said, bowing.
"Hmm!" The Snow Maiden nodded gently, then waved her hand, and a white stream of light instantly swept over Gu Yu's entire body. Gu Yu immediately felt his injuries and the weakness he felt when using the Heaven and Earth Mourning Technique disappear in an instant.
"Treat your lover well. If one day I find out that you have abandoned your lover after starting a relationship with him, I will tear you to pieces," the Snow Woman said coldly.
"I would never abandon someone I've started," Gu Yu said firmly.
"Alright, go ahead!" the Snow Woman said.
"Yes, senior." Gu Yu bowed to the Snow Woman again, then turned and left.
This time they were really lucky. If the Snow Maiden hadn't been such a devoted person, and hadn't heard about his efforts to save Xu Ling'er and felt a connection with himself, they would have been different.
Not only did he fail to win Bing Xin's heart, he even lost his life here.
No wonder the Wolf King said that he came to the far north, to the icy mountains, to search for Bingxin's wolf clan, from the highest-ranking members to the lowest-ranking members, but none of them returned.
It's very simple. Those with low cultivation levels die before they even reach the depths, while those with high cultivation levels survive when they encounter the Snow Woman.
"………………………"
Ice and snow solidify into a jade-like body, hidden deep within the icy mountains, where immortal dust resides.
My thoughts of you are endless, I think of you day and night, and dream of you countless times tonight and last night.
My heart aches for your return, and my tears melt in the snow to convey my true feelings.
My unwavering love, a promise made a thousand years ago, awaits your return to spend spring with you.
………………………………
A poignant shout reached Gu Yu's ears. Gu Yu turned around and glanced back, his feelings incredibly complex.
"If Wuzhiqi doesn't love you at all, if Wuzhiqi has been lying to you all along, wouldn't you be utterly devastated?" Gu Yu murmured. "Wuzhiqi, Wuzhiqi, if that's really the case, you're the biggest heartless man in the world. You'd be better off dead."
Gu Yu quickly emerged from the Frozen Mountains, at which point he took out the Condensed Snow Lotus.
The aura emanating from the Condensed Snow Lotus instantly made him feel refreshed. The voice told him not to awaken the power of gods and demons before condensing the nine cones. He was originally a little melancholy.
He wanted to condense the Nine Cones, but who knew when that would be! The current situation and all the manipulation made Gu Yu very uneasy. He needed to become stronger quickly to deal with the person who was controlling everything.
However, now that he has this Condensing Snow Lotus, he can increase his Condensing speed by dozens of times. After all, he has plenty of Source Stones.
Smelling the fragrance of the Condensed Snow Lotus, he immediately felt his Source Cone pulsating. He then levitated the Condensed Snow Lotus into the air, and with a swift movement, sat cross-legged inside it. Next came a hundred high-grade Source Stones, followed by the God-Slaying Array Plate. The Source Gathering Array on the God-Slaying Array Plate instantly activated, absorbing the Source Qi from the Source Stones and channeling it into Gu Yu's body.
Behind Gu Yu, four Origin Cones suddenly appeared. With the infusion of Origin Qi and the strange energy from the Condensed Snow Lotus, Gu Yu immediately began to cultivate.
Buzzing...
His source cone vibrated continuously, and the fifth section of the source cone instantly took shape, while his aura also rose.
His blood orifices were faintly visible, and the 108 blood orifices were frantically devouring the source energy. Together with the twelve main meridians, they formed a unified whole.
Five days later in Mo City, Gu Yu was directing the army of rat monsters to place source stones.
Centered on the central villa area, the formation was expanded. Although Gu Yu's source stones were not enough to cover the entire desert city, it would cover as much as possible.
Outside the city of Mo, numerous rat monsters, cockroach monsters, and wolves were busy building a wall.
Because of the live broadcast footage of Gu Yu's battle against the wolf clan, the public did not feel afraid when they saw these monsters; on the contrary, they were somewhat delighted.
In their hearts, these guys were soldiers of their human god of war. With these soldiers around, their hearts were more at ease, which meant that the desert city was protected by the god of war.
This also saved Gu Yu a lot of trouble. He had planned to build Mo City secretly before, but now he didn't have to and could do it openly.
Many enthusiastic citizens have even joined the effort to build the desert city.
Motai, Li Demin, and Luo Nanshan commanded the ordinary masses.
After Mo Tai died, he returned to normal. After all, there was no one controlling him, so the person being controlled naturally regained consciousness.
However, he felt extremely guilty, as he felt he had almost harmed Gu Yu.
However, Gu Yu told him that if he felt guilty, he should hurry up and cultivate so that he wouldn't be so helpless when encountering crises in Mo City in the future.
Meanwhile, on the Heavenly Steps beneath the Dragon Palace Tower, Fu Xing held Bing Xin in his hand.
"I didn't expect this kid to bring Bingxin here so quickly. Snow Maiden, Wuzhiqi, Heavenly Demon Source Gate, Heavenly Court Source Gate, Underworld Source Gate... Hmm! Those source gates in the West are probably not far from being fully opened. The real disaster is about to arrive. Master, forgive my selfishness. After all, I am a member of the human race and I need the human race to become strong." Fu Xing murmured. He looked at Xu Ling'er, waved his hand, and Bingxin instantly merged and flew towards Xu Ling'er.
"Ice Phoenix Emperor, now that you've undergone rebirth, you should start all over again. Why cling to the memories of the past?"
"You're not the Ancestor of Humanity? Who are you, really?" The voice of the Ice Phoenix Emperor rang out.
"Who I am is not important, what matters is who you are." Fu Xing said, waving his hand, and a torrent of golden light swept towards Xu Ling'er's body.
At the same time, the Dragon Palace Tower suddenly began to shake, which caused Fu Xing's expression to change.
"After all these years, you still can't break free from your inner demons." Fu Xing's gaze fell on the Dragon Palace Tower, and then he stomped his foot, instantly calming the tower down.
"What exactly do you intend to do by imprisoning me here?" an aged voice echoed from within the Dragon Palace Tower.
"I want you to understand that everyone else follows the rules, but you don't. If we don't suppress you, who will we suppress?" Fu Xing said slowly.
"Without this Dragon Palace Tower, how could you have suppressed me?" The aged voice echoed from within the Dragon Palace Tower once more.
"Isn't it because you're greedy?" Fu Xing said, taking another step forward, and the Dragon Palace Tower suddenly emitted a dazzling light.
"Ah..." Then a shrill cry rang out.
At the same time, Aunt Shen, who had been selling stinky tofu at the entrance of the Dragon Gate, looked toward the location of the Dragon Palace Tower.
The Dragon Palace Tower is protected by a restriction, and in the eyes of outsiders, it does not exist at all; there are only a few tall peaks. However, in Aunt Shen's eyes, it is the entirety of the Dragon Palace Tower.
Her expression showed a struggle; she wanted to step into the Dragon Clan, but ultimately chose to remain silent.
The construction plan for Mo City proceeded step by step. Two months later, Gu Yu had completed the initial formation. He laid out a large number of Gathering Source Formations, two massive Six Harmony Demon-Suppressing Formations, and the Five Extremes Sky-Supporting Formation in Mo City.
At this time, the high walls surrounding Mo City had only just been completed, a result of the tireless work of hundreds of thousands of troops day and night.
The underground passage is almost complete, but the construction of the underground city will take more time.
The most crucial thing is food. Now everyone knows about the Source Gate, and even though the country is trying its best to suppress it, the price of food is frighteningly high. Moreover, most people are hoarding food. Cultivators can rely on source energy to survive without food, but ordinary people can't!
This made it difficult for Gu Yu to complete his plan to stockpile grain for the time being. However, he had already handed it over to others to handle. After all, some people who wanted to profit from the national crisis needed to be punished. Gu Yu's order was to simply rob these people.
What kind of time is this to be making a fortune off the national crisis? Robbing you would be the least of our worries.
Contribution:
Talent: 108
Combat power: 130 dragon
Triple boost: (Contribution points once, lasting three minutes)
High-grade Originium: (One piece for every 10,000 contribution points)
Source space: 10 million cubic meters (reaching its limit, capable of holding living beings).
Source Soldier: (One contributor, maximum 10)
At this moment, Gu Yu looked at the system template. His contribution points were now only 450 million. He had exchanged all of his contribution points for source stones to set up the formation. Even so, the source stones were still not enough, and for his plan to build Mo City, it was only a drop in the ocean.
This includes the Originium that the Wolf Clan distributes to humans every month. Gu Yu roughly calculated that it brings him 800 million contribution points each month, which is equivalent to 80,000 high-grade Originium.
Of course, the wolf clan doesn't give humans many high-grade Originium stones each month; most of them are mid-grade and low-grade.
However, this also provided humanity with resources temporarily, since previously expenditures were generally insufficient to cover incomes.
It was only then that Gu Yu realized the benefits of the system upgrade. If he wanted to exchange low-level source stones for high-level source stones, there weren't that many high-level source stones for him to exchange. But with the system, it was different. He could directly exchange them through contribution points. In fact, Gu Yu had even gained a good reputation. Now, many cultivators and ordinary people were extremely grateful to the God of War! They worshipped him to the extreme! Anyone who dared to slander him would be attacked by a large group of people wielding big sticks.
Gu Yu has now broken through to the peak of the fifth cone. The Snow Lotus of Condensed Cone has been of great help to him. At this moment, he has absorbed the Snow Lotus of Condensed Cone into his body, which is enveloping his Source Cone and improving his cultivation every moment.
At this rate, Gu Yu felt that he would be able to break through to the sixth cone in another three months.
His current combat power has reached 130 dragons. Although he is a fifth-tier warrior, even without relying on the power of gods and demons or the God-Slaying Array, Gu Yu can rival the Marquis Realm. With the triple amplification, his combat power can reach 390 dragons, which is comparable to the late King Realm.
He has only been cultivating for a year, and his rate of improvement is unprecedented and unparalleled! No matter how talented a genius is, they cannot compare to him!
Gu Yu took out the God-Slaying Array Plate. Now, there were two more top-grade source stones on the God-Slaying Array Plate. These were given to him by the Wolf King. The entire wolf clan only had two top-grade source stones.
The current Godslayer Array can amplify Gu Yu's combat power to 690 dragons, which is still in the mid-stage, but it has improved a lot.
Gu Yu took out the big black knife again, but the big black knife was still the same old thing, he couldn't use it. This guy seemed to have self-awareness, seemed to look down on him, but was also unwilling to let him die.
"It's time to go to the sacred mountain and retrieve the totem!" Gu Yu murmured.
He specifically inquired about the situation of the true god on Mount Mo Shougui. Mo Shougui guessed that the other party had probably fallen ill after killing Hua Shen! As for what kind of illness it was, Mo Shougui couldn't say for sure, only that it was schizophrenia.
Mo Shougui said that Xi Ya always acts this way. In the previous duel with Hua Shen, if Lu Lu hadn't fallen ill at the crucial moment, Hua Xia would have lost long ago!
As for why Mo Shougui was so certain, it's simple: the four guardians and Hua Shen were all dead. Logically speaking, Xi Ya should have already come to kill them, but she didn't.
After hearing all this, Gu Yu felt that this was an opportunity to retrieve the totem.
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