No wonder Che Tong was excited. He was already very close to becoming a Grandmaster, just one step away. With this Source Pill, he would be able to break through.
"Are you sure you can't fill your blood apertures?" Gu Yu asked Che Tong. If Che Tong still had a chance to fill his blood apertures, it was best not to break through.
"Yes! I've reached my limit," Che Tong replied. Ninety blood apertures were indeed his limit.
“Alright, then you can break through here! The Source Pill should be enough for you to break through. We will protect you,” Gu Yu said.
"Alright, thank you, Young Master Gu." After saying that, Che Tong couldn't wait to start cultivating. He had been waiting for this day for a long time. At the age of thirty, he was the first Grandmaster in Shangcheng.
"Gu Yu, I'd like to ask you a question," Shi Shuai said.
"What's the problem?" Gu Yu was taken aback. Shi Shuai knew a lot. What did he need to ask him for advice?
“I’ve been stuck at 81 blood apertures for a long time, unable to fill the next one. But I sense that 81 blood apertures are not my limit.” Shi Shuai asked his question. He wasn’t sure if Gu Yu could answer him. After all, even his grandfather, who was a general, couldn’t give him an answer, let alone Gu Yu. He was just trying to ask. After all, Gu Yu had filled 108 blood apertures.
"I see!" Gu Yu pondered for a moment. "Everyone encounters a major hurdle when filling their blood apertures. This hurdle is very difficult to overcome. For example, you might have 81 blood apertures, while someone else might have 60, or even 99. Some people might not even have this hurdle. Most people, after encountering this hurdle, feel that they have reached their limit without guidance. This hurdle varies from person to person. And this hurdle requires a lot of time to accumulate, as well as a lot of source energy. Of course, it's not that there isn't a quick way."
"You have a way?" Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, Shi Shuai's eyes widened with excitement. He had been stuck in the 81st blood aperture for a long time.
"Obtaining opportunities, such as Dragon Source or Phoenix Source, allows you to quickly fill multiple blood apertures once you acquire the source," Gu Yu said. He encountered this threshold at the 99th blood aperture and then obtained the Dragon Source, instantly filling them.
“Dragon Source, Phoenix Source, and other sources are extremely rare. The chance of encountering such a thing is hundreds of times smaller than winning the lottery. I…” Shi Shuai said helplessly.
“There’s another method, though it’s a bit risky,” Gu Yu said, looking at Shi Shuai. It was clear that he really wanted to fill the next blood aperture.
"What method?" Shi Shuai asked, looking at Gu Yu.
“Forcefully rushing the blood to the acupoints,” Gu Yu thought for a moment and said, “I don’t recommend doing that. If you’re not careful, your blood will explode.”
"Oh!" Shi Shuai fell into deep thought. He had heard his grandfather mention this method, but he had never done it because he didn't want to take the risk. His grandfather also advised him against taking such a risk. But things were different now. Perhaps he felt he still had time before, but things were different now. The North Plains Snow Mountain Source Gate was almost open, and the Southwest Source Gate had already opened. The situation for humanity was becoming increasingly dire. There wasn't enough time left. He had to hurry. Even if he couldn't make a big difference, he had to do his best when the time came.
"I want to give it a try. If I fail, I'll die trying," Shi Shuai suddenly said.
"Uh!" Gu Yu was a little surprised to hear Shi Shuai's words. He didn't expect Shi Shuai to take this risk. You know, he didn't take this risk back then.
"You need to think this through. Once you explode, although it won't be fatal, you'll be stuck as an ordinary person for the rest of your life, or even worse than an ordinary person," Gu Yu emphasized again.
"If we don't fight, how can we hope to survive?" Shi Shuai said. "I don't want to be hiding while others are fighting. I don't want to be unable to help others and have to distract them by protecting me. I want to be strong, even if I still can't be of great help, but next time, I can protect myself."
"Okay!" Gu Yu hesitated for a moment before replying after hearing Shi Shuai's words.
"Then, please help me," Shi Shuai said, looking at Gu Yu with a hint of pleading in his eyes.
"Ling'er, protect us." Seeing the pleading and resolute look in Shi Shuai's eyes, Gu Yu did not refuse. In his previous life, he had also gone through life and death every time he tried to improve his cultivation level.
Shi Shuai sat down cross-legged and began to practice his cultivation technique. The source energy in the source gate was much more abundant than that in the outside world.
The surging Origin Qi was absorbed into Shi Shuai's body, and Gu Yu was also surrounded by Qi. Helping others to forcibly fill their blood apertures was a huge drain on him, but Gu Yu was not afraid of the drain. Hundreds of strands of Origin Qi instantly spread out and surrounded Gu Yu's hands. His hands were placed on Shi Shuai's back, and his pupils instantly turned gray.
His primordial spirit perception allowed him to clearly see the meridians and blood vessels within Shi Shuai's body, enabling him to react promptly in times of crisis and minimize the chance of blood explosion. Similarly, Gu Yu noticed something different about Shi Shuai: Shi Shuai's essence, energy, and spirit were incredibly powerful. Although he couldn't form a primordial spirit, it was comparable to that of a powerful expert whose essence, energy, and spirit were almost unified. This indicated that Shi Shuai's breakthrough to the Vertebra Realm would be extremely easy.
As for Shi Shuai's eighty-second blood orifice, it was not severely blocked, but there was a thin film on it, which should be the reason why Shi Shuai could not fill it.
The next second, Gu Yu instantly channeled Shi Shuai's Origin Qi towards the membrane.
boom………
Shi Shuai's body trembled instantly, veins bulged on his forehead, and large beads of sweat formed instantly.
Forcibly filling the blood vessels is a very painful process that most people cannot endure.
After the first attempt failed, Gu Yu's Origin Qi instantly nourished Shi Shuai's body.
boom………
Another impact struck, and at this moment, Shi Shuai suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his body trembling even more violently.
boom…………
On the third impact, Shi Shuai almost fainted, but he failed. However, the thin membrane had dimmed considerably.
"No, there's a risk of blood exploding," Gu Yu warned. Although the thin membrane was dim, Shi Shuai's eighty-second blood orifice was also showing signs of cracking.
"Let's do it again," Shi Shuai insisted. He felt that if he did it one more time, he could break through the bottleneck and fill the eighty-second blood aperture.
"Alright then!" Gu Yu said, and once again charged towards the eighty-two blood apertures.
boom…………
"Not good." Gu Yu frowned. What he feared had come to pass. The membrane that the Origin Qi had broken through quickly filled the eighty-second blood aperture, but the crack in Shi Shuai's eighty-second blood aperture was getting bigger and bigger.
puff…………
Shi Shuai coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed.
"Long Yuan, I know you can always hear me, can you help me?" Looking at Shi Shuai who was about to explode with blood, Gu Yu suddenly pleaded with Long Yuan.
Previously, he couldn't sense the exact location of the Dragon Source, but now it's different. He used his primordial spirit power to clearly sense the Dragon Source hovering within his blood aperture.
However, Long Yuan remained unmoved after hearing Gu Yu's communication.
"If you don't make a move, then don't stay inside me! I can't do anything to you now, but once my cultivation improves, I'll naturally be able to get rid of you, or even refine you," Gu Yu threatened. He had no other choice and couldn't bear to watch Shi Shuai explode with blood.
Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, Long Yuan was moved. It was truly afraid. If Gu Yu became powerful in the future and eliminated or refined it, it would have no hope of being resurrected.
The next second, Long Yuan suddenly flew out of Gu Yu's body and headed towards Shi Shuai's blood aperture. White light flowed everywhere, and the eighty-second blood aperture, which was full of cracks, stopped cracking and gradually calmed down, eventually beginning to slowly recover.
Buzz...
After recovering, Shi Shuai's eighty-second blood aperture was instantly filled, and the white stream of dragon source rushed towards Shi Shuai's eighty-third blood aperture again.
Boom boom...
Immediately, a buzzing sound emanated from Shi Shuai's body, and the number of blood apertures instantly reached 89. Gu Yu sensed that the Dragon Source was somewhat dim at this moment.
It had already expended a lot of its power when Gu Yu was injured, and now it had expended even more, and was close to exhaustion.
The moment Gu Yu let go, Shi Shuai's body suddenly changed, and his spiritual energy surged out, causing Gu Yu to be shaken back several steps.
A mark suddenly appeared on Shi Shuai's forehead, and golden light emanated from it.
Gu Yu frowned as he looked at the imprint. This was a legacy imprint, a legacy imprint left by a Nine-Cone expert who had poured out all his spiritual power. It recorded the experience of a king's entire life of cultivation, just like his own.
However, he had no memories of himself, only the inheritance of his cultivation.
No wonder Shi Shuai has been unable to break through the eighty-two blood apertures! Those blood apertures are a barrier, a barrier to activating the seal of inheritance, and very likely also the bottleneck of a former king.
In his previous life, Gu Yu had met such a powerful alien. When he was unable to break through the bottleneck in his cultivation and his lifespan was about to end, he resolutely chose to disintegrate, turning his cultivation and primordial spirit into a seal of inheritance to pass on to his descendants.
Some of the descendants who receive the Seal of Inheritance are unable to activate it, so it is passed down from generation to generation through bloodline until someone is able to open it and inherit the legacy.
By a twist of fate, Shi Shuai unlocked the Seal of Inheritance. No wonder Shi Shuai's spirit and energy are so strong; it's not a mutation, but rather the result of this Seal of Inheritance.
It must be said that he was also extremely lucky. If Gu Yu hadn't had the Dragon Source, even if he had activated the Inheritance Seal, Shi Shuai's blood aperture would have exploded, making it impossible for him to cultivate.
Having obtained the Seal of Inheritance, Shi Shuai immediately began to absorb the surrounding Origin Qi. His body turned golden. If nothing unexpected happened, Shi Shuai was expected to reach the King level, or even higher, since he had already broken through the barrier.
Shi Shuai's act of absorbing source energy also affected Che Tong, who was breaking through nearby. His source core was drawn towards Shi Shuai by the suction force.
Without the supply of Yuan Dan, Che Tong's breakthrough will likely fall through.
Gu Yu instantly appeared in front of Che Tong. With a wave of his hand, a protective shield spread out, blocking Shi Shuai's suction force and preventing Che Tong's Yuan Dan from being sucked away.
Time passed second by second, and Che Tong was the first to open his eyes. He suddenly stood up, and a gas emanated from him.
"Haha... Grandmaster, I, Che Tong, have become a Grandmaster too!" Che Tong exclaimed joyfully as he felt his power, but the next second his gaze was drawn to Shi Shuai.
"Holy crap? A golden man?" Shi Shuai, bathed in golden light, looked like a golden man in front of Che Tong.
Although he didn't know what had happened, he saw that Gu Yu and Xu Ling'er were both looking at Shi Shuai, so he didn't ask and looked at Shi Shuai as well.
The King's Mark on Shi Shuai's forehead gradually stopped emitting golden light, and the golden light around him also dimmed considerably. The next second, he suddenly opened his eyes, and two golden rays shot out in all directions, causing the three people watching him to involuntarily take a few steps back.
"So powerful," Gu Yu murmured. The Inheritance Seal was indeed extraordinary.
Shi Shuai felt the power within him and the new cultivation experience in his mind, and he was somewhat excited.
"You've become a Grandmaster too?" Che Tong asked, looking bewildered. What happened? He had just broken through to the Grandmaster level, but Shi Shuai had also broken through, and was even stronger than him. This... He couldn't help but look at Gu Yu. Had Gu Yu given Shi Shuai something good?
"Hmm!" Shi Shuai nodded. "A third-grade Grandmaster."
"What?" Che Tong felt his brain go numb. He felt like he was going to vomit blood. He had only broken through to the first rank with the help of the Source Pill, and Shi Shuai had already reached the third rank. This was unbelievable. He was the oldest among the four. Originally, he was somewhat comforted that Shi Shuai was weaker than him. Now, even Shi Shuai was stronger than him. What kind of people did he know?
"Thank you very much. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to activate the Inheritance Seal, let alone fill up the 100 Blood Apertures." Shi Shuai sincerely thanked Gu Yu. If it weren't for Gu Yu, he might never have been able to fill up the 82nd Blood Aperture in his entire life.
"We're all friends, it's only right," Gu Yu said. Although he hadn't known Shi Shuai for long, Shi Shuai was already his friend in Gu Yu's heart.
As for what the Inheritance Seal inherited, Gu Yu was not interested. He, Gu Yu, had the memories of an emperor, a system, the Dragon Source, the terrifying power in his bone marrow, and a primordial spirit that did not belong to him. Any one of these was no less valuable than Shi Shuai's Inheritance Seal.
"I feel that my essence, energy and spirit have become one. Although I have not yet given birth to a primordial spirit, it is not because I cannot reach that level, but because my cultivation level is limited."
"100 blood apertures? Unity of essence, energy and spirit?" Che Tong was already deeply affected, and hearing this now was an even bigger blow to him.
"The reason I can do this is not because I cultivated it, but because of the gift of the Inheritance Seal," Shi Shuai explained to Che Tong, who was deeply affected. He could empathize with him because he had felt the same way.
Moreover, he now suspects that Gu Yu also possesses a seal of inheritance, otherwise Gu Yu wouldn't have been able to cultivate so quickly.
"Why don't I have the Inheritance Mark?" Che Tong said, feeling a mix of envy, jealousy, and resentment. Did it really matter if he cultivated it himself? As long as his cultivation could break through, everything else was irrelevant.
“Everyone’s opportunities are different. Instead of envying others, you should empty your mind and focus on cultivation without distraction,” Gu Yu said to Che Tong.
"Young Master Gu, Che Tong has learned a lot." Che Tong bowed and said, "Yes! Envy of others will only affect one's state of mind and make one's cultivation more difficult. Besides, envy is useless. If envy were useful, everyone in the world would be a billionaire."
"Alright, we should set off now," Gu Yu said. Their goal was the Fruit of Life, and they only had one month to prepare. Four days had already passed, including the delays on the road and inside the Source Gate. Time was of the essence, and every minute and every second was a matter of life and death.
Just as the four were about to set off to find the Fruit of Life, a figure suddenly appeared. He was wearing a mecha and hovering in the air. When he saw Gu Yu and the other three, his brows furrowed. He had been attracted by the noise from Shi Shuai's cultivation.
He thought the powerful golden energy fluctuations indicated the appearance of some extraordinary rare treasure. Now that the golden light had disappeared, only four people remained, and it was clear that the treasure had been taken by these four. As for whether these four were Chinese, he didn't care. There were also Chinese in their army, after all, many Chinese people now benefit from the United States, and the Chinese call these people "foreign worshippers".
Upon seeing the suddenly appearing, handsome Chinese man in a mecha, Gu Yu and his companions immediately became alert.
"Who are you under? What treasures have you obtained here? Hand them over!" the American asked in his native language.
"What is he saying?" Gu Yu asked, frowning.
“He’s asking…” Xu Ling’er said to Gu Yu.
"You also speak the language of the United States?" Gu Yu was taken aback. He knew that Shi Shuai could speak the language of the United States, but he did not know that Xu Ling'er could.
"Yes, I've studied it. It's very simple," Xu Ling'er nodded and said.
“Tell him to get the hell out of here,” Gu Yu said.
“Our superior told you to get out of here right now,” Shi Shuai replied in fluent and beautiful Mandarin.
"What?" The handsome Chinese man in the air was stunned by Shi Shuai's words. He dared to be so arrogant and condescending because the four men below were not as high-ranking as him. He was a captain, while Gu Yu's rank on his uniform was only second lieutenant. How dare he speak to him like that?
"I am Captain Delas, your superior. Hand over the treasure you have obtained immediately," Captain Delas said, his tone filled with anger.
"Why hasn't he left yet?" Gu Yu frowned and looked at Shi Shuai. The language barrier was really troublesome.
"He said he was a captain, our superior, and demanded that we hand over the treasure," Shi Shuai translated.
"Make him lower his guard and prepare to make your move," Gu Yu said, hearing Shi Shuai's translation and seeing Captain Delas, who was somewhat enraged in the air.
“Our superior said, ‘Sir, please come down first. The treasure he obtained is quite special,’” Shi Shuai said.
Captain Delas was taken aback when he heard Shi Shuai's words. He looked at Gu Yu and the other three, and his gaze lingered on Xu Ling'er for a while. "What a beautiful Chinese woman."
Captain Delas murmured, and the next second he moved and landed next to Gu Yu and the other three.
"What did he just say?" Gu Yu asked Shi Shuai. He had seen Captain Delas staring at Xu Ling'er for a long time, which made him somewhat displeased.
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