"How do you know I'm not?" Gu Yu was taken aback. He roughly understood Shi Shuai's intention. Did the Dragon Division lack strong individuals? Of course not. There were plenty of people with Gu Yu's strength. Did the Dragon Division lack highly talented individuals? No, there were plenty of geniuses from aristocratic families, wealthy clans, and sects.
So what does the Dragon Division lack? The Dragon Division lacks people it trains itself. It has no other background; its only background is the Dragon Division.
In the previous life, the Dragon Clan split up because the descendants of wealthy families and sects acted independently. When humanity was facing a life-or-death crisis, they not only failed to resist the invasion of alien races, but also engaged in power struggles. Even the death of the Dragon Clan's leader, Long Aotian, was somewhat related to them.
“My intuition tells me that you couldn’t be,” Shi Shuai said, staring into Gu Yu’s eyes with certainty. “Although you are somewhat mysterious, in this era, some people always have their own secrets.”
"Just like you?" Gu Yu looked at Shi Shuai. When he wasn't releasing his aura, he couldn't sense the strangeness about Shi Shuai, but now he could detect something unusual.
"Pretty much! My perception, or soul power, is inherently higher than that of ordinary people. Perhaps it won't show any significant changes when my blood vessels are filled and my meridians are opened, but it will become apparent once I break through to the limit," Shi Shuai said.
“Breakthrough will be much easier for you then,” Gu Yu said calmly. “Joining the Dragon Clan is not out of the question, but we’ll have to wait until after Beiyuan.”
“Alright.” Shi Shuai nodded. “I’m also preparing to go to Beiyuan. This time, my Dragon Clan will also be sending quite a few people, including Grandmasters and even more powerful beings.”
"It seems that Beiyuan is not just about those mutated snow wolves!" Gu Yu asked. Could it be that simple to get the Dragon Clan to send someone above the Grandmaster level?
"You and I both know that the world is about to change, and our peaceful days are probably not going to last much longer," Shi Shuai said.
“Yes! Before long, this world will be plunged into complete darkness, and everyone will face life and death.” Gu Yu said, no one knew better than him what was about to happen.
"Therefore, we must cultivate even harder so that we can protect more people in the future," Shi Shuai said firmly.
Looking at Shi Shuai, Gu Yu's eyes were a little blurry. Yes, in his previous life, there were many people who bravely stepped forward to protect others, fearless of death.
Before the morning sun had even reached the earth, Gu Yu and Shi Shuai had already set off. Shi Shuai was driving an SUV, while Gu Yu sat in the passenger seat.
"Is this thing easy to learn?" The two of them didn't really have much to say to each other, since neither of them was very good with words.
However, Gu Yu looked at Shi Shuai who was driving and asked, "I have never driven a car in either my past or present life, let alone learned to drive."
"You're quick to learn, you picked it up right away. Why don't you try driving?" Shi Shuai asked Gu Yu, who looked at him with curiosity. He hadn't expected that Gu Yu, who always acted as if he already knew everything, would be so curious about driving.
"Never mind, I'm afraid something might happen." Gu Yu paused for a moment, then replied.
"This isn't like you at all!" Shi Shuai was also taken aback. Was Gu Yu the kind of person who was afraid of getting into trouble? In the short few days he had been in Mo City, Gu Yu had caused one trouble after another. Mo Tai alone had taken people out twice.
“I only do things that I feel confident about,” Gu Yu replied.
"Should we open it?" Shi Shuai asked again.
"No, it would be troublesome if something went wrong."
"It's alright, we're traveling on grasslands, and snow wolves have been appearing recently, so there's no way anyone will be there," Shi Shuai said again.
"Nobody's here." Gu Yu glanced outside, and indeed, there was no one in sight.
“That’s right, if something happens here, you’re probably out of your mind,” Shi Shuai added.
"Then let's give it a try." The two then switched seats, and Gu Yu gripped the steering wheel in front of him. To be honest, he was a little nervous, even though he had lived for over a hundred years.
"Shall we go?" Shi Shuai sat in the passenger seat for a while, and when he noticed that Gu Yu wasn't moving, he frowned and urged him on.
"Which one should I step on to make it move?" Gu Yu asked, pointing to the three pedals under his feet.
"What?" Shi Shuai looked utterly shocked. "Can we start the fire first?"
"Yes," Gu Yu replied, but then he paused, stunned.
"You're not telling me you don't know how to start a fire?" Shi Shuai's understanding seemed to have been shaken.
"No, if you want me to start the fire, you should at least give me the key!" Gu Yu said, pointing to the key in Shi Shuai's hand.
"Oh!" Shi Shuai realized what was happening and said somewhat awkwardly, "Sorry, I forgot about that."
After Gu Yu started the engine, he looked at the three pedals under his feet, and Shi Shuai immediately understood what Gu Yu meant.
After half an hour of guidance, the car slowly started moving.
"Can we hurry up? You're barely moving any faster than walking." Shi Shuai frowned and urged, watching the vehicle move slowly.
"I've done as you said, flooring the gas pedal, but he just can't go any faster," Gu Yu said helplessly.
"Shift gears! What's the point of just pressing the accelerator?" Shi Shuai was a bit exasperated. He didn't know what he was thinking. Gu Yu had already said that he couldn't drive, so what was he asking him to drive?
"You should have said so earlier!"
The grassland was very quiet and cool at night. Gu Yu sat back in the passenger seat, while Shi Shuai drove the off-road vehicle seriously.
"How about we find a place to rest?" Gu Yu asked Shi Shuai cautiously.
Shi Shuai ignored him and continued driving his SUV at high speed.
"Sigh! I didn't mean to." Who would have thought that when he shifted gears, he actually pulled the handbrake, and Shi Shuai next to him was thrown into the windshield. Looking at the bump on Shi Shuai's forehead and the spider web-like cracks on the windshield, Gu Yu scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.
On a dark and windy night, a gust of wind rose over the grassland, the sound of which mingled with the roar of off-road vehicle engines.
Since Shi Shuai ignored him, Gu Yu closed his eyes and began to cultivate in the car.
Suddenly, a wolf howl rang out, causing Gu Yu to open his eyes instantly, and Shi Shuai also stopped the car.
When you encounter wolves, it's almost always a pack, not just one.
"Can you sense how many wolves there are?" Shi Shuai asked Gu Yu.
“One!” Gu Yu said after thinking for a moment. Then Shi Shuai slammed on the brakes, causing Gu Yu to stumble. Luckily, he was wearing a seatbelt, otherwise he would have ended up like Shi Shuai.
Shi Shuai got out of the SUV, opened the trunk, took out a rifle, and glanced at Gu Yu.
Do you need it?
"Can I have one?" Gu Yu said. Facing a large number of enemies, this kind of firearm was still very useful.
Upon hearing Gu Yu's reply, Shi Shuai tossed the rifle to Gu Yu, and then took out another rifle.
The two men, rifles in hand, headed toward the direction from which the wolf howls were coming from.
Upon arriving at their destination, Gu Yu and Shi Shuai discovered that the wolves were ordinary, not mutated snow wolves.
Just as the two were about to leave, a figure suddenly attacked the wolf, killing it instantly.
"I'll remember this as a favor; another mutated snow wolf." The man looked at the wolf carcass on the ground and said to the distance.
“No problem, Zhuo Lie killed a mutated snow wolf.” Two young men walked over from a distance. One of them had a notebook and a pen in his hand. He added a “1” under Zhuo Lie’s name in the notebook.
Looking at the three of them, Gu Yu and Shi Shuai exchanged a glance, then turned to leave.
"You two are here for the mutated snow wolves too, right?" Gu Yu and Shi Shuai had only taken a few steps when Zhuo Lie, who had killed an ordinary wild wolf, looked at them with disdain. "Judging from your rifles, you two probably aren't very strong. I advise you not to throw your lives away."
Gu Yu and Shi Shuai glanced at the rifles in their hands. Since when in this world has the strength of one's cultivation been judged by whether one carries a rifle? But they didn't care about such pointless talk. Only they knew whether they were strong or weak; it was never something that could be determined by words.
Seeing the two people ignore him and continue walking away, Zhuo Lie frowned. He thought that if they heard what he said, they would come up and flatter him, but he didn't expect that they would not react at all.
"I am a mid-level internal energy martial artist, just one step away from reaching the advanced level," Zhuo Lie continued.
Gu Yu and Shi Shuai glanced at each other again and said in unison, "Idiot."
The two men already disapproved of Zhuo Lie and his two companions' actions. Hunting an ordinary wild wolf and then claiming that they had killed a mutated snow wolf in exchange for a reward from the state was nothing short of fraud and utterly shameless.
"What did you say?" Upon hearing Gu Yu and Shi Shuai call him an idiot, Zhuo Lie flew into a rage. His chest heaved as he charged toward Gu Yu, his right hand forming a claw, aiming straight for the back of Gu Yu's head—a deadly move.
“Look, this isn’t something I caused trouble for; it’s always someone who’s messing with me.” Gu Yu turned around, grabbed Zhuo Lie’s wrist, and then said to Shi Shuai.
"ah…………"
Zhuo Lie, whose wrist was being gripped by Gu Yu, screamed in agony. It hurt as if his wrist was being clamped by pliers.
The other two men's expressions changed drastically when they saw Zhuo Lie being easily subdued by Gu Yu.
“Please don’t hurt my junior brother, sir. My master is Fang Jingru, the Grandmaster of Huangbei City,” one of them said.
"Master Fang?" Gu Yu was taken aback.
"You'd better let me go right now, or my master will make you regret it." Zhuo Lie saw that Gu Yu was stunned and assumed that Gu Yu was scared, so he threatened him.
"I've never heard of him." Gu Yu thought for a moment and replied. Not to mention this life, even in his previous life, Gu Yu had never heard of any Master Fang.
"You..." Zhuo Lie was stunned when he heard Gu Yu's words. His two senior brothers were also stunned. But the next second, Gu Yu tightened his grip on Zhuo Lie's hand slightly.
Click...
ah…………
The pig-like screams echoed across the fields, even louder than the previous wolf howls.
Gu Yu released his grip, gave Shi Shuai a wink, and turned to leave.
The two men instantly appeared in front of Zhuo Lie. Seeing Zhuo Lie's wrist twisted, anger appeared on their faces. The other party had shown no respect for their master. Knowing that their master was a grandmaster, he still resorted to such a vicious attack.
"Since you two are so ruthless, would you dare to leave your names?"
"My name is Gu Yu."
"My name is Shi Shuai."
Gu Yu and Shi Shuai spoke at the same time.
"Fine, very well, I'll remember you," the man said through gritted teeth.
"Gu Yu, answer me honestly, how many blood apertures have you opened?" Shi Shuai suddenly asked Gu Yu. He already knew that Gu Yu had stepped into the Grandmaster realm, but he was wondering how many blood apertures Gu Yu had filled.
"I will fill as many as there are available," Gu Yu replied.
"108?" Shi Shuai frowned, then thought for a moment, "Are you sure?"
"Believe it or not," Gu Yu said indifferently.
Looking at Gu Yu's appearance, Shi Shuai felt that Gu Yu might really have filled 108 blood apertures, which shocked him. Shi Shuai came from a powerful family and had a mutated body, but he only had 81 blood apertures. Although he was confident that he could continue to fill them, it would be very difficult. But Gu Yu had filled 108. How did he do it? He suddenly became very curious about Gu Yu's secret.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Gu Yu asked, frowning as his gaze accidentally met Shi Shuai's eyes.
"Brother Gu, could you tell me if there's a quick way to fill the blood orifices?" Shi Shuai, who was usually aloof, suddenly changed his expression, which surprised Gu Yu.
"Brother Gu, now that we're so familiar with each other, could you please teach me a thing or two? I promise I won't tell anyone else." Although Shi Shuai felt it was a bit shameful to do this, he thought it was worth it to fill his blood apertures and improve his cultivation.
"I'll tell you, but you can't tell anyone else." Gu Yu looked at Shi Shuai, who was looking at him expectantly, and suddenly had a playful idea.
"Brother Gu, please speak. I, Shi Shuai, will never tell anyone," Shi Shuai said earnestly.
"The method is that you must start cultivating in your mother's womb, and your mother must consume more Origin Qi. This will make it faster," Gu Yu said ramblingly.
“Gu Yu…” Shi Shuai’s expression changed immediately when he heard Gu Yu’s words. How could he not tell that Gu Yu was teasing him?
"See, I told you but you didn't believe me. Let me tell you, you can't beat me." Gu Yu said with a helpless expression.
"Never mind, I was greedy." Shi Shuai pondered for a few seconds and regained his composure. "In the path of cultivation, there are no shortcuts other than diligent practice."
"If you have any good opportunities, you can get there faster," Gu Yu added. He was able to fill up to 108 blood apertures because he had memories of his previous life and the system, which seemed to have preserved his previous blood apertures. Most importantly, he encountered the Dragon Source; otherwise, he would still be stuck at 99 blood apertures!
"Money is easy to come by, but opportunities are hard to come by." Shi Shuai sighed upon hearing Gu Yu's words. "I wonder if there will be any opportunities in the Northern Plains Snow Mountain this time."
“It’s possible. If the Source Gate opens in the Northern Snow Mountain and you return alive, your cultivation will definitely advance by leaps and bounds,” Gu Yu said.
His words were not without basis. In his previous life, there really was a Source Gate that opened in the Northern Snow Mountain. Moreover, every time the Source Gate opened, if the humans who approached the Source Gate could survive or escape, they would gain great opportunities and rise to become powerful figures in a short period of time.
For example, some of the strongest humans are those who survived and returned alive after the Source Gate was opened near it.
The one who best represents all of this right now is Long Aotian, the Minister of the Dragon Department.
"Then I'd rather the Source Gate never opened." Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, Shi Shuai immediately shook his head. Although only three Source Gates had been opened so far, they had already exhausted 80% of the world's nuclear warhead reserves. That was only because the Kunlun Source Gate in China hadn't been invaded by any alien races.
If a source gate were to open in Beiyuan at this time, it would be a great disaster, and the entire city of Jizhou would likely be plunged into chaos.
Using this as a bargaining chip to quickly improve one's cultivation level is not worthwhile.
“Even if you don’t want it, what’s meant to happen will happen eventually,” Gu Yu said. He also hoped that the Source Gate wouldn’t open. But if his hopes were useful, everyone would be able to lie down and talk about their hopes all day long without having to do anything else.
However, it seems that the opening of the Northern Origin Gate will take another ten years. In his previous life, when he was thirty years old, the Northern Origin Gate opened on the snowy mountain of the Northern Origin. After three years of unsuccessful resistance, Jizhou City had no choice but to seek refuge elsewhere, and that's when he began to cultivate.
"Yes, what's coming will come. What will become of humanity?" Shi Shuai said with a compassionate expression.
"Why think so much?" Gu Yu said to Shi Shuai. "Instead of wasting time, we should cultivate more and strive to be able to guard one source gate each when the next source gate opens, so that those damn alien races won't dare to come out."
These words were not spoken by Gu Yu, but by Long Aotian, the former head of the Dragon Department. Long Aotian's lifelong ideal was to single-handedly suppress a sect. If his Dragon Department could cultivate dozens of such talents, they would no longer fear the invaders from the Source Sect.
Unfortunately, Long Aotian never achieved it before his death. But in this life, Gu Yu will try. Even if he can't cultivate such a person, Gu Yu himself will become someone who can single-handedly suppress a sect.
"One person suppressing an entire sect?" Shi Shuai looked at the confident Gu Yu, and his heart suddenly trembled. In truth, those who knew about the Source Sect, regardless of their strength, all harbored a deep-seated fear. Although they strived forward, they seemed to lack confidence.
Gu Yu's words, however, stirred his passion and seemed to give him a bit more confidence.
"No matter what, we absolutely cannot sit idly by and wait to die," Shi Shuai said.
“Let’s go!” Gu Yu said. “Let’s kill the mutated snow wolves first and complete a small goal.”
"Mm." Shi Shuai nodded.
The two then drove their off-road vehicle toward the snow-capped mountains of Beiyuan, and the journey lasted all night.
On the morning of the second day, the two finally arrived at the foot of the Northern Plains Snow Mountain.
The highest point of the Beiyuan Snow Mountain reaches 6,543 meters, and it covers an area of 1,590 square kilometers, where the ice and snow never melt.
After getting off the car, Shi Shuai tossed Gu Yu a cotton-padded coat. After all, they were going into the mountains, where the temperature would be very low. However, what puzzled him was that Gu Yu hadn't prepared anything for coming to the snow mountain and was only wearing his usual thin clothes. Even if Gu Yu was a grandmaster and could rely on releasing his energy to keep warm, how long could that keep him warm? Once his source energy was exhausted, he would freeze to death.
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