Chapter 563: The Secret of Gu Dao, Killing the Demon Ancestor
The small courtyard was crowded with people.
All the senior leaders of Jiushan Sect came to the courtyard and watched Gu Chang for a long time.
Gu Chang looked anxious, and Zheng Fa stood beside him with a smile on his face. He felt that he had finally experienced the old man's happiness.
"Could it be possible that Gu Chang has cracked some of the secrets of the Gu God?" Uncle Pang stared at Gu Chang with an expression of disbelief.
"Gu Chang, tell me yourself."
Zheng Fa didn't intend to steal the limelight from his eldest disciple. On the other hand, he also hoped that Gu Chang could establish a certain prestige so that he could take on important responsibilities in the future.
Seeing the encouragement and pride on Master's face, Gu Chang took a deep breath and said:
"Disciple may have discovered how the Gu God controls the sea of insects."
"Tell me! Start from the beginning!"
Uncle Pang said anxiously that this discovery was extremely important for the Jiushan Sect, which was facing the pressure of the insect tide.
But on the other hand, he still seemed a little unconvinced that Zheng Fa's eldest disciple, who had not yet reached the Nascent Soul stage, could actually uncover the secrets of the True Immortal.
Zheng Fa nodded to Gu Chang, indicating that Gu Chang should explain in more detail - after all, this matter was related to the entire battle situation. The purpose of asking everyone to come was to see whether this theory was valid and if there were any loopholes to avoid any mistakes.
It's like giving an academic report on the battlefield.
"My disciple and I were studying Gu worms, and a question arose..." Gu Chang thought for a moment and said slowly, "What is Gu?"
"Later I learned that without spiritual energy, it is a bug, and with spiritual energy, it is a Gu."
"But I have another question. Why can Gu absorb spiritual energy?"
Senior Sister Zhang was stunned and glanced at Zheng Fa. There was only one sentence in her eyes: You have so many questions, you are worthy of being your disciple.
Zheng Fa's smile deepened as he heard a Nascent Soul disciple ask, "Is there anything wrong with Gu being able to absorb spiritual energy?"
Academic discussions in the Jiushan Sect have always been relatively free, so Gu Chang didn't get annoyed. He simply explained, "Think about it. We humans absorb spiritual energy through our complex neural structures. Even the demon race needs to have corresponding spiritual energy circuits in their bodies if they want to practice."
"Insects, even Gu insects, rarely produce such a complex structure." At this point, Gu Chang added, "In fact, I haven't found any Gu insects with a corresponding structure, but maybe the Gu God has cultivated it."
After hearing his words, everyone in Jiushan Sect nodded, and they also felt that this matter was a bit strange.
If the poisonous insects could cultivate, it would go against the previous research of Jiushan Sect on spiritual energy and spiritual roots.
If not, there is clearly spiritual energy in their bodies.
"So our previous conclusion was wrong?" Uncle Pang frowned.
"Disciple thinks it's correct." As the main contributor to the spiritual root theory, Gu Chang said firmly, "Not only that, I inferred the Gu Dao from the spiritual root theory."
"ah?"
Everyone was scratching their heads, but Zheng Fa's smile deepened.
"Spiritual roots are essentially the structure of nerves." Gu Chang became more and more comfortable as he talked about the points that interested him. "But the nerves, at the bottom, are individual cellular tissues."
"They mostly rely on various hormones to convey messages to each other."
Senior Sister Zhang's face showed a hint of realization, as if she understood.
But most people were still confused when they heard it.
"Although the structure of Gu insects is more complex than that of cells, do they also transmit substances to each other through similar substances?"
"I looked up some books that Master brought and discovered the pheromone theory, which aligns with my idea."
"Later, I discovered some substances containing spiritual energy in the petri dish. After experiments, I was able to confirm that these insects seemed to fight, mate, and move because of these substances."
"It's not just a single Gu worm that can cultivate, but... a swarm of insects."
Everyone was silent for a while. Uncle Pang paused for a long moment before he slowly spoke, "You mean, the insect swarm relies on some... substances to transmit information and build a complex organizational structure to replace our spiritual roots?"
"That's right." Gu Chang thought for a moment and added, "In fact, to go a step further, our human body is actually a collection of various 'worms'. It's just that these 'worms' have simple structures and don't run around."
Everyone understood this.
According to Gu Chang, human cells are very special "worms" - although they cannot crawl around, they can actually be regarded as a kind of living organism.
"So, the ability of insects to transform into Gu is similar to the way our body cells change due to cultivation?"
"That's right."
"Gu God..."
"The Gu God should be the collection of all Gu insects. Those Gu are her cells."
Zheng Fa looked at Gu Chang with a hint of regret in his expression.
This disciple gave him a surprise that was neither big nor small.
It is simple to think of the pheromone theory, and modern research on insects is actually quite in-depth.
However, it takes some thought to explain the truth of Gu Dao through pheromone theory and the spiritual root system.
To put it bluntly, according to this theory, the Dharma body of the Gu God is actually a swarm of insects, or in other words, each Gu insect is equivalent to one of its cells - it is precisely because of this that Emperor Jiuyou said that his Dharma body is special.
The consciousness of the Gu God is probably a collection of insect swarm consciousness, which is very similar to the human body, which transmits information through extremely complex interactions between a large number of simple cells and thus produces intelligence.
Gu Dao is a practice that uses the complexity of population organization to replace the complexity of biological structure.
Uncle Pang looked at the Gu worms in the laboratory, and his scalp seemed to tingle. "So, we have been watched by the Gu God all this time?"
"Uncle Master, as long as we cut off the mutual information transmission between the Gu worms, the Gu God will naturally not be able to sense us."
"Oh, yes."
Uncle Pang let out a long sigh, then said sadly, "So, if the insect swarm isn't destroyed, then the Gu God won't die."
"Uncle Master, you have a point..." Zheng Fa's expression turned serious, but he shook his head and said, "But I think there is another possibility."
"What?"
"Insect swarms have a division of labor. Each different swarm is equivalent to a different organ in the human body... So, there is likely a brain swarm."
This made everyone nod.
Senior Sister Zhang said, "You mean, we need to find the Brain Clan and try to kill the Gu God?"
He had this idea.
Zheng Fa already wanted to go to Haori Mountain, but the Gu God's methods were too strange, and he was a little worried.
"Our understanding of Gu Dao is still relatively shallow, so we may not be able to completely kill the opponent." He said to Senior Sister Zhang, "But at least we must severely injure it so that it cannot pose a threat to us in the short term."
Uncle Pang asked, "How do we find this brain worm swarm?"
"Gu Chang, please continue."
"If my deduction is correct, then as long as we figure out the levels of information transmission between insect swarms, we can find the corresponding insect swarm." Gu Chang said confidently, "In other words, as long as there are more different types of Gu worms, we can determine the relationship between the various insect swarms, trace back layer by layer, and eventually find the insect swarm that can command the other Gu worms."
"Sample, catching bugs?"
Zheng Fa nodded slightly and said, "I'll go collect it."
Uncle Pang looked at Gu Chang for a long time before slowly shaking his head and sighing with a smile on his face: "You, my disciple, suddenly make me feel old."
Zheng Fa glanced at Gu Chang approvingly. Before he could say anything, the old man spoke slowly:
"My disciple, eh? Do you have a disciple?"
"..." Uncle Pang gritted his teeth and said, "I have it!"
"Then let's compete with each other in terms of apprenticeship?" The old man thought for a moment, shook his head, and said sympathetically, "Forget it, it's too much for you. How about I give you a lifetime and let your apprentice compete with my apprentice's grandson?"
"Mr. Yuan, you're relying on Zheng Fa..."
Uncle Pang was cursing, but Zheng Fa took out the Jade Book of Creation, glanced at it, and looked puzzled.
Everyone knew that something unexpected had happened, so they all shut up and looked at Zheng Fa.
This is the message from Emperor Jiuyou:
"Someone from the four sects will enter Xuanwei from the underworld."
"Emperor, you have already let everyone go."
Does Emperor Jiuyou have after-sales service?
“This time it’s real.”
"Um?"
"Leiyin Temple and Taishang Dao sent a message to the underworld, asking me to open the reincarnation channel and allow people from the four sects to enter Xuanwei."
Zheng Fa felt gloomy in his heart. This was not a good thing for him.
How could Emperor Jiuyou agree to this?
"They will also connect the heavens they control to the cycle of reincarnation." Emperor Jiuyou seemed to know he would be confused and explained, "This will greatly benefit the perfection of the cycle of reincarnation... Moreover, this is a necessary step for the development of the underworld, and I cannot reverse it."
Thinking of the chaos in the underworld before, Zheng Fa had to understand the choice of Emperor Jiuyou.
In essence, the foundation of the underworld is the Wheel of Reincarnation and the Book of Life and Death, not the Emperor of Jiuyou - the dominant power in this matter may not be in the hands of the Emperor of Jiuyou.
"Thirty years." Emperor Jiuyou continued, "I can give you another thirty years at most."
"I understand. Thank you, Emperor."
Zheng Fa put away the Tongjian, his face looking a little heavy.
"What's wrong?"
Zheng Fa told everyone the news from Emperor Jiuyou, and everyone's expression looked a little ugly.
"The Emperor means that in thirty years, the Golden Immortals of the four sects will be able to enter Xuanwei through reincarnation?"
"Yes, it seems that Xuanwei's fetal membrane can still stop the Golden Immortals...forcing them to pass through the underworld."
Through reincarnation, the underworld has the ability to connect to all realms, which naturally becomes the channel for Golden Immortals to enter the mysterious world.
The courtyard fell into silence.
"In thirty years, we must be strong enough to fight against Golden Immortals." Zheng Fa smiled, "Inside the sect, training on the Tianhe Sword Formation cannot stop."
Everyone nodded slightly. The power of the Zhuxian Sword Formation was only one step away from the Golden Immortal, and it had always been highly anticipated by the Jiushan Sect.
"I need to get to Jiuyao Heaven as soon as possible," Zheng Fa continued. "According to the Emperor Jiuyou, the essence of the Fusang tree should be Taiyi level. If we can perfect the Fusang tree, perhaps we can add another trump card to fight against the Golden Immortal."
Zheng Fa’s idea was very simple: a two-pronged approach.
He couldn't say for sure whether the Zhu Xian Sword Formation could be advanced within thirty years, so he had to find another insurance.
Even though Jiuyaotian is in some danger now, he can no longer hesitate.
Seeing everyone's worried expressions, Zheng Fa smiled and comforted them, "I have the power to transform into the Three Pure Ones. At least my life is safe."
Senior Sister Zhang nodded and said, "When do we leave?"
"No rush, let's give the Gu God a surprise first."
…
In a valley in the Haori Mountain area, several disciples of the Lu clan were "delivering goods" to the Gu God.
The mountain road was deep and dark, and a disciple of the Lu clan looked back.
Behind them, there was a long dragon-like team, each person was tied up with ropes, one person was holding another, their faces were pale and desperate.
The Lu Clan disciple felt depressed and said, "We've almost caught all the independent cultivators."
"……Shut up!"
A middle-aged man in front whispered.
I don't know if it's because he's afraid of disturbing the Gu God in the valley, or if he has the same fear in his heart as him—
Now that all the independent cultivators have been captured, whose turn is it now?
They walked along the mountain road, going lower and lower, and finally they felt as if they had walked into a huge deep pit. When they looked up, they could only see an oval sky.
There was a hard feeling on the soles of my feet, which hurt when I stepped on them.
The Lu clan disciple looked down and saw that the ground was bronze in color with a hint of cold light.
He looked around, gazing at the sloping mountain path they had come from, and suddenly cried out, "This isn't a valley, it's a tripod!"
"We are in the same cauldron!"
Everyone stopped in their tracks and looked around. Those cultivators who were captured were so terrified that they couldn't even stand.
"listen!"
There was a rustling sound coming from the front, and then one poisonous insect after another crawled out of the darkness.
They crowded into the valley, layer upon layer, fighting each other desperately and devouring their companions.
Seeing strangers coming in, the group of ferocious poisonous insects became more excited, turned around, and rushed towards them, forming high waves of insects.
"Your Majesty!" The middle-aged man finally couldn't help but wail, "Your Majesty, spare my life!"
"Well, they won't eat you, they're just hungry." The Gu God sat on the insect wave and said coldly, "That Zheng Fa is really abominable."
"Zheng Fa?"
"This person is still looking for me everywhere. If he can't find me, he will capture my descendants." The Gu God looked at me with hatred. "This person is good at capturing enemies. He captures a large group of them at a time, causing heavy losses to my descendants."
"This... Your Majesty, if he finds you, wouldn't that be bad?"
"Looking for it?" Unexpectedly, the Gu God laughed, "Let him look for it!"
The people of the Lu clan lowered their heads and listened to the Gu God say, "Back then, Tianhe killed the Demon Ancestor and destroyed the Holy Dynasty, but wasn't he fooled by me?"
The people of the Lu clan looked at each other. They also understood the affairs of the underworld and knew that Venerable Tianhe had indeed failed to kill the Gu God.
"Tianhe not only searched for me everywhere himself, but also sent disciples to search everywhere." The Gu God said proudly, "No one can find me. I am omnipresent and omniscient. The disciples he sent are just food for my descendants!"
He was quite proud of being beaten so hard that he dared not show his head.
But considering that the person was Venerable Tianhe, the confidence of this Gu God is understandable.
After the Gu God finished speaking, he looked at the hundreds of independent cultivators behind them and said, "Let them go. Let the children have a good meal."
Several people from the Lu clan looked at each other, untied the ropes that bound these wandering cultivators, and then set up their magic weapons and ran out of the valley.
Most of the wandering cultivators were also quite clever. Although they had no spiritual power and could not fly, they still relied on their legs to run hard and followed them to escape.
There were only three people, who seemed to be frightened and ran towards the swarm of insects like three headless flies.
People who saw this scene couldn't help but feel pity for these three people, and also a little grateful - these insects were busy eating these three people, so the rest of the people could run farther away and have more time to escape.
Even the Gu God cast his gaze on these three panicked fools, with a smile in his eyes, as if he found it quite amusing.
But after taking a few glances, her expression suddenly changed and she shouted, "Who are you!"
A golden flame lit up from the hands of an unremarkable man and struck the Gu God directly in the face. Following this, a greeting laced with a smile rang out:
"Jiushan Zheng Fa, have seen the Gu God."
(End of this chapter)
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