"You are indeed very hardworking. Compared to others who are comfortable in their comfort zone, you are the best performing one for me right now."
The eagle transformed back into human form, and its pluripotent cells began to rapidly differentiate and simulate its original form, just like its original image of blood-haired, blood-robed, and bone-armored appearance.
"I have to do this to make progress. After all, I have no talent, no resources, and no experience. Starting from scratch, I can only go further by any means necessary to acquire everything."
Despite having only a third-grade aptitude and a mere 20-30% of the Yuan Qi space, Zhang Erhe's cultivation was still faster than others. This was not only because he was ruthless, but also because he was willing to fight for what he wanted.
The Blood Fiend Gu, which breaks through the second stage of the first stage, is refined by killing ten people and then releasing various poisons into a closed space for three to five days. It reduces the difficulty of breaking through by polluting the void barrier with the evil spirits and evil energy of the user. The price is that the quality of the user's vital energy after the breakthrough will be permanently reduced, and the user must endure the wails of the soul.
But if you're quick at one step, you'll be quick at every step. The Gu worms you can refine at the second stage are no small fry.
“Excellent is excellent. I will give you some pointers from those who are excellent. Your Blood Cage Rice is very good, but it can be even better.”
"What do you think is the most important thing for refining Gu?"
After listening to Dao Chengyi's words, Zhang Erhe pondered for a while and finally gave what he had truly realized during his days of refining Gu.
"Gu materials and vital energy"
The Gu formula is not the most important thing, because as long as the Gu materials and vital energy are sufficient, the Gu formula can always be found through trial and error, especially since Gu formulas are already somewhat rare due to the lack of inheritance.
For Zhang Erhe, each time he refines materials, he needs to carefully calculate the use of Gu materials and vital energy to avoid abandoning the process halfway.
"What if you could let the Gu material absorb vital energy and begin the refining process on its own, while you only need to control the direction?"
A single sentence deeply resonated with Zhang Erhe. In the chaos of his mind, this sentence was like a thunderclap, igniting all his inspiration.
"I'll improve the Blood Cage Rice so that anyone or any beast that eats it will naturally possess Gu that I can influence. These Gu will then absorb vital energy to improve the host's body, allowing more and more people to eat the Blood Cage Rice, until I activate the refining process when I need to..."
How many humans or beasts can be refined in one go? A thousand? That's far from enough. Ten thousand? Thirty thousand? One hundred thousand? Even more...
"If this kind of rice were promoted throughout the entire Southern Frontier or the Heart Constellation, then, with the refinement of tens of thousands of living beings, even the sixth level of cultivation would not be out of reach."
Seeing Zhang Erhe's increasingly excited eyes but increasingly pale face, Dao Chengyi knew that he had guessed something deeper.
"My lord, there are so many, I'm afraid I can't control them all. Only you can manage them."
Zhang Erhe stared at Dao Chengyi in horror. While he was still thinking he could control the life and death of a village, Dao Chengyi had already expanded his target to the entire Southern Frontier and Xin Su. If he really succeeded in refining it, he could truly become a Gu Immortal!
"I can't do it either, but that doesn't stop us from trying. After all, the road is so wide, it would be such a pity if we couldn't walk it just because of our lack of talent."
"Go and try it. If you do well, I will give you the Blood Skull Gu that can change your aptitude, allowing you to reach the first rank."
Dao Cheng patted Zhang Erhe on the shoulder as encouragement.
At this moment, a commotion arose outside. When the two went out to look, they saw a dark swarm of insects heading towards the village. It was the black bee ant, a local tyrant of Lingmeng Mountain. It had wings and a stinger like a bee, and it also looked like an ant.
"Dr. He! Run! Run!"
At this moment, a lean man from the village ran up, looking anxious and ready to take Doctor He away. But when he saw Dao Chengyi, his eyes became vacant and lost.
"Sir, what is this?"
Seeing the man's behavior, Zhang Erhe looked to Dao Chengyi for help, since the newly born blood bees couldn't solve this disaster.
"It's a minor issue. I've recently made some progress in soul refining, so I'll use you to refine my brand-new Five Poison Soul Gu."
Dao Cheng struck with his palms, and with each strike, a wisp of black smoke reappeared, accompanied by the rustling of countless poisonous insects. Instantly, five enormous creatures, yet seemingly weightless, floated in mid-air, their bodies covered in black smoke and teeming with tiny poisonous insects.
These were none other than the Five Poison Gu that had accompanied Dao Chengyi for nearly four or five months! Now, after being nourished by the Blood Nest and after many days of deep contemplation, Dao Chengyi finally transformed them all into Soul Dao Gu worms.
As soon as Pu appeared, they all roared in unison. Toads, snakes, geckos, spiders, and centipedes—five venomous creatures—rode black smoke toward the black bees and ants below, which had become a black tide.
The enormous, misty bodies ignored all physical attacks—biting, venomous stings, and gnawing—all to no avail. Instead, as the black smoke passed over them, they simply collapsed to the ground, lifeless. Only the venomous creatures to which the black smoke belonged revealed a drunken fascination with feeding, and began their rampage once again!
The massive swarm of Black Fang Ants crumbled before the Five Poison Soul Gu, a formless and purely spiritual entity. The once domineering overlords were reduced to ants once more, becoming food for the enemy.
The villagers who were wailing, screaming, and running away all knelt down and worshipped when they saw the Five Poisons with their ferocious flames and terrifying black mist.
Those who were secretly plotting to cause trouble were also terrified when they saw this, and prepared to flee back to report the news. But in Daocheng's eyes, the heat source belonging to those people in the dense forest was clearly visible.
Suddenly, a three-foot-high aura appeared out of thin air above Dao Chengyi's head, making him look like a god among men. Then, accompanied by crimson lightning spreading across his palm, it exploded with a deafening roar!
Hundreds of meters away, the hidden chess pieces were all struck by the lightning bolt, their flesh and blood instantly turning into bloody water, their skeletons scattered all over the ground.
"???"
Seeing Dao Chengyi displaying his divine power, Zhang Erhe immediately knelt down and called out the name of the Bloodwing God.
"Blood wings fill the world! All living beings are born and die!"
"Bloodwings manifest! Blood stains the evil enemy!"
Upon hearing this, the villagers below, who were originally ignorant, immediately cried out that the gods had become truly powerful, and chanted praises along with the voice from the mountain.
Thus, the traces of the Bloodwing began to sprout irresistibly in the hearts of these surviving villagers.
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