The Advancement of the Black Armor Gu
Translator: Cinder Translations
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Next was Lei Tianyu's storage ring.
The spirit stones in his storage ring were also quite numerous, totaling 38,000. Song Wen couldn't help but be impressed; indeed, the wealth of the direct descendants of prominent families was substantial.
In Lei Tianyu's storage ring, Song Wen found a short spear, about two feet long, which was a low-grade spiritual weapon. It was just right for Song Wen's use.
Wielding the short spear felt quite comfortable, but since it belonged to Lei Tianyu and the Lei family was actively searching for him as the culprit, it would be best not to reveal it easily.
Next was Gan Yue's storage ring. It contained only a little over 3,000 spirit stones but had a Foundation Establishment pill.
Song Wen also found a jade slip named "True Understanding of Spirit Beasts" in the storage ring.
"True Understanding of Spirit Beasts" recorded the methods for raising hundreds of first and second-tier spirit beasts and insects, and also included records of dozens of spirit herbs and pills used to cultivate spirit beasts.
According to the "True Understanding of Spirit Beasts," there was a spirit herb called Silver Horn Grass that could help a first-tier spirit beast break through to second-tier. It was somewhat similar to the Foundation Establishment pill used by cultivators. However, Silver Horn Grass required at least ten plants to have a chance of allowing a perfected first-tier spirit beast to breakthrough.
Seeing the introduction to Silver Horn Grass, Song Wen searched through the storage ring and after a while, finally found six plants of Silver Horn Grass in a green wooden box.
In the pills found in the storage ring, there was a bottle of "Beast Refining Pill," containing twelve pills. This pill was for second-tier spirit beasts and helped improve their bloodline and enhance their cultivation.
Setting aside Gan Yue's storage ring, Song Wen took out Kou Chang's storage bag.
After a moment, Song Wen showed a pleased expression.
In Kou Chang's storage bag, he found two green wooden boxes. Opening them, he discovered a total of ten more Silver Horn Grass plants.
Adding the six he had found earlier, Song Wen now had sixteen plants of Silver Horn Grass, which he could use to attempt to advance a Black Armor Gu to a Sacred Gu.
After storing the Silver Horn Grass, Song Wen continued to inspect the storage bag.
The spirit stones and treasures in Kou Chang's storage bag were far more abundant than those in Gan Yue's storage ring.
There were 10,000 spirit stones and four bottles of Beast Refining Pills, totaling forty-eight pills.
Other miscellaneous spirit herbs and pills were too numerous to count, and Song Wen estimated their value to be at least over 50,000 spirit stones.
Song Wen stored all the spirit stones in a special storage ring meant for spirit stones.
When he left the Corpse Demon Sect, he had nearly 150,000 spirit stones. After acquiring a large number from Wu Ren, Lei Hong, and others, he now had close to 400,000 spirit stones.
Although it sounded like a lot, for a Golden Core cultivator, it was only the value of one magical treasure.
Song Wen didn't plan to use the other items from the four individuals for now. He stored them in a storage ring.
The Lei family and the Beastmaster Sect would definitely investigate the cause of the four's deaths, so these items couldn't be used for the time being.
Song Wen summoned the most powerful Black Armor Gu and fed it one of the Silver Horn Grass plants.
He then summoned another Black Armor Gu at the Qi Condensation ninth layer and gave it one of the Beast Refining Pills.
He watched the two Black Armor Gus as they consumed their respective items.
The Black Armor Gu eating the Silver Horn Grass kept gnawing away, and the leaves of the Silver Horn Grass visibly reduced.
The Black Armor Gu eating the Beast Refining Pill stopped after consuming four pills, unable to handle the full effects of the entire pill.
With most of the Beast Refining Pill's spiritual power quickly dissipating, Song Wen had no choice but to summon the remaining Black Armor Gus to consume the remaining pills.
In the blink of an eye, a small amount of time passed.
The four Black Armor Gus that consumed the pills burrowed into Song Wen's body, dispersing the pill's effects.
The Black Armor Gu that ate the Silver Horn Grass had finished all the plants and looked full, lying motionless in the insect cauldron.
Ignoring the five insects, Song Wen began to practice lightning techniques.
Song Wen performed the hand gesture for the Thunder Palm technique. Within moments, a thunderball the size of a human head appeared in his hand.
Feeling the domineering and violent energy within the thunderball, Song Wen's face lit up with joy. This was the true power of lightning, far superior to the earlier, chopstick-sized lightning. It was many times stronger.
This single Thunder Palm could severely injure a late-stage Qi Condensation ghostly creature.
Song Wen took out the jade slip of "Thunder Canon," which contained only two kinds of Heavenly Thunder Secret Techniques. After examining them, Song Wen realized that neither of the Heavenly Thunders could be cultivated.
Cultivating the Polar God Thunder required late-stage Qi Condensation cultivation, while the Great Cave Thunder required Foundation Establishment level. His "Longecity Technique" was only at Qi Condensation fifth layer, and the demonic cultivation method couldn't activate lightning techniques.
Song Wen then checked the other lightning techniques in the "Thunder Canon" and found that only the Thunder Shield Technique was cultivatable.
The Thunder Shield Technique could condense a shield made of lightning for defense.
After spending half a day, Song Wen mastered the Thunder Shield Technique.
At this time, the sky outside was bright. Song Wen left the secret room and headed to the market.
He bought some spirit herbs for refining Blood Qi Pills, restored his appearance to its usual self, and returned to his own small courtyard.
When he pushed open the courtyard gate, he noticed that, at some point, Ji Ruxue had arrived and was tirelessly swinging her longsword in the opposite courtyard.
He also wondered where she had been that night.
Returning to his room, Song Wen began refining the Blood Qi Pills.
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In the peaceful cultivation, time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, half a month had gone by.
During this time, Song Wen had been feeding the Black Armor Gus with Silver Horn Grass and Beast Refining Pills.
The Black Armor Gu that ate Silver Horn Grass had consumed a total of twelve plants.
Today, after eating the thirteenth plant, the Black Armor Gu suddenly began to slow down, and its internal spiritual power surged rapidly.
Song Wen's eyes brightened; there was finally a change.
He just didn't know if it would advance directly to the second-tier insect, the "Sacred Gu," as he hoped!
After a moment, the changes in the Black Armor Gu gave Song Wen his answer.
The Black Armor Gu suddenly began to absorb the surrounding heavenly and earthly spiritual energy. The spiritual energy in the small secret room was quickly consumed.
Song Wen immediately took out several spirit stones. With a firm grip, the stones cracked open, and pure spiritual energy quickly filled the room.
However, just a few spirit stones were insufficient for the Black Armor Gu's absorption.
To not affect the Black Armor Gu's advancement, Song Wen had to keep shattering spirit stones.
Fifty stones!
A hundred stones!
Two hundred stones!
After consuming two thousand spirit stones, the Black Armor Gu finally stopped absorbing the heavenly and earthly spiritual energy.
The insect's tail began to emit silk, slowly wrapping itself in a cocoon.
As for the other four Black Armor Gus, after consuming ten Beast Refining Pills each, their strength increased rapidly.
Three of the originally Qi Condensation eighth-layer Black Armor Gus had advanced to the ninth layer. The other, which was already at the ninth layer, had reached the peak of Qi Condensation.
Song Wen collected the cocooned Black Armor Gu and the other four Black Armor Gus into his body and left the secret room. Taking advantage of the night, he returned to his own courtyard.
(End of the Chapter)
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