Chapter 826: Chapter 482 Transforming Harm into Benefit, 3 Beneficial Gu_2

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To show sincerity, Zhao Xuanjing personally accompanied the Mad Monk on a trip to the Hidden Island.

Unexpectedly, once the old monk arrived, he wouldn’t leave. Within a day, a Thousand Layered Pagoda appeared on the island. The Mad Monk transformed into a revered monk of great virtue, appearing daily before the pagoda to preach Buddhist teachings to the public.

Day by day passed, and the island’s millions of residents gradually came in admiration, becoming devout Buddhist followers under the influence of the teachings.

The Central Continent Seven Sects were greatly displeased with the Mad Monk’s “overstepping,” as this action would undoubtedly take away a considerable amount of Heavenly Dao Merits.

If the Mad Monk succeeded, then the benefits the Seven Sects received would be significantly reduced.

However, despite their dissatisfaction, the Central Continent Seven Sects couldn’t do anything against a Buddhist figure comparable to a Divinity Transformation True Monarch, especially since the Southern Sky Zhao Family, which led the experiment, was secretly inclined towards the Mad Monk.

The seven sects were puzzled about what benefit the Zhao Family derived from this.

It wasn’t until two months later, when the Zhao Family dispatched the first batch of Golden Core Clan Members to the Great Snow Mountain Sacred Buddha Temple, that the Moksha Unlimited Pavilion opened wide its doors to the Zhao Clan Members, accommodating them generously.

When the Central Continent Seven Sects received this intelligence, all those in the know suddenly realized the truth.

A year later, the blood plague experiment on the Hidden Island came to a successful conclusion.

During the experiment, countless ingenious ideas emerged one after another, quickly taken up and further developed by various Nascent Soul Ancestors. Successful developments were retained for continued experimentation, while failures were directly abandoned.

In just one year, the blood plague bacteria iterated several times, and the mutated strains increased from six to eight. Methods of transmission expanded from air, blood, and insect vectors to include genetic and bodily fluid contact.

Notably, the Mad Monk gave everyone a big surprise.

Buddhism has always had the saying of “one hundred and eighty thousand worms in the human body.”

Thus, the Mad Monk proposed an experimental concept of “turning harm into benefit.”

Anyone with basic knowledge of cultivation knows that the human body harbors numerous parasites, these Gu Worms having varying effects on humans, incomparable to one another.

Therefore, blood plague bacteria do not necessarily have to harm the human body; they can also become beneficial “beneficial insects.”

Upon learning of this concept, everyone was overjoyed, even Zhao Sheng couldn’t help but marvel at the Mad Monk’s unconventional thinking and creative ideas.

So, the next day, Zhao Sheng temporarily set aside his cultivation and rushed non-stop to the Hidden Island to work with everyone on the beneficial fungus cultivation scheme.

Previously, Zhao Sheng completely underestimated the people of the world.

At the initial stage of drafting the cultivation scheme, he witnessed the participants’ frenzied “wisdom,” as well as numerous strange techniques and bizarre Magic Artifacts.

The saying goes, “One person’s plan is short; the wisdom of many is long!”

With the exceptionally rich experimental data from before, Zhao Sheng and the team quickly selected seven or eight original fungus cells from nearly a hundred types of “mutated fungus cells.”

The next decade involved large-scale selection, targeted cultivation, continuous screening, and eliminating in the experimental process.

Compared to the previous “child’s play” style, Zhao Sheng now truly understood what “immense wealth” and “unlimited resource support” meant.

Thus, in less than ten years, the Mad Monk’s idea of “turning harm into benefit” unexpectedly came to fruition.

Moreover, there were three types of “beneficial fungi,” named the Energy Gu, Longevity Gu, and Vital Essence Gu.

All three Gu Fungus reside within the Blood Essence Cells of the human bloodstream. Normally, they are beneficial and harmless to humans, not only invigorating and extending breath but even enhancing the physical body.

However, if a Blood Cultivator refines an excessive amount of Essence Blood Pearl, these “beneficial fungi” may also undergo atavism, subsequently revealing the terrifying aspect of Void Devil Fungus.

Ten years of honing a blade, the sword emerges and astounds the world!

In this way, Zhao Sheng now held in his hands nine types of Blood Plague Gu Fungus, the “Six Harms and Three Benefits,” likely to bring a big surprise to both the Netherworld and Nether Night realms.

With just over ten years until the Star Gate opens, the Central Continent Eight Great Forces have started large-scale cultivation of the Blood Plague Gu, while secretly spreading the three major “Beneficial Gu” across the Central Continent.

Do not forget!

The Blood Demon Sect, formerly the Origin Return Sect, was once at its peak in the Central Continent. Numerous incomplete chapters of the “Blood Soul Scripture” had already scattered throughout the various regions of the Cultivation World in the Central Continent. Hence, there are still many eager cultivators secretly practicing such methods of Demon Techniques.

In the following years, although the Central Continent Cultivation World experienced ups and downs, it was generally calm.

It was only after the first case of “Crystalization Disease” appeared that the Lingyun Academy, having received the intelligence first, immediately notified the other six sects and the Southern Sky Zhao Family.

Then came the second case, the third case… In seven or eight years, more than ten cases of “crystallization” were reported, with untold numbers unreported.

The major sects of the Central Continent used this as an opportunity, unexpectedly tracing the hidden network of the Netherworld realm, yet held back from alarming their target, choosing instead to fish with a long line.

In the twelfth year, the disciple Zhao Hongyan, along with his Dao companion, traveled long distances to Earth Flame Island to deliver good news to their master.

The couple had toiled tirelessly and nearly broke their backs, but finally, the heavens favored the diligent, and Yue Feifei was pregnant this year.

Zhao Sheng, upon hearing the happy news, joyfully gifted the Hundred Flames Tripod along with the Earth Flame Seven Fire to his disciple, while also passing down the sacrificial refining incantation of the Spiritual Treasure “Seven Flames Fan.”

The Seven Flames Fan was extremely powerful and had long been kept by the ancestors themselves, never shown to outsiders.

Zhao Sheng’s act of Dharma transmission was evidently a way of suspending a large and enticing carrot before Zhao Hongyan to see if the disciple would take the bait.

The result needed no elaboration; Zhao Hongyan was extremely excited. To secure the Seven Flames Fan as soon as possible, he rarest of rare foreswore women and devoted himself wholeheartedly to closed-door cultivation.

In the fifteenth year, Yue Feifei successfully gave birth to a daughter, born with Dual Spirit Roots of water and fire.

Upon seeing her, Zhao Sheng personally named her Zhao Fan Yun and gifted her a Dragon Phoenix Double True Pendant, which contained dual treasure restrictions of water and fire, having complementary attributes.

In the sixteenth year, the large-scale cultivation of the Blood Plague Gu succeeded, with over a thousand large Fungal Nests in existence, and the number of infected people among the Human Clan in the Central Continent exceeded hundreds of millions.

That same year, Zhao Sheng, prompted by a sudden whim, emerged from seclusion, leaving Earth Flame Island alone to begin traveling the world.

In three years, he traveled north and south, leaving his footprints across each domain of the Central Continent.

Simultaneously, Zhao Sheng secretly buried treasures in various Zhao Clan Member gathering places, in places like Longli Lake, Taifu Mountain, Xinglong City, and even Divine Dragon Valley’s Divine City Tianzhu Mountain, meant for use in future reincarnations.

Apart from these places, he also selected several flourishing cultivation boundaries to leave multiple backup plans.

By the spring of the nineteenth year, Zhao Sheng had scattered most of his wealth across the various continents and seas of the Tianzhu Realm.

And by this year, less than two years remained until the day the Star Gate would open.

As winter passed and spring arrived, all things revived!

In Divine Dragon Valley, vast spirit fields were lush and green, with each radiant small sun hanging over the spirit fields, emitting a soft, vibrant light full of life.

On this day, a stream of light flew from the sky, crossing over half of Divine Dragon Valley, rapidly descending to the central part of a spirit field.

The light dissipated, revealing a handsome young man in a crimson Daoist robe, none other than Zhao Sheng, returning from his travels.

Scanning the field, Zhao Sheng immediately spotted the plump figure busy in the spirit field, and couldn’t help but smile, greeting, “Haven’t seen you in years, Ancestor Fu Ji, hope you’ve been well!”

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Zhao Fushi immediately stood up from the field; seeing who it was, he laughed heartily, “Haha, Qiong Tian, you actually condescended to return. Truly a rare event!”

As he spoke, he soared into the air, flying to Zhao Sheng’s side, his face full of delight.

Zhao Sheng said with a smile, “With the Star Gate about to open, how could I not return? Besides, that matter cannot do without me.”

Zhao Fushi knew what the matter referred to, naturally not asking more.

However, he was quite curious why the “forever causing a ruckus” Sixteenth came to him immediately upon his return.

Thinking this, Zhao Fushi straightforwardly asked.

Zhao Sheng was taken aback for a moment at the question, then shook his head and laughed, “Not hiding anything from you, I came to borrow someone from you.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Fushi’s eyebrows furrowed tightly, tentatively asking, “Which person, it wouldn’t be Nong’er, would it?”

“It is indeed this person.” Zhao Sheng nodded in affirmation.

Zhao Fushi, hearing this, shook his head repeatedly, “No, no! Nong’er is my only heir of the mantle, he absolutely cannot take reckless risks.”

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng couldn’t help but laugh and cry, “Extreme Ancestor, I haven’t even said what I want him to do, so don’t be so quick to refuse on his behalf!”

“Hmph, don’t think I don’t know of your scheming. Other than being sent to the Netherworld realm, what good deeds could there be!”

At these words, Zhao Sheng was left speechless.

Zhao Fushi had indeed guessed right; he came precisely for this matter.

“Nong’er,” whose full name was Zhao Wanong, was unparalleled in both martial and alchemical ways, ranking among the top three in cultivation among the Southern Sky Zhao Family’s members under five hundred years old, excelling in other aspects as well among the Zhao’s elites.

After numerous selections, Zhao Sheng finally chose Zhao Wanong as one of the seed candidates for the Cross-border Transmission Array.

And besides Zhao Wanong, the family had two other such seed candidates, one being the Ninth Ancestor Zhao Zhenhai, while the last was the Martial Saint Zhao Chujiu, whose Gang Qi was nearly perfect.