CHAPTER 254: CHAPTER 176 4TH ERA: INNATE SPIRIT GU, AN INDESCRIBABLE EXISTENCE!

Lu Family.

Inside an ordinary room.

Lu Yuan sat cross-legged on the bed, quietly organizing the information he had gained.

Based on his understanding over the past year and the revelations from the script of life, the cultivation realms in this world can roughly be divided into Qi Cultivation, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul.

Qi Cultivation Cultivators have already developed Qi sensing, can awaken their Spirit Roots, absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, and perform some low-level spells.

Although this realm is just the beginning of the path of cultivation, compared to ordinary people, Qi Cultivation Cultivators are free from all diseases and have a lifespan of more than two hundred years, already legendary immortals.

If someone can enter the Qi Cultivation Realm before the age of eighteen, they might be able to join a renowned and righteous sect and be valued by some sect elders.

Like Master Pu Xuan, an Inner Sect Elder of the Medicine Buddha Sect, who favored Lu Yuan greatly, being somewhat of a guide on his path of cultivation.

But strictly speaking, Qi Cultivation Cultivators are just cannon fodder at the bottom; only by successfully establishing a foundation can one become a true cultivator.

Foundation Establishment Cultivators have a lifespan of five hundred years and can control Qi and ride the wind, appearing mythical to ordinary people.

And Core Formation Cultivators, who come after Foundation Establishment, possess power beyond the imagination of ordinary people, capable of overturning mountains and seas with a mere gesture.

Swallowing a Golden Core brings life under my control, not the heavens.

Characters of this level can single-handedly determine the rise and fall of a dynasty.

Even in major sects like the Medicine Buddha Sect, Core Formation Cultivators hold an important position as the backbone.

Nascent Soul Cultivators have already nurtured a Nascent Soul; their souls can leave the flesh body to act freely and travel beyond the heavens, wandering the Azure Sea by day and Cangwu by night.

These supreme existences are as elusive as the Divine Dragon, either serving as ancestral masters of a sect or famed dominators of a region, often going unseen by mortals throughout their lives.

As for realms beyond the Nascent Soul, they are too far removed from Lu Yuan’s current reach.

"Ordinary cultivators must take a Foundation Establishment Pill to establish a foundation."

"But I walk the path of the Gu Cultivator. I only need to gather the materials for Gu Refining and advance my Lifebound Gu to the Second Transformation to enter the Foundation Establishment Realm smoothly."

Lu Yuan mused to himself.

Previously, he had forcefully deduced the Gu Refining Technique for the Tier Two Spirit-Storage Gu from the Spirit-Introducing Technique given by Master Pu Xuan and could start refining it at any time.

"The Tier One Spirit-Storage Gu feeds on polluted spiritual qi, and if it is to be upgraded to Tier Two, it must be supplemented with spiritual objects or medicinal materials rich in dense spiritual energy."

Fortunately, Landlord Zhou had previously sent over a significant amount of silver taels and medicinal materials, relieving Lu Yuan’s immediate desperation.

But to be prepared for all contingencies.

Lu Yuan further instructed Landlord Zhou to spend tens of thousands of silver taels to purchase a large amount of resources and medicinal materials from Qingshui County and nearby counties.

Once all preparations were complete, he began refining the Tier Two Spirit-Storage Gu.

"Finally succeeded."

Three days later.

Lu Yuan looked at the fist-sized ball of light in front of him, a gleam of joy lighting up his face.

Despite having Heaven-defying Comprehension as a divine-level talent and no support from a Gu Dao school or inheritance, he had failed numerous times.

Fortunately, Lu Yuan had promptly summarized his experiences and lessons from failures, continuously deriving and refining the Gu Refining Technique, ultimately achieving a qualitative transformation in his Gu refining methods.

Moreover, during one of his Gu refinement sessions, Lu Yuan had a sudden inspiration to use his Innate Qi as a Gu Refining Material, attempting to merge it with the Spirit-Storage Gu.

After all, the Spirit-Storage Gu feeds on spiritual energy, and from a certain perspective, Innate Qi is an extremely rare form of spiritual energy!

However, this made the Spirit-Storage Gu refinement dauntingly difficult.

After failing over a dozen times, he finally succeeded in refining it!

"This Second-Turned Innate Spirit Gu fused with Innate Qi is a hundred times superior to ordinary Spirit-Storage Gu in both potential and function!"

A satisfied smile appeared on Lu Yuan’s face.

But at the very moment this Second-Turned Innate Spirit Gu was refined.

All the hair on his body stood up, as an indescribable sense of life and death crisis suddenly emerged from his heart.

It was as if, in the ether, some vast and indescribable existence perceived a slight threat and abruptly awakened from its slumber.

And glanced in the direction where Lu Yuan stood.

Just one glance left Lu Yuan’s mind blank, all senses were instantly stripped away, and he stood rigidly like a sculpture.

He couldn’t see, couldn’t speak, couldn’t hear.

Even the depths of his soul were filled with various negative emotions, his thoughts gradually twisting into madness.

No words could describe Lu Yuan’s feelings at this moment.

He only felt as if the entire world had lost all vitality and color, leaving only the purest, most primitive darkness.

"Is this the Heavenly Dao of this world? Or is it the presence plotting in the shadows?"

Lu Yuan looked at that vast darkness, his mind filled with guesses.

The Heavenly Dao in this realm has mutated, the law twisted.

Additionally, someone is deliberately driving all this from behind, which caused the Gu Dao to be rejected by the heavens and earth, incompatible with the Great Dao.

Even if someone were fortunate enough to obtain a fragment of Gu Dao’s legacy, they wouldn’t be able to refine any Gu insects and would instead invite endless calamities and death.

This is precisely why, even with Heaven-defying Comprehension and the Will of the Heavens helping to obscure the heavenly secrets, he would have been instantly obliterated by the Heavenly Dao the moment he first refined a Spirit-Storage Gu!

The Tier One Spirit-Storage Gu’s presence was too weak to alarm the other party.

But when Lu Yuan refined the Tier Two Spirit-Storage Gu, he added Innate Qi, elevating the potential of this Gu Insect to such an extent that it caught the other party’s attention!