The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

Chapter 103: (2): Breaking Through the Marrow Cleansing Stage

Of course, Long Xuan hadn't yet decided that he must choose this place. The reason his gaze lingered on this mountain peak was entirely because he saw a progress of [86.583214%] at the center of this peak.

Six decimal places after the point—what could it possibly be?

Long Xuan was shocked, filled with immense joy, and showed a curious expression.

Although he didn't know what was hidden in the center of the mountain peak, there was an 80% chance it was something valuable. His heart began to race, and he showed signs of excitement. After jumping down from the leaves, he rushed towards the mountain peak as fast as he could.

The mountain peak was very, very far from him, but at his star-stepping speed, he reached it in less than half a day.

Without stopping, he quickly ran to the location where the progress appeared. Since the progress point was in the middle of the mountain, he had to stop somewhere halfway up the slope.

Of course, he didn’t have the ability to burrow into the earth directly, so he couldn’t simply tunnel into the center of the mountain to check out what was causing the six decimal places of progress.

But that didn’t bother him. He hadn’t discarded the Earth Master Gu he had refined, as he wasn't in the habit of casually abandoning his Gu insects.

That Earth Master Gu was placed in his second team. He didn’t plan to cultivate it as a main force and would only use his second team’s Gu in situations where it wasn’t convenient to use his peak-grade ones.

His second team currently consisted of the Earth Master Gu, the Little Strong Gu, and the Ice Queen Bee Bingbing.

Once the Earth Master Gu was released, it opened its massive maw and began to crazily scoop up earth into its mouth. Before long, it had dug a large hole in the mountain.

Although the Earth Master Gu's speed in devouring earth was astonishing and it could temporarily store large amounts of soil in its storage space, it still took a long time to finally reach the center of the mountain.

At the center of the mountain was a huge crack, forming a vast space inside. Numerous glowing plants were growing within, so rather than being dark, the space was actually quite beautiful.

As soon as he broke through to this area, Long Xuan was hit by a wave of rich spiritual energy, which immediately refreshed his mind.

The concentration of spiritual energy here was far higher than in the outside world, leaving him with a stunned expression.

"What is this place? How can the spiritual energy concentration be so high?"

Long Xuan was shocked and quickly looked towards where the progress point appeared. His mouth fell open, revealing a look of astonishment.

What appeared in his view was a round spring that continuously bubbled with water. The spring wasn’t very large, but its water was so clear that the bottom could be seen. The surface of the water emitted an incredibly dense spiritual energy that spread throughout the entire space.

Long Xuan's heartbeat quickened, and he hurried towards the spring as fast as he could. He scooped up some water and drank it, his eyes quickly lighting up with excitement.

"This is..."

Looking at the constantly bubbling spring, his eyes gleamed, and his breathing became rapid.

The water from this spring not only contained vast amounts of spiritual energy, but the energy would also disperse into the air. Every bit of water that emerged from the spring brought out a large amount of spiritual energy, making the concentration of spiritual energy in this hidden space extremely high, far higher than outside.

At this moment, he couldn't help but think of something often mentioned in cultivation novels of his previous life—Spiritual Springs.

The concentration of spiritual energy varies across different places in the world; some places have high concentrations, while others have low.

If you were to ask where the concentration is highest, it would undoubtedly be in Spiritual Veins, Spiritual Mountains, Spiritual Eyes, and Spiritual Springs...

The richness of spiritual energy in these places could be ten times, a hundred times, or even a thousand times higher than in other places.

Cultivating in such places would lead to rapid progress.

When a Gu-cultivating family chooses a place to settle down, they need to consider various factors.

But if they unexpectedly find such a place, then no other factors need consideration—they should occupy it immediately. The benefits this place could bring to the family would allow them to overcome any difficulties.

If a family settles by a Spiritual Spring, the cultivation speed of all Gu-cultivators in the family would far exceed that of those in the outside world. Even the innate talent of children born here would generally be higher than in the outside world.

It’s no exaggeration to say that within a few hundred years, a family could grow into a powerful force, and a single Spiritual Spring could allow a small family to quickly become a large one.

Anyone could imagine the value of a Spiritual Spring. It could easily trigger a war if exposed, as its value far exceeds that of fossil ore veins.

If he could have his five clones cultivate here every day, his cultivation level would rise in the sky like a rocket. The temptation was far too great for him.

No need to choose anymore; this is the place. There’s no better location for a cultivation cave than this.

He immediately decided to make this mountain his new home. It would be foolish not to claim such a cultivation paradise.

At this point, he was already planning to move his herb garden from the Great Stone Village to this place. With the Spiritual Spring nourishing the spiritual herbs, their growth rate would be much faster.

Plus, with the high concentration of spiritual energy here, the herbs would thrive even better, and even the tough-to-grow Spirit Surge Grass would survive in this place.

The low spiritual energy density of the mortal village, combined with the overwhelming presence of mortal life, made it far from an ideal place for a Gu-cultivator to reside long-term.

Long Xuan's eyes flickered as he quickly made up his mind.

However, before moving, the protective formations for this place had to be prepared first.

The Spiritual Spring was far too important to risk exposure. Although the Great Ice Formation was decent, it wasn’t sufficient to protect this place.

Setting aside the difficulty in blocking Gu-cultivators in the Spiritual Sea Stage, even those formation masters who were proficient in formations would easily break through it. Di Xin could shatter it with a casual move.

The secret of the Spiritual Spring must not be discovered by anyone, or it would bring disaster upon him. Therefore, the protective formation here had to be capable of blocking everyone—including Gu Kings.

Since setting up a formation doesn’t require completing it all at once and can be interrupted for rest, even Gu-cultivators of a very low level could set up extremely powerful formations.

It’s perfectly normal for a Gu-cultivator in the Marrow Cleansing Stage to set up a formation that could block a Gu-cultivator in the Spiritual Sea Stage. A formation that can only block those of the same level is of no use.

Of course, due to the limitations of his level, a Marrow Cleansing Stage Gu-cultivator would find it difficult to set up a formation that could block a Gu King.

But as long as the formation core is powerful enough—say, using a Spiritual Vein or a Dragon Vein—then it’s not a fantasy to think that such a formation could block a Gu King.

And Long Xuan just so happened to have a Spiritual Spring, which is of the same level as a Spiritual Vein, as his formation core. So it wasn’t a pipe dream for him to set up a formation that could block a Gu King.

Not just him; under the same conditions, most Marrow Cleansing Stage Gu-cultivators proficient in formations could achieve the same. This was nothing unusual in this world—only that items of this level for the formation core were extremely hard to find.

Moreover, Long Xuan also had a method to shrink the formation patterns a hundredfold, which could increase the upper limit of the formation’s power, making his formation even more formidable. As long as his formation diagram was well-designed, and with the Spiritual Spring as the core, it would definitely be able to block a Gu King.

And the items he could use for the formation core weren’t limited to just the Spiritual Spring. The demonic flower he had just obtained would also be good. Using it as the core of an illusion formation would allow the illusions it produced to threaten a Gu King.

The Divine Ice Flame was the strongest artificial fire, with power approaching that of the legendary Heavenly Fire. If used as a formation core and combined with an even more powerful formation, its power would definitely not be inferior. It could even pose a threat to a Gu King.

Many of his formation cores had the power to threaten a Gu King. Now it all depended on how well he could design the formation diagram.

Long Xuan’s eyes lit up with ambition.

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