Chapter 174: Gu Pellet – Calamitous Poison Pellet

【You have a new mail, stored in your mailbox. Please check it.】

【A letter from Lin Feng, a man of Jianghu.】

【Old Chen, I got the martial arts of the Azure Dragon Gang for you. I sent them over. I’ll go get the ones from other sects in a while. By the way, I met Yan Guilai on the road. She recognized me as your friend…】

【Attachment: Books×12】

After reading the letter, Chen Xiyi took out all twelve martial arts manuals and briefly flipped through them. They were barely considered second-rate martial arts.

This was the thirteenth letter he had received in the past six months.

The name “Azure Dragon Gang” sounded intimidating, but truthfully, there were at least eight to ten gangs with similar names in Jianghu.

Generally, sects with “gang” in their names were formed by local thugs who knew some martial arts. They weren’t proper sects. The strongest among them were probably Body Forging Warriors, while the rest were just street loafers who had trained their bodies.

However, it seemed the Azure Dragon Gang that Lin Feng took down had some actual strength, as they managed to gather twelve martial arts manuals.

“One Internal Force manual, one movement technique, one body technique, four each for fists, feet, and weapons, with the remaining being a hard body training manual and three sword techniques.”

Chen Xiyi looked through them once and then casually tossed them back into his Inventory. They were useless.

“Honored senior, the Gu Pellet you requested has matured,” a young man said respectfully as he approached.

This young man was called Feng Qing. He was the acting sect leader of the Five Immortals Sect and the fiancé of the current Holy Maiden.

The Holy Maiden, who would be the next sect leader of the Five Immortals Sect, was the direct disciple of Mei Yu.

In other words, Mei Yu was actually one generation older than Lin Feng. When Chen Xiyi learned about this, his expression turned quite strange. It was like a small horse pulling a big cart—no, wait, it was more like an old cow eating tender grass.

This young man was quite decent, at least in terms of his conduct. Although he had some ulterior motives, he was very interested in Chen Xiyi’s Gu Martial Arts. So, he handed over the position of acting sect leader to his fiancée, the current Holy Maiden.

Chen Xiyi didn’t know why Mei Yu gave the position of acting sect leader to Feng Qing instead of the current Holy Maiden, but she must have had her reasons. Mainly, he didn’t have the spare time to think about such matters.

“It matured this quickly? Let’s go take a look.” Chen Xiyi frowned. He hadn’t expected it to mature so soon. According to his estimate, it should have taken until at least tomorrow.

The Gu Pellet was the entry point for a Gu Martial Artist. Within its tiny form, it contained all the Gu Insect eggs required for the Secret Gu Martial Arts. Once transplanted into the body, it would develop into Gu Insects on its own, then travel through the bloodstream to the designated organ to form a symbiosis.

Chen Xiyi valued efficiency. He couldn’t possibly perform surgery on every individual who wanted to become a Gu Martial Artist.

If it was just the Calamity Poison Body now, what about the others in the future?

Of course, it had to be mass-produced.

Chen Xiyi arrived at the cultivation site and examined the crystal-clear Gu Pellet. “It really has matured. Perhaps I underestimated the role of Internal Energy.”

To create a Gu Pellet, a cultivation vessel was naturally required, and this vessel was remarkably effective.

“Honored senior, this cultivation vessel can only produce one Gu Pellet. Isn’t that a bit…” Feng Qing looked at Qi Bin, who now resembled a desiccated corpse, and expressed some concern.

“This Gu Pellet was nurtured with Internal Energy, so its quality is top-notch. You could use other animals like pigs or sheep, and you could harvest multiple pellets at once, but their quality would not match this one.” As Chen Xiyi removed the Gu Pellet, Qi Bin immediately stopped breathing.

Speaking of Qi Bin, Chen Xiyi felt somewhat angry. He was truly a rotten person, no wonder someone had destroyed his Dantian.

At first, he restrained himself a little, but as more Gu Insects were transplanted and his strength gradually increased, he began committing crimes in Jianghu under Chen Xiyi’s name. Later, when only his brain remained untransplanted for the Calamity Poison Body, his power had already reached the Xiantian level, and he even attempted to take over the Five Immortals Sect.

That wasn’t even the worst part. The main issue was that his attitude became inflated, and he started to look down on Chen Xiyi, acting as if he were the greatest.

He was the very picture of a petty man intoxicated by his own success.

Chen Xiyi didn’t mind petty men gaining power; what he disliked was the audacity to disregard him and believe oneself invincible.

Did he truly think that becoming a Xiantian made him untouchable?

And so, he ended up being turned into a Gu Pellet cultivation vessel.

Feng Qing’s eyes flickered as he stared at the Gu Pellet in Chen Xiyi’s hand—or rather, the pellet known in full as the Calamitous Poison Pellet.

In his mind, he pondered whether he could replicate the process entirely and obtain the Secret Gu Martial Arts: Calamity Poison Body for himself.

“What, do you want it?” Chen Xiyi looked at Feng Qing, a hint of mockery in his tone.

Feng Qing was also a Body Forging Warrior, currently at the eighth level. With effort, he might break through to the Postnatal Warrior level in two or three years, but becoming an Innate Warrior seemed unlikely.

With the Calamitous Poison Pellet implanted into the body, one could cultivate the Secret Gu Martial Arts Calamity Poison Body and become an Innate Warrior in just a few days, with no side effects. Who wouldn’t want that?

Moreover, this one was personally cultivated by Chen Xiyi, making its quality top-tier. If mass-produced, the quality definitely wouldn’t be this high.

“Yes,” Feng Qing replied decisively.

He had been following Chen Xiyi for two months and had a clear understanding of his temperament. It was best to speak plainly and not beat around the bush.

“I can give it to you, but as the saying goes, one should not receive rewards without merit. Help me with one task, and it’s yours.” Chen Xiyi would never give it away for free.

As for Feng Qing assisting him?

Don’t be absurd. That was part of his learning process. When Chen Xiyi conducted experiments, he would explain the principles to him. From any perspective, Feng Qing’s gains far outweighed his contributions.

“Please instruct me, honored senior.” Feng Qing was no fool. Chen Xiyi allowing him to assist and explaining things to him was already a tremendous favor, almost like treating him as a disciple. How could he possibly ask for more from Chen Xiyi?

“The world has ten major sects: White Sun Sword Sect, Blood Rain Alliance, Heavenly Heart Sect, Valley of the Healing Immortals, Five Immortals Sect, Sünu Sect, Nine Yuan Gate, Snow Mountain Temple, Desert Tower, and Myriad Sword Manor.”

“Among these ten sects, some are righteous, some are evil. Besides the White Sun Sword Sect and the Blood Rain Alliance, which openly have Innate Warriors, the other eight sects have at most Postnatal Warriors as their strongest.”

“So, I need you to help me retrieve all the legacies of the Valley of the Healing Immortals, including medical texts, martial arts, miscellaneous studies, and so on.”

Among these ten sects, the Valley of the Healing Immortals not only practiced martial arts but also focused on treating illnesses and saving lives as their primary profession.

That was precisely why Chen Xiyi had his eyes on the legacy of the Valley of the Healing Immortals.

“Honored senior, I am incapable of this task,” Feng Qing said helplessly.

Asking him to raid the Valley of the Healing Immortals for their legacy—forget about how he would bring it back even if he succeeded—how was he supposed to accomplish it in the first place?

The Valley of the Healing Immortals might not openly have Innate Warriors, but they had them in secret, just like the Five Immortals Sect. While everyone said Mei Yu, a Postnatal Warrior, was the strongest in the Five Immortals Sect, there was actually an Innate Warrior present.

And even without mentioning Innate Warriors, Postnatal Warriors alone would be enough to finish him off.

Not everyone was like Lin Feng, who could easily defeat opponents above his level. If Feng Qing faced a Postnatal Warrior, the outcome would be certain death.

For Feng Qing to become a Body Forging Warrior at the eighth level at such a young age, coupled with his mastery of sword techniques, already placed him among the top geniuses of his generation in this era.

Thirty thousand years later, Innate Warriors might be common, but this was not that time. This was still an ordinary world of martial arts.

Chen Xiyi tossed the Calamitous Poison Pellet to Feng Qing. While it might be precious to Feng Qing, to Chen Xiyi, the truly valuable things were the techniques and data.

With these, Chen Xiyi could produce as many Calamitous Poison Pellets as he wanted.

“Retrieve it in one month. Any problem with that?” Chen Xiyi said, watching Feng Qing catch the pellet.

Feng Qing looked at the Calamitous Poison Pellet in his hand, gritted his teeth, and said, “No problem, honored senior.”

“Good. You know how to use it, right?” Seeing that the other had agreed, everything would be straightforward.

“Understood, honored senior.”

As he spoke, Feng Qing made a deep cut in his own palm and placed the Calamitous Poison Pellet on the wound.

The pellet rapidly dissolved upon contact with the blood, seeping into the wound and flowing through the blood vessels to spread throughout his body.

At this point, the Gu Insects had already begun hatching in sequence.

Within a day at most, they would fully settle into place, constructing the Calamity Poison Body.

“Go back and rest well. Within a month, you will reach the Grandmaster level, beyond the Innate realm,” Chen Xiyi stated.

Feng Qing’s expression shifted. A Grandmaster Martial Artist? Beyond the Innate realm?

He had never imagined that there was a path beyond the Innate realm. After all, the three publicly known Innate Warriors had been stuck at that level for who knew how many years.

And yet, he could so easily become a Grandmaster Martial Artist within a month. It made him feel somewhat dazed.

The reason he could advance to the Grandmaster level so quickly was largely thanks to Zhan Xue. Without him as a sample and sufficient data, Chen Xiyi wouldn’t have been able to advance the Secret Gu Martial Arts: Calamity Poison Body to the Grandmaster level.

“Yes, honored senior. I will take my leave now.” After speaking, Feng Qing turned and left.

Chen Xiyi, meanwhile, busied himself with his own tasks.

“Why hasn’t Wandering Light made any moves? Under normal circumstances, history would have already deviated to who knows where. With my involvement, it’s even possible that Lin Feng might not become The Immortal.”

“Could it be that history has already changed, Lin Feng did not become The Immortal, so Wandering Light was never born, nor did the subsequent Twelve Temporal Cycles come into existence? That’s why there’s been no movement.”

“But that doesn’t make sense. If Wandering Light doesn’t exist, then these three outsiders either wouldn’t have come or would have disappeared. It’s a paradox.”

“Or perhaps the future Wandering Light still exists. Even if history changed, he wasn’t erased, but because of the deviation, he could no longer send people from the future?”

“Or maybe the future hasn’t changed at all due to my actions, and Lin Feng would still walk the path he was meant to take.”

Chen Xiyi had many guesses about this, but they were all just speculations.

During this period, everything had been calm, with no changes at all.

Initially, Chen Xiyi thought Wandering Light would send his Wandering Light Devotees to correct history, but after so long, there had been no movement.

Of course, it was also possible that they had already arrived, but Chen Xiyi simply didn’t know.

He didn’t have time to stare at the Game Map all day, and even if he did, the map was so large that he might not necessarily find anything of value.

“There are too many factors involved, making it impossible to accurately predict.”

Regarding Wandering Light and Lin Feng, the Twelve Temporal Cycles and The Immortal, Chen Xiyi had very few clues. For him, this was the present.

But for Wandering Light, Chen Xiyi existed in the past, in history.

The distance between them wasn’t spatial but temporal.

If he could find Wandering Light, Chen Xiyi would bring twenty thousand triple-Enchantment TNTs and see who was tougher. But since he couldn’t find Wandering Light, he could only find his 4.5-star friend Lin Feng.