Chapter 203

"I... I'll try..." Gu Zhan nodded, half-understanding; although he didn't know why, he felt that listening to the young master was always right.

Gu Xue Dao snorted coldly, said nothing more, and sat back down in the corner.

Gu Linjiang glanced thoughtfully at Gu Yuan, then chose silence.

They believed that the young master's decision must have a deeper meaning.

"Since it's decided, let's get ready."

Gu Cangsheng stood up, brushed off the dust on his rear, and said, "Yuan'er, make that kid look decent; don't lose face for our Gu Family."

After saying that, the old ancestor walked away with his hands behind his back, carefree, as if everything just now had nothing to do with him.

"Come on, Uncle Zhan, relax, don't be nervous, it's like taking a nap."

In the depths of the Gu Family's forbidden zone, Gu Yuan, like an experienced godman, was guiding Gu Zhan to sit cross-legged.

Gu Zhan looked troubled; watching the glowing, shape-shifting system energy in Gu Yuan's hand, he felt it might drill into his brain, making him a bit uneasy.

"Young master, if this thing goes in, will I become an idiot?"

"Don't worry, you're already about as low as you can go," Gu Yuan comforted.

Gu Zhan: "..."

Gu Lin Tian and Jiang Rou beside them couldn't help but laugh, and they were also very curious about the substance in Gu Yuan's hand that had the same energy fluctuation as a "teleportation portal."

As Gu Yuan pressed the light ball into Gu Zhan's brow, the system's cold mechanical voice sounded in his mind.

【Executor selected: Gu Zhan.】

【Generating exclusive "role card" based on the executor's traits……】

【Role card generated!】

【Name: Zhan·Tie Niu】

【Race: Ancient Barbarian Bull Clan (extinct)】

【Identity: A awakened ancient bull totem spirit on the edge of the Black Forest in the southern part of the Myriad Medicine Great World.】

【Background: You are the last bull of the ancient era, died of exhaustion fighting natural disasters, but your unyielding battle intent was etched onto the totem pole. After ages of slumber, you were awakened by strong medicinal qi, and you are full of curiosity about this strange world.】

【Exclusive cheat ability generating……】

【Cheat Ability 1: My Contemplation Power (Passive). Effect: Your behavior logic is extremely simple; in the eyes of all plant-type lifeforms, your threat level automatically drops by 90%. They will subconsciously think you are "just passing by," "just basking in the sun," or "just looking for a stone to sharpen your horns," thus ignoring your true intent.】

【Cheat Ability 2: Sincere Bluff (Active). Effect: When you attempt to communicate with plant-type lifeforms, your words are automatically converted into the plain truth most easily understood and accepted by them. Success rate depends on the target's spiritual intelligence and your sincerity.】

【Cheat Ability 3: All Things Growth (Passive). Effect: Your flesh and blood qi exert a deadly attraction on all plant-type lifeforms. Plants near you grow 10% faster. If you willingly draw out a wisp of origin qi and blood, you can inflict a "Intoxication" effect on the target, greatly boosting the success rate of "Sincere Bluff."】

【Teleportation opened, wishing you…… prosperous martial fortune.】

Gu Yuan looked at the series of outrageous operations on the system panel, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

This role card is practically tailor-made for Gu Zhan.

Totem spirit?

Just hearing it sounds thick-skinned and tough.

And these three cheat abilities, each more outrageous than the last; the only problem is……

With such great abilities, why not give them to oneself?

But thinking about it, this is probably the difference between a stand-in and the main body going online.

A stand-in can only rely on oneself; without some cheats, how can one be an extraterritorial demon?

But when Gu Yuan himself goes online, it's different.

If it weren't for him wanting to try the system's new features this time, plus his desire to lie flat.

He would have just let Grandfather personally descend and drag the entire Myriad Medicine Great World back.

……

……

Hum——!

Gu Zhan's figure faded gradually in the light, eventually disappearing completely.

The next moment, at the edge of the Black Forest in the southern part of the Myriad Medicine Great World, far beyond the unknown void, an ancient totem pole covered in moss and about a hundred zhang tall suddenly trembled.

The gigantic bull-head stone carving atop the totem pole shot out two golden rays from its eyes.

"I... where am I?"

A deep, resonant voice sounded in the forest.

Gu Zhan, or rather Zhan·Tie Niu, shook his still somewhat dazed head and looked down at himself.

He had no hands or feet; he was now just a pillar.

"The young master screwed me over!"

That was his first reaction.

But he soon realized that, although he was a pillar,

his divine sense could freely extend and could manipulate the surrounding earth and stone to condense a temporary body.

Rumble.

A bovine-headed figure three zhang tall, made of black rock, slowly rose from the ground.

Gu Zhan moved this temporary body a bit; it felt okay, just a little heavy, and although his internal power was suppressed, he could still exert the combat strength of the 17th realm.

He took a deep breath; the thick medicinal fragrance in the air, so dense it seemed impossible to dissipate, made his pores all over his body relax.

"Goodness, the spiritual herbs here are almost as common as the weeds on the outskirts of our Divine Island!"

He looked around; everything in sight were strange flowers and exotic grasses.

Even a seemingly ordinary dog's-tail grass was entwined with holy Dao aura.

In the distance, a huge tree requiring several people to encircle its trunk bore fruit after fruit, each like a beating heart, emitting energy fluctuations of the 14th realm.

Although within the Gu Family, they can only be counted as weeds.

But they prevail in sheer numbers.

One could almost say they're everywhere!

Gu Zhan trembled with excitement; he recalled Gu Yuan's instructions, suppressing the urge to charge in with an axe and hack away, and began his journey of making friends.

He took heavy steps toward the depths of the forest.

My power of contemplation was passively triggered.

A man‑eating flower by the road just opened its blood‑filled maw, saw Gu Zhan approaching, and silently closed its mouth again.

A tiny figure inside the blossom muttered, "Oh, it's a walking stone, no nutrition, won't eat it."

A soul‑devouring vine coiled around a tree trunk, just as it was about to extend its tendrils, sensed Gu Zhan's aura and lazily recoiled.

The consciousness deep within the vine thought, "This stone looks too hard to pull, never mind, go to sleep."

Gu Zhan thus walked unimpeded into the forest's interior.

He soon found his first target.

It was a patch of mushrooms growing in a valley.

These mushrooms were multicolored; the large ones resembled houses, the small ones were about the size of millstones.

Beneath each mushroom sat a tiny figure made of light, inhaling and exhaling the essence of heaven and earth.

These mushrooms are all half‑immortal elixirs!

Converted to human combat power, they're at least 17 realms!

The foremost, the largest golden mushroom, had an aura that even reached the pinnacle of the 17th realm!

"This… how do I even begin?"

Gu Zhan was at a loss.

In his whole life, he only knows two things: fighting and eating.

Making him chat with a bunch of mushrooms is even harder than making him do embroidery.