Chapter 140

It seems I can only dig a tomb-robbing tunnel on the island, Long Xuan thought, a contemplative look in his eyes.

However, digging from the island to this position would certainly take a long time; it is a massive project that cannot be done right now.

He intends to record this location and come back to rob the tomb himself when he has time in the future.

As for the danger of tomb robbing, he is well aware of it. Even if a Gu King could perish in this tomb, so what? His entire set of abilities was born for tomb robbing.

For example, with the Original Realm, why not just use it to replicate the ancient tomb underground? Then he could enter the replicated illusion and challenge the levels infinitely.

This is equivalent to having infinite lives while playing a game, allowing for countless attempts. No matter how difficult the level, there will eventually be a day when he breaks through it. This is simply too buggy; what tomb can withstand him robbing it like this?

After making up his mind, Long Xuan began to swim upstream. He recorded this place for now; there will be plenty of time in the future.

He didn't know how long he had been swimming, but he finally poked his head out of the water, spat out a mouthful of water, and then gasped for air, a look of excitement in his eyes.

In his hand, he didn't know when he had acquired a transparent bottle, and inside the bottle was a small jellyfish.

This jellyfish was transparent, with a red digestive system inside. The jellyfish was bell-shaped, like a lighthouse.

Seeing the jellyfish in the bottle, Long Xuan's eyes burned, and his heart pounded wildly. He didn't expect to have an accidental discovery while swimming upstream.

Look at what he found; he had inadvertently discovered the famous Immortal Jellyfish from his past life.

This creature is simply too terrifying; its ability is something many people probably wouldn't think of.

When other creatures age and are about to enter death, this thing can actually return to its youth, and there is no limit to the number of times it can do so.

Infinite rejuvenation means immortality; this is one of the few creatures that can be immortal.

There are thousands of abilities in this world, but what ability can compare to immortality?

I believe that anyone, when faced with countless abilities, would choose the ability to be immortal rather than an ability with great attack power.

The ability of immortality is too valuable for research. He couldn't wait to take out paper and pen. Of course, he didn't want to research a Gu formula here.

He was just anxiously wanting to see if the Immortal Jellyfish's ability could be transferred to a human through Gu refining.

With the Golden Finger to prompt right or wrong, he only needed to write a sentence on the paper to judge whether the ability of rejuvenation could theoretically exist.

He walked to a rock on the shore and quickly wrote on the paper:

Rejuvenation Gu

Main Material: Immortal Jellyfish

Ability: Can cause the host to return to youth when aging, with no limit to the number of times.

When he finished writing this passage, the progress immediately appeared on the paper. He soon showed a wild, joyful smile, but the smile quickly stiffened on his face, and a look of shock appeared in his eyes.

Good heavens, the progress is actually 【0.0000001%】.

So many zeros, how many decimal places is this? This Gu formula probably requires hundreds of millions of materials!

Long Xuan's mouth twitched uncontrollably, and his fingers were trembling.

At this moment, he was completely unsettled.

How long would he have to grind for this? Wouldn't he have to grind until the end of time, until the end of the world?

"Damn it! Never mind! Never mind!"

Long Xuan was so scared that he hurriedly tore the paper to shreds and threw it into the water. Whoever wants to grind this Gu formula can grind it; he certainly won't.

Once you start grinding this Gu formula, it will cost you your life. The time consumed is not just measured in centuries; I'm afraid even grinding for eight lifetimes might not lead to success. He doesn't want to spend his whole life in this place.

What kind of concept is a Gu formula with hundreds of millions of materials? Just think about how many years it takes for a writer to write a novel of 100 million words, and you will know what kind of concept it is.

The more heaven-defying something is, the more restrictions it will have; it is definitely not that easy to obtain.

He had long guessed that such a heaven-defying ability would inevitably require many materials and had long been mentally prepared, but this is too exaggerated, right?

Even though he was already mentally prepared, he was still scared half to death.

It's just a mere immortality ability; is it necessary to use so many materials? It's simply absurd.

He was completely numb.

Although he was no longer prepared to research the Gu formula for the Immortal Jellyfish, he still did not choose to release it.

Meeting is fate; he decided to raise this Immortal Jellyfish in his own Spirit Spring and let it accompany him as he grows.

He wants to see how many times this Immortal Jellyfish will return to its youth on his path to longevity, and see who will outlast whom in the end. He will compare whether he lives longer or it lives longer.

He put away the water bottle containing the Immortal Jellyfish, put it into the insect breeding bag, then took off his wet clothes, changed into dry ones, and walked toward the campfire.

At this time, the clones had already caught many spirit fish. His clones completely replicated his abilities, being pressure-resistant and basically not needing to breathe in the water; they were all skilled at catching fish, and before long, they had caught enough.

Long Xuan walked to the fire and began to grill the spirit fish. Those who went to the center of the island to hunt spirit beasts had not yet returned. At this time, besides himself, only Long Ziyan and Long Ruoxue remained here.

These two beauties had nothing to do and were sparring. The contest between the two beauties was pleasing to the eye, and Long Xuan watched with an appreciative gaze.

Long Ziyan's habitual fighting style was still using a sword. The sword Qi emitted astonishing coldness, and the power was astonishing; those injured by it would either die or be crippled.

Long Xuan still remembered that when he was in the ancient tomb, he was wearing a second-tier Dragon Silkworm Treasure Garment, and it was basically impossible for anyone of the same rank to break his defense.

Yet Long Ziyan's clone at that time was clearly at the Spirit Gathering Peak stage, and a casual strike was able to cross ranks and slash through his second-tier Dragon Silkworm Treasure Garment. If it weren't for the Water Bear Gu, he would probably have been finished under that strike.

After such a long time of understanding, Long Xuan knew that she was actually not a pure Gu cultivator, because she was born with a Sword Bone, which was extremely suitable for becoming a sword cultivator. Once she became a sword cultivator, her combat power would be ten times that of an ordinary sword cultivator.

Therefore, the path she took was a Gu cultivator moonlighting as a sword cultivator; she was a rare dual-professional. The combat power on this path was certainly strong, but it also required more time than those of the same rank.

It is rumored that sword cultivators have the greatest offensive power of all professionals in the world. Once blessed with a Sword Bone, their attack power is enough to injure enemies across a major realm. This is also the reason why Long Ziyan could break through the second-tier Dragon Silkworm Treasure Garment at the Spirit Gathering stage.

Of course, this only means that a sword cultivator with a Sword Bone can break the defense of someone one major realm higher than themselves, but it does not mean they have the ability to fight across a major realm. Fighting across a major realm is very difficult to appear in this world.

"As expected of a Sword Bone owner, what great killing power. The Earth Mover Beetle with invincible defense is like paper under her sword!" Long Qian walked over after putting down his prey, looking at the two people sparring, and gradually showed a solemn look.

Seeing Long Qian sitting next to him, Long Xuan asked curiously, "Senior, can you tell me about sword cultivators? To be honest, until now, I have never encountered any professionals other than Gu cultivators."

Although his clones were knowledgeable and talented, he really knew nothing about sword cultivators.

He had been in this world for so many years and had never seen a sword cultivator, nor had he seen any other professionals. He had also never seen any classics about sword cultivators. Since he couldn't find anything in books, he naturally couldn't understand them.

Until now, the people he had seen were all Gu cultivators; other professionals seemed as if they had never appeared in this world, and the library was a blank slate.

"Hehe, the realm division of sword cultivators is the same as that of Gu cultivators; the realm division of all professionals is basically the same."

"It's just that after the Soul Departure stage, Gu cultivators are mostly called Gu Kings, while sword cultivators are called Sword Kings, ghost cultivators are called Ghost Kings, body cultivators are called Martial Kings... and so on."

"There is only this little difference in realms."

"However, if you want to see other professionals in the Gu World, that is basically impossible. You have to think about why this world is called the Gu World. Since it is called the Gu World, it is naturally a world that belongs exclusively to Gu cultivators."

"In this world, everyone cultivates Gu, and sword cultivators are basically not seen. Although classics about sword cultivators appear occasionally, the classics are too few, and the inheritance is simply incomplete."

"It is too difficult for Long Ziyan to take the path of a sword cultivator in this world. Sword cultivators in this world do not have a complete inheritance, and she cannot find a master to learn from. Everything can only be explored by herself. How difficult is the path of self-study; it is truly a pity for such a good Sword Bone."

Long Qian showed a look of regret.

Upon hearing this, Long Xuan had even more questions in his heart and asked again, "Since classics about sword cultivators exist in this world, it means that sword cultivators once appeared in this world, or that there were traces of sword cultivators."

"Why did they all disappear in the end? And other professionals, since they existed before, why have they all become extinct now?"

Long Qian shook his head and said, "I don't know either, but there are many myths and legends circulating in the Gu World, and there are explanations in the myths and legends."

"However, you also know that the vast majority of myths and stories are stories made up by humans; they are fictional, and their truth remains to be verified."

"I am not sure if this myth is true. Would you like to hear it?" Long Qian looked at Long Xuan and smiled.

"I am all ears." Long Xuan sat up straight, showing an interested look.

Long Qian nodded, looked at the firelight, and slowly recounted, "It is said that in a very distant period of time, a vast world called the Desolate Realm was cut into three thousand pieces by a terrifying existence, so it was called the Three Thousand Worlds by people."

"And the human race occupies the Three Realms exclusively. These Three Realms are called the Human Realm, the Spirit Realm, and the Divine Realm."

"And the existence that dominates the Three Realms is the God of the human race. God is actually the cultivator of the highest realm. Because cultivators of this realm can achieve immortality, they are crowned with the title of God by people."

"There are too few cultivators who can cultivate to this realm, because the Heavenly Dao wants to limit the number of immortals, so the prerequisite for cultivating to become a God is to first obtain a Divine Throne."

"The Divine Throne is also known as the Divine Spark, and each type of power is a Divine Spark."

"For example, if you cultivate fire, then after you cultivate to the highest realm, you are the Fire God. But there will only be one Fire God in the world. Once the Fire God is born, it is absolutely impossible for a second Fire God to appear in the world."

"Unless the Fire God has died, the world will not give birth to the next Fire God."

"In the situation where the Divine Throne is already occupied, no matter how genius the people below are, it is impossible to become a God, let alone achieve immortality."

"Unless you discover new power and create a new Divine Spark, otherwise you can only pray that some old God dies accidentally."

(End of chapter)