Chapter 228

"Die!"

Long Xuan let out an angry roar, dragging the dragon head as he charged rapidly toward the front.

Under the impact of the Divine Dragon Dharma Image, the ground emitted a series of rumbles; wherever the Divine Dragon Dharma Image passed, a deep trench was plowed into the earth, and the entire ground trembled slightly.

"What is this?"

Jun Mochen's expression changed drastically, revealing a look of shock.

"This speed... Oh no..."

The dragon head slammed heavily into his chest.

"Pfft!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood, and the sound of cracking bones came from his chest.

Immediately afterward, dragged by the Divine Dragon, his entire body flew rapidly backward, smashing through one wall after another; after crashing through who knows how many houses, his back slammed heavily against the barrier of the City-Protecting Great Array.

"Crack!"

The barrier shattered with a boom. He actually smashed straight through the barrier, slid for who knows how far along the ground, and finally stopped after hitting a mountain wall, leaving a straight trench behind him filled with thick smoke.

Everyone stared at this scene, dumbfounded, unable to recover their senses for a long time.

Realizing that the aura of that Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivator had completely vanished, Long Dan's mouth hung wide open, unable to close for a long time.

Killing a Spirit Sea Stage cultivator while in the Essence Refining stage was simply unheard of; he was truly shocked.

Li Laodao's mouth twitched incessantly, and his hand hidden under his sleeve was trembling; he was thoroughly terrified by Long Xuan's heaven-defying combat power.

At this moment, he finally understood why everyone would die without him, and everyone would live with him.

Apart from this monster, no one could handle that Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivator; he was likely the only person in the entire Gu World capable of killing a Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivator across a major realm.

His premonition had indeed been correct again; with him here, this trip was one hundred percent safe.

After a brief moment of daze, he hurriedly fought his way out of the encirclement and ran outside. The City-Protecting Great Array had already been shattered by Long Xuan's ultimate move, and the Imperial Guards besieging him had long since suffered heavy losses at the hands of Jun Zaitian, completely losing their will to fight. He could now easily escape from what was originally a dead end.

The remaining ten or so surviving Western Land geniuses finally recovered their senses at this moment, revealing looks of joy as they fled frantically toward the outside of the city in various directions.

The barrier had disappeared, and this dilapidated Imperial City could no longer trap them.

As long as they successfully made it out of the city, they would be like fish entering the sea; the Gu Cultivators of the Black Wind Kingdom would never be able to catch them again.

Everyone wore the smiles of those who had survived a disaster...

In the distance, inside a mountain cave, Long Xuan threw Jun Mochen's storage bag onto the ground and sat down, gasping for breath.

At this moment, he felt a bloating pain all over his body, his head felt like it was about to explode, and pain was everywhere, making him unable to help but let out a painful groan.

The side effects of opening the eight gates in succession were simply too great, and he had finally experienced just how much pain using the Life and Death Gate would cause; it was simply agonizing.

He couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile. Was this what they called one hundred percent safe? If he didn't die, it meant it was one hundred percent safe; no problem, absolutely no problem. He only wanted to say that if he ever teamed up with that Li Youdu again, he was a dog!

After throwing a pile of healing pills into his mouth, he checked his injuries, and his heart immediately sank.

Burning spiritual power, burning blood, and burning Qi and blood could be regenerated, so that was manageable.

Burning those things that could not be regenerated was a bit troublesome.

The external injuries caused by opening the eight gates could be recovered using the Water Bear Gu, and the burned lifespan could be recovered relying on the Longevity Sutra.

Although the Water Bear Gu could recover vitality and a small amount of spiritual power, at this rate of recovery, it would likely take several years.

The spiritual power injury affected the origin; this was only because he had the Water Bear Gu. If it were an ordinary person, once the spiritual power origin was injured, they would never recover in their entire life.

Vitality was even more mysterious. After losing a large amount of vitality, he felt that his speed of recovering from injuries had slowed down, and the muscles and cells all over his body seemed to have lost their vitality, like withered flowers and plants, devoid of life.

Furthermore, his heart began to fail, his liver began to fail, his kidneys began to fail; the organs all over his body seemed to have aged, and their efficiency was extremely poor.

At the same time, his digestive ability was declining, his blood-forming ability was declining, his detoxifying ability was declining; all bodily functions were declining significantly.

Every part of his body seemed to be unusable; it was only the Water Bear Gu holding on, otherwise, his body would have fallen apart instantly.

But although vitality was mysterious, fortunately, the Water Bear Gu could slowly recover it.

However, the Water Bear Gu could not recover his aptitude potential and soul origin at all.

His aptitude potential and soul origin were now severely damaged, which was considered an irreversible injury in the outside world and was very difficult to recover; relying on time to heal itself was simply impossible.

Damaging aptitude potential was equivalent to a person having their dantian dug out; even a god couldn't save them. If the dantian could be repaired, why would those Bai Clan geniuses still be crippled now?

Long Xuan felt a chill in his heart. Was he going to be completely crippled? At this moment, he finally panicked and hurriedly took out paper and pen.

Thinking of the Heaven-Mending Tree he had just obtained, the medicinal power of the Heaven-Mending Tree was clearly related to aptitude. Could he use the Heaven-Mending Fruit as the main material to research a pill formula for repairing aptitude?

And there was that Soul-Nourishing Wood he had accidentally obtained; its medicinal power was clearly related to the soul. Could he use the leaves of the Soul-Nourishing Wood as the main material to research a pill formula for repairing the soul?

Although this world couldn't find a way to repair aptitude and repair the soul, it didn't mean that methods for repairing these two things didn't exist in theory; perhaps it was just that the people of this world hadn't found them yet, or they had already been lost.

It was also possible that these methods had long existed, but those who knew didn't speak of them.

Thinking of this, hope suddenly rose in Long Xuan's heart. For others, it was a dead end, but for him, there might truly be a way to break the situation.

He hurriedly wrote on the paper:

"Heaven-Mending Pill Formula"

Effect: Repair aptitude, repair dantian.

Main material: Heaven-Mending Fruit.

As soon as his pen stopped, a string of progress appeared on the paper, and Long Xuan was immediately overjoyed.

As long as progress appeared, it meant that the effect he designed for the pill formula could be realized.

Sure enough, using the Heaven-Mending Fruit as the main material could indeed research a pill for repairing aptitude potential.

Long Xuan was overjoyed. He couldn't wait and hurriedly took out a second piece of paper, quickly writing on it:

"Soul-Reviving Pill Formula"

Effect: Repair the soul.

Main material: Soul-Nourishing Wood leaves.

As the pen fell, progress appeared on the paper again. Sure enough, the Soul-Nourishing Wood, whose medicinal power was related to the soul, could also theoretically be used to research a pill for repairing the soul.

Long Xuan was ecstatic again, unable to help but let out a long laugh: "Haha, Heaven never closes all doors! Heaven never closes all doors! It serves me right that my life shouldn't end!"

Now the two problems that would have cost him his life were completely solved. He only needed to rest and recuperate for a period of time, and once he livered out these two pill formulas, his physical condition would be able to recover as before.

It was also his good luck; pills for repairing aptitude and pills for repairing the soul could certainly exist in theory.

However, wanting to refine these two heaven-defying pills would certainly require heaven-defying materials, and most people would never find materials of this level in their entire lives.

It was also Long Xuan's good fortune that he just happened to have the Heaven-Mending Tree and the Soul-Nourishing Wood on him.

If he didn't have these two divine trees, he could work himself to death and never dream of researching pills to repair aptitude and repair the soul.

After solving these two matters, Long Xuan finally let out a sigh of relief, no longer having any worries.

Although he was injured a bit heavily this time, all things considered, he could be said to have gained from a disaster, because he had just discovered that his Water Bear Gu had suddenly completed its metamorphosis and become a powerful Spirit Gu.

He couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile; at this moment, he finally understood what the metamorphosis condition of the Water Bear Gu truly was.

The metamorphosis condition of the Water Bear Gu was actually to be broken and then established; every time it was on the verge of death, the Water Bear Gu could complete a metamorphosis.

He hated this method of metamorphosis very much; he wasn't a masochist and really didn't like running around courting death, getting himself covered in injuries, and then being broken and established.

Being on the verge of death meant that life and death were only a thin line apart; if being broken and established went wrong, it would become true death. How could he be willing to joke with his own life?

He smiled bitterly, suddenly took the Ice-Fire Hut out of the insect breeding bag and placed it on the ground. Soon, the Straw Gu that was sleeping inside walked out and shook its head at him.

"Still can't teleport?"

Long Xuan frowned tightly and took a deep breath.

His current physical condition was simply too poor, with problems everywhere, and he urgently needed to return home to recuperate.

Now was his weakest time, and staying outside where crises lurked everywhere gave him no sense of security at all.

But the fact that the Straw Gu Hut couldn't be used in this area was truly a life-threatening matter.

After Long Xuan rested briefly, he let the Flame Clone carry him and continue running toward the east.

He didn't dare to stay here any longer; the fact that the Heaven-Mending Fruit appeared here would likely be leaked.

By then, countless Gu Cultivators would appear here, and the Heaven-Mending Fruit was enough to attract a massive number of strong experts.

The Black Wind Kingdom would inevitably be filled with turmoil, and countless greedy people would enter.

Continuing to stay here at this time was absolutely courting death; he had to leave the Black Wind Kingdom at the fastest speed possible.

And he couldn't run west, because smart people knew that the geniuses of the Western Lands would want to go home, so they would naturally intercept them on the way back.

He could only do the opposite and run in the direction away from the Western Lands.

And the further away from the Western Lands he was, the easier it would be to escape the influence range of the Realm Bead.

And the Far West Region was not affected by the Realm Bead, so the Straw Gu could be used there.

By then, as long as he found a location where the Straw Gu could teleport, he could instantly return home and then recuperate comfortably.

If he went west and walked back, that would be far; even if he escaped the pursuit, he wouldn't be able to return without several years.

Now Long Xuan's only plan was to run as far as possible, run to a place where the Straw Gu Hut could be used, and return to his comfort zone.

For the next three months, the five clones took turns carrying Long Xuan, never stopping for a moment; who knew how far they had run.

He didn't dare to sit on a Spirit Boat to fly because the sky was empty and the target was large; to be safe, he only traveled rapidly through places with forests.

In fact, he was completely over-cautious; the mortal kingdom was isolated from the world, so how could the news here be known so quickly by the Gu Cultivator forces of the outside world?

Moreover, the spatial teleportation ability in this area had long been disabled; external forces could work themselves to death and still not know the news here immediately, so Long Xuan had sufficient time to leave this place.

At the same time, during these three months, Long Xuan hadn't been idle; his consciousness had been immersed in the Soul Study, livering pill formulas.

He first researched the Heaven-Mending Pill; his dantian was now cracked and leaking everywhere, with the risk of dropping in realm at any time, so repairing his aptitude was the most urgent matter he needed to solve.

Although the soul was equally important, it could be dragged out for a while.

Although his soul origin was damaged, causing him to be unable to refine pills and unable to use soul techniques, he had clones; whether it was the Soul Study or pill refining, he could borrow the power of his clones.

So the matter of soul origin damage didn't need to be solved for the time being; a soul injury wouldn't cost him his life.

(End of chapter)