Chapter 481: Long Dan
The scene that happened at the Saint Gu Academy was just the tip of the iceberg. At this time, throughout the world, because of the appearance of "Great Product Heavenly Immortal Technique," all places were completely in chaos.
In the streets and alleys of various cities in the Gu World, pedestrians even fought for the books scattered on the streets, and bloody incidents occurred. With the appearance of the Heaven-tier cultivation method, everyone went crazy.
I don't know how many people picked up a copy of "Journey to the West" and brought about a fatal disaster. Long Xuan had underestimated the temptation of the Heaven-tier cultivation method to the Gu cultivators of the world. Once the Heaven-tier Gu formula came out, the entire Gu World welcomed a chaos, and the disturbance caused was by no means small.
On this day, the number of genius Gu cultivators who decided to change their cultivation methods was by no means a minority. Even massive amounts of Gu Kings abandoned their main cultivation methods and chose to practice "Great Product Heavenly Immortal Technique" in "Journey to the West."
At the same time, the Taoist religion that appeared in the book had begun to rise in parts of the world. As more and more people picked up "Journey to the West," the crowd joining the Taoist religion also expanded like a snowball.
The reason why the influence of "Journey to the West" radiated so fast was all because of Long Xuan.
The Straw Gu he created, after so many years of painstaking management by the Long Clan, had already been scattered all over the world.
The Long Clan's courier business could already do it: as long as the money was in place, the transported things could appear in any part of the world within a few days.
Of course, it was limited to dead objects. Transmitting living things was still a technical difficulty for the current Long Clan.
Long Xuan was wealthy and imposing. After finding the Long Clan's courier industry, he threw in several hundred million in expenses, which allowed "Journey to the West" to appear in every inch of the world in a very short time.
When they heard that there was a Heaven-tier cultivation method mixed in this novel, people all over the world went crazy.
And as the group reading "Journey to the West" began to expand rapidly, producing massive mental food, the Book Gu was completely full, and its level jumped twice in one day.
Jumping twice in one day was far from its limit. After people all over the world became book fans of "Journey to the West," the mental food produced was more than enough to let the Book Gu jump two levels. It could even jump eight levels.
The reason why the Book Gu only jumped two levels was not because its limit was two levels, but because it could only jump two levels at present.
The realm of Gu worms could not be higher than the master. It naturally couldn't surpass Long Xuan to continue upgrading and could only be forcibly suppressed in realm. Long Xuan could be considered to have restricted its development and dragged its hind legs seriously.
On this day, just when Long Xuan was still fantasizing about how strong this Book Gu born from "Journey to the West" would be after people all over the world read "Journey to the West," the Book Gu suddenly fainted before his eyes.
Long Xuan was dumbfounded on the spot and hurriedly ran over, holding the Book Gu in his palm, anxiously checking its body.
The Book Gu suddenly having such a change was far beyond his expectations. The Book Gu was fine just a moment ago, and it fainted without any warning. He was also confused at this time, not knowing what had happened.
Thinking that every time he used elements from his previous life to create his own Gu formula, various unexpected changes occurred—the Wine Gu, the Misfortune Poison Gu, and the Tea Gu had all had similar situations—he had to suspect that the Book Gu might also have had unknown changes due to his innovation.
After checking the Book Gu in his palm for a long time, Long Xuan's furrowed brows slowly relaxed, and his face revealed a strange expression.
After the investigation just now, he discovered that this Book Gu seemed to be full, having eaten too much and fainted.
Could it be that too many people read "Journey to the West," and the Book Gu was also full? Long Xuan's expression became more and more strange.
The Book Gu having such a situation, he didn't know what to do. The Book Gu ate mental food, which was a kind of ethereal thing, invisible and colorless, and no one could see it.
This kind of thing was very mysterious and very difficult to understand. It was not matter. Normal induced vomiting was definitely useless for the Book Gu.
After thinking for a long time, Long Xuan was about to be anxious to the point of white hair, but he still couldn't find a way to treat the Book Gu. Finally, helplessly, he could only let it fend for itself.
"Damn! The step was too big, and I pulled the egg. If I had known, the promotion of "Journey to the West" should have been carried out region by region."
"Promoting "Journey to the West" to the whole world instantly, it's no wonder the Book Gu wouldn't be full. Sigh! Careless. I don't know if it will be stuffed to death."
Long Xuan was full of sorrow. Just when he didn't know what to do, a mysterious piece of information suddenly surged into his mind, and he was suddenly stunned.
It turned out that the Book Gu had eaten too much mental food, its growth speed was extremely fast, and it had already comprehended the second ability in "Journey to the West."
This second ability was actually the Seventy-Two Transformations. However, because the level was not enough, what was comprehended was only a weakened version of the Seventy-Two Transformations.
The weakened version of the Seventy-Two Transformations could change all things, but what was changed was not the entity, but the opponent's vision.
That is to say, if he turned into a stone, it was not that his body had turned into a stone, but that when others saw him, they saw a stone, but in reality, his body had no changes at all.
It was worth mentioning that this was definitely not an illusion effect. Even an illusion master couldn't find any loopholes.
The biggest feature of the Seventy-Two Transformations was that it was almost impossible for others to see the flaws. There were exceptions, but there wouldn't be many in this world.
Long Xuan nodded with satisfaction. He was very satisfied with this ability. The ability to change all things, although it couldn't increase attack power, was very practical and could be applied to any scene.
How about turning himself into a powerful divine beast? Would it scare away the Gu Kings chasing him? How about turning himself into a heaven-defying heavy treasure? Would it attract the greed of his opponents? As long as the opponent approached, he could easily complete an ambush.
How about turning himself into the opponent's teammate or biological father? Could he easily ambush and kill him through his trust in his biological father?
The Face-Changing Gu had a fatal drawback, which was that it could only change the face and couldn't change the clothes, so he couldn't complete this kind of flashy operation before.
But now that he had the Seventy-Two Transformations ability, it was much more convenient for him to cheat people by playing different Gu cultivators.
It was no exaggeration to say that the concealment of the Seventy-Two Transformations was higher than that of the Face-Changing Gu. With the Seventy-Two Transformations ability, the Face-Changing Gu could basically be eliminated.
Thinking of the various ways he could use the Seventy-Two Transformations to pit people, Long Xuan's mouth revealed an insidious smile, wishing he could find someone to experiment with immediately.
The upper limit of the Seventy-Two Transformations was far more than this. This was just the weakened version of the Seventy-Two Transformations. In the future, if the Gu cultivators of the Spirit Realm and the Gu cultivators of the Divine Realm all became book fans of "Journey to the West," then could the Book Gu remove the three words "weakened version"?
The Seventy-Two Transformations without the three words "weakened version" might be able to turn into everything in Heaven and Earth, and it was a change in entity.
Once he turned into a certain divine beast, then his form would be the shape of that divine beast. Perhaps he could also possess the abilities of the divine beast after transforming, which would be even more terrifying.
If the Seventy-Two Transformations he imagined could truly be realized, he didn't dare to imagine to what extent such Seventy-Two Transformations would be terrifying. It was simply seriously exceeding the standard...
The Book Gu having an accident was just a small episode. Long Xuan's subsequent life was still the same, selling Coffee Gu frantically every day, and in his spare time, he would play chess with geniuses from all sides. In order to seduce the top-level geniuses to play chess with him, Long Xuan had paid a heavy price. The things sold in the coffee shop had begun to not be limited to Coffee Gu.
Powerful insect armor, various pills, spirit wine, spirit tea he created himself, as well as puppet spirit tools that were still okay, were all within his sales range.
Gradually, the geniuses ranked in the top thirty of the Saint Gu Academy's Tianjiao List had all played chess with him, and his 361 chess pieces already had thirty pieces glowing.
The talent of these thirty geniuses, as long as they could find breakthrough resources, the probability of becoming a Gu King was over eighty percent. This was something that could be judged by Long Xuan's eyes.
Refining breakthrough pills was very simple for him. In this way, the probability of these thirty geniuses breaking through to the Gu King realm would be an absolute ten percent, and there wouldn't be any accidents.
Of course, their breakthrough to the Gu King realm could be judged through talent, but how far they could go in the end, and whether they would die young too early, no one could judge. Long Xuan could only open a blind box and try his luck.
How could these thirty geniuses not die in the future? If they encountered characters like Lingtian Ancestor or Qitian Ancestor, whether they died or not, who could predict the future?
Heaven has unpredictable storms, and people have misfortunes.
In order to increase the survival rate of this batch of geniuses, Long Xuan could only give each of them a Straw Gu Hut.
Using the Straw Gu Hut, although they couldn't escape in a battle state, once they were trapped in a dangerous place or chased and killed, this kind of dangerous situation that wouldn't make people die immediately, the Straw Gu Hut would save their lives.
Under these circumstances, the survival rate of these thirty geniuses would be greatly improved.
After playing chess with everyone in the top thirty of the Saint Gu Academy's Tianjiao List, Long Xuan completely stopped.
His eyes were very picky. He didn't accept just any genius. Geniuses ranked lower than the top thirty on the Tianjiao List didn't enter his eyes at all.
You know, the Saint Gu Academy recruited disciples from all over the world, regardless of surname, without any restrictions. The overall quality of the geniuses in the academy was how high.
However, Long Xuan only took the top thirty. His standard for geniuses was visible.
I'm afraid not many people in the Gu World could enter his eyes. Lighting up 361 chess pieces in the Gu World was also a high probability of not being completed.
After sweeping up the geniuses of the Saint Gu Academy, Long Xuan began to ponder which geniuses he should go to play chess with next, and where he should go to find geniuses.
Speaking of which, he knew quite a few super geniuses, and they also completely met his appetite, such as Long Dan, Long Yuyao, Di Xin, Qian Jinjin... these people could be considered super geniuses who were outstanding in the entire Gu World, and might even be better than the geniuses of the Saint Gu Academy.
And these people all had old ties with him, and playing a game of chess with them was effortless. The fate chess pieces of these people were what he was determined to get.
As for geniuses like Long Ziyan, Little Medicine Boy, Zhu Jiuge... some were a pity. They had moved too fast and had long since become Gu Kings. The Chess Gu's ability was ineffective against Gu Kings.
These people were his eternal pain in the heart, and he could only give up helplessly.
Long Xuan's eyes turned, and after pondering for a long time, he finally decided to start with Long Dan first. I don't know if this big monster who also possessed the Innate Spirit Gu was dead or not after so many years.
Logically speaking, the Extreme Gu on Long Dan was completely on the same level as the Misfortune Gu. As long as he was alive, his future achievements would definitely not be bad.
Long Xuan took out the communication talisman he left with Long Dan. The reason he didn't use Straw Gu was because his Straw Gu had only established diplomatic relations with Long Ziyan's Straw Gu. The Straw Gu Huts of others, without consent, his Straw Gu couldn't enter instantly.
What's more, the Straw Gu of that unlucky guy Long Dan had long been blown up by that genius surnamed Bai in the Mortal Kingdom.
Although Straw Gu could be refined again, finding Long Dan's newly refined Straw Gu in the vast Void Realm was no different from finding a needle in a haystack.
Long Xuan wrote directly and straightforwardly on the communication talisman: Are you there? You didn't hang up in that battle in the Black Wind Kingdom, did you? Long time no see, I miss you very much. Where are you now? I want to come over and reminisce with you and have a drink with you.
After leaving a few lines on the communication talisman, the communication talisman turned into a stream of light in his hand, flew into the distance, and disappeared.
At the same time, in the imperial palace of the Long Teng Empire, Long Dan, who was in seclusion in a secret room, furrowed his brows and slowly opened his eyes. He took out a communication talisman from his storage ring, and after seeing the handwriting on it, he was instantly shocked.
"It's you? You really didn't die! Why is this pervert suddenly looking for me?"
A look of deep trepidation appeared in Long Dan's eyes. His emotions were extremely unsettled at this time.
After a long time, he finally took out a new communication talisman and wrote on the paper: Thanks to you, I luckily picked up a small life in that battle because you broke the city-protecting barrier. After dodging layers of pursuit, I luckily returned to the Western Regions.
I dare not forget the grace of saving my life. If you want to see me, you can come to find me at any time. If you need any help, just mention it.
To tell you the truth, because I have the Innate Spirit Gu Extreme Gu, I was recruited into the palace by the Long Teng Empire and entrusted with important tasks. Currently, I am already the chief genius of the Long Teng Empire and am about to be sent to the Xuan Yuan Empire to participate in a Western Region Genius Tournament.
This Western Region Genius Tournament will gather all the geniuses of the entire Western Region. Do you have any plans to participate? If you want to participate, I'm afraid I can only hand over the championship position.
In a month, I will follow the geniuses of the Long Teng Empire to participate in the Western Region Genius Tournament. You can just wait for me at the competition venue.
After the pen fell, the communication talisman under Long Dan's pen turned into a stream of light and flew outside.
Looking at the stream of light flying away, Long Dan stood up, a look of deep gravity appearing in his eyes.
Long Xuan was the only genius he had feared so far, none
Not to mention how Long Xuan had grown over these years, the mere fact that he had used that forbidden technique once again during the competition meant that he absolutely could not be stopped; when the time came, the championship would undoubtedly be his.
"Will Long Xuan actually participate in this Western Region Genius Competition?" Long Dan took a deep breath, feeling immense pressure.
At the same time, Long Xuan felt his storage ring stir, and his face immediately lit up with joy.
So this Long Dan was still alive after all; he was truly lucky. Since he was still alive, he might as well count him in.
Long Xuan took the communication talisman out of his storage ring, and seeing so many words on it, he frowned slightly.
"He actually wrote so much; is he a chatterbox?" (End of chapter)
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