Chapter 75: Dragon Gu Formed (with illustration)

Long Xuan was helpless and could only painfully replenish the spirit stones. Only then did he return to his small pavilion and finally quiet down to continue researching the Gu formula.

The progress of his Dragon Gu formula was very fast. Only 10% progress was left to be successful.

Since the materials had been basically collected, he also had to speed up the Gu formula matter, striving to "liver" the Dragon Gu formula out at the fastest speed.

Unconsciously, three months passed just like that.

During this period, the protracted beast tide finally ended. In this battle, I don't know how many Gu cultivators died or were injured. Whether it was the massive number of scattered cultivators or the major Gu cultivator families, they all suffered heavy losses.

But those who lived were tempered in this battle and also obtained a large amount of rare materials, so their strength increased significantly.

Therefore, although the number of Gu cultivators in the Far West Region decreased significantly, the number of experts increased.

The Flame Clone also returned from the battlefield completely, so Long Xuan didn't have to run to meet him every two months, and he could save the round-trip time to research the Gu formula.

Hard work pays off. Finally, today, three months later, the Dragon Gu formula was finally researched successfully by him.

Looking at this Gu formula with 【100%】 progress above, he was overjoyed.

I don't know why, but every time he saw this number, he would be extra excited, and seeing the number 100% would make him show a look of ecstasy, no matter what thing this number appeared on.

He quickly wrote at the bottom right of the Gu formula title — Long Xuan Zhe.

Putting down the pen, he kissed the Gu formula heavily, put it into a wooden box like a treasure, and put it into the storage bag.

This wooden box contained all his research results. No matter what he created, he would put it in this wooden box. It was a treasure chest he specially used to store knowledge results.

Afterward, he began to prepare for the work of refining the Dragon Gu. Better early than late; start refining Gu today.

He had already prepared the materials on the Gu formula. It was nothing more than a few new materials that had just been written on, which needed to be bought at the market, and it wouldn't waste much time.

After Long Xuan sent the Flame Clone to buy these few new materials, he put about 4,000 materials into a large cauldron.

Then he carefully observed the Gu refining progress. If the Gu refining progress didn't appear, he would pour out all the materials, mess up the order and put them back in, until the progress appeared.

After the number 【0.0%】 appeared in his sight, he showed a joyful smile and returned to that warm small pavilion again.

The process of refining Gu required a not-short amount of time. Being anxious was useless. He prepared to do something else to kill time.

In the previous few battles, he had suffered losses in speed three times. He had planned more than once to develop speed-type abilities.

It just so happened that he had time now. He prepared to take advantage of the gap while waiting for the Gu to be formed to create a movement technique.

Movement technique was a type of body technique, which didn't need to be driven by spiritual power. Its upper limit in speed couldn't compare with the ability of spirit insects.

He prepared to create a powerful movement technique to transition first. It wouldn't be too late to research spatial teleportation ability after becoming a top-level expert in the future. Those with low cultivation realms certainly couldn't perform spatial teleportation, so using body techniques to transition was also a helpless thing.

Still the old rules: either don't create it, or create it differently, create it outstandingly, and have obvious advantages over conventional movement techniques.

It was best to integrate some elements of the previous life, so that the movement technique he created wouldn't find similarities in this world, thus standing out from the crowd.

Otherwise, after he worked hard to create the movement technique, he found that this kind of movement technique had already been created by someone before him. Wouldn't he be doing useless work, just like he was plagiarizing?

In this way, he might as well learn the movement techniques of this world, and he could also save a large amount of time. Why create it unnecessarily?

Only if the movement technique he created was awesome enough and exceeded the movement techniques that could be learned in this world would it be worthy of his time investment, and would there be a need to learn the self-created movement technique.

Since he wanted to add some elements of the previous life, he first thought of the "lightness skill" in the martial arts novels of the previous life.

Of course, the movement technique of this world was definitely not any lightness skill. Although movement technique and lightness skill were both fast in speed, they were definitely not the same thing.

This world also had no lightness skill at all, and there was not even this vocabulary.

Long Xuan actually leaned toward lightness skill. Then, if there were no accidents, he would be "rebellious" again. The works created by being rebellious would definitely not find similarities in this world.

Whether it was strong or not was one thing, but his masterpiece would definitely stand out in the movement techniques of this world, be completely different from traditional movement techniques, and have a completely different style.

Since he thought of lightness skill, he first thought of a superior lightness skill in the Wudang sect called "Ti Yun Zong."

How awesome was "Ti Yun Zong"? This kind of lightness skill could step on the right foot with the left foot, step on the left foot with the right foot, and ascend to heaven on the spot.

That was to say, through the way of stepping on the right foot with the left foot, one could fly. As long as one didn't stop stepping on feet, one could climb to the sky like climbing stairs, and no one would care if one poked through the atmosphere.

How difficult it was for humans to fly, it could be said that no movement technique in this world had the effect of making people fly.

If his idea could really be realized, then the movement technique he created might become the only movement technique in this world with the effect of flying, which could be called a miracle of this world.

In this world, if Gu cultivators wanted to fly, they could only rely on flying mounts. Wanting to fly by themselves was extremely, extremely difficult. Flying ability was a super rare ability. The Gu cultivators who possessed it were extremely, extremely few. Usually, they were basically invisible, and only the Gu King group who could fly would be a bit more numerous.

Therefore, being able to fly in this world would have a huge advantage.

It could be said that when he faced a strong enemy, he could leave whenever he wanted, and no one could catch up to him. Even if the enemy's speed was fast, they couldn't chase him to the sky.

And he possessed the only air superiority. At that time, it would only be his turn to hit others, and not others' turn to hit him. He would start by being in an invincible position.

Mastering the power of flying too early in the early stage was really too helpful for actual combat.

Long Xuan's eyes became brighter the more he thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this brain hole was really creative. He immediately decided that he would research this kind of movement technique of stepping on the right foot with the left foot, and he would step on the right foot with the left foot and ascend to heaven on the spot!

I just want to go to heaven and shoulder to shoulder with the sun! Who can do anything to me!

Long Xuan was full of heroic spirit, took out a piece of paper, and was about to write excitedly!

However, when his pen tip was about to fall on the paper, it suddenly stopped.

He frowned tightly, thinking hard, with a blank face. Half a day passed, and he didn't write anything down. He couldn't even squeeze out a word.

Undoubtedly, if there were no accidents, he had "writer's block" again, and it was from the very first word.

It actually suppressed the emotions he had finally brewed, and his passion came and went quickly. Where was the full energy just now?

Long Xuan felt like he was splashed with a basin of cold water on his head, no longer having the enthusiasm just now, and finally calmed down.

Everyone had brain holes, and everyone could imagine. The key was what principle you used to realize your brain hole. Who couldn't think? What was the use of just thinking but not doing?

At this time, Long Xuan was in this situation. His brain hole was a bit big, so he was stuck there with a blank face.

Stepping on the right foot with the left foot and ascending to heaven on the spot seemed simple in principle, but those who had been to school knew that the action of force was mutual.

You step on the right foot with how much force, the right foot will give you how much downward force. Therefore, no matter how great your strength is, no matter if you have the heaven-defying divine power to lift a mountain, it is impossible to fly through the way of stepping on the right foot with the left foot.

Just like you use your right hand to grab your left shoulder, no matter how much strength you have, can you lift yourself up?

Long Xuan scratched his ears and cheeks. What on earth could he do to research the movement technique of stepping on the right foot with the left foot? He racked his brains. At this moment, he didn't know how many brain cells he had killed, and his brain CPU was almost burned.

The most direct way to realize this idea was to unload the downward force.

But how to unload the force became a new problem. He thought of the Tai Chi of the previous life that could unload force, but he only knew a little bit about Tai Chi, and it seemed it wouldn't work.

He thought of the lever principle again. The downward stepping force was very light, but the other end could produce a great upward force. But he didn't have such a long lever. Would it work if the lever was curved? It seemed there was no fulcrum.

Long Xuan's brain was about to explode completely.

As a last resort, he sent out a large number of clones to use the Original Realm to steal teachers everywhere. The development of martial arts in this world was far beyond the previous life.

Things that couldn't be done in theory in the previous life might not necessarily be impossible in this world where martial arts were prosperous. He could find a solution in this world.

Perhaps the principle of some spirit technique in this world could realize his brain hole.

He was just planning to borrow the principles of other spirit techniques in large quantities. "Stones from other hills can be used to polish jade." Maybe he could use the principle of some spirit technique.

Finally, a month later, Long Xuan looked at a book called "Force-Releasing Art" placed on the table and showed a proud smile.

This "Force-Releasing Art" was a body technique on Long Lao, which was considered one of the strongest unique body techniques of the Long Clan.

Long Lao accidentally took out this body technique and placed it on the table, and it was learned by the Wood Clone who was in charge of Long Lao's medicine garden.

Sigh! You say why was he so careless, too careless, hehe...

Long Xuan showed a proud, treacherous smile.

This body technique called "Force-Releasing Art" was very strong. The theory inside could just be used on the movement technique he created. It was a great help to him.

"Force-Releasing Art," as the name suggested, its function was naturally to release force?

And the movement technique of his that ascended to heaven by stepping on the right foot with the left foot could only be done by releasing force. Just when he was looking for a way to release force, it turned out that someone sent a pillow when he was sleepy. Whatever he thought of came. It came at a really timely time.

Long Xuan quickly picked up this "Force-Releasing Art," kissed it heavily, and then couldn't wait to flip through it, looking at it with fascination.

"Force-Releasing Art" was a defensive body technique, and its function was to resolve the power of others hitting his body.

Cultivating "Force-Releasing Art" to the small success stage could resolve 30% of the force, and cultivating it to the great success stage was enough to resolve 100% of the force.

What was the concept of 100% force? This meant that you would be immune to all physical attacks. Even if the enemy had the power to shake a mountain, they couldn't hurt a single hair of yours.

It was simply too exaggerated, too abnormal!

The Long Clan was worthy of being a great clan famous for its strong physical body. Such a heaven-defying body technique could actually be researched by this family. Awesome!

Long Lao actually dared to put such an awesome body technique anywhere. It was too careless.

Long Xuan laughed in his heart.

Although this was a defensive body technique and not a movement technique, "stones from other hills can be used to polish jade." Even different types of body techniques could be borrowed from each other.

However, "Force-Releasing Art" released the external force generated by external strikes, not the mutual interaction force he caused himself. Copying it completely would definitely not work; he still needed to make a lot of changes.

However, for Long Xuan, the difficulty lay in the beginning. "Everything is difficult at the beginning." As long as he knew how to do the beginning, the rest would be easy to handle.

As long as he was given a hint, he could explore the complete movement technique.

Just like that, with inspiration, Long Xuan wrote like a god, his thoughts flowed like a spring, and his writing speed was fast. Lines of text appeared on that piece of paper from nothing.

And as time passed, there were more and more lines, and more and more text. Not long after, the text filled the whole piece of paper, and he changed to a new one...

A year later, Long Xuan bound the scattered papers into a book. A new book that hadn't been named yet was placed on his stone table.

Looking at this nameless new book, Long Xuan's breathing was rapid, and his mood was as excited as it could be.

At this time, he was high-spirited and truly felt that he was really too great. He could actually research such an awesome movement technique.

He was a great man in this world. His achievements in movement techniques in this world could be said to be unprecedented and never to be repeated, enough to be recorded in the history books of this world.

How awesome was the movement technique he created?

First of all, his movement technique could release the mutual interaction force, making the human body climb to the sky infinitely by stepping on the right foot with the left foot and the left foot with the right foot.

Not only that, the most important thing about movement technique was speed. How fast could his speed be?

Long Xuan could release his own gravity, making himself as light as a feather. Could his speed not be fast?

He could also release the resistance that hindered his speed, such as the friction generated by the air. Could his speed not be fast?

One must never underestimate how much air resistance affects speed.

When you walk slowly, air resistance will naturally have no effect. When your speed is fast to the extreme, you will understand how terrifying air resistance is.

The friction between a falling meteorite and the air can generate flames, and the friction between a rocket launching into the sky and the atmosphere can melt the metal shell.

This was just the speed of a rocket. In this world, there were too many creatures whose speed was far faster than a rocket.

Not to mention how great the air resistance generated by that speed would be, the friction generated with the air alone would be enough to make you burn yourself.

Moreover, the space of this world not only had air but also spiritual power of various attributes, and the resistance was even greater.

Long Xuan's movement technique could not only ignore air friction, but the law of conservation of force—the force he released couldn't disappear out of thin air. Where did all the force he released go?

Long Xuan could completely convert all these forces into forward pushing force to further increase his speed.

Under heavy acceleration, how fast could his speed be?

Long Xuan didn't know, and didn't dare to imagine.

He didn't have a body-refining cultivation method yet and hadn't performed body refining. Insufficient strength would directly affect his speed.

Therefore, how fast his future speed could be, Long Xuan couldn't estimate at all, but every time he thought about it, he always had a feeling that he was about to catch fire.

He set five realms for his movement technique.

The first realm: Flying over eaves and walking on walls.

The body is so light that one can shuttle and fly quickly on eaves and cliffs.

The second realm: Water treading.

The body can be so light that one can stroll on the water, like a dragonfly skimming the water.

The third realm: Flying on grass.

The body is so light that one can run fast by stepping on the tips of the grass without breaking a single tender blade of grass.

The fourth realm: Stepping on snow without leaving traces.

The body can be so light that one can run on snow without leaving a single trace on the snow.

The fifth realm: Lifting heavy as light.

One can run on the water surface while lifting a large vat full of water.

What is lightness skill? This is called true lightness skill. Not only does it make oneself light, but it is also lighter than external objects, and can also press down like Mount Tai.

When the movement technique is practiced to this realm, it means that the movement technique has already reached great success. A ruthless person who runs on the lake while lifting a large vat will appear in the Gu world...

Cultivating to the fifth realm is extremely, extremely difficult. I'm afraid there are very few people in the whole world who can practice it successfully.

The movement technique created by Long Xuan had too high a difficulty and had harsh requirements for comprehension. It was definitely not something that anyone could practice.

Up to this point, a movement technique with the concept of lightness skill was successfully created by Long Xuan for the first time.

The lightness skill in martial arts would shine brightly in this world, stir up the wind and clouds of this world, and shock countless people.

Since the movement technique was successful, it was time to give this movement technique a loud and atmospheric name.

Long Xuan frowned and thought for a moment. Should he call it "Ascending to Heaven"? Why did this word always feel strange, as if something was wrong somewhere.

After thinking about it, Long Xuan decided to call it "Treading Stars." Even the stars of the heavens could be trodden. This name was domineering enough and classy.

He wrote the two words "Treading Stars" on the blank book cover, and finally wrote below it — Long Xuan Zhe.

Up to this point, another world-famous masterpiece of Long Xuan was completely successful.

He blew lightly on the handwriting above and put it into that small box with satisfaction.

Next, he needed to urge the major clones to seize the time to practice, and he would supervise.

Five clones practiced at the same time, returning cultivation results at the same time, enjoying five times the cultivation speed. I think it wouldn't be long before he could practice "Treading Stars" to great success.

At that time, he would possess first-class speed. Speed would not only not become his shortcoming but would become his strength.

In the same realm, almost no one would be able to catch up to his speed. He had confidence in the movement technique he created.

His "Treading Stars" could definitely reach the ranks of the first-class in the world, and there were very, very few movement techniques that could compare with it.

He didn't dare to speak rashly about other places, but in this Far West place, his "Treading Stars" deserved the name of the first movement technique in the Far West.

Once "Treading Stars" reached great success, his personal safety problem would be directly improved. He could advance and retreat, and no one in the same realm would want to catch up to his speed.

Unconsciously, a year had passed. Long Xuan had to sigh that time passed really fast. He really didn't expect that creating a movement technique would consume so much time for him, but this was enough to see the complexity of "Treading Stars."

Suddenly thinking that he hadn't gone to see the refining progress of the Dragon Gu for a long time, he was shocked in his heart and hurriedly ran toward that large cauldron.

Researching "Treading Stars" was too forgetful of food and sleep, so he forgot the time and actually forgot about the matter of refining the Dragon Gu. I don't know if the clones watched it for him.

Speaking of which, the Dragon Gu didn't seem simple either. The refining time was really long. It had already been a year now.

When he ran to the large cauldron, he found that the progress displayed above the large cauldron was 【100%】, which meant that the Dragon Gu had already been formed.

He was happy in his heart. It seemed that he came just at the right time and didn't come late.

This Dragon Gu should also have just been formed not long ago; otherwise, it would have run out long ago and would definitely not honestly stay inside.

It's better to come early than to come at the right time. Long Xuan was overjoyed, lifted the cauldron lid with one hand, and suddenly a small green dragon appeared in his sight.

Only to see this small dragon curling up in the center of the large cauldron, sleeping soundly, and its appearance was still a bit cute.

This Dragon Gu couldn't be said to look like a dragon; it was exactly the same as the Azure Dragon of the previous life, all green.

Horns like a deer, head like a camel, eyes like a rabbit, neck like a snake, belly like a clam, scales like a fish, claws like an eagle, palms like a tiger, ears like a cow.

Each part was like an animal, a living Oriental Divine Dragon.

The only difference was the difference in body size.

The body size of the Azure Dragon was so huge, while the one in the cauldron was a miniature version of the Azure Dragon, shrunk unknown how many hundred times.

After all, it was an insect. The characteristic of an insect was that it was small. It was understandable to have such a body size.

However, looking at this little guy in the cauldron that was only the thickness of an arm, he fell into deep thought.

Can this be ridden? What about refining a fierce and domineering mount? How did a little one come out? Can this appearance be ridden? At that time, is it me riding it, or is it riding me? Long Xuan fell into deep thought.

Won't it be raising another ancestor? It seems it can sleep like Little White. Besides having four more legs than Little White, it's a living another Little White.

With a nervous mood, Long Xuan bit his finger and dripped blood on its forehead, taking advantage of its sleep to establish a blood-contract relationship with it. In an instant, Long Xuan knew what its ability was.

His eyes began to get brighter and brighter.

It had to be said that every Gu insect he created was awesome. He actually refined another top-grade Gu insect carrying a domain.

This domain was not simple. Its name was Teleportation Domain.

From the name, it could be completely understood: within the domain range, it could instantly appear in any position.

Note that the keyword was teleportation. Teleportation had no speed; it appeared directly. Such an ability was simply impossible to guard against, and even completely impossible to prevent.

Not to mention what basic abilities the Dragon Gu had and how its physical strength was, the teleportation ability alone was enough to rank it in the forefront of top-grade Gu insects.

"In the world's martial arts, only speed cannot be broken." As long as the speed is fast to the extreme, then you are the world's number one.

No one's speed could be faster than teleportation. It didn't need to possess any other abilities. "One move is fresh, eating all over the sky." It could walk on the road to invincibility relying on this one move alone.

If he could have a Dragon Gu when he went to the Ten Thousand Mountains to hunt last time, would that brittle Decay Gu dare to be presumptuous in front of him? The Dragon Gu could kill that brittle one in seconds with one teleportation.

The Dragon Gu's ability was a natural counter to those brittle top-grade Gu insects.

Long Xuan was very satisfied with the teleportation ability, satisfied to the point of no more satisfaction. However, soon he became depressed again.

He created a movement technique with the world's number one speed in the front foot, and as a result, a Gu insect with a speed faster than him appeared in the back foot. Wasn't this deliberately hitting him?

However, thinking that the Dragon Gu's teleportation range was only within the domain, and the domain could move slowly but couldn't teleport with the Dragon Gu, so in terms of long-distance running, it certainly couldn't be faster than his "Treading Stars." Thinking of this, Long Xuan finally felt relieved.

"Seeing you are all green, I'll name you Xiao Qing! I hope you can grow to the point where you can be ridden one day."

Long Xuan was still thinking about the mount matter. I don't know how big the Dragon Gu can grow when it reaches full growth, and can it reach the same body size as the Divine Dragon?

He picked up the curled-up Dragon Gu from the large cauldron and held it in his arms, gently stroking its green skin and that pair of young dragon horns, unable to put it down.

Up to this point, Long Xuan's third top-grade Gu insect was completely successful. Counting the Cockroach Gu, he already had four Gu insects on him at this time.

With three major top-grade Gu insects in hand, plus a Cockroach Gu, Long Xuan was confident that he could not fear anyone in the same realm in this region. Even if the opponent was the first genius of a certain great clan, don't even think about posing a threat to him.

If he encountered a Gu cultivator whose realm was far higher than his own, he could also completely use "Treading Stars" to run away.

The speed of Treading Stars was really too exaggerated, and it could fly. I don't know if a Spirit Sea Stage Gu cultivator could catch up to him.

After this seclusion, Long Xuan's strength soared, and his combat power underwent earth-shaking changes, which could be said to have increased several times.

At this time, he could finally walk out of the "newbie village," boldly go outside to adventure, and wander around casually.

With his current trump cards, there were not many dangers that could put him in a crisis.

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