Chapter 926: Nine Refinements of the Gu Insect (4000-word supplement)

"You..."

Seeing Aaron agree instantly and leave with the money, the youth felt a mix of joy and reluctance, suddenly feeling a sense of loss, as if he had lost something very important.

He wanted to chase after him, but did not know why he regretted it; he clutched the silver tightly in his hand, thinking to himself: "With this money, I can get married..."

Once this thought arose, he thought of a certain pretty face, and suddenly all other thoughts vanished.

"This transaction, based on mutual consent, is not much greater than the karma picked up by chance..."

On the other side, Aaron was preparing to go to Chunfeng Tower to celebrate properly.

Aaron's fundamental method at this time was still the "Ten Thousand Gu Book" by Wan Gu Zhenjun. This True Monarch could be considered a genius among the Side Sects and Heterodox Paths; although his cultivation had only reached the Mysterious Light Realm, he had many ingenious ideas regarding the way of refining Gu, all of which were recorded in the "Ten Thousand Gu Book".

Aaron's own divination skills at this time were already enough to match the results obtained from the Turtle Shell consuming decades of lifespan to calculate.

Recalling the records in the "Ten Thousand Gu Book", Aaron sighed.

After blood-sacrificing a hundred years of his own lifespan, Aaron was as if nothing had happened, feeling absolutely nothing; clearly, this bit of consumption did not even count as a drop in the bucket.

The first and second refinements of the Nine-Refinement Heaven-Calculating Gu were extremely easy to refine, but they were of no use at all.

Such a method, if it were truly without any flaws, would be a legacy comparable to the Heavenly Demons Orthodox, or even more terrifying than the Heavenly Demons Orthodox.

"Chicken ribs... eh?"

From low to high, it can be divided into one to nine refinements!

For example, the Sleepy Gu, Stomach Demon Gu, and the like can only be considered first or second refinement Gu insects, and their power only revolves around the Post-Heaven and Innate stages.

"This must be the refiner's own lifespan; only with such a harmony of Qi can the Nine-Refinement Heaven-Calculating Gu mask one's own fate... If one uses Demonic Dao methods to extract and blood-sacrifice the lifespan of others, it will be completely ineffective, the Qi will be impure, and it will even destroy the Gu insect!"

"If it is like this for the Nine-Refinement Heaven-Calculating Gu to advance to six refinements, then for seven refinements, I fear it would require ten thousand years of lifespan..."

As for the Five Viscera and Six Bowels Gu, that is a fourth-refinement Gu insect, extremely precious and rare, comparable to a Dharma Treasure.

"Within the Orthodox Xuan Sect and great immortal sects, there is absolutely no lack of Golden Core Grandmasters or even Primordial Spirit Loose Immortals... To guard against their calculations, the 'Nine-Refinement Heaven-Calculating Gu' must be raised to at least the sixth or even seventh refinement level! And if there are any old antiques or even treasures like Immortal Mansion Rare Treasures assisting in the calculation, then eight or nine refinements would be considered safe."

"Today is a great joy, it should be celebrated properly."

"And... that silly boy even self-righteously called out a high price! If I had deliberately suppressed the price, the karma owed would be greater, but by agreeing immediately, it is a clean transaction of money and goods, and we are no longer related..."

"If one wants to refine the Nine-Refinement Heaven-Calculating Gu upwards, the first and second refinements are fine, but for the fourth refinement to advance to the fifth, it requires a hundred years of the refiner's lifespan!"

Aaron immediately arrived at Chunfeng Tower, called for a few of the most popular girls, and after indulging for a few days, he returned to the valley where he was staying and took out that pitch-black Turtle Shell to examine it carefully.

With the help of Dharma Power, this Turtle Shell immediately floated in mid-air, its surface shining with light, and it spat out a Dharma formula, which was named—Great Expansion Divine Art!

Aaron scanned it a few times, pondered it for a while, and immediately shook his head: "This signature skill of the Wutong Temple turns out to be a method of calculation... But although this method of calculation is more exquisite than the one in the 'Ten Thousand Gu Book', it also has a drawback—every time it is used, it costs lifespan!"

"If one wants to refine the 'Nine-Refinement Heaven-Calculating Gu' upwards... long years of hard work are indispensable, and besides that, one also needs an extremely precious item, which is... lifespan!"

As for the biggest flaw of the Nine-Refinement Heaven-Calculating Gu, it is that the quality is insufficient, coupled with the difficulty of advancement!

"For a five-refinement Nine-Refinement Heaven-Calculating Gu to advance to six refinements, it requires the refiner to blood-sacrifice one thousand years of their own lifespan!"

"Among the various high-level Gu insects left behind by Wan Gu Zhenjun, only the Nine-Refinement Heaven-Calculating Gu's refining materials are the easiest for me to obtain; the others are too difficult or too bloody..."

The final Golden Silkworm Gu has a refinement count even higher than the Five Viscera and Six Bowels Gu; it is a fifth-refinement Gu insect, known as the King of Hundred Poisons, and its aura alone can shock first and second refinement Gu insects!

This 'Nine-Refinement Heaven-Calculating Gu' is the masterpiece of Wan Gu Zhenjun's divination techniques, naturally possessing the effect of enhancing the host's divination power!

Aaron pondered for a while, first summoning the Golden Snake Hook and the Mysterious Female Pearl... to protect himself firmly, and only then did he tentatively input a trace of Dharma Power.

The Hundred Poisons Sha Qi Dharma Power, mixed with at least a hundred years of lifespan, was injected into the Turtle Shell, and he began to refine this Magic Tool.

"This item... seems like it can be used to refine Gu?!"

He shook his head, stroking the Turtle Shell, his expression shifting: "Actually, this Turtle Shell itself is the shell of a turtle demon that obtained a trace of the bloodline of the Ancient Black Tortoise divine beast, and... it already has a thousand years of heat."

Aaron stroked the Turtle Shell and laughed: "When I first saw it, I felt that you were very suitable for refining the Nine-Refinement Heaven-Calculating Gu, and now you have finally fallen into my hands."

This was the biggest reason why he could not stop thinking about this Turtle Shell.

"Wan Gu Zhenjun calculated up to this point and was already in despair; he was only a Mysterious Light Realm cultivator, and killing him wouldn't yield a thousand years of lifespan!"

He pondered for a while, then suddenly opened his mouth and sprayed a mouthful of essence blood onto it.

The highest quality 'Nine-Refinement Heaven-Calculating Gu' that Wan Gu Zhenjun refined in his life was only at the fifth-refinement level, which could allow him to guard against the calculations of cultivators of the same realm, but he still could not hide from a Golden Core Grandmaster!

Among them was a Gu insect that Aaron was very interested in, named—'Nine-Refinement Heaven-Calculating Gu'!

The raw material for refining this Gu insect requires the shell of a long-lived turtle-type great demon.

Once it reaches the third or fourth refinement level, it can resist the calculations of Condensing Sha and Outer Gang cultivators! However, if one encounters Mysterious Light or Golden Core cultivators performing divination, or if the opponent uses some Dharma Treasure to enhance their calculation ability, one's true colors will still be revealed!

"Eight refinements, nine refinements... I dare not think about it, I dare not think about it. Fortunately, I am immortal, so I can just go all out..."

And in reality, this 'Nine-Refinement Heaven-Calculating Gu' only existed in Wan Gu Zhenjun's imagination because it had a huge flaw, which was—the grade!

Cultivators have grades!

Dharma Treasures have ranks!

Gu insects naturally also have distinctions in quality!

Boom!

Besides this, it can also provide the host with a talent, named—'Not Within Calculation'!

Those with this talent can avoid being calculated, and can also compile a set of identities and backgrounds to fool divination methods!

If one encounters a true cultivator, one will be helpless.

If one refines the Stomach Demon Gu to become the Five Viscera Gu, it is a precious third-refinement Gu that can help Condensing Sha cultivators break through! The Six Bowels Gu is also a third-refinement one!

This Turtle Shell is pitch black all over, with countless patterns on it as if carved by knives and axes; it is unknown whether it was forged Post-Heaven or if it was Innate.

Furthermore, the results calculated by the Great Expansion Divine Art were not much different from Aaron's own divination techniques.

"Fortunately, with this Nine-Refinement Heaven-Calculating Gu, my plan can be more than half completed..."

"Once I refine the nine-refinement Nine-Refinement Heaven-Calculating Gu, even an Immortal Mansion Rare Treasure might not be able to see through my origins!"

(End of chapter)