Chapter 520: Gu Technique and Gu Cultivation

The golden light blazed intensely, and the golden light refracted from high above covered the sea surface, turning the whole world into a brilliant pure gold.

Immediately after, those Golden Core Cultivators screamed in agony; even before they could deploy their Accumulation Beast Armor, the golden light wore them down, resulting in death and the disappearance of their Dao!

On the other side, Yan Buji also, through the combination of various techniques, slew all the ambushers.

After tallying the spoils, Yan Buji furrowed his brow.

"Daoist Priest, you're amazing—one person actually dealt with eight Golden Core stage cultivators." Gu Yue flew over and laughed.

"Don't get too excited yet; I've found this—take a look."

Yan Buji took out an identity token; Gu Yue glanced at it and immediately frowned.

"Sinking Dragon Society? They weren't here to steal my Nascent Soul Pill, were they?"

"Not necessarily; this group might have sensed you're hard to deal with, so they teamed up with Sinking Dragon Society cultivators to prepare a sneak attack. But since we've killed the Sinking Dragon Society people, I suggest we leave quickly." Yan Buji said.

Gu Yue nodded: "Alright!"

After a long while.

Sinking Dragon Society cultivators rushed over, looked around, and their faces darkened: "Damn it, how could that little slut have killed them all?"

"What should we do, Fellow Daoist Chen?"

"I mean, should we tell the Society Chief and the others? After all, this concerns a great treasure; we probably can't swallow it."

"Neither early nor late—they only spoke after fleeing; do you want me dead? When the Society Chief asks, what then?"

"Well then..."

A cross-eyed Golden Core Cultivator's face darkened, and he said gloomily: "Tell the Demon Tribe! Use their hands to kill them, and we'll profit from it!"

"But what if that great treasure falls into the Demon Tribe's hands..."

"It just depends on whose methods are superior!"

Saying that, the Sinking Dragon Society cultivators followed the traces and pursued upward.

Three months passed.

Yan Buji and Gu Yue sat on the Spirit Vessel; Gu Yue lay on the chair basking in sunlight: "Daoist Priest, you should have brought out this good stuff earlier."

"You think we're out for a picnic?" Yan Buji looked dissatisfied at Gu Yue: "Don't just lie there sunbathing—come over and help."

"Oh."

The northern part of the Boundless Sea teems with demon beasts, after all, it's a place human cultivators rarely tread; Yan Buji had to control the Spirit Vessel while guarding against demon beasts—though not impossible, he just couldn't stand seeing Gu Yue lounging there enjoying herself!

Watching Gu Yue skillfully employ Gu Technique to dispose of the nearby sea beasts, Yan Buji couldn't help but be astonished at the power of Gu Technique.

After all, he didn't think Gu Technique could be that strong; after all, it's merely one of the hundred arts cultivated.

He had never truly witnessed Gu Cultivation, so he still didn't understand why Gu Technique could dispatch so many sea beasts in an instant.

It's not merely magical methods; rather, it's their means of controlling vast numbers of Gu Worms to form a unique Gu Technique, which naturally arouses great curiosity.

Gu Yue looked over and laughed: "What's wrong, Daoist Priest?"

"I haven't seen much—can Gu Cultivation really be this powerful?" Yan Buji asked curiously.

"Not really." Gu Yue chuckled: "The Gu Worms in my hands are carefully bred using the clan's secret methods, plus arduous cultivation, which makes them this strong."

"Really?"

Yan Buji doubted: "No, your Gu Worms, though refined, still retain part of their active consciousness. Although I haven't seen much Gu Cultivation, I've heard that Gu Cultivators refine Gu Worms, so they shouldn't retain the consciousness of ordinary spirit beast pets, right?"

Gu Yue exclaimed: "You know quite a lot! In the Dongxing Sea Region, countless people don't even know what Gu Worms are, yet you understand their essence."

"So what?"

Gu Yue pondered: "Simply put, Gu Cultivation indeed differs from ordinary beast cultivation, but since both follow the path of control, retaining the Gu Worms' consciousness naturally carries risk."

"Spiritual sense? No wonder you can control so many Gu Worms at once—you must have trained in spiritual sense techniques." Yan Buji said.

Gu Yue, not wanting to reveal too much, smiled: "Aren't you also trained in several Earth Fiend Divine Abilities? As I know, if one's spiritual sense is too weak, one cannot cultivate Earth Fiend Divine Abilities."

Yan Buji nodded: "Let's skip this topic—how does your Gu Technique differ from ordinary magical methods?"

"This..." Gu Yue hesitated, then looked at Yan Buji: "You should be able to tell."

"Is it because you need to combine the Gu Worms' own abilities and then assemble the Gu Technique? Like the Accumulation Device, which can be disassembled and retrained to suit various environments." Yan Buji said.

Gu Yue nodded: "That's how Gu Cultivation works. However, you got one point wrong: the source of Gu Technique is the Gu Worm, and the Gu Worm's abilities aren't easily combined, so our cultivated Gu Technique is combined according to the Gu Worms' abilities, not arbitrarily combined."

"Isn't that equivalent to cultivating magical methods? The only difference is that improving magical methods is hard once mastered, whereas for Gu Technique, raising the Gu Worms' grade should suffice."

Gu Yue nodded: "You see clearly—this is where Gu Cultivation falls short of Magical Cultivation."

"Inferior? What do you mean?"

"Breeding Gu Worms for transformation also requires resources—especially for large-scale Gu Technique, the number of Gu Worms needed at once can exceed a thousand. If you want to raise the Gu Technique's grade, you must upgrade all those Gu Worms' grades at once; that's no simple matter." Gu Yue sighed.

"Although magical methods also have grades, as a Magical Cultivator's strength grows they can make do; moreover, one can choose better, higher-grade magical methods, whereas Gu Cultivation has far more to consider."

Most magical methods don't demand high talent from cultivators; as long as one puts in effort, they can be mastered. But Gu Cultivation seems to rely on Gu Worm power for cultivation, thus limiting their method selection to Gu Technique alone, making it highly restricted.

Thus Gu Cultivators rarely use magical methods that don't require Gu Worms—but who can clarify the varieties of Gu Worms?

For Gu Cultivators, whatever magical methods can achieve, Gu Technique can also achieve, so naturally there's no difference.

Conversely, perhaps there are things magical methods cannot accomplish, yet Gu Technique can.

Just as Yan Buji had previously witnessed the Gu Technique Floating Light Leaping Gold—this technique capable of influencing a region of heaven and earth has nearly reached the level of divine abilities—yet she used only a large number of Onefold and Twofold Gu Worms, plus a few Threefold Gu Worms!

According to Gu Yue's words, even at the Golden Core stage she could activate Fourfold or even Fivefold Gu Worms, showing she hasn't revealed her true strength.

It's not impossible she's boasting, but if she truly hides her strength, then even without Yan Buji's help, those Golden Core Cultivators who ambushed her could likely defeat her.

But according to Gu Yue's words, Gu Cultivation is also a money‑burning pit.

Yan Buji thought: "Actually, it's not unlike alchemy and weapon forging."

"Eh, that's right." Gu Yue laughed: "For us Gu Cultivators to raise our cultivation level, we truly rely on our natal Gu Worms."