The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

At the same time, Long Xuan finally untied the tightly knotted Insect rearing bag and released a rabbit that had been frantically struggling inside. As soon as the rabbit leaped out, it eagerly burrowed into the ground, tunneling through the earth. In a short while, it reached the location of the two princes' chambers and then gently hopped up from the soil.

The rabbit had a clear objective. Once out of the ground, it swiftly dashed towards Luo Zheng and opened the Insect rearing bag at his waist. It then retrieved the enormous living wood inside. With a glance of admiration in its eyes, the rabbit quickly stuffed the living wood into its own Insect rearing bag.

Inside the bag was a Sou Gu. To prevent the aura of the peak-grade spiritual herb from leaking out and attracting unwanted attention, Long Xuan had decided to have the Sou Gu transfer the living wood away.

He didn't believe that once the living wood was transferred to the Far western region, anyone would still be able to sense its aura.

As soon as the living wood entered the Insect rearing bag, the Sou Gu's eyes lit up, glowing brightly. This was prime material!

The rabbit, now satisfied after stashing the living wood into its Insect rearing bag, didn't forget to securely retie Luo Zheng’s pouch. Then, it immediately burrowed into the ground again, disappearing without a trace.

The two Gu Masters at the Spiritual Sea stage standing guard at the courtyard entrance remained completely oblivious to the events, diligently performing their duty like door gods.

After the rabbit successfully completed its task, it quickly retraced its path underground and returned to Long Xuan. It jumped out of the earth and obediently hopped back into its pouch, finally content and no longer restless.

Having successfully obtained the living wood, Long Xuan's face lit up with joy. He turned to leave without the slightest intention of lingering.

To avoid any unexpected complications, he intended to return to the Long Clan estate as quickly as possible. It was the safest place for him right now.

As for the Origin Realm, it would naturally dissipate after he left, without requiring him to dismantle it deliberately.

The delay in the Origin Realm’s dissipation provided him with ample time to make his escape.

However, Long Xuan had only taken a few steps when his Eye of Heavenly Secret noticed multiple Gu Kings approaching from different directions. Alarmed, he swiftly avoided their paths, choosing to move toward the area with the fewest Gu Kings.

Those two idiots could only fend for themselves. If Long Xuan's guess was correct, the moment they peeled the bark from the living wood, the aura of the tree caused a violent fluctuation, meaning the formation they set up failed to completely block its aura.

Even the slightest leak of the peak-grade spiritual herb’s aura was enough to alert a small number of Gu Kings.

It was sheer luck and speed on his part that allowed him to act first. It seemed that, with or without him, the living wood was bound to be lost today.

"What a flawed plan," Long Xuan thought. "How could they trust such fools with the treasure? Using the wrong people renders even the most perfect schemes useless."

Shaking his head in frustration, Long Xuan quickly left the area.

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Meanwhile, outside the city...

A fierce battle was raging in the distance to the north of Blackstone City. A large group of Gu Kings were ganging up on a single target.

In the southern distance, another intense battle was taking place, with another group of Gu Kings attacking a lone Gu Master.

However, the northern battlefield had far more Gu Kings—over a hundred. At the center of the battle was a peak-stage Gu King.

The southern battlefield had fewer people—about twenty Gu Kings—surrounding and attacking a mid-stage Gu King.

The sheer difference in numbers meant the southern battle wouldn’t last much longer.

Before long, the storage bag of the mid-stage Gu King was shattered, and treasures scattered in all directions.

Among the scattered items, a massive box exuding the aura of the living wood immediately drew everyone’s attention.

“Living wood!”

“Living wood!”

“Living wood!”

...

Cries of astonishment filled the air as the Gu Kings' eyes gleamed with extreme greed, and they madly rushed towards the massive box.

At this moment, the mid-stage Gu King tightly embraced the large box, a bitter smile appearing on his face.

“Hahaha... Who would've thought that after such flawless planning, you would still see through our schemes!”

“Failing to protect the treasure... Even if I return to my country, I won’t escape death!”

“It seems the heavens have doomed me, but even in death, I won't let you lot have it easy.”

“You want the living wood, don’t you? If my Great Yin Dynasty can’t have it, then no one will! I’ll destroy it right now—none of you will get it! Hahaha...”

“Hahaha...”

The Gu King erupted in maniacal laughter as a surge of spirit fire erupted from his hands, flooding toward the box.

“No!”

“Stop!”

“Don’t!”

The crowd went wild, their eyes bulging with rage as they recklessly rushed toward him, ignoring the danger of the roaring flames that could burn them alive. At this moment, everyone had lost their minds.

“This is bad! He’s going to self-destruct! Run!”

“Damn it! This lunatic!”

"Boom!!!"

A deafening explosion suddenly erupted, and the Gu Kings who charged the fastest were all caught in the shockwave. After violently spitting out a mouthful of blood, their bodies were sent flying backward.

Those who managed to escape the blast radius turned back at this moment, all with grim expressions on their faces.

At the center of the explosion was a sea of fire, and there was no trace of the large box anymore. They couldn't even spot a single fragment of the Living Wood. It was likely that the entire piece had been vaporized by the flames, leaving nothing behind.

After all their efforts, they realized it was all in vain—they had gained nothing. Everyone's faces darkened, and they were on the verge of going mad with anger.

"How ruthless! He died, but he made sure to take the Living Wood with him to the grave. The Living Wood has been burned to ashes; now no one has anything to fight over."

Jiu Kang, whose aura was at the peak of the Gu King level, smiled bitterly as he gazed at the sea of fire in front of him.

"The legendary peak-grade spirit herb has been destroyed just like that. What a waste of heaven’s gifts. If he had cut the Living Wood into countless pieces and distributed them, he could have survived. What a pity."

Cai Xuan revealed an expression of extreme pain, clutching his chest as he let out a long sigh toward the sky.

At this moment, his storage ring suddenly trembled. His expression shifted, and he quickly retrieved a communication talisman from it.

Earlier, he couldn’t determine who had the Living Wood. To be safe, he and another Gu King from the Cai clan split up. He had chosen to follow the most suspicious attendant.

Now, finally, the other side had sent a reply. It seemed that the battle there had come to a conclusion. Impatiently, he took out the communication talisman and looked at its contents.

Soon, a bitter smile appeared on his face, and he said helplessly, "It turns out that Luo Yu over there was just an external clone, and he also self-destructed moments ago, taking two Gu Kings with him to the grave."

"The Living Wood couldn't have been on that external clone, so it must have been carried by this attendant. Now, the Living Wood has been completely destroyed."

Upon hearing this, everyone showed expressions of disappointment. No one had any hope left; they shook their heads, sighed, and after cursing a bit, finally dispersed.

Hidden in the darkness, a pair of eyes observed as the Living Wood was completely destroyed, without raising anyone's suspicion. Only then did a satisfied smile appear.

"Hehe, indeed, there were no mistakes. My plan was flawless! I, Luo Yu, have played these hundreds of Gu Kings like fools. No one else could have pulled this off."

The voice in the darkness vanished, and a figure quickly sneaked off in the direction of Blackstone City.

However, when he returned to the small house on the outskirts of Blackstone City, he saw many Gu Kings searching nearby. They were going door to door, causing chaos, though it was unclear exactly what they were looking for.

Gu cultivators from the Ten Great Clan's of the Western Lands were all here. These were the ones who had stayed behind, not leaving the city. Now, they were appearing in this secluded area.

Seeing this scene, Luo Yu felt a sinking sensation in his heart, and a bad premonition arose.

He hurriedly snuck into the house and, seeing that it hadn’t been searched yet, let out a sigh of relief.

It seemed the Gu Kings had only sensed something wrong in this general area, but they didn’t know the exact location. Fortunately, for now, all was well.

Luo Yu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly rushed into the house.

"What on earth did you do?! I told you not to open that Insect Rearing Bag. Did you not follow my orders?!"

As soon as he entered the door, Luo Yu snarled with a twisted expression.

"No! Absolutely not! How could we dare disobey the words of the Royal Uncle? I swear, we absolutely didn’t open the Insect Rearing Bag."

Luo Zheng immediately denied it, his mental fortitude showing no sign of guilt. His acting skills were top-notch, and he even put on a pitiful face. An average person would have believed him.

In contrast, Luo Ye’s expression was full of guilt. His face was pale, his eyes darting around nervously, clearly frightened.

Even if Luo Zheng had the acting skills of a movie star, this “pig teammate” was giving them away.

Seeing Luo Ye's expression, Luo Yu instantly realized what had happened and flew into a rage.

"Still pretending? If you didn’t open the Insect Rearing Bag, how did those people know the location of the Living Wood? Of course, you opened it!"

Luo Yu, furious, rushed over and ripped the Insect Rearing Bag from Luo Zheng's waist. When he opened it and looked inside, he found only a small silver snake soundly asleep. The Living Wood that was supposed to be next to it was long gone.

His vision went black, and he staggered back several steps, nearly fainting.

What a disaster! His plan, so meticulous and flawless, had been ruined by these two idiots.

"Look at what you’ve done!"

Luo Yu furiously threw the empty Insect Breeding Bag onto the ground and roared, "You idiots! I repeatedly told you not to open that Insect Rearing Bag, but you ignored me!"

"Now, great! The Living Wood has been taken, and everything we've done has gone to waste!"

"What a disaster! You've ruined everything! The two of you can go explain this to your father yourselves!"

Luo Yu's face turned blue with rage. Such a perfect plan, but it had been ruined by such a low-level mistake. He was filled with regret and hatred.

Not only had the Living Wood been lost, but 40 billion spirit stones were also gone. That was an astronomical number—even for an empire, it wasn’t a small amount.

At that moment, Luo Yu felt like coughing up blood. He wanted nothing more than to strangle these two useless fools.

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