Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

Chapter 369: Chapter 366: Results

Shen Changchuan couldn’t help but be pleased.

A Tier Two High-Level Gu Insect, if it caught someone by surprise, could likely kill even a Soul Emergence Seventh Layer Cultivator in a single, sneaky strike!

Its lethality was terrifying,

surpassing even the Divine Techniques Shen Changchuan had mastered!

This thing,

was the culmination of Shen Changchuan’s last three years of work.

It was, without a doubt, the strongest ace up his sleeve!

Waves of emotion stirred in Shen Changchuan’s heart.

’But in the end, a Gu Insect is still a Gu Insect.’

’This Tier Two High-Level Centipede King is devastatingly powerful, but if it’s not hidden and attacking from the shadows, it might not even be able to hit a Soul Emergence Late Stage Realm Cultivator.’

’And once discovered, a Gu Insect is ultimately no match for a true Soul Emergence Late Stage Realm Cultivator in a direct fight.’

’Besides, a Cultivator in the Soul Emergence Late Stage Realm has undergone a transformation in both their Divine Sense and Magical Power. A successful sneak attack is practically impossible.’

’Sometimes, it’s not even as useful as my Divine Techniques...’

Although he was happy to have acquired another powerful tool, Shen Changchuan didn’t let it go to his head.

Instead, he silently warned himself,

lest pride blind him.

He recalled the overwhelming might displayed years ago deep within the Demon Beast Forest by Ying Wuya, the senior disciple of the Seven Extremes Old Demon, who was at the Soul Emergence Peak Realm.

Given Ying Wuya’s power,

even if the man just stood there and let it attack,

this Tier Two High-Level Centipede Insect King probably couldn’t even break through his defenses, right?

Let alone using it against him in a real battle.

’I’m not invincible yet.

Can’t get too cocky.’

Of course,

he still allowed himself to feel happy.

’This little thing might not be able to handle Soul Emergence Late Stage Cultivators, but it should be very effective against those in the Soul Emergence Middle Stage.’

’And in any case, it gives me another option for dealing with enemies.’

Even as he mentally cautioned himself,

Shen Changchuan was actually quite satisfied with this Centipede King.

Admittedly,

this Tier Two High-Level Centipede King, as a Gu Insect, certainly had all sorts of flaws.

For example, its attack speed was slow, it was easily detected and hard to conceal, and even against Soul Emergence Middle Stage Cultivators, success wasn’t guaranteed, and so on.

But it had one advantage,

that completely overshadowed almost all its weaknesses!

It was cheap to raise!

Shen Changchuan’s gaze fixed on empty space.

A panel, invisible to others, appeared.

Vast swathes of text,

densely packed.

The panel scrolled quickly,

finally stopping on the line for Secret Techniques.

There,

under the Secret Technique category,

the progress bar for the Tier One Gu Refining Skill had already reached 100%.

This brought with it the Perfection Traits of deeper control and understanding over Gu Refining.

At the same time,

the progress bar for the Tier Two Gu Cultivation Skill had reached 71%!

And this,

was the result of Shen Changchuan’s hard work in Dawan Village over the past three years!

His initial theory had been correct.

By raising Gu Insects on a massive, industrial scale, then using medicine and Secret Techniques to make them devour each other and metamorphose, he could mass-produce Tier One Low-Level Gu Insects. This method had indeed managed to increase the progress bar for his Gu Cultivation Technique.

Because of this,

in three years, he had finally maxed out his Tier One Gu Refining Skill to 100% and raised his Tier Two Gu Cultivation Skill to 71%.

He had successfully realized his initial plan.

As for this Tier Two High-Level Centipede King,

it was the ultimate byproduct of his three years of grinding the progress bar for his Gu Cultivation Technique!

Or perhaps, the final product!

After mass-breeding centipedes, cultivating one Tier One Low-Level Gu Insect after another, and raising the progress bar for his Tier One Gu Technique, Shen Changchuan didn’t just cast aside and crush those Low-Tier Gu Insects once they had served their purpose.

Instead, he kept them and continued to cultivate them.

Once he had raised them to be strong and had accumulated enough Tier One Low-Level Gu Insects,

he followed the same method as before,

placing the Tier One Low-Level Gu Insects in a small space to once again devour and slaughter each other.

He also used medicine, Spirit Stones, and his Magical Power to accelerate and promote their further metamorphosis.

Through this step-by-step process of slaughter and consumption,

the final result was this one creature that had devoured tens of millions of its own kind,

the survivor, the Tier Two High-Level Centipede King!

Of course,

the price of this growth,

was that the tens of millions of centipedes Shen Changchuan had raised over three years had all become nourishment for its creation!

But,

during this process,

how many resources were actually consumed?

A quick calculation would reveal the answer.

Aside from the three years of his time and the labor cost of raising a vast number of centipedes,

the only other expense was the cost of the medicinal herbs for cultivation and catalysis.

It came to about eight thousand Spirit Stones.

A mere eight thousand Spirit Stones in total,

had cultivated a creature with enough attack power to potentially kill even a Soul Emergence Seventh Layer Cultivator!

In comparison,

how many sets of eight thousand Spirit Stones would it take to raise a Cultivator to the Soul Emergence Realm?

This could truly be considered ’cheap’!

So ’cheap’, in fact, that Shen Changchuan couldn’t resist the thought of cultivating a few more.

However, he quickly dismissed this idea.

’Although it doesn’t cost many resources to cultivate, the time and effort required are substantial.’

’And if it weren’t for the progress bar panel that let me rapidly improve my Gu Cultivation Technique, it’s debatable whether this Centipede King could have even been created.’

’There’s also a significant element of luck involved.’

’Creating something like this is not so simple.’

Shen Changchuan was well aware,

that if he could cultivate a few more of these Poisonous Insect Kings,

they would undoubtedly be of greater use when facing his enemies.

But unfortunately, that was basically impossible.

He couldn’t spend another three years raising tens of millions of centipedes from scratch, only to use them to cultivate another Centipede King step-by-step.

The time involved was just too long!

’In two or three years, I might have already reached the fifth or sixth layer of Soul Emergence.’

’A Gu Insect is an external tool, after all. The only reason I’m practicing Gu Refining is to eventually create the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu. It’s not worth spending so much time on this!’

’Forget about refining another Centipede King like this.’

’No... wait. It seems it’s not entirely impossible.’

’Perhaps I can see if any of my subordinates have a talent for it. I could have them try practicing the Gu Cultivation Technique, and then let them handle it?’

Shen Changchuan pondered,

and while he gave up on the idea of personally refining more Centipede Kings,

another thought rose in his mind.

He didn’t have the time.

But what if,

he taught the process of cultivating Tier One Low-Level Gu Insects to his subordinates and had them do it?

Wouldn’t that,

greatly reduce the time he had to spend on it himself?

But just then,

Shen Changchuan sensed something,

and his thoughts were interrupted.

His gaze turned toward a certain direction in the void.

With a beckoning gesture toward the void,

a yellow Communication Talisman leaped out from the unseen space and flew into his hand.

’A Communication Talisman from my Senior Sister?’

’Did something happen again?’

As doubt rose in his mind,

Shen Changchuan immersed his Divine Sense into the talisman, scanning its contents.

A moment later,

his brows furrowed slightly.

”More Demon Cultivators have snuck in to cause trouble? They’re courting death!”

A harsh glint flashed in Shen Changchuan’s eyes.

He took a single step forward,

and as if performing an Instant Teleportation,

his figure abruptly vanished.