Yellow sand rolled up all over the sky. In an endless desert, a large caravan of thousands of people struggled forward against the wind and sand. They were inconspicuous in the golden sea of sand, like tiny black ants.
At this moment, the caravan seemed to sense the bad weather, so they stopped and set up camp to rest.
In one of the independent tents, Huang Ting was dazed. After digesting the memories of the original owner in his mind, he was filled with helplessness and sighed inwardly, "I didn't expect to travel to the Gu Realm. What a bad luck."
He was originally an ordinary college student on Blue Star. After reading Reverend insanity, he became curious about all kinds of magical poisonous insects, so he went to Miaojiang to travel and explore. Unexpectedly, he accidentally fell off a cliff and died. His soul passed through this body, and his name happened to be the same.
Huang Ting is well aware of the dangers of this world, especially towards time travelers. To the natives, commonly known as "outside demons", are extremely unfriendly and will beat and kill them at will.
In addition, there is the Supreme Heaven above, who controls the [Fate Gu], influences the will of heaven, and decides the fate of all beings. Below, there are popular families and sects, and it is difficult for the lower classes to make a name for themselves. In history, there are ten Nine-Turn Supremes, who are unprecedented in history and have left behind means and layouts all over the world.
It is simply equivalent to a deformed combination of the sandbox game God + Shushan + ancient Eastern Jin Dynasty. It is very dark. The original protagonist Fang Yuan has spent most of his life struggling under the calculations of heaven and powerful forces in two lifetimes, with his fate being blocked and he has no freedom.
"Fortunately, I was born in the Western Desert, am a descendant of a family, and live far away from the vortex. Furthermore, I am a book traveler, so I am familiar with the plot and taboos."
Huang Ting was glad that the Gu world was divided into five major regions, the old-fashioned Central Continent, Northern Plains, Western Desert, East Sea, and Southern Border.
Central Continent is ruled by the Heavenly Court, and any time traveler who shows up will be killed the moment he shows up. The southern border are the starting point of the plot and the original activity area of the protagonist. They are under the surveillance of Venerable and the layout of the powerful force. Anyone who steps out of the ordinary will become a pawn and cannon fodder. Changshengtian stands on the northern Grassland, the peak of the family system, and there is also a venerable who is secretly watching, so it is also difficult to stand out.
Comparing the East and West regions, the best is the East Sea, which is rich in resources and has many opportunities, while the West Desert is very barren, but it seems to have a characteristic. Most of the time travelers in the original work are concentrated here, ignored by fate, and well developed.
"Could it be the influence of the Heaven-stealing Demon Venerable, the only outer demon among the ten ninth-level Gu Immortals who was born in the Western Desert?"
He thought of the secrets of the original novel and shook his head again. The Gu Immortal Heavenly Dao was too far away from him. What he was sure of was that his situation was fine and his identity as a time traveler had not been discovered. The best thing for him now was to quickly integrate into this world.
At this time, footsteps were heard outside the tent, and a deep voice called out, "Huang Ting Gu Master, it's too hot during the day. Please cool down the camp."
Hearing this, Huang Ting came back to his senses and quickly responded, "I'll be right there."
He composed himself and recalled the original owner's memories to avoid being exposed. His original body, Huang Ting, was in his early fifteen years old and had just awakened for half a year. His cultivation level had only reached the intermediate level of Gu Master. He was in charge of logistics and came out with the caravan to gain experience.
The cultivation in the Gu world is mainly about refining, raising and using Gu. The essence is still to return the great power to oneself. Gu is like a combination of the hundreds of traditional arts of cultivating immortals. It is colorful and has infinite uses. At the beginning of the practice, one also opens up the Dantian under the abdomen, commonly known as the Kongqiao.
Huangting peered into the empty space inside the body, which was located in a dark place, shrunk to a point, encompassing a vast green ocean. The sea water's true essence was viscous, with a bronze luster, and the outer layer was wrapped in a water film.
"The emerald green color of the True Essence indicates the initial stage of the first transformation, while mine is pale green, which indicates the intermediate stage of the first transformation."
He knew that the cultivation system in this world was divided into nine levels. Levels one to five were for ordinary people, and each level was further divided into four stages: beginner, intermediate, advanced, and peak. Levels six to nine were for immortals, and the ninth level was the highest, which had only been achieved by the ten great masters throughout history.
The bronze true essence that only a first-level Gu Master possesses, commonly known as the bronze sea, is the condensation of one's essence, energy and spirit, representing the potential of life. The blue ocean occupies most of the void, about [78%], representing the peak of Grade B qualification, close to Grade A.
"That's great! Talents are divided by the proportion of the sea of true essence occupying the empty space. There are four grades: A, B, C, and D. Grade A accounts for 80% to 90%, and so on. Grade D only has 20% to 30% left."
Huang Ting was extremely happy to see this. The aptitude for early cultivation was very important. The more true essence one had, the faster one could cultivate, the more poisonous insects one could activate, and the stronger one's combat effectiveness.
He does not envy better qualifications, as long as he has enough.
The Ding class can only reach the first or second level in their lifetime, and most of them are logistics Gu Masters. The C class can only reach the third level, and the B class is already qualified to become the fifth level, the pinnacle of the human world. If they encounter a great opportunity, they may become immortals.
After he had gathered his thoughts, he stepped out of the tent and saw that the sky and earth were empty all around him, covered with golden sand, and the sun was blazing brightly above his head.
The three or four hundred mortals in the caravan were busy setting up camp, doing odd jobs, collecting firewood and cooking. Everyone was sweating profusely in the 50-degree high temperature of the desert, and several of them were already showing signs of fainting from heatstroke.
Upon seeing this, Huang Ting explored his own emerald green sea of essence. There were three poisonous insects of different shapes. Without time to take a closer look, he activated a poisonous insect that looked like a flying fish according to his memory. Its whole body was shining as if it was made of silver.
Alas!
As soon as he thought of it, the water level of the green Yuanhai dropped. He opened his hands and a cold wind gushed out from his palms. The green light swept in all directions, blowing over the entire camp in an instant. For a moment, it was like falling into an ice cellar, bathed in the cool summer breeze.
The first-level Gu worm [Cool Wind Gu] can bring out a cool breeze. It doesn't have much power, but it has a very large coverage area. It is a classic logistics Gu worm in the Western Desert. In the previous life, it would be a human-shaped air conditioner in the wild.
This was the first time that Huang Ting used the insect. He witnessed himself performing extraordinary tasks with his own eyes, and he felt great joy in his heart. The fear of being in a different world subsided, and was replaced by great enthusiasm and curiosity.
"Since I'm here, I might as well make the best of it. After all, I was an orphan before I traveled through time. I'll just live a wonderful life now. It's a sure win."
Huang Ting felt at ease and checked his own true energy reserves. About half of his true energy sea was consumed, which was not much compared to the ten percent consumed by the attacking poisonous insects.
But that was for him. Some D-level Gu Masters would run out of mana after just two or three activations of the logistics Gu worms, let alone fighting.
Inside the Huang family caravan camp, everyone looked relaxed. The heat had dissipated, their irritability had been soothed, and even the Gu Masters were in a good mood.
The Western Regions are all deserts with a large temperature difference between day and night. It is so hot during the day that even the Gu Masters are at risk of dying from heat stroke. Cool Wind Gu is necessary, and this is the significance of the logistics Gu Master.
Afterwards, Huang Ting stopped activating the Liangfeng Gu. This Gu only needed to be activated once every hour. He walked around the camp to get to know the environment.
Huang Ting saw the tents being set up in the desert, and he couldn't help but feel lucky. Fortunately, he was a cultivator who traveled through time. As an extraordinary person, he was treated very well. He could rest first, have a tent to himself, and didn't have to do trivial chores. If he were a mortal, it would be too difficult.
The class hierarchy in this world is so strict and harsh.
In the center of hundreds of tents, there was a three-story khaki fortress. He recognized it at a glance as a special kind of Gu worm, a third-level Gu house [mud brick house]. Its effect was to transform into a building with extremely strong defense and adaptable to the sandy environment. The person living in it would undoubtedly be the person with the highest status in the caravan.
Huang Ting didn't go in. He just took a look and left. As for logistics, he had other things to do.
Next, he went to the large vats in various places in the camp and used the second green poisonous insect, which had a round surface like water waves and was as big as a fist.
Crash!
A stream of clear water appeared out of thin air, flowing continuously into the water tank. Soon the tank was full, and the mortals around immediately reached out to draw water.
The first level [Clear Water Gu] is also a classic logistics Gu from the Western Desert. It can create water out of thin air and is essential for drought-stricken deserts. It consumes less energy and can produce a large tank of water with only three points of true essence.
This is in the desert. There will be even more in an environment with sufficient water vapor.
Huang Ting was not finished yet. He turned and went to the edge of the camp. There were huge camels, about hundreds of them, standing in a circle around the camp, forming the first line of defense.
If someone attacks, you must first break through these thick-skinned and tough guys.
Then Huang Ting came to the outside of the camel and urged the third yellow-brown longhorn beetle, which had a thick shell and a bumpy back. He activated the [Sand Pit Gu] and created sand pits. He joined forces with other Gu masters to transform the terrain and build a second line of defense.
The desert wilderness is very dangerous. Every time you set up camp, you must take defensive measures to avoid being attacked and killed unexpectedly.
After doing all this, the sea of true energy in Huang Ting's body dropped by half. The other logistics poison masters were exhausted and unhappy. Everyone was annoyed by the boring chores repeated every day, but he was the only one who was still not satisfied. After all, he was extraordinary and he would never get tired of releasing it.
All of this was observed by a fierce-looking middle-aged man on the upper floor of the central adobe Gu roof. His eyes lit up slightly, and he nodded and said to himself, "Not bad. Ting'er is calm and composed, actively contributing, and has a sense of responsibility. It seems he can take on more responsibilities."