Chen Qing stared at the blood crystal, toying with it in his hand.
He took a deep breath, circulated his Origin Qi, and using his fingertip as a guide, slowly injected the Origin Qi into the Gu. Initially, there seemed to be resistance within the crystal Gu, and its fluctuations were chaotic. Chen Qing steadied his mind, allowing his Origin Qi to flow like a fine stream, slowly permeating the Gu's body.
As the refinement deepened, the Gu's blood-colored aura gradually dimmed, and its outline became clear in his mind. Chen Qing mobilized his Origin Qi to envelop the Gu body, grinding and assimilating it repeatedly. Once the Gu merged with his own Origin Qi aura, it trembled slightly, signaling the completion of the refinement.
The moment the refinement was complete, Chen Qing felt a wondrous connection with the Gu. With a thought, a piece of Origin Stone by his hand vanished instantly. He focused his mind inward, his consciousness entering the small space created by the Gu, where the Origin Stone lay quietly.
"It's a storage Gu? And a Third Rank one?" Chen Qing was somewhat surprised.
After studying it for a while, he found that this Gu, a Third Rank, could store over twenty thousand Origin Stones, with space still remaining.
"Not bad! From now on, I'll call you... Blood Crystal Storage Gu."
Chen Qing named the Gu and then recalled it to his apertures, remembering what he had been thinking about earlier.
Chen Qing tried to delve deeper into the Gu's secrets, his consciousness circling within that small space, but he struggled to reach its more hidden mechanisms.
Chen Qing didn't discover any significant secrets, so he recalled the Gu to his apertures, remembering what he had been thinking about earlier.
He leaned against the stone wall of the cave, gently tapping the ground with his fingertips, pondering, "Although this Gu has been refined, my control over it is far from proficient. Just now, when I used the Blood Qi Whirlwind Blade Gu to cut the stone, that feeling of unfamiliarity... was it because the rhythm of my Origin Qi infusion was off?"
Chen Qing closed his eyes, re-examining the refinement process. From first enveloping the Gu's body with Origin Qi to eradicating its will and replacing it with his own, he strived for precision in every step.
"Sigh... I'm still just a newly ascended Gu Master after all; my techniques aren't skilled enough," Chen Qing sighed, thinking to himself.
"Powerful Gu Masters, for example, are in perfect sync with their Gu, treating them as extensions of their own limbs, yet I'm still fumbling with basic control."
"If I continue like this, let alone contending in the Dao of Gu, even dealing with future pursuits will be difficult." Chen Qing's brow furrowed as he recalled the repulsion and pursuit of Blood Path Gu cultivators by both the righteous and demonic Dao in the original text of his previous life.
He knew that in this Gu World, where the strong prey on the weak, if his own strength didn't rapidly increase, he would surely die without a burial place.
He summoned the Gu again, carefully sensing it with his mind.
"So that's it, I was too eager, wanting to achieve results quickly." Chen Qing suddenly realized, but what of it? He still had to practice. In the Gu World, there was no such thing as instant enlightenment leading to invincibility.
Chen Qing began to activate the Blood Qi Whirlwind Blade Gu again, constantly practicing, occasionally unleashing several Blood Qi Whirlwind Blades. He alternated between practice and meditating to absorb Origin Stones, repeating this cycle.
Chen Qing tried to activate the Gu again. This time, the appearance and disappearance of the Qi Whirlwind Blade became much smoother. Although he hadn't reached the point of complete mastery, it was much better than the awkward feeling he had before.
"Still a long way to go," Chen Qing murmured softly, his eyes growing more resolute. He understood that this was just the beginning; there was still so much to learn in his future Gu Dao cultivation. From controlling this mortal Gu to refining higher-Rank Gu, combining killer moves, and even, if he had the opportunity in the future, encountering Immortal Gu, every step was fraught with thorns. But Chen Qing was not afraid. In this Gu World, the strong were revered. What he had to do was to forge his own path through these thorns, starting by mastering the Gu before him, accumulating slowly. One day, he, Chen Qing, would also stand at the pinnacle of the Gu World... Chen Qing reached out his right hand towards the cave ceiling above, then immediately clenched it, as if trying to grasp something.
His eyes gleamed with ambition. After all, which Transmigrator doesn't have ambition? Which one doesn't have ideals? Previously, it was simply because he didn't have enough strength or the opportunity to possess enough strength... But now... he had opened his apertures, obtained a Gu, and become a First Rank Middle Tier Gu Master. One must know that the old village chief of Red Maple Village was only First Rank High Tier, and he was the only Gu Master in the entire village... "Who can say what the future holds?" Chen Qing murmured to himself.