"Master, are you really alright?"
"I'm fine. I'm a person, not a stone. Since I'm a person, I have emotions. When emotions accumulate in my heart for too long, they need to be released. Once released, I'll be fine."
"But Master, why didn't I hear you say anything?"
"Say what?"
"Well, in those storybooks, don't they always say things like 'thirty years on the east of the river, thirty years on the west' or 'I will go against Heaven's will'?"
"Hahaha, Land Spirit reads storybooks too?" Zhou Ming burst out laughing.
"When a person truly makes up their mind to do something, they don't need to say anything. They just need to do it."
"Just need to do it? Then Master, what do I need to do?"
"Have the Gu that I want been collected?"
"Not yet... Master, I'll go collect them now!"
...In the days that followed, Zhou Ming was no longer lost or confused. His daily study of the Legacy left by Guo Nan occupied his entire mind, making his state of mind exceptionally calm.
"Nightmare Reincarnation. To think that a small Mortal Dao Killing Move could be given such a grand name by Guo Nan. It seems Guo Nan placed great hopes on this Killing Move he researched!"
"However, this Killing Move is indeed incredibly powerful. It's a Dream Path Killing Move constructed primarily with Nightmare Gu and dozens of other Gu as supplements. With the current era's research into the Dream Path, it can be said to be unstoppable. If fully prepared, it can even cause Gu Immortals to fall victim."
"Unfortunately, its drawback is that this Mortal Dao Killing Move is too cumbersome to set up. It can only be prepared in advance and cannot be activated during combat."
"Furthermore, the Refinement of this Nightmare Gu is incredibly troublesome, and there's also this Gu Refinement method within dreams. What I saw in the original work before seemed ordinary, but I didn't expect it to be so problematic when I actually put it into practice."
"Perhaps I should find an opportunity to enter a dream myself and try to Refine Gu once. With Lucid Dream Gu, the dangers I face when entering a dream will be greatly reduced."
Zhou Ming pondered for a while but didn't immediately put this idea into action. He put down the Dream Path Legacy in his hand and got up to leave the main hall.
Before long, he arrived at a deserted island.
This deserted island had been converted into a prison by the Land Spirit, housing the surviving Gu Masters who had come in with Zhou Ming.
When Zhou Ming stepped into this dark and damp prison, the Gu Masters, individually confined in their cells, all showed expressions of extreme terror. Some trembled, some shouted, some remained silent and dazed, none of them appearing normal.
"Tsk, the research materials are almost depleted. Fortunately, my Cultivation has also achieved good results."
Zhou Ming walked casually, lightly tapping on the door of a cell, and the cell door automatically opened.
Inside was a bald man of about thirty, who merely sat on the ground motionless upon seeing Zhou Ming enter, looking no different from an emotionless stone.
"Your condition is the best among all of you. I hope today will be a success, and you'll suffer a little less."
Zhou Ming said coldly, then suddenly slapped the bald man's head.
The Hell Soul Cleansing Scripture activated. In an instant, an incredibly vast Soul Power surged out. Under the effect of the Hell Soul Cleansing Scripture, it transformed into an incomparably profound power, seemingly capable of stirring time and space and blurring reality, pouring into the bald man's mind.
"Uh, uh, uh, ah, ah, ah..."
The bald man suddenly began to convulse violently, his entire body trembling non-stop, his eyes rolled back, foam appeared at the corners of his mouth, and his previously stone-like calm expression became one of unbearable pain.
In his mind, countless memories that did not belong to him began to emerge. Those memories formed another person's life, yet they were firmly branded deep within his own memories. One life ended, another began, Reincarnation after Reincarnation, the same experiences repeated.
Repeated cycles of Reincarnation continuously washed away his original memories, causing his once real and undeniable memories to gradually become blurry, slowly being replaced by those false memories.
The fake gradually became real, while the real gradually became fake.
His consciousness was obliterated, his memories were altered. The bald man's Soul was like being thrown into a Chaos millstone, constantly ground down, reassembled, ground down again, reassembled again. After countless cycles of breaking and reshaping, he gradually became another person.
Finally, when Zhou Ming's hand left the bald man's head, his original memories had been completely rewritten by Zhou Ming, and his consciousness underwent an earth-shattering change.
Zhou Ming's face turned incredibly pale.
'Using the Hell Soul Cleansing Scripture on others in the Gu World consumes such a massive amount of Soul foundation! It's dozens, even hundreds of times more than when I used it on Yagyu Ichinyo and the others in the plot world last time!'
'Perhaps this is also a flaw caused by the conflict of world Laws. It seems that to use the Hell Soul Cleansing Scripture normally, I must modify it, otherwise, I won't be able to use it many times before my Soul foundation is exhausted.'
'Perhaps, using it in conjunction with Gu is a very good direction for improvement...'
'However, I finally saw results.'
Looking at the bald man prostrating at his feet, a smile appeared on Zhou Ming's pale face.
"What's your name?" he asked.
"My, my name is..." The bald man looked up, a hint of confusion in his eyes, and stammered, "My name is Baldy Qiang, and I'm a lumberjack."
"Mm." Zhou Ming nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Then do you know who I am?"
The bald man carefully recognized Zhou Ming, the confusion in his eyes gradually dissipated, and he suddenly stood up, straightened his back, and shouted, "Boss! You're Boss Li!"
'It seems it really was a success.' Zhou Ming thought to himself, then said to the bald man, "That's right, I'm Boss Li. Baldy Qiang, your work a while ago was good, so I've arranged a new job for you. Go out from here and work hard, I'll give you a raise!"
"Yes, Boss! Thank you, Boss!" Baldy Qiang bowed repeatedly with a grateful expression, then strode towards the entrance of the dungeon, oblivious to the strange surroundings.
Soon, the bald man left here. Waiting for him outside was a small boat, and his new job was to raise fish in this sea, becoming a diligent fisherman.
The memories Zhou Ming rewrote for him came from a character in an animated film from his previous life. The reason for using this character was purely because the character setting was relatively simple, making it less strenuous to write.
One must always proceed from shallow to deep, from easy to difficult. The experience of this first success would allow Zhou Ming to incorporate more complex elements when writing the memories for the second character.
"One is done, the others can be done slowly later."
Glancing at the remaining people in the cell, Zhou Ming turned and left... Time flew by in the blessed land. In the blink of an eye, three full months had passed since Zhou Ming entered the blessed land.
Three months in the blessed land was equivalent to twelve days in the outside world, but in the Main God Space, it wasn't even one day.
"Land Spirit!" Zhou Ming called out, "How is the Gu collection coming along?"
"Master!" The Land Spirit appeared before Zhou Ming, proudly displaying various storage Gu.
"A total of forty-seven thousand types of Gu, including thirteen thousand Rank One Gu, twelve thousand Two-turn Gu, fifteen thousand Rank Three Gu, five thousand Rank Four Gu, and over fifteen hundred Rank Five Gu."
"Rank Five Gu are relatively rare. Some precious or specially purposed ones, Gu Immortals won't easily sell, making them more troublesome to collect. Their numbers are much lower than the other types."
"But Master, don't worry, give me some more time, and I will definitely collect more Rank Five Gu!"
The Land Spirit said.
"Hmm, you've done very well." Zhou Ming praised, then put away all the storage Gu brought by the Land Spirit.
Collecting so many types of Gu, even for a Gu Immortal, would require a lot of resources and time.
Many times, if you were to buy a Mortal Gu from a Gu Immortal, you might be mistaken for deliberately causing trouble.
After all, Gu Immortals activate Killing Moves, requiring a massive amount of Mortal Gu. Who would buy Mortal Gu one by one?
At this time, the Land Spirit had no choice but to buy a batch of Gu, incurring a large additional expense.
However, all of this was worth it. Thinking of the reward points he was about to receive, Zhou Ming couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.
Over forty thousand types of Gu, after exchange, how massive a sum of reward points would that be?
"Return to Main God Space!"
With an extremely excited and anxious heart, Zhou Ming returned to the Main God Space.
With an even more excited and anxious heart, Zhou Ming stood under the Main God's great light sphere, opening one storage Gu after another, frantically submitting Gu.
[Submitted item "Tornado Gu", this item is not in the Main God exchange sequence, received 1100 reward points.]
[Submitted item "Dog Gall Gu", this item is not in the Main God exchange sequence, received 440 reward points.]
[Submitted item "Spring Egg Gu", this item is not in the Main God exchange sequence, received 4400 reward points.]
[Submitted item "Fire Claw Gu", this item is not in the Main God exchange sequence, received 1100 reward points.]
[Submitted item "Sky Gu", this item is not in the Main God exchange sequence, received 2200 reward points.]
[Submitted item "Plasma Gu", this item is not in the Main God exchange sequence, received 440 reward points.]
...[Submitted item "Waterfall Gu", this item is not in the Main God exchange sequence, received 2200 reward points.]
[Sufficient information of the same attribute for this item has been obtained! No further duplicate submissions are required. Items of the same attribute will no longer yield reward points!]
[Submitted item "Hundred Ghosts Night Parade Gu", this item is not in the Main God exchange sequence, received 4400 reward points.]
[Sufficient information of the same attribute for this item has been obtained! No further duplicate submissions are required. Items of the same attribute will no longer yield reward points!]
[Submitted item "Scallion Blast Gu", this item is not in the Main God exchange sequence, received 440 reward points.]
[Sufficient information of the same attribute for this item has been obtained! No further duplicate submissions are required. Items of the same attribute will no longer yield reward points!]
What's going on? My scheduled release didn't go out... Good thing I checked, otherwise I would have only posted one chapter today... This is too much!