Chapter 186 - Chapter 186:161 Substitute Gourd_1 (1/2)

Chapter 186:161 Substitute Gourd_1

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“Seven gourd kids! What a pity, I am not their grandfather!”

Xu Mu walked up to the gourd vine, extended his fingers, squeezed out a drop or two of rich red blood, which kept falling onto the roots of the vine.

Gulping and gulping!

The gourd vine seemed to come to life, continuously absorbing Xu Mu’s blood;

Then it transported the blood to the seven gourds.

The seven gourds changed from their original dullness, started giving off tiny rays of light, appearing mystical and extraordinary.

Xu Mu dripped hundreds of drops.of blood, until the biggest and closest red gourd to the root fell off from the vine.

Xu Mu, who was prepared, caught it with one hand, looked closely, and a glint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

“Hope you don’t disappoint me!”

Xu Mu returned to his practice room with the red gourd.

First, he took a pill, closed his eyes to recover his depleted vitality. Then, he opened his eyes to scrutinize the red gourd in his hand.

The whole gourd was more than half a person tall, with its body all over red as if it was made of red sand. Its upper part was small and the lower part was larger, identical to ordinary gourds.

Xu Mu gently caressed the gourd from top to bottom, the material was pleasantly cool as if it was jade.

Xu Mu did not try to open it immediately but first took out a 3-foot-long white jade casket made from chill ice and gently flicked it with his finger.

Bang!

Crack!

The two sounds merged together, and the next moment, the whole red gourd shattered bit by bit, revealing the interior.

Unlike ordinary gourds which are full of seeds, there was actually a person

lying inside this one.

A child of five or six years!

This child was as delicate as a jade carving, with small eyes tightly closed.

Upon careful observation, one could find that the child had some resemblance to Xu Mu.

“The Substitute Gourd, it’s indeed magical!”

Even Xu Mu couldn’t help but exclaim the moment he saw the child.

Though he had heard about it at the time of purchase, he remained uncertain until he saw it for himself.

The reason why he planted this kind of gourd was to create a substitute self.

in the future, his original body would stay safe at home, while the substitute would go out and collect the resources and materials he wanted.

This was Xu Mu’s future plan.

He put in a lot of effort to find an apt substitute over these years – paper men, puppets, reanimated corpses, living zombies, and parasitic insects, etc. All of them had various drawbacks. But in the end, he got this gourd vine, which was touted to have originated from the mutation of the three sacred vines.

To cultivate this gourd vine, he had to feed it half a pound of blood every day.

An ordinary cultivator wouldn’t be able to handle it. It’s only because of his profound foundation that he dared to do so.

Fortunately, the effort paid off and he finally had success in cultivation.

However, whether it is as magical as they said, he has to put it to the test.

Xu Mu picked up the child and put him into the white jade coffin. Then, he closed his eyes and concentrated, his hands quickly made a series of spells, all the while chanting indistinctly.

After an unknown period, a golden figure jumped out of Xu Mu’s head and landed on the child.

The small golden figure then lay down and gradually fused into the child’s body.

Half a month passed by in a blink. One day, Xu Mu and the child opened their eyes at the same time.

“This feeling is truly strange!”

Both opened their mouths at the same time. The voices and expressions were almost identical, except one was bigger and the other was smaller.

After some trial, he found that this substitute was not flawless.

First, it had no cultivation base at all and he needed to cultivate it bit by bit from scratch. Additionally, the sense of spirit was not complete, which resulted in its extremely slow cultivation progress.

“No wonder it was sold so cheaply!”

This substitute gourd seemed magical but it was actually just a tier seven spirit plant. If it had been too expensive, he wouldn’t have been able to afford it or raise it.

So, it was only logical that it had these drawbacks.

For other cultivators, the two mentioned issues limited the value of the substitute, making it utterly useless.

This was because unless it possessed the same cultivation level, it couldn’t provide any help.

However, only they know, how hard it is to cultivate a person from scratch to reach the same level.

The cost was too high and not worth the effort compared to creating puppets and reanimated corpses. Coupled with the limitations of Divine Intent, the substitute is destined to be of limited achievement.

It would be a pity to give up, yet keeping it is useless.