Chapter 294 - Chapter 294: Chapter 287 Southern Border Gu Techniques_1 (2/2)

Whether it’s a new dynasty or a new sect, the first order of business is always to consolidate one’s position and eliminate any threats or elements that could destabilize.

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The Gu Master’s art is unfathomable, mysterious, and unpredictable, posing a serious threat to the dominance of the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect.

Exterminating it directly would be the wisest course of action.

Qin Niu slowly digested the content inside the cultivation manual.

Some records about Gu art and the Puppet Gu’s techniques for nurturing and controlling Gu were eye-opening to him.

It was as if a new window to Insect Commanding had been opened.

Insect Commanding and Gu cultivation are entirely different worlds.

Gu art is characterized by being tricky and strange.

Insect Commanding is characterized by being ruthless, poisonous, and orderly.

A Gu’s emphasis is on being intangible, silent, and colorless. The enemy remains unaware even when struck by a Gu art technique—it’s about being unnoticed by gods and ghosts alike.

Insect Commanding, on the other hand, involves cultivating powerful insects, attacking the enemy head-on with their terrifying venom or numerical superiority, among other things.

The techniques of nurturing and controlling Gu within this Immortal Manual are worth learning and researching.

It seems that Gu art and the Insect Commanding Technique can complement each other.

Each has its own strengths and weaknesses.

“Could the insect eggs inside this glass bottle be Gu eggs?”

They did not resemble ancient objects, but rather, they seemed like modern high-quality bottles.

Qin Niu speculated to himself that Elder Jiu Yin most likely studied the content in the Immortal Manual and then attempted Gu cultivation, eventually breeding these Gu eggs.

Flipping through the thick “Insect Breeding Notes” left by Elder Jiu Yin, after some searching, he indeed found some records pertaining to Gu cultivation.

The insect eggs inside the glass bottle were indeed Gu eggs cultivated by Elder Jiu Yin.

However, Elder Jiu Yin had not completely succeeded in their cultivation.

These Gu eggs were still half-Gu, half-insect.

Furthermore, Elder Jiu Yin mentioned that his Taiyin Yaoyao had evolved a special ability to resist slashes from swords and knives, a breakthrough he made by learning from Gu art, which led to the successful cultivation of this unique ability.

The Four-Winged Demon Centipede that Elder Jiu Yin spat out from his mouth was also a result of insights gained from Gu art, allowing him to nurture it inside his stomach.

Moreover, the ability of the Four-Winged Demon Centipede to leap during flight was likewise a harvest from Gu art.

By such a token, Gu art should be more advanced than the current Insect Control Technique.

Qin Niu immediately grinned from ear to ear.

Acquiring this Immortal Manual was indeed more valuable than the Hundred Treasures Insect Bag.

He wouldn’t dare to mess with the Gu eggs inside the glass bottle.

He needed to finish reading all the notes left by Elder Jiu Yin and understand the Gu eggs inside before he dared to open it.

Otherwise, if the Gu were to backlash, disaster would ensue.

After securing all the treasures, he carried the body of Elder Jiu Yin into the mountains at night and threw it into the mystical formation surrounding the Ancient Banyan Tree.

“I often take your tree sap and cultivate under your branches; consider this some repayment,” said Qin Niu to the Ancient Banyan Tree.

This Ancient Banyan Tree likely lacked spiritual intelligence and probably couldn’t understand what he was saying.

After dealing with the body, Qin Niu went straight home.

He cleaned up all the traces of the fight—the bloodstains—as if Elder Jiu Yin had never been there.

The Nine Insect Gang surely didn’t know yet that Elder Jiu Yin had been killed.

If they learned of this news, it would certainly cause an upheaval.

After waiting for daylight, Qin Niu hired workers to dig a lotus pond in the backyard.

Because he normally paid very generously for labor,

when word got out that he needed people to dig a lotus pond, the robust workers in the village were eager to offer their services.

Many hands make light work, and with these people working energetically, the lotus pond would likely be completed within a day or two at most.

Qin Niu offered them twenty Wen Money a day for the job and didn’t provide meals.

He needed to finish the lotus pond as soon as possible and plant the Ice Lotus inside.