Chapter 62: Vital Gu

‘That is a Dao Protector! Why…’

Yu Ming clearly understood the treatment of becoming a Dao Protector.

The jealousy on his face was about to spill out, but Yu Ming used extreme willpower to stop it from showing.

After suppressing the jealousy, he staggered to Zhou Feng’s side.

His face had already revealed a fawning expression.

The other people around him also showed a hint of respect at the right time.

Jiang Jing’s one sentence had caused such a change.

‘It’s really exaggerated…’

Zhou Feng didn’t express any thoughts about Yu Ming’s fawning look. He only wanted to understand what a Dao Protector was.

He had a feeling that Jiang Jing harbored ill intentions toward him, and his Battle Instinct had been triggered at that moment.

Zhou Feng and the others were still advancing slowly.

It was not until the sun was about to set that they stopped.

During this period, Zhou Feng had gotten a rough understanding of Dao Protectors.

‘As expected, he has other motives!’

Zhou Feng was certain that Jiang Jing definitely harbored ill intentions as he listened to Yu Ming bragging about the benefits of being a Dao Protector.

Zhou Feng was just an inner disciple, and he did not have any special skills.

What right did he have to be a Dao Protector? Yet, this Soul Altar cultivator was trying to rope him in.

If it were a normal person, they wouldn’t be able to reject such a rope!

Take Yu Ming, for example. Even though his vitality was greatly damaged, he still looked like a lackey.

Was the Soul Altar realm really so terrifying?

Even if there was the Heart-Linking Gu, it wouldn’t be so lowly!

At this time, Zhou Feng glanced at Jiang Jing, who was sitting in the distance.

‘Eh? That’s…’

Jiang Jing took out a few small flags with complicated runes drawn on them, and Jiang Jing tossed them casually. They formed a small formation immediately, and an unknown aura covered the surroundings.

It was as if he could see that Jiang Jing had some doubts in his heart.

Yu Ming, who was by his side, was astute enough to explain to him. “That’s a concealment formation flag! Only Soul Altar cultivators can use it!”

What Jiang Jing had used was a set of small formation flags that could temporarily set up a formation.

However, if they wanted to use formation flags, they had to be Soul Altar cultivators.

That was because only Soul Altar cultivators could harness the power of their souls to control a formation flag.

And these concealment formation flags were also an important guarantee that they could spend the night in the wilderness.

As long as the formation flags were set up, any sound or smell in their territory area would be concealed.

Only in this way could they avoid all kinds of demonic beasts at night.

Different from the fertile lands in Eastern Land, this place in Southern Border was not so much the territory of humans.

It was more like the territory of demonic beasts. To be honest, humans were only a minority in Southern Border.

One could easily encounter demonic beasts that were on par with Qi Condensation cultivators in the wild.

Demonic beasts that were on par with Soul Altar cultivators were also very common. It was precisely because of this that if one did not have Soul Altar cultivation, traveling in the wild in Southern Border was a dangerous action.

“I see!”

Zhou Feng nodded to indicate that he understood!

This should be considered common sense.

When Yu Ming saw this, he anxiously got close to Zhou Feng and started the topic. “It is good to talk about this Soul Altar cultivator! Not only can he control the formation flag, but he can also nurture soul artifacts, refine Gu worms, and even cultivate true battle arts!”

These words were filled with envy.

After all, compared to the Qi Condensation realm, Soul Altar cultivators could do too many things.

There were basically not many things that one could do at the Qi Condensation realm other than absorbing Spiritual Qi.

The methods to increase one’s strength were also very minimal.

But if one reached the Soul Altar realm, it would be different.

They could do many things with the power of their divine soul.

Besides the things that Yu Ming mentioned before, basically only those at the Soul Altar realm and above could master skills such as refining pills, cultivating Qi, and taming spirit beasts.

“Moreover, after the Soul Altar realm, one can refine the Vital Gu and imprint their own brand!”

Speaking up to this point, Yu Ming could not help but sigh.

Although he was at the 9th Level of Qi Condensation, the goal of breaking through to the Soul Altar realm was still too far away. It was even to the extent that he did not have a backer and was directly forced to complete such a dangerous mission.

“Vital Gu?”

“You don’t know? Vital Gu is the Gu worm in our bodies!”

Yu Ming was slightly surprised that Zhou Feng did not know this.

Nonetheless, he did not overthink and explained this to Zhou Feng.

The Vital Gu was the Demon-Devouring Gu in Zhou Feng’s body.

This Demon-Devouring Gu did not belong to Zhou Feng because he had not branded it with his soul.

Strictly speaking, the Demon-Devouring Gu in Zhou Feng’s body was categorized as an ownerless object that was currently residing in his body.

The Tri-Gu Sect had a spiritual artifact known as the Gu Bell. Once the Gu Bell was shaken, all the ownerless Gus would react intensely.

Naturally, the ownerless Gu’s host would be implicated.

This was a method that the Tri-Gu Sect used to restrain their disciples.

Moreover, the special method of branding the Vital Gu with the divine soul seal would only be taught after one broke through to the Soul Altar realm.

Along with methods like.

The Tri-Gu higher-ups had plenty of methods, such as the Heart-Linking Gu, that firmly controlled all the disciples in their hands.

They were unafraid of their disciples betraying them, even if they broke through to the Soul Altar realm.

Once one broke through to the Soul Altar realm, it meant that they would be pursuing the Gu Dao, and all the cultivation techniques behind were in the hands of the sect.

If one wanted to move forward, they had to be obedient. Only by serving the sect could they obtain the cultivation techniques.

Zhou Feng was currently facing such a situation—the Demon-Devouring Technique he cultivated only had the cultivation chant for reaching the Qi Condensation realm.

There were no cultivation methods for the later stages. And because there was no one to teach and explain, Zhou Feng’s cultivation depended entirely on his intuition.

Whether he was cultivating correctly or not, whether or not he was wrong, he was not clear at all.

Using four words to describe it: he was fooling around.

Fortunately, there were no problems with his cultivation at the moment.

The more difficult it was in the later stages of cultivation, the easier it was in the earlier stages.

He was still able to cultivate recklessly, but there were no specific instructions at the later stages.

If he cultivated recklessly like this, he might go mad.

‘Looks like I have to find someone to guide me on my cultivation path. I cannot just rely on cultivating recklessly!’

Zhou Feng was very clear on what he had done to reach his current level.

He relied on more than a dozen passive skills, but this cultivation path couldn’t completely rely on passive skills.

He also needed formal teaching and a legacy.

But when Zhou Feng thought of Bitter Bamboo Peak, he felt a headache.

‘The First Elder should also take in disciples, right?’

Otherwise, he could only gather Spirit Stones and find someone to teach him.

Yu Ming secretly observed Zhou Feng while the latter was deep in thought.

‘What’s so special about this person? Why did Jiang Jing make him his Dao Protector!?’