Chapter 60: The Seventh Soul of the Seven Demons

  The Grand Shaman paused for a moment before continuing, "After the Western Barbarians were defeated, the profound art of Gu almost disappeared. As of today, I'm aware that there's only one more master of Gu left in this world."

  Zheng Xiaodao nodded, but his tone was somewhat dissatisfied: "You're referring to that 'Old Bat', right? However, our sect's elder Song Hongpao has a naturally gifted physique and has made great progress in his cultivation over the years. If nothing unexpected happens, he is absolutely a top-notch master."

  The Grand Shaman was taken aback, and immediately asked about the origin of Song Hongpao's Gu technique. Zheng Xiaodao bluntly praised Song Hongpao, and the Grand Shaman, rarely pleased, chuckled and said: "This Song Hongpao is indeed a rare talent! Relying on some superficial records, he has managed to cultivate through sheer guesswork. I'd love to meet him someday!"

  After laughing, the old man brought the topic back: "Gu technique, of course, can't leave Gu insects. Now, Gu technique has almost been lost, so naturally no one knows that the insect used for Gu, initially had another name, called: Star-gazing insect! This kind of insect is born with spiritual aura, responding to the birth of stars and constellations, sometimes in groups of three or five, sometimes in groups of seven or eight. Every night, they refer to the star chart to breathe."

  Zheng Xiaodao listened with his eyes wide open, he had grown up in the Tian Ce Men and had a good understanding of the breeding of Gu insects. As Da Si Wu said, the most important part of breeding Gu insects was to release them on clear nights, and the insects would look up at the starry sky and "make a mess". It wasn't until now that he understood the reasoning behind it.

  Dai Si Wu knew that Zheng Xiao didn't understand anything, and he couldn't be bothered to look at him. He continued to speak: "The Stargazing Worms absorb the power of the stars' movement every night, and after a long time, they will cultivate 'star souls'. When casting the Gu technique, first use blood magic to make the Gu worms recognize their master, then implant them into the body. They will guide the person's strength according to the star chart, what is this like?"

  Dai Si Wu Yue's voice grew more agitated and louder: "This is it! A person's power, dispersed among the many Gu insects implanted in their body, follows the movement of the stars to form an array! Therefore, the person who has been infested with Gu will have a sudden surge in strength!"

  The history of Zhongtu is long and storied, from the sword arrays of Jianghu's gateways to the military formations of soldiers and the spell formations of cultivators, countless formations have been passed down through the ages. Under the deployment of these formations, three to five people can often unleash the power of dozens.

  The basic principle of Gu technique is to use the Gu insect to divide the host's power into multiple parts, and then let these strands of power operate according to the star chart, forming an array, thereby greatly increasing the host's combat effectiveness.

  Even Liang Xin was fooled by Da Si Wu, he knew that Gu technique was mysterious and unpredictable, but he never thought it would be related to the stars.

  "So, as I said, Gu sorcery is actually Stellar Magic, achieved through the use of peculiar insects!"

  The stardust bug doesn't just follow any star every night and start spinning wildly. This kind of worm is extremely spiritual, each one will fix on a certain star, so the earliest practitioners of alchemy, according to the classification of star charts, also divided the worms into five palaces and twenty-eight mansions. According to Da Si Wu's analysis, when Song Hongpao used "duo hui" to extract the eleventh yuan force, the worm he used should be the one with the greatest greed and best growth - "Kui Mu Lang".

  That is to say, the Gu insect that performs "duo gong" stares at the first star of the White Tiger Seven Mansions every night when it is raised, and the Kui Mu Lang Xing Mansion comes to roam.

  "And the Gu you usually use is the Seven Stars Gu, which can most enhance personal power." Da Si Wu held up a gold brick and pointed to Zheng Xiaodao: "The Seven Stars Gu insect guards the middle palace alone, not within the twenty-eight mansions. These seven insects follow the stars every night, they are the Big Dipper's seven stars!"

  This lesson thoroughly confused the two young men, fortunately, Da Siwu finally finished explaining the basic principles and brought the topic back to Liang Xin: "The seven-star wasp that was planted in your body, what was extracted was not only essence and blood, but also the star soul they had worked hard to cultivate! What's more interesting is that the four-thirds of the evil earth power in your body lost its original yuan god, but it hasn't been refined by you yet, so it became a masterless force. The wasp, although its body has withered into a dry corpse, its star soul has not been extinguished, and now they fit together perfectly!"

  Three-quarters of the evil power within his body had been divided by the Star Souls of the Gu...

  Now in Liang Xin's body, there are seven more star souls that have been painstakingly cultivated by the worm children, each of which now also possesses a portion of the power of evil earth.

  However, the insect soul lost its body and became equivalent to Liang Xin's vassal or slave. Not only would it not bite its master, but it would also operate automatically when he exerted his strength, combining into an array according to the Big Dipper star chart to help him defeat his enemies.

  When the Seven Corpse Souls were just formed in Liang Xin's body, the evil earth power wandered inside his body. This was the original power of Yuanshi Double Kill, and no matter how strong it was, the aura of violent and sinister alone was not something that ordinary creatures could withstand. So at that time, all the creatures summoned by Wuli Han retreated back into the mud, not daring to come out again to harm people.

  There is gain and loss. The evil land's power of four parts in three, now has a new master, Liang Xin can no longer refine it into his own true yuan.

  However, Liang Xin thought about it and realized that the evil land was listening to 'Worm', 'Worm' was his own, and 'Worm' would also run the array by himself. How could he not make a profit? What's even more wonderful is that his opportunity saved him ten or so years of hard work, directly turning the original power of Yuanshi Double Kill into his own true energy.

  Unconsciously, Liang Xin's mouth curled up in a smile, and his brain was still turning non-stop, asking: "Seven Star Gu Worm, you only divided the evil earth power that had not been refined in my body, why didn't you move my own true yuan?"

  "Your own true yuan is naturally governed by your yuan Shen, so the Gu insect cannot be manipulated. Therefore, Gu technique is only effective on ordinary people, but for those who cultivate heaven, even if they have been implanted with a Gu in their body, it will not have any effect at all."

  Now, Liang Xin can steadily withstand the full force of a four-step Da Cheng cultivator, and compared to when he left Kunai Mountain over a month ago, he is many times stronger. The only drawback is that he still doesn't have any magic techniques, so if he wants to fight against a cultivator, he can only charge forward with his divine artifact, then use an over-the-shoulder throw after closing in...

  Liang Xin suddenly thought of something important and hastily asked Da Si Wu, "Then do you think my skills can be further improved?"

  The grand diviner did not immediately respond with a yes or no. After furrowing his brow for a moment, he said lightly: "Let me think about it for now; if I come up with something, I'll tell you."

  Liang Xin was overjoyed, and at the same time, he was shocked in his heart. His carefree bottle, in the eyes of Da Si Wu, was probably not just an ordinary important thing, otherwise, with the old man's temperament, he wouldn't have bothered with him about these things.

  At this time, Zheng Xiaodao also spoke up from the side and asked: "I still have one thing that I don't understand, which is... how are you so proficient in Gu sorcery?"

  "Mastered?" The Grand Shaman raised his sparse eyebrows, and a strange expression rose on his withered face. He said in a low voice: "I won't raise Gu, nor will I plant Gu, but just understand the principles of this mysterious technique. I know these things because...Shamanism and Gu are originally from the same root, they were actually one family thousands of years ago!"