Chapter 6 – Flame Lotus Gu
Nearly two months passed after Ember Spark Gu completed its first deduction.
For Li Tianyu...
The greatest obstacle was no longer knowledge.
It was money.
The complete refinement recipe for Flame Lotus Gu already existed within his mind.
All he lacked...
Were the refinement materials.
Fortunately, refinement had long become his greatest source of income.
Every day, Li Tianyu refined ordinary Rank One Gu.
Some succeeded.
Some failed.
The successful refinements were quietly sold throughout the village.
As always...
He never sold too many Gu worms to a single shop.
Nor did he reveal the full extent of his refinement abilities.
Slowly...
Primeval stones accumulated.
His average daily profit gradually stabilized at around one hundred and thirty primeval stones.
Nearly one month later...
He finally possessed enough wealth.
Without hesitation, Li Tianyu spent almost two thousand eight hundred primeval stones purchasing the required materials.
The recipe required nine Rank One Gu worms as its foundation.
Along with dozens of supplementary refinement materials.
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After confirming that nothing was missing...
He quietly returned to his rented courtyard.
...
The refinement lasted an entire day.
Crimson flames danced within the refinement formation.
One Gu worm after another dissolved into scarlet streams of light.
The various materials gradually merged together.
Li Tianyu calmly controlled every movement of his primeval essence.
Every refinement step.
Every timing.
Every transformation.
The recipe had already been perfectly imprinted into his mind.
To him...
There were no unknowns.
Only execution.
Several hours later...
The crimson flames slowly subsided.
A tiny lotus floated quietly above the refinement formation.
Its petals resembled living flames.
A faint crimson light flowed between them.
Li Tianyu slowly reached out.
The lotus gently landed within his palm.
A smile gradually appeared on his face.
Rank One — Flame Lotus Gu.
His first Gu deduced by the Ember Spark Gu.
Without hesitation...
He refined it and placed it within his aperture.
The lotus slowly rooted itself above his primeval sea.
Moments later...
Li Tianyu noticed a subtle change.
The free primeval essence drifting throughout Heaven and Earth gradually gathered around him.
Flame Lotus Gu continuously absorbed it.
After being refined through its Fire Path Dao marks...
It was converted directly into pure crystal green copper primeval essence.
Drop by drop...
His primeval sea slowly recovered.
Li Tianyu quietly observed the process.
Then...
He activated several Gu in succession.
Primeval essence rapidly drained away.
Yet almost immediately...
Flame Lotus Gu replenished what had been consumed.
His aperture could still only contain twenty-five percent primeval essence.
That limitation was determined by his D-grade aptitude.
However...
As long as ambient primeval essence existed...
Flame Lotus Gu continuously replenished his aperture.
For practical purposes...
He no longer had to worry about exhausting his primeval essence during Rank One refinement.
Previously...
Whenever his primeval essence ran dry, he had to consume primeval stones to recover before continuing.
Now...
That waiting time had almost completely disappeared.
His refinement efficiency immediately doubled.
Li Tianyu couldn't help but smile.
"Good."
"Very good."
His greatest weakness had finally begun to disappear.
Unfortunately...
His cultivation bottleneck remained.
No matter how quickly his primeval essence recovered...
His aperture itself remained unchanged.
A D-grade aptitude.
Twenty-five percent capacity.
Peak Rank One.
Without improving his aptitude...
Breaking through to Rank Two remained impossible.
Li Tianyu quietly looked toward Ember Spark Gu.
After several moments of silence...
He chuckled.
"If I'm going to do this..."
"I might as well go all the way."
"If the worst comes to the worst..."
"I'll simply deduce a lifespan-extending Gu in the future."
His eyes gradually became resolute.
He immediately transmitted another command.
"Ember Spark Gu."
"Deduce a Rank One Fire Path Gu capable of permanently transforming my aptitude."
"It must possess one hundred percent aptitude."
"It must possess both the ability of conflicting and non-conflicting Dao marks."
"All Dao marks, regardless of path, shall enhance Fire Path instead of conflicting with it."
"It shall sustain itself using the free primeval essence of Heaven and Earth."
"It shall permanently transform the user's physique."
It would essentially be...
A Fire Path version of Sovereign immortal fetus gu but without it's weakness.
Ember Spark Gu quietly trembled.
Its crimson light became brighter than ever before.
Several moments later...
A thought entered Li Tianyu's mind.
Deduction possible.
Required payment: 10,000 Rank One Gu worms.
Li Tianyu silently stared at the number.
Ten thousand.
Enough to bankrupt an ordinary family several times over.
Yet...
His expression remained calm.
Compared to the benefits...
The cost was completely acceptable.
He slowly closed his eyes.
"It seems..."
"I'll be busy for quite some time."
Outside...
The setting sun dyed the sky crimson.
Inside the quiet courtyard...
A tiny ant-shaped Gu floated silently above a sea of light green primeval essence.
Another impossible deduction...
Had already begun to take shape.