The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

As expected, Long Xuan's words caused the two guards to breathe heavily, their eyes glinting with greed.

Long Xuan’s six King-Breaking Pills had indeed tempted them. After all, which Spiritual Sea peak-grade Gu cultivator could resist the lure of breaking through to Gu King?

The two exchanged glances, seeing the conflict in each other's eyes. But in the end, they didn’t reject the offer outright. Instead, they began communicating through sound transmission.

“Damn it! This guy dares to tempt us with King-Breaking Pills—six of them, no less. His intentions are malicious! Isn’t he pushing us into making a mistake?” the fat guard said bitterly.

“This man is truly extravagant. Just to escape, he offered six King-Breaking Pills. Even if we split them, each of us would get three. He’s putting us in a difficult spot. If he had offered anything else, I would have refused. But he had to bring out the King-Breaking Pills. How am I supposed to reject that?”

The thin guard narrowed his eyes, pondering something.

“So, you’re planning to let him through? You should know, on the other side of the teleportation formation, there are also two Spiritual Sea peak-grade Gu cultivators guarding it. If we let someone through, they will definitely notice!” the fat guard exclaimed, quickly reminding him.

“I’m not an idiot! Of course, I know there are people on the other side. But right now, we only have one option—to give him a fake teleportation talisman and let him perish in the void. There’s no other way. If he doesn’t die, we will!” The thin guard transmitted with killing intent already forming in his heart.

Teleportation through a nearby teleportation formation required no special preparation. However, for long-distance teleportation, one had to use a Teleportation Order or a Teleportation Talisman.

Without either of these items, attempting long-distance teleportation through the formation would result in being crushed by the spatial pressure.

The body would endure tremendous pressure during long-distance teleportation, and this pressure increased with the distance. Therefore, the higher the level of the Teleportation Order or Talisman needed.

The same rules applied to Gu-based teleportation.

At this moment, the thin guard planned to use this rule to kill Long Xuan with a fake Teleportation Talisman. Once a person died in spatial teleportation, they would vanish from the world completely, leaving no trace behind.

The fat Gu cultivator’s eyes flickered as he hesitated for a moment. Finally, he hardened his resolve and transmitted, “Fine, those who accomplish great things don’t worry about the details. We have no way of sending him through without exposing ourselves, so we’ll just have to be ruthless. We have no choice.”

The two continued their soul communication for a while longer. Finally, the thin guard walked over with a smile and said to Long Xuan, “Since you doubt that the teleportation formation is broken and insist on checking it yourself, then follow me.”

“But this will be the only time I prove it. If anyone else wants to inspect the teleportation formation, they’ll have to go directly to the island lord. I don’t want to waste any more time!”

The thin guard shot a warning glance at the onlookers, then began walking towards the Teleportation Hall.

The crowd that had been watching the scene, seeing the guards allow someone to inspect the teleportation formation so freely, dropped their suspicions and slowly dispersed.

Long Xuan felt a surge of joy in his heart, secretly thinking, “It worked! As expected, no Spiritual Sea peak-grade Gu cultivator can resist the allure of the King-Breaking Pill. Their willpower is only so-so.”

He followed the two guards into the Teleportation Hall.

Although the teleportation formation itself didn’t take up much space, the hall built to protect it from the elements was massive.

Since the teleportation formation was a critical facility, its construction was extremely costly. Any damage to it would be enough to seriously weaken a clan, so the place was heavily protected by an array formation.

The formation was strong enough to withstand the attacks of several Gu Kings.

Given the need for vast formation protections, the hall had to be spacious as well.

Thus, this Teleportation Hall was exceptionally large. After walking for a while, taking several twists and turns, Long Xuan finally saw a giant silver door.

The door was engraved with mysterious patterns, its surface shimmering with flowing light. The center of the door was hollow, but within that hollow space was a rectangular black light curtain, filling the frame.

Jumping through that curtain wouldn’t lead to the other side of the door, but to a distant world.

Long Xuan had seen a teleportation formation before during the great war between the Western Lands and the Great Yin Dynasty. That formation was much larger than this one.

So when he saw this teleportation formation, he wasn’t surprised.

This was the first time in his life using a teleportation formation, and he couldn’t help but feel curious about what the experience would be like.

“Bring out the six King-Breaking Pills. We’ll make the exchange: pills for the teleportation talisman,” the thin guard said impatiently.

“Here!”

Long Xuan took out a pill bottle. At the same time, he controlled his Face-Changing Gu, unintentionally releasing a hint of his Gu King peak-grade aura, quickly retracting it.

Upon sensing that aura, the thin guard froze, his expression stiffening. He stopped reaching for the fake talisman and instead pulled out the real one from his storage bag, handing it to Long Xuan with an awkward expression.

How could a peak-stage Gu King expert not be able to discern the authenticity of a teleportation talisman? He’d be crazy to try and trick a peak-stage Gu King expert with a fake talisman.

If a peak-stage Gu King expert lost his temper, this Spiritual Sea Gu cultivator would surely lose his life.

At this moment, he was utterly confused. How did this Spiritual Sea stage Gu cultivator suddenly become a peak Gu King? This really caught him off guard, rendering all his previous plans useless.

Plans couldn’t keep up with changes. For the sake of his own life, he could only adjust his original plan.

Long Xuan took the teleportation talisman and showed a curious expression.

The teleportation talisman is a product of a Talisman Master, requiring certain materials with spatial attributes and is extremely expensive.

Generally, only clans with teleportation formation produce such items, and they rarely circulate outside.

It was his first time seeing a teleportation talisman, and although this talisman showed a progress of 100%, he really couldn’t judge its authenticity. After all, other types of talismans could also show a 100% progress. The talisman might be real, but how could he be certain of its function?

Long Xuan was an all-around master, proficient in alchemy and array formation, and he had some knowledge of artifact refining. After all, shipbuilding also involved artifact refining.

However, he had never delved into the way of talismans and could be said to be entirely ignorant of it.

So, he couldn’t tell whether this talisman was real or fake.

Thus, he could only tentatively ask, “Are you playing tricks on me?”

At this moment, his insect rearing bag was slightly open, and a Integrity Gu was inside, taking a breath of air.

So, all he needed to do was determine whether this person was telling the truth, and that would be enough to confirm the authenticity of the talisman.

The thin guard sighed inwardly. Had he gone mad to dare use a fake teleportation talisman to deceive a peak-grade Gu King? Did he have a death wish?

“Senior, you must be joking. This teleportation talisman is absolutely real. I swear on my honor.”

The thin guard’s tone had completely changed, becoming fawning, with no trace of his previous arrogance.

Hearing this, Long Xuan’s lips curled into a cold smile.

He hadn’t even asked if the talisman was real or fake, just a general question about whether he was playing tricks.

Yet, the guard immediately insisted that the teleportation talisman was real. Wasn’t this a clear sign of guilt?

No need to think about it, this thin guard had definitely intended to fool him with a fake teleportation talisman.

It was just that Long Xuan was one step ahead, leaking a bit of his peak-grade Gu King aura, which scared the guard into switching the fake talisman for a real one.

Since the Integrity Gu in his insect bag didn’t react, it was clear that the teleportation talisman was indeed real.

Long Xuan smiled, too lazy to bother further, and directly stepped into the teleportation portal.

With a flash of light from the portal, he disappeared into thin air.

Seeing that Long Xuan had finally left, the thin guard’s expression collapsed. His tense nerves finally relaxed, and he gasped for air, his back drenched in sweat.

“What were you thinking?! You said you’d give him a fake teleportation talisman, but you gave him the real one instead!”

“This is a big problem now! Once the guards on the other side of the teleportation see someone coming out, how could they not hold us accountable? This whole matter will be exposed, and there’s no way to hide it!”

“What on earth were you thinking?!”

The fat guard was completely frantic at this point. He rushed over, grabbed the thin guard by the collar, and yelled in his face.

Thinking of the consequences if this matter were exposed, the fat guard was now in a full panic, breaking into a cold sweat.

The thin guard quickly pushed away the hand gripping his collar, his face contorting with anger as he shouted, “What could I do? He’s a peak-grade Gu King!”

“He’s a Gu King at peak!”

“Am I insane to use a fake teleportation talisman to trick a peak-grade Gu King? Do you think someone at that level couldn’t see through the authenticity of a talisman?”

The thin guard, losing his composure, raged, “It was deliberate! He did it on purpose! He intentionally pretended to be a Spiritual Sea stage Gu cultivator, and at the moment of the transaction, he deliberately leaked a trace of his peak-grade Gu King aura, catching me off guard!”

“If I had known he was a peak-grade Gu King, even if you beat me to death, I wouldn’t have dared to make such a deal!”

“He dared to pull that trick on us—how despicable!”

The thin guard paced back and forth anxiously, his face full of panic and his mind in complete disarray.

“We’re in big trouble. The number of peak-grade Gu Kings on the island can be counted on one hand. If even one goes missing, this whole thing will be exposed!”

“A peak-grade Gu King is enough to decide the outcome of a war. If we lose one in the midst of a war, our chances of losing will increase drastically. If we lose the war because of this, we’ll be in big trouble.”

“If the Island Lord finds out we secretly let a peak-grade Gu King go, he’ll be furious. Our fates will be grim!”

The thin guard’s face was pale, beads of sweat as large as peas forming on his forehead, and his heart was filled with fear.

“If you knew the consequences were so serious, why did you still let him in just now?” the fat guard roared, completely breaking down.

“It’s too late!” The thin guard let out a bitter laugh. “That was a peak-grade Gu King!”

“If it were outside the hall, we could have used the array formation to keep him out.”

“But he was already inside. The formation had lost its effectiveness in stopping him, and he had already discovered the secret that the teleportation formation wasn’t broken.”

“In this situation, he could have killed us instantly, taken the teleportation talisman from our corpses, and teleported away.”

“What would refusing have achieved? The only result would be two more corpses lying on the ground.”

“I had no other choice. We’ve been played by this sly old fox...”