Chapter 2175: Chapter 1557: Nurturing Gu (Part 2)

There’s a chance that even his safety won’t be guaranteed, not to mention that he’ll need to comprehend a lot of different Laws, making the difficulty of improving his cultivation even greater.

What he’s mainly torn between are the first two options.

Following Li Zhirui’s training in the Void, wandering unpredictably, isn’t quite suitable for him, but the ceiling would be much higher, and when breaking through to a Heavenly Immortal, considering transcendence, the difficulty wouldn’t be as great.

Because Yuhong seldom comprehends the Laws or absorbs Spiritual Energy in the Primal Spirit Realm, the consequence of that naturally won’t change easily, but if he chooses to stay, it won’t be as easy to transcend in the future.

Both options have their advantages and disadvantages, pros and cons, and for a moment, he couldn’t decide.

He stood there with furrowed brows, unable to make up his mind for a long time.

...

"No rush, take your time to think it over."

Li Zhirui noticed Yuhong’s hesitation, and to prevent him from hurrying into a wrong decision, he decided to give him more time to ponder.

"Okay, I’ll contact you once I have an answer."

"Alright, give it some serious thought."

After resolving various issues inside the space, Li Zhirui took Qing Si back to the Void, waiting till they both have made their decisions before proceeding further.

"Jiu, you’re such a kind person,"

As soon as Qing Si came out, he couldn’t help but comment, "It’s one thing for you to take care of Five Elements and Yuhong, but why waste so much time looking after those Devil Spirits?"

"The space is vast; if they weren’t responsible for cultivating Spiritual Objects, we’d have to spend time doing it," Li Zhirui explained.

Though the space is mystical and Spiritual Objects planted there thrive very well without special care, someone is still needed to harvest them when they mature!

Besides, he is currently cultivating Spiritual Objects obtained from the Ten Thousand Rivers Realm, which requires someone to handle the work even more so.

Hence, those Devil Spirits are indeed quite important!

Especially considering the incompleteness of the Space Law and the high difficulty in the birth of Devil Spirits, if they die due to the end of their lifespan, there might be a shortage of manpower.

"I didn’t consider thoroughly," Qing Si reflected, acknowledging that he had only seen Li Zhirui’s efforts and the Devil Spirits’ gains, but not who the ultimate beneficiary was.

"Let’s go; the Void is vast, and the area we’ve explored is probably less than one percent."

"But wasn’t Yuhong supposed to return to the Primal Spirit Realm for Tribulation Transcendence, to rush for the Heavenly Immortal Realm? Wandering aimlessly like this might cause some trouble upon returning, right?"

Li Zhirui shook his head and said, "After I transcended, I lost all connections with the Primal Spirit Realm, not to mention that I’m now a Profound Immortal, entering another layer of the Void, so I don’t know how to address this issue; we’ll figure it out after Yuhong makes his decision."

They can’t just stay put while waiting for him, that wouldn’t be realistic.

Qing Si, after hearing this, also found it very reasonable and had no further objections.

"Let’s go."

They continued walking in the Void, seeking opportunities for training, which might not necessarily advance their cultivation or realm, but at least garner some gains, rather than wandering aimlessly in Chaos.

But now, the situation has changed again!

Earlier, chaotic fierce beasts rioted in the Void, and it was easy to encounter them, but now, it seemed like so many fierce beasts disappeared; over a lengthy time, they didn’t come across any fierce beast. The contrast was indeed striking.

"Jiu, the current situation seems strange too; could something happen again?" Qing Si couldn’t help but feel a bit uneasy.

Actually, Li Zhirui also felt something off, as the current situation indeed appeared abnormal.

"I don’t know either, let’s continue exploring; we might find out the answer soon."

Of course, it’s also possible they might never find the reason.

Fortunately, their luck wasn’t that bad, and they eventually found some clues.

And it wasn’t from the mouth of some creature but rather told by a severely injured yet spiritually awakened chaotic fierce beast itself.

Exactly! By a twist of fate, Li Zhirui and Qing Si encountered a spiritually awakened chaotic fierce beast.

They chanced upon its healing place by sheer luck.

"Damn it!"

The fierce beast couldn’t help but curse the moment it saw the two appear.

In its current state, it couldn’t possibly be a match for Li Zhirui, so the beast was initially very worried about being attacked and losing its life.

But unexpectedly, Li Zhirui didn’t attack it but rather curiously inquired, "You’ve awakened spiritual intelligence; do you remember how it happened?"

He urgently needed a ’local’ to answer his questions, so upon realizing the fierce beast in front of him had spiritual intelligence despite being injured, he immediately changed his mind and refrained from attacking, seeking to understand what happened in the Void instead.

Initially, it refused to speak, but after Li Zhirui warned it, it became obedient and willing to answer properly.

"How did you awaken spiritual intelligence?"

The fierce beast was equally bewildered and said, "Because not long ago, one of my kind broke through to a Golden Immortal, and after listening to a sermon there, comprehending the leftover Spirit Light and Laws from the breakthrough, I unknowingly awakened spiritual intelligence."

"Why do chaotic fierce beasts gather when one breaks through to the Golden Immortal Realm, and how does it help you awaken spiritual intelligence?"

"I don’t know either..."

Its face showed a recollective expression and said, "Inexplicably sensed it’d be beneficial to oneself and knew in advance the location of their Tribulation Transcendence, hence having ample time to arrive."

Facing these questions, even though it’s a chaotic fierce beast, it didn’t know exactly what’s going on.

Li Zhirui believed its explanation, assuming it wasn’t pretending, and since further questioning from this angle might not yield more information, he switched the topic.

"How did you get injured like this?"

Who knew mentioning this would rouse a resentful expression on the beast’s face, saying, "I was chased by another chaotic fierce beast, and not being its opponent, I ended up like this."

"What exactly happened?"

"The source lies with the fellow who broke through to the Golden Immortal. At that time, spiritually awakened chaotic fierce beasts were scarce. To ignorant chaotic fierce beasts, we were very attractive, like a great supplement, consuming us makes them much stronger."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhirui frowned and said, "Are you not lying?"

"No! I speak nothing but the truth."

"If we go by what you said, chaotic fierce beasts would be divided into two factions attacking each other, leading to great battles; Chaos wouldn’t be as calm as it is now."

After saying that, he gazed intently at it to see its reaction.

"Because they’re currently still gathered in one area, not scattered across Chaos, which is why in all this time, aside from me, you haven’t encountered any other chaotic fierce beast."

Li Zhirui surprisingly asked, "Still there till now?! Is that Golden Immortal fierce beast also still there?"

"Should still be, it’s just I escaped due to being besieged and injured; previously, it was still there..."

"Something’s not right! It’s entirely not right!"

How could that Golden Immortal fierce beast still stay in this chaotic space and not ascend to the chaotic space of the Golden Immortal Realm?

Moreover, those chaotic fierce beasts haven’t left...

Suddenly, a dreadful thought occurred in Li Zhirui’s mind.

These chaotic fierce beasts gather in advance at the location of that Golden Immortal fierce beast’s Tribulation Transcendence not because of guidance from the Great Tao, but due to its kind of Divine Power or a prearranged mechanism.

And that space is its chosen breeding ground for Gu Insects!

Those chaotic fierce beasts were placed there like Gu insects, letting them battle continuously, until one Gu King was born, then it seizes all the victory’s fruits!