Gu Master Era: My Toad Swallowed the School Beauty at the Beginning

Without the teleportation tokens, the assassin quartet couldn't return to school!

Without their spirit gu, they also couldn't survive for long in a secret realm filled with dangers!

Wang Xiao said he would spare their lives, and he didn't break his word; he didn't kill them!

As for whether the assassin quartet could survive, that wasn't his concern.

Moreover, the assassin quartet was also poisoned by the Stink Bug Gu!

The foul-smelling poison of the Stink Bug Gu wouldn't kill them in the short term, and the stench it emitted would cause humans to avoid them, but for certain magical beasts and wild spirit gu, it was a strange fragrance.

It was just like how earthworms smelled foul to humans, but were incredibly effective as fish bait, because some fish just liked that smell!

Wang Xiao doubted whether four young men with special "seasoning" could survive the night.

He didn't go far, but instead found a nearby cave to stay in.

First, he dug a hole and buried the Giant-Bellied Toad, as it had also become tainted with the stench while dealing with the assassin quartet, and needed to be buried to get rid of the smell.

Then, he patted the Megalith Bullfrog: "Spit them out!"

The Megalith Bullfrog opened its mouth and spat out five gu eggs.

These five gu eggs were the five spirit gu of the assassin quartet.

Wang Xiao first captured the spirit gu, then forced their owners to解除血契 (jiechu xueqi - dissolve the blood pact), and then threw the spirit gu into the Megalith Bullfrog's mouth. Unable to escape, these spirit gu entered the pupal stage in the bullfrog's mouth out of desperation.

This was the method Wang Xiao had come up with, saving him from having to use the Subduing Gu Technique to suppress them one by one!

There were only two ways to seize someone else's spirit gu: either force their owner to voluntarily dissolve the contract, or kill their owner.

Once the spirit gu's owner died, the spirit gu would be free. Forcing it to pupate would allow it to recognize a new master.

But this didn't include natal gu!

The so-called natal gu was a spirit gu that shared life and fate with its owner.

Each gu master could only possess one natal gu in their lifetime, and the recognition relationship couldn't be dissolved or replaced.

The natal gu and its owner shared honor and disgrace, and shared weal and woe!

If the owner died, the natal gu wouldn't survive either!

If the natal gu died, the owner would suffer a backlash, and even if they were lucky enough to survive, they would be severely crippled, which was no better than death!

Therefore, gu masters were extremely cautious when choosing a natal gu, and had to choose a spirit gu with great potential, preferring quality over quantity!

This time, the assassin quartet could be considered as delivering express mail from a thousand miles away, allowing Wang Xiao to reap a huge harvest.

Soon, he hatched the five spirit gu and re-recognized them as his own.

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Gu Species: Wind Dragonfly

Quality: White Stone

Level: Level 1 (7%)

Attribute: Wind

Skill: Wind Chaser

Potential: Two Stars

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Gu Species: Dust Moth

Quality: White Stone

Level: Level 1 (9%)

Attribute: Dust

Skill: Blinding Dust

Potential: Three Stars

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Gu Species: Five-Step Snake

Quality: White Stone

Level: Level 1 (13%)

Attribute: Poison

Skill: Deadly Venomous Bite

Potential: Four Stars

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Gu Species: Poison Dart Frog

Quality: White Stone

Level: Level 1 (15%)

Attribute: Poison

Skill: Poison Dart Spray

Potential: Three Stars

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Gu Species: Harlequin Spider

Quality: White Stone

Level: Level 1 (19%)

Attribute: Poison

Skill: Silken Web

Potential: Four Stars

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A great harvest!

Wang Xiao was overjoyed!

His spirit gu team was growing stronger and stronger, and it covered functions such as attack, defense, reconnaissance, support, and logistics!

Wang Xiao looked at all the spirit gu, and was still a little unsatisfied. The newly acquired spirit gu were all of White Stone quality, and their combat power was worrying!

He asked: "System, are there any Spirit Gu Evolution Pills left from the newbie gift pack? Give me another ten or eight bottles!"

"Ding! Apart from the newbie gift pack, the system does not provide any physical assistance. Please refine them yourself, Master!"

"Then you must have the pill formula for the Evolution Pills, right!"

"Ding! The system has recorded the Evolution Pill formula. Does the host want to receive it now?"

"Accept!"

Immediately, a piece of information entered Wang Xiao's brain memory area, which was the pill formula for the Spirit Gu Evolution Pill.

The magic of the system was not only this. What Wang Xiao received was not only the pill formula, but also every detailed step of refining the pill.

In other words, if Wang Xiao was given a pill furnace and the materials for refining the pill now, he would immediately be able to skillfully refine Evolution Pills.

Wang Xiao was very satisfied with this. The so-called 'give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime!'

Giving you a few pills, how could it compare to giving you the ability to refine pills?

Most of the materials for refining Evolution Pills were very common, only one main medicinal material called "Scarlet Grass" was relatively rare.

Wang Xiao didn't know much about the situation in the Gu Master world, and didn't know if Scarlet Grass was easy to find.

Wang Xiao was still not satisfied, and said again: "System, why don't you just give me all the pill formulas in the system!"

As a result, the system ignored him.

Wang Xiao sighed. This system was good in every way, except for one thing: it was like toothpaste, it wouldn't come out unless you squeezed it!

Why couldn't it just directly instill all the knowledge into me?

No can do!

The system also had its principles!

It would only give it to you when you could use it!

"Forget it if you don't give it. After leaving this secret realm, I have to find a way to learn the art of refining pills. This is the most popular profession in all the heavens and myriad worlds!"

Wang Xiao imagined the future, and immediately released the Wind Dragonfly to scout the surrounding situation.

Gu masters and their spirit gu maintained a constant mental connection. Through this connection, the master could share the spirit gu's vision. After the Wind Dragonfly flew out of the cave, Wang Xiao immediately descended his consciousness onto the Wind Dragonfly, and then everything the Wind Dragonfly saw outside was instantly fed back into Wang Xiao's mind.

"Go see how those four assassins are doing!"

With a thought, Wang Xiao controlled the Wind Dragonfly to find the assassin quartet.

Before long, the Wind Dragonfly saw the four of them.

They were wandering aimlessly. Without the teleportation tokens, they had no idea which way to go.

Moreover, without spirit gu to protect them, encountering wild beasts could cost them their lives.

Low-level gu masters, without spirit gu, their combat power was simply appalling!

They were also poisoned by the Stink Bug Gu, and the foul-smelling gu poison would constantly erode their vitality. Their bodies would become weaker and weaker, like constantly having diarrhea.

Wang Xiao followed them for a while, left the Wind Dragonfly to watch the four of them, and told it to notify him immediately if it detected anything unusual, and then his consciousness returned to his main body.

The reason why Wang Xiao was having the Wind Dragonfly monitor the assassin quartet was because he wanted to know what their fate would be?

Would they be eaten by magical beasts? Or die from the poison? Or be rescued by someone?

In short, since they had already formed a feud, he wanted to know whether they lived or died.

In fact, Wang Xiao wanted to kill them himself, but on the one hand, he couldn't bring himself to do it, and on the other hand, he was afraid that the school would investigate afterwards.

It soon became dark. Wang Xiao went out and killed a wild beast, came back and roasted it to eat, and then began to cultivate the Spirit Guiding Technique in the cave. After the system's modification, the cultivation effect of this gu master's cultivation technique was many times greater than before.

The Wind Dragonfly was still monitoring the assassin quartet. They had climbed up a big tree, wanting to spend the night in the tree! Wang Xiao thought this was very stupid. Sleeping in the tree, the wind could blow the stench far away, making it easier to attract the attention of magical beasts.

It was midnight!

Wang Xiao was meditating and cultivating when suddenly his mind trembled. This was the spirit gu calling its master through the mental connection.

This must be the Wind Dragonfly sending a message.

Wang Xiao immediately connected mentally and descended his consciousness onto the Wind Dragonfly, and then he shared the Wind Dragonfly's vision.

He saw the assassin quartet screaming heart-wrenchingly, and several black shadows were attacking them.

The Wind Dragonfly's eyesight was very magical. Through its eyes, Wang Xiao saw that these black shadows were several carrion owls. Carrion owls were flying magical beasts that were active at night. They preferred the smell of carrion, and often hung their killed prey in tree holes, waiting for it to rot before eating it.

Needless to say, it was the stench on the assassin quartet that had attracted this group of greedy predators.

Seeing this scene before him, Wang Xiao knew that they were doomed!

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