Chapter 83: (1): The Bustling Great Stone Village

However, the only thing that made him dissatisfied was that he had yet to succeed in cultivating his divine abilities. He couldn't understand why—despite all his efforts, he was unable to condense the Dharma body outside his physical form. He had tried every method, with both himself and his five clones practicing simultaneously, but there had been no progress. To this day, the progress in cultivating divine abilities remained at zero.

This left him extremely anxious, almost to the point of pulling his hair out in frustration.

A cultivation technique without divine abilities is incomplete, and as a perfectionist, how could he resign himself to giving up? There must be something wrong, something he was unaware of.

Long Xuan furrowed his brows once again, deep in thought.Thê source of this content n/o/v/(el)bi((n))

It couldn’t be that the cultivation technique was flawed. If the technique were wrong, he wouldn't have been able to reach the limit of the first level. Since there was no issue with the cultivation technique, the problem must lie within himself. Long Xuan's frown deepened further.

But where exactly had he gone wrong? The technique clearly stated to use blood essence in this specific manner, and then in that manner, and finally, it would be achieved.

He had followed the technique's requirements perfectly, with every step executed flawlessly. There hadn't been a single mistake, so how could he have failed? Where exactly was the problem? His anxiety was reaching a boiling point.

"Wait a minute!"

Suddenly, Long Xuan had a flash of inspiration. The Dharma body outside one's physical form involves condensing the shadow of a powerful being—could it be that a certain item from this being is needed as a medium? Otherwise, how could the form be created out of thin air? Using spiritual power alone wouldn’t capture its essence, so how could one transfer the power of that being?

But that didn’t make sense either. The divine beasts and dragons had been extinct in the Gu World for tens of thousands of years, so where would one find so many mediums?

Then how did the Long clan solve this problem? How exactly did they manage to condense this cursed External Dharma image outside their physical form? Long Xuan was starting to feel hopeless.

Even if there were plenty of mediums related to divine beasts in this world, why wouldn’t the Long clan write this restriction into the cultivation technique?

It didn’t make sense. If it were to prevent theft, there was no need to safeguard just this one aspect. He couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he thought.

In the end, Long Xuan decided to take a walk to find some inspiration. If he didn't solve this problem, he wouldn't be able to do anything comfortably.

Don’t get it wrong—the Long clan wasn’t being generous, nor did they lack combat power.

The Gu practitioner community simply didn’t engage in production activities. No matter what they did, they needed a large number of mortals for labor.

For example, could a Gu practitioner chop wood, light fires, and cook? They had to recruit mortals to take care of their daily needs.

But some tasks were beyond the capabilities of ordinary mortals, such as chopping down spirit trees, which required great strength. A mortal couldn't possibly chop through a spirit tree.

Or taking care of an elder’s insect chamber, where the Gu insects were so ferocious that a regular mortal entering the chamber would just be food for the insects, unable to handle the job without some combat skills.

So, the Long clan needed a group of mortals with potential as Gu practitioners to handle various high-difficulty tasks.

And it wasn’t just the Long clan—almost all Gu practitioner families operated this way. Every Gu practitioner’s cultivation time was precious, so all non-cultivation tasks were delegated to these mortals with Gu potential.

Of course, the unique and core techniques of this world would never be shared with outsiders. The major Gu practitioner families would only teach the most basic and common techniques to these mortals with Gu potential.

The core skills would never be passed on to these outsiders, no matter how talented they were.

Even if a mortal had extraordinary potential and was destined to become a Gu King with proper training, the major families would never fully impart their knowledge.

Remember, the power structure in this region was based on family clans, not sects.

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