“There are words carved on the fangs of this statue too.” Bai Ning Bing made another discovery. She read the words softly, “Twin hearts united, three spirits as one. Fate or no fate, do not force it… What does this mean?”
“This is the secret password to activate this mechanism. ‘Twin’ means two people must act together to activate it. ‘Three spirits’ refer to the heart, the palm, and the eyes.” Fang Yuan recalled.
Among the four limbs, the palm is the most dexterous. Among the five senses, the eyes are the most agile. And a person’s thoughts and feelings are as fast as lightning, the most flexible.
Therefore, they are collectively called the three spirits.
“Come, place your palms on the statue’s pupils.”
Inside the eye sockets of the skull statue were a pair of crystal-clear rubies. The gems were as big as large bowls, reflecting the figures of Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing.
But Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing placed their palms on the gemstone pupils, yet there was no reaction for a long time.
“Heh, you speak with such authority, but it turns out you’re wrong.” Bai Ning Bing never missed an opportunity to mock Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan’s expression also darkened. In his previous life’s memories, this mechanism had been described in detail by Bai Hua. Logically, this was exactly how to do it. But why was there no reaction?
“Twin hearts united, three spirits as one…” Fang Yuan murmured. “He achieved three spirits as one, but united hearts…”
As he thought, a glimmer of understanding gradually appeared in his eyes.
Could it be that the two people who wanted to activate this mechanism had to be of one heart and one mind?
If it were like that, although he and Bai Ning Bing were acting together, it was out of necessity. In reality, they were outwardly united but divided at heart, each with their own calculations. How could they possibly achieve “united hearts”!
Thinking of this, Fang Yuan couldn’t help but look again at Bai Sheng and Bai Hua.
So, this brother and sister were kicked awake by Fang Yuan again.
“Villain, what exactly do you want?!” Bai Sheng roared upon waking up.
Bai Hua didn’t cry anymore. Her big eyes stared fixedly at Fang Yuan and Bai Ning Bing, revealing an intense look of hatred.
This time, Fang Yuan was too impatient to explain. He directly grabbed the hands of the two and pressed them against the pupils of the red gems.
As expected of the destined inheritors, the moment their hands touched, the red gems suddenly lit up.
Click-clack.
The skull slowly opened its mouth, revealing a large pile of coal and dry firewood inside.
In the center of the black coal was a simple-looking earthenware jar. A scroll leaned against the jar.
“What is this supposed to mean?” Fang Yuan casually threw the two on the ground. He picked up the scroll and, after reading it, understood.
It turned out that the owner of this inheritance, the Grey Bone Talent, had low aptitude and had suffered from it his entire life.
He had spent his whole life dedicated to refining a Gu that could help Gu Masters cultivate quickly.
There were already many Gu insects that aided in cultivation. The most typical one was the Liquor Worm. However, most of these Gu insects were extremely rare and difficult to popularize.
The Grey Bone Talent had great ambition. He wanted to refine an excellent Gu insect that could be widely used.
But until his death, after countless failures, he had not succeeded.
At the very end of his life, perhaps out of heaven’s pity, he suddenly had an incredibly clever inspiration while setting up the White Bone Mountain Inheritance.
Without the help of Gu insects, what was the main method for a Gu Master to improve their cultivation?
It was to rely on the power of one’s elders and undergo teaching.
Back then on Green Mao Mountain, Gu Yue Chi Cheng had always been receiving the primeval essence infusion from his grandfather, Gu Yue Chi Lian.
However, this had a major drawback.
That was the difference in primeval essence. Relying on an elder’s superior primeval essence to cleanse the aperture walls would leave behind an alien aura, which would greatly restrict the Gu Master’s future development.
Unless one used a Clean Water Gu to wash away the alien aura.
However, Clean Water Gu were also rare, and ordinary Gu Masters found it very difficult to obtain them. Even clan elders had to rely on luck and pay a great price.
Therefore, the teaching method was not widespread.
And so, the Grey Bone Talent came up with a marvelous idea.
If there was a Gu that could convert another person’s primeval essence into one’s own primeval essence, then wouldn’t the aftereffect of the alien aura from teaching be completely eliminated?
After a series of attempts, he ruled out many possibilities and finally left behind the plan with the greatest chance of success.
The name of this plan was the “Bone Flesh Reunion Gu”.
The scroll stated that to refine this Gu, two Gu Masters had to act simultaneously. These two Gu Masters had to be blood relatives. Parents and children, or twins. Only by relying on the connection of the same bloodline could the conversion of primeval essence be carried out.
Of course, this idea of the Grey Bone Talent had no time to be put into practice. After he had made most of the preparations, he was forced to stop at the most critical point.
Although he had two titles, he was alone. He lacked two Gu Masters who met the conditions.
The final content of the scroll revealed the endless regret of the Grey Bone Talent.
He had no time to make further preparations and could only leave behind this high platform. But if a later generation were to arrive here by fate, able to activate this mechanism and find this scroll, it would mean that Gu Masters meeting the conditions had appeared!
“Might as well try to refine it. Regardless of the result, please come to my grave and tell me about it.” This sentence in the scroll contained the lifelong obsession of the Grey Bone Talent.
It turned out that the high platform tower under Fang Yuan’s feet was the tomb of the Grey Bone Talent.
There was no need to try. Fang Yuan already knew that the idea of the Bone Flesh Reunion Gu was a success. Because in his previous life, Bai Sheng and Bai Hua had attained dual cultivation by relying on this, becoming the righteous twin stars, pushing the Bai family’s power to its peak with their rank five cultivation.
But for Fang Yuan now, it was a bit troublesome.
He had originally thought that the Bone Flesh Reunion Gu was already a finished product, but in reality, it hadn’t been refined yet, not even a semi-finished product.
To refine the Bone Flesh Reunion Gu, he and Bai Ning Bing also did not meet the conditions.
Unless Gu Yue Fang Zheng was present.
But even so, the refined Bone Flesh Reunion Gu would probably not be very good.
According to what was stated in the scroll, the Bone Flesh Reunion Gu was a general term for a series, not referring to a specific type of Gu. The more the two Gu Masters refining the Gu were in harmony and mutual affection, the better the quality of the refined Bone Flesh Reunion Gu would be.
Based on the relationship between Fang Yuan and Fang Zheng, the refined Bone Flesh Reunion Gu would definitely not be ideal.
In Fang Yuan’s previous life, the Bone Flesh Reunion Gu was certainly refined by Bai Sheng and Bai Hua. But now, many years in advance, although they were in harmony, they had not yet grown into Gu Masters, so they also failed to meet this standard.
The Bone Flesh Reunion Gu was Fang Yuan’s most important goal. Now, the materials and furnace had already been prepared by the Grey Bone Talent, only missing the final step of refinement.
To give up, Fang Yuan was naturally unwilling.
But to refine it, not to mention the inability to meet the co-refinement conditions, there was also a group of powerful enemies chasing them from behind.
Time was pressing. Fang Yuan gritted his teeth and decided to take a risk.
He and Bai Ning Bing only met half of the standard, but the brother and sister Bai Sheng and Bai Hua accounted for the other half of the standard. If the four of them cooperated, there might be hope of success.
“Give me a hand.” Fang Yuan began to light the firewood in the skull statue.
The flame instantly rose and burned fiercely.
“You’re planning to forcibly refine it?” Bai Ning Bing was startled. “This is not a wise choice.”
Even though she said this, she eventually made a move, placing her palm on the red gemstone pupil and pouring primeval essence into it.