Chapter 1025: Chapter 536: Guidance of Spiritual Energy (Part 2) "I also discovered the weakness of the Exotic Beast by accident. It’s not really a big deal." After saying this, Gu Sheng walked straight to the Exotic Beast’s body. After a careful look, he took out the Fire Spirit Dagger and directly peeled off the entire skin of the Exotic Beast. Seeing a whole sheet of skin in his hand, Shi Lou wanted to take it and try it on, but Gu Sheng stopped him. "What are you doing? Trying to stab yourself to death?" Hearing this, Shi Lou embarrassingly scratched his head. "I wanted to test the defensive power of this skin. It’s covered in spikes; if I wear it, no Exotic Beast would dare to come near me, right?" "That’s for sure. You would be stabbed into a bloody mess. Who would even come close?" Saying this, Gu Sheng unfolded the skin and showed both sides to everyone. This was when everyone saw that the skin actually had spikes on both sides! "This... don’t they get stabbed themselves?" "Of course not. When the spikes are on their body, they are in a hidden state; they only pop out when attacking. When they roll, they retract, and only when they attack do they shoot out, like releasing dozens of daggers simultaneously. Understand now?" Gu Sheng pulled up a spike to demonstrate, and everyone suddenly understood. "So that’s how it is. It seems they are hard to kill when alive and also difficult to handle when dead. If handled improperly, their corpse could also take lives." After Lan Yao said this, Gu Sheng nodded in agreement. "That’s right. This is their last trick. As long as the attacker is slightly careless, they could end up in the Palace of King Yan, and now you understand why I didn’t let you act, right?" Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in unison. Turns out Gu Sheng was keeping them safe! "Brother Sheng is mighty!" Shi Lou shouted loudly, and everyone was amused. Looking at Huang Shan, Gu Sheng directly handed him two pieces of skin. "Your weapon is old. It’s just right to make two meteor hammers with this skin." "Brother Sheng, you’re giving me such good skins?" Seeing his surprised look, Gu Sheng smiled and nodded. "Yes, I’m giving them to you. If you encounter something better, then use the better ones." "This... doesn’t seem right?" "There’s nothing wrong with it. You deserve it." Those words "you deserve it" moved Huang Shan to tears. The group continued upwards, and the path remained difficult. The Elf Clan people led the way, following the Spiritual Energy in the mountains, but after two days of travel, they still hadn’t found a trace of Spirit Grass. Looking at the road at the foot of the mountain, the Elf Clan people turned to Gu Sheng. "We are almost at the top of the mountain. Should we continue?" Gu Sheng nodded, his gaze particularly resolute. "Continue, since there is Spirit Grass here, I will not give up until I find it." "What if there’s none at the top?" "Then we follow another road down the mountain until we find it." Seeing his determination, the Elf Clan people said no more. They continued upwards, encountering more obstacles along the way, but Gu Sheng dismantled them with ease, gaining many treasures from various exotic beasts. Just as he was gouging out a snake eye, Spiritual Energy unexpectedly began to wrap around him. Gu Sheng felt alarmed, thinking another Demon Beast had wrapped around him. But as he sensed it carefully, he realized this Spiritual Energy was not aggressive and even seemed a little friendly. Feeling curious, he quickly called out. Shi Lou and others were not far away, but even after he shouted, these people had no reaction. Gu Sheng shouted several times, even using some Divine Power, but these people were still talking among themselves, and none turned to look at him. Obviously, wrapped in Spiritual Energy, Shi Lou and others couldn’t hear his voice! Realizing this, Gu Sheng stopped wasting his effort and instead put away the snake eye, cautiously observing his surroundings. The Spiritual Energy rose from his feet and slowly wrapped around his calf. He tried to remove this Spiritual Energy, but it behaved as if it knew him, crawling upwards autonomously until it stopped at his waist. Looking at the Spiritual Energy on his lower body, Gu Sheng poked it with his hand. Whenever his finger touched, the Spiritual Energy would slightly disperse but quickly gather back again. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞 Finding it amusing, Gu Sheng poked several more times. After his finger touched one last time, the Spiritual Energy dispersed but, unlike before, gathered at one particular spot on his waist. Gu Sheng raised an eyebrow and reached for it. When he touched the storage ring, all of the Spiritual Energy swarmed in, wrapping around the storage ring. In that moment, Gu Sheng realized what was happening. He had once placed the Spiritual Pearl in the storage ring, and there was still a residual aura there, so the Spiritual Energy was being attracted to it! Thinking it over, he flexibly directed the Spiritual Pearl’s aura, waving his finger. As expected, the Spiritual Energy immediately followed the aura of the Spiritual Pearl. Gu Sheng was delighted and quickly said, "I’m here to find Spirit Grass. Can you take me to find Spirit Grass?" After waiting for a long time without any response from the Spiritual Energy, Gu Sheng felt a bit disappointed. Apparently, he had overthought it; the Spiritual Energy was just attracted by the Spiritual Pearl and had no substantial use. He casually imprinted the Spiritual Pearl’s aura onto the Spiritual Energy, gradually dispersing it. "You all can leave; I need to find Spirit Grass." As soon as he finished speaking, the Spiritual Energy suddenly changed color, and after a flash of white light, its Spiritual Power clearly strengthened, fully descending to the ground, covering it with a layer of mist. Looking at the mist on the ground, Gu Sheng lightly raised an eyebrow. "What trick are you up to now?" At that moment, a surge of Spiritual Energy pressed behind him, urging him to crouch down. Knowing the Spiritual Energy held no malice, Gu Sheng obediently crouched down. When his fingertips touched the mist, it quietly dispersed, revealing several pure white grasses inside! Seeing these grasses, Gu Sheng became incredibly excited. "Lan Yao, come see! This should be the Spirit Grass!" He shouted loudly, but not far away, Lan Yao seemed to be searching for something, without even glancing his way. Knowing that Lan Yao couldn’t see him at the moment, Gu Sheng slowly plucked the white grasses, trying to keep them whole. He didn’t know how long it took, but eventually, he had picked the last grass. When he wiped the sweat and stood up, he suddenly noticed the sky had turned dark. Instantly, Gu Sheng’s initial joy disappeared, and his heart sank. From dawn to dusk, he had spent at least two hours here! If Exotic Beasts had attacked Lan Yao and the others during these two hours, they would surely be in grave danger! Thinking of this, Gu Sheng hurriedly pressed forward. However, the barrier created by the Spiritual Energy hadn’t vanished yet; as he moved forward, the barrier moved with him. When Gu Sheng reached Lan Yao, he had already reached out to touch him, but Lan Yao couldn’t see him and instead showed a fearful expression. With no other options, Gu Sheng went over to Er Gou. Er Gou’s reaction was just like Lan Yao’s, forcing Gu Sheng to try Huang Shan next, but the reactions were identical for all three! With a sigh, Gu Sheng reached out and poked the barrier. "Can you let me out?" The barrier gave no response, leaving Gu Sheng scrabbling his head. After quite some time, it was as if he suddenly thought of something, and he let a touch of the Spiritual Pearl’s aura rest lightly on the barrier. Sure enough, once the Spiritual Energy appeared, the barrier quickly dispersed in all directions. As the barrier dispersed, Gu Sheng appeared vividly and clearly in front of everyone. "Brother... Brother Sheng, where did you come from?" Looking at him, Shi Lou was completely bewildered. He just couldn’t figure out how Gu Sheng suddenly appeared right in front of them! "Yes, Brother Sheng, how did you appear soundlessly among us? I remember I didn’t even blink!" After saying this, Er Gou even rubbed his eyes hard. Seeing him like this, Gu Sheng found it both amusing and frustrating. "Stop rubbing, I’m real, not fake." "Gu Sheng, you disappeared all afternoon; are you pranking us on purpose? This isn’t funny at all!"