The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu-Chapter 461: Coffee Gu Specialty Store Opens for Business

Through the connection of the blood contract, Long Xuan quickly understood the abilities of this Coffee Gu.

This Coffee Gu had quite an intriguing ability—it granted its contracted user the power of eternal wakefulness, essentially never needing to sleep for the rest of their life.

One must not underestimate this ability. By eliminating the need for sleep, the saved time could be utilized for countless other tasks. This effectively gave the user much more cultivation time compared to their peers, allowing their cultivation speed to far surpass others of the same age.

For example, if a person’s innate talent allowed them to break through a minor realm every three years, then with this no-sleep ability, they might be able to do so in just two years—or even less.

Never needing to sleep is essentially an indirect boost to cultivation speed—far more cost-effective than any kind of pill.

Calling this ability “defying the heavens” isn’t an exaggeration. Still, compared to truly heaven-defying Gu insects, Long Xuan felt it was slightly lacking, and he couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed.

“Well, that makes sense,” he thought. “Coffee Gu is probably like Wine Gu and Tea Gu—its potential can only be raised through combining various types of coffee. A Gu refined from a single type of coffee has limited strength.”

“To refine stronger Coffee Gu, I’ll need to research and experiment with more coffee combinations… that will definitely take considerable time.”

Long Xuan held the Coffee Gu in his palm, raised it in front of him, and smiled. “You’re so dark, I’ll call you Little Black from now on. Starting today, you’ll be part of the second squad of my Gu insects.”

“Although your ability is impressive, everything is relative. Compared to my other Gu insects, you can only make it into the second squad.”

After admiring the Coffee Gu for a while, he finally placed it into his Insect Bag.

The ability to remain awake eternally was equivalent to an indirect upgrade in cultivation efficiency—extremely practical. He decided to keep it as a permanent part of his collection.

In the days that followed, Long Xuan disguised himself in various identities and scoured the city for all kinds of coffee trees. Since coffee trees had no known purpose, they were considered cheap fodder for certain low-level Gu insects.

Therefore, coffee trees were extremely cheap in the city. Within just a few days, he was able to purchase and gather almost all available types at very low prices.

However, since nobody usually collected these otherwise “worthless” plants, the coffee tree varieties within Holy Gu City accounted for less than one percent of the world’s known species.

For the rest, he had no choice but to spend money hiring people to collect them from other cities or send mercenaries into the forests to search for them. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Long Xuan was simultaneously researching the Go Gu recipe while tirelessly gathering coffee tree species. Without realizing it, three months had already passed in Holy Gu City.

During those three months, he had gathered an uncountable number of coffee tree species. The process of refining Coffee Gu was incredibly simple—with sufficient materials, he could easily produce large quantities of them.

Each variant of Coffee Gu had unique and bizarre abilities, which kept him fully engaged and entertained. Despite being busy every day, he didn’t feel the slightest fatigue.

Perhaps that was also thanks to Little Black. Although all such insects were collectively called Coffee Gu, he had officially named this sleeplessness-granting variant as the Sleepless Gu.

With the Sleepless Gu, he could treat one day as two—always full of energy, never fatigued.

The rapid progress in refining Coffee Gu could be largely attributed to that Sleepless Gu.

Under its influence, his research into the Go Gu recipe had also started to take shape.

Interestingly enough, Qi Luoyou had gifted him the core Gu insect, Go Gu, as gratitude for saving Zhu Jiuge’s life.

Later, Zhu Jiuge herself—whether intentionally or not—personally visited Long Xuan to deliver the full Go Gu recipe to repay the life-saving favor.

With the recipe in hand, he no longer had to risk sneaking into the Holy Gu Academy to steal or learn it.

It was like rain in a drought. By referencing the Go Gu recipe, many previously perplexing issues were instantly resolved. His original Gu designs also progressed smoothly, with no creative blocks at all.

Thus, while he continued crafting Gu recipe, he also sent his clones to search for coffee trees, refining more and more diverse types of Coffee Gu.

When he had amassed enough Coffee Gu, Long Xuan finally rented a small shop in the city—ready for business.

On that day, a shop named Coffee Gu Specialty Store officially opened in the city, drawing quite a bit of attention. Curious passersby gathered to watch.

For a Gu cultivator, there is nothing more essential than Gu. Their combat strength derives primarily from their Gu. Gu insects are like a second life to a cultivator.

And there are only two sources for Gu insects: self-refinement or purchasing.

Shops specializing in Gu insects existed, as did those selling exclusive specialty Gu. However, peak-grade Gu insects were rare across any region. Shops with the capability to sell such insects were extremely few.

Even if such stores did carry high-grade Gu, the stock was always limited, and would be quickly swept away—most people wouldn’t even get the chance to see one.

However, this new store sold an enormous variety of Gu, most of which people had never seen before. It even offered extremely rare, peak-grade Gu, which naturally sparked immense interest as people flooded into the shop.

The newly opened Long Xuan Specialty Store was packed with people on its very first day—despite having no publicity or advertising whatsoever.

"Goodness, every single Gu here is a type I’ve never seen before! When did I become so ignorant? Academy Belle, you're so knowledgeable—do you recognize any of these types?"

A young man wearing the uniform of the Holy Gu Academy excitedly pointed at the unusually shaped Gu insects inside the crystal cabinet, speaking to the stunning girl beside him.

"Don’t call me Academy Belle!" Qin Yumo gave him a side-eye, then shook her head with a serious expression and said, "I’ve read ancient texts since childhood and have always prided myself on my knowledge. Yet, I don’t recognize a single Gu in this store."

"I’m certain—throughout the entire history of Gu Cultivation—these types have never appeared in any era. They must be newly developed Gu species."

Her eyes lit up with curiosity. "These Gu are most likely the shop owner’s exclusive creations. Only he possesses them in the entire world."

"With so many new types here, who knows what unique abilities they hold? Perhaps I can find one with an exceptionally strong power."

Shu Yuan nodded in agreement.

"Looks like this is a specialty store for exclusive Gu species. Heh, my Blood Contract Gu favors the rarest and most unique ones. This place suits me perfectly."

Suddenly, he looked at the old man sitting on a large chair inside the shop and quickly asked with excitement: "Shopkeeper, the aura of these Gu is remarkably similar, and they’re all jet-black in color. Since your shop is named Coffee Gu Specialty Store, I suppose all these are Coffee Gu?"

"Coffee Gu must be a general term—are all the Gu in this shop collectively referred to as Coffee Gu? Have you perhaps pioneered an entirely new Gu school?"

Shu Yuan stared intensely into the old man’s eyes as he asked in amazement.

Upon hearing this, the store fell completely silent.

All eyes turned toward the old man on the chair, who exuded the overwhelming aura of a Peak-Grade Gu King.

The old man smiled and nodded. "That’s right! This is a Gu School I developed after pouring my heart and soul into it. I’ve named this new school: Coffee Gu."

"While Coffee Gu may not necessarily surpass traditional Gu in power, they shine in novelty and uniqueness. Many of their abilities are appearing in this world for the very first time."

"The greatest threat is always the unknown. When an enemy is faced with powers they've never seen before, it often leads to disastrous consequences."

"As the saying goes, rarity is value. So too is ability valued by its rarity. Naturally, the price of these Coffee Gu is higher than that of traditional Gu."

"As for transactions, I do not accept spirit stones. The materials I require are listed on the wall. You may only trade with me via bartering—materials for Gu."

"The materials I need are limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. Anyone who possesses the listed materials may initiate a trade."

A smile curled up at the corner of Long Xuan’s lips.

The wall was plastered with material requirements—precisely those needed for the Go Gu recipe. The quantity was considerable, densely covering the entire wall.

The Go Gu recipe required a total of 70 million materials. Though large in number, the workload wasn’t as overwhelming as it appeared.

For one, many of the materials were stacked or repeated—some needed 10,000 units, others even 100,000—greatly reducing the actual variety he had to handle.

On top of that, his Go Gu recipe was derived from the original Go Gu recipe. His own design had been heavily inspired by and referenced from the original.

As a result, most of the required materials overlapped with what he already needed anyway. This allowed him to effectively cut his preparation time by nearly half.

All he had to do was make the store collect the same materials that were required in the original blueprint.

That’s why he was able to fill an entire wall with them. Otherwise, with only three months to prepare, there’s no way he could gather so many materials alone.

At this moment, after hearing the elder admit to creating a brand-new Gu school, everyone was left utterly shocked. The room was filled with gasps.

Creating a new Gu school in the Gu world was an earth-shattering feat—an unparalleled achievement and honor.

It was a milestone that would shake the entire Gu Cultivation world. The birth of a new Gu school would surely go down in history. Countless future Gu cultivators might one day rely on this system.

This elder would be revered as the founding patriarch of the Coffee Gu lineage, worshiped by many, with his name forever etched into ancient records.

"Hahaha... amazing! Truly amazing! I, the younger generation, am in awe!"

"It’s been countless millennia since the Gu Realm has seen the birth of a new Gu school. To witness such a moment firsthand today—what an honor!"

"I’m very interested in this new Gu school, and curious about the abilities of the Coffee Gu. Could you first introduce the ability of that peak-grade Coffee Gu?"

"If its power is impressive, I’ll take it immediately!"

Shu Yuan stared intently at the Sleepless Gu inside the crystal cabinet—It was the only peak-grade Gu among the many Coffee Gu on display.

Peak-grade Gu usually came with exceptional abilities. Although he didn’t yet know what it could do, his interest in this rare Gu had already peaked.