Pine Needle Gu

Once a Gu Master becomes an embodiment of the Wood Charm tree spirit by using Wood Charm Gu, Gu worms such as Green Vine Gu and pine needle Gu have their strength amplified. ^{ch. 126}

Against Bai Ning Bing, Qing Shu uses Pin Needle Gu, and numerous jade coloured pin needles shoot from the tips of his long hair. Bai Ning Bing activates Water Shield Gu in time, and the needles slow to a halt inside the shield before its currents purge them. As Wood Charm Gu turns Qing Shu into a tree spirit, Pin Needle Gu shows signs of growth along with Green Vine Gu and the vitality grass, and the power of these wood attribute Gu is amplified. ^{ch. 141} A flurry of pin needles from Qing Shu’s Pin Needle Gu drives Fang Yuan back from the barely living Bai Ning Bing. ^{ch. 142} The pin needles also force Fang Zheng back as he runs toward Qing Shu. A downpour of pin needles then blocks the Bai clan Gu Masters charging in to save Bai Ning Bing. ^{ch. 143}

In Southern Border, the rank seven wood path Gu Immortal Zheng Qing has spent six years as a huge pine tree on a nameless mountain, expecting within the hour to refine rank seven pine needle Immortal Gu. He is using a wood refinement method from Genesis Lotus Immortal Venerable, slow but with a very high success rate. An earthquake collapses the mountain first, and Zheng Qing is forced back into human form with his six years of work gone. ^{ch. 1468}