Longevity Begins With Gu Refining

You're only giving me two hundred thousand spirit stones, and you have the nerve to say that?

The third day of the sixth month.

Chen Qing would patrol his ice cellar at least twice a day.

Because he always felt that it was a little unreal.

The spirit stones came too quickly, and he was still a little worried.

It had already been seven or eight days, but Chen Qing still felt like he was living in a dream.

Only by checking it twice a day could he feel a little more at ease.

"I have to ask Xuan Ping to come over and sell the spirit wine."

"While you're at it, recruit all the production-type cultivators in Hanshan City."

"There are still too few production-type cultivators now. We can grow better spirit herbs with more of them."

Chen Qing wrote a letter and began cultivating after eating five hundred kilograms of spirit herbs. After completely refining the medicinal power, his cultivation improved again.

Only then did Chen Qing open his eyes and prepare for today's arrangements.

Just as he walked out of the city lord's mansion, Yuanwujue came to report, "Lord, an envoy from the Dragon Horse Tribe is here."

Chen Qing raised his eyebrows slightly, "What's the matter?"

Yuanwujue said, "They found a spirit stone mine and want us to intimidate the other tribes. After it's done, we'll get twenty percent of the spirit stone mine's profits."

Chen Qing wasn't too interested. He waved his hand, "Call him in."

Long Yin walked into the city lord's mansion in a white robe. Chen Qing was a little displeased at first sight.

As a Nanli person, he was dressed in white. It seemed that this person was a little unconventional and arrogant.

Long Yin cupped his hands and greeted Chen Qing, "Fellow Daoist Qing Xu, I found a spirit stone mine downstream of the Lancang River. After mining, there's a million spirit stones in reserve."

"In the past, we used to intimidate the other tribes together with the Yuanmu Tribe, but this time, the shaman of the Yuanmu Tribe has been imprisoned and the tribe has been destroyed. That's why I came to see you."

"As long as you send a thousand soldiers as a deterrent to prevent the other tribes from coveting it, you'll get twenty percent of the profits every year!"

Chen Qing nodded slightly, and then said, "This is easy. I'll send Wei Qingchen and a thousand soldiers to intimidate them."

Long Yin still wanted to say something, but Chen Qing waved his hand and said, "Wu Jue, Brother Long Yin has come to our Nine Rivers City. Quickly bring him out to taste our delicacies, lest others say that we do not treat our guests well."

Yuanwujue laughed loudly as he pulled Long Yin out of the City Lord's Mansion. Only then did Chen Qing say with disdain, "I thought it was some big mine. After all this time, it's not even 100,000 spirit stones a year. What a grand scene!"

I'm someone who can earn at least thirty to forty thousand Spirit Stones a day. Do you think I'm interested in you?

You want me to go personally? I'll lose fifty to sixty thousand spirit stones in just one day!

Calling Jiang Miaoxian over, Chen Qing instructed, "In the future, you and Wei Qingchen will discuss any business with less than a million spirit stones. Just show me the results and the accounts."

"Don't disturb my cultivation if you do business with less than a million spirit stones."

"By the way, I have an idea for a butterfly loan. Can you help me think about it?"

"For cultivators who have Grass Spirit Gu and Tree Spirit Gu, as long as their Gu worms have reached Rank 9, I can make the decision to give them a large loan from the City Lord's Mansion to help their Gu worms turn into butterflies."

"After they turn into butterflies, half of their annual salary will be used to repay the loan. There will be no interest. What do you think?"

Jiang Miaoxian asked doubtfully, "Isn't this too generous?"

Chen Qing said, "With the butterfly Gu worm, our ability to grow spirit herbs will be far greater than before."

"Right now, we are only growing some spirit ginseng, the most ordinary spirit herbs. Moreover, I have to take care of most of them personally. It really does delay my cultivation."

"Only by nurturing a large number of butterfly cultivators can I be completely free."

"Moreover, the number of spirit stones in the City Lord's Mansion account is still very sufficient. It's decided then. Go and write a notice on this matter. I'll let you handle it."

"Moreover, I have some experience in nurturing Grass Spirit Gu and Tree Spirit Gu. Those who are willing to come and borrow, bring them to me."

Once the notice was out, the entire city was in an uproar.

Gu worms turning into butterflies was a big deal. It would at least cost 100,000 spirit stones.

If everyone slowly saved up, each person could earn two to three thousand spirit stones a year. That was already the limit.

100,000 spirit stones, they would need to save for decades!

It could basically be said that there was no chance in this lifetime.

However, they were extremely interested in this method of borrowing money.

According to the salary distribution method of Iron Flow Valley, cultivators who had the butterfly Gu worm would at least get tens of thousands of spirit stones a year.

This way, even if they paid half every year, they would only need 20 years to pay it all off.

This was equivalent to giving this group of cultivators who would never have the chance to obtain the butterfly Gu worm in their lifetime a chance!

Two days later, Xuan Ping brought a large number of production-type cultivators to Nine River City.

At first, they were unwilling to leave the home that had raised them for decades. After entering the city, they saw a large number of cultivators surrounding a notice and discussing it.

"Lord's method is too biased towards the production-type cultivators!"

"That's right, can't we, the possessors of the strength Gu, borrow the butterfly Gu?"

"What are you talking about? We now have an army of three thousand, and there are only three hundred production-type cultivators. Lord naturally has to focus on nurturing them!"

"That's right, without production-type cultivators, where will we get cultivation resources?"

Hearing the endless debate in front, Hei Yi Pin went forward, wanting to see what the notice was.

The moment he saw it, he was completely shocked. "This, this, this …"

"As long as the grass spirit Gu or tree spirit Gu reaches rank nine, you can borrow from the City Lord's Mansion and let the Gu worm transform into a butterfly first!"

"After transforming into a butterfly, you can repay it."

"There's actually such a good thing in this world?"

Hei Yi Pin rubbed his eyes to make sure that what he saw was real.

However, he thought that this method could only be used by the people of Iron Flow Valley. In the end, he was pleasantly surprised to find that:

In Iron Flow Valley and Cold Mountain City, anyone with a clean family background could do it.

Thinking of himself, he was already forty-two years old, and the tree spirit Gu had already reached rank nine. Unfortunately, the tribe was unable to nurture it.

He could only save money himself. After saving for more than ten years, he had only saved thirty thousand spirit stones. This was the result of working hard to save money and often going out to do odd jobs.

In theory, the matter of the Gu worm transforming into a butterfly had nothing to do with him in this life.

But at this moment, he saw the hope of the Gu worm transforming into a butterfly!

Even if he spent half a year to turn the Gu worm into a butterfly, he would only need twenty years to repay it.

And in these twenty years, he would still get half of the spirit stones every year, but he did not know how much.

At that time, he would only be sixty-two years old!

In the cultivation world, sixty-two years old was not considered too old, and for production-type cultivators, age was not a big problem!

They did not need to go out to fight and kill, and there were no hidden injuries in their bodies. Generally, they lived longer than cultivators who specialized in killing.

After arriving here, he first asked Yao Yi who received them, "How much salary does Iron Flow Valley give to the butterfly transformation cultivators a year?"

Yao Yi smiled, "At least ten thousand low-grade spirit stones. Like me, I'm only at the seventh layer of Qi Refinement, but I get twelve thousand spirit stones a year!"

Hei Yipin thought, I'm at the eighth layer of Qi Refinement, so I should get more.

After asking carefully, he found out that ten thousand low-grade spirit stones were only for cultivators who owned the Butterfly Transformation Gu. In addition, there were also spirit stones brought by identity.

In other words, as long as one owned the Butterfly Transformation Gu, they would get more than ten thousand low-grade spirit stones a year.

Yao Yi said, "Don't worry, the notice said that it will be paid off in twenty years. In fact, it will take twenty years. In fact, it will be paid off in ten years."

Hei Yipin became more and more tempted when he heard this.

He thought about how his only daughter was extremely talented in cultivation, but she didn't have many cultivation resources and didn't have money to buy Gu.

He became more and more tempted. Now he could only earn three thousand spirit stones a year, and he still had to worry about this and that.

But if he entered Iron Flow Valley, not only would he not need to worry about the Gu transforming into butterflies, but he would also get six to seven thousand spirit stones a year.

These six to seven thousand spirit stones would really be in his hands, and he wouldn't need to spend too much to cultivate Gu.

Not to mention supporting his only daughter's cultivation, he would even have a chance to build his foundation!

Iron Flow Valley's technique seemed to be tailor-made for him!

Hei Yipin gave Yao Yi two bottles of spirit wine and asked, "Who is in charge of this matter?"

Yao Yi smiled, "You people of Hanshan City should be familiar with this matter. Jiang Miaoxian is in charge of this matter!"

Hei Yipin was immediately overjoyed, "It's Miaoxian, I even held her when she was young!"

Yao Yi warned, "But don't bring gifts. Miss Miaoxian is a person close to Milord, she won't accept these things."

"On the contrary, she will think that you are guilty."

Hei Yipin cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for telling me, I will go now."

When he arrived in front of Jiang Miaoxian's mansion, he found that there were already five or six people from Hanshan City in line.

Those who came out were all happily heading towards the City Lord's Mansion. Behind him, those old acquaintances of Cold Mountain City were already lining up.

They waited until the afternoon, but no one left, for fear that there wouldn't be enough spots.

In the evening, Hei Yipin finally had the chance to enter. When he saw Jiang Miaoxian, he said, "This old man is here to borrow a butterfly loan."

Jiang Miaoxian glanced at him and realized that he knew him. "Oh, it's Uncle Hei. Originally, I wanted to investigate your family background, but since I'm familiar with Uncle Hei, I'm very clear about your family background."

"Sign this contract and go to the City Lord's Mansion."

Black Yipin took the pen in surprise. "That's right. I even carried you when you were young. How could there be a problem with your Uncle Black's family background?"

"A native of Cold Mountain City."

After filling out the contract and receiving his own copy, he heard Jiang Miaoxian say, "Go and meet the Lord."

Hei Yipin nodded repeatedly, "Yes, I want to see you and thank you for your kindness!"

After Hei Yipin left, Jiang Miaoxian couldn't help but think about a question. How many people had hugged her when she was young?

When he arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, he looked up and saw two people wearing tiger robes guarding the gate. In the entire City Lord's Mansion, there was one person every ten steps, holding a giant axe and a long spear, carrying a bow and arrow. It could be said that the entire City Lord's Mansion was completely surrounded.

Even the City Lord's Mansion in Cold Mountain City was not so guarded against such a scene.

When he just arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, he felt a sense of respect.

After drinking tea in the side hall of the City Lord's Mansion for fifteen minutes, a maid came to him. "You must be Hei Yipin. The Lord wants to see you."

Hei Yipin carefully came to the City Lord's Mansion's meeting hall. When he entered, he heard Chen Qing's dignified voice. "Sit."

Chen Qing chatted casually, "You're from the Dark Wing Tribe?"

Before Hei Yipin sat down, he heard Chen Qing's question and didn't dare to sit down. He carefully cupped his hands and said, "Yes."

Chen Qing smiled and said, "Once, two hundred warriors of the Dark Wing Tribe followed me to charge into the enemy formation. In one battle, we broke through the Yuan Earth Tribe."

"Do you have any sons in your family who followed me to charge into the enemy formation?"

Hei Yipin said, "I only have one daughter in my family. However, I have a nephew who followed you to charge into the enemy formation. After he returned, he was full of praises for you and treated you as a god!"

Chen Qing smiled casually. "Since we're family, I won't hide it from you. Take a look."

Hei Yipin raised his head and saw an extremely beautiful Grass Spirit Butterfly lying on Chen Qing's shoulder.

Chen Qing looked around and waved his hand to dismiss his servants. He slowly walked away. "I once found an ancient book. It introduced the cultivation method of Grass Spirit Gu and Tree Spirit Gu."

"Tell me in detail the characteristics of your Tree Spirit Gu and the requirements for its evolution. I can make some guesses."

Hei Yipin finally understood why they were asked to come here alone. Not only did they have to pass the Lord's test, they could also learn from him!

They had to learn the secret of cultivating Tree Spirit Gu!

Hei Yipin showed his Tree Spirit Gu and explained it in detail.

He knew that the more detailed the ancient book was, the more Chen Qing would be able to make guesses.

After Hei Yipin finished, Chen Qing wrote down more than 70,000 spirit stones worth of materials on a piece of white paper. "Come, take it and memorize it."

Hei Yipin picked it up. There were about 36 kinds of materials written on it, and the value was about 70,000 spirit stones.

After Hei Yipin looked at it for half an hour, Chen Qing asked, "Have you memorized it?"

Hei Yipin nodded repeatedly. He sensibly burned the note on the candle flame and picked up the ashes.

"Thank you for your guidance, Lord!"

Chen Qing nodded slightly. "Mm, after you go back, feed it according to this method. You should be able to save a lot of spirit stones."

"If I'm not wrong, it should be three of the 36 kinds of materials."

"Unfortunately, this ancient book is obscure and difficult to understand. I can't accurately calculate it."

"This matter cannot be told to outsiders!"

"Only heaven and earth, you and I know."

Hei Yipin bowed deeply. "I understand!"

Chen Qing waved his hand and said, "Go, cultivate your Gu well. After you go back, settle down here."

After Hei Yipin left, Chen Qing thought to himself, "If I cultivate this fellow according to the order, I should only need to spend 30,000 spirit stones."

As for the others, Chen Qing controlled it to be around 50,000 low-grade spirit stones.

The Gu that Hei Yipin had was the Tree Spirit Gu, which was urgently needed by Iron Flow Valley. Moreover, it came from the Dark Wing Clan.

Chen Qing's prestige in the Dark Wing Clan wasn't low, and he could be trusted. That was why he wrote down this mysterious list.

Although he only needed to stay in Iron Flow Valley for three years, it was enough to win them over. Moreover, without Chen Qing, Hei Yipin wouldn't have had the chance to transform his Gu into a butterfly.

As more and more people were received, Chen Qing gained more and more support.

As long as everyone was loyal to him and left the other matters to Wei Qingchen and Jiang Miaoxian, there wouldn't be any problems.

The whole Iron Flow Valley was still as united as an iron bucket!

Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Qing told the others to come back tomorrow.

Night had arrived, and it was time to continue exploring Ling Long Divine Palace.

(End of Chapter)