Longevity Begins With Gu Refining

Chapter 18: Wine Gu

Perhaps they heard that he was going to recruit three people to work in the Spirit Plant Hall, so they came to join him.

Now that he was alone and weak, they still came to join him. He couldn't treat them unfairly and lose their hearts.

Chen Qing walked over and shook his hand. Six mid-grade spirit stones appeared in his hand.

He stuffed two into each person's hand and said lightly, "Come see me at the Spirit Plant Hall tomorrow."

The three felt the weight of the mid-grade spirit stones in their hands. They looked at each other and quickly stuffed them into their pockets. They said in unison, "Yes, Hall Master!"

At night, Chen Qing asked Yu Qingshuang to borrow the Spirit Plant Hall's daily account book to understand the stock of spirit herbs in Carefree Mountain.

There were many types of spirit herbs, but they were all stored in case of emergencies. They weren't important.

The key were the three types of hard currency, spirit ginseng, sword heart grass, and spirit gu grass.

Spirit ginseng was related to cultivation. Spirit gu grass was a daily requirement for gu worms. Sword heart grass was a common item for sword gu to upgrade and heal.

The spirit gu grass was in charge of the elder, so there was a lot.

There were only three hundred pounds of spirit ginseng left. Sword heart grass was even less, only ten pounds.

No wonder they value me so much!

The spirit ginseng and sword heart grass were in short supply, so I had to buy them from outside.

The next morning, Chen Qing and Yu Qingshuang sat at the table facing each other after hearing that the elder had left early to visit a friend.

Chen Qing looked at the slightly strange noodles in front of him and tasted it. It was unexpectedly good.

"Senior sister made this?"

Yu Qingshuang calmly ate the noodles. "Granny and grandfather went to visit a friend together."

Chen Qing thought to himself, I didn't expect this swordsmanship senior sister to be so good at cooking. It's just that the appearance is not good.

After changing into the Hall Master's robes that the sect had just sent to him, Chen Qing looked at himself in the bronze mirror. He looked a little more impressive.

When Chen Qing stepped into the Spirit Plant Hall, the courtyard was already full of people.

The sixteen people of the Spirit Plant Hall were all here. When Chen Qing entered, they all said, "Greetings, Hall Master."

Chen Qing walked to the center of the Spirit Plant Hall and looked at the Hall Master's seat. He turned and sat in the first seat on the left.

"Sit."

After everyone sat down, Chen Qing said, "Now that I have accepted the sect's task, the Spirit Plant Hall is my responsibility."

"Does anyone have any opinions?"

Everyone looked at each other and thought to themselves, Now that the Spirit Plants Hall doesn't have a Hall Master, Chen Qing is basically no different from the Hall Master.

What's more, today was Chen Qing's first time on duty, and the spiritual plants elder had gone out to visit friends.

Along the way, he also brought along everyone in his family except for his granddaughter. Chen Qing was also living in the spiritual plant elder's house.

A man and a woman alone, who didn't understand what the ling plant elder meant?

Wang Ye saw that these people didn't move for a long time, so he took the lead and said, "Now that the Spiritual Plants Hall doesn't have a Hall Master, naturally, the Hall Master is the leader!"

The others chimed in.

Chen Qing glanced at the crowd. They were all middle-aged and elderly cultivators. It made sense. Only those who could no longer improve their Gu worms would take up positions in the sect.

The young ones who still had the slightest bit of ambition would take on jobs outside for a better future.

Well, at least they didn't have too many thoughts and wouldn't be able to stir up any waves.

"The most important thing now is to plant the Spirit Ginseng and Sword Heart Grass. Only this year will we have the harvest."

"The sect means to open up 100 mu of spiritual ginseng fields and 20 mu of sword heart grass fields."

"In my opinion, this is not enough, we should open up 120 mu of spiritual ginseng fields."

"Senior Brother Zhou, you often come to the Spirit Plant Garden and know the situation here. You will lead seven people to take care of the current Spirit Plant Garden."

Zhou Ke smiled and cupped his fists, saying, "Yes, Hall Master."

Chen Qing continued, "Senior Brother Wang, your Gu worm is the Green Bull Gu, it is very useful in opening up spirit fields. You will lead seven people to gather mortals to open up the Spirit Ginseng fields and Sword Heart Grass fields."

Wang Ye immediately stood up, saying, "Yes, Hall Master."

Chen Qing continued, "Everyone, in the past, the Hall of Spiritual Plants was managed by the Elder of Spiritual Plants. He is old now and can't split himself, so his management may be lax."

"But today, since I, Chen Qing, have entered the Hall of Spiritual Plants, I should be full of vigor."

"If this year's task is done well, I will make the decision that everyone will receive twenty pots of ginseng wine at the end of the year!"

Previously, everyone felt that it was alright. They only felt that Chen Qing's actions were reasonable.

After all, the one in charge of managing it was Chen Qing, and the rest of them were only there to look after it.

But now, everyone's enthusiasm was completely different. Twenty pots of ginseng wine, according to the current market price, would be two hundred low-grade spirit stones.

Every month, they would only be able to save a little more than a hundred low-grade spirit stones by taking jobs outside. These twenty pots of ginseng wine were almost equivalent to two months of their monthly salary.

Hearing this, everyone's faces lit up with joy. With these twenty jugs of ginseng wine and their monthly salary, it was almost comparable to those disciples who took jobs outside.

The most important thing was that their jobs were very stable now, and they didn't need to go out and pick up jobs themselves.

The job at the Spirit Plant Hall, which had been a tough job in the past, had suddenly become a highly sought after job.

When Chen Qing saw the joy on everyone's faces, he continued, "Let's not go back directly tonight. Let's go to Bright Moon Restaurant for a drink."

Everyone expressed their thanks.

Chen Qing winked at Wang Ye and Zhou Ke, and the two of them led everyone away to work.

Chen Qing stood up. "Senior-apprentice brother Li He, come with me. We're going to find Senior-apprentice brother Gongsun Xiu of the Cultivation Hall to discuss some matters."

Not long after they left, they bumped into Gongsun Xiu on their way up the mountain.

Seeing that it was Chen Qing, Gongsun Xiu smiled and said, "Junior Brother Chen, I was just looking for you."

Chen Qing asked, "I was just about to look for Senior Brother."

Gongsun Xiu extended his hand in invitation. "Then why don't you come to my place?"

As they walked, the smell of wine grew stronger and stronger. When they were about to reach the Cultivation Hall, the surroundings were already filled with the fragrance of wine.

Sitting down in the Cultivation Hall's guest hall, Chen Qing asked, "I wonder why Senior Apprentice Brother Gongsun Xiu is looking for me?"

Gongsun Xiu said, "Junior Brother Chen, your annual salary has been decided. Eight thousand six hundred low-grade spiritual stones."

"Since you are the first Hall Master, the Mountain Chieftain will allow you to receive a year's salary in advance on account of your loneliness and hardships."

"Whenever you need it, you can come and get it from me."

Chen Qing was overjoyed. Originally, he wanted to borrow some Spirit Stones from the sect. But now, things were much better.

It was two hundred low-grade spirit stones more than Ye Yuntian's news.

Chen Qing cupped his fists and smiled, "Thank you, Senior Brother."

"I wonder if senior brother has any wine Gu here."

Gongsun Xiu pondered for a moment. "Junior Brother, you want to brew your own wine?"

Chen Qing pretended to be angry. "Yesterday, that Xiao Zhong insulted me too much and laughed at my low cultivation. That's why I had this idea."

"It's always more convenient to brew wine and cultivate on my own."

"Senior Brother, please don't take offense. I definitely didn't mean to belittle Senior Brother."

Gong Sun Xiu pondered for a moment, "There are still three wine Gu in the cultivation hall."

"If it were anyone else, I definitely wouldn't give it to them. But since it's Junior Brother Chen, I don't dare to refuse."

Chen Qing naturally knew the reason. He was about to have a large amount of Spirit Ginseng resources in his hands, and this was something that the Cultivation Hall was extremely envious of.

Before Chen Qing became the Hall Master of the Spirit Plants Hall, the structure of Carefree Mountain was actually rather deformed.

Because they did not have a large amount of Spirit Herbs, they could only rely on the cooperation of War Hall and Shadow Hall to go on adventures and obtain resources. After selling them, they could buy Spirit Ginseng to brew wine.

As a result, Mount Carefree's inventory had always been low and unstable.

Once Chen Qing could take out a large amount of Spirit Ginseng, the stability of the entire Carefree Mountain would rise.

Thus, even though Chen Qing's cultivation was low, his status was not low.

Gong Sun Xiu stood up and led the way, "Junior Brother Chen, follow me."

Chen Qing's fists opened and closed, he almost wanted to clap and cheer.

Success, the wine Gu was in his hands!

(End of Chapter)