Longevity Begins With Gu Refining

Chapter 4: Going to Get Rich

After accepting the three-day private job recommended by Ye Botong, Chen Qing went to the market at the foot of the mountain to buy four spirit molts.

When he passed by Li He's house, this guy was sitting dejectedly on the threshold of his house.

He heard that this guy had saved up spirit stones for two months and excitedly bought more than two hundred spirit stones worth of materials to cultivate Gu worms.

A few days ago, he was still in high spirits, but today, the two hundred spirit stones were probably wasted.

Cultivating a Gu worm was basically a matter of luck.

Because every Gu worm was unique, their growth requirements were different, and every stage was different as well.

There were nine ranks of Gu worms, each different.

Although it was a matter of luck, there was still a certain pattern to follow.

They would feed different spirit objects, spirit herbs, or demon beast materials every month.

According to whether the Gu worm molted and evolved after every month, they would determine what materials their Gu worm needed to grow.

Once the Gu worm molted, they would start to change to different materials to cultivate until they found materials that could upgrade the Gu worm.

Li He sat on the threshold of his house, looking at the Gu worm in his hand with empty eyes. When he saw Chen Qing passing by, his eyes suddenly lit up. "Fellow Daoist Chen, do you think it's possible that I bought too little Green Spirit Grass and it's not enough to support its evolution?"

Li He didn't mind Chen Qing seeing his Gu worm.

In fact, production students generally didn't hide their Gu worms. After all, people didn't know what your Gu worm was, so how could you earn spirit stones?

Chen Qing looked at the Gu worm in Li He's hand.

[Mortal Wine Gu]

Quality: Sixth Rank

Lifespan: 24/58

Effect: Extract the essence of ginseng and condense it into ginseng wine.

Growth requirement: Mica

Growth progress: 1/100

Evolution requirement: Ninth Rank, a strand of Mother Earth Qi, an ironwood core

Chen Qing said casually, "What if it's not?"

Li He pondered for a long time. "I'll buy another fifty low-grade spirit stones worth of Green Spirit Grass, just fifty low-grade spirit stones."

"As long as it evolves to Seventh Rank, it may be able to brew ginseng wine. A bottle of ginseng wine costs twenty-five low-grade spirit stones, more than twice the price of ginseng wine."

"Just fifty low-grade spirit stones."

Seeing that Li He didn't listen at this time, Chen Qing had no interest in persuading him.

Fortunately, he could see the special information. Otherwise, he would be in a worse state than Li He.

Chen Qing's current thinking was very simple, he would slowly save up and let his grass spirit Gu advance to rank eight.

He didn't cause any trouble. As a Production Department student, no one would find trouble with him.

In this cruel world, Carefree Mountain was a rare piece of paradise.

After a few more days of private work, Chen Qing finally had enough money to gather the materials for the grass spirit Gu.

In the blink of an eye, a year passed, and it was the new year. Chen Qing sat alone in his cave, taking out the ten spirit stones bottle of ginseng wine. He hesitated for a long time, but in the end didn't open it.

I heard that Elder Chen's juniors have all gone out and won't be coming back this year. I'll go and pay him a New Year's visit tomorrow.

After a sumptuous dinner, Chen Qing picked up the last Earth Spiritual Crystal and began to feed the Grass Spirit Gu.

After feeding it for less than an hour, the Grass Spirit Gu changed. The fat Grass Spirit Gu suddenly stopped moving on the table.

As if it had been petrified, the Grass Spirit Gu froze in an instant.

Chen Qing reached out to touch it again. It was hard, as if it had turned into a piece of jade.

Was it going to rank up?

The information on the Grass Spirit Gu changed to 'Rank in progress'. Seeing these three words, Chen Qing was slightly relieved.

"I wonder how long it will take to rank up."

"Fortunately, it's the new year these few days, I don't have much work to do."

Chen Qing waited at the side. After four hours, the Grass Spirit Gu suddenly trembled.

Next, the Grass Spirit Gu's outer skin cracked, and a Grass Spirit Gu that was slightly bigger than the previous one drilled out.

"It's a success!"

It grew from the size of a soybean to the size of a large soybean.

Chen Qing took the Grass Spirit Gu's spirit molt. This thing could be sold for money.

Looking at the Grass Spirit Gu's information, there were also changes.

[Mortal Grade Grass Spirit Gu]

Quality: Rank eight

Lifespan: 42/78

Effect: Take care of Gu Spirit Grass within six mu of land and increase its growth speed and quality.

Growth requirement: Wood Withering

Growth rate: 0/100

Advancement requirement: Rank 9, ten drops of Mother Earth Potion, one Spirit Seizing Flower

Rank 8!

His lifespan increased by 13 years and his range increased by one mu of land. This meant that he could earn six spirit stones a day!

Compared to before, it was an increase of one low grade spirit stone!

"This is my life!"

"Now, I can earn two hundred spirit stones a month!"

"That's two thousand spirit stones a year!"

"If I save up a little, I can easily get Iron Skin Gu, Sword Gu, Strength Gu, Wind Gu!"

It was ten times easier for him to nurture Gu worms compared to others. "When I have money, I can get any Gu worm!"

"I'll let you know what a hexagonal warrior is!"

When he went to visit Elder Chen again, Elder Chen did not say anything this time. Everyone only said some auspicious words.

He took his wine and had a meal with him. When he went back, he gave him a red packet with twenty low grade spirit stones.

Since no one invited him during the New Year, he might as well go to the sect to take care of the spirit fields.

On this day, after he finished taking care of the spirit fields, he met the spirit plants elder who came to check. "Chen Qing, you can take care of six mu of spirit fields every day?"

Chen Qing said, "Previously, I was not familiar with the usage of grass spirit Gu. Now that I am familiar with it, I can take care of six mu of land."

The spirit plants elder nodded in satisfaction. He liked disciples who had spirit plants type Gu worms. "Not bad, your Gu worm's initial condition is good. Its lifespan will definitely not be different from those beginner grade ones. You need to save more spirit stones to advance."

Chen Qing cupped his hands. "Thank you elder for your guidance."

After Chen Qing left, the spirit plant elder muttered to himself, "He just contracted a rank eight or rank nine grass spirit Gu, but I wonder how long this grass spirit Gu's lifespan is. If it is longer, I can consider it."

On the fifteenth night of the first month, Chen Qing was about to sleep when he heard someone knocking on the door.

Chen Qing opened the door. It was a group of Carefree Mountain disciples. The one at the front was a young man in blademaster clothes with a sword in his arms. That person's aura was restrained. It was obvious that his cultivation was not low.

"Are you Chen Qing?"

Chen Qing nodded. He still didn't know what had happened.

The young cultivator said, "Two evil cultivators came down the mountain, they're most likely here to assassinate the production-type cultivators of our Carefree Mountain. Quickly follow me up the mountain and hide for a while."

Chen Qing hurriedly took out some personal belongings and followed behind the group.

Li He pulled him over, and the two of them pretended to carry a sword. When they left, Li He pulled out his sword, which had more rust than Chen Qing's sword.

Chen Qing also showed his rusted sword to Li He. The two of them looked at each other and smiled. Then, they quickly caught up with their Senior Brother.

When they arrived at the mountainside, they were placed in a cave at the back of the mountain. The young cultivator sat at the entrance of the cave with his sword in hand, vigilantly watching all the movements outside.

There were a dozen or so production-type cultivators sitting in the cave. At this moment, they weren't very worried. Everyone was talking and laughing about the cultivation of Gu worms.

Chen Qing sat beside Li He. "What happened?"

Li He said, "It's nothing serious. Anyway, we don't have to go up and kill the enemy. We just have to wait for those two evil cultivators to be killed."

"Although we live at the foot of the mountain, the area outside the foot of the mountain is filled with sword cultivators."

"Just two evil cultivators won't be enough for them to kill."

Production-type cultivators were the foundation of a sect's power and stability. If there was any trouble, the sect would immediately protect them.

In this aspect, Carefree Mountain was especially good at it.

The others didn't care much either. "Just two evil cultivators, and they dare to be so impudent in Carefree Mountain? They must be tired of living."

They stayed in the cave for less than six hours before someone came to report, "Senior Brother Gongsun Xiu has already killed those two evil cultivators!"

Hearing that the danger had been averted, someone stood up and handed ten low-grade spirit stones to the cultivator holding the sword at the entrance. He cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your protection, Senior Brother."

Then, he left.

Chen Qing followed behind. He also took out ten low-grade spirit stones from his robes, thanked his Senior Brother, and took his leave.

When he returned to his cave abode, he didn't lose anything. Presumably, no one would come to his cave abode.

The next morning, when Chen Qing passed by outside the sect, he saw two puddles of blood in the distance.

They probably died a horrible death.

A group of people had gathered around and were discussing. "I heard that the two evil cultivators last night were very likely from the nearby Lotus Flower Cave."

"The sect is now purchasing Spirit Gu Grass to prepare for war. The price of Spirit Gu Grass is going to increase."

"Then wouldn't cultivators who have Spirit Gu be very popular?"

"That's for sure. Spirit Gu Grass is a daily necessity for Gu worms. It won't be bad."

When Chen Qing heard this news, he was delighted. He was going to be rich!

(End of Chapter)