Longevity Begins With Gu Refining

Chapter 7: Brother, your Gu worm is a little unique.

Chen Qing took out his flute. "Senior brother Zhou, to tell you the truth, I've been studying music recently."

Zhou Ke said, "Junior brother, is your train of thought always jumping around?"

I'm talking to you about the nurturing of grass spirit Gu, and you're talking about music?

Chen Qing laughed. There was no other reason. The main reason was that Brother Wang was really good at picking up materials to upgrade his grass treasure!

After paying a hundred spirit stones, he could only talk about his beloved brother Wang to soothe the pain in his heart.

Chen Qing said, "I've been studying music with Wang Ye recently. Speaking of my brother Wang, I have endless things to say!"

After an hour of music, the door opened, and a young man who looked to be in his thirties walked out.

This person couldn't be said to be handsome, but he wore a set of luxurious clothes and looked rather elegant.

Chen Qing cursed inwardly. What a hypocrite.

He was not pleasing to the eye.

The moment Xiao Zhong walked out, the cultivators in the pavilion stood up. "Greetings, senior brother Xiao!"

Xiao Zhong smiled. "Everyone, please take a seat. You've all come from afar, please forgive us for our lack of hospitality."

Everyone praised Xiao Zhong for his sumptuous hospitality.

Xiao Zhong continued, "The first thing today is to welcome the new member, Junior brother Chen!"

Chen Qing stood up. "Everyone, I'm Chen Qing of Carefree Mountain's Frost Wave Cave."

Xiao Zhong said, "Junior brother Chen has just obtained grass spirit Gu, but he can already manage eight mu of grass in a day."

"He's also amazing here. Everyone, please get to know him."

Chen Qing cupped his fists at everyone. "I was lucky."

People of the same trade were enemies, why are you praising me like this?

Are you trying to make enemies for me?

Xiao Zhong walked to Chen Qing and warmly introduced him to the participating cultivators.

When Chen Qing sat down again, Xiao Zhong arranged, "Alright, everyone, let's discuss your experiences in nurturing Gu worms."

Chen Qing listened to the discussions around him and started to have an idea.

According to them, nurturing grass spirit Gu was basically a matter of luck.

Raising the quality was basically the same as raising the quality of other Gu worms. They had to try all kinds of materials until they could no longer raise the quality of the grass spirit Gu.

This was where the most difficult part came from.

This was because the Grass Spirit Gu at this stage was about to advance.

Chen Qing's current grass spirit Gu was rank nine.

Rank nine Gu worms can transform into butterflies.

This step was extremely difficult. It required luck and wealth.

Once the Grass Spirit Gu advanced, it would transform into a butterfly, its quality would increase greatly, its ability would increase greatly, and it would possess unique abilities.

This was the [Special Characteristic].

Xiao Zhong's Grass Spirit Butterfly could greatly improve the quality of aquatic spirit plants. This was also the reason why there was a lotus pond in Xiao Zhong's courtyard.

Perhaps some people would say that these things could be figured out after careful consideration or by asking other fellow daoists. They weren't worth the entrance fee.

The most important part was that Xiao Zhong had a handwritten letter in his hand.

That letter recorded the materials needed to upgrade the quality of the Grass Spirit Gu!

If cultivating the Grass Spirit Gu was like looking for a needle in a haystack, with this handbook, he at least had a general direction.

It narrowed the range of culture materials.

This handwritten letter was the key to the value of one hundred spirit stones.

Of course, it was only limited to improving the quality.

As for the materials needed to transform into butterflies, that was nonsense.

While it might be possible to test out the quality one by one, the upgrade materials were different.

There might be several kinds of materials needed for advancement!

It was possible that you fed the Gu worm a hundred kinds of materials, but it only needed three of them.

It was very likely that they themselves did not know what materials they needed.

As an official member who paid the membership fee, Chen Qing was also given a handbook.

Opening it, it recorded the names of the materials needed for each cultivator's grass spirit Gu to grow.

Finally, there was a list, which was arranged according to statistics in order of probability.

What everyone treasured the most was this list of names.

And among them, the highest ranking was actually natural advancement!

It accounted for 20% of the total!

In other words, the 20% increase was completely based on luck.

For example, when the Gu worm was taking care of the spirit field, it accidentally ate something and advanced.

As for the others, they could not account for 10% of the total.

There were no less than 30 kinds of materials listed in order of probability:

Ochre Yellow Essence, Rehmannia, Withered Skin, Wood Withering, Spirit Wood Liquid, Yellow Jellyfish, Ye Tianqing.

As for how to transform into a butterfly and the materials needed for advancement, it was not written.

Chen Qing glanced at it. Everyone was holding the handbook and reading it carefully in high spirits. Every time they saw a special material, their eyes lit up.

"Fellow Daoists, I have a bold guess!"

"Do you think it will be useful for me to feed the Cloud Jellyfish?"

As everyone's discussion became more and more intense, Chen Qing felt somewhat out of place.

It was as if they were still discussing the process of solving the question, but he already knew the answer.

This feeling was so boring.

Zhou Ke saw the exciting part and danced with joy. "How could I forget about the spirit wood heart?"

"Junior Brother Chen, do you think there will be a miraculous effect if I use the spirit wood heart?"

Chen Qing glanced at the grass spirit Gu in Zhou Ke's hand.

Turtle, it actually wanted fire copper!

Brother, this grass spirit Gu of yours is a little unique!

"I think the materials needed for grass spirit Gu are mostly earth, water, and wood attributes. The spirit wood heart might be useful."

Brother, my condolences. I guess you won't be able to guess it until you die.

Zhou Ke said, "Speaking of which, Junior Brother Chen, why don't you join in our discussion?"

Chen Qing only felt that they were noisy.

"Maybe my grass spirit Gu was about to advance when it was just contracted?"

Immediately, the four people sitting at the table fell silent.

Zhou Ke pondered and said, "You don't say, it's true. Those who can manage about eight mu of land seem to be on the verge of promotion."

As soon as he said this, the four people became even more silent.

They had painstakingly spent thousands or even tens of thousands of spirit stones to nurture him to this stage. Yet, he was already preparing to advance when he had just formed the contract!

Sensing the increasingly silent atmosphere, Chen Qing realized that their table was becoming less and less integrated into the environment.

While he was silent, Xiao Zhong's servant suddenly came over and whispered in Chen Qing's ear, "When the conference ends, my master would like to invite you in for a chat."

At night, Xiao Zhong shared some insights on the cultivation of grass spirit Gu.

These were the possible cultivation routes of the Grass Spirit Gu.

Well, it was just a possibility.

After chatting for an hour, Chen Qing didn't pay much attention to their conversation. Soon, it was already late at night.

As everyone dispersed, Chen Qing drank another cup of wine. Then, a servant came over.

"Elder Chen, my master invites you in for a chat."

(End of Chapter)