Longevity Gu Dao: Start From Refining Infatuation Gu

Chapter 66: Building an Underground Shelter, the Power of the Gold-Eating Worm

In mid-April, the flowers bloomed in the warm spring.

The auction at Xuanbao Tower had come to an end, and the flying boats from Xuanbao Tower quickly departed.

Many cultivators who had come out of curiosity also left, and Misty Cloud City was now much emptier without them.

However, some independent cultivators were attracted by the environment of Misty Cloud City and decided to settle down here.

The Foundation Building battle that took place a month ago seemed to have had no impact on the prosperity of Misty Cloud City. It was still bustling and lively, as if nothing had happened.

But Zhou Sui knew that this was just the calm before the storm. For the past month, he had been preparing for the possible upcoming turmoil.

"The gold-eating worms have been digging for almost a month and have reached a depth of two to three hundred meters underground," Zhou Sui said, feeling satisfied.

The digging ability of a hundred gold-eating worms was quite astonishing. They consumed large amounts of soil and ore, turning them into food, and dug out numerous massive tunnels.

Originally, Zhou Sui had planned to dig a tunnel directly from Misty Cloud City to connect with the deepest part of the Cloud Mist Mountain Range. This way, if there were any disturbances in Misty Cloud City, he could escape to the outside through this tunnel.

But when they were halfway through the digging, they found that they couldn't proceed any further. There was an invisible formation in the underground that formed a massive barrier.

To dig a passage connecting to the outside world, they would have to break through this formation.

That would undoubtedly alert the cultivators of Misty Cloud City and the Lu Family, causing the formation to collapse.

So Zhou Sui stopped the excavation.

"The power of a second-tier formation is indeed formidable. There are almost no gaps. It's almost impossible to attack from underground," Zhou Sui understood why second-tier formations were so powerful.

A Foundation Building cultivator controlling a second-tier formation could withstand attacks from even ordinary Gold Core cultivators.

If other Foundation Building cultivators were to launch an attack, it would be almost impossible to break through. They would be invincible from the beginning.

So even if the Patriarch of the Lu Family was on the verge of death, as long as he hid in Misty Cloud City, no one would dare to provoke him.

The entire Misty Cloud City was like a spherical barrier, both in the sky and underground, seamlessly connected without any gaps for invasion.

"Forget it, since we can't dig a passage to the outside world, let's build a temporary residence underground," Zhou Sui changed his plan at that time.

He ordered the hundred gold-eating worms to start digging a massive underground maze and various underground tunnels, all three hundred meters below the surface. These tunnels were interconnected and reinforced with metal by the gold-eating worms, ensuring that they wouldn't collapse.

With the tunnels being interconnected like a maze, even if someone discovered them, they wouldn't be able to find the true location of the underground palace.

This was the underground shelter that Zhou Sui wanted to create.

...

In the afternoon, Ji Bingyu, Mu Ziyan, and Xia Jingyan were invited by Zhou Sui to visit the underground palace.

They were instantly shocked and couldn't believe that their husband had spent a month building such a massive underground facility. It was beyond their imagination.

"Husband, how did you manage to do all this?"

Ji Bingyu was extremely surprised. She knew that this man had been practicing day and night, hardly ever leaving her side. But now, he had silently built an underground maze, which was truly unbelievable.

"Yeah, you're always up to mischief. How did you find the time to do this?" Xia Jingyan was dumbfounded.

What kind of time management master was he? He would refine pills during the day, meditate and cultivate, and then dual cultivate with them at night. The process of raising their child was practically a 24-hour job.

But this man somehow found the time to dig tunnels and build an underground maze.

If he had spent his energy on finding women, he would probably have a harem of three thousand concubines by now.

Her expression was extremely strange, and she had no idea how this man managed to do it.

"Cough cough, how should I put it? It wasn't me who built it. In fact, I have cultivated a group of strange insects called Gold Devouring Worms. They are experts at building underground caves."

"They work around the clock, 24 hours a day, and it took them a month to build this underground shelter. Although it's a bit crude, it can still accommodate people." Zhou Sui coughed and explained.

With a wave of his hand, a hundred Gold Devouring Worms flew out. They were the size of fists, with a dark golden color and intricate patterns all over their bodies. They exuded a powerful aura of gold, capable of destroying anything.

They also had a pair of transparent wings that fluttered at an astonishing speed.

Their stomachs were like storage bags, capable of storing a large amount of things.

"Husband, you actually cultivated a group of strange insects. That's amazing."

"But with so many strange insects, how can you keep them alive? It must be quite costly." Mu Ziyan exclaimed in admiration, ignoring why Zhou Sui was able to cultivate a group of Gold Devouring Worms. In any case, her husband was always right, no matter the reason.

As a Dao companion, she had to trust her man unconditionally.

She couldn't be bothered with where her man found the Gold Devouring Worms.

Now she was only worried about how to feed these strange insects.

"It's fine, their main food source is ores. If they're really hungry, they can also eat soil, no need for any preparations." Zhou Sui waved his hand and said confidently, indicating that the Gold Devouring Worms were easy to feed.

If they wanted to eat something good, they could eat various metal ores.

If there really were no metal ores, they could eat soil.

There were no other insects easier to feed than them, so it didn't require much effort.

"You're amazing, but you're too cautious. You actually dug an underground shelter three hundred meters deep under our home, just because you're worried about a war that hasn't even happened yet." Xia Jingyan's mouth twitched, not knowing what to say.

She had also seen many cautious cultivators, but she had never seen her own man being so cautious.

Just because of worry, he had dug an underground shelter three hundred meters deep.

If she were to tell others, probably not many would believe it.

"No, no, that's not how it is. Those who don't plan for the future can't even plan for the present; those who don't plan for the overall situation can't even plan for a region." Zhou Sui said in a deep voice, "Although the war may not happen, Misty Cloud City may not become the center of chaos, who knows what will happen in the future? If it really happens, it will be too late to regret."

"But by building this underground shelter, when the war really happens, we will have a safe place. Even if it doesn't happen, we haven't lost anything."

Hearing this, Xia Jingyan couldn't help but nod. "You're right."

Perhaps this was why this man, even though he was only at the Qi Refining stage before, was able to survive in Misty Cloud City. Caution was not a flaw, but rather an advantage in this dangerous world.

Only someone like him could go far in the cultivation world.

(End of this chapter)