All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 128 Mutation of the Wine Worm
"It seems I need to master the Spirit Nourishing Technique first before considering anything else."

Zhou Qing put away the spirit-guiding plate.

"Dan Chenzi, how do you undo the secret technique you cast on the Corpse Worm Gu King?"

Dan Chenzi respectfully replied, "Your Majesty, the technique I used was the 'Blood Curse,' one of the thirty-six extraordinary arts of the Yinshan Sect."

The blood curse cannot be lifted; it can only fade away slowly over time.

"Given the physical strength of the Corpse Worm King, it can recover completely within ten days."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qing said in a deep voice, "Dan Chenzi, since you have chosen to submit to me, I will forgive your previous offenses."

However, if you harbor any disloyal thoughts in the future, I will surely ensure that your soul is scattered and you are never to be reincarnated!

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty! Your subordinate will swear to serve you to the death!" Dan Chenzi quickly pledged his loyalty.

"Do not resist, I will replenish your energy with my divine power."

Zhou Qing infused his divine power into Dan Chenzi's soul.

The Mountain God's divine power attribute, "Entrusting Divine Power," allows one to entrust divine power to any material object, including intangible things like the soul.

According to the records in the Spirit Nourishing Technique, Dan Chenzi lost his physical body and only his soul remained. As time went by, without a physical body to rely on, the power of his soul would gradually weaken until he died.

Zhou Qing cannot trust Dan Chenzi yet, so he will not prepare a physical body for him.

To prevent Dan Chenzi's soul from perishing, divine power must be continuously provided.

In any case, those who cultivate the art of nurturing the spirit can strengthen their souls with the help of incense and faith.

Divine power is the pure power transformed from the power of incense and faith, which is enough to keep Dan Chenzi's soul from perishing.

"Yes!" Dan Chenzi released his divine soul, daring not to resist in the slightest.

As Zhou Qing replenished his divine power, the black snake that Dan Chenzi had transformed into rapidly expanded in size, transforming from a snake the thickness of a thumb and three feet long into a humanoid phantom more than six feet tall.

Its body radiated a faint divine light, the source of which was Zhou Qing's mountain god power.

【Occupation: Mountain God (Black Wind Mountain)】

[Divine Power: Rank 9 (0/100000)]

This battle completely depleted the divine power that Zhou Qing had accumulated over this period of time.

If he continues to use his divine power, he will fall from a ninth-rank righteous god back to a second-rate false god.

Of course, the gains from this battle outweighed the losses.

“From this day forward, you shall remain on this Black Wind Mountain and handle the wishes of the believers on my behalf.”

I will grant you the authority of the Mountain God, and you may freely use your dream-entering powers.

From now on, I will allocate a portion of the incense offerings I receive to strengthen your soul.

If you serve me diligently, I can help you gather Yin spirits and become a mountain god who controls a region's land and water.

Seeing that the divine power had already penetrated Dan Chenzi's soul, Zhou Qing began to offer him empty promises.

With Dan Chenzi's assistance, it will definitely help him spread his faith.

In any case, he can take back the authority he gave him at any time. If Dan Chenzi wants to strengthen his soul and gain divine power, he must rely on him firmly.

Moreover, the power of incense and faith obtained will directly enter Zhou Qing's body.

Dan Chenzi had no way of knowing how much divine power Zhou Qing had gathered.

If he really does a good job, Zhou Qing wouldn't mind helping him condense his Yin spirit.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! I will do my utmost to spread Your Majesty's teachings!" Dan Chenzi said excitedly.

"Let me make this clear from the start: without my decree, you are not to step out of Black Wind Mountain, or you will bear the consequences."

Zhou Qing said in a deep voice.

"Your subordinate obeys!" Dan Chenzi was quite self-aware, knowing that Zhou Qing did not actually trust him.

"I now bestow authority upon you." With a wave of his hand, Zhou Qing sent a golden ball of light out of his body and into Dan Chenzi's illusory soul.

"Thank you, High God!" Dan Chenzi felt the changes in his soul and couldn't help but show joy. It was indeed an ability only a true god possessed. "You stay here and await orders. I'll be leaving now." Zhou Qing nodded.

Without his command, the golden silkworm worms beside him had already devoured the fallen worm corpses.

After the golden silkworm worms had devoured all the insect corpses on the ground, Zhou Qing put them back into the Wooden King Cauldron.

Although the number of Golden Silkworm Gu worms has decreased sharply, the remaining Golden Silkworm Gu worms have become much stronger.

In this way, the next batch of golden silkworm worms will definitely be stronger.

Having witnessed the terrifying power of the Golden Silkworm Gu worm tonight, Zhou Qing has decided to focus on cultivating it.

"Your subordinate obeys!" Dan Chenzi replied respectfully.

After leaving Black Wind Mountain, Zhou Qing returned home.

For the next period of time, we must be careful and keep a low profile.

Since Dan Chenzi was working for Mu Yuan, Mu Yuan would eventually discover that Dan Chenzi was missing, and it's hard to guarantee that he wouldn't come back to investigate.

Another half month has passed, and it's now the first day of May.

Zhou Qing went to the county town and sold a century-old ginseng he found on Black Wind Mountain for a high price of one thousand taels of silver.

Immediately afterwards, he went to Jiangyue Tower in the inner city and spent 160 taels of silver to buy 10 catties of Zuixian wine to take home.

After drinking half of the ten catties of wine, the wine worm in Zhou Qingdantian underwent changes.

Suddenly, the wine worm's round body swelled up and turned into a white ball of flesh.

[Refining: Wine Worm]

[Rank: Tier 1, Mid-Grade] → [Rank: Tier 1, High-Grade]

[Progress: Mature Stage (800/800)] → [Progress: Complete Mutant Form (1/800)]

At this moment, a line of text appeared in Zhou Qing's field of vision.

"This is."

Zhou Qing's gaze sharpened.

He quickly retrieved the Secret Manual of Gu Refining from the inner space of the Wooden King Cauldron.

[Tier 1 Top-Grade Gu Insect: Wine Insect, Support Type. Naturally formed innate wine worms are Tier 1 Top-Grade. Acquired wine worms cultivated from the Green Silk Gu are Tier 1 Mid-Grade. Cannot molt, can be combined for refinement.]

His wine bug actually improved from a mid-grade first-level to a high-grade first-level.

Ever since I drank a pot of red apricot wine at the Fu brothers' place, my progress in getting wine has been slow. Once the progress was full, it stagnated and stopped increasing.

Zhou Qing thought that the alcohol enthusiast had reached his limit, so he stopped forcing it. He would drink alcohol to satisfy the enthusiast's daily needs and occasionally buy some good wine for the enthusiast to treat himself.

I never expected the alcohol bug to suddenly evolve!
This is truly a pleasant surprise.

The extent to which the wine-loving spirit helped Zhou Qing cultivate his internal strength is self-evident.

With the help of the wine worms purifying his true energy, his internal energy cultivation speed increased by at least 30%, which is equivalent to him swallowing a Qi-stabilizing pill worth two hundred taels of silver every day.

The key difference is that pills need time to be digested, and taking too much can have side effects, while alcohol worms do not.

[Refining: Wine Worm]

[Progress: Complete Mutant Form (6/800)]

Zhou Qing drank the remaining five catties of Immortal Wine in one gulp.

However, the Immortal Wine, which costs sixteen taels of silver per catty, only increased the progress of the Wine Worm by 5 catties.

To complete the project successfully, you need more than 10,000 taels of silver.

"It seems I have to go to Huanglong Mountain to find that apricot blossom spirit tree to brew wine." Zhou Qing pondered to himself. He had searched all over Black Wind Mountain and could find some precious medicinal herbs, even treasures like hundred-year-old ginseng, but he couldn't find a spirit tree.

Red apricot wine has a remarkable effect on the growth of alcohol worms.

(End of this chapter)