All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 21 The Gu Master Appears, the Mystery of the Wine Worm

Xin'an Lane.

Standing in his own silkworm house, Zhou Qing watched the silkworms and golden silkworms spinning their cocoons one after another, his eyes filled with the joy of harvest.

Occupation: Silkworm farmer

[Craftsmanship: Silkworm rearing and mulberry harvesting]

[Progress: Proficient (572/800)]

[Effect: Skilled with hands, adept at unraveling complexities.]

"After raising another batch, the progress should be able to move on to the next stage."

Zhou Qing looked at the job attributes that appeared in his line of sight.

In one month, he raised three batches of silkworms.

Two of the sheets are of mulberry silkworms, and one is of golden silkworms.

He initially prepared three sheets of silkworms. After all the silkworms reached the first silkworm stage, he fed one sheet, containing more than 20,000 silkworms, to the Green Silk Gu all at once.

Then use the excrement from the Green Silk Gu to feed the remaining two silkworms.

As for the golden silkworm, Zhou Qing followed the same method.

However, there weren't many golden silkworm eggs, only a little over 10,000, and Zhou Qing let the Green Silk Gu eat a third of them.

Raising 40,000 silkworms at once, plus nearly 10,000 golden silkworms, requires a lot of work every day.

He used to carry one basket of mulberry leaves each in the morning, noon, and evening, but now he carries two baskets.

Just picking leaves takes at least six or seven hundred pounds a day.

If he hadn't been eating meat at every meal and hadn't gained strength from martial arts training, he really wouldn't have been able to persevere.

Fortunately, his grandmother helped him during the day, taking care of the silkworms and golden silkworms while he went to the martial arts school to practice. She would add mulberry leaves and persimmon leaves as needed, so that these delicate silkworms wouldn't go hungry.

Zhou Qing had even moved the bed into the silkworm room.

Now, he can't sleep soundly every night unless he hears the silkworms eating mulberry leaves.

"The toughness and strength of the silk have indeed improved again."

Zhou Qing picked up a mulberry silkworm cocoon and a golden silkworm cocoon, found the thread end, pulled out the silk, and tested the toughness and strength of the silk.

The quality of mulberry silk is good, similar to last month, with no significant increase. However, the toughness and strength of golden silkworm silk have further improved.

"If the inner armor is woven from the silk of these golden silkworms, its defensive capabilities will be quite considerable."

Zhou Qing's eyes lit up.

As the silkworms are continuously optimized, the toughness and strength of the silk will definitely increase.

One day, the woven inner armor and gauntlets will be able to withstand divine weapons.

“Silkworms are easy to raise, but these golden silkworms have a huge appetite. If I raise more of them, I'm afraid I really can't manage on my own.”

"Since these silkworms were discovered in the wild, they must be able to adapt to the wild environment, so they can be raised in the wild."

Zhou Qing pondered for a moment.

If you want to raise tens of thousands of silkworms at once, you can only do so in a false persimmon grove.

Of course, if they are raised in the wild, they need to be looked after by someone at all times.

After all, silkworms are very fragile and have no ability to attack or defend themselves; even ants can pose a deadly threat to them.

"We also need to build a wooden house and a silkworm house in the false persimmon grove, and transport them back to the silkworm house when it rains. That's quite a lot of work."

"I wonder when these silkworms will evolve to the point where they are not afraid of rain."

Zhou Qing felt that life was becoming more and more hopeful.

"Once this batch of silkworms is sold out, we can start working on breaking through the barrier."

Zhou Qing looked at the [Martial Artist] class information on the jade tablet.

[Occupation: Martial Artist]

【Technique: White Cloud Stake】

[Progress: Beginner (510/800)]

[Effect: Relieves muscle tension and improves blood circulation]

Because Zhou Qing's nutrition improved and he drank six doses of body-strengthening soup, coupled with the blood-regulating effect of the Green Silk Gu, his progress in practicing the White Cloud Stance accelerated considerably.

On average, you can increase your progress by 15 points for every half day of training.

A month and a half has passed since Zhou Qing joined the Baiyun Martial Arts School.

At this rate, he should be able to break through within twenty days.

Since the body's Qi and blood have returned to normal, the effects of the body-strengthening soup have weakened considerably.

Zhou Qing decided to pay five taels of silver to Baiyun Martial Arts School for the cost of the herbal soup, in exchange for a three-month supply of Qi and Blood Soup.

Those who break through to the Skin Refining Realm within three months are considered to have average talent, those who break through within two months have above-average talent, and those who break through within one month are geniuses with superior aptitude.

The Skin Refining Realm is just the beginning; it gets increasingly difficult as you progress.

Recently, Wei Hongyu has been teaching him stance training less often.

The reason was that a genius apprentice named Lin Qiu came to the martial arts school. He broke through the skin-refining barrier in just twenty-six days and received special training from the school.

The museum owner, Wei Sheng, even specifically requested that Wei Hongyu personally instruct Lin Qiu. If Zhou Qing didn't have financial pressure, with the help of the Green Silk Gu, he could definitely break through to the Skin Refining Realm in a month, if not a month.

With the addition of Qi and Blood Soup, he was confident that he could break through within ten to fifteen days.

This means that the breakthrough was achieved within two months.

Zhou Qing collected the silkworm cocoons from the square clusters, carried a basket of cocoons on his back, and hurried towards Shiqiao Lane.

This time, there are more than 40,000 silkworm cocoons.

Even with the help of the old woman and the Green Silk Gu, it would probably take four or five days to complete the silk reeling.

He didn't want to waste this precious time for cultivation, so he planned to take it to Wei Hongyu to check its quality and get an advance of five taels of silver for the Qi and Blood Soup.

Zhou Qing went straight to Baiyun Martial Arts School and found Wei Hongyu, who was teaching her students.

"Sister."

"Have you successfully raised this batch of silkworms?"

Wei Hongyu glanced into Zhou Qing's basket.

“This batch is of even better quality. Would you mind taking a look, Senior Sister?” Zhou Qing asked seriously.

"Well, come with me."

When Wei Hongyu saw Zhou Qing bringing silkworm cocoons to him, she already guessed what he meant.

As the two passed through the front gate and crossed the corridor, they were met by a middle-aged man and an elderly man.

The middle-aged man was tall and muscular, nearly two meters tall, with a resolute face. He wore a black training uniform and had a long sword at his waist. As he walked towards them, he exuded a strong sense of intimidation.

This person is Wei Sheng, the master of Baiyun Martial Arts School, a powerful expert at the Grand Martial Master level.

The old man next to Wei Sheng was dressed in a Taoist robe, with white hair and beard, and a thin face, looking like a sage.

"father."

"I've met Master Wei."

Wei Hongyu and Zhou Qing bowed to Wei Sheng.

As an ordinary apprentice, Zhou Qing was not qualified to call Wei Sheng "teacher" or "master".

"Mm." Wei Sheng nodded.

"This is Lin Qiu's uncle, Master Lin Tianzheng. Master Lin is the abbot of Qingfeng Temple in the county town. He was specially invited down the mountain by the county magistrate."

"Greetings, Master Lin." Wei Hongyu clasped her hands in greeting.

Zhou Qing's expression changed slightly, and he quickly bowed deeply.

"Your daughter's qi and blood are so abundant and tightly bound, could it be that she has already broken through the bone barrier? Truly, she is a woman who is not inferior to men!" Master Lin stroked his beard and praised with a smile.

"Not at all, your nephew's talent is truly extraordinary." Wei Sheng's eyes were full of smiles, clearly satisfied with Wei Hongyu's talent.

Master Lin exchanged a few more polite words, and then left with Wei Sheng.

"Junior Brother Zhou? Why aren't you leaving yet?"

Wei Hongyu took two steps, but seeing no movement behind her, she turned around and found Zhou Qing standing there with his head down, motionless.

"Oh, they're here!" Zhou Qing snapped out of her daze and followed Wei Hongyu into the backyard.

However, Zhou Qing appeared calm on the surface, but inside he was in turmoil.

"Erqing, are you really sure that person has Gu worms on them?"

The moment the old man appeared, the Green Silk Gu burrowed into the jade tablet and remained motionless.

'Pfft! Pfft!' The Green Silk Gu was quite certain.

'I never imagined that Master Lin was also a Gu Master!'

Zhou Qing felt no joy at all.

The Green Silk Gu is so evil that if it were controlled by someone with evil intentions, it might indiscriminately kill innocent people.

Not everyone has a bottom line like him.

"Uncle, let me take you there."

An old man and a young boy walked out of the front gate of Baiyun Martial Arts School.

The old man is Master Lin.

The boy appeared to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, with an ordinary appearance, but his eyes were dark, bright, and piercing. He was none other than Lin Qiu, the genius from Baiyun Martial Arts Academy who had recently broken through the Skin Refining stage.

The two of them went down the steps together.

"Have you found anything?" Master Lin asked calmly.

"Your subordinate deserves to die; I failed to find the wine worm." Lin Qiu bowed.

Master Lin's face darkened: "Useless! More than a hundred Green Silk Gu were released, and twenty of them lost their connection!"
Once the wine-loving creature appears in the world, it will surely recognize its master within a year! You have five months to search.

If I still can't find it, I'll let you all see for yourselves what the Corpse Worm Gu looks like.

"Your subordinate will do everything in his power!" Lin Qiu's legs went weak when he heard the words "corpse worm gu".

"Humph!"

Master Lin turned and left.

(End of this chapter)