All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 252 Third-Tier Profession! Heavenly Silkworm Venerable!
"The success rate of refining second-tier pills has increased by 30%, and the success rate of refining third-tier pills has increased by 15%!"

Seeing the huge boost brought by the third-tier profession, Zhou Qing was filled with excitement.

With the added benefit of the Azure Flame Purple Gold Furnace, the success rate of refining second-tier pills increased by 40%.

In addition to Zhou Qing's own success rate in alchemy, his success rate in refining the vast majority of second-tier pills exceeded 80%.

Rounding up gives a 100% success rate.

Because the Azure Flame Purple Gold Furnace was used, the alchemy process was slowed down, so after half a month, only a quarter of the Heavenly Spirit Fruit remained.

If relying on previous alchemy skills to refine top-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills was largely due to luck, now that alchemy skills have been improved to the third level, entering the pinnacle stage, there should be a great chance of refining top-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills again.

"I wonder how effective the Supreme Heavenly Spirit Pill will be?"

Zhou Qing held the pill in his hand, which emitted a three-colored halo, and pondered in his heart.

During his rest a few days ago, he tried taking one low-grade Heavenly Spirit Pill and one mid-grade Heavenly Spirit Pill. His meridians did become more resilient, but the effect was not very outstanding.

It's possible that the dosage wasn't high enough. Also, Tianling Pills are often used to break through the major bottleneck of the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top. Now that the meridians are intact, it's reasonable that the effect isn't significant.

As for the superior-grade Heavenly Spirit Pill, Zhou Qing was reluctant to take it for the time being.

"Let's give it another try; maybe we can refine a top-grade pill!"

Taking advantage of his breakthrough in alchemy, Zhou Qing immediately took out the remaining quarter of the Heavenly Spirit Fruit and began refining pills.

puff!
In just a moment, the alchemy furnace trembled slightly, and a fragrant aroma wafted from it.

Zhou Qing opened the alchemy furnace and saw five round, milky-white pills inside, three of which were radiating a faint halo.

"Two mid-grade and three high-grade?"

Zhou Qing raised an eyebrow. The Azure Flame Purple Gold Furnace sacrificed the number of pills produced, thereby increasing the success rate.

Even with his alchemy master level, he could only produce five pills.

This shows how difficult it is to refine the Heavenly Spirit Pill.

Although it was several times stronger than before, Zhou Qing was not satisfied.

"continue!"

Zhou Qing took out the Heavenly Spirit Pill, put it in a porcelain bottle, and then continued to refine the pill in the furnace.

"At least all of them should be top-grade."

Zhou Qing set a goal for herself.

"Buzz!"

A moment later, the alchemy furnace trembled violently!

"What is this?!" Zhou Qing sensed a huge fluctuation in the medicinal power within the alchemy furnace.

"Are we going to fail?!"

Zhou Qing quickly calmed himself down and did his best to suppress the raging alchemy furnace.

"Buzz!"

A moment later, a milky-white pill emitting a tri-colored halo floated out.

"Top-notch!" Zhou Qing's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but show his delight.

He grabbed the top-grade Heavenly Spirit Pill and brought it close to his eyes.

"A top-grade one."

At this moment, Zhou Qing looked into the alchemy furnace and saw that besides a top-grade Heavenly Spirit Pill, there was only one high-grade pill inside.

"If we continue to reduce the number of pills produced, is there a greater chance of refining a top-grade pill?"

Zhou Qing suddenly realized.

However, he did not intentionally reduce the number of pills produced just now; it was all by chance.

Recalling the alchemy process just now, it's clear that reducing the number of pills produced will cause setbacks in the process. While improving the quality of the pills, it also increases the chance of failure.

"Excluding the two pills I swallowed, I now possess seven low-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills, nine mid-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills, five high-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills, and two top-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills. The deal with Yao Ze is complete, so it doesn't matter if the last batch fails."

Zhou Qing thought to himself.

The Heavenly Spirit Fruit used to refine the Heavenly Spirit Pill this time is a three-hundred-year-old precious medicine, and its medicinal effect is much stronger than that of a normal Heavenly Spirit Pill.

Yao Ze requested at least six mid-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills, and Zhou Qing currently has nine, which would be enough to give to Yao Ze.

After all, the wood-type spiritual object that Yao Ze believed to be over five hundred years old was actually a thousand-year-old spiritual tree.

"They could even give him a high-grade pill to make the Yao family believe that Zhou Chaoxian's alchemy skills are close to, or even have already reached, the third level."

Zhou Qing thought to himself.

The fact that the Azure Flame Purple Gold Incense Burner was auctioned in Shuntian Prefecture City can't be kept secret any longer. Even if they admit that 'Zhou Chaoxian' bought the Azure Flame Purple Gold Incense Burner, it won't matter.

"The last batch!"

After carefully storing the pills, Zhou Qing began refining the last batch of Heavenly Spirit Pills.

Buzz!
A moment later, large beads of sweat appeared on Zhou Qing's forehead. For the last batch of pills, he mixed the seeds of the Heavenly Spirit Fruit into them, hoping to increase the medicinal power, but unexpectedly, this caused a sudden setback in the pill refining process.

"Order it for me!"

Seeing that failure was imminent, Zhou Qing no longer held back his soul power and did his best to control the condensing core.

puff puff!

Finally, just as Zhou Qing was exhausted, two Heavenly Spirit Pills emitting a three-colored spiritual light floated out.

"Two top-quality ones!!"

Zhou Qing was startled.

"No wonder that alchemists of the same level are considered to have superb skills if they can refine high-grade pills. The consumption of refining high-grade pills is incomparable to that of refining top-grade pills."

Zhou Qing let out a long sigh of relief. Making two top-grade pills in one go was extremely costly. The true essence in his dantian was completely depleted, and he had already used the true essence in his primordial aperture. In particular, his mental energy was greatly depleted, comparable to experiencing a major battle.

Of course, the result was very gratifying.

He now possesses four top-grade Heavenly Spirit Pills, enough to push his foundation to its limit when attempting to break through to the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top.

"So tired."

The depletion of his mental energy left Zhou Qing feeling extremely tired.

Zhou Qing released the Ice Fiend Gu from his Yuanqiao, releasing cold air to counteract the heat in the Earth Fire Chamber.

He then took out his bedding from the storage space, placed it on the ground beside him, and fell asleep immediately.

He slept for two days and two nights straight, finally waking up from hunger.

Zhou Qing took some dried meat from the spirit-guiding plate and ate it with fine wine.

The reason he didn't leave the Earth Fire Chamber after finishing the alchemy was because there was still one thing he hadn't done. He planned to leave Shuntian Prefecture City directly after he finished it.

[Breakthrough Point: 1]

After the Alchemist profession is upgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 [Alchemy Master], 1 Breakthrough Point is gained.

The last time he obtained a breakthrough point was when his [Divine Weapon Master] class broke through to the third tier and was promoted to [Master of Weapons].

【Occupation: Silkworm Gu Master (Tier 2)】

[Rank: Late Stage 2]

[Skill: Silkworm breeding and Gu poison preparation]

[Progress: Unparalleled in the World (101/800)]

[Effects: Refining Gu Insects (Tier 2), Absolute Control (Tier 2), Combined Refinement Technique (Tier 3)]

Zhou Qing focused his attention on the Gu Master and Mountain God professions.

Last time, 1 breakthrough point was used on the Gu Master profession, allowing him to break through from the mid-second stage to the late second stage. The effect of the Combined Refinement Technique was upgraded from the second stage to the third stage, and the skill of silkworm breeding and Gu refining was improved from the pinnacle to unparalleled. [Profession: Mountain God of Black Wind Mountain and Yellow Dragon Mountain (Zhou Qing)]

[Divine Power: Rank 8 (889600/600000)]

[Effects: Dream Entry, Qi Observation, Divine Power Transfer, Divine Power Golden Body]

"A Gu Master, or a Mountain God?" Zhou Qing pondered to himself.

Currently, the only professions he can upgrade to are [Silkworm Gu Master] and [Mountain God].

He was certain that if he used the Limit Breaking Points, he should be able to upgrade his Mountain God profession to the third tier, because his divine power had already reached the third tier, and he was only missing the seventh-grade God Worship Technique. If he relied on his profession, he should be able to upgrade his divine power to a level comparable to a Grandmaster or a Venerable.

However, clergy are generally subject to geographical restrictions.

"Let's upgrade the Gu Master class. We already have the trump card of the Wood God Gu, so there's no need to rush to upgrade the Mountain God class."

After a moment of contemplation, Zhou Qing realized that his main profession was still martial arts and Gu master, so he made a decision.

"Use Limit Break Points to upgrade the Gu Master class!"

Zhou Qing silently recited in his heart.

The next moment, the Gu Master class was instantly illuminated with golden light.

Your profession 'Silkworm Gu Master' has been upgraded!

Please select your destined Gu worm!

[Profession: Silkworm Gu Master (Tier 2)] → [Profession: Silkworm Gu Venerable (Tier 3)]

"Third tier!!!"

At this moment, Zhou Qing felt the power of heaven and earth rapidly converging on his body, finally gathering entirely in the Yuanqiao (Primordial Aperture) above his dantian.

The true essence is undergoing a qualitative change at a speed visible to the naked eye.

An unprecedentedly powerful feeling filled his entire body.

[Rank: Second Tier Perfection (Profession Level: Early Third Tier)]

[Skill: Silkworm breeding and Gu poison preparation]

[Progress: Unparalleled in the World (800/800)]

[Effects: Refining Gu Insects, Absolute Control, Combined Refinement Technique, Seed of Mana]

[Silkworm Gu Master (Profession Bonus): You possess unparalleled silkworm-raising skills and a pair of incredibly dexterous hands. The dexterity of your hands is unmatched among mortals. For any matter involving the raising and refining of silkworm-type Gu worms, your success rate is 100% for levels below 3 and 80% for levels below 4. Due to the greatly increased dexterity of your hands, your skills in related areas will also be enhanced.]

[Seed of Mana (Tier 3): True essence merges with the power of heaven and earth to create mana. Your primordial acupoint condenses a seed of mana crystal. Consuming the seed of mana and fusing it with a Tier 3 Gu worm can refine the Gu worm into a natal Gu. The natal Gu will possess the ability to fight completely autonomously, prioritizing the use of the power of heaven and earth to condense mana.]

"Why hasn't the number of Yuanqiao points increased?"

Zhou Qing noticed that in the two Yuan Apertures, the true essence was rapidly transformed into magical power, and two special magical power seeds resembling saplings were condensed.

However, he did not form a third primordial aperture.

Only when a Gu Master breaks through to the third-tier Venerable level and forms the third Yuan Aperture can they use magic power and condense a seed of magic power.

Zhou Qing obtained magical power and condensed a seed of magical power, but failed to form a third primordial aperture, which was completely unexpected.

The key is that this unprecedented feeling of power is indeed unique to third-tier powerhouses.

He felt that he was no weaker than Qi Yandao, whom he had encountered before, and might even be stronger.

[Rank: Second Tier Perfection (Profession Level: Early Third Tier)]

At this moment, Zhou Qing noticed the eight large characters 'Profession Level: Early Stage of Stage 3' following the profession rank.

"I am still a second-tier Gu Master and have not yet broken through to the third tier, but the professional breakthrough has given me the abilities of a third-tier Gu Master Venerable ahead of time?"

Zhou Qing realized what was happening.

"Could it be that I can break through again?!"

Zhou Qing was suddenly startled and couldn't help but show a look of joy.

According to the records he found in the Ice Spirit Clan, when a Gu Master successfully breaks through to the third-tier Venerable Realm, he will use the power of heaven and earth to condense the third Yuan Aperture. Three seeds of magic power will condense in the third Yuan Aperture. Two of these seeds will enter the other two Yuan Apertures to assist the true essence in the Yuan Apertures in condensing magic power.

The seed of magical power can only be condensed when one breaks through a major realm.

In other words, a third-tier Venerable can possess a maximum of three seeds of magical power and cultivate three third-tier natal Gu worms.

Zhou Qing did not use the power of heaven and earth to condense the third Yuan Aperture, but a seed of magic power was born in each of the other two Yuan Apertures.

In other words, he has obtained two Mana Seeds now thanks to his third-tier profession. When he breaks through again and condenses his third Yuan Aperture, he will be able to obtain three more Mana Seeds.

Other third-tier Venerables can only possess a maximum of three natal Gu worms, while he can possess five.

Both being third-tier powerhouses, the difference in combat strength between two more third-tier combat-type Gu worms could exceed double.

Although Zhou Qing's mana is currently reduced by one Yuanqiao, his natal Gu relies on itself to fight.

Zhou Qing can now fight with two natal Gu, and his strength is definitely not weaker than a normal third-tier Venerable, or even stronger.

Because a Gu Master does not necessarily possess a third-tier Gu worm simply by breaking through to the third tier.

The vast majority of second-tier Gu masters only successfully cultivate third-tier Gu worms after breaking through to the third tier.

Zhou Qing now possesses a third-tier Wood God Gu.

With his unparalleled silkworm breeding and Gu-refining skills, he has an 80% success rate in cultivating third-tier silkworm Gu worms, which is practically 100%.

While other Gu masters racked their brains and carefully cultivated third-tier Gu worms, he could easily cultivate third-tier silkworm-like Gu worms.

"bass--!"

Just as Zhou Qing was lost in thought, a massive amount of heaven and earth power was activated by the seed of magic power in his primordial aperture, and two beams of light condensed from the power of heaven and earth shot straight into the sky.

“What a big noise!”

Zhou Qing felt a terrifying pressure emanating from the surrounding space. The Ice Fiend Gu, which had been placed aside, was severely damaged and showed signs of collapse.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing quickly put the Ice Fiend Gu back into his Yuanqiao, and endured the powerful spiritual pressure alone.

At the same time, the celestial silkworm in Zhou Qingyuan's aperture underwent a change, and began to vigorously absorb and expel magical power.

The severely damaged Ice Demon Gu involuntarily drifted towards the Heavenly Silkworm.

Before Zhou Qing could make a move, the Ice Fiend Gu was absorbed into the Heavenly Silkworm's body.

hum!
A blue-white spiritual light then bloomed, and the aura of the Heavenly Silkworm increased rapidly at a visible speed as Zhou Qing grew stronger.

"This is."

Zhou Qing looked surprised.

"It seems the Seed of Mana cannot be preserved!"

Zhou Qing made a decision in her heart.

He originally planned to fuse a third-tier wooden puppet seed with a magical seed and cultivate it into his natal puppet.

As for the other seed of magical power, he planned to leave it for the Heavenly Fire Golden Centipede, and then merge it with the centipede once it broke through to the third rank.

Now that the Heavenly Silkworm has undergone a mutation and shows signs of evolving to the third stage, Zhou Qing will no longer wait.

The Heavenly Fire Golden Centipede and other Gu worms can be fused with the Seed of Magic Power after he breaks through to the third rank.

Zhou Qing had already sensed the presence of third-tier experts around him. However, due to the massive amount of power of heaven and earth that he had gathered during his breakthrough, these people dared not approach, fearing that they would be affected by the violent power of heaven and earth.

At this moment, Zhou Qing decided to have the two third-tier Gu worms fuse with the seed of magic power to improve their combat strength first.

Under his control, the two seeds of magical power merged with the Heavenly Silkworm and the Wood God Gu respectively, causing the aura of the two Gu worms to surge.

The two pillars of light that had originally shot into the sky had transformed into two enormous hurricanes of spiritual energy, stirring up the clouds.

The entire city of Shuntian was drawn to it.

(End of this chapter)