All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 63: Obtaining the Wine Bug! (Thanks to Warm Sun for the Silver Alliance! Orz)

As soon as Zhou Qing entered the water, he felt a bone-chilling coldness creeping in from all directions.

He circulated the qi and blood in his chest to his limbs and bones, and used the true qi of the blue water to resist the coldness of the pool.

"We can't stay in the cold pool for long."

After Zhou Qing entered the water, he felt his true energy being consumed at a much faster rate. After finding the right direction, he swam towards the depths of the pool following the silk thread that Er Qing had spat out.

The cold pool didn't seem deep, but Zhou Qing swam nearly twenty meters downstream and still couldn't see the bottom.

Furthermore, once they reached this position, it was pitch black below. Even with Zhou Qing's eagle-like vision, he could barely see anything from here.

He could only rely on the water-based abilities granted by the Azure Water Technique and the sensory abilities granted by his true qi to swim downstream.

However, Erqing's silk thread was almost finished.

The longest thread it can currently produce is only about 25 meters.

Zhou Qing swam down about two meters further and suddenly sensed a fierce aura not far in front of him.

He could only vaguely see a caterpillar with a body that was half white and half green, tightly bound by Erqing's silk threads.

However, it was unwilling to give up and struggled violently, as the silk thread sank little by little into the deeper water.

Sensing Zhou Qing's approach, it protruded a pair of eyes the size of broad beans from its head, and its ferocious aura grew even colder.

At this moment, the wine worm opened its mouth and inhaled the pool water, and an icicle as thick as a sewing needle quickly condensed in its mouth.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Qing immediately took out the red gourd tucked into his waistband and removed the wooden stopper.

Water from the pool instantly poured into the half-empty red gourd, but the wine inside did not flow out due to the water pressure.

The next moment, the icicle in the wine worm's mouth vanished, and its fierce eyes instantly became clear.

It stopped struggling and began paddling with all seven pairs of legs at the same time.

With most of its body entangled in Erqing's silk threads, the wine worm could only arch its way towards the red gourd underwater.

Zhou Qing's lips twitched. "Damn, this is so realistic."

Seeing this, Zhou Qing stretched out the red gourd in his hand, and the wine bug scurried into the gourd.

He immediately put the cork back in and then swam upwards along the direction of the two green silk threads.

"Hoo! Hoo!"

As soon as it surfaced, Zhou Qing took deep breaths.

"Fortunately, I had the Azure Water True Qi protecting me, otherwise I definitely wouldn't have been able to hold on."

Zhou Qing climbed ashore.

After resting for a while and regaining his strength, he carefully opened the red gourd.

The wine bug was happily swimming in the wine. When it saw Zhou Qing looking at it, it was somewhat wary, but did not show any aggression.

As Zhou Qing focused his attention on the wine worm, the jade tablet in his soul emitted a faint glow.

The next moment, a line of text appeared in his field of vision.

You have acquired a new Gu worm—the Wine Worm.

[Wine Worm: A rare Gu worm mutated from the Green Silk Gu under extremely harsh conditions. Currently in its juvenile stage, it has been starving due to a lack of alcohol to feed it and is now on the verge of degeneration.]

[Refining Requirements: Feed with various fine wines and provide true qi or true essence.]

[Refining Effect: Significantly increases the chance of a Gu Master opening their 'Primordial Aperture', allowing them to experience the wonders of 'Circulation of Qi' earlier; refines meridians, purifies true qi, increases the power of true qi by 20%, and accelerates the recovery speed of true qi.]

"So strong!"

Zhou Qing's eyes widened as he looked at the description of the wine worm on the jade tablet.

At his current level, he doesn't know the meaning of 'Yuanqiao' and 'Zhou Tian Cai Qi'.

However, the literal meaning of "tempering the meridians, purifying the true qi, enhancing the power of the true qi, and accelerating the recovery speed" is simple and intuitive.

When the meridians are strong, the flow of vital energy within the body will accelerate.

Purifying true qi means improving its quality, and the total amount of true qi that can be stored in the dantian will also increase accordingly.

The increased power of true qi is equivalent to directly optimizing the cultivation technique. Imagine how much stronger the same martial art becomes once you reach a higher realm. As for the increased speed of true qi recovery, it's also beneficial in prolonged battles; no one can avoid encountering enemies of similar strength.

"The amplification of the human body by a single wine worm is so exaggerated. Is the Gu Master profession really that much stronger than the Martial Artist profession? Or is it that I am just too ignorant?"

Zhou Qing marveled at the power of the wine bug.

"Pfft, pfft." Erqing made a sound from the side.

“You’re very strong too.” Zhou Qing smiled.

His attention returned to the red gourd.

The wine worms swam in the wine mixed with the pool water, their plump bodies constantly expanding and contracting, while the wine in the red gourd slowly descended.

Seeing that the wine worm no longer harbored any hostility towards him, Zhou Qing inserted a finger into the mouth of the gourd and then gathered his true energy at his fingertip.

Martial artists at a lower level do not yet have the ability to keep their true energy outside their body for a long time, so they must have a vessel, such as the Demon-Slaying Blade that Zhou Qing recently bought.

However, he didn't need to do anything. He had just sent out his true energy when the wine worm's seven pairs of legs moved simultaneously, its body pressed tightly against his fingers.

Zhou Qing felt the true energy within his body rapidly shifting towards the wine worm's body.

Before long, his dantian became completely empty, and the misty true energy was completely exhausted.

A sense of emptiness then arose.

However, he was a martial artist who cultivated both internal and external strength. Even when his true energy was exhausted, he still had strong blood and qi to sustain him, so this feeling of weakness did not last long.

At this moment, Zhou Qing pulled out his finger.

Inside the wine, tiny black eyes, the size of broad beans, stared intently at him.

A feeling of 'blood connection' arose between the person and the insect.

The wine worm couldn't speak, but Zhou Qing seemed to sense its affection, as if it were saying—you're actually a pretty nice person!

"Can we communicate with it?" Zhou Qing looked at Er Qing beside him.

"Pfft, pfft." Erqing crawled into the wine gourd.

However, after only a few breaths, Erqing climbed out again.

"Puff."

It told me to get lost.

Erqing said so.

Zhou Qing's lips twitched. It seemed that this wine worm was not easy to get along with.

"Alright, keep it locked up for now, and see how to subdue it."

Zhou Qing instructed Erqing to retrieve most of the silk threads she had spat out, cut off a small section, and tie it to the wine worm to prevent it from escaping.

Then, he re-corked the gourd and tucked it into his waistband.

"Erqing, now that the wine bug is gone, I'll leave the rest to you."

Zhou Qing pointed to the cold pool in front of him.

"Pfft!" Erqing was also very excited.

When I came last time, there were still many Gu stones at the bottom of the pool, but the wine worms didn't eat them and didn't let them take them away.

Now that the alcohol worm has been caught, no one can stop it anymore.

"Oh, right, bring up that corpse you mentioned last time too. Search it carefully, don't miss anything good!"

Zhou Qing added.

"Splash!" Erqing leaped into the pool.

Seeing this, he returned to the entrance of the cave and dragged the corpse of the black-scaled python to the edge of the cold pool.

The water in the cold pool is icy cold, making it a perfect natural place to preserve food.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to finish such a large python in a short time.

(End of this chapter)