All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 66 Subduing the Wine Worm, Rapid Progress

"This place is actually suitable for cultivating Gu worms."

Looking around the empty cave, Zhou Qing thought that this place could be used as a secret base in the future.

Raising Gu in the wild can still lead to unexpected situations, requiring Erqing to keep a close watch on things.

If the Gu are raised here, Erqing won't need to watch over them every day.

Moreover, since he won't be able to raise silkworms for the next few months, he can focus on cultivation, and this place is also suitable for secluded cultivation.

The water in the cold pool is icy cold and can also stimulate the body.

"What a wonderful place!"

Zhou Qing approached the corpse of the black-scaled python, inserted his long knife into the wound near its heart, and then peeled off the entire skin of the python along the gaps in its scales.

Snake blood flowed all over the ground. Chi Yan and Er Qing each took one side and swallowed all the snake blood without wasting a drop.

【Occupation: Mountain God (Black Wind Mountain)】

[Divine Power: Insignificant (32/10000)]

[Skill: Searching the Mountain and Subduing Demons]

[Progress: Beginner (660/800)]

After Zhou Qing cut the snakeskin into ten pieces, a line of text appeared in his field of vision.

"Can killing the Black-Scaled Giant Python also increase divine power?"

Zhou Qing noticed that his divine power had increased by 30 points.

The progress of the Mountain Search and Demon Subduing skill has increased by as much as 100 points.

"Once we take down that giant centipede, we should be able to move on to the next stage."

The skill of searching mountains and subduing demons greatly enhanced Zhou Qing's perception in the mountains.

If he can advance to the next stage, he can consider going to the north slope to find strange beasts and spirits.

The Record of Strange Insects describes the Golden-Backed Centipede, which is a mid-grade first-level Gu worm in its adult form and has the potential to be cultivated into a low-grade second-level Gu worm.

It just so happens that Chi Yan is also someone Zhou Qing is focusing on cultivating.

That golden-backed centipede was stronger than an ordinary martial artist in the Body Refining Realm.

Based on this calculation, a second-tier low-grade Gu worm, if not comparable to a Blood Exchange Realm Grand Martial Master, could at least fight against a Bone Refining Realm Martial Master.

"We're going to be busy from now on."

Zhou Qing stacked the snakeskin, which had been divided into ten sections, together.

These snakeskins are enough to make five or six sets of full-body armor; any one of them could fetch several hundred taels of silver.

However, full-body armor is much more difficult to make than silk inner armor.

The old lady may not have that ability.

He'll probably have to learn a new skill.

However, these snakeskins can be preserved for a long time after processing, so there's no rush to use them.

"Puff."

After consuming the snake's blood, Erqing was now drooling over the snake meat.

"Okay, I'll give you some."

Zhou Qing said with a smile.

Even if the meat of a 15-meter-long python could be preserved, people would get tired of eating it.

As a strange beast that has developed intelligence, the flesh and blood of the Black Scale Python are also a great tonic for Gu worms. He originally planned to keep some snake meat to refine Gu.

Zhou Qing cut off a third of the snake meat and gave it to Er Qing.

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Chi Yan's saliva, mixed with venom, dripped onto the ground. Although he coveted the snake meat, he dared not compete with the leader for food.

“You get some too.” Zhou Qing cut a meter-long piece of snake meat and gave it to Chi Yan.

"Hi~"

Chi Yan raised its upper body, its legs twisting as if to thank Zhou Qing, before climbing onto the snake meat and eating it greedily.

Zhou Qing then cut off another meter-long piece of snake meat, intending to take it home to eat.

He removed the enormous snake gall bladder and threw the remaining internal organs to Erqing.

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He threw the remaining seven or eight meters of snake meat into the cold pool to freeze, planning to cut more meat later when he wanted to eat it.

"We still need to leave some snake meat for the tiger eagle and the Tai Sui."

Zhou Qing thought of the Tai Sui meat that was being looked after by the Golden Silkworm Gu in the fake persimmon forest.

At first, the Tai Sui meat tried to escape based on its biological instincts.

After being fed for a long time, it became so lazy that it barely moved.

Zhou Qing and Er Qing had to feed them directly into their mouths.

It has completely collapsed.

"I wonder if we can use the flesh of the Tai Sui to find its true form."

That complete poisonous succulent was something Zhou Qing really coveted. "Erqing, you two stay here and look after the new house. I'm going back now."

Zhou Qing took out six Gu stones from the leather bag Gu, then picked up a steel fork, carried the snake meat, and left the cave.

On the way, he packed his harvest into a basket and carried it back to town.

He first went to Dafeng Pharmacy to buy some auxiliary medicines for making medicinal cuisine, and then went to Baiweilou to buy a pound of the best green bamboo wine.

That evening, he asked his grandmother to cook a large pot of snake soup, and he ate the snake meat directly from the clay pot, drinking the snake soup in large gulps.

After finishing dinner, Zhou Qing felt as if a fire was rising in her abdomen, making her whole body feel warm. Waves of heat surged from her abdomen and flowed to her limbs and bones.

"It took effect so quickly?"

Zhou Qing hurriedly went to the courtyard and mobilized the qi and blood in his body.

From the White Cloud Palm Technique to the Wind-Riding Slash, and then to the Shadowless Kick.

Finally, he returned to the silkworm room to practice the Azure Water Technique.

[Skill: Azure Water Skill]

[Progress: Level 950 (2/3000)]

"Indeed, snake meat can also greatly replenish qi and blood. Although the effect is not as exaggerated as Peiyuan Pill, it is stronger than Blood-Replenishing Powder."

Once you reach the second level of the Azure Water Technique, the quality of your true energy improves, so even if you take the Blood-Replenishing Powder, your cultivation progress will be slower.

This is why top-tier internal martial arts skills often require ten or even several decades to cultivate to a high level.

In contrast, with external martial arts, most martial artists experience a significant drop in their chances of breaking through to the next level after the ages of 25, 30, and 35.

The older you get, the more difficult it becomes to strengthen your tendons and bones.

Resources, innate talent, and comprehension—if any one of these is lacking, the speed of cultivation will be greatly reduced.

"I almost forgot about the wine bug."

Zhou Qing opened the red gourd and saw that the wine mixed with pool water inside had been drained to the bottom, and the wine worms lay motionless at the bottom of the gourd.

At this moment, when Zhou Qing opened the wine gourd, the wine worms inside instantly stiffened and looked up at him.

Zhou Qing took out the wine jar and poured the green bamboo wine into the gourd.

A fresh and delicate aroma of wine wafted out.

The wine worm perked up as soon as it saw more wine being poured in.

"Follow me, and I guarantee you'll have plenty to drink!"

the next day.

Zhou Qing bought a pound of the cheaper Jade Leaf Wine.

He had just poured a little jade leaf wine into the red gourd when the wine bug sprayed it out.

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It's outrageous that they wouldn't even consider Jade Leaf Wine, which costs one qian of silver per jin.

Qingzhu wine costs four qian of silver per jin. It's not that Zhou Qing can't afford it, but Baiweilou's Qingzhu wine is limited and not sold every day.

He mainly wanted to see how high the alcoholic's standards were for drinking.

I get it now.

That evening, Zhou Qing disguised himself and ran more than ten miles to Jiulian Town by the Blackwater River to buy twenty catties of Tusu wine, which cost him eighteen taels of silver.

With his unlimited supply, the wine enthusiast finished all twenty catties of Tusu wine in just ten days.

The good news is that the wine worm is becoming increasingly attached to him and has begun to actively accept his true energy.

Zhou Qing invested heavily in order to subdue the wine bug as soon as possible.

He took out a piece of the skin of a black-scaled python and sent it to Zhao's Trading Company for auction, where it sold for two hundred taels of silver.

Then he went to Jiangyue Tower, the largest restaurant in the inner city, and spent 160 taels of silver to buy 10 catties of Zuixian wine.

With Zhou Qing's sincerity, the wine addict was finally 'moved' and successfully won over.

As the jade tablet in his soul emitted a faint blue light, the wine worm merged into Zhou Qing's body, wandering in his dantian.

The swirling true energy in the dantian was continuously drawn into the body by the wine worm, and then exhaled like a breath.

With the help of the wine worms and the powerful energy from the snake meat, Zhou Qing's progress in the Azure Water Technique skyrocketed in just twenty days, increasing by as much as 700 points.

The fifth layer of Qi and Blood Clouds has basically solidified.

At this rate of progress, the Azure Water Technique will break through to the third level in at most two months.

By then, his external martial arts skills might not even have broken through to the Flesh Refining Realm.

Who would have thought that a martial artist who only broke through the skin barrier in terms of external martial arts could actually possess internal strength comparable to a master of the third level of internal martial arts?

"It's time to let Master Wei see the true value of a genius."

Wei Sheng had previously said that if he could condense four streams of qi and blood and break through to the Flesh Refining Realm before the end of the year, he would accept him as his personal disciple.

It's only November now, and he has already condensed his fifth Qi and Blood Cloud.

PS: Thank you to the online bricklayer for his generous donation of 10,000 points, thank you to the carefree god for his 2000 points, thank you to the compromising bean sprout for his 1000 points, and thank you to the fungus for his donation.

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