Proving one's path through killing—this kind of merit is poisonous!

Chapter 25 Silkworm Room
"It must be my senior sister's imagination!"

As she spoke, Gu Jinhe quickly changed the subject, saying, "Senior sister, please go out and wait for me for a moment. I'll change my clothes."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yue didn't have time to think it over, and replied "Okay" before walking out of the room and closing the door behind her.

After she left, Gu Jinhe immediately closed her eyes and sat down to meditate, feeling the spiritual energy circulating within her body.

A moment later, she opened her eyes, filled with shock.

Qi Refining Level 3...

Gu Jinhe quickly unwrapped the cloth strip covering her palm. Looking at her perfectly intact palm, she finally believed that she was not dreaming.

She originally thought that even though the Qingyun Sect was rich in spiritual energy, it would still take her some time to learn without the help of the system, given her talent.

Unexpectedly, she broke through in just one night!

Could it be because of that jade pendant?
"Junior sister, are you done?"

Hearing Zhou Yue's voice, Gu Jinhe realized that she had wasted too much time.

She quickly got up, hid the strip of cloth in the closet, and said while changing her clothes, "Right away."

After changing her clothes, she went to the basin, washed the dried blood off her hands, washed her face briefly, and dried it with a handkerchief.

Tingyuyuan is crowded, and most disciples choose to prepare the water they need for washing up the next day in advance, and Gu Jinhe is no exception.

She then simply tied her hair up and walked to the door.

After she went out and closed the door, Zhou Yue couldn't wait to pull her forward, saying as they walked, "Hurry up, hurry up, or we won't be able to get the chicken legs the kitchen prepared."

Gu Jinhe learned from Zhou Yue that the dining room was where the miscellaneous disciples ate their three meals a day. The dishes there were ordinary and not delicious, just enough to fill their stomachs.

The chicken drumsticks are the only thing that really goes well with rice, but only a hundred are prepared each day, first come, first served.

Hearing this, Gu Jinhe couldn't help but recall that after leaving Niujiao Village, she didn't have a penny to her name, let alone silver.

On the way to Sifang Town, she would either catch some animals to roast and eat, or eat wild fruits.

This kind of life continued until she came to the Qingyun Sect.

Now that she could finally eat normal meals again, Gu Jinhe quickened her pace.

The dining hall is located between Sunset Pavilion and Listening to Rain Garden, covering a large area and built on a large scale.

When Zhou Yue pulled Gu Jinhe to the scene, there was already a huge crowd of people waiting in front of them.

The two women waited patiently in line, and when it was their turn, they were lucky enough to get the last two chicken legs.

After carrying her bowl to the side, before even finding a place to sit down, Gu Jinhe couldn't resist starting to eat heartily.

Zhou Yue's lips twitched. Looking at her obviously unrefined eating habits, she couldn't help but ask, "How long have you been starving?"

Gu Jinhe stopped what she was doing, and a flood of memories came to mind.

Come to think of it carefully, it seems that the original owner of this body never seemed to have a full meal.

She usually eats as much as there is left on the table; if there is no leftover, she will go hungry and will never be able to eat rice like this.

Although she had a bad life before she transmigrated, at least she could have enough to eat in that era and that country.

Compared to this, the original owner was in a much worse situation.

Considering that she would have to trouble Zhou Yue with many things in the future, she needed to further solidify her goodwill towards her.

So Gu Jinhe decided to tell the story of the original owner.

She lowered her head and said dejectedly, "I've never been full." Zhou Yue's eyes filled with heartache. She was about to say something to comfort her when she saw her pick up the bowl and continue to eat heartily.

After finishing her meal in a few bites, Gu Jinhe said with satisfaction, "So I have to make up for all the things I haven't eaten before."

Make it up for the original owner!

Gu Jinhe silently added this sentence in her heart...

After leaving the dining room, Zhou Yue led Gu Jinhe to the next place and explained a lot of things to her.

Different disciples had different tasks to perform.

For example, the disciples of Sunset Pavilion are mainly responsible for farming, growing cotton, rice, and various vegetables and fruits, which are specially provided for disciples who have not yet reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

Those with better skills and who were adept at using spiritual power would be assigned to grow spiritual rice, spiritual herbs, and the like.

For example, some female disciples who performed menial tasks would be assigned to collect cotton and make cotton quilts for use by the disciples of Qingkou Peak and the outer sect.

Some of the female disciples who performed menial tasks were responsible for washing the sect disciples' clothes every day.

After explaining all this, Zhou Yue breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Luckily, I know how to raise silkworms, otherwise I would have been assigned to do those hard labor jobs too."

After saying that, seeing Gu Jinhe looking at her with a puzzled expression, she added, "The place I'm taking you to now is called the silkworm house. That's where I work. All you need to do with me is learn how to raise silkworms."

When Gu Jinhe arrived there, she discovered that the silkworm house was no smaller than the food room.

Different shelves were placed on the ground, and several winnowing baskets were placed on each shelf. When she looked closer, she saw that each winnowing basket contained many purple leaves with wormholes.

"This kind of silkworm is called the Ice Silkworm. It takes three years to spin silk and form a cocoon. It is said that clothes made from Ice Silkworm silk are not only cool to wear, but also provide some protection against attacks from other cultivators."

At this point, a hint of longing appeared in Zhou Yue's eyes, and she finally sighed, "It's a pity that only inner disciples are qualified to wear such clothes, so we will never get to see them."

At this point, Zhou Yue felt a pang of melancholy.

It takes three years for it to spin silk and form a cocoon...

If her cultivation level doesn't improve, who knows how many more times she'll be able to watch the silkworms spin their cocoons.

"Senior sister, what do I need to do every day?"

Gu Jinhe didn't care how powerful the silkworm was; she only cared about the work she had to do every day.

Once today is over, she will know how much time she has available each day to take on tasks.

Zhou Yue picked up a basket of purple mulberry leaves from the corner, placed it in front of Gu Jinhe, and said, "Just put these mulberry leaves into the winnowing basket."

Ice silkworms are not difficult to raise, but they are picky eaters, only eating purple mulberry leaves. Elder Chen even specially opened up a spiritual field to plant purple mulberry trees and arranged for his disciples to take care of them.

Gu Jinhe glanced at Zhou Yue, then at the mulberry leaves in front of her, and asked with some doubt, "Is it really that simple?"

"Simple?" Zhou Yue chuckled and said, "Do you know how big the whole silkworm house is? Do you know how many winnowing baskets like this are here? Do you know how many people we have here?"

Gu Jinhe glanced around. The entire silkworm house was about 1,000 square meters, with about 2,000 shelves, and each shelf had five winnowing baskets.

That adds up to exactly ten thousand.

Gu Jinhe suddenly realized...

Seeing that she seemed to understand, Zhou Yue continued, "The work is indeed simple, but the quantity is huge. The most crucial problem is that there are only the two of us here."

Before Gu Jinhe came, she was the only one in the silkworm house. She was busy from morning to afternoon every day, and sometimes she couldn't even keep up with the workload.

This is why she was so happy when Wei Jiao asked her to take care of Gu Jinhe.

After all, who wouldn't want to spend more time cultivating?
(End of this chapter)