Raising Silkworms and Refining Gu from Mount Hundred Thousand

"Oh? Are you serious about what Brother Shangguan said?" Zhou Qing's eyes narrowed. He had never heard of an ancient elixir that could both nourish the mind and refine the body.

"Of course I don't dare to speak nonsense." Shangguan Hong said solemnly.

Zhou Qing nodded and was not in a hurry to confirm. Instead, he looked around the crowd and asked, "I wonder if anyone else has such a prescription?"

Seeing no one answered, Zhou Qing walked off the stage, came to Shangguan Hong, and bowed to him.

"Then I'll make a deal with Brother Shangguan."

Zhou Qing was actually more interested in the elixir recipe than the Shangguan family's 'Magic Ape Technique'.

Because he has the secret technique of condensing essence left by Venerable Xuan Spider, the Shangguan family’s ‘Divine Ape Technique’ is just the icing on the cake for him, not a timely help.

This ancient elixir is different.

Zhou Qing may not be able to use the ancient elixir that nourishes the mind and refines the body at the moment, but he will definitely use it in the future.

Such precious things cannot be purchased under normal circumstances.

Just like the first-level elixir, the most precious one is only effective for bone refining realm martial artists.

For the big forces like the county and city, it is not an extremely precious thing, but these forces will not take out the elixir easily.

Because it's a monopoly.

Let those families without foundation be unable to cultivate alchemists.

Although training an alchemist requires a lot of resources, it is not something that ordinary families can train.

But there are always exceptions. If someone is an alchemy wizard who is born to make alchemy, he only needs one-tenth or even one-twentieth of the resources of others to become an official first-level alchemist. This is not impossible.

However, no matter how talented a person is, it is impossible to create a prescription out of thin air at the beginning.

Therefore, the monopoly of alchemy prescriptions is one of the keys to attracting alchemy talents.

Shangguan Hong was willing to take out the ancient elixir recipe, probably because he wanted to make friends with Zhou Qing.

However, Zhou Qing dared to guess that this ancient elixir recipe must have many restrictions. Either it is extremely difficult to refine, or the elixir-making medicinal materials are difficult to find or even extinct.

Whether such a pill recipe is traded or given as a favor, the big forces will never suffer a loss.

"Brother, you are really straightforward." Shangguan Hong smiled and looked Zhou Qing up and down.

"That being the case, when do you have time, brother, can you come over and talk to me?"

Generally speaking, a transaction is a meeting where both parties determine the intention and items of the transaction, and do not directly put the things to be exchanged on their bodies.

Even if you take it with you, it's not easy to exchange it directly at the banquet. After all, this is not a trading floor.

"How about going to the Han family to trade, I will be the middleman to ensure that no one will suffer." Before Zhou Qing could reply, Han Qingqing stood up and said.

"." Shangguan Hong was stunned and hesitated.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Qing hurriedly said: "How about we go to my residence to trade?"

"What's going on?" Han Qingqing was a little excited, but Zhou Qing raised her hand to stop her from continuing.

"That's fine, but I'll disturb my brother." After thinking for a moment, Shangguan Hong agreed to this compromise.

"I'll wait patiently for Brother Shangguan to arrive." Zhou Qing said with a smile, and nodded to Han Qingqing on the side. He wanted to thank her for interrupting suddenly.

Although Shangguan Hong probably wouldn't do anything outrageous even if he went to Shangguan's house, his orientation was normal, and if he had a close personal relationship with Shangguan Hong, some rumors would easily spread.

He was not afraid of others gossiping, but he was Wei Sheng's disciple after all, so he still had to be careful about the impact.

"." Lu Yan's lips moved and he hesitated to speak, but in the end he remained silent.

Zhou Qing returned to Lu Yan and sat down, and soon others came on stage.

There were quite a few rare items at the swap meet.

Medicinal materials, exercises, and secret techniques are all available.

There are even people selling information about some secret places in the Qilian Mountains, such as where strange beasts and monsters gather.

However, no one was as heroic as Zhou Qing, who directly offered his magic weapon in exchange.

It seemed that the children of wealthy families were not as wealthy as he imagined.

The exchange meeting soon came to an end.

After the banquet, Han Qingqing and Lu Yan invited Zhou Qing to visit the night market, but he declined.

Shangguan Hong just nodded to him and followed his companions without asking anything.

Zhou Qing got on the carriage and returned to the small courtyard in the outer city with Lan Lan.

For Zhou Qing, the banquet was just an episode in the ascetic life.

Since he revealed at the exchange meeting that he had a magic weapon, in the next few days, some children from aristocratic families came to visit him, wanting to exchange for the magic weapon in his hands.

However, they were all rejected by Zhou Qing.

These people bid a lot of money, but they don't have much sincerity.

Even if they brought elixirs, they were not precious first-level elixirs. Most of them were of no use to Zhou Qing's current practice, so Zhou Qing refused without hesitation.

With the relationship between the Han family, even if these people were rejected, no one would show dissatisfaction.

However, after the last banquet, Shangguan Hong never came.

Although the Shangguan family is not the top family in the county, there are also three great martial arts masters in the blood exchange realm, which can be regarded as a first-class force in the county.

There is no way to find out where he lives.

I don’t know if they are delayed by something, or if they are ready to sell it at a price.

Anyway, Zhou Qing is not in a hurry.

Another half month passed quickly, and Zhou Qing's new batch of fire toad wine brewed with fire cloud fungus was almost ready to be unsealed.

In half a month, he did not wait for Shangguan Hong, but waited for the frozen mutant golden silkworm to thaw.

A month and a half ago, the mutant golden silkworm swallowed a large number of blue-white spiders in the cave of the black spider venerable. These blue-white spiders were eggs laid by the ice soul black spider many years ago. After hatching, these eggs swallowed each other and reproduced from generation to generation.

Although these blue-white spiders have been greatly degraded due to the lack of an environment to adapt to their growth and lack of food, they are still rare and precious blood food for the mutant golden silkworm.

After swallowing the blue-white spiders, most of the other golden silkworms were frozen to death.

Now Zhou Qing has less than 30 golden silkworms left.

However, all these golden silkworms have completed their evolution and are much stronger than before.

"Buzz buzz buzz!"

Zhou Qing released the mutant golden silkworm Gu from the Wood King Cauldron. The appearance of the mutant golden silkworm Gu changed greatly at this time, from the original golden yellow to a crystal clear ice blue, with a metallic luster.

Not only that, the size of the mutant golden silkworm Gu also changed significantly.

The mutant golden silkworm Gu, which was originally only the size of a fist, is now as big as a human head. On the six pairs of sharp claws, dense hairs grow, emitting a faint blue light.

As the mutant golden silkworm Gu appeared in the room, the temperature of the whole room dropped instantly.

[You have obtained a new Gu - mutant golden silkworm Gu (double-winged ice silkworm Gu)]

[Grade: First-grade top grade (cannot evolve, can be combined)]

[Progress: Breaking the limit body (35/800)]

[Double-winged ice silkworm Gu: The mutant golden silkworm Gu absorbs the black ice power contained in the descendants of the Ice Soul Black Spider bloodline, and evolves through the limit. It is extremely fast, flexible and swift, and has a body that is almost indestructible. Eats everything. 】

[Effect: Ice Soul Chill]

[Ice Soul Chill: Ice Silkworm Gu consumes the original power in the body and releases the extremely cold Ice Soul Chill, which can cause the enemy's blood and true qi to stagnate. Once exposed to the cold, the water in the body will quickly lose and freeze, and can only consume blood and true qi to resist the cold, and can ignore the defense of any horizontal training method. 】

"This is." Zhou Qing looked at the information after the evolution of the mutant golden silkworm Gu, and his eyes widened.

"Ignore the defense magic attack of the horizontal training method?!"

The ability obtained by the ice silkworm Gu can actually ignore the defense of the horizontal training method, which is equivalent to ignoring physical defense, which is similar to spell attacks.

[Your skill 'raising silkworms and picking mulberry' has been improved! 】

At this time, with the appearance of the ice silkworm Gu, the jade scepter in Zhou Qing's soul changed and bursts of divine light bloomed.

[Profession: Silkworm Breeder]

[Skill: Silkworm Breeding and Mulberry Picking]

[Progress: Reaching the pinnacle (1/800)]

As the art of silkworm breeding and mulberry picking has reached the pinnacle, the two professions on the jade scepter actually show signs of overlap.

[The current profession of 'Gu Master' overlaps with the profession of 'Silkworm Breeder'. Do you want to merge the professions?]

"This is..."

Zhou Qing's eyes widened immediately. It's another profession fusion.

"Yes!"

There was no need to hesitate at all. Zhou Qing made a choice directly.

Buzz! !

The divine light of the jade scepter was shining.

The next moment, a line of text appeared in Zhou Qing's sight.

[Gu Master (Level 1)] + [Silkworm Breeder (Level 1)] = [Silkworm Breeder Gu Master (Level 2)]

[Silkworm Breeder Gu Master: A special profession after the fusion of the 'Gu Master' profession and the 'Silkworm Breeder' profession. Although you don't have the qualifications of a Gu Master, you have the unique skill of raising silkworms. You have a pair of magical hands, and the flexibility of your hands has reached the limit of a craftsman. Your success rate will increase by 20% for anything involving the raising and refining of silkworm Gu worms. As your hands become more flexible, your skills in related areas will also be strengthened. 】

[Profession: Silkworm Gu Master (Second Level)]

[Rank: First Level Perfection]

[Skill: Raising Silkworms and Refining Gu]

[Progress: Reaching the Pinnacle (1/800)]

[Effect: Refining Gu worms, absolute control, and refining skills]

"Second Level Profession!" Zhou Qing was surprised and delighted. He didn't expect that after the Ice Silkworm Gu broke the limit, there would be such an unexpected surprise.

"I didn't expect that you would have such luck! An ordinary Gu worm can actually absorb the power of the descendants of the Ice Soul Black Spider bloodline. In this way, the best Gu worm to be refined into the Wood Spirit Corpse is available."

At this time, the voice of the Black Spider sounded in Zhou Qing's heart.

This was the first time it had spoken in the past month and a half since it seized the Soul Corpse Insect Gu King. Before that, it would not have said a word unless Zhou Qing approached it.

"You mean, if the Ice Silkworm Gu is used to refine the Wood Soul Corpse, the success rate will be greatly increased?!" Zhou Qing looked at the effect brought by the Silkworm Gu Master and suppressed his excitement.

The success rate of silkworm Gu increased by 20%, plus the 10% success rate bonus brought by the refining technique, which is an additional success rate of 30%.

If the Ice Silkworm Gu is suitable for refining with the Wood Soul Corpse, then the success rate of refining the second-level Gu is at least 60%.

Xuan Zhu said before that water produces wood, and the mutual generation of attributes can increase the success rate by 30%.

And the Gu worm with ice attribute can also play the effect of mutual generation of attributes.

Because the ice attribute itself is the mutation of water attribute and wood attribute under special circumstances.

"That's right! Your failure rate for making a second-level Gu insect was 80% before, but now if you can do what I said, your success rate should be 80%." Xuan Spider said solemnly.

"Oh?" Zhou Qing's eyes lit up. The 60% success rate was still a bit low, but if it was 80%, it would be barely enough.

"Except for the second-level Zhimu Spirit Corpse, the Gu worms you held before were unable to absorb the violent ice-attribute power within the Ice Soul Spider.

But now the Ice Silkworm Gu in your hand already possesses part of the thin ice attribute power in the Ice Soul Spider.

If the blood power of the Ice Soul Spider can be refined with gentle power and then used to feed the Ice Silkworm Gu worms, there is a high probability that the Ice Soul Spider's power can be digested.

When the ice attribute power in the ice silkworm Gu worm reaches the upper limit of the first-level Gu worm, your success rate in refining the second-level Gu worm will be greatly improved.

Second-level ice-attributed Gu insects, even if they have just been refined, are not something ordinary people in the blood exchange realm can fight against.

Although your current Zhimu Spirit Corpse is powerful, it cannot be completely refined. If you want to control it, you have to rely on the power of the Corpse Insect Gu King, which is always separated by one layer.

If it is refined into a second-level ice demon Gu, it can truly be used like an arm and a finger. "

Xuanzhu analyzed.

"It's rare for you to be so proactive." Zhou Qing nodded. Xuan Spider had roughly the same idea as Zhou Qing, but he didn't know the specific refining method. Now that Xuan Spider took the initiative, it was obviously to show his goodwill.

Xuan Zhu said frankly: "I have a hunch that you are a person of great luck.

Moreover, in order to save people, you chose to deal with the second-level Gu Master alone, which shows that you are also a person who knows how to repay kindness and keeps your word.

I helped you refine the second-level Gu insect. Can you cancel the previous offense? "

"If you think so, that's the best thing." Zhou Qing smiled.

For him now, he lacks systematic Gu Master knowledge. Being able to reconcile with Xuan Spider is a win-win situation.

"If one day I can become a fourth-level Gu Master, or break through the realm of the Five Qi Dynasty, I will give you your freedom and recast your body."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Qing added another sentence.

Although it was a blank check and a big deal, if Xuanzhu sincerely assisted him, he would definitely do his best without being bound by an oath.

"Thank you." Xuan Zhu's voice became a little deeper.

"In order to increase the success rate of becoming a second-level Gu Master, you must first try to combine some common poisonous insects to increase your experience.

After so many years of development, the warrior's alchemy technique also has some skills, which are similar to the Gu master's technique of refining Gu.

Although the Dan Gu technique left behind by that Taoist is superficial, it is just right for you to learn now.

Since you want to strengthen the ice attribute power in the ice silkworm Gu, you'd better look for some pills that can assist in body refining.

Although I don't know how to make elixirs, Venerable Xuanzhu has a lot of relevant knowledge in his memory. Maybe I can help you improve the elixir recipe.

After that, the essence and blood of the Ice Soul Black Spider are diluted and used to make elixirs and given to the Ice Silkworm Gu, which should speed up preparations before the combination. "

Xuan Zhu changed the topic and pretended to be giving advice to Zhou Qing.

Hearing this, Zhou Qing looked thoughtful: "The Dan Fang who assists in body refining has to look to Shangguan Hong."

Since Shangguan Hong has an ancient elixir in his hand that can both nourish the soul and refine the body, it would be a good time for Xuan Spider to improve the elixir, which should be more effective than ordinary first-level elixirs.

Anyway, the Ice Soul Black Spider has a lot of essence and blood, and the essence and blood used are diluted.

Thinking of this, Zhou Qing walked out of the yard, summoned Lanlan, and asked her to go to Shangguan's house to deliver the invitation.