Obtained

Cheng Qing followed Gongsun Xiu to pay his respects to the elder guarding the altar. When the elder saw that it was the two of them, he waved his hand, and said, "The two of you can go in. Li He, stay here and chat with me."

The storage of Gu insects was a huge matter, after all, so Chen Qing did not plan to bring Li He in. "Senior Brother Li, you can stay here and chat with the elder."

The two of them walked into the Gu altar, Chen Qing came to the Gu altar again, but this time was different from before.

Gongsun Xiu led the way as he introduced, "There is a restriction on this jade altar. It can seal Gu insects and ensure that their lifespan doesn't run out."

Chen Qing's gaze swept across the information of the Gu insects as he casually said, "So that's how it is, I used to wonder why the Gu insects could be preserved forever."

After taking a few steps, Gongsun Xiu pointed at a stone wall with the sign of the spirit plant hall hanging on it. There were two jade altars on it.

"These are the two Gu insects stored in Junior Brother's spirit plant hall. They will be useful for nurturing trusted aides in the future."

Chen Qing glanced at them. They were two rank three Grass Spirit Gu.

He pretended to pick them up. Since it was something from the spirit plant hall, he naturally had the right to make the decision.

After playing with it for a while, he put it down and continued to follow Gongsun Xiu to the stone wall of the Cultivation Hall.

On the way, Chen Qing suddenly found a fun Gu insect. He took a look and saw that it was a Gu insect stored in Shadow Hall.

[Mortal-grade Fog Gu]

Quality: Rank five

Lifespan: 26/56

Effect: Within three breaths of time, the physical body will turn into fog, and can fly during the period of turning into fog. After turning into fog, it will take 30 breaths of time to recover.

Growth Requirement: Phantom Flower

Growth Progress: 5/100

Advancement Requirements: Rank nine, very foggy weather, one fog spirit essence, smoke from soul-returning incense

Turning into fog in three breaths? Didn't that mean that he could easily enter any door?

As long as there was a small hole, he could easily get through it.

Moreover, it was also very useful in battle. Once he encountered a killing move that he really could not avoid, he could turn into fog and dodge it!

Whether it was escaping, hiding his whereabouts, or launching a sneak attack, they were all very good.

This Fog Gu was truly a good thing.

In the future, when he had enough spirit stones, he would definitely get one.

In the end, the two of them stopped in front of the stone wall of the Cultivation Hall. Gongsun Xiu introduced, "Junior Brother, please take a look. These are the three Gu insects stored here in the Cultivation Hall."

Chen Qing pretended to pick up a jade jar, but his mind was completely focused on the information.

Of the three Wine Gu, the best was a rank five Wine Gu, the other two were rank three and rank four.

He did not think too much, and picked up the rank five wine Gu jade jar. "Senior Brother, I want this one."

Gongsun Xiu clasped his hands behind his back, and said, "This Gu insect is of poor quality. How about we settle it at 8,400 Spirit Stones, Junior Brother?"

'Initial rank five, this is called poor quality?'

Chen Qing naturally knew that Gongsun Xiu, who had a Wine Butterfly, would not be wrong about Wine Gu. He immediately understood what Gongsun Xiu meant.

"Thank you, Senior Brother."

Gongsun Xiu smiled, and said, "No problem, no problem. In that case, I've used up 8,400 inferior-grade Spirit Stones a year. I still have 200 inferior-grade Spirit Stones left."

After taking away Wine Gu, Chen Qing went to collect the remaining 200 low-grade spirit stones, and asked Li He to use the name of the spirit plant hall to go to the Cultivation Hall to collect a large number of spirit ginseng seeds. Chen Qing returned home.

Halfway there, Chen Qing suddenly remembered that he had to continue staying at the spirit plant elder's place for the next few days.

After some thought, Chen Qing went to the market at the foot of the mountain, and bought a jade bracelet worth 10 spirit stones.

When he returned to the spirit plant elder's courtyard, Yu Qingshuang was still practicing her sword. Chen Qing closed the door and prepared to contract this newly obtained Wine Gu.

With this little guy, his cultivation would be much easier.

In the same way as before, Chen Qing bit his index finger and drew contract runes on the jade altar.

"Under the witness of the Spring Autumn Cicada and the Transient Life Butterfly, I, Chen Qing, will form this contract with you!"

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"With my body, nourish thy body!"

Runes lit up, and blood seeped into the jade altar. The spiritual qi in his body quickly flowed into the jade altar.

Compared to the grass darling, his wine darling seemed to require less spiritual energy.

Two hours later, a white Gu insect flew out from the jade altar, and landed in Chen Qing's palm.

[Mortal-grade Wine Gu]

Quality: Rank five

Lifespan: 24/54

Effect: Temper the spirit ginseng essence and condense it into ginseng wine.

Growth Requirement: Jade Water Lotus Seed

Growth Progress: 41/100

Advancement Requirements: Rank nine, 10 drops of fire spirit essence, three congealed nectar blossoms

There were still some emerald water lotus seeds in the spirit plant hall. Chen Qing would let his wine darling swallow one tomorrow to see how much progress it could yield. After understanding it, he would go to the market at the foot of the mountain to buy more.

During dinner in the evening, Chen Qing took out the jade bracelet from his pocket, opened the box wrapped in the jade bracelet, and pushed it towards Yu Qingshuang.

"I'll have to rely on you to take care of me for the next few days. I've prepared a small gift. Please accept it."

Yu Qingshuang's gaze landed on the jade bracelet. It was light green, and was very similar to the color of Chen Qing's Grass Spirit Gu.

"Why did you give me this?

"Don't you know that I'm a sword practitioner, and it's very inconvenient for me to wear this?

"What if it breaks accidentally?"

Chen Qing chuckled. 'It's good that it's inconvenient. It's convenient for you to remember me.'

If wearing it was the same as not wearing it, what was the point?

'It'll be even better if it's broken. You still have to find time to tell me.'

"Senior Sister, just wear it for fun. It's not worth much anyway."

Yu Qingshuang held her rice bowl and ate slowly, but her gaze would land on the jade bracelet from time to time.

Chen Qing left after dinner, saying that he had something to do at the spirit plant hall, leaving Yu Qingshuang to clean up alone.

When Chen Qing and the disciples of the spirit plant hall returned from drinking in the Bright Moon Building, there was no longer any trace of the jade bracelet on the dining table.

The next day, Chen Qing ate early. The breakfast this morning was more exquisite than yesterday.

He even enjoyed two fried eggs!

After arranging for everyone to do their own things, Chen Qing brought Li He to check the spirit plant storehouse.

Behind the hall of the spirit plant hall was a huge storeroom. It was said that the walls were made of cold iron. From the outside, they looked ordinary, but they were painted blue.

Leaving Li He to guard the door, Chen Qing entered alone. As soon as he entered, he noticed one difference.

It was very cold inside. As he entered, cold air floated everywhere.

Chen Qing touched the place where the emerald water lotus seeds were stored, and reached out to pick one up. He felt a little stifled. It did not look good.

Looking at the small bag that still had hundreds of seeds, he reached out to grab a handful, and put it in his sleeve. Then, he picked out more than 10 seeds that were about to go bad.

Walking out of the door, Chen Qing said to Li He, "After taking a look today, I realized that the sect doesn't have many spiritual herbs left.

"Looks like we'll have to plant them in the future."

Li He cupped his hands, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Hall Master."

Chen Qing opened his hand, and revealed more than 10 emerald water lotus seeds that were about to rot. "I've checked them. These lotus seeds are spoilt and have been dealt with. Make a note of it."

Chen Qing nodded in satisfaction when he saw Li He write down on the account book that he had dealt with a batch of damaged emerald water lotus seeds today.

Stepping into the spirit plant garden, Chen Qing brought Li He to check the progress of the opening of the spirit field.

Wang Ye reported excitedly, "We didn't have enough manpower yesterday, and only opened up four mu. We can open up 10 mu today."

Between the green trees, four mu of spiritual fields were opened up in the middle.

A spiritual field was different from ordinary fields. It was a few mu of land in 100 mu of forest.

Chen Qing guessed that this was related to the effect of the Grass Spirit Gu.

It was very likely that the Grass Spirit Gu had absorbed the vitality of the surrounding plants to replenish the spiritual herbs in the spiritual field.

After all, where the soul-snatching flower grew, there was almost no grass around.

And when his Grass Spirit Gu advanced, he had used the soul-snatching flower.

Chen Qing instructed, "20 mu of land close to the spirit plant garden, open up one mu of land for every 100 mu. Use these 20 mu to plant spirit ginseng."

Wang Ye cupped his hands, and said, "Yes, Hall Master."

Chen Qing let Li He continue to buy the spiritual ginseng seeds that he didn't have enough of. He strolled back to his cave abode.

When he opened the cave door, there were no traces of anyone coming. After checking the bronze ghost mask and spirit stones, Chen Qing lay on the bed in peace.

Spirit herbs needed to be checked regularly to begin with, and he only needed this little bit. He shouldn't have to worry about it within the depletion range.

He opened his hand and got Wine Gu to start eating the emerald water lotus seed. He wanted to see if the handful he had grabbed was enough.