Chapter 4 Getting Rich

After taking on the three-day private job recommended by Ye Boyong, Chen Qing went to the market at the foot of the mountain and bought four pieces of spiritual exuviae.

When passing by Li He's house, this guy was sitting on the doorstep with his head down.

I heard that this guy had been saving spirit stones for two months, and excitedly bought materials worth more than two hundred spirit stones to cultivate the poisonous insects.

He was so cheerful a few days ago, but looks like this today. I guess those two hundred spirit stones have been wasted.

Cultivating poisonous insects is basically just a matter of luck.

Because each Gu worm is unique, their growth needs vary and each stage is also different.

There are nine levels of Gu, each one is different.

Although it is just a matter of luck, there are still certain rules to follow.

They would feed different spiritual objects, spiritual medicines, or monster materials every month.

You can determine what materials your worms need to grow by whether they shed their skin and transform after feeding them every month.

Once the Gu worm sheds its skin, we start to cultivate it with different materials until we find materials that can allow the Gu worm to transform.

Li He sat on the threshold of his house, staring at the Gu worm in his hand with empty eyes. When he saw Chen Qing passing by, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Fellow Daoist Chen, do you think it is possible that I bought too little Qingling grass, and it is not enough to support its promotion?"

Li He didn't mind Chen Qing seeing his poisonous insect.

In fact, people in the production department generally don't hide their poisonous insects. After all, no one knows what your poisonous insects are, so how can you earn spirit stones?

Chen Qing looked at the Gu worm in Li He's hand:

[Fan Tasting Wine Gu]

Quality: Sixth level

Lifespan: 24/58

Effect: Extract ginseng essence and condense it into ginseng wine.

Growth requirements: Mica

Growth progress: 1/100

Promotion requirements: Nine revolutions, a wisp of mother earth energy, an ironwood core

Chen Qing said casually, "What if it's not?"

Li He pondered for a long time again, "I will buy another fifty lower-grade spirit stones of green spirit grass, that's fifty lower-grade spirit stones."

"As long as it is promoted to the seventh level, it may be able to brew ginseng wine. A bottle of ginseng wine costs 25 low-grade spirit stones, which is more than twice as expensive as ginseng wine."

"Just give me another fifty lower-grade spirit stones."

Seeing that Li He was not going to listen at this time, Chen Qing had no interest in persuading him anymore.

Fortunately, I can see those special messages, otherwise I would be even worse off than Li He.

Chen Qing's idea now is very simple, to save money slowly and upgrade his Grass Spirit Gu to the eighth level.

He doesn't cause trouble, and as a production department, no one bothers him.

In this cruel world, Wuyou Mountain is a rare paradise.

After taking on a few more days of private work, Chen Qing finally had enough money to gather all the materials for the Grass Spirit Gu.

In a blink of an eye, a year passed and it was New Year's Day again. Chen Qing sat alone in his stone cave. He took out the bottle of ginseng wine worth ten spirit stones, but hesitated for a long time before opening it.

I heard that Elder Chen's descendants are all out and won't be back for the New Year this year. I'll go and pay them New Year's greetings tomorrow.

After a sumptuous dinner, Chen Qing picked up the last piece of Earth Spirit Crystal and began to feed the Grass Spirit Gu.

After being fed for only half an hour, the Grass Spirit Gu changed. The fat Grass Spirit Gu lying on the table suddenly stopped moving.

As if petrified, the Grass Spirit Gu solidified in an instant.

Chen Qing reached out and touched it again. It was hard, as if it had turned into a piece of jade.

Is this the upgrade?

The information on the Grass Spirit Gu also changed to "Upgrading". Seeing these three words, Chen Qing felt a little relieved.

"I don't know how long this upgrade will take."

"Fortunately, these few days are the New Year holidays, so there is not much work to do."

Chen Qing was guarding nearby. After two hours, the Grass Spirit Gu suddenly trembled.

Immediately afterwards, the outer skin of the Grass Spirit Gu cracked, and a Grass Spirit Gu that was larger than the previous one emerged from it.

"The upgrade was successful!"

It changed from the size of a soybean to the size of a very large soybean.

Chen Qing accepted the spiritual shell of the grass spirit Gu, which can be sold for money.

Looking at the information of Cao Ling Gu, it has also changed.

[Ordinary Grass Spirit Gu]

Quality: Eighth turn

Lifespan: 42/78

Effect: Take care of the Gu Ling grass within a six-acre area and increase its growth rate and quality

Growth requirements: Wood exhaustion

Growth rate: 0/100

Promotion requirements: 9th turn, 10 drops of Mother Earth Spirit Liquid, 1 Soul Stealing Flower

Eighth turn!

Life span increased by 13 years, and the range increased by one acre of land, which means that I can earn six spirit stones every day!

One more low-grade spirit stone than before!

"This is my life and property!"

"Nowadays, I can earn nearly 200 spirit stones a month!"

"That's more than 2,000 spirit stones a year!"

"If you save up a little, you can easily get Iron Skin Gu, Sword Gu, Strength Gu, and Wind Gu!"

It is dozens of times easier for him to cultivate Gu worms than for others. "When I have enough money, I can cultivate any Gu worm I want!"

"Let me show you what a hexagonal warrior is!"

When we went to visit Elder Chen again, this time Elder Chen didn't say anything, everyone just said some auspicious words.

He accepted his wine, invited him to have a simple meal, and when he was leaving, he stuffed him a red envelope containing twenty low-grade spirit stones.

Since no one invited him during the New Year holidays, he simply went to the sect to take on the task of managing the spiritual fields.

On this day, he finished his duty in the spiritual field and happened to meet the spiritual plant elder who came to check on him. "Chen Qing, have you been able to take care of six acres of spiritual field every day recently?"

Chen Qing said: "I was not very familiar with the use of Grass Spirit Gu before, but now I am familiar with it and can take care of six acres of land."

The Spirit Plant Elder nodded in satisfaction. He really liked disciples who had Spirit Plant Gu worms. "Very good. Your Gu worms have a very good initial appearance. Their lifespan will definitely not be as good as those with poor initial appearance. You need to save up more Spirit Stones to upgrade them."

Chen Qing bowed and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Elder."

After Chen Qing left, the Spirit Plant Elder muttered to himself, "The contract I just made is for an eighth or ninth level Grass Spirit Gu. I just don't know how long this Grass Spirit Gu will last. If it's longer, I can consider it."

On the night of January 15th, Chen Qing was just about to go to bed when he heard someone knocking on the door.

Chen Qing opened the door and saw a group of disciples from Wuyou Mountain. Walking in the front was a young man in a sword suit with a sword in his arms. He had a restrained aura and it was obvious that he had a high level of cultivation.

"But Chen Qing?"

Chen Qing nodded, not knowing what had happened.

The young monk said, "Two evil cultivators have come down the mountain. They are likely here to kill our Wuyou Mountain's production cultivators. Come with me up the mountain quickly and hide for a while."

Upon hearing this, Chen Qing quickly took out some personal belongings and followed the team.

Li He pulled him over, and the two pretended to hold a sword. When they left, Li He pulled out his sword, which had more rust on it than Chen Qing's.

Chen Qing also showed his rusty sword to Li He. The two smiled at each other and quickly caught up with their senior brother in front.

When they reached the mountainside, they were placed in a cave in the back mountain. The young monk sat at the entrance of the cave with a sword in his hand, watching vigilantly all the movements in the outside world.

There were more than a dozen production monks sitting in the cave. They were not too worried at the moment. They were talking and laughing about the cultivation of poisonous insects.

Chen Qing sat next to Li He, "What's going on?"

Li He said: "It's no big deal. Anyway, we don't need to go up and kill the enemy. We can just wait until those two evil cultivators are killed and that's it."

"Although we live at the foot of the mountain, the area outside the foot of the mountain is inhabited by sword cultivators."

"Just two evil cultivators, not enough for them to kill."

The production-oriented monks are the source of a sect's rise and stable foundation. Once there is any unrest, they will be the first to be protected by the sect.

Wuyoushan does particularly well in this regard.

Others didn't care much either. "Just two evil cultivators dared to act so recklessly in Wuyou Mountain. They must be tired of living."

After only three hours in the cave, someone came from outside to report, "Senior Brother Gongsun Xiu has killed those two evil cultivators!"

Hearing that the crisis was over, someone stood up and handed the sword-sticking monk at the door ten low-grade spirit stones, and said with a bow, "Thank you for your protection, senior brother."

Then leave.

Chen Qing followed behind and took out ten low-grade spirit stones from his arms. He thanked him and said goodbye.

When he returned to his cave, he found that nothing was lost, and he thought that no one would come to his cave.

The next morning, when Chen Qing passed by the sect, he could see two pools of blood in the distance.

I guess he died a miserable death.

A group of people gathered around and were discussing, "I heard that the two evil cultivators last night were most likely from the nearby Lotus Cave."

"The sect is now actively purchasing Gu Ling grass to prepare for war, and the price of Gu Ling grass is going to increase."

"Then wouldn't cultivators who possess Grass Spirit Gu be very popular?"

"Of course, Gu Lingcao is what Gu insects need every day, so it shouldn't be a big deal."

When Chen Qing heard the news, he was delighted. He was going to get rich!

(End of this chapter)