In his previous life, he had worked as a spirit wine master at a spiritual food wine shop in the Cultivation World.
That was before the World-Destroying Queen, Anna Medici, fell.
Back then, the spirit wine Gu Qingshan concocted had earned praise from all the major sects in the Cultivation World.
He had taught the art of mixing wine to a good friend.
Unfortunately, that friend had trusted the wrong person. His chosen dual-cultivation partner only wanted to use him to earn a fortune in Spirit Stones, treating him like a money tree.
To keep her friend working desperately for money, that woman came up with a plan.
She found a kind of Gu spider in the wilderness called the Gu Poison Heart-Piercing Soul-Devouring Demon Spider.
Once this kind of demon spider attached itself to someone, they could bring out less than half their strength. If they refused to obey, the spider would gnaw at their heart.
This kind of spider was born with a divine ability. As it gnawed at the heart, it could also slowly devour a cultivator's Divine Soul.
The agony inflicted on both body and Divine Soul was almost impossible to endure. Everyone who suffered it eventually submitted and became someone else's slave.
By the time Gu Qingshan learned what had happened and rushed to avenge his friend, that friend had already chosen to end his own life.
From then on, Gu Qingshan swore to Heaven that he would never teach anyone the art of brewing again.
Gu Qingshan returned from his memories and sighed wistfully.
"You know what this is!" Leng Tianxing read his expression, his eyes immediately lighting up.
Gu Qingshan said, "I assume you were once in the Golden Core Realm."
"That's right!"
Gu Qingshan said, "To avoid being enslaved and controlled, you