Alchemy Golden Silkworm Gu, Cultivation Treasure Land

The method for refining the Golden Silkworm Gu involves taking twelve types of poisonous insects, including golden silkworms, centipedes, small snakes, centipedes, ants, poisonous bees, cicadas, and earthworms, along with one's own hair. These are then dried and ground into powder. After feeding this powder to a live golden silkworm, the silkworm is offered before a Plague Artifact and buried at a crossroads rich in Spiritual Energy.

After seventy-four days, it is retrieved and stored in a specially made Incense Burner, thus completing the Golden Silkworm Gu.

The Gu Refining Art contains detailed records of this refining method.

However, even with the Gu Refining Art, Lüo Bing could not refine the Golden Silkworm Gu. She failed over ten times.

Ultimately, it was because Lüo Bing was not yet proficient in the various Gu refining techniques.

Chen Dengming was different.

Although he had only recently broken through to become a cultivator, he had been immersed in Gu refining for decades in the mortal world. He was not only proficient in refining Gu but also intimately familiar with the subtle states of Gu Worms, able to make adjustments at the most opportune moments.

This was all a matter of experience, unrelated to differences in strength or realm, something Lüo Bing lacked.

At this moment.

Inside a courtyard of the Lüo Family.

Chen Dengming was busy with Xu Wei, grinding the dried corpses of over a dozen poisonous creatures into powder while also instructing Xu Wei on the secrets of the Gu Refining Art.

Seeing it through to the end, helping someone completely.

By teaching Xu Wei some of the Gu Refining Art's secrets, he also hoped she would show talent in this area. If she could ultimately stay with the Lüo Family because of this, that would be best, and her own troubles would naturally be resolved.

Of course, Chen Dengming also had a bit of selfishness.

If Xu Wei could stay with the Lüo Family, he would have a trusted confidante there.

Regardless of Xu Wei's status or position within the Lüo Family, she would at least provide some assistance at certain times.

After all, the Lüo Family was the de facto ruler of the entire Gathering Place for Rogue Cultivators.

And he would be living and cultivating in the Gathering Place for a long time in the future. Having Xu Wei, someone he trusted, remain with the Lüo Family could only bring him benefits.

Xu Wei was indeed someone who had struggled from the bottom. Despite her initial fear of the terrifying poisonous creatures, she gritted her teeth and endured the discomfort, working alongside him. Gradually, her technique became more skilled.

Chen Dengming observed this with satisfaction.

He knew very well that perhaps at this very moment, Lüo Bing, the young lady of the Lüo Family, was observing him from afar, and she might also notice Xu Wei's performance.

However, Xu Wei's current performance could not be considered outstanding, but there was still plenty of time. Refining the Golden Silkworm Gu was not a task that could be accomplished in a single day.

After two sticks of incense had burned.

The twelve types of poisonous creatures had been successfully ground into powder.

Chen Dengming called Xi'er over and informed her of the next required steps.

"I understand the next step requires my young lady's hair, but what do you mean by needing Essence Blood?"

Upon hearing Chen Dengming's request, Xi'er's pretty face stiffened, and she frowned.

Chen Dengming explained with a smile, "The need for Essence Blood is a refining method I developed through my own research. It is not recorded in the Gu Refining Art, but this method can increase the success rate of refining Gu, and the Gu Worms produced will be more telepathically connected to their master."

Xi'er frowned, skeptical. "Something you researched yourself? Hmph, you, a cultivator at the first level of Qi Cultivation, can actually deviate from the Gu Refining Art and research a more powerful method?"

Chen Dengming spread his hands. "It's fine without Essence Blood, but I suspect both opportunities will end in failure."

The saying goes, the best people need no teaching, the second best learn from words, the third best need a beating, and only a few can infer from one instance to others.

This was true for martial arts, cultivation, and Gu refining.

Although his aptitude for martial arts was poor, his comprehension was decent, leading him to integrate the strengths of various schools and create the Chen Family Martial Arts General Outline.

In Gu refining, his comprehension was also excellent, allowing him to combine the Gu Refining Art with the habits of various poisonous creatures to develop the 'Blood Refining Method' outside of the Gu Refining Art. These were all his own insights and experiences.

Although he had given the Gu Refining Art to many Immortal Masters, it was unknown whether anyone had independently comprehended other refining methods beyond the Gu Refining Art.

It was like reading The Art of War; some people read it as if they saw nothing, while others read it and could apply it flexibly.

At this moment, Xi'er's delicate body trembled as if she had heard a telepathic message. She glanced at Chen Dengming and said, "The young lady has instructed that your own hair and Essence Blood will suffice. But remember, if this attempt fails, next time we will still use your hair and Essence Blood. You only have these two chances."

"Fairy Lüo is quite cautious," Chen Dengming thought, but he didn't mind.

Essence Blood was extremely important to a cultivator.

It was like an ID card in his previous life. In the hands of certain individuals, it could lead to many troubles. Just as he wouldn't easily lend his ID to someone he barely knew in his previous life, he wouldn't easily lend his Essence Blood.

"Immortal Master Chen, how about... using mine?"

Beside him, Xu Wei blinked her beautiful eyes, extending her fair, snow-like wrist from her sleeve towards Chen Dengming.

She naturally understood the importance of Essence Blood, but she trusted Chen Dengming and didn't want him to face difficulties at this critical juncture.

Moreover, she believed that even if there were risks, she was willing to bear them.

Chen Dengming looked at Xu Wei and smiled. "No need. This is also my first time attempting to refine the Golden Silkworm Gu, so it's safer to use mine. It'll be more reliable."

With that, he took a small portion of the ground poisonous creature powder and his own hair, feeding it to the prepared golden silkworm.

The golden silkworm was only about half a finger long, plump, with a pale golden skin. Its body was almost transparent, allowing one to see its internal fat and fine blood vessels. At this stage, the golden silkworm did not even have sharp teeth.

At this time, feeding it the powder ground from a poisonous corpse could very likely cause the Golden Silkworm Gu to die on the spot.

However, Chen Dengming used a secret method from the Gu Refining Art. A trace of Spiritual Energy entered the Golden Silkworm Gu's body like countless fine threads, acting like a precise and delicate scalpel, helping the Golden Silkworm Gu quickly refine and absorb the poisonous powder.

Instantly, the originally pale golden Golden Silkworm Gu swelled by about a third, its entire body turning dark blue-black, and its aura becoming weak.

On the drum tower on the other side, Lüo Bing's cold eyes narrowed slightly as she stared intently at Chen Dengming and the Golden Silkworm Gu.

More than ten times before, she had failed at this very step, her Golden Silkworm Gu dying from poison, a complete waste of materials.

However, at this moment, she only saw Chen Dengming bite the tip of his tongue, spitting out a little Essence Blood onto the Golden Silkworm Gu. Then, as if performing some technique, the Golden Silkworm Gu actually calmed down again. Lüo Bing couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Could it be... the key really lies in this refining method he created himself?"

In the courtyard, Chen Dengming looked at the Golden Silkworm Gu, which had calmed down but was still weak, and breathed a sigh of relief.

He immediately picked up the Golden Silkworm Gu with care and walked to the crossroads in the courtyard.

He placed the Plague God Statue, a Magic Item prepared by the Lüo Family, facing south. Then, he drew a simple, small Gu refining field on the ground and placed a Low-grade Spirit Stone.

Instantly, a faint, strange field of power permeated and enveloped the small area. Traces of Gu poison essence began to emanate from the Plague God Statue Magic Item.

Chen Dengming carefully placed the Golden Silkworm Gu within the field. The toxins and bloodstains on the Golden Silkworm Gu's body quickly became transparent, and it gradually fell into a deep sleep.

"Forty-nine days... I hope every day goes smoothly from now on."

Chen Dengming smiled faintly, his gaze subtly shifting to the Gu Refining Art status in his panel.

"Gu Refining Art:(1/100)"

When refining common Gu like Snake Gu and Stone Gu, the Gu Refining Art would never budge to increase proficiency, no matter what.

Yet, just by refining the Golden Silkworm Gu, it had already gained one point of proficiency.

For the next forty-nine days, he would come every day to tend to the Golden Silkworm Gu. If it steadily increased by one point each day, and after the Golden Silkworm Gu was successfully refined, there would be another surge in proficiency. The Gu Refining Art might even break through because of this.

This was also why he was willing to refine the Golden Silkworm Gu for Fairy Lüo.

Someone else providing the materials and a place for him to cultivate? It couldn't be more comfortable.

Now, even the Golden Silkworm Gu, due to the blood refinement, might belong to him after it's refined. This task was too good to be true, a pity it was only a one-time opportunity.

He looked at Xu Wei beside him and said, "Next, I'll have to trouble you to frequently check the Golden Silkworm Gu's condition. Use the methods I taught you to observe it. If there's any abnormal situation, you must notify me immediately."

Xu Wei immediately bowed and accepted the order, "Yes, Immortal Master Chen."

Chen Dengming nodded in satisfaction and strode towards a pavilion opposite him.

He had indeed invited Xu Wei to the Lüo Family to resolve her predicament.

But whether she could ultimately stay with the Lüo Family would depend on her own fortune and luck.

As the saying goes, "A beauty gifts me a golden dagger, how can I repay her with a jade pendant?"

He had repaid Xu Wei for her kindness this time.

And he would be staying here for the time being.

For him, this was also an opportunity in this Cultivation World.

Compared to many cultivators still fighting for a good Spiritual Energy residence in the Gathering Place, the Lüo Family, with its First-Rank Spirit Vein, was like heaven.

He had to seize every moment to cultivate here, striving to reach the second level of Qi Cultivation as soon as possible.

At the same time, he couldn't neglect practicing techniques like the Fireball Technique and the Artifact Control Technique.

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