Bestowing Treasures, Three Tribulations of Gu Refinement

When Fang Shu emerged from the meditation chamber, he failed to find Yu'er in Solitary Gu Hall. He simply headed straight for the council hall.

Sure enough, he found the Hall Master there. She was seated in a grand chair, looking as though she had been waiting specifically for him.

As Fang Shu approached, a faint smile appeared on the Hall Master's usually indifferent face. Yet for some reason, Fang Shu felt that as she sat here alone today, she seemed somewhat lonely.

But he quickly cast such thoughts aside and fixed his bright gaze on the Hall Master's side.

Three items lay on the table: a Purple-Gold Black-Patterned Insect Jar, a bundle resembling a silkworm cocoon, and a jade medicine vial.

All three items brimmed with spiritual aura. They were no ordinary objects.

And the moment the Hall Master spoke, she praised him. "You fought a battle yesterday and passed through life and death, yet today you immediately entered seclusion to cultivate bitterly, only emerging now.

"No wonder your cultivation has advanced so quickly. Few in the hall can compare with you."

Fang Shu immediately cupped his hands. "Master overpraises me."

"Enough. This old woman will not waste words, lest I delay your cultivation."

The Hall Master pointed at the three items before her. "This is the Purple-Gold Black-Patterned Insect Jar, forged from purple gold mixed with black cord gold. It is a three-tribulation artifact. Using it to refine Gu will allow it to nourish Gu insects on its own, increasing the chance of successful refinement. This old woman bought it from an immortal sect in her early years.

"This is a White Jade Blood Cocoon. Each one contains a White Jade Blood Silkworm. Blood silkworms can be used in a harvesting-and-supplementing Gu art: you transfer your Gu insect