Longevity Begins With Gu Refining

Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Absolute Beginning

Chen Qing did not show any fear. Anyway, many people knew that he was here. If something happened today, even Xiao Zhong would not be able to explain himself.

After entering the room, Xiao Zhong poured a cup of tea for Chen Qing and gestured for him to sit opposite him.

"Junior Brother Chen, I asked you to stay so that I can tell you some secrets."

Chen Qing became serious. "Please enlighten me, Senior Brother."

Xiao Zhong pondered for a moment and said, "I saw the records of your Gu worm taking care of the sect's spirit fields. Your Grass Spirit Gu can take care of about eight mu of land a day, right?"

Chen Qing nodded.

Xiao Zhong continued, "That's about it. My Grass Spirit Gu was preparing to advance when it could take care of about eight mu of land."

"Your Gu worm is likely to be on the verge of advancing."

"This is your luck, but it's also your restriction."

Chen Qing asked, "What do you mean?"

Xiao Zhong said, "You were preparing to advance from the beginning. However, the materials required for advancement are different from the materials required for advancement. The materials required for advancement are not something that can be obtained with just a few thousand spirit stones."

"I've made a list of the materials required for the advancement of my Grass Spirit Gu. Memorize it."

Xiao Zhong took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and pushed it in front of Chen Qing.

Chen Qing picked it up and looked at it carefully. The materials on the paper added up to about fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones!

Xiao Zhong was a little smug as he said this. "It's also because of my good luck. Generally speaking, a Grass Spirit Gu's advancement would require about a hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones."

Chen Qing was secretly shocked. Even if he saved two thousand spirit stones a year, if he did not see this information, he would need to work hard for fifty years to cultivate a Grass Spirit Butterfly.

Moreover, this was based on the fact that he was preparing to advance his Grass Spirit Gu when he first obtained it.

The others were not like him. They had to cultivate their Grass Spirit Gu step by step, which also required a lot of spirit stones.

Moreover, before they cultivated their Grass Spirit Gu to a high grade, the amount of spirit stones they could earn in a day was not as much as he could.

What's more, cultivation also required spirit stones.

In other words, a normal person would not be able to cultivate a Grass Spirit Butterfly in their lifetime.

Moreover, this was only the case of cultivating one Grass Spirit Gu.

Xiao Zhong explained, "The materials that I've circled are the materials that I think are more likely to advance. Junior Brother, please memorize them."

After fifteen minutes, Xiao Zhong asked, "Junior Brother, have you memorized them?"

Chen Qing nodded.

Xiao Zhong took the piece of paper and placed it in the small red clay stove that was used to boil tea.

Although Chen Qing did not know the authenticity of the message, the other party had good intentions after all. Thus, he still cupped his fists gratefully and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother, for your generous gift. I will definitely remember it in my heart!"

Xiao Zhong smiled, "Junior brother, you can go back now. I wish junior brother's grass spirit Gu the best of luck."

Chen Qing nodded seriously and said, "Alright, Senior Brother."

After returning to his abode, Chen Qing lay on his bed and recalled the number of spirit stones he had left. He suppressed the urge to count them again.

"From the looks of it, it's impossible to transform into a butterfly through normal means."

"But I've heard of many cultivators who have Butterfly Gu."

"Xiao Zhong is one. The Mountain Chieftain is definitely one. There are a few other elders in the sect as well."

"Normal accumulation will not allow you to transform into a butterfly. You can either rely on the accumulation of your ancestors, and there is only one path left."

"Murder and arson are golden belts. A man can't be rich without a windfall, and a horse can't be fat without feeding at night."

"This cultivation world is much crueler than I imagined."

Half a month passed by slowly. On this day, Chen Qing got off work and walked around the market at the foot of the mountain. He bought some rice and meat and prepared to return home.

While walking in a dark alley, a black shadow suddenly ran over his head. That black shadow leaped onto the roofs and vaulted over the walls. After discovering Chen Qing, he suddenly threw a black cloth bag into Chen Qing's arms.

Before Chen Qing could see clearly what he had mysteriously received, he saw three Carefree Mountain disciples chasing after him from behind.

"You're also a disciple of Carefree Mountain?"

Chen Qing cupped his fists, "I am indeed a disciple of Carefree Mountain!"

The leader of the Carefree Mountain disciples asked, "Just now, a black shadow ran past. Did you see it?"

Chen Qing hurriedly pointed in the direction the black shadow left, "What happened, Senior Brother? Was it a heretic cultivator?"

The leader said seriously, "Not just a heretic cultivator, but a great one. That person seemed to be from the Extreme Light Sect!"

"You should hurry back, we still have to chase after him!"

Chen Qing nodded, praying as he walked that his three senior brothers would be able to kill that mysterious black shadow.

The black clothed man clutched his chest as he leapt over the wall and walked on the roof.

He had just killed Wild Dog Taoist and obtained this ghost mask when he was discovered by Carefree Mountain disciples, what bad luck.

But it doesn't matter, today he is the only qi training level 3 in this city, it won't be too late to take the ghost mask after he recovers.

Even Chen Qing did not expect that his qi training level 3, which is so low that it makes one's hair stand out, would become a characteristic.

Returning to his own cave, Chen Qing opened the black bag.

He thought it would be some kind of treasure, at the very least it would be a spirit stone.

But in the end, there was only a bronze ghost mask, which looked strange.

"This is the token of the Aurora Sect?"

Having been in this world for almost a year, Chen Qing still has an impression of the Aurora Sect, a sect with an extremely bad reputation.

It is said that thousands of years ago, the Aurora Sect was already very active, but because of the death of their sect leader, they declined.

The Aurora Sect is an extremely mysterious organization, they only communicate with each other through this ghost mask.

The Aurora Sect has another characteristic, which is that their members do not know each other.

After wearing the ghost mask, the consciousness will enter a special place, there, the mask will conceal all information.

The only bronze ghost mask that Chen Qing has heard of is the token of the Aurora Sect's smallest branch.

As for the cult leader who created this ghost mask and the only one who can control this mask, he has already passed away.

It is said that the Aurora Sect now has many mountains, there are even quite a few righteous sects.

(1) The terminal controller of the ghost mask of the Aurora Sect is dead, this is known to the world.

(2) Even the terminal controller cannot know everyone's identity and chat information, because the Aurora Sect leader did not set this function at all.

Don't ask why this is so ridiculous, because the entire Aurora Sect thinks it is ridiculous.

Walking my path, doing my things, carrying my light, wearing my ghost mask, what is the difference between me and the Aurora Sect?)

"I wonder what is the situation with this cult."

Chen Qing put on the strange bronze grimace mask and his consciousness arrived in a magical space.

It seems to be a cloud platform built in the clouds, in the middle of the cloud platform is a long table with 12 seats.

There were five on each side and one on each end.

When Chen Qing's consciousness appeared here, he was sitting on the second seat on the right.

Other than him, there were two other people here. One of them was a woman in red with a bronze grimace.

This woman in red had a great figure. She had a single ponytail, and her face was completely obscured.

The woman in red sat across from him and looked at him with interest.

On the left side of Chen Qing sat a muscular male cultivator.

When Chen Qing arrived here, he thought the heretic cultivators were discussing how to destroy this world and concoct some earth-shattering conspiracy. But in the end, the two of them were excitedly discussing the cultivation of Gu worms.

When they saw Chen Qing, they were only surprised for a moment before they calmed down.

It seemed to be different from the cult that Chen Qing had imagined.

The male cultivator slapped the fan in his hand and asked politely, "The Wild Dog Daoist from before must be dead. May I know the name of this fellow Daoist who has obtained the ghost face?"

Although Ghastly Mask had blocked out detection, Chen Qing could still feel their gazes on him.

At this moment, Chen Qing suddenly had a bold idea.

He thought of a book that he had read before.

Online dating platforms, they were all the same.

Although he was not the host of the meeting, that was not the key. It did not affect him from pretending to be a swindler.

Anyway, he was just here to play, he did not intend to join the Aurora Sect.

I, Chen Qing, am a righteous sect of Carefree Mountain, how can I associate myself with a cult?

Thus, he placed his right hand on the table and tapped on it with his index finger.

"It's been too long, I've almost forgotten my name."

"If you must give me a name."

"Then, you can call me."

"Absolute Beginning."