Chapter 7 Premium Wine Gu
As the wine boiled and churned in the Divine Wood King Cauldron, Shi Lin's heart leaped into his throat.
If Shi Lin can truly refine a Gu worm of a higher grade than low-grade using soul beast materials, then his future path will be much wider!
Although soul beast materials are even more difficult to obtain, if Shi Lin has enough high-quality Gu worms, killing soul beasts will be a piece of cake.
However, Shi Lin's eyes were now only on the wine Gu that was gradually taking shape inside the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
Shi Lin held his breath, nervously watching the white wine churning inside the Divine Wood King Cauldron, secretly praying that a high-quality Gu worm would emerge.
Soon, the white wine inside the Divine Wood King Cauldron stopped boiling and began to gradually disappear, with the liquid level continuously dropping.
Finally, a white bamboo worm, as clear as jade, was revealed.
Unlike the inferior wine Gu, this Gu worm is not pure white, but white with a faint yellow tinge. Its body is translucent, and its internal organs can be vaguely seen. It has a jade-like texture, with the black spots on its back being more prominent, and its texture is somewhat like black agate.
If it weren't for the worm moving, anyone would have thought this was an exquisite piece of mutton fat jade carving!
Shi Lin nervously licked his dry lips and carefully took the Gu worm out of the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
As the wine Gu left the Divine Wood King Cauldron, a rich aroma of wine instantly filled the entire room.
"The aroma emanating from this wine Gu is actually the aroma of a soy sauce-flavored liquor!" Shi Lin's eyes lit up upon smelling the aroma.
Fortunately, this wine Gu did not inherit the unpalatable wine of the pitcher plant. Shi Lin couldn't help but shudder at the thought of the slimy wine.
That's disgusting!
The aroma emanating from this wine Gu is even richer and more intense, suggesting that the wine produced by soaking the Gu must also have a very good taste.
Shi Lin plans to refine some wine Gu specifically for producing alcoholic beverages. That way, the Shi family's business empire can be expanded further, allowing them to take over the alcohol business near Notting City.
As Shi Lin observed, detailed information about the wine Gu appeared in his mind.
[Gu Insect: Wine Gu]
[Level: Tier 1]
[Quality: Top Grade]
[Functions: 1. Increases cultivation speed and soul power purity after contract formation; 2. Transforms water into alcohol after being placed in clear water for three days]
[Introduction: One of the few basic Gu worms that can increase cultivation speed and purify soul power. The refining method is crude, but the materials used are of good quality. It has a significant effect on assisting cultivation and can be used as a material for refining second-grade Gu worms.]
[Note: Spring and Autumn Annals enter the altar, a great dream has lasted for a thousand years.]
"A top-grade Gu worm! It really is a top-grade wine Gu! It seems that to get high-quality Gu worms, we need to use soul beast materials!" Shi Lin jumped up excitedly.
Although I already had a guess in my mind, I still couldn't help but get excited.
A mere low-grade wine Gu increased his cultivation speed by 30%, so who knows how much a high-grade wine Gu could increase Shi Lin's cultivation speed!
Without any hesitation, Shi Lin pricked his fingertip again, letting a drop of blood fall.
Before the superior wine Gu fully awakens, quickly form a contract with it; otherwise, it will be even more difficult to form a contract once the wine Gu is fully awakened.
Shi Lin used a toothpick to draw a contract formation on a piece of paper again, and then placed the superior wine Gu in the center of the contract formation.
Shi Lin took a deep breath and then poured all the soul power in his body into the formation.
The low-grade wine Gu that was originally contracted also crawled to Shi Lin's dantian, helping Shi Lin recover his soul power.
With a flash of blood-red light, the contract formation was instantly activated.
The superior wine Gu, which was originally in a dormant state, instantly awoke and frantically twisted its body within the formation, trying to resist the contract.
High-grade Gu worms are indeed stronger than low-grade Gu worms.
Shi Lin gritted his teeth and continued to inject the soul power in his body into the contract formation.
In the blink of an eye, Shi Lin's soul power in his dantian was exhausted. After all, Shi Lin's soul power level was only level three, and he didn't have much soul power in his body to begin with, so it was not enough to be used up.
Just then, the low-grade wine Gu attached to Shi Lin's dantian skin suddenly began to increase its absorption rate of the surrounding soul power.
Shi Lin did not store this soul power; as soon as it entered his dantian, it was drawn into the contract formation.
The contract formation, which had almost been broken, stabilized again with the support of soul power, suppressing the superior-grade wine Gu.
And so, they went in and out at the same time, and after a stalemate of two minutes, the superior wine Gu within the contract formation was no longer able to resist.
Although this wine Gu is of superior quality, it has only recently been created and cannot yet unleash its full power, which is why it was so easily contracted by Shi Lin.
Shi Lin watched as the contract formation transformed into a blood-red ray of light and entered the body of the superior-grade wine Gu before he slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
This proves that the contract formation is complete, and this superior wine Gu is Shi Lin's contracted Gu worm.
"It's finally a success!" Shi Lin returned to bed, pale-faced, leaning against the bed railing, panting heavily.
The inferior and superior wine Gu crawled to Shi Lin's lower and middle dantian, automatically helping him absorb soul power from the air and restore his soul power.
It seems that after Shi Lin contracted the low-grade wine Gu last time, the wine Gu helped Shi Lin recover his soul power, but Shi Lin was unconscious and therefore unaware of this.
"I didn't expect the wine Gu could automatically help me restore my soul power. Not bad, not bad." Shi Lin felt the two streams of soul power entering his body and nodded in satisfaction.
A dozen minutes later, sensing that Shi Lin's soul power had fully recovered, the two Gu worms crawled off Shi Lin's skin and found a comfortable spot in his pocket to fall asleep.
"Since soul beast materials can be used to refine high-grade wine Gu, then aren't the wines in Notting Restaurant treasures? No, I have to go and buy them myself!" Thinking of this, Shi Lin quickly stood up and ran out of his room.
I wonder if there are any drinks left in the Notting Restaurant.
"Brother An! Prepare the carriage, let's go to Notting City!" Shi Lin called out loudly to Shi An from the courtyard.
"Alright, young master!" Shi An replied, then went straight to the stable in the backyard and quickly harnessed a carriage.
Shi Lin also arrived at the stable and jumped onto the carriage without hesitation.
"Get ready!" Shi An cracked his whip, controlling the carriage to exit through the side gate next to the stable, and then the two headed straight for Notting City.
The villages near Notting City were so remote that Shi Lin, a six-year-old child, really didn't dare to drive to Notting City alone.
[end of the chapter]