Chapter 9 Shi An's Contract with the Wine Gu
Before the sun set, Shi Lin and Shi An returned to the Shi family home.
The carriage slowly entered the courtyard through the side gate at the back.
Shi An didn't stop, driving the carriage all the way to the gate of Shi Lin's courtyard, after all, there were still so many jars of wine that needed to be moved.
After the carriage came to a stop, Shi Lin jumped down from it, and a servant immediately handed him a cup of tea.
Shi Lin didn't stand on ceremony and drank all the water in the glass in one gulp.
Only after arriving home did Shi Lin dare to relax.
Although Yu Xiaogang's combat power is average, he is still a level 29 Soul Master. Shi Lin is level 3 and Shi An is level 16. Their combined Soul Power level is not as high as Yu Xiaogang's.
The only reason Yu Xiaogang was able to suffer a setback was because of a sneak attack.
"I never expected Yu Xiaogang to be this crazy," Shi Lin said helplessly after catching his breath.
It's a bit unreasonable that he would just snatch things from him without him provoking him.
Judging from the looks of it, Yu Xiaogang must have drunk quite a bit of alcohol to be like this.
However, Shi Lin didn't dwell on the matter. After all, he was home, and even if Yu Xiaogang came after him, he had more people on his side and wasn't afraid of him.
"Young Master, where should we send this wine?" Shi An jumped off the carriage, scratched his head, and asked Shi Lin.
"Brother An, help me move the drinks to my room." Shi Lin turned around upon hearing this and waved to Shi An.
"Alright, young master." Shi An immediately replied with a smile, and carried the two jars of wine into Shi Lin's room.
Shi Lin wasn't idle either; he carried a jar of wine back to his room.
The two of them made two trips and carried all the wine jars into Shi Lin's room.
"Young Master, you absolutely mustn't drink this, or Uncle Fugui might kill me." After putting down the last jar of wine, Shi An couldn't help but remind Shi Lin.
"Don't worry, I won't drink. Go back and rest." Shi Lin waved his hand at Shi An in an annoyed manner and said helplessly.
Although Shi An was still worried, he nodded to Shi Lin and then left Shi Lin's room.
After watching Shi An walk away, Shi Lin went to the door and locked it.
Shi Lin counted the wine in his hand. In addition to the six jars of wine he had just bought today, there was also half a jar of wine left over from making the high-grade wine Gu.
In other words, if everything goes smoothly, Shi Lin will be able to refine thirteen wine Gu.
In this way, not only can Shi Lin increase his cultivation speed to the maximum, but he can also arrange for the people around him to be given wine Gu.
After returning to his room, Shi Lin closed the door and began refining Gu worms.
Three days later, Shi Lin, panting heavily and looking somewhat tired, sat down in a chair and took out a crystal-clear, jade-like top-grade wine Gu from the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
"Six and a half jars of wine yielded three high-grade wine Gu and four mid-grade wine Gu. It seems that I had a novice's aura when I first started refining them, but now that I've refined more, the success rate has dropped." Shi Lin looked at the high-grade wine Gu in his hand, shook his head with a smile, and said.
Shi Lin has replaced all three auxiliary Gu worms in his contract with high-grade wine Gu.
Shi Lin's cultivation speed has increased to three times its original speed!
Although it doesn't allow for the same cultivation speed as a Soul Master with innate full Soul Power, it's still sufficient.
After breaking through to level ten, Shi Lin prepared to refine a second-grade wine Gu, at which time Shi Lin's cultivation speed could be further increased!
With his second-tier Gu worm, Shi Lin's cultivation speed is bound to be faster than that of a Soul Master with innate full Soul Power.
More importantly, the second-tier wine Gu can be upgraded to the third-tier wine Gu, allowing Shi Lin's cultivation speed to advance even further.
Thinking a bit too far ahead, Shi Lin snapped out of his reverie and looked at the few wine Gu in the wine jar in front of him.
Now there is one superior-grade wine Gu, four mid-grade wine Gu, and one inferior-grade wine Gu remaining.
"I wonder if Brother An can form a contract with a Gu worm. If he can form a contract with a wine Gu, Brother An's cultivation speed will also increase a lot." Shi Lin muttered, stroking his chin.
It's a waste to leave so many Gu worms lying around; it's better to give them to Shi An to improve his strength.
Shi An is someone Shi Lin can trust; he is honest, kind, and utterly loyal.
Without much hesitation, Shi Lin called out to Shi An outside, "Brother An, come in, I need to talk to you!"
Upon hearing Shi Lin's voice, Shi An entered the room without hesitation.
"Young Master, what brings you here?" Shi An approached Shi Lin, bowed respectfully, and asked.
"First, drip a drop of blood, then use a toothpick to dab the blood onto the paper and draw this pattern." Shi Lin didn't stand on ceremony and stood up directly, offering the chair he was sitting on to Shi An.
Although Shi An was puzzled, he still followed Shi Lin's instructions, sat down in the chair, pricked his finger, and dripped a drop of blood onto the table.
Then Shi An picked up a toothpick and concentrated on drawing a contract array with his blood.
Although the contract formation is magical, it is not difficult to draw, so Shi An can draw the formation contract with ease.
After the contract formation was completed, Shi Lin picked up a high-grade wine Gu and placed it inside the contract formation.
"Brother An, channel your soul power into this thing!" Shi Lin said loudly to Shi An.
Upon hearing this, Shi An immediately reached out and poured the soul power in his body into the contract formation.
As soul power was injected, the contract formation slowly emitted a blood-red light.
The superior wine Gu was contracted by Shi An without any resistance.
Since Shi An had already absorbed a soul ring, his soul power was much greater than Shi Lin's, making it easy for him to suppress a Gu worm.
"That's great. It seems others can also contract with Gu worms." Shi Lin's eyes lit up when he saw Shi An's expression. In that case, his other wine Gu wouldn't go to waste.
"Brother An, take a break and then contract two more. This is how to raise these creatures. While I'm at school, you can stay home and raise the other wine Gu." Shi Lin handed Shi An a booklet that he had prepared beforehand.
Shi Lin will be going to school soon and won't have time to cultivate the Gu worms, so he's entrusting them to Shi An.
While enhancing Shi An's strength, it also allows him to brew a lot of high-quality wines. The wines brewed by the superior wine Gu are of even better quality than those sold on the market.
More importantly, the inherited memories of the Divine Wood King Cauldron do not contain the method for refining Gu worms, and Shi Lin does not know how to refine second-tier Gu worms.
The simplest and most direct method is to use two or more Gu worms of the same type to refine a second-tier Gu worm.
These extra wine Gu are for preparing second-tier Gu worms.
The wine Gu has now been completely prepared, and there are only two days left before the start of the school year.
Once Shi Lin starts school, these things will all be left to Shi An to take care of.
Although Shi An was simple-minded, he wasn't stupid. After reading the booklet written by Shi Lin for a while, he learned how to take care of the wine Gu.
"Young Master, I'll take some men to build a wine cellar to store some wine, and at the same time, we can take care of these insects," Shi An said to Shi Lin after thinking for a moment.
"Okay, go do it. Also, tell my dad about this." Shi Lin nodded, then told Shi An.
"Yes, young master!" Shi An replied, then placed the other Gu worms in a jar and turned to leave Shi Lin's room.
"Begin your cultivation!" After watching Shi An leave, Shi Lin waved his hand, then returned to his bed, sat cross-legged, and began his cultivation.
As Shi Lin began cultivating, three high-grade wine Gu slowly crawled out of Shi Lin's pocket. They landed on Shi Lin's head, chest, and lower abdomen, corresponding to the upper, middle, and lower dantian.
The next second, Shi Lin felt the surrounding soul power involuntarily entering his body.
The feeling was completely different from when Shi Lin cultivated on his own. Moreover, the superior-grade wine Gu had a stronger ability to purify soul power, and the purity of the soul power in Shi Lin's body was three to five times that of normal soul power.
[end of the chapter]