Chapter 162: Second-Order Wind-Riding Gu
Three days later at noon.
With the help of Shi Lin and Shi An, Shi Zhen and Fu Gui each successfully absorbed a thousand-year soul ring.
Moreover, it wasn't an ordinary thousand-year soul ring, but a soul ring worth around 1,500 years.
After all, with the top-grade Double-Flavor Wine Gu, the two of them had significantly increased their absorption limit for spirit rings. If they weren't so old, Shi Lin would have wanted them to absorb spirit rings that were two thousand years old.
Of course, the thousand-year soul ring was extremely valuable to Shi Zhen and Fu Gui, as it not only raised their soul power level to level 23, but also granted them extremely powerful soul skills!
However, the two of them will probably have to keep their cultivation even more secret from now on, since their cultivation speed is just too fast, and they need to avoid letting others discover this secret.
After Shi Zhen and Fu Gui absorbed their spirit rings, Shi Lin discovered a 2,300-year-old Azure Silver Python in the Soul Hunting Forest. It was a water-attribute soul beast that was very suitable for Lin Yu to absorb.
At this moment, Lin Yu was absorbing the soul ring, with Shi Lin protecting her, while Shi An was guarding Shi Zhen and Fu Gui, who were stabilizing their cultivation.
It wasn't until sunset that Lin Yu successfully absorbed the 2,300-year-old soul ring without any major incident.
After seeing Lin Yu successfully absorb the spirit ring, Shi Lin came to Shi Zhen's side.
"Xiao Lin, let's find a place to rest for the night and leave the Soul Hunting Forest tomorrow." Shi Zhen said to Shi Lin, who was consolidating his cultivation.
Upon hearing Shi Zhen's words, Shi Lin looked up at the sky. It was indeed too late to leave now, so he could only set up camp here and leave the Soul Hunting Forest early the next morning.
"Dad, wait a moment while I go arrange the accommodations for tonight. Please have something to eat first." Shi Lin nodded, then found a flat spot and placed the wooden house from his personal space on the ground.
Shi Zhen and the others also took out their boxed lunches and started eating.
Not long after, Shi Zhen and the others finished their meal and returned to their rooms to continue consolidating their cultivation. After all, they had just absorbed a soul ring and needed to continue to develop the extra soul power they had just gained.
Just as Shi Lin was sitting by the campfire and took out his lunchbox, Lin Yu, having already stabilized her newly improved cultivation, stood up and came to Shi Lin's side.
"Come on, Sister Lin Yu, are you hungry? Come and eat something." Shi Lin greeted Lin Yu with a smile, then took out a box of light meals and handed it to Lin Yu.
"Thank you, young master," Lin Yu said obediently, then went to Shi Lin, took the lunchbox he handed her, and began to eat.
"Sister Lin Yu, what kind of soul skill did you get?" Shi Lin asked Lin Yu while eating.
"Azure Water Wine has a very bland taste but an extremely high alcohol content, making it easy to get drunk. However, its soul skill effects are excellent, capable of doubling combat power," Lin Yu excitedly told Shi Lin.
"Holy crap!" Shi Lin's eyes widened instantly.
A drink that doubles your fighting power!
That's amazing!
As for the side effects, Shi Lin didn't even consider them, after all, the phrase "doubling combat power" was just too amazing!
"Sister Lin Yu, summon a cup so I can try it!" Shi Lin said excitedly to Lin Yu, his eyes full of curiosity.
After hearing Shi Lin's words, Lin Yu nodded.
"Second Soul Skill, Azure Water Brew!"
As Lin Yu chanted the soul incantation, a white light flashed, and a fist-sized ball of transparent liquid appeared in front of Shi Lin.
"Wow, this wine is amazing! It's crystal clear, like water. If it tastes good, we can sell it right away!" Shi Lin said excitedly to Lin Yu.
Hearing Shi Lin's praise, Lin Yu felt a little embarrassed.
Shi Lin took out a wine gourd from his personal space.
He put the wine that Lin Yu had just summoned into the wine gourd.
Shi Lin took a sniff. Although it was called Azure Water Fine Wine, the alcohol smell was very strong, and the alcohol content of this wine must be very high.
After smelling the aroma of the wine, Shi Lin picked up his glass and took a small sip.
A strong, spicy sensation filled Shi Lin's nasal cavity. As he swallowed the liquor, he felt as if he had drunk a ball of fire.
At the same time, Shi Lin felt the power of the wine directly enter his limbs and bones, doubling his strength, soul power activity, and soul skill effects.
However, Shi Lin was feeling a bit dizzy, so he couldn't hit his opponent at all if he launched an attack.
"Isn't this vodka?! This alcohol content is incredibly high!" Shi Lin exclaimed excitedly, at which point he felt a violent dizziness.
This alcohol is really strong.
Shi Lin didn't have time to speak. He quickly mobilized the wine Gu in his body and began to cleanse the wine from his body.
A dozen minutes later, Shi Lin, his face flushed, looked helplessly at Lin Yu.
This soul skill is good, it can indeed improve combat power, but after drinking this wine, how many people can still continue to fight? Lin Yu's soul skill is really a bit of a waste.
"Sister Lin Yu, this liquor is really too strong. It can be used as a disinfectant. After drinking it, you can't even stand up, let alone fight," Shi Lin said to Lin Yu in annoyance.
"Young Master, I'm so sorry, I really didn't know this wine was so potent. I don't usually drink, so I'm not very familiar with wine." Lin Yu quickly stood up, waved to Shi Lin, and then explained eagerly.
After hearing Lin Yu's words, Shi Lin shook his head helplessly. This girl, who was born with a martial soul of the alcohol and food type, actually doesn't drink alcohol. That's amazing.
"It's not a big problem. We'll figure out how to use it later. The alcohol content is too high. I'm afraid no one will buy it if we just sell it. We might have to use it to mix other drinks." Shi Lin stroked his chin and thought for a moment.
Lin Yu didn't disturb Shi Lin's thinking, and obediently stood quietly to the side, waiting for Shi Lin to finish his thought.
"Forget it, the Shi family doesn't lack wine right now, what they lack are Gu worms. Let's try to refine a top-grade wine Gu." Shi Lin looked up at Lin Yu and said.
Although the top-grade wine Gu is a first-tier Gu worm, it has an extremely strong ability: it can give ordinary people the opportunity to cultivate. This is the foundation for the Shi family to cultivate a large number of soul masters.
The Shi family needs top-grade wine Gu, and they need a large number of them.
"Sister Lin Yu, if you have some free time recently, could you produce three barrels of Azure Water Wine for me? I need it," Shi Lin said to Lin Yu.
"Don't worry, young master, it will be ready for you first thing tomorrow morning," Lin Yu nodded and said.
"No need to rush. We can get it done when we get back to the Shi family tomorrow. I'm a bit tired these past few days, let me rest a bit," Shi Lin said with a helpless smile to Lin Yu.
Lin Yu nodded in agreement upon hearing Shi Lin's words.
Shi Lin had only had a good night's sleep in the three days since he returned home, and spent the rest of his time busy refining Gu worms.
Now that he's out hunting soul beasts, Shi Lin doesn't want to cause himself any trouble.
"Sister Lin Yu, go back and consolidate your cultivation." Shi Lin looked up and saw Lin Yu still waiting for him, so he said with a smile.
Lin Yu nodded and then returned to her room to consolidate her cultivation.
After stuffing all the boxed lunches in his hand into his mouth, Shi Lin stood up and went outside the camp.
Having finally made it to the Soul Hunting Forest, Shi Lin wanted to acquire at least one more insect-type soul beast, since he planned to refine a large number of Gu worms, which required a significant number of insect soul beasts.
Insect-type soul beasts are the fastest reproducing and most secretive of all soul beasts, so Shi Lin can catch insects here without being caught or discovered.
Shi Lin found an open space, then casually waved his hand, and a ball of silvery-white soul power flashed by, and the Divine Wood King Cauldron appeared on the ground.
Shi Lin took out the insect-attracting incense mixed with sleeping potion that he had prepared beforehand, lit it, and inserted it into the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
Then, Shi Lin turned around and found a place to sit down, waiting for the insects to gather together.
Leaning against a large tree, Shi Lin used the moonlight to summarize his recent experience in practicing Gu, aiming to improve his skills, broaden his horizons, and strive to refine stronger Gu worms.
Just then, Shi Lin suddenly thought of a special kind of Gu worm.
Those are the Gu worms that can be ridden. After all, Gu worms are a vast category, and one can imagine any imaginable thing.
Today, Fu Gui absorbed a 1,300-year-old long-tongued scaled frog. This kind of soul beast is huge; a 1,300-year-old frog is taller than a human, and its tongue is extremely long, making it even stronger.
Shi Lin suddenly realized that the long-tongued scaled frog was also an insect-type soul beast, so why didn't he use the scaled frog to refine some large Gu worms?
The Gu worms I'm currently refining are mostly small-sized.
Thinking of this, Shi Lin disregarded the Divine Wood King Cauldron and rushed directly towards a pond two kilometers away.
Shi Lin wanted to capture a few scaled frogs with a hundred years of cultivation to see if he could refine them into special Gu worms. If he could develop new Gu worms, that would be quite interesting.
The Long-tongued Scaled Frog is an ability that the Scaled Frog gains after breaking through a thousand years of cultivation. Therefore, a hundred-year-old soul beast is still a Scaled Frog with strong defensive capabilities but not much offensive power.
The scaled frog is grayish-black all over, stands one meter tall, and has large, dull-looking eyes.
Shi Lin showed no mercy. There were only a little over a hundred scaled frogs in the pond, but Shi Lin caught a full thirty of them before stopping.
He found an empty Small Manor Gu and put all the frogs, which were half the height of a person, inside it.
Shi Lin examined the Small Manor Gu, confirmed the problem, and then turned and returned to the camp.
By this time, the ground outside the camp was covered with a layer of unconscious insects.
Shi Lin scratched his head, then called out to Shi An, and the two of them started picking up insects together.
There were just too many insects; Shi Lin couldn't collect them all by himself in one night.
...
The next morning, Shi Lin and Shi An, who had only slept for two hours, woke up and, seeing the few insect soul beasts on the ground, began their struggle again.
Around seven or eight o'clock in the morning, Shi Zhen and Fu Gui came out of the room and saw Shi Lin and Shi An sitting on the ground, holding their backs.
Shi Zhen and Fu Gui exchanged a glance, their eyes simultaneously revealing shock.
"What did you two do last night?" Shi Zhen asked Shi Lin in surprise.
"Catching bugs, what else can we do?" Shi Lin threw out a cage full of insect-like soul beasts, letting Shi Zhen take a good look.
Looking at the insects in the cage, Shi Zhen and Fu Gui both breathed a long sigh of relief. Thank goodness, the child is alright.
Shi Zhen glanced at Shi Lin and Shi An, then took Fu Gui to cook.
After resting for a while, Shi Lin stood up and began to store the house and campsite into the Small Manor Gu, as he did not want to damage the environment.
After tidying up the campsite, Shi Lin and his companions left the Soul Hunting Forest, boarded a carriage, and returned to the Shi family.
After all, the task of hunting down the soul beasts has been successfully completed.
...
After returning to the Shi family, Shi Lin didn't even eat. He went straight back to his Gu insect chamber and began to study the uses of the scaled frog.
Large Gu worms are usually used as vehicles, so Shi Lin thought about it for a moment and then took out some wind-attribute materials, preparing to use these materials to refine large Gu worms.
Shi Lin first summoned the Divine Wood King Cauldron, and then took out a one-meter-tall scaled frog.
At this moment, the scaled frog had already fainted, lying sprawled on the ground, its huge body resembling a gray mountain of flesh.
Shi Lin took out two wind-attribute materials that represented a hundred years of cultivation, then raised the Divine Wood King Cauldron and channeled his soul power into them.
The next second, the Scaled Frog's enormous body was directly absorbed into the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
The interior of the Divine Wood King Cauldron has a large space, and even insects larger than the Scaled Frog can be directly absorbed into the Divine Wood King Cauldron by Shi Lin.
It seems the materials for making Gu have been prepared.
Shi Lin took a deep breath and channeled his soul power into the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
The next second, the materials inside the Divine Wood Cauldron began to melt and enter the body of the Scaled Frog.
Seeing the changes inside the Divine Wood King Cauldron, Shi Lin also became nervous.
Five minutes later, all the ingredients had been absorbed into the scaled frog's body.
More importantly, this time the Gu refinement was actually successful!
The scaled frog did not die, but turned into a pale blue frog, its body clean and smooth, looking just like a piece of celadon porcelain.
"It's done!" Shi Lin excitedly pumped his fist and checked the attributes of the Gu worm.
[Gu Insect: Wind-Riding Gu]
[Level: Tier 2]
[Quality: Inferior]
[Functions: 1. Can be ridden after signing a contract; extremely fast speed, covering 100 li per day; 2. Generates one Wind Spirit Stone every ten days.]
[Introduction: One of the second-tier riding-type Gu worms. It is huge and extremely fast, perfectly suitable for daily riding. The crafting method is crude, and the improvement effect is poor. It can be used as a material for crafting second-grade Gu worms.]
[Note: Quack! Quack quack!]
"You can really ride it!" Shi Lin said even more excitedly.
However, after a moment's thought, Shi Lin still used the reverse refinement method on the Gu worm, hoping to obtain a more perfect formula.
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