Chapter 163: Large-sized Frog Ride
As Shi Lin's soul power was injected into the Divine Wood King Cauldron, the Wind-Riding Gu, which was still in a dormant state, melted slowly like a candle before it even had a chance to look outside.
It quickly turned into a pool of blue "water," which continued to evaporate under Shi Lin's refining process, eventually turning into a point of light that flew out of the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
The light entered Shi Lin's brow, granting him the perfect formula for a low-grade Wind-Riding Gu.
[Gu Formula: Wind-Riding Gu]
[Quality: Inferior]
[Level: Tier 2]
[Recipe: 1 insect-type soul beast weighing over 100 jin, 2 five-hundred-year-old wind-attribute materials, 1 tael of aquamarine]
"The recipe is very simple, and it doesn't require many ingredients. It's perfectly feasible to make it," Shi Lin muttered, stroking his chin.
Shi Lin took out his notebook and began to routinely upgrade the formula for the Gu worms.
It involves drawing parallels between the recipes for other high-grade and mid-grade Gu worms and the recipe for the Wind-Riding Gu, while adding additional materials.
Soon, Shi Lin devised a new recipe for the Wind-Riding Gu, although the recipe was rather crude.
Shi Lin immediately began preparing materials and started refining the top-grade Wind-Riding Gu.
As one material after another was added to the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
Shi Lin sat cross-legged and then channeled his soul power into the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
He didn't know if it was because the scaled frog was too heavy that a lot of soul power was needed to refine the Wind-Riding Gu.
As soul power was injected, the materials in the Divine Wood King Cauldron began to rapidly fuse together and then were injected into the Scaled Frog's body.
After the scaled frog absorbed this energy, Shi Lin could clearly feel that the scales on the scaled frog's body began to melt, turning into a layer of more solid armor. The scaled frog's physical strength was also rapidly increasing, changing from its original water attribute to wind attribute.
Shi Lin sat cross-legged on his large chair, his eyes fixed intently on the scaled frog inside the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
Because there were so few Scaled Frogs this time, Shi Lin was even more cautious and careful in dealing with the Wind-Riding Gu.
After all, there are only so many materials, and it's hard to replenish them once they're used up. The number of scaled frogs in the Soul Hunting Forest is limited, and taking more than thirty at once this time was already quite risky.
As the scaled frog inside the Divine Wood King Cauldron underwent changes, Shi Lin's heart leaped into his throat.
A dozen minutes later, the scaled frog inside the Divine Wood King Cauldron successfully completed its transformation, becoming a Wind-Riding Gu.
This Wind-Riding Gu is entirely bluish-white, giving it an exceptionally elegant and noble appearance. Its skin is smooth, and it has a groove on its back that can be used as a saddle, making it convenient to ride.
This scaled frog is at least twice the size it was before entering the Divine Wood King Cauldron. Now, the Wind-Riding Gu is a full 1.5 meters tall and 2 meters wide, with limbs as thick as stone blocks.
"No way, I actually refined a top-grade Wind-Riding Gu in one go?" Shi Lin said in disbelief, his eyes wide.
Next, Shi Lin examined the attributes of the Wind-Riding Gu.
[Gu Insect: Wind-Riding Gu]
[Level: Tier 2]
[Quality: Excellent]
[Functions: 1. Can be ridden after signing a contract; extremely fast speed, covering 800 li per day; 2. Generates one Wind Spirit Stone every three 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 average, but the enhancement effect is excellent. It can be used as a material for crafting second-grade Gu worms.]
[Note: Quack! Quack quack! Quack quack! Quack!!!]
"Good heavens, he actually managed to refine a top-grade Wind-Riding Gu in one go!" Shi Lin exclaimed excitedly, jumping off his chair.
From now on, Shi Lin no longer needs to raise horses in his personal space; he only needs to cultivate some Wind-Riding Gu, which will make going out much more convenient.
However, Shi Lin did not take the Gu worm out of the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
Instead, he began to mobilize the soul power within his body and used reverse refinement on the top-grade Wind-Riding Gu that was still inside the Divine Wood King Cauldron!
The next second, this top-grade Wind-Riding Gu, like the previous Wind-Riding Gu, began to melt rapidly, eventually turning into a point of light that merged into Shi Lin's brow.
Shi Lin obtained the recipe for the top-grade Wind-Riding Gu.
[Gu Formula: Wind-Riding Gu]
[Quality: Excellent]
[Level: Tier 2]
[Recipe: 1 insect-type soul beast weighing over 150 jin, 1 jin of special scales, 10 jin of rare grains, 2 five-hundred-year-old wind-attribute materials, 1 tael of aquamarine, 10 soul power crystals, 10 space crystals, 10 jin of black iron]
"Wow! A top-grade Wind-Riding Gu requires so many materials?" Shi Lin exclaimed in disbelief, his eyes wide.
The materials needed to refine the Wind-Riding Gu not only include defense, food, and soul power crystals, but also space crystals.
Could it be that this Wind-Riding Gu has its own storage space for supplies?
However, the more materials available, the stronger the Gu worm's abilities become.
Shi Lin naturally wouldn't be reluctant to part with those materials.
Let's do it!
Shi Lin began his first formal attempt to refine a top-grade Wind-Riding Gu.
This time, Shi Lin captured a total of nine scaled frogs with a cultivation level of around nine hundred years. Only the weight of these scaled frogs could be used to reduce the fat of the top-grade Wind-Riding Gu.
As one material after another was added to the Divine Wood King Cauldron, Shi Lin reached out and began to inject his soul power into the cauldron.
With the Gu worm recipe, the time and soul power required to refine Gu worms have been greatly reduced.
Ten minutes later, Shi Lin successfully refined the second top-grade Wind-Riding Gu.
This Wind-Riding Gu was even paler in color, appearing to have only a faint layer of cyan.
It reached a height of two meters and a width of three meters, with enough space to sit directly on its back, and the Wind-Riding Gu had an extra blue crystal on the back of its head.
There's actually a storage space inside!
Shi Lin examined the attributes of this Wind-Riding Gu.
[Gu Insect: Wind-Riding Gu]
[Level: Tier 2]
[Quality: Excellent]
[Functions: 1. After signing the contract, it can be used as a mount, with extremely high speed, traveling 800 li per day, requiring no food, and comes with a 300 cubic meter personal space, which cannot store living creatures; 2. It can generate two Wind Spirit Stones every five days.]
[Introduction: One of the second-tier riding-type Gu worms. It is huge and extremely fast, perfectly suitable for daily riding. The crafting technique is excellent, the materials are superb, and the enhancement effect is outstanding. It can be used as a material for crafting second-grade Gu worms.]
[Note: Quack! Quack quack! Quack quack! Quack!!!]
"Sure enough, this Wind-Riding Gu exists for travel! Its functions are truly comprehensive!" Shi Lin said excitedly, waving his hand.
Shi Lin put it into the Small Manor Gu, and then began to refine other Wind-Riding Gu.
Five hours later.
Shi Lin refined seven top-grade Wind-Riding Gu, twelve high-grade Wind-Riding Gu, and two mid-grade Wind-Riding Gu.
All thirty Scaled Frogs have been used up, and since there's no way to replenish them, the Wind-Riding Gu can only have this many for now.
"Sigh...it seems I'll have to go to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts next time. There are only so many soul beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest, I can't afford to catch too many. Besides, snakes and lizards can also be used to make Wind-Riding Gu." Shi Lin sat in his chair and started to daydream.
Then, Shi Lin came out of his room, preparing to distribute the Wind-Riding Gu.
The number of Wind-Riding Gu is currently too small to be used to create a Gu Insect Manor.
It would be better to just distribute them directly, so that each member of our family could have their own mount.
Shi Lin found Shi Zhen, kept one Wind-Riding Gu for himself, and handed over the rest of the Wind-Riding Gu to Shi Zhen for distribution. In this way, the Shi family's communication capabilities could be greatly improved.
More importantly, the Shi family's control over Notting City will be even more secure.
Shi Lin's next step is to focus on developing the Gu Insect Manor and preparing for the advancement of third-tier Gu Insects. After all, each type of Gu Insect requires a massive amount of materials to advance, and Shi Lin must prepare in advance so that things will be easier when the time comes.
However, during this period, Shi Lin focused all his energy on refining Gu worms, and his cultivation level did not improve much.
Therefore, Shi Lin needs to adjust his schedule, cultivating for five hours every day and using the rest of the time to refine Gu worms. He will never stay up late, ensuring both sleep and the improvement of his soul power.
After all, soul power is the foundation of everything.
After finalizing the plan, Shi Lin began working.
Next, Shi Lin began a long period of seclusion, as he was about to refine a massive number of Gu worms.
...
Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
For the past six months, Shi Lin has basically stayed indoors, eating, drinking, and relieving himself entirely within the Gu worm chamber.
In the past six months, Shi Lin has also refined a large number of Gu worms.
The Pocket Gu Manor, Little Lightning Gu Manor, Wine Gu Manor, Healing Gu Manor, Bewitching Fragrance Gu Manor, Breath-Concealing Gu Manor, Little Grass Spirit Gu Manor, and Copper Armor Gu Manor are eight Gu worm manors, which together contain a total of 10,000 Gu worms.
In addition, Shi Lin also refined nearly three thousand Small Wood Spirit Gu.
Since the area of the Small Manor is limited, it is impossible to plant wood. The only option is to plant Moon Dew Pine on the back mountain of the Shi Family Manor.
At this time, the Moon Dew Pine trees on the back mountain of the Shi family manor include three 500-year-old trees, one hundred 300-year-old trees, eight hundred 100-year-old trees, and ordinary Moon Dew Pine trees that have formed a forest, with a conservative estimate of more than three thousand trees.
In addition, Shi Lin's first batch of medicinal herbs has also been successfully planted. The dozens of kilograms of century-old ginseng were so valuable that if Shi Lin hadn't found a way to store them, the price of ginseng would probably have been driven down by him.
Besides refining these Gu worms, Shi Lin's soul power level has also increased significantly.
After leveling up from 25 to 27, and breaking through level 20, Shi Lin felt that his cultivation speed was getting slower and slower, and he needed to absorb more and more soul power.
Shi Lin: I don't know how long it will take me to break through level 30.
Today is the day Shi An breaks through to level 30. Flender and Zhao Wuji plan to take Shi Lin to hunt soul beasts so that Shi Lin can broaden his horizons.
Under normal circumstances, Shi Lin would not take the initiative to meet Flender and the others, since with the blessing of the top-grade wine Gu, Shi Lin's cultivation speed far exceeds that of ordinary people.
However, Shi Lin hasn't been cultivating seriously lately, so his cultivation speed is basically the same as that of someone with full innate soul power. That's why he dared to meet with Flender and the others.
The moment Shi Lin emerged from the Gu worm chamber, he instinctively covered his eyes. He had been underground for a while and was not used to the sunlight.
After getting used to it for a while, Shi Lin finally saw his surroundings clearly and then walked directly towards Shi An's room.
At this moment, Zhao Wuji and Flender were in Shi An's room discussing with Shi An what kind of soul ring to absorb when Shi Lin walked in.
"Greetings, young master!" Shi An quickly stood up, bowed to Shi Lin, and then said with a smile.
"No need for formalities, congratulations on breaking through to level 30, Brother An," Shi Lin said with a smile.
After hearing Shi Lin's voice, Shi An smiled foolishly.
"Greetings, Dean Flender, Director Zhao." Shi Lin bowed to Zhao Wuji and Flender.
"Haha, there are quite a few students going to hunt soul beasts with us this time, so I'm planning to take you, Xiao Lin, to see the Star Dou Great Forest too." Flender stood up, patted Shi Lin on the shoulder, and said with a smile.
A nine-year-old Soul Master at level 27 is already among the top in the Douluo Continent.
"That's wonderful! Thank you, Dean Flender. By the way, Dean Flender, Shrek Academy is now enrolling students normally. My family will buy the soul beast corpses that students hunt. One gold soul coin for each soul beast corpse. Of course, don't kill innocent people indiscriminately. Consider this a subsidy from the Shi family." Shi Lin thought for a moment and said to Flender.
"Haha, that's great!" Flender's eyes lit up as he smiled at Shi Lin.
The price of one gold soul coin is not high for a soul master, but Shrek Academy has a large number of soul masters. They can earn at least several thousand gold soul coins a year, which is a considerable income.
"Alright, the carriage is ready, we should set off." Zhao Wuji nodded with a happy expression, then stood up.
Then, several people came out of the courtyard. At this time, there were five carriages parked outside the courtyard, with two students sitting in each carriage. There were ten children in total who were going to hunt soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Greetings, senior!" Although these juniors were older than Shi Lin, they still greeted him respectfully.
Shi Lin was, after all, one of the first students after Shrek Academy was rebuilt. He was young, but he was of a high seniority.
"Hehe, everyone, you're too kind. Let's get going." Shi Lin said with a smile.
Then Flender and the others came out of the room, got into the carriage, and prepared to leave.
Shi Lin then took out a top-grade Wind-Riding Gu, sat on the frog saddle behind the Wind-Riding Gu, and followed the caravan.
After Shi Lin refined the Wind-Riding Gu, he went into seclusion. This was the first time he had used the Wind-Riding Gu. Although the Wind-Riding Gu was smooth all over, sitting on the frog saddle on it was very comfortable, without any swaying.
Flender also knew that the Shi family had such large frogs as vehicles. Although he was curious, he had no way to get his hands on them and could only look on with envy. After all, the Shi family only had a dozen or so Wind-Riding Gu.
There's no way to get more.
Then, the convoy began to move, and the Wind-Riding Gu hopped and skipped away into the distance.
Our destination this time is the Star Dou Great Forest, which is a long way off, so we'll be camping for a few days.
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