Gou's Liver Experience in the World of Demons and Demons

“I know a restaurant whose spiritual cuisine is absolutely superb.”

The group resumed their journey, and Xu Lingxu whispered to his sister.

"When did you come to know such a person?"

Xu Lingsu glanced at Gu Sheng in front of her and whispered.

"It's all because of Young Master Gu."

Shen Qingtan, who was walking at the front, suddenly turned around, her gaze sweeping between Gu Sheng and Xu Lingsu, and a meaningful smile appeared on her lips.

Gu Sheng felt uneasy under her gaze.

"Senior Sister Shen, what's wrong?"

"nothing."

Shen Qingtan withdrew her gaze.

"I was just thinking that Junior Brother Gu's popularity is really unexpected."

Gu Sheng chuckled dryly, unsure how to respond.

Qin Yurou covered her mouth and chuckled softly, while Gu Ningshuang curiously observed the subtle atmosphere between the group.

On the very first day Xu Lingsu stepped into the Great Wilderness Sacred Academy, she was overwhelmed by the spiritual energy that rushed towards her.

She gripped the letter of recommendation from Tianlang City tightly in her hand, her knuckles turning white.

"A gentleman at the peak of the Earth Martial Realm is not bad."

The deacon in charge of reception glanced at the letter, his tone indifferent.

"Come with me."

After passing through several courtyards, the concentration of spiritual energy gradually thinned out.

Finally, they stopped in front of a drab little courtyard.

The courtyard walls were covered in moss, and a wooden sign hung crookedly above the door.
"Di Zi Bing Yuan".

"Mr. Zhou, the new disciple has arrived."

A cold snort came from inside the courtyard, and an old man with gray hair and beard strolled out.

He squinted at Xu Lingsu, his gaze sharp as a knife.

"From Tianlang City? What good talents could come from that wretched place?"

Xu Lingsu bit her lower lip and bowed deeply.

"Disciple Xu Lingsu greets Master."

"Hmph, come in."

Mr. Zhou turned away with a flick of his sleeve.

"Let me make this clear first, I don't support idlers here. Thirty contribution points per month, figure it out yourself."

Meanwhile, on Cloud Peak to the east of the Holy Academy, Gu Ningshuang was kneeling in a courtyard paved with white jade.

Before her stood Shen Qingtan, a powerful expert at the Heavenly Martial Realm, dressed in green. He lightly touched the teacup with his fingertips, causing golden ripples to spread across the water's surface.

“Your elder brother has been kind to me.”

Shen Qingtan's voice was cold and clear.

"From this day forward, you will be my disciple. You will receive two hundred contribution points every month, and you will have free access to the first three floors of the library."

Gu Ningshuang looked up in surprise.

"Thank you Master!"

"There's no need to address him as Master."

Shen Qingtan shook her head slightly.

"It's just a transaction. By the way, go to the warehouse tomorrow to get the 'Mysterious Ice Dew,' it will be beneficial to your cold attribute cultivation technique."

The two courtyards are worlds apart.

Three months later, Xu Lingsu dragged her tired body back to the C-section of the Earth.

She had just completed a menial task of gathering herbs, earning five contribution points in return.

Dirt remained under his fingernails, and his palms were scratched by herbs, leaving several bloody marks.

"Didn't meet the standard again?"

Mr. Zhou sat on a stone bench with a tattered martial arts manual spread out in front of him.

"Twenty days have passed this month, and you've only saved eighteen points."

Xu Lingsu lowered her head.

"This disciple will go and accept two more missions tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? The herb fields will be closed tomorrow!"

Mr. Zhou slammed the book shut.

"I think you're just lazy! Everyone from Tianlang City is useless!"

Just as Xu Lingsu's eyes were reddening, the courtyard gate was suddenly pushed open.

Shen Qingtan, dressed in a green robe, floated in, exuding a suffocating aura.

Mr. Zhou's expression changed instantly, and he hurriedly stood up.

"Elder Shen? What brings you here?"

Shen Qingtan didn't even look at him, and walked straight to Xu Lingsu.

"You are Xu Lingsu?"

Xu Lingsu nodded blankly.

"From this day forward, you will be my agent."

Shen Qingtan tossed out a jade pendant.

"Five hundred contribution points per month, responsible for helping me with some miscellaneous tasks."

Mr. Zhou's jaw almost dropped to the ground.

"Five, five hundred points?"

Xu Lingsu was struck dumb, and stammered.

Why, why did you choose me?

Shen Qingtan finally glanced at Mr. Zhou and said meaningfully.

Someone asked me to take care of you.

After saying that, he turned and left, leaving the courtyard silent.

That evening, Gu Sheng met Shen Qingtan in the pavilion on the back mountain of the Holy Academy.

"Thank you."

Gu Sheng handed over a pot of spirit wine.

Shen Qingtan took the wine pot and chuckled.

"I went to great lengths to repay your favor last time. That girl is mediocre; is she worth all this effort?"

Gu Sheng looked towards the lights in the distance.

"She helped me back in Tianlang City."

"Ha, you're quite nostalgic."

Shen Qingtan tilted her head back and drank a mouthful of wine.

"But that old man Zhou was probably terrified; his legs were shaking when I went in."

Gu Sheng smiled and said nothing more.

Three days later, at the entrance to the Heavenly Market deep within the Holy Academy, Gu Sheng and his group caused quite a stir.

Shen Qingtan walked at the front, followed by Gu Ningshuang, Xu Lingsu, and Qin Yurou, who had come specifically for this occasion.

"This is the Heavenly-level Marketplace?"

Xu Lingsu looked around curiously.

The shops on both sides of the street were resplendent with gold and jade, and the martial artists coming and going were at least at the Earth Martial Realm, with many wearing jade pendants symbolizing the Heaven Martial Realm around their waists.

Gu Ningshuang pointed excitedly ahead.

"It's that 'Drunken Immortal Pavilion'! My master brought me here once before. Their 'Crimson Flame Rhinoceros Beef' can enhance qi and blood!"

At the entrance of the restaurant, a manager at the mid-stage of the Heavenly Martial Realm personally came out to greet them.

"Elder Shen, please take a seat!"

Inside the private room, as soon as everyone sat down, the waiter brought out plate after plate of exquisitely presented dishes.

The fiery red rhinoceros meat, the crystal-clear fish sashimi from the cold pool, and the fragrant lingzhi mushroom soup.
"Taste this."

Gu Sheng picked up a piece of rhinoceros meat and put it in Xu Lingsu's bowl.

"It will be helpful to your current level."

Xu Lingsu was flattered and took a small bite.

Suddenly, a surge of heat rushed from her throat to her lower abdomen. She quickly circulated her internal energy to digest it, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

"Eat slowly."

Gu Ningshuang smiled and handed over a cup of spiritual tea.

"I almost fainted from the spiritual energy the first time I ate it."

Qin Yurou gracefully sliced ​​the fish and teased.

“Sister Ning Shuang broke through a small realm last time, which startled Sister Shen.”

As everyone chatted and laughed, Gu Sheng's gaze shifted between Gu Ningshuang and Xu Lingsu.

He suddenly remembered the events of many years ago in Tianlang City. Gu Ningshuang had secretly given him medicine to heal his wounds, and Qing'er had even saved his life.

"Frost".

Gu Sheng took out an exquisite storage ring.

"this is for you."

Gu Ningshuang's eyes widened.

"This...this is too valuable!"

Shen Qingtan glanced at the ring and raised an eyebrow.

"Wow, the space is thirty cubic meters? It's worth at least five thousand contribution points on the market."

"Take it."

Gu Sheng pushed the ring towards him.

"Consider it as making up for the birthday gift I owe you all these years."

Qin Yurou chimed in from the side.

"Sister Ningshuang, please don't refuse. Look how envious Junior Sister Xu is."

Upon hearing this, Xu Lingsu immediately lowered her head, her ears turning bright red.

Seeing this, Gu Sheng took out a smaller storage bag from his pocket.

"Lingsu, this is for you. It's not very spacious, but it's enough to hold some daily necessities."

Xu Lingsu took it helplessly, her voice barely audible.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Gu."

As the sun set, Gu Sheng rose to take his leave.

Shen Qingtan escorted him to the market exit and whispered, "Are you going to Linlang Pavilion?"

Gu Sheng nodded.

"Some pills need to be refined."

"That Tantai Xueli."

Shen Qingtan hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.

"Never mind, just be careful."

The underground city, the Linglang Pavilion.

Tantai Xueli, dressed in purple, was reviewing account books on the top floor.

A maidservant hurried in.

"Master, Young Master Gu has arrived."

"Please!"

Tantai Xueli put down the account book and turned to speak behind the screen.

"Qingxuan, your savior has arrived."

Xie Qingxuan walked out slowly, a smile appearing on her pale face.

"Brother Gu has finally arrived."

When Gu Sheng stepped into the reception room, Tantai Xueli had already ordered someone to prepare spiritual tea.

Her smile was as bright as a flower.

“Young Master Gu, Qingxuan talks about you every day.”

Xie Qingxuan glared at the Pavilion Master in embarrassment and annoyance, then bowed to Gu Sheng.

"Brother Gu, don't listen to the Pavilion Master's nonsense."

After exchanging pleasantries, Gu Sheng got straight to the point.

"Pavilion Master Tantai, I would like to borrow your esteemed alchemy room for a moment."

A glint flashed in Tantai Xueli's eyes.

"Oh? What kind of pill does Young Master Gu want to refine?"

"Several kinds of fourth-grade elixirs."

Gu Sheng took a sip of tea.

"In return, I can teach you a few pill formulas that can reduce the cost of refining fourth-grade pills by half."

With a "clatter," the teacup in Tantai Xueli's hand fell to the ground.

She was completely oblivious, staring intently at Gu Sheng.

"Is this true?"

Gu Sheng nodded calmly.

"nature."

Tantai Xueli suddenly stood up, her purple robes fluttering even without wind.

"Let's go, to the alchemy room right now!"

The underground alchemy room in the Linglang Pavilion is even more luxurious than that in the Holy Academy.

The walls are inlaid with hundreds of luminous pearls, and in the center are two crimson alchemy furnaces, their bodies engraved with intricate array patterns.

"This is the 'Twin Flame Heart Furnace,' a high-grade Earth-rank furnace."

Tantai Xueli proudly introduced.

"There are no more than ten such beings in the entire Eastern Region."

Gu Sheng approached the alchemy furnace and gently stroked its body with his palm.

"Excellent, just right."

Tantai Xueli asked impatiently.

"What kind of elixir formula does Young Master Gu want to teach me?"

Gu Sheng did not answer directly, but suddenly formed a hand seal.

Two balls of azure flame leaped from his palms and flew toward the two alchemy furnaces respectively.

With a loud "boom", both alchemy furnaces burst into flames at the same time.

Inside the alchemy room, two bronze alchemy furnaces simultaneously blazed with a ghostly blue flame, reflecting off Gu Sheng's calm face.

He held a portion of medicinal herbs in each hand and, with fluid movements, placed the materials into the two alchemy furnaces.

"You're actually going to refine two kinds of pills at the same time?"

Tantai Xueli stood to the side, her beautiful eyes filled with disbelief.

She was wearing a light purple dress with a silver ribbon tied around her waist, which was now trembling slightly with her rapid breathing.

Without even looking up, Gu Sheng flicked his fingertips, and a crimson spiritual herb was precisely thrown into the alchemy furnace on the left.

"Time is precious, so we should save as much as possible."

Tantai Xueli took a few steps closer and carefully observed Gu Sheng's movements.

"Diverting attention to two things at once is a major taboo in alchemy; the slightest carelessness can lead to the loss of all previous efforts. Unless..."

She suddenly thought of something, and her pupils contracted slightly.

"You obtained the Spirit Emperor's Divine Path?"

Gu Sheng then looked up at her, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"As expected of the second young lady of Linlang Pavilion, she has extraordinary insight."

With a wave of his right hand, the flames in the alchemy furnace on the right side suddenly turned blue, and the temperature soared.

Upon receiving confirmation, Tantai Xueli gasped, her chest heaving noticeably.

"The art of exorcising spirits has been lost for three hundred years. Legend has it that it allows one to multitask without losing focus. No wonder you dare to operate two furnaces at the same time."

She stared intently at Gu Sheng's every move.

"Let me see how you did it."

Gu Sheng did not respond, his mind completely absorbed in refining the elixir.

Tantai Xueli noticed that the medicinal materials he used were not those listed in traditional prescriptions, but rather some more common substitutes.

"You used Qingling Grass instead of Blood Lingzhi?"

Tantai Xueli asked in surprise.

"These two medicines have similar properties but differ in efficacy by three times. How can we guarantee the quality of the resulting pill?"

Gu Sheng made a hand seal with his left hand, and a stream of spiritual energy entered the alchemy furnace on the left side.

"Qingling grass must be picked at Chenshi (7-9 AM), taking three inches of its tender shoots and adding three drops of morning dew. Its medicinal effect is comparable to that of blood lingzhi."

As he spoke, he took out a small jade bottle from his sleeve, gave it a gentle shake, and a few drops of crystal-clear liquid fell into the alchemy furnace.

A glint flashed in Tantai Xueli's eyes.

"I see! You improved the extraction method!"

She quickly took out a small booklet from her storage ring and began to record Gu Sheng's every step.

"These must be Grade 4 Rejuvenation Pills and Blood Regeneration Pills, right? They are indeed very beneficial to Xuanhuang Martial Realm warriors."

"good."

Gu Sheng simultaneously formed hand seals, sending two different spiritual runes into the two alchemy furnaces.

“The conventional prescriptions are too wasteful, so I adjusted the proportions of several main ingredients.”

Tantai Xueli quickly did the mental calculation, then her face showed shock.

"Using your method, costs can be reduced by 40%! And the efficacy..."

She carefully sensed the medicinal fragrance emanating from the alchemy furnace.

"It doesn't seem to have weakened?"

Gu Sheng chuckled.

"Not only will it not decrease, but if the timing is right, its effectiveness can be increased by half a percent."

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the medicinal fragrance in the alchemy room became so strong that it almost solidified.

Gu Sheng suddenly clasped his hands together and gave a low shout.

"Congeal!"

Both alchemy furnaces emitted a buzzing sound at the same time, and the furnace lids opened automatically.

Two round, jade-like pills slowly rose and floated in mid-air, with nine clear lines flowing on their surface.

"Nine-Patterned Pill!"

Tantai Xueli gasped in surprise, covering her red lips with her slender hand.

"And they're refining two kinds at the same time!"

She quickly stepped forward and carefully examined the pills.

"Both the Rejuvenation Pill and the Blood Regeneration Pill are of perfect quality. How is that possible?"

Gu Sheng put away the pills and casually tossed one to Tantai Xueli.

"Taste it?"

Tantai Xueli took the Blood-Regenerating Pill, took a gentle sniff, and immediately felt her blood and qi in her body slightly boiling.

"What a powerful medicine!"

She looked up at Gu Sheng, her eyes filled with a complex expression.

"To be able to refine a Nine-Pattern Pill while multitasking is beyond the scope of 'practice makes perfect'."

Gu Sheng straightened his cuffs and said calmly.

"As long as you understand the properties of the medicinal materials and the changes in the heat, achieving nine-layered patterns is not difficult."

"That might be true for you."

Tantai Xueli shook her head with a wry smile.

"There are no more than five people in the entire Northern Region who can refine Nine-Pattern Pills consistently, and they are all experts in one type of pill."

She suddenly became serious.

"Gu Sheng, can your alchemy methods be used in the Linlang Pavilion?"

Gu Sheng put away the other alchemy furnace and pondered for a moment.

"can."

Tantai Xueli didn't expect him to agree so readily.

"Really? This improved elixir formula is priceless."

"Consider it a token of gratitude for the help from Linlang Pavilion."

Gu Sheng interrupted her, his gaze sincere.

"However, the core techniques need to be taught by me personally, as they are difficult for ordinary alchemists to master."

Tantai Xueli nodded happily.

"Of course! I will immediately arrange for the three best alchemists in the pavilion to learn from you."

She hesitated for a moment, then said again.

"What are your plans regarding Xie Qingxuan?" (End of Chapter)