All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 14 A New Profession – [Martial Artist]

"Gudu~"

"Gudu~"

Zhou Qing stood in front of the stove, looking at the boiling water in the pot. He picked up the wooden box and carefully picked out a dozen or so silkworm cocoons and poured them into the boiling water.

Then he took a thin wooden stick and stirred the pot in a clockwise direction.

As Zhou Qing continued to stir, after more than fifteen minutes, some of the silk threads inside the cocoons finally separated into threads.

At this moment, the Green Silk Gu next to the stove spat out a thin thread, which directly hooked the end of the silkworm cocoon.

With a pull and a tug, the thread was pulled out of the boiling water and then wound around to the thin wooden stick inserted in the crack of the wall.

"Well done, Erqing! When I make money, you'll definitely get your share of the rewards."

Zhou Qing's face lit up with joy.

"Pfft pfft~" Qing Si Gu said, watching its performance.

"Mmm!" Zhou Qing nodded repeatedly.

As the saying goes, when humans and gu (a type of insect) are paired together, work becomes effortless.

With the help of the Green Silk Gu, Zhou Qing's workload was greatly reduced.

According to the normal silk reeling process, the first step is to collect silkworm cocoons and soak them in warm water to soften their outer shells.

Next, carefully remove the softened cocoon to avoid damaging the silk threads.

Then the extracted silkworm cocoons are tied to a thin wooden stick to fix their position.

Then they are boiled and stirred in boiling water until the cocoons are completely cracked open and the threads are exposed. Then they are wrapped with bamboo strips or thin wooden sticks.

Once all the silk threads are wound up, they are boiled in boiling water again to remove any remaining cocoons and other impurities, making the silk threads purer.

Next, remove the boiled silk threads and gently squeeze them to remove excess water.

Finally, place it in a well-ventilated place to dry until ready to use.

In other words, under normal circumstances, silk reeling requires at least seven to nine steps.

Because of the existence of the Green Silk Gu, Zhou Qing can skip the first three steps and directly put the silkworm cocoons into boiling water to cook.

The Green Silk Gu will start drawing silk as soon as the silk thread begins to emerge, and its efficiency is extremely high, exceeding that of a normal person by more than several times.

Therefore, there will be no situation where the silk threads are mixed together or tangled.

The silk thread from a single silkworm cocoon is normally between 300 and 500 zhang in length, meaning that even the shorter silk threads are 900 meters long.

Imagine if you could run a kilometer in your past life, it would take you several minutes. How long would it take to wrap a 900-meter-long silk thread?

According to Zhou Qing's estimate, the nearly 10,000 silkworm cocoons raised in this half-sheet of silkworms would take him ten to fifteen days to complete if he worked day and night.

Of course, the main problem was that Zhou Qing didn't know how to use a silk reeling machine; otherwise, it should have been completed in four or five days.

However, with the help of the Green Silk Gu, the work was completed in three days, even faster than a silk reeling machine.

"Thank you so much."

It was noon, the silk reeling was finished, and Zhou Qing stretched out his fingers and rubbed the plump body of the Green Silk Gu.

"Pfft pfft~!" The Green Silk Gu was very pleased with itself.

Occupation: Silkworm farmer

[Craftsmanship: Silkworm rearing and mulberry harvesting]

[Progress: Proficient (265/800)]

[Effect: Skilled with hands, adept at unraveling complexities.]

After two days of silk reeling, Zhou Qing gained a total of over one hundred experience points.

Based on this progress, it is estimated that the project will enter the next stage by September.

I wonder what new effects will emerge.

"I still need to raise silkworms properly; it's the skill that I rely on to make a living."

Zhou Qing sighed inwardly, "With the Green Silk Gu, the quality of the silk is guaranteed, and the profits can be stabilized at a relatively high level."

"I don't know what changes the new profession I get from practicing martial arts will bring to me."

Zhou Qing carefully put away the silk-winding stick stuck in the wall, intending to give it to Wei Hongyu tomorrow so that she could officially begin practicing martial arts and laying the foundation.

Now that I have the White Cloud Martial Arts School's credentials, my profits from selling poisonous insects have skyrocketed. Every day I go up the mountain to catch a few black spiders, and my earnings exceed twenty coins. I can easily make six coins a month.

Of course, practicing martial arts consumes a lot of money, and this amount of money is far from enough.

Above the halfway point of Black Wind Mountain, miasma permeates the area.

Yesterday morning, when he was picking mulberry leaves on the mountain, the Green Silk Gu reminded him that with his current constitution and toxin resistance, he could only stay in the miasma for half an hour.

If he enters the Skin Refining Realm, his physique will be strengthened, and his resistance to miasma will also be greatly enhanced.

That will be the time for him to enter the miasma zone and explore the unknown treasure trove.

"Let's take it slow," Zhou Qing thought to himself. Now that Zhang Dahai is dead, no one is affecting his silkworm farming. Starting next month, he can earn three taels of silver from Wei Hongyu for the second batch of silkworms, and then he can eat meat every day.

"I wonder what will happen to Zhang Jian and Zhang Cheng?"

Zhou Qing's only worry now is Zhang Dahai's two older brothers.

"I hope they don't mess with me."

Zhou Qing didn't consider himself a serial killer; he just wanted to be a good person.

However, if someone insists on causing trouble, then the Green Silk Gu will have to suffer the consequences and eat more.

"Puff~"

At this moment, the Green Silk Gu indicated that it was hungry after working all morning.

"Okay, I'll take you to find food now."

Zhou Qing nodded, feeling that the Green Silk Gu had become even hungrier since it had devoured Zhang Dahai's flesh and blood.

[Progress: Growth Stage (746/800)]

"I wonder what surprises you'll bring me as you move into the next stage."

Looking at the growth progress of the Green Silk Gu behind the [Gu Master] profession, Zhou Qing was full of anticipation.

In the evening, Zhou Qing carried a basket of mulberry leaves down the mountain.

Sure enough, I wasn't hungry, and I had meat to eat, so the work wasn't so tiring.

"Isn't Grandma here again?"

As Zhou Qing passed by the stream, he glanced at the women washing clothes, but he didn't see the old woman among them.

Since the day before yesterday, the old lady hasn't washed clothes by the river.

Zhou Qing asked the other women and learned that the old woman had finished her work and returned to a nearby village to find other work.

The next morning, Zhou Qing got up early and went to Baiyun Martial Arts School, located in Shiqiao Lane in the north of the town, to deliver the processed silk to Wei Hongyu.

"Your skills are indeed excellent." Wei Hongyu was very satisfied.

"These are small gifts for Senior Sister," Zhou Qing said with a smile, handing over another basket.

He brought the silkworm pupae he had cooked the day before and gave them to Wei Hongyu.

These silkworm pupae taste good and are very nutritious after being deep-fried.

Although Zhou Qing also needed to nourish his body, he couldn't afford so much oil, so he gave it to Wei Hongyu as a favor.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony." Wei Hongyu had obviously eaten fried silkworm pupae before.

"this is for you."

Wei Hongyu took the basket and pulled out a small piece of silver from her waist, about one qian (a unit of weight).

“These silkworm pupae are worthless,” Zhou Qing waved his hand repeatedly.

"This isn't about the money from the silkworm pupae. Your silk reeling skills are excellent, and I have great confidence in the quality of the silk in the future."

Wei Hongyu was very serious.

"I don't like others taking advantage of me, but I also don't like taking advantage of others."

"Thank you very much." Seeing how earnest Wei Hongyu was, Zhou Qing didn't stand on ceremony and accepted the money.

One hundred coins was a huge sum of money for him.

"Mm." Wei Hongyu nodded.

"Since you're here, you can start by learning the basics. Your Qi and blood are damaged, so you're not suitable for skin resurfacing or body strengthening, but you can still learn footwork and stance training first."

"Thank you, Senior Sister!" Zhou Qing perked up.

Several apprentices who were practicing stance training nearby saw this and gathered around.

Although the other senior brothers taught very well, the eldest sister was the only female martial arts instructor in the martial arts school. She had a good personality and was incredibly attractive. Who wouldn't like someone like that?

The senior apprentices remained silent about the apprentices' behavior of prioritizing women over their elder brothers, content to have some peace and quiet.

"Our martial arts school's White Cloud Palm technique prioritizes poison refining, so you only need to master twenty-one stance training techniques. Compared to most martial arts schools that require more than thirty stance training techniques, it is easier to break through to the Skin Refining Realm."

While explaining, Wei Hongyu taught Baiyun Zhuang Gong.

Her movements were slow, and the apprentices watched intently.

Zhou Qing watched and followed along, and after half an hour, he finally learned the first stance exercise.

At the same time, the jade tablet in Zhou Qing's soul emitted a faint blue light, and a line of text appeared before his eyes.

You have mastered a new skill—the White Cloud Stance.

You have awakened a new profession—Warrior.

(End of this chapter)