All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 37 The First Long Journey

For the next few days, Zhou Qing stayed at home except for going to the martial arts school to collect his meat meal in the evening.

The old woman and two other women spent four days processing all the silkworm cocoons.

Zhou Qing collected all the golden silkworm cocoons and reeled them in the silkworm room.

After the woman left, the old woman began weaving inner armor using golden silkworm silk.

Zhou Qing also took out half of the black-scaled python's scales and inlaid them on the inner armor to protect the area around his heart.

Finally, on the ninth day, the inner armor was completed.

"Here is thirty taels of silver, please keep it safe."

Zhou Qing delivered the processed silk to the martial arts school, and Wei Hongyu took out three ingots of silver.

"Aside from the ten taels of silver for the medicinal diet, I'll give you ten taels of silver in cash for this batch of silkworm silk."

The other twenty taels are for next month's silkworm money; I've already discussed it with my father.

However, you'll have to find your own way after that.

"Thank you, Senior Sister." Zhou Qing clasped her hands in thanks. "But I still owe you two taels of silver for the medicinal meals last month."

"Do you think I'm the kind of person who's short of two taels of silver?" Wei Hongyu said arrogantly, stuffing the silver into Zhou Qing's hand.

"In fact, I benefited from your silk. Your silk is top-quality and can fetch a lot of money in the county town. Dad doesn't appreciate it because he doesn't know its value."

"Thank you, Senior Sister." Zhou Qing put the money away and then took out a cloth bag from her bosom.

"This is a small token of my appreciation; please accept it, Senior Sister."

Wei Hongyu was taken aback, took the cloth bag, felt its texture, and then teased, "You didn't do it again, did you?"

"This time the silkworm silk is plentiful, truly enough for inner armor."

Zhou Qing felt ashamed.

"Alright, thank you very much, Junior Brother Zhou." Wei Hongyu did not open the cloth bag.

"Now that you've taken care of your business, it's about time for me to set off."

"Take care, Senior Sister." Zhou Qing was touched to hear that she had waited for him.

Seeing that Wei Hongyu was about to leave, Zhou Qing blurted out, "Wait."

"What's wrong?" Wei Hongyu paused in her steps.

"This one is also for my senior sister."

Zhou Qing rolled up his left sleeve and took out the hidden arrow.

Looking at the hidden arrow in front of her, which resembled a 'toy', Wei Hongyu blinked. When she saw that the arrowhead was bluish-black, she understood what Zhou Qing meant.

"Junior Brother Zhou, please bring anything else you need, otherwise I might not be able to leave today."

Wei Hongyu took the hidden arrow and made another joke.

"That's all. I wish you a safe journey, Senior Sister," Zhou Qing said solemnly.

"Mm." Wei Hongyu nodded with a smile and walked towards the front yard.

As she reached the door, she suddenly stopped and turned around.

“Junior Brother Zhou, this world is far more vast than we can imagine! Your goals shouldn’t stop here.”

After saying that, Wei Hongyu went through the front door.

"Junior brother, I have learned a lot."

Zhou Qing watched Wei Hongyu leave, murmuring to himself.

"Only God knows how big my goals are!"

You can interpret Wei Hongyu's words however you like.

He didn't think too much about it.

There are countless principles, but nothing beats doing your best in the present moment.

Wei Hongyu came to the front yard.

Everyone knew she was going out, but they didn't know where she was going or how long she would be gone.

It wasn't until Wei Sheng handed her a large package that everyone realized she was going on a long trip.

"Be careful."

Wei Sheng escorted Wei Hongyu to the door.

A plump, reddish-brown horse was tied to a cedar tree by the entrance.

"Don't worry, Dad, I know what I'm doing."

Wei Hongyu nimbly mounted her horse, flicked her whip, and rode away.

After leaving the town, Wei Hongyu took out a map to examine it.

While rummaging through the package, she opened the one Zhou Qing had given her.

Under the sunlight, the pale gold inner armor appeared translucent, while the scales inlaid on the chest were as black as ink, as if they absorbed the blazing sunlight without reflecting any light.

"This is."

Wei Hongyu reached out and pinched the material of the scales.

“Snake scales, with this texture, must belong to a spirit that has already developed intelligence.”

Wei Hongyu seemed to see Zhou Qing inlaying snake scales under the candlelight.

"He himself probably wouldn't even be willing to use something this good."

Wei Hongyu felt a surge of warmth in her heart, and was somewhat moved.

If this inner armor were sent to the county town for auction, it could fetch at least a hundred taels of silver.

As a Bone Refining Realm martial artist, this inner armor has limited use for her. However, for martial artists in the first two stages, this inner armor can be a lifesaver in critical moments.

Zhou Qing simply gave it to her.

"Junior Brother Zhou"

Wei Hongyu looked back at the town, her gaze softening.

"Ugh"

After a long silence, she sighed, put away her inner armor, and her expression became resolute again.

Love for one's children can be overwhelming, but even heroes have their limits.

Her goal is far more than just reaching the Blood Transformation Realm.

Zhou Qing returned to the front yard, practicing his boxing stances while lost in thought.

At this moment, Xu Lin came closer.

"What's wrong, Aqing? Are you so sad because Senior Sister left? You seem like you've lost your soul."

Zhou Qing snapped out of her daze and said with a smile, "What? You don't like Senior Sister?"

"Huh?! Me! This! What nonsense are you talking about?! I'm not like that." Xu Lin's face turned red instantly when he was asked this, and he immediately became incoherent.

Zhou Qing was speechless for a moment, not expecting that his basic attack had tricked him into using his ultimate move.

"It's not like you don't like Senior Sister!" Xu Lin snapped out of his daze and retorted aggressively.

"My senior sister is beautiful, kind-hearted, and highly skilled in martial arts. If I could marry her, I would only marry her!" Zhou Qing was not stumped by his question and said it without any hesitation.

My lady, my gentleman is good.

Feelings can be cultivated; if there is love at first sight, then feelings will naturally grow over time.

"Ah Qing! You son of a bitch! You actually dared to say that? You're dreaming!"

"According to your logic, if I could marry Senior Sister, I would rather never break through to the Blood Exchange Realm for the rest of my life."

Several apprentices who were familiar with the two joined in the commotion, and some even started mimicking Zhou Qing's oath-making techniques.

"You guys are really something," Zhou Qing said with a laugh.

He was speaking when suddenly both of his feet left the ground.

A large, fan-like hand grabbed his collar.

Before me stood Wei Sheng's resolute and serious face.

“Master Wei, I was wrong.” Zhou Qing raised his hands.

Wei Sheng was still immersed in the sadness of his daughter's departure, and this commotion left him feeling both amused and exasperated.

"I never knew you had such a mischievous side."

Wei Sheng put Zhou Qing down, looked at the apprentices in the arena, and laughed and scolded.

"You toads, trying to eat swan meat! All of you, focus on your martial arts training! Without reaching the Bone Refining Realm, you're not even qualified to propose marriage to my Wei family!"

The apprentices who had been making a fuss just moments before scattered in all directions.

Two months is neither a long nor a short time.

After Wei Hongyu left, the person in charge of teaching them martial arts was replaced by the fifth senior brother, He Zhongdong.

During this time, Lin Qiu recovered his energy and blood.

Xu Lin also broke through to the Flesh Refining Realm a few days ago.

As for Zhou Qing, he had already condensed his second cloud of qi and blood more than a month ago.

Then, with Wei Sheng's permission, he paid another fifteen taels of silver to collect his three-month supply of meat within one month.

However, condensing the third cloud of qi and blood was more difficult than Zhou Qing had anticipated.

[Occupation: Martial Artist]

[Technique: White Cloud Palm Technique]

[Progress: Mastery (380/800)]

"Looks like I have to go out."

Zhou Qing, feeling the effects of the meat dish weakening significantly again, returned to the silkworm rearing room.

The White Cloud Palm Technique has entered the mastery stage, and the progress has drastically decreased to around 10 o'clock each day.

The growth of Qi and blood has slowed down significantly.

Zhou Qing asked Xu Lin, and he said that after Xu Lin condensed two clouds of qi and blood, the growth of his qi and blood slowed down significantly. Only after breaking through the flesh barrier did the growth rate of his qi and blood return to normal.

According to Wei Hongyu, if one is not adequately prepared for the Flesh Refining Realm, the speed of Tendon Refining will be slow.

She possesses superior physical constitution, and even with ample conventional resources, it took her nearly a year to condense eight streams of qi and blood clouds.

However, after she condensed eight streams of qi and blood, it only took her a year to go from refining flesh to perfecting tendons.

The more abundant your Qi and blood, the faster you can strengthen your tendons.

However, without the assistance of internal energy cultivation techniques, the potential of the human body can only be stimulated by external energy cultivation alone.

Even the worst internal energy cultivation method costs over a hundred taels.

In just two months, the silkworms in the false persimmon grove had woven two inner armors and two pairs of boxing gloves.

Chi Yan also grew from the size of a thumb into a giant centipede that was over a foot and a half long.

As for the Green Silk Gu, it has also become stronger.

If the influence of a cautious approach becomes stronger here, then the meaning of stability is lost.

(End of this chapter)