Starting with the Corpse-Eating Worm, he worked his way up to become the Left-Winged Immortal Lord.

"You will be responsible for cultivating the Ghost-Smothering Leaves in the Pharmacy, and not just for repelling insects. Within six months... at least one hundred plants. If you can't do that, you'll have to return two identical exotic insects to me." Lu Xingzhi said after careful consideration.

Ghost Leaf is a second-tier Yin-evil spiritual herb, a new brand he prepared for the expansion of his medicine hall, but after a month, he only managed to cultivate ten plants.

Fortunately, once you have successful experience, things will become smoother and smoother, but it is still very difficult to grow 100 plants in half a year.

Because cultivating yin and evil spiritual medicines is never simply a matter of planting them, watering them, and waiting for them to grow; pests are only one aspect of the process.

Even if this task were entrusted to Li Fulai, who has been cultivating corpse mushrooms in Fufeng Forest for many years, it would still be quite difficult.

But what he wanted was a high level of difficulty; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to sleep at night if he just gave away his most precious collection.

After explaining the difficulties to Gu Qing in detail, Lu Xingzhi added, "If you're afraid, choose another alien insect."

"Afraid?"

A slight smile flickered across Gu Qing's lips.

He was overjoyed to receive such a challenging, highly praised, and lucrative job.

"This disciple truly doesn't know how to write the word 'fear'."

"You've got a big mouth, I hope you don't regret it later."

"certainly."

"Okay, then it's yours."

Lu Xingzhi gritted his teeth and handed over its ownership to Gu Qing.

Then he added, "Although you have a connection with it, this thing is no pushover and is not as easy to control as a spirit-eating insect. Moreover, it is adept at seducing people's souls, and the possibility of it turning against you is extremely high."

"clear."

Gu Qing nodded, his gaze returning to the Shattered Void Stag Beetle, and continued to increase his output of Yin energy, feeding it incessantly.

The hollow stag beetle, though only the size of a thumb, has a bottomless belly, never seeming to get enough to eat.

In just a short while, Gu Qing's Yin energy decreased by 50%.

Fortunately, Gu Qing was at the first level of Qi Refining with a Yin Body, and his Yin Techniques were extremely powerful. He was able to feed Gu Qing his Yin Techniques after consuming 80% of them.

After eating their fill, the hollow stag beetle was no longer as aggressive as before, and when it faced Gu Qing, it gradually showed a sense of closeness.

"It's finally done."

Gu Qing was overjoyed.

But when Gu Qing used his insect-controlling technique to ride the Void-Shattering Stag Beetle, he felt an unprecedented pressure.

With his perception and Yin magic, controlling five hundred spirit-eating insects was no problem, but controlling a single hollow stag beetle was already very difficult for him.

"The insect-controlling techniques in the Subduing Insect Control Wonderful Method are not very sophisticated and cannot fully control the Shattered Void Stag Beetle. The insect-controlling techniques in the Worm Without Return Foundation Building True Method are too unique and could not be used before Deng Hui died."

"If only there were one more slot for a transformed, divine being, then once their minds are aligned, they could control the Void-Shattering Stag Beetle without needing to cast spells."

Gu Qing sighed inwardly, but still gritted his teeth and used his magic to control the Void Stag Beetle.

Seeing this, Lu Xingzhi, though reluctant, couldn't help but sigh in admiration and remove the lid of the glass jar.

"Good lad, it seems this alien insect is yours."

Gu Qing said seriously, "Without my master, I wouldn't even be qualified to enter the secret vault, so how could I possibly have anything that should be mine?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xingzhi felt much more at ease.

This kid is a grateful person.

It wasn't in vain that I turned against Chen Ye for him.

Lu Xingzhi continued, "Alright, pack it up and take it with you. But your Blood Refining Insect Breeding Jar is ultimately a third-rate Yin artifact. It's fine for raising ordinary strange insects, but if you want to raise this guy, it's not only not enough, but it will also easily become a burden to him."

"clear."

Gu Qing nodded and guided the Shattered Void Shovel Beetle into the Blood Refining Insect Breeding Jar.

After reluctantly glancing around, Gu Qing finally followed Lu Xingzhi out of the secret vault.

My darlings.

wait for me!

……

After leaving the secret vault.

Lu Xingzhi brought Gu Qing to Ding Xian, who was watching the Daoist boys tending to the spiritual herbs.

"Master."

Ding Xian bowed.

Lu Xingzhi said, "Let your junior brother go and collect three sets of materials for cultivating Ghost Covering Leaves, and while he's at it, move the few plants on the third floor to the shady spot behind the mountain. If it starts tomorrow, the cultivation of Ghost Covering Leaves will be his responsibility, and you should not interfere."

"Master, my junior brother has only just entered the first level of Qi Refining, while the Ghost-Covering Leaf is a second-tier Yin-evil spiritual herb. Isn't that a bit...?"

Ding Xian was interrupted by Lu Xingzhi before he could finish speaking.

"It's all he should do."

That's all.

Lu Xingzhi strode away, leaving Ding Xian looking puzzled.

"Junior brother, did you upset Master?"

Gu Qing shook her head. "No."

"Then why did he entrust you with cultivating the Ghost Leaf, the most difficult tree to cultivate in the pharmacy?" Ding Xian pressed.

Gu Qing didn't mention the matter of cultivating a hundred trees in half a year, but instead made up a random excuse, "It's our duty as disciples to share Master's burdens. It may be difficult, but if disciples don't do these things, are we going to let Master, who is so old, worry about them every day?"

Ding Xian was taken aback, and his gaze toward Gu Qing became somewhat bright. "Junior Brother's awareness is something I, as your senior brother, am ashamed of."

Previously, he only thought Gu Qing was a talented young man, but based on what Gu Qing just said, he felt that Gu Qing would definitely go far. If he could get into the top three in the assessment in the future, his future would be limitless.

"Senior brother is too modest."

Gu Qing raised his hand in a salute, and then followed Li Fu to receive three sets of materials for cultivating Ghost Cover Leaf, three medicinal seeds, thirty catties of five kinds of animal blood, a box of ashes of a person who died in the year, month, day and hour of Yin, and a stick of soul-summoning incense.

When Ding Xian saw that Gu Qing didn't have a magic tool to carry things, he generously gave Gu Qing a five-corpse bag.

Made from five dead human skins, it contains a considerable storage space, capable of storing inanimate objects, as well as raising corpses, ghosts, and insects.

Its value is over one hundred taels.

Gu Qing was reluctant to accept it, since he felt obligated to do so, but Ding Xian insisted, so he had no choice but to reluctantly accept it.

In this regard.

Gu Qing was filled with many emotions.

In his presence, Ding Xian was a generous and polite senior brother.

But in front of the Taoist boy, he was just as ruthless as Li Fu.

really.

Only by striving for advancement will one attract more and more good people around them.

However, just as Gu Qing was about to start working, Ding Xian told him to go back and rest first.

But Gu Qing couldn't wait any longer.

"Junior brother, don't be anxious. Ghost Leaf can only be cultivated at night. During the day, you only need to repel insects. Junior brother, rest for now and come back tomorrow evening." After saying that, Ding Xian handed over his experience in cultivating Lu Xingzhi's Ghost Leaf.

"Alright."

Gu Qing accepted the gift with some disappointment, bowed, and had no choice but to leave for the time being.

However, in order to detect the corpse's aura, Gu Qing went straight to Fufeng Forest after leaving the pharmacy, and spent ten hours examining the corpse before returning to Wufeng Temple.

Upon seeing this, Li Fu expressed his utter incomprehension.

Gu Qing was too lazy to explain. After returning to Wufeng Temple, he began to carefully study the cultivation techniques for Ghost Leaf and quietly waited for the dawn the next day.

After observing the corpse for ten hours, plus the harvest of the Void-Shattering Shovel Beetle and the refining of another corpse, the corpse energy was definitely enough.

He will be able to evolve the Black Armor Corpse-Eating Worm into the Shadowless Corpse-Eating Worm once the results are tallied at dawn tomorrow!