Chapter 4 First-Tier Gu Insect! Wine Gu
A dozen minutes later, the originally clear wine had turned pure white. Through the broken parts of the Divine Wood King Cauldron, the pure white wine in the cauldron could be seen boiling, and the white bamboo worms could no longer be seen.
Shi Lin stared nervously at the Divine Wood King Cauldron, barely daring to breathe. This was Shi Lin's first time refining Gu worms, so his nervousness was understandable.
After a few breaths, the originally boiling white liquor gradually calmed down, and the amount of liquor inside decreased until a fleshy white worm was finally revealed.
This insect looks similar to ordinary bamboo worms, but it is also different. It is whiter, as white as snowflakes, and has a few small black spots on its back, making it look somewhat ordinary.
Perhaps because it had just been successfully refined, the Gu worm lay motionless at the bottom of the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
"It looks a bit like a certain brand of tires." Shi Lin scratched his head, looking at the Gu worms in the Divine Wood King Cauldron, and said in confusion.
Then, information about the Gu worm appeared in Shi Lin's mind.
[Gu Insect: Wine Gu]
[Level: Tier 1]
[Quality: Inferior]
[Functions: 1. Increases cultivation speed and soul power purity after contracting; 2. Transforms water into alcohol after being placed in clear water for ten days]
[Introduction: One of the few basic Gu worms that can improve cultivation speed and purify soul power. The refining method is crude, and the improvement effect is poor. It can be used as a material for refining second-grade Gu worms.]
[Note: Spring and Autumn Annals enter the altar, a great dream has lasted for a thousand years.]
Besides being used in contracts, Gu worms can also be used in daily life; for example, a wine Gu can be used to brew wine.
As for the special effects of the other Gu worms, Shi Lin will need to explore them one by one after he refines them.
The food in the wine pot is wine, and it can also produce flowing water when soaked in water, which can be considered as self-production and self-consumption, so Shi Lin doesn't need to hide the wine pot to find food.
"Although it's a low-grade one, I succeeded! I've successfully refined a Gu worm on the Douluo Continent!" Shi Lin excitedly pumped his fist.
I never imagined that I could actually create a Gu worm that could increase cultivation speed based on the content of the novels from my previous life!
However, the Gu worms refined by Shi Lin are different from those of a certain immortal. Relatively speaking, the Gu worms refined by Shi Lin are more domineering, but lack some spirituality. The Gu worms in Shi Lin's hands are more like tools.
Furthermore, there are significant differences in the synthesis system of Gu worms, but that's a story for another time.
After calming down, Shi Lin sat back down in his chair, took out a notebook, and recorded the refining ratio of the wine poison and the properties of the poison worm.
After all, there is no Gu Dao inheritance on the Douluo Continent, so Shi Lin will need to personally explore both refining and cultivating Gu worms.
After doing all this, Shi Lin turned his attention to the wine Gu in the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
The little guy that was just refined is still sleeping soundly inside the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
Shi Lin carefully removed the wine Gu from the Divine Wood King Cauldron.
The wine Gu awoke the instant it left the Divine Wood King Cauldron, and began to wriggle gently in Shi Lin's hand, accompanied by a rich aroma of wine.
Compared to ordinary alcoholic beverages, the aroma emanating from the wine Gu was much richer and more mellow, and just smelling it made Shi Lin feel intoxicated.
"Come on, let me see just how effective the Gu worm really is!" Shi Lin's eyes were burning with desire as he looked at the wine Gu.
This wine-infused Gu will be the first Gu worm that Shi Lin contracts.
Next, Shi Lin went to the table, took out a piece of paper and laid it on the table. He cut his finger, dripped a drop of blood onto the table, and then used a toothpick to draw a strange circular magic circle on the paper with his blood.
Although this was Shi Lin's first time drawing a contract formation, the information in the inherited materials was very detailed, so Shi Lin easily completed the drawing of the contract formation.
As the rank of the Gu worm increases, the formation used for the contract no longer requires blood; at that point, Spiritual power will be needed.
It was only because Shi Lin's Spiritual strength was insufficient in the early stages that he could only use blood to draw the contract formation.
After drawing the formation for the contracted Gu worm, Shi Lin placed the wine Gu in the center of the formation and then poured all the remaining soul power in his body into the formation.
The next second, the formation began to emit a strange blood-red light, which formed a light shield that enveloped the wine Gu. The wine Gu, which had been quiet, suddenly awoke and began to become agitated.
Gu worms are not so easy to subdue, after all, Gu are spiritual creatures, and spiritual creatures have their own pride.
"Heh! Still thinking of resisting? You were created by me!" Shi Lin snorted, gritted his teeth, and squeezed out the last bit of soul power in his dantian, injecting it into the formation.
After squeezing out the last bit of soul power, Shi Lin felt dizzy. However, in order to ensure the success of the first contract with the Gu worm, Shi Lin bit his tongue, forced himself to stay alert, and stared intently at the wine Gu in the contract formation.
After the formation absorbed Shi Lin's soul power, its light became noticeably brighter, and a special pressure enveloped the wine Gu, quickly suppressing it.
The previously agitated wine Gu instantly quieted down, then lay motionless within the formation.
Shi Lin stared palely at the Gu worms within the formation.
It was fortunate that the wine Gu had just been refined; otherwise, Shi Lin's attempt to refine the Gu would likely have failed.
Just then, the paper on which the contract formation was drawn suddenly burst into flames, and the blood-red light transformed into a beam of light that pierced into the body of the wine Gu.
A red light flashed across the originally snow-white wine Gu.
The contract is done!
Seeing that the Gu worm contract had been successfully completed, Shi Lin revealed a bright smile, then his head lolled to the side and he collapsed to the ground unconscious.
It wasn't until the next morning that Shi Lin felt something pressing against his palm, and he groggily opened his eyes.
When he opened his eyes, he saw a wine Gu, about the length of a finger, pressing against his palm.
"Hungry..."
A peculiar feeling entered Shi Lin's mind.
"Are you hungry?" Shi Lin picked up the wine Gu, placed it in front of him, and asked.
However, the first-grade Gu worm clearly did not possess such high intelligence and continued to resist Shi Lin's grasp.
The food for the wine Gu is alcohol; basically, they have to drink at least one or two jin of alcohol every day.
The Shi family has become wealthy in recent years, so there is quite a lot of wine in the kitchen.
Shi Lin struggled to get up from the ground.
After lying on the ground all night, Shi Lin felt that all the joints in his body were uncomfortable.
"What kind of fate is this!" Shi Lin said irritably!
Before awakening his Spirit, the castrated pig was always peaceful and happy. Now that he has awakened his Spirit, he has fainted twice in one day.
Looking at the sky just beginning to brighten outside the window, Shi Lin tucked the wine Gu into his pocket, then sneaked into the kitchen, found a jar of wine, opened the seal, and let the wine Gu enter the jar to drink.
Shi Lin found a chair in the kitchen and sat down, waiting for Wine Gu to finish drinking.
"I wonder if adding more ingredients will allow me to refine a high-grade Gu worm." Shi Lin stroked his chin and began to think.
If the quality of the Gu worms being refined is related to the quantity of new materials, then it would be extremely difficult for Shi Lin to develop a new type of Gu worm.
After all, the world is full of complex things, and finding the most suitable refining materials is like finding a needle in a haystack.
"Sigh, for now, I'll focus on cultivating the wine Gu. It shouldn't put me in any danger for the time being. I'll consider attack-type Gu worms after I break through to level ten." Shi Lin sighed, then found a cucumber in the kitchen and sat down to munch on it.
A dozen minutes later, the wine Gu crawled out of the wine jar. Its originally snow-white body became even whiter and emitted a crystal-clear, jade-like luster. After eating and drinking its fill, the wine Gu drooped on the edge of the wine jar and fell asleep.
Shi Lin put the plump wine Gu into his pocket and then resealed the wine jar.
Shi Lin patted the wine Gu in his pocket and then returned to his room.
Now that the wine Gu has eaten its fill, the next step is to test its effects. I wonder how much the wine Gu can increase my cultivation speed.
[end of the chapter]