In my twilight years of cultivating, I became a Supreme Daoist of the Longevity Path

Chapter 36: 033: Blood Refining Golden Silkworm Part 1 Chapter 36: 033: Blood Refining Golden Silkworm Part 1 In the cozy, elegantly furnished, bright study.

Chen Dengming, who had just undergone a wave of life-shortening enhancements, which had cost him six years of his lifespan to improve his spirit qi affinity, was somewhat weak.

Taking advantage of the rest time, taking a sip of the goji tea offered by Xu Wei, he saw his current panel status while meditating.

“Qi Cultivation Second Grade [Chen Dengming]
Lifespan: 102/188
Spiritual Root: Gold, Wood (Medium quality 10/100)
Martial Arts: “Chen Family Martial Arts Compendium” (Complete 99/100)
Daoist Techniques: “Gu Refining Chapter” (Proficient 43/100), “Three Elements Gathering Spirit Skill” (Second Level 97/200), “Life-Shortening Cultivation Enhancement Skill” (First Level 3.3/100), “Big Fireball Skill” (Proficient 3/100), “Instrument Control Skill” (Beginner 19/100), “Gold Spear Skill” (Beginner 21/100)”
“Unfortunately, there is not enough time.

There are twelve hours in a day.

Practicing the ‘Three Elements Gathering Spirit Skill’ twelve times a day takes six hours, eating, drinking, and resting, including Gu refining, takes an hour.

I only have five hours to cultivate.”
“Although in a spiritual land like the Luo Family, my spiritual energy recovers quickly, plus I’m willing to spend spirit stones to replenish my spirit qi.”
“But practicing three Daoist techniques in five hours every day is still not enough.

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I wish I could split myself into four or five parts to cultivate separately.”
Chen Dengming looked at his current cultivation achievements, both happy and regretful for the lack of time and limited energy.

Therefore, every time he saw Xu Wei not cultivating, he felt it was a pity.

He wished Xu Wei could act as his avatar to help him cultivate.

However, under his influence, Xu Wei has indeed been diligently cultivating for a long time recently.

According to her, she should be about to breakthrough to the first layer of Qi Cultivation.

As for Chen Dengming, his improvement was even greater, making full use of the resources of this ‘blessed land’ during this period.

The courtyard of the Luo Family where he is located has three times the concentration of spirit qi than that of the city where the loose cultivators gather, and about four times that of the wilderness.

Plus, taking the Clear Spirit Pill every day to improve his spirit qi affinity, his cultivation speed was even more astonishing.

In just forty-three days, he had broken through a level and made almost half the progress in the second level of Qi Cultivation.

After his power level broke through to the second stage, his lifespan also increased by fifteen years, reaching a limit of 188 years.

The downside is that techniques like Big Fireball Skill, Instrument Control Skill, and Gold Spear Skill are at the same level as “Three Elements Gathering Spirit Skill”.

So neither learning nor breaking through these techniques increased his lifespan.

However, the surprise was that since the “Gold Spear Skill” is probably a gold attribute technique, it took less time and consumed less spiritual energy to practice with his medium-quality Gold and Wood Spiritual Root compared to “Big Fireball Skill”.

Therefore, during this period, he primarily focused on this Daoist technique, secondary to the Fireball technique, and gradually cultivated it to a decent level.

This also reflected the importance of ‘companion’ in the principle of ‘fellowship in Daoism and location’.

The ‘companion’ could be a teacher, a friend, or other companions.

If he had had a teacher to guide him earlier, he could have avoided many detours.

“The most important thing now is to consider improving my medium-quality spiritual roots to high-quality.

To enhance my current medium-quality spiritual root with an affinity of 10 to high-quality spiritual root affinity would require at least 135 years of lifespan.”
“This…”
Chen Dengming shook his head slightly, blowing on the goji in his cup.

“The amplitude of spiritual root improvement of this technique varies from person to person, roughly between an increase of 50% to 120%.

Based on my trial at the first level entering the second level, I can improve four points of spirit qi affinity for every six years of lifespan consumed.

Once I completely cultivate the second level, I can improve 120 points of spirit qi affinity, which is the maximum increase.

That would be very good luck…”
Chen Dengming frowned and pondered for a moment, opened his eyes, shook his head, and walked out of the study.

For now, he doesn’t have that much life to spend.

After all, he only has eighty-six years left.

The loss of a lifespan of 135 years is too much to bear, so he’ll have to gradually use and improve it in the future.

He has decided to start practicing the Wood Escape Skill, which is a second-level first-tier technique.

The level of the Wood Escape Skill is even higher than the Big Fireball Skill.

If it doesn’t conflict with the “Life-Shortening Cultivation Enhancement Skill”, then after learning the Wood Escape Skill, his lifespan will continue to increase, providing more security.

However, the Golden Silkworm Gu is about to be refined now, and his time to stay in the Luo Family is running out.

If the refining fails, he might have to leave immediately that very day and might even be severely punished.

By then, everyone will desert him.

His cooperative relationship with Xu Ning, the owner of the Gold Word Workshop, will definitely change.

There will be no place for him in the gathering place.

In the cultivation world, a world where the law of the jungle prevails, people around you will be kind and friendly only as long as you continue to be strong and excellent.

Once you fall on hard times, even a stray dog on the side of the road will bare its teeth at you.

Xu Wei clearly understands this principle.

She has been especially nervous these days.

She sleeps only for two hours in a twelve-hour day, most of the other time she spends vigilantly watching the status of the Golden Silkworm Gu by the courtyard arena.

She even created a small shed in the courtyard, eating and living there every day.

Every time Chen Dengming tried to talk her out of it, she just smiled and said she understood, before reverting back to her old habits, making it hard to dissuade her.

This has caused Chen Dengming to feel quite emotional.

He originally intended to help her out, but now Xu Wei is so dedicated that she has lost weight over the course of more than forty days.

The unhealthy pallor on her pretty face is even more noticeable.

She seems afraid that if the Golden Silkworm Gu refining fails and he is punished, Chen Dengming, who is focused on cultivating, can’t help feeling guilty.

Compared to Xu Wei, as the maker of the Golden Silkworm Gu, Chen Dengming had put in a lesser amount of effort on the Gu.

However, as time progressed, Chen Dengming started to more clearly feel the connection of blood and intent with the Golden Silkworm Gu.

The aura of this soon-to-be-born Gu Worm was getting stronger by the day, which meant that the possibilities of his Gu Refining failing were diminishing even further.

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Six days later.

In the courtyard.

“Rise!”
With one step forward, Chen Dengming unleashed his Spiritual Might, his robe was fluttering, and he pointed at the Golden Silkworm Gu in the incense burner on the ground while chanting a spell.

In an instant, the Golden Silkworm Gu seemed to awaken from a dormant state, opening its golden vertical pupils.

Abruptly, its golden shell – which was adorned with blood-colored patterns – burst open, revealing six wings as thin as cicada wings.

With a hum, it flickered!

The Golden Silkworm Gu turned into a golden thread in mid-air and disappeared in an instant.

The next moment, it appeared right before Chen Dengming.

Its speed was more than twice as swift as the Blood Centipede Gu.

As Chen Dengming curiously examined the Golden Silkworm Gu in front of him, which looked like a combination of a cicada and silkworm, a look of delight crossed his face.

The lightning-fast flight speed alone surpassed that of lower-tier magic artifacts.

The degree of power exhibited by the Golden Silkworm Gu left him feeling extremely satisfied.

However, it wasn’t the speed, but the invisible and colorless poison and indestructible body of the Golden Silkworm Gu that were its most lethal attributes.

Ordinary low and middle-tier magic artifacts might not inflict much harm on it at all.

“I heard that the poison of the Golden Silkworm Gu is invisible and colorless.

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Those who are poisoned will feel like they’re being gnawed by a million worms.

The pain is unbearable, they want to live but can’t, want to die but can’t.

Is that true?”
At this moment, Xi’er’s voice was heard from the side.

Upon sensing her presence, Chen Dengming immediately turned to see Xi’er, and another graceful figure – Miss Luo Family, Luo Bing.

The Golden Silkworm Gu was a success.

It was time that the lady whom he had briefly encountered in the past finally agreed to meet him.

“Junior greets…

Immortal Fairy Luo!”
Chen Dengming immediately greeted her, barely avoiding addressing her as an Immortal Master as he did in the past.

“Immortal fairy?”
Xi’er covered her mouth with a smile, sneaked a glance at Luo Bing’s exquisite and beautiful side profile, and giggled.

Chen Dengming cupped his fist towards Xi’er and said, “The poison of the Golden Silkworm Gu is indeed invisible and colorless, and extremely potent.

It can cause severe abdominal pain in the poisoned person, their stomach would swell like a pot, and they would die a terrible death.

But as for how it affects a cultivator, I do not know, because this is the first time I have refined it.

However, the Golden Silkworm Gu is known to be impervious to swords and spears, to be invulnerable against water and fire, and its sharp teeth are comparable to magic artifacts.

Ordinary protective shields are virtually of no use against it.

The only pity is…

since it is made from blood refining, it frequently needs to be fed with the blood of spiritual creatures.

It is indeed quite difficult to raise…”
When he finished speaking, Chen Dengming looked slightly regretful and a bit troubled.

Now that he had this precious Gu, he was finding it somewhat difficult to afford its upkeep.

The Blood Centipede Gu was alright to feed, as it wasn’t too choosy about its food.

As long as it was occasionally fed, and even when it wasn’t, it would just curl up in his ear without causing any trouble.

The Golden Silkworm Gu, on the other hand, was notorious for its large appetite.

If it was not fed, it would become very irritable.

If he dared to starve it, the Gu would dare to revolt against him.

“Oh?”
Xi’er looked surprised, directly ignoring Chen Dengming’s last sentence.

She looked at the Golden Silkworm Gu with an eager expression and, while casting a spell, said, “Well then, I’ll use the Spiritual Shield Skill now, and you let this little bug try.

If what you said isn’t true, hmpph…”
Having said that, she released her Spiritual Might, and almost instantly, a spiritual protective shield condensed around her body.

“To have achieved the proficiency level of Spiritual Shield Skill…”
Chen Dengming raised his eyebrows, but he didn’t seem bothered.

Even the Blood Centipede Gu had once managed to bite through a Spiritual Shield.

Not to mention the Golden Silkworm Gu, probably only defensive magic artifacts could withstand its attack.

With a mere thought, the Golden Silkworm Gu suddenly opened its sharp teeth that were like spiral gears, and flapped its wings.

“Whoosh!”——
“Crack!”
Almost immediately after the golden light flashed, Xi’er’s newly condensed spiritual shield broke like a bubble, disappearing at an unbelievably fast speed.

“Ah!”
Xi’er, terrified, almost reflexively withdrew.

Just in time, a protective magic artifact flashed with spiritual light and became visible.

With a ‘ding,’ it collided with the swift and almost peerless Golden Silkworm Gu, sending out a melodious sound wave like that of a bell.

The impact sent the Gu flying.

But in just a flash, the Golden Silkworm Gu bounced up from the ground again.

It was a little dizzy and shaking its head, it slowly flew to Chen Dengming’s side, seemingly unharmed.

Upon witnessing such a sight, Xu Wei was so astonished that he was tongue-tied, and even Luo Bing’s normally indifferent and beautiful face showed a hint of emotion…

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