Chapter 40 Preparations Before Departure
After returning to his courtyard, Shi Lin did not disturb Shi An. Instead, he found another servant and asked him to go to the winery to find Fugui and have Fugui inform Lin Yu that he had returned to the Shi family mansion.
Lin Yu and her two daughters now live in a basement, raising poisonous insects. Most people are unaware of Lin Yu's existence, let alone finding them.
After doing all this, Shi Lin returned to his bedroom, pressed a mechanism, and the bookshelf slowly moved, revealing a secret passage.
Now that the Shi family has expanded, Shi Lin naturally wants to build himself a secret room, since it's not the right time to let others know about the Gu worms.
Then Shi Lin picked up a candlestick and, using its light, walked down the dark passage.
A dozen minutes later, Shi Lin pushed open a wooden door and entered the secret room.
Shi Lin's secret room for refining Gu was very large, several hundred square meters in size. In the center was a five-meter-long Gu refining workbench, on which were placed many books and cardboard boxes to record Shi Lin's experimental data.
In addition, the walls of the secret room are lined with small drawers, which can be used to store materials for refining poisonous insects.
There is a small soul-guided lamp here, which Shi Zhen bought at a high price for Shi Lin's eyes. It is enough to illuminate the entire room.
Back in the chair at the control panel, Shi Lin sat down comfortably, squinted slightly, and began to plan his next move.
"It's a pity that I've been focusing all my energy on cultivation lately and haven't been able to refine any new offensive Gu worms. All I have left are the high-grade Silver Moon Gu, Swamp Poison Gu, and Bewitching Incense Gu." Shi Lin took out paper and pen and began to write down his next Gu refining plan.
After refining enough wine Gu, Shi Lin began to refine Silver Moon Gu. Although the low-grade Silver Moon Gu had limited lethality, the high-grade Silver Moon Gu was far more lethal.
A superior-grade Silver Moon Gu can release ten Moon Blades after absorbing three days of moonlight, and the attack power of each Moon Blade is about the same as the full-force attack of a level 20 Soul Master.
There are still plenty of high-grade Silver Moon Gu and high-grade Swamp Poison Gu in reserve, so there's no need to replenish them recently.
After all, Shi Lin is only level 10, and can only contract three Gu worms at most. Even after absorbing the Soul Ring, he will only be able to contract six Gu worms.
In addition, there were two large bags of Bewitching Incense Gu. Although Bewitching Incense Gu were produced by first-tier Gu worms, the quantity was huge! If all of them are used up, even a thousand-year-old soul beast will have to lie down obediently for a day.
"It seems we still have to continue refining high-grade wine Gu," Shi Lin said with a sigh, stroking his chin.
But you can't blame Shi Lin for being idle; he had actually done a lot of preparation over the past year.
Next, Shi Lin took out several jars of wine produced from top-grade wine Gu and began to refine the wine Gu.
Two hours later, Shi Lin, who had just recovered his soul power and was about to continue refining the wine Gu, heard a knock on the door upstairs.
So he packed up his things for refining Gu worms and came out of the secret room.
As soon as he came out of his room, he saw Lin Yu waiting at the door.
"Lin Yu greets Young Master!" Lin Yu bowed respectfully to Shi Lin.
"No need for formalities, get up. I have something to tell you today." Shi Lin nodded and said to Lin Yu.
Shi Lin looked Lin Yu up and down. Lin Yu used to be as thin as an abandoned kitten, all skin and bones. After a year of careful care, Lin Yu looked like a lotus emerging from water, her figure was as if it had been inflated, and her appearance and personality had also improved a lot.
"Yes, young master!" Lin Yu smiled, straightened up, and stood beside Shi Lin.
"By the way, Lin Yu, what's your soul power level now?" Shi Lin asked Lin Yu.
Because Lin Yu was always in charge of taking care of the wine Gu at the brewery, Shi Lin and Lin Yu didn't usually communicate much. Shi Lin remembered that when he first met Lin Yu, Lin Yu's soul power level was level 7, and he figured she would be close to level 10 by now.
"Replying to Young Master, I am fortunate to have received your Gu worm as a reward. My soul power level has now reached level 9, and I should be able to break through to level 10 in the next few days." Lin Yu nodded and then respectfully said to Shi Lin.
Because the Shi family really had no one with cultivation talent, and Lin Yu and her two daughters also had to manage the production of the wine Gu for Shi Lin, Shi Lin decided to have Lin Yu contract the bitter wine Gu to increase her cultivation speed.
Shi Lin was stunned after hearing Lin Yu's words. He didn't expect that Lin Yu would have time to cultivate while taking care of the wine Gu every day, and even be able to cultivate to level ten.
"Alright, leave the work to your mother for the next two days. Focus on breaking through to level ten as soon as possible, and then come with me to the Soul Hunting Forest to get your Soul Rings." Shi Lin said earnestly to Lin Yu.
Upon hearing Shi Lin's words, Lin Yu stood there stunned. She hadn't expected that Shi Lin would even think of arranging a soul ring for her.
Lin Yu never expected that Shi Lin would let her enter the Soul Hunting Forest, just to protect Shi Lin's own safety.
"By the way, don't go back these next couple of days. Just stay in my courtyard and focus on your cultivation," Shi Lin said, pointing to the side room.
"Young Master...you...age..." Lin Yu's pretty face turned bright red instantly after hearing Shi Lin's words.
Looking at Lin Yu's expression, Shi Lin knew that this girl had definitely misunderstood.
"What are you thinking about? Hurry up and cultivate. I still need to refine the Gu worms." Shi Lin said irritably, then returned to his room, went down to the secret chamber, and continued refining the Gu worms.
"How embarrassing!" Lin Yu covered her face, ran to a room, and began to cultivate in seclusion.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
For the past three days, Shi An and Lin Yu have been staying in their rooms, focusing on their cultivation and striving to break through their bottlenecks as soon as possible.
Fortunately, Shi An and Lin Yu both broke through this morning!
Now, all three Soul Masters of the Shi family have broken through to the next level and can go to the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt Soul Beasts and obtain Soul Rings.
At this moment, Shi Lin was sitting on a stone bench, with two Gu worms placed on the stone table, while Shi An and Lin Yu stood opposite Shi Lin, looking at him respectfully.
"Brother An, Lin Yu, these two Gu worms are the Silver Moon Gu and the Swamp Poison Gu. The Silver Moon Gu can release a moon blade, with an attack power equivalent to the full-force attack of a level 20 Soul Master. It can be used once every three days. The Swamp Poison Gu is relatively weaker, but the attack it releases is highly poisonous." Shi Lin pointed to the two Gu worms on the table and introduced them to the two people in front of him.
"Next, Lin Yu, the Gu worms on your body need to be replaced with one Silver Moon Gu and two Swamp Poison Gu. Brother An can contract six Gu worms, so two Silver Moon Gu and four Swamp Poison Gu." Shi Lin took out a few more bamboo baskets and placed them on the table.
"Yes, young master!" Shi An and Lin Yu replied respectfully to Shi Lin.
"I've already taught you how to change the contracted Gu worms. Go and change the contracts. Before the certificate for entering the Soul Hunting Forest is issued, practice using the Silver Moon Gu and Swamp Poison Gu more." Shi Lin continued to instruct the two people in front of him.
"Yes, young master!" the two replied, and then took the corresponding Gu worms from the bamboo basket on the table and began to change the contracts.
After seeing the two of them start changing their contracts with the Gu worms, Shi Lin also took out the superior Silver Moon Gu and Swamp Poison Gu and began changing his contract as well.
Contract Gu worms are different from natal Gu worms. Natal Gu worms are like natal magical artifacts, which need to be carefully cultivated. However, contract Gu worms are like clothes, which can be changed at will.
Contract Gu worms may be damaged, but they have no effect on the Gu master.
After the three of them replaced the Gu worms in their contracts, Shi Lin asked Shi An to bring out three fish-scale armors woven from iron armor plates from the room.
Although this armor is a bit too heavy, its defensive capabilities are extremely high. Even a seven- or eight-hundred-year-old soul beast might not be able to break through the armor's defenses.
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