The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

For him, this place was a treasure-filled paradise on earth. There were countless priceless treasures at dirt-cheap prices, beckoning him. A random grab could make him rich overnight, but unfortunately, he was short on cash and could only watch with envy.

What can ten spirit stones buy? He suddenly realized that window shopping as a poor person was a mistake. Apart from ten spirit stones, all he had was a chicken bro and the first twenty layers of the "Eternal Life Sutra".

The chicken bro could save him money on medicine, so selling it was out of the question, and he didn't dare to sell the "Eternal Life Sutra".

The last ten layers of the "Eternal Life Sutra" could increase lifespan by a thousand years. A thousand years is not a small number; most Gu cultivators don't live that long.

Nothing is more tempting than extending one's lifespan. If he revealed the "Eternal Life Sutra", it would attract those old monsters on the brink of death.

Long Xuan browsed various stalls for half a day before stopping at an old man's stall, his eyes fixed on a broken honeycomb.

Three-quarters of the honeycomb was missing, leaving only a quarter with two dying bees. Most of the larvae were dead, with few live ones.

Seeing a customer stop, the old man looked up and smiled, "This is the honeycomb of a mid-grade spirit insect, the Thorny Bee. You know how terrifying mid-grade spirit insects are. I risked my life to get this honeycomb."

"Honey has beauty-enhancing effects, but I have other uses for it. There are still many pupae and Thorny Bees in the honeycomb. Seeing that you're young, I'll sell it to you cheaply for just a hundred spirit stones."

Although Long Xuan didn't know what kind of bee it was, it definitely wasn't a Thorny Bee but a higher-grade species resembling the Thorny Bee.

From his research, the maturity rate of spirit insects is indicated by decimal precision:

- For low-grade spirit insects, the progress bar had two decimal places, indicating a maturity period of over ten years but less than a hundred.

For mid-grade spirit insects, the progress bar had three decimal places, indicating a maturity period of over a hundred years but less than a thousand.

These two young bees had progress bars of 82.3648% and 82.3251%.

Their progress was precise to four decimal places, indicating they were likely high-grade spirit insects with maturity periods of over a thousand years.

Long Xuan was determined to get these unknown bees. His unique ability could easily create feed suitable for various spirit insects, and he had long planned to raise them.

In Elder Long's medicinal garden, there were plenty of flowers, making it an ideal place for bee cultivation, and the food source for the bees could be obtained for free.

Once he raised them to a certain scale, he could sell the honey to earn spirit stones, creating a significant income stream.

After making up his mind, Long Xuan took a deep breath, hiding his excitement, and pretended to be impatient.

"Are you trying to fool me because I'm young? Don't think I can't tell; all the pupae and bees inside are dead, with only two half-dead ones left."

"And the combat power of social spirit insects is much lower than that of solitary ones. If there were thousands of Bramble Bees, even a peak-grade spirit insect might avoid them."

"But with only two bees, they probably can't even beat a low-grade spirit insect. If used for refining Gu, what use are two with a success rate of only a few percent?"

"Given their poor condition, they might die as soon as I buy them. Then wouldn't my hundred spirit stones be wasted?"

"One price, ten spirit stones. If you don't sell, I'll leave immediately!" Long Xuan pretended to walk away.

"wait, I've seen people bargaining by half, but this is the first time I've seen someone cut it to a tenth."

"I'm not lying; these Thorny Bees are fierce. I risked my fortune to get them. Even selling for a hundred spirit stones is a loss, and you want to buy for ten? You might as well kill me."

Hearing this, Long Xuan wanted to laugh. They were high-grade spirit insects; of course, they were fierce. The old man was lucky.

"That's nonsense. Your loss has nothing to do with me. Pricing products based on your loss is illogical."

"The price is the price. I won't pay a penny more."

"Don't blame me if those two bees die soon. The longer you hold onto them, the more likely they'll die."

"Selling now will get you at least ten spirit stones. If they die and no one buys, you won't get a single stone."

Long Xuan's words hit the old man's sore spot. He hesitated for a long time before finally gritting his teeth and painfully agreeing, "Take them, take them. You drive a hard bargain."

"But let me make it clear, no returns. If they die as soon as you get home, don't come back to me."

Long Xuan ignored his words, took out his only ten spirit stones with a pained expression, threw them on the stall, and quickly picked up the honeycomb.

In his opinion, the bees were weak because the old man was too stingy and had drained all the honey, starving them.

The dead bees might have starved to death.

With honey, the two bees should recover.

Afraid they might starve, Long Xuan put the honeycomb in his insect-rearing bag and left quickly.

Although there were many other treasures to be found, he had no money left and could only hope those items wouldn't be bought by someone else.

Once he made more money, he would come back and sweep up all the good stuff.

Long Xuan hurried home, hung the honeycomb on a fruit tree next to the medicinal garden.

The flowers in the garden were not ordinary wildflowers but top-grade spiritual herbs with a rich fragrance.

As the fragrance wafted into the honeycomb, the two weak bees immediately revived, flying eagerly towards the flowers.

The bees happily flew from one red flower to a purple one, frantically collecting pollen and nectar, no longer appearing half-dead.

Soon, their little legs were laden with heavy pollen, almost making them unable to fly. They wobbled back to the hive, happily making honey.

Seeing this, Long Xuan felt relieved. In this world of gu-cultivation, there were many ways to breed queen bees. He just needed to wait for the two bees to become queens and provide endless honey.

He was curious about the taste of honey made from spiritual herb nectar.

Then, Long Xuan took the spirit insects out of his insect-rearing bag, quickly filling the table with jars and bottles.

Looking at the jars covering the table, Long Xuan's heartbeat quickened. Preparing to refine his first Gu insect made him both nervous and excited, his emotions running high.

This was his self-created Gu formula, his unique recipe with a hundred materials. He was eager to see what kind of Gu insect it would produce.