The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu

Long Xuan nodded and said, “Then you might have to stay on the ship for a long time.”

“I'll take you to choose a cabin where you can stay. Most people haven't picked one yet. Those who act slowly will only get to choose the cabins below the deck.”

“The lighting is poor, and the air quality isn't great down there. I doubt many people would enjoy living below.”

Di Xin smiled and said, “I'll choose a room on the third level. I like living in higher places.”

The two pushed the door open and walked together toward the living quarters on the third level.

The third level didn't have much space, just one corridor with three rooms on each side.

When Di Xin entered the hallway, she noticed that five of the six rooms on the third level were already taken. Only one room toward the back was still available, leaving her with no other choice. She furrowed her brows slightly.

“Who lives in the room next to mine?” Di Xin asked.

“Mine!” Long Xuan responded naturally.

“Miao Peipei, a very cute girl!” Long Xuan quickly replied.

Di Xin squinted her eyes slightly, and her gaze toward Long Xuan began to change.

“And who lives in the other three rooms?” Di Xin asked sternly.

“Leng Yan, Ye Qingluan, and Nie Qingcheng. They're all beauties!” Long Xuan replied instinctively.

Di Xin's expression became strange. She looked at him unnaturally, then teased, “Are you abusing your authority to benefit yourself? Aren't you embarrassed, a grown man, living in a dormitory full of women?”

Her face was full of mockery.

Hearing this, Long Xuan froze, realizing something was wrong. To his left was Di Xin, to his right was Leng Yan.

Across from him was Nie Qingcheng, with Miao Peipei in the top-left corner and Ye Qingluan in the top-right.

Wow, he was surrounded by female neighbors, and with only six rooms on the third level, he was indeed living in the women's dormitory. Wouldn't people think he was a pervert?

“Hey! You can't accuse me of that! I didn't arrange this. They all chose these rooms themselves!”

“They said the top floor has great views, good lighting, and fresh air, and they insisted on staying on the third floor. What could I do?”Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Long Xuan was getting anxious. If he didn’t explain himself properly, his reputation might be ruined. What would the crew outside think of him?

Di Xin gave him a cold look, then turned and walked into her room.

“Hey! Wait a minute, I have something important to discuss with you!” Long Xuan quickly followed her in, closing the door behind him.

“What? Why did you follow me in? Are you after my precious herb garden again?” Di Xin looked at him warily.

Long Xuan felt awkward and chuckled, “How could I? I just found a treasure in the ancient tomb and wanted to make a deal with you.”

Long Xuan rummaged through his storage ring and pulled out a pill bottle containing a Soul Restoration Pill.

This little rich girl had everything, and there weren’t many things that could tempt her, so he had to bring out his trump card.

He had already used one of the Soul Restoration Pills and still had two left.

As for why he didn’t offer a Heaven Mending Pill, it was because Di Xin had a mortal body without any spiritual attributes or Gu cultivation potential. Items that could repair Gu cultivation abilities were useless to her since there was no potential left to fall.

Looking at the pill bottle, Di Xin’s curiosity piqued. She snatched the bottle, pouring a purple pill into her palm.

Soon, her right eye flashed with a golden light, which shone on the pill.

Seeing this glowing eye, Long Xuan was shocked. It was the 'Golden Eye of the Qian Clan'. She had actually stolen the Qian Clan’s Golden Eye.

Wow, her guts were huge. She even dared to mess with the Qian Clan’s business. How had she survived this long?

Was there any power in this world that she didn’t dare to provoke? She probably had the Long Clan’s secret Gu recipe on her as well.

Long Xuan suddenly recalled the time when, in the Far West, the Long Clan had recruited a group of formation masters while mass-producing Earth Master Gu Armor. Among them was a disguised Di Xin.

That time, when she infiltrated the Long Clan, was she there to steal his Earth Master Gu Recipe and cement technology? Long Xuan wondered with a strange expression.

He remembered that upon returning, he had found one formation master dead, and from the body, the Earth Master Gu Recipe and cement technology had been recovered. It seemed that more than one person was after his techniques, not just Di Xin.

This showed that no clan’s exclusive technology could ever be kept 100% secret. Those who stole it simply wouldn’t dare to use it openly, for fear of triggering endless trouble once discovered.

Di Xin observed the purple pill with her Golden Eye for a moment, her gaze revealing amazement. She looked at Long Xuan with disbelief.

“A pill that can repair the soul? I’ve traveled far and wide, finding countless treasures, but this is the first time I’ve seen a pill that can mend a soul.”

“I want this pill. Name your price!”

As she spoke, Di Xin placed the pill back into the bottle and, without hesitation, slipped it into her own storage ring.

Although her soul wasn't damaged, and this pill was useless to her, who could guarantee that their soul wouldn't be damaged in the future? No one could.

Once the soul is damaged, it's extremely difficult to recover. So, when she saw such a spirit pill, she immediately wanted to collect one, just to be prepared.

Long Xuan had already predicted her actions. Anyone, when faced with a pill capable of repairing the soul, would try to trade for one and keep it on hand.

Di Xin was a farsighted person, so Long Xuan did not believe that the Soul Restoration Pill wouldn't tempt her.

"I want all the materials on this list," Long Xuan said bluntly, directly presenting the material list for the Three-Legged Golden Toad to Di Xin.

He had been in the pill business for a long time. By now, he had gathered about 70-80% of the materials required for the Gu recipe for the Three-Legged Golden Toad. Currently, only the last 20% remained, which included many rare high-grade spirit insects.

That Golden Toad had already surpassed the level of a high-grade spirit insect. It needed to consume many peak-tier spirit insects to complete its transformation into a Gu insect.

Di Xin took the material list and quickly scanned it with her Golden Eyes, rapidly calculating the total value.

"You really are asking for a lot! A mere second-grade spirit pill, and you dare to demand a pile of peak-grade spirit insects? You sure know how to do business," Di Xin lifted her head and glared at him.

Long Xuan shamelessly replied, "I just saved your life! If it weren't for my ship, you would have definitely been captured by that group of Gu Kings. So, this also includes your life-saving money, plus the fare for boarding the ship. Considering we're on good terms, I've already given you a discount."

Di Xin's mouth twitched uncontrollably. Why did she feel like she'd boarded a pirate ship?

She suddenly realized that every time she saw this Long the Skinner, he would skin her a few more times. Every time he saw her, it was like seeing a rich lady; his eyes would light up, and he'd find all sorts of ways to ruthlessly extort her. Absolutely shameless!

"Fine! You win! I'll give you this life-saving money. After that, I owe you nothing."

"But I'll need a few months to get those peak-grade spirit insects for you."

"Do you have anything else? If not, leave. I need to take a bath. By the way, that rain-shower thing you designed looks pretty good. I want to try it out."

Long Xuan couldn't help but roll his eyes. What rain-shower thing? That's called a showerhead.

When he was designing the Shenlong Ship, he had subconsciously used many modern technologies, like the showerhead, toilet, faucet, and solar water heater. Every room had these features. He hadn’t expected Di Xin to figure out that the showerhead was for bathing. She had some good insight.

But what did she mean by giving him the spirit insects in a few months?

If she had them on her, she could give them now. If she didn't have them on her, how would she get them in a few months? Could she create them out of thin air?

Wait a minute.

Long Xuan suddenly thought of a possibility.

This area was within the range of the Realm Pearl's influence, so the Sou Gu couldn't be used. A few months later, when the Shenlong Ship sailed out of the Realm Pearl's influence range, the Sou Gu would work again.

Could she be planning to use the Sou Gu to teleport somewhere and retrieve the materials for him?

After all, no one would carry a bunch of spirit insects around just to take up space. Even if Di Xin had them, she would definitely have hidden them in her secret insect chamber.

Good grief, she probably has a Sou Gu on her too. He develops a technique, and she finds a way to steal it. How does the Long clan keep anything secret? Their sacred grounds have turned into a sieve.

So, does this mean that a few months later, she could teleport to her luxurious grand herb garden in an instant? Long Xuan's eyes suddenly lit up.

Di Xin often raided the treasuries of various clans, and she had even emptied the imperial treasury of the Xuanyue Empire. Who knows how many expensive spiritual herbs she had transplanted into that luxury garden of hers?

If Di Xin could really teleport back to her grand herb garden, he could extort this rich lady even more.

There might even be many Earth-grade and Heaven-grade spiritual herbs in her garden.

Right now, he was in desperate need of these. This brings up the energy core of the Shenlong Ship.

His Shenlong Ship had numerous formations that required an enormous amount of energy to operate.

For daily needs, he used the solar technology he learned from the Empress' tomb, using solar energy to maintain the daily operation of the formations. But once the system was overloaded, it would consume backup spirit stones.

However, this energy was still far from sufficient. He needed a powerful formation core to supply high-quality energy. Otherwise, the current Shenlong Ship wouldn't be able to withstand an attack from a Gu King.

His initial plan was to place a bunch of divine-level spiritual herbs like the Heaven Mending Tree, World Tree, Soul Nourishing Wood, Living Wood, Divine Dragon Wood, Fire Dragon Fruit Tree, and Demonic Flower at the formation core.

These herbs were either twelve-grade or beyond twelve-grade, with incredibly high energy levels. Once gathered together, they could generate immense power. Creating a formation capable of defending against a Gu King wouldn't be wishful thinking.

So, he now needed a large number of Earth-grade and Heaven-grade spiritual trees. As for space, there was no need to worry at all.

Even if there were more divine trees, he could plant them all inside the World Tree Seed. When the time came, he would only need to place a single World Tree Seed at the formation core. It wouldn't take up any space.

But with the Sou Gu currently disabled, he couldn't return to his grand herb garden, nor could he bring back the divine trees.

The Heaven Mending Tree and World Tree he had on him were still seedlings, not very useful at this point.

So, his Shenlong Ship currently lacked a formation core. If he encountered a Gu King-level expert, it would be extremely dangerous. He urgently needed a batch of divine trees to create the formation core, but the divine trees in his garden alone were far from enough. Even if he combined them all, they wouldn't compare to the Spirit Spring.

After turning this over in his mind, Long Xuan's eyes gleamed. He immediately put on a fawning smile and shamelessly said to Di Xin, "Di Xin, don't rush to bathe. Let's talk about your luxurious grand herb garden. That garden of yours..."

However, before he could finish speaking, Di Xin's face darkened. She hurriedly pushed him out the door, and with a loud "bang," the door slammed shut behind him.

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