The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu-Chapter 418: Master Song’s Insect Armor Shop Reopens

"Alright, stop laughing and put on some clothes!"

Long Xuan tossed over a set of clothes, his expression full of disdain. Covered in black, it looked ugly.

The Bone-Regrowing Blood-Merging Pill could regenerate flesh, but it couldn’t conjure clothes out of thin air. Watching an old man jump around stark naked before him was an absolute eyesore.

It was only then that Shui Lao realized he wasn’t wearing anything. His face flushed red with embarrassment.

Catching the clothes that had flown through the air, he quickly dressed himself. With an awkward smile, he said, "Haha! Little friend, this old man is now penniless. Could you spare some pills for my cultivation? I’ll take all Spirit-Gathering Pills from low to peak grade."

"Once I recover my strength as a peak Gu King, I’ll repay you with interest!"

"No problem!" Long Xuan readily retrieved bottles of pills from his storage ring and placed them on the ground. The entire range of Spirit-Gathering Pills from low to peak grade was there, soon forming a small pile.

Most of these pills had been looted from other people’s storage bags and were of no use to him. A smaller portion was refined by him personally.

However, the ones he had refined himself had been tampered with. He believed in not harming others, but also in guarding against them. Since he couldn’t fully trust Shui Lao yet, he had laid down some precautions for his own safety.

These precautions were undetectable even to a Gu King. As long as Shui Lao didn’t harbor any ill intentions, he’d be fine for life. But if he had any malicious thoughts, the calamity poison within the pills would be difficult to endure, even for a Gu King.

"This is all the pills I have for now. Come find me when you run out. I've set up some lightning rods here—so even without Heavenly Water, the lightning in this place won’t harm you. Focus on your cultivation here." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"I'm about to break through and will be in seclusion for a while. Call me when the Tea Tasting Conference is about to begin."

With that, Long Xuan said no more and turned to leave.

Shui Lao glanced at the four lightning rods placed around him, marveling at them in silence.

He had noticed them earlier and could guess their function, but he found it hard to believe that just four tall metal pillars could allow people nearby to completely ignore lightning strikes.

He couldn't comprehend their mechanism at all.

If humans had mastered this technology earlier, anyone could enter and exit the Thunder Swamp unharmed. The swamp would no longer be a forbidden land in the eyes of humanity.

"What a brilliant idea. I really wonder how he came up with it."

Shui Lao gazed at the four lightning rods in awe. Once Long Xuan's figure disappeared completely, he finally walked over and gathered up the pills from the ground before heading toward a nearby cave.

Inside the cave, he took one of the pills Long Xuan had given him and carefully examined it for a moment. Finding nothing unusual, he still did not consume it right away. Instead, he summoned a storage ring out of thin air, took out a different pill from inside, and swallowed that one instead before closing his eyes to cultivate.

He hadn’t lied to Long Xuan—during that great battle, he had indeed lost all the valuables he carried.

But before the battle, he hadn’t brought everything with him. After all, who would put all their eggs in one basket?

If he had no Gu left, how could he possibly seek revenge against Shui Wuqing?

The reason he had asked Long Xuan for pills was simply to make it seem like he was penniless, preventing Long Xuan from developing the thought of killing him for treasure.

Even though he was a peak Gu King in terms of soul power and had many hidden cards up his sleeve, making him unafraid of Long Xuan, he preferred to avoid unnecessary trouble—especially since that kid had a master he couldn't afford to provoke.

Long Xuan returned to the main island and immediately began his secluded retreat to create a new unique liquor recipe.

This time, unlike his previous attempts, the main ingredient he planned to use was the fruit of the World Tree.

The fruit of the World Tree was the highest-grade material in this world. The difficulty of crafting a wine recipe using such an ingredient was unimaginable—the auxiliary ingredients alone were nearly impossible to gather.

He had no choice but to work on the recipe while simultaneously sending his clones to collect the rare and expensive materials needed for it.

As a result, the long-closed Master Song’s Insect Armor Shop in the City of Sin reopened once again.

As per the old rules, anything crafted by Master Song was bound to be a masterpiece. The insect armor he produced could only be exchanged for specific materials—spirit stones were not accepted.

The materials that could be paired with the World Tree’s fruit were exceptionally rare, and ordinary insect armor was far from sufficient to trade for them.

Gritting his teeth, Long Xuan used a large amount of alloy to craft a batch of premium insect armor.

This batch of insect armor could be considered revolutionary—it was leagues stronger than the insect armor of this era, far surpassing even the Cold Iron Insect Armor he had previously sold.

Most importantly, it was inexpensive. The advantage of alloy was that it combined a bunch of ordinary metals into one heaven-defying metal.

Though his insect armor seemed unbelievably powerful, the actual production cost was quite low. His profit margin from selling them was terrifyingly high.

As expected, once the alloy insect armor was released, it instantly became a sensation across the city. Every day, crowds of people lined up to buy it, and Master Song’s Insect Armor Shop flourished once more.

In the blink of an eye, six months passed.

During this time, Long Xuan successfully completed his wine recipe. Since the primary ingredient was the fruit of the World Tree—each fruit containing an entire world, a Grand Thousand Worlds—he named the liquor Grand Thousand Wine.

With the recipe finished, all that remained was to gather the remaining ingredients.

Thanks to Master Song’s Insect Armor Shop, he had collected nearly all the materials required for the recipe over the past six months, except for three extremely rare ingredients that he had still not found.

The materials that could be paired with the World Tree’s fruit were simply too rare. If luck was not on his side, even ten years might not be enough to gather them all. No matter how anxious Long Xuan was, there was nothing he could do.

One day, an unexpected guest arrived at Master Song’s Insect Armor Shop.

Long Xuan was sitting idly in the shop, yawning out of boredom, when a man in a black robe walked in and headed straight for the shop’s treasured items.

The shop had three treasured insect armors, all crafted from Fourth-Grade Alloy Sacred Gold. These Gu King-level insect armors could only be exchanged for the three missing ingredients. They had been displayed in the shop for over six months, yet no one had succeeded in trading for them.

Because of these three Fourth-Grade Insect Armors, Long Xuan had also fabricated the existence of a Gu King Master capable of refining them, deterring any would-be troublemakers. To this day, no one dared to cause trouble in his shop.

Furthermore, he had a Integrity Gu as proof, making everyone firmly believe that he truly had a terrifying master.

Seeing the black-robed man enter the shop, Long Xuan suddenly shuddered, his sleepiness vanishing instantly.

He gazed at the mysterious man with a serious expression, his brows furrowing.

Most of the time, his clone managed the shop, and it was only today, out of boredom, that he had decided to stay in the shop himself. He never expected such an extraordinary visitor to appear.

The progression value of this person was a decimal with five decimal places, something rarely seen.

Any being with such a long progression value could not possibly be human. What was this entity? Could it be a transformed spirit beast?

Long Xuan immediately became cautious.

At that moment, the black-robed man finally spoke:

“Interesting. Truly interesting. Even though this armor is made of fourth-grade metal, its hardness surpasses most fifth-grade metals.”

“In this world, where the Gu King reigns supreme, this metal is already unrivaled. No one under the heavens can break it.”

“As expected of your shop’s treasure. I am willing to call these three insect armors the strongest in the Gu world!” The black-robed man spoke excitedly.

Long Xuan gently stroked the Integrity Gu’s back and smiled, “Senior, you have an excellent eye. This metal was obtained by my master from an ancient ruin. The quantity is extremely limited, so only these three insect armors could be crafted.”

“This metal is incredibly mysterious. Even my master cannot determine its origins or name.”

“Senior, could it be that you are also an Insect Armor Master? After undergoing encryption formations, most people wouldn’t be able to discern its true nature.”