Unlimited employment

Chapter 208-207 [Three Years]

"The Blood Embryo Gu cultivates essence and blood, the Disguise Gu changes appearance, the Might Gu strengthens bones and flesh, and the Gluttony Gu amplifies the stomach and intestines."

My intuition tells me that the innate abilities of Gu worms are not limited to strengthening the body; these Gu worms should simply originate from the same Gu worm system.

Besides them, there must also exist Gu worms that can enhance other bodily organs, and there must also exist Gu worms with all sorts of strange and wondrous abilities!

Chen Sheng sat cross-legged on the bed, his mind filled with all sorts of thoughts, but it did not affect his ability to guide the spiritual energy to circulate within his body.

The moment the Gu worms hatched and formed a complete set, their abilities were further enhanced, immediately attracting a stream of spiritual energy to flow into Chen Sheng's body.

Within his already exceptionally strong body, spiritual energy was absorbed by his cells and transformed into rich blood and qi that flowed freely between his muscles, bones, and organs. Meanwhile, the four Gu worms fed on his blood and qi, each beginning to perform its function and modify the corresponding organs.

Chen Sheng felt a piercing pain in his lower abdomen as his blood and qi continued to flow through him. The marks left on his hair from the horse's hooves quickly disappeared in the pain.

His spirit was bathed in thousands of different kinds of spiritual energy, a feeling that was warm and wonderful.

Because of the Gu worms, he was able to experience the powerful spiritual affinity that only a second-stage cultivator of the Dao of Sexuality possesses ahead of time.

In this wonderful experience, he drew upon his understanding of a Taoist art from his heart and absorbed some kind of spiritual energy from the outside world. Soon, an eight-pointed star-shaped mark with drooping rays of light condensed in his clear Yin spirit.

The next moment, Chen Sheng's spirit directly escaped from his physical body, with a shining halo floating behind his head. He had clearly mastered a Dao technique and advanced his sexual cultivation to the Out-of-Body Realm.

The Seventy-Two Arts of Earthly Fiends - Star Numbers.

Star Count: This technique can observe celestial phenomena, predict good and bad fortune, and also use the power of stars to disrupt one's own destiny and shield oneself from others' calculations.

A flash of starlight appeared on the [Star Number] mark, disrupting the mysterious connection between Chen Sheng's destiny and the outside world.

From now on, any destiny-related Taoist technique not exceeding the third rank will only yield an incorrect result when calculating events related to it.

"The speed at which you have mastered the Daoist arts in this lifetime is a little faster than I predicted."

Although the four Gu worms' innate abilities are all biased towards the path of destiny, after they parasitized my body together, they could also provide some assistance to my cultivation of the path of sexuality.

With this Taoist technique protecting me, the matter of killing the Third Young Master is now completely safe.

Having mastered the art of self-protection and survival ahead of time, Chen Sheng felt relieved and looked down at his physical body sitting cross-legged on the bed.

From the perspective of the Yin spirit, the four worms hidden in various parts of the body only possess pure insect instincts and show no signs of having any intelligence.

But ever since the Gu worms hatched, a persistent sense of danger has been surging deep within Chen Sheng's heart.

He trusted his instincts.

The cultivation path within this fruit, which involves coexisting with Gu worms, is probably problematic.

These Gu worms can serve as a means for humans to communicate with spiritual energy and are an essential foundation for cultivation. They are also something that every cultivator must possess.

"It is estimated that as cultivators continue to climb the path of cultivation, they will become more and more deeply bound to the Gu worms."

Chen Sheng raised his head, his gaze seemingly piercing through the rooftops, seeing the mastermind hidden in the sky, and sneered.

"I have a feeling that the ruler of this fruit will be very difficult to deal with."

However, now that I, Chen Sheng, have been reincarnated into this world, no one can stop me from reaching the pinnacle…

In the days that followed, Chen Sheng's life did not seem to change much on the surface. As a henchman of the Grand Canal Gang, he spent his days dealing with various gang affairs, seemingly living a muddled and carefree life, indulging in wine and women for the moment.

In reality, he was secretly working hard to improve his skills and quickly mastered the [Nightmare Prayer] technique. He then controlled several low-ranking but important figures in the Canal Gang to help him collect various materials needed for his cultivation.

Even with multiple lifetimes of cultivation experience, it would still require a great deal of time and resources to simultaneously advance all seventy-two Daoist arts to the peak of the third rank and finally merge them into the Eight-Nine Mystic Arts.

If one stayed in the Linqing canal gang and guarded this major waterway connecting the north and south, there would be absolutely no shortage of various materials needed for the lower stages of sexual intercourse.

At first, no one in the gang paid any attention to the disappearance of the Third Young Master.

After all, as the head of the Ministry of Works, the Third Young Master would often go out to handle secret matters that only he knew about, so there were bound to be times when he couldn't be contacted.

But his absence for seven days finally caused a huge uproar in the canal gang.

The gang leader was furious. He first ordered the Ministry of Justice to investigate the whereabouts of the Third Young Master. After three days of investigation, they only found that he had gone out with two attendants, but no one knew where they went.

Left with no other option, the canal gang had to ask the witch at the Grandma Temple to perform divination. The result of this divination was very clear, pointing directly to the Wei Canal in the north of the city.

By this time, the gang leader was convinced that his son had been thrown into the river and fed to the fish.

When they asked the witch to find the murderer again, the divination results were like looking at flowers through a fog, and it was impossible to confirm who the murderer was.

Gangs are organizations that value their reputation for being ruthless the most. If someone in their gang dies but they can't get revenge, won't people think they're weak and easily bullied? This kind of thing is absolutely unacceptable.

Therefore, the Linqing canal gang, like a hungry wolf that had been provoked, began to show its power.

First, without distinguishing right from wrong, he killed several so-called enemies who had disagreements with the Third Young Master. Then, he used this as an excuse to wipe out several small gangs that he usually disliked.

For nearly half a month, every night corpses were thrown into the mass grave outside the city, causing widespread panic among the civilians in Linqing.

In the end, it was only through the intervention of the government that this chaotic situation came to an end.

The canal gang maintained its prestige through this action, but the matter of the Third Young Master's murder could only be left unresolved.

……

Time flies, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside a cloth merchant shop belonging to the Grand Canal Gang in the south of Linqing City, the atmosphere was gloomy and desolate.

In broad daylight, the shop's doors were tightly shut, and the shop assistants were surrounded by a group of fierce-looking men, kneeling in a pile in the hall, all trembling as they looked at the man sitting in the armchair reviewing the account books.

Of all the people in the business, only a middle-aged man who looked like the manager was still standing, sweating profusely as he asked.

"Boss Fang, auditing the accounts is usually the job of the Ministry of Revenue, so why is the Ministry of Justice being asked to do it this year?"

"Manager Liu's words are unpleasant to hear. Aren't we all working for the Grand Canal Gang? Why insist on dividing it into the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Justice?"

Chen Sheng, who had been promoted to the second-in-command of the Ministry of Justice, looked up from the ledger, smiled, and then took an ledger from his henchman and threw it on the ground.

"I've come here today to ask Manager Liu to explain why there are two sets of account books in the cloth shop you're in charge of."

(End of this chapter)