[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my":3,"chapter-eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-100":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Eternal Life: Starting with Farming to Refresh My Stats",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2331973,4560,"Chapter 100: The Storm Is Coming","eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-100",100,"\u003Cp>Qin Ming received the news and furrowed his brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then fell into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t expect it to come this soon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mid-June.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the Yunhuang Marsh, dark clouds gathered thickly, as if brewing a violent storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qingyang Marketplace, Juxuan Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming sat by the window, gazing outside, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey! Did you hear?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve searched everywhere, but still can’t find the last dragon-shaped token.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Elders say it’s the most crucial one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s strange—could someone have secretly hidden it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly! Who’s that bastard causing us to waste our lives here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do we do now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We can’t just sit here doing nothing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No choice—it’s said no force can break open that ancient ruin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the Juxuan Pavilion’s wine tables, various cultivators debated the current situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Waiter, settle the bill.” Qin Ming sat a while longer, then prepared to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shopkeeper Liao hurried over, smiling: “Comrade Qin, won’t you stay a bit longer?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, the weather’s about to change—I’ve got work in the spirit fields.” Qin Ming rose to pull out spirit stones to pay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liao immediately stopped him: “Comrade Qin, you’re too formal! You’re our esteemed guest—this meal is on me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Liao warmly saw Qin Ming out of the shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside Qingyang Marketplace, in the second-tier spirit fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky suddenly erupted in gales, followed by torrential rain, flattening the spirit crops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the fields, spirit farmers scrambled desperately, trying every means to save the crops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why has the field’s protective array failed?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If this continues, this year’s crops are all lost!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spirit farmers cried out in panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming had just arrived at the fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t fathom why the protective array, which had never failed before, had suddenly malfunctioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly—he sensed someone secretly watching nearby with his vast spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind a secluded grove near the fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two Foundation Establishment Elders of Lingyu Gate stared coldly at the chaos in the fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One casually raised his hand and cast a soundproofing seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Elder Gu, isn’t this… rather inappropriate?” Elder Zhuang Xiran frowned at the fields, hesitated, then spoke to his companion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Gu’s expression remained rigid and emotionless: “A mere spirit farmer—do you think I can’t control him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s always had a rebellious streak, always wanting to escape our control—how easy do you think that is?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He refuses to submit to our sect, instead choosing to ally with Jingxue Pavilion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If he won’t serve us, he’s dead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When our sect recruited cultivators from immortal families, they signed contracts obligating them to six decades of labor—every single year counts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If he dares to run, we’ll crush his family.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Elder Gu broke through to Foundation Establishment, his temperament changed drastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he was still field overseer, he couldn’t stand the lowly spirit farmers he’d exploited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without realizing it, they’d risen to his own rank, standing shoulder to shoulder with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now it was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having broken through to Foundation Establishment, Elder Gu’s status in Lingyu Gate surged, and his mindset shifted again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he was still an outer sect overseer, he once tried to buy premium Beasts’ Fang Rice from Qin Ming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Qin Ming, hiding behind Jingxue Pavilion’s influence, flatly refused him, showing him not the slightest respect—he still harbored resentment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The other Elders in the sect agree: by any means necessary, stop him from advancing to second-tier spirit farmer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Keep him here—make him till the soil for our sect his entire life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming retracted his spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That level of soundproofing seal was useless against his powerful spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Learning the truth, his face turned icy, his fists clenched tightly. “That old bastard Elder Gu—he’s never let go of his grudge against me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never expected the man to be so calculating, already plotting against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exploited me for so long—wasn’t that enough?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he wants to chain me to Lingyu Gate, force me to till his fields for life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming’s eyes flashed with cold light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already devised a plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He formed a strange hand seal and pointed at the sky above his fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A grayish barrier enveloped the five mu of his fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, all the rain and wind froze in midair, unable to enter his fields at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good thing the courtyard's spirit herb patch recently spawned this [Still Wind Seal] entry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Otherwise, I’d have fallen right into his trap.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far away, in the grove.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Gu’s eyes widened: “Huh? How is this possible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How does that brat know such an obscure technique?” Elder Zhuang Xiran was equally stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough. Don’t lose sight of the bigger picture.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ll deal with him later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right now, the priority is to find the dragon-shaped secret key before other sects do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Before Elder Yuwen breaks through to Golden Core, we mustn’t alert anyone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We must maintain the current situation at all costs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We cannot afford even the slightest mistake.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Zhuang Xiran said solemnly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Once our sect produces a Golden Core Ancestor, everything will change.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Gu understood priorities and the stakes—he nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet his eyes flickered, as if harboring hidden thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two then left without further delay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previously failed protective array slowly reactivated, blocking out wind and rain once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming looked up at the array, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had heard every word of Elder Gu and Zhuang Xiran’s final exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on with Lingyu Gate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It fixed itself?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lucky we didn’t suffer major losses.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming returned to the marketplace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bought a small protective array from Gu Qingzhao and installed it around his fields as a precaution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He secretly buried thorn-imbued spirit seeds around the fields—if any fool dared steal his crops again, they’d have no one to blame but themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Comrade Qin, starting next month, our pavilion will withdraw from Qingyang Marketplace and temporarily return to Yunmeng Mountain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If the situation in Yunze Wilds doesn’t calm down soon, we may permanently abandon this place.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m letting you know in advance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qingzhao spoke to Qin Ming with solemn gravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then if that’s the case, could you please deliver this to Brother Su?” Qin Ming pulled out a jade box and handed it to Gu Qingzhao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had planned to wait a while before revealing this item, but now Jingxue Pavilion didn’t want to get involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only take it out early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qingzhao took the jade box, opened it slightly, and her starry eyes widened in shock, “Second-rank Divine Essence Fruit!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the jade box lay five peculiar spiritual fruits, each the size of an egg, radiating a faint aura of spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—it’s a top-grade spiritual fruit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qingzhao snapped out of her shock and stared at Qin Ming, “Are these the fruits you cultivated?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s right. This was a promise I made to Brother Su before he left.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qingzhao closed and put away the jade box, paused to think, then asked hopefully, “Your cultivation of spiritual plants is extraordinary—you’ve even succeeded in growing second-rank plants. Do you have any extra Divine Essence Fruits? My guild will buy them at Gao Jie prices.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I do still have some, but I’d like to propose a different trade condition,” Qin Ming said after a moment’s thought to Gu Qingzhao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qingzhao, hearing there was room to negotiate, smiled faintly, a hint of delight in her eyebrows. “What is it you desire, Brother Qin?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1248,"2026-06-20T20:44:51.995Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","995a85a0eed4b5dc05a0ef6d6e84b32a5a7ddbef01d2faea0747f1c996c441d2","eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-101","eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-99",755,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Feternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-cover.jpg"]