Chapter 112: Rice-Flower Spirit Fish, Qi Condensation Perfection, Earth-Grade Profound Water Crocodile

Winter departed and spring arrived; the four seasons turned.

Spring sunlight spilled down, filling Moon-Watching Island with greenery.

Qin Ming was casting the Spirit Rain Art to fertilize the spirit plants in his spirit fields.

The second-rank, middle-grade spirit plants he had sown earlier could be harvested this year.

【Name】: Spirit-Resting Rice 【Attribute】: Magic Power Crystal x5 (Maturity 91%)

【Name】: Spirit-Resting Rice 【Attribute】: Space-Time Leaf x5 (Maturity 92%)

【Name】: Spirit-Resting Rice 【Attribute】: Beast-Taming Art (Maturity 91%)

【Name】: Spirit-Gathering Tea 【Attribute】: Soul Power Crystal x5 (Maturity 92%)

【Name】: Spirit-Gathering Tea 【Attribute】: Space-Time Leaf x5 (Maturity 91%)

【Name】: Purple-Gold Bamboo 【Attribute】: Qi and Blood Crystal x5 (Maturity 89%)

【Name】: Purple-Gold Bamboo 【Attribute】: Space-Time Leaf x5 (Maturity 90%)

Having finished watering all the spirit plants once,

Qin Ming walked to the Spirit-Resting Rice paddy, gazing at the Rice-Flower Spirit Fish swimming joyfully within.

It had been nearly three years.

These spirit fish had absorbed the spiritual energy of the Spirit-Resting Rice and been influenced by the Longevity Vine.

Their appearance had changed drastically; even the smallest had grown to about four or five jin, with several strange tiger stripes appearing on their bodies.

These spirit fish were exceptionally lively, hunting scattered rice flowers from the Spirit-Resting Rice in the paddy.

Qin Ming licked his lips.

He casually scooped up a particularly large Rice-Flower Spirit Fish.

Time to break his fast with meat.

Outside, he hastily set up a stove, unleashed the Devouring Spirit Poisonous Flame, and began heating water in a pot.

That's right; cooking with a second-rank Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Flame was just that extravagant! The Devouring Spirit Poisonous Flame transformed into a blue firebird, which, under Qin Ming's control, slowly heated the pot.

After cleaning the Rice-Flower Spirit Fish, Qin Ming placed it in the pot with a few seasonings.

He boiled a pot of clear fish soup.

Before long,

a rich fragrance filled the air; the fish soup in the pot actually emitted an astonishing spiritual rhyme!

"Th-this is..."

Qin Ming was also shocked; he hadn't expected that casually boiling a pot of soup would produce such an extraordinary phenomenon.

He had once heard people in Chu Tianhe Market speak of the legendary Green Dragon Spirit Fish's 'Little Green Dragon Soup' and 'Great Green Dragon Soup,' which possessed various divine wonders.

Could it be that the Rice-Flower Spirit Fish he had cultivated from Spirit-Resting Rice

also had such effects?

Thinking this,

Qin Ming could not wait to ladle a large bowl of spirit fish soup from the pot.

Ignoring the heat, he took a big gulp.

Boom! A massive surge of spiritual energy rushed straight into his skull!

Besides the delicious taste of the spirit fish that made one linger,

the magic power within Qin Ming's body also began climbing rapidly.

"As expected, this spirit fish soup, like the legendary Green Dragon Soup, can increase magic power."

After finishing the spirit fish soup, Qin Ming hurriedly circulated the Ancient Wood Longevity Art to refine the spiritual energy within his body.

A full hour and more passed.

The aura of magic power around Qin Ming grew increasingly powerful.

Finally, it reached a critical point.

Hum~ Tremendous fluctuations rippled around his body; the Longevity Vine responded in kind, emitting a wave of joyful excitement.

Spiritual energy between heaven and earth began to resonate with Qin Ming.

Within Qin Ming's dantian sea of qi, the misty green ocean of Wang Yang expanded by another fold.

He slowly opened his eyes, overjoyed.

"Qi Condensation Stage Great Perfection, achieved!"

Qin Ming had not expected to attain it in such a manner.

What the predecessor of this body had never dared to imagine, he had accomplished today.

Two beams of sharp light burst from Qin Ming's eyes, then slowly converged.

The aura of magic power at the Qi Condensation Perfection on his body gradually hid itself away.

Qin Ming now resembled an ancient tree, weathered and silent.

This Ancient Wood Longevity Art also possessed the effect of concealing one's aura of magic power.

After breaking through, he spent some time consolidating his cultivation.

Qin Ming returned to the edge of the spirit water paddy, watching the Rice-Flower Spirit Fish frolicking and swimming inside.

Having tested it personally, he could confirm

that these Spirit-Resting Rice-Flower Spirit Fish, like the Green Dragon Spirit Fish King, possessed the effect of increasing a cultivator's magic power and cultivation.

They even offered certain benefits to Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Their miraculous nourishing effect was no inferior to the 'Great Green Dragon Soup.'

It was estimated that selling even one casually could fetch quite a few spirit stones.

Still, he planned to keep these spiritual fish that boosted his cultivation for himself to enjoy.

Moreover, he could raise more of them in the future. ……

Perhaps, Qin Ming's luck had finally arrived.

On this day.

Qin Ming, as usual, prepared to channel plant essence into that beast egg.

But he discovered a bumping sound coming from the eggshell.

It seemed the life inside was about to break out of its shell.

The entire beast egg wobbled unsteadily.

The little thing inside kept ramming the eggshell, but the outer shell seemed too hard.

It tried several times in a row, but failed to break it open.

Qin Ming waited anxiously at the side, sweating bullets for it.

He did not help the little thing inside break open the outer shell.

This step still had to be walked out by itself.

The bumping sounds inside the beast egg grew more and more frequent.

A full hour passed.

Crack! A fissure clearly appeared on the surface of the beast egg.

Immediately followed by a second, then a third.

Crack!

Finally, the entire beast egg split open.

A little crocodile, just over a chi long, hopped out from within.

After coming out, the little fellow looked around in all directions.

It seemed to recognize the familiar aura on Qin Ming.

Crying out, it ran toward him, and affectionately nuzzled Qin Ming's trouser leg, looking like a hungry cub waiting to be fed.

Qin Ming was also stunned.

He didn't know what to feed it, so he casually took out some spiritual beast meat and tossed it over.

Qin Ming then squatted down, watching the little crocodile devour the food like a whirlwind.

Though small, the crocodile already showed the bearing of a king—two rows of sharp teeth in its long snout, and black-gold scaled armor along its back.

He pulled out a book recording information about demon beasts.

He finally found the corresponding information about this type of demon beast.

An earth-grade bloodline demon beast—the Mysterious Water Crocodile.

This little Mysterious Water Crocodile was born already possessing the cultivation of a first-grade, low-quality demon beast.

Once grown, it held the potential to advance into a third-grade demon beast.

Qin Ming then looked at the little crocodile on the ground, a look of delight on his face—he truly hadn't expected this charmingly naive little thing.

Would be so terrifying once grown.

The days that followed.

Qin Ming had one more thing to do—feeding the little crocodile.

However, he only kept this little crocodile penned up inside the cave dwelling, worried that if released it would wreak havoc in the spiritual fields.

Once it grew up.

Qin Ming planned to release it into the lake near Moon-Gazing Island, to guard the place.

But that was still far off—probably had to wait until it grew up.

Qin Ming learned from books that some demon beasts with high bloodline grades, given suitable developmental conditions, grew at astonishing speeds.

Just like that.

Qin Ming on Moon-Gazing Island raised fish, planted grass, nurtured beasts, tilled fields, and cultivated.

Days passed one after another.

Another year went by.

During this period, he was almost cut off from the world, yet content and fulfilled.

No matter how chaotic things were outside, they couldn't disturb the tranquility of this extreme northern land.

Qin Ming, quietly developing here, finally welcomed his turning point.

Within the second-grade spiritual fields beneath the main peak.

All the second-grade mid-quality spiritual plants Qin Ming had originally planted had fully matured.

He harvested all the entries—a great wave of entry leaves quietly appeared within his sea of consciousness.

At the same time.

It also meant he was about to advance to a second-grade mid-quality spiritual planter.

Additionally, he could once again enter the plant illusion realm for trial.

Once he obtained the Ten Thousand Wood Mother Qi.

He could fully cultivate the 'Supreme Wood Dharma Body', refine a Foundation Establishment Pill, and charge into Foundation Establishment.

Subsequently.

Qin Ming made a trip to the spiritual planter guild at Chu Tianhe market, brought along the registrar in charge of examination registration, and once again came to Moon-Gazing Island to enter the relevant information.

But when that silver-haired registrar set foot on Moon-Gazing Island.

He saw those three mu of ice-crystal jade-colored second-grade mid-quality Spirit Rest Rice, his eyes bulged wide, his voice trembling, and he said in disbelief: "Sp-Spirit Rest Rice!"

(End of this chapter)