Chapter 131: Spirit Plant Changes

Time slipped by like flowing water.

Another two-plus years had passed.

No matter how the outside world changed, Qin Ming lived a reclusive farming life on the island, free of worldly disputes.

The spirit plants on Wangyue Island had all begun to flourish.

Beneath the spirit-water pool below the main peak—

A large patch of Jade Splendor Spirit Lotuses, vivid and green, nourished by the spirit spring water and the unceasing daily irrigation of Qin Ming's Great Five Elements Art, had already sprouted one cyan lotus bud after another.

Three gleaming golden entries appeared before Qin Ming's eyes:

【Name】: Jade Splendor Spirit Lotus 【Entry】: Qi-Blood Crystallization x5 (Maturity 52%)

【Name】: Jade Splendor Spirit Lotus 【Entry】: Spacetime Leaf x5 (Maturity 54%)

【Name】: Jade Splendor Spirit Lotus 【Entry】: Potent Adaptation x5 (Maturity 56%)

【Potent Adaptation】: After use, it can drastically lower the spirit plant's requirements for its growing environment, allowing it to adapt to various different spirit-vein environments.

"This entry is quite nice!"

A look of delight crossed Qin Ming's face; from now on, even if he found higher-grade spirit plants, he could cultivate them on Wangyue Island.

Take, for example, the second-grade supreme spirit plant, the Dragon Blood Divine Tree—with this entry, it could thrive in the second-grade mid-quality spirit-vein environment of Wangyue Island.

Qin Ming had long been drooling over the legendary Dragon Blood Divine Fruit; it was said this fruit could awaken a cultivator's latent potential, greatly boosting qi, blood, and physical strength.

For Foundation Establishment body-refining cultivators, it was a rare and precious holy item.

Besides that.

The three mu of newly planted Spirit-Dwelling Rice—Qin Ming had successively used two 【Quality Enhancement】 entries on it, raising it to the supreme-quality tier.

Qin Ming was also greatly looking forward to the effects the final harvest of supreme Spirit-Dwelling Rice would bring.

In the Spirit-Dwelling Rice paddies, just like in previous years, Qin Ming had also raised Rice-Flower Spirit Fish.

And after tasting the benefits, this time he raised a few more—over eighty of them.

Within the Spirit-Dwelling Rice fields, two entries had also refreshed:

【Name】: Spirit-Dwelling Rice 【Name】: Magic Power Crystallization x5 (Maturity 93%)

【Name】: Spirit-Dwelling Rice 【Name】: Spacetime Leaf x5 (Maturity 95%)

Additionally, on the hundred-plus rotting logs in the rear mountain of the main peak where Mist-Illusion Mushrooms had been planted, white spots had begun to poke through.

A faint pink mist drifted among these illusion mushrooms.

Qin Ming had tested this before—even his own powerful divine soul, once touched by this pink mist, would fall into a brief illusion realm.

And these were still juvenile Mist-Illusion Mushrooms; once fully mature, the hallucinogenic mist they released would likely be able to knock out even late-Foundation-Establishment cultivators.

Legend had it that once enough mist accumulated, it could form a Mist-Illusion Realm comparable to a third-grade illusion array.

Even Yunxi Laozu would have to give it a wide berth upon encountering it.

On these Mist-Illusion Mushrooms, three gleaming golden entries had also refreshed:

【Name】: Mist-Illusion Mushroom 【Entry】: Soul Power Crystallization x5 (Maturity 43%)

【Name】: Mist-Illusion Mushroom 【Entry】: Spacetime Leaf x5 (Maturity 45%)

【Name】: Mist-Illusion Mushroom 【Entry】: Spirit Plant Symbiosis x5 (Maturity 41%)

【Spirit Plant Symbiosis】: After use, one can wield the abilities of a spirit plant; limited to the spirit plant from which this entry refreshed.

Qin Ming gazed at this new entry, utterly astonished.

If he could command the eerie mist released by these Mist-Illusion Mushrooms, that would be quite a trump card.

After inspecting each spirit field, Qin Ming performed the Great Five Elements Art once in every type of spirit-plant plot.

The reason these spirit plants grew so rapidly and in such excellent condition—

—was also thanks to Qin Ming performing the Great Five Elements Art on them at regular intervals.

During this period.

The planting of spirit plants proceeded in an orderly fashion; occasionally insect pests or spirit-plant diseases would occur.

Qin Ming had the bee swarm deal with them, and anything they truly couldn't handle, he resolved one by one himself.

On this day, Qin Ming was outside his cave dwelling, tinkering around more than ten jars.

He was following the formula and brewing method from the "Immortal Wine Divine Recipe," attempting to brew Spirit-Fire Wine—commonly known as "Foundation Establishment Wine."

But Qin Ming had tried twice before, and for some unknown reason, both attempts ended in failure.

Feeling a bit defiant, this year he gathered another batch of spirit materials and began brewing anew.

After finishing with these jars, Qin Ming buried them all beneath the Purple-Gold Bamboo Grove outside his cave dwelling.

Just then.

A ripple came through the protective formation; Qin Ming extended his divine sense for a quick scan, and upon seeing who had arrived, the corners of his mouth curved into a smile.

He strode out and waved his hand to open the formation's restrictions.

Two half-grown children, each with two sky-pointing braids, appeared before Qin Ming.

A boy and a girl—precisely Wu Jiang's pair of dragon-and-phoenix twins with outstanding cultivation aptitude, Wu Wangyue and Wu Wangfeng.

Time flew by.

By now they were already children of over four years old, old enough to run errands.

Fortunately, both children's looks had been inherited from Mu Ruyin, not from their father.

Both kids had sweet, adorable faces—utterly lovable.

Wu Wangfeng's personality had inherited a bit from his father Wu Jiang—clever and mischievous, usually very naughty and hard to control.

Compared to Nezha, he wasn't far off.

Even Wu Jiang was at a loss with this boy.

Yet the moment this boy reached Qin Ming's presence, it was as if he had become a different person; orderly and proper, he dared not act presumptuously and was exceedingly obedient to him.

Wu Wangyue, by contrast, possessed an introverted nature, much like her mother's personality—gentle, refined, and quiet.

At this moment.

Wu Wangfeng held his sister Wu Wangyue's small hand in his left, while carrying an exquisite food box in his right.

Seeing Qin Ming emerge, he broke into a beaming grin: "Hehe! Elder Qin, my mother asked me to bring you some freshly prepared dishes for you to taste!"

"Haha, excellent!"

Qin Ming took the food box and reached out to pat both children on their little heads.

Then, from his storage bag, he drew out two low-grade spiritual fruits, giving one to each of them.

These spiritual fruits were casually planted by Qin Ming in his leisure time; their flavor was unique, and they could only grow within the special environment of the Lingxi Archipelago.

They could slightly enhance the magic power of Qi Condensation cultivators.

Upon seeing the spiritual fruits, Wu Wangfeng and Wu Wangyue's eyes immediately sparkled, as though they had obtained a rare treasure.

Delighted, they accepted the spiritual fruits, then bowed properly to Qin Ming: "Thank you, Elder Qin!"

Afterwards, they ran off joyfully, who knew to which nook or cranny, to savor their spiritual fruits.

Watching the figures of the two children depart, Qin Ming couldn't help but smile slightly.

In truth, the couple Wu Jiang had long intended to entrust these two children, whose spiritual root talents were supreme, to him, hoping they could become his disciples.

After all, given Qin Ming's current status, position, and cultivation, he was fully qualified to bear such responsibility.

Yet Qin Ming had still refused; on the path toward the Great Dao, he did not wish to become entangled in too many worldly affairs.

With the spiritual root talents of these two children, once revealed, the major sects and great powers of the Wei State's Immortal Realm would have countless people scrambling to claim them, surely cultivating them as core disciples with various cultivation resources prioritized for their supply.

Therefore, there was no need for Qin Ming to worry about the two children's immortal paths.

However, those leisurely days had not lasted long.

Qin Ming received a message sent by Gu Qingzhao through Aunt Long.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, within these two days, the San Alliance is about to launch a war against the Zhao family."

"Wangyue Island is remote and should not be affected, yet I still hope Fellow Daoist Qin will exercise extra caution in all matters."

(End of Chapter)