[{"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-15":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},2331888,4560,"Chapter 15: Plan","eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-15",15,"\u003Cp>“Indeed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The beast-tooth rice isn’t ripe yet, but it has been successfully planted—it’s just a matter of time,” Qin Ming said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A look of delight appeared on Ruan Daoyou’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If this is available as a bonus, then the trade is certainly possible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But ten jin is too little—at least twenty jin of beast-tooth rice,” Ruan Daoyou considered briefly and offered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Qin Ming frowned and turned to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this guy trying to take advantage of a newcomer? Twenty jin of beast-tooth rice?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s outright extortion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, beast-tooth rice was already ten times the price of ordinary golden spirit rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, all cultivation resources in Qingyang Market are skyrocketing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current price of beast-tooth rice is at least five spirit stones per jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “Hundred Treasures Glass Scripture” he described sounded impressive at first, but no one has ever successfully cultivated it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knows whether the original creator exaggerated its benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once you begin cultivation, it means constantly burning spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after generations of Ruan family experimentation, their highest achievement was only reaching the third layer. Though Qin Ming had some interest in this scripture, Ruan Daoyou’s price had exceeded his acceptable range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Qin Ming walk away without a word, Ruan Daoyou panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He secretly regretted raising the price so high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, hey, hey! Qin Daoyou, we can negotiate! Don’t leave so fast—please stay!” Ruan Daoyou quickly blocked his path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I’ll compromise—add fifteen jin of beast-spirit rice, how about that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming said nothing, only gazed silently at the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Qin Ming’s unyielding expression, Ruan Daoyou had no choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young people today are so impulsive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew this was Qin Ming’s final limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruan Daoyou sighed deeply, hesitated for a long while, then murmured softly: “Alright, this scripture has been guarded by my Ruan family for so long, yet no one has ever mastered it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps our Ruan family lacks the fortune.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then as Qin Daoyou suggests—one hundred spirit stones plus ten jin of beast-tooth rice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He put on an air of resignation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming smiled slightly and said, “Agreed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When can Qin Daoyou deliver the beast-tooth rice?” Ruan Daoyou finally relaxed and asked slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“About two years,” Qin Ming considered before replying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In that case, Qin Daoyou pays me one hundred spirit stones now, and I’ll give you a copy of the first five layers. When your beast-tooth rice matures, come back for the original.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you think?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruan Daoyou paused to think, then proposed a middle ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming nodded decisively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then took out one hundred spirit stones from his storage pouch and handed them to Ruan Daoyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he passed over the spirit stones, his expression remained calm and generous on the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, his heart was bleeding—he had worked hard to save every single spirit stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was truly all-in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruan Daoyou took the spirit stones, then pulled out a jade slip and handed it to Qin Ming with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming took the jade slip, pressed it against his forehead, and used his spiritual sense to examine it carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He compared it repeatedly with the scripture on Ruan Daoyou’s hide, confirming it was accurate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deal was complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After exchanging a few casual words, Qin Ming left Ruan’s estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He returned to the shantytown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming resumed his ordinary farming life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a one-mu beast-tooth rice spiritual field:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Name】: Beast-tooth Rice 【Term】: Advanced Spiritual Rain Technique x5 (Maturity 35%) 【Name】: Beast-tooth Rice 【Term】: Quality Enhancement x1 (Maturity 32%)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Name】: Beast-tooth Rice 【Term】: Accelerated Growth x5 (Maturity 40%)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each day, Qin Ming observed these three terms, watching them inch toward maturity, and felt assured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the next two years, Qin Ming had already planned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If another “Accelerated Growth” term appeared in the field, he intended to secretly transplant and accelerate a small portion of the beast-tooth rice for his own cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Removing a few hundred plants wouldn’t be noticeable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the three plants with the special terms must be moved and accelerated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was still one “Accelerated Growth x5” term in the beast-tooth rice field. With the spiritual seed and the term, he could continue accelerating… Had the surrounding environment not begun to grow unstable, Qin Ming wouldn’t be in such a hurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two years was still a wait he could bear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, circumstances didn’t allow him to wait any longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he didn’t seek trouble, trouble would find him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivation world changed in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The upper-level power struggles among sects had already begun to reach even this tiny Qingyang Market, tucked away in the far corner of Yunze Wildlands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming still wanted to hold firm control over his own fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One month later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final harvest of the year’s spirit rice finally arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, it was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Zhishi and overseer Du Haifu had already been waiting in the field, surrounded by numerous disciples on guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Gu Zhishi’s watch, the spirit farmers began harvesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twilight rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After harvesting was complete, Du Haifu began collecting the spirit rice tax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly finished all the tallies and respectfully handed the ranking jade slip to Gu Zhishi for review.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the final harvest, Qin Ming’s golden spirit rice yield rose again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It broke past ten shi and ninety jin! And this season, Gu Zhishi waived one-tenth of his spirit rice tax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After paying the tax, Qin Ming kept three hundred and twenty jin of golden spirit rice for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His total ranking across all three harvests this year climbed into the top ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Du Haifu came to collect the spirit rice tax, his attitude was utterly transformed from before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He called him “Little Qin” with sweet, obsequious tones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, his sudden rise into the top ten was partly due to the recent ferocious monkey demon attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Qin Ming’s field and a few others remained undamaged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reviewing the harvest statistics, Gu Zhishi’s expression remained utterly impassive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He coldly announced: “This year’s spirit rice rankings are complete. You may view them yourselves.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The bottom thirty cultivators, board the ship with me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the fields had suffered demon attacks, Lingyu Sect showed zero leniency toward these lowly spirit farmers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty spirit farmers stared blankly at the screen, each hollow-eyed—they knew full well the fate awaiting them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming watched these farmers, his heart filled with mixed emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then his gaze hardened. He turned and slapped Cai Laojiu on the shoulder. “Stop staring. Let’s go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qin Ming,” Cai Laojiu asked hoarsely, “do you think one day we’ll be among those thirty?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he didn’t have his golden finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That scene would have been his answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final fate of an ordinary man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beast of burden in peace, cannon fodder in chaos—squeezed dry in peace, sacrificed in war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1143,"2026-06-20T20:44:51.995Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","7bf048e54b8af872b89fcc20b7d3ebeb9f40ee77e6b1f72da113c5807886b598","eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-16","eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-14",755,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Feternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-cover.jpg"]