[{"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-168":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},2332041,4560,"Chapter 168: Unapproachable","eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-168",168,"\u003Cp>“Bad! It’s a Foundation Establishment giant beast!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, Zhao’s information was wrong!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Run!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil-Masked Elder gazed at the ferocious Blackwater Crocodile and knew that even three of him combined wouldn’t be enough to satisfy the beast’s appetite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without another word, he immediately activated his fastest evasion technique and fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they had only flown halfway when they suddenly realized in horror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the direction they were fleeing, another Foundation Establishment giant beast stood motionless—its entire body shimmering with silver light, silver wings flapping gently as it stared at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil-Masked Elder’s heart sank to the bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s over—two Foundation Establishment giant beasts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re going to die here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Split up! At least one of us might escape.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His dark eyes flickered with resolve, then he gritted his teeth and made a decisive call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint voice suddenly emerged from nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where are you running to?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Evil-Masked Elder’s gaze, the figure of a young cultivator appeared—also at Foundation Establishment early stage—forming a triangular encirclement with the two beasts, leaving them with no escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could easily deduce that this man was none other than the Lord of Moonwatch Island, and that the two giant beasts were his tamed spirit beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, they wouldn’t have coordinated so perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was merely passing through.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t realize I’d disturbed this cultivator—my apologies, truly, please forgive me,” the Evil-Masked Elder said with a forced, hollow smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming’s expression remained calm. “You were just passing through, yet you slaughtered everyone on my spirit island?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Does that make sense?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think you’d better leave your life here—my two spirit beasts haven’t eaten yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the Evil-Masked Elder realized his earlier words had been heard in full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his scheme exposed, he knew further negotiation was useless. His face hardened, and he immediately pulled out a spirit artifact, charging toward Qin Ming to break through!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pick the softest melon to crush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a *whoosh*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil-Masked Elder felt his vision blur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A streak of silver light suddenly appeared before him—he never even saw how the silver-winged insect beast had moved from another direction with such bizarre speed to appear right before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Silverwing Frost Bee launched its attack, firing a nearly imperceptible soul-annihilating void poison stinger toward the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil-Masked Elder instantly felt every hair on his body stand on end—as if an invisible, silent strike had brushed past his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with his spiritual sense extended, he couldn’t track its movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Evil-Masked Elder tensed in vigilance, he saw his Foundation Establishment early-stage companion scream in agony, plummeting instantly from midair—silent forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other outlaw cultivators were terrified out of their wits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of terrifying attack was this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single strike had slain a renowned Foundation Establishment cultivator on the spot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil-Masked Elder and his companions turned pale with terror, preparing to fight to the death and break through—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blackwater Crocodile, the Foundation Establishment giant beast, unleashed a burst of purple lightning from its gaping maw, surging toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning arcs flashed—the beast’s innate heavenly talent, capable of withstanding heavenly tribulations, arrived in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil-Masked Elder’s pupils shrank, his face filled with despair. In panic, he hurled every defensive magic treasure he possessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Purple lightning instantly engulfed the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All their methods were as flimsy as paper against the Blackwater Crocodile’s thunder technique. Bodies charred black on the outside, raw within, tumbled from the sky onto the lake’s surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Qin Ming not ordered the Blackwater Crocodile to hold back its full power, these men would have been reduced to ash in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming acted swiftly, tossing out black spirit seeds and casting Thorns Technique upon the corpses of the outlaw cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He collected over a dozen blood pearls, including two from Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now the Longlife Vine had more fertilizer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming gathered all their storage pouches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the gang of outlaw cultivators known as the Evil-Masked Elder, who had terrorized the Spirit Qi  Archipelago, became snacks for the Blackwater Crocodile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the outlaw cultivator circles of the Spirit Qi  Archipelago, a shocking rumor spread: the Evil-Masked Elder and his gang had attacked Moonwatch Island—and vanished without a trace, wiped out entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From then on, no one dared lay a hand on Moonwatch Island again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming returned to his cave dwelling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pondered the outlaws’ words—especially their mention of “that Zhao.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They must be connected to the Zhao family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone from the Zhao family had secretly tipped them off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That means the massacres on the two islands were likely orchestrated by the Zhao family, using outlaw cultivators as their tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold gleam flashed in Qin Ming’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Daring to disturb my farming? You’re begging for death!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This incident was merely a minor ripple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming returned to his rigorous cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the spiritual body enhancement, along with Spirit Qi  Rice and elixirs, his magic power was rapidly condensing into liquid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for his body refinement technique, the Hundred Treasures Glazed Scripture, he continued deepening his practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the scripture, after completing the first transformation of True Gang  Form, he needed to further accumulate and refine blood qi true Gang  to meet the requirement for refining the second high-grade beast essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon breaking through to the second transformation of True Gang  Form, he would gain two forms of True Gang  transformation power, and his strength would multiply accordingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming was eager for this—but the outside world was too unstable, and high-grade beast essences were hard to find.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another month passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moonwatch Island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unexpected visitor arrived: Zhao Wuji, the eldest son of the Zhao family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He arrived with two attendants, looking weary from travel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Wuji’s strength was not to be underestimated; to avoid exposing his two second-stage spirit beasts, Qin Ming recalled the Blackwater Crocodile and Silverwing Frost Bee into their spirit beast pouches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What brings Zhao Dao You  here?” Qin Ming asked, having learned the Zhao family had conspired with outlaw cultivators, committing countless heinous acts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was on high alert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the information that only Qin Ming was a Foundation Establishment cultivator on Moonwatch Island—most likely came from the Zhao family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming had added all Zhao family members to his little black book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They certainly hadn’t expected that his two spirit beasts had advanced into second-stage giant beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Wuji’s stoic face twisted into a faint smile. “I came here in haste to invite you, Qin Dao You , to join our Zhao family alliance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you agree—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Zhao family will grant you the esteemed status of Alliance Elder.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And over time, we can even arrange for you to obtain a Core Formation spirit item.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming had planned to dismiss the offer as nonsense—but when he heard the words “Core Formation spirit item,” he couldn’t help but be startled. Yet he quickly regained his composure. Such an exceedingly rare item—why would the Zhao family give it to an outsider instead of keeping it for themselves? It made no sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Wuji seemed to sense his thoughts and explained: “Beneath our Zhao family’s third-stage spiritual vein lies a Yang Crystal Ore vein, and within it is a Xuan Yin Earth Sha Cave. Once every hundred years, it produces a few drops of Xuan Yin Earth Sha Spirit Liquid.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When consumed during Core Formation, it increases the chance of success by ten percent. We make this available to all Elders and above.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As long as your contribution points are sufficient, you may exchange for this Core Formation spirit item.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Given your expertise in spirit cultivation and alchemy, I’m certain you’ll earn enough points soon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Wuji spoke earnestly, guiding Qin Ming with careful persuasion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1306,"2026-06-20T20:44:51.995Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","80eedfe1b18943953d383e9e1416e0d71b486ff8572550a33e0d92829ab4405b","eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-169","eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-167",755,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Feternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-cover.jpg"]