[{"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-172":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},2332045,4560,"Chapter 172: Harvest and Advancement","eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-172",172,"\u003Cp>Outside Wangyue Island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone stared in stunned disbelief at Zhao Wuji’s frantic, disheveled escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just moments ago, they had seen him enter the outer mist, then suddenly begin flailing and screaming wildly, his movements wild and unhinged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The noble image of the former Young Master Zhao had vanished without a trace, replaced by utter disgrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They turned again toward the pink mist, their gazes filled with deep dread and fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W-what on earth is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Has Wangyue Island already been swallowed by this mist?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Wuji’s face was still pale with lingering terror. “Such a bizarre illusionary mist—it can conjure such deadly illusions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If not for the life-saving talisman my ancestor gave me, I’d have been trapped there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This Qin fellow is far more complicated than he looks.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having experienced the power of the mist’s illusion, Zhao Wuji knew he could never force his way through. He straightened his robes, then led the group away with a dark, grim expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Wangyue Island.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming had long since noticed what transpired outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He soared into the air, waved one hand, and two blood pearls shot out from the mist illusion, landing precisely in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with a sweep of his spiritual sense, he retrieved the two cultivators’ storage bags from their corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You got lucky, Young Master Zhao,” Qin Ming murmured to himself, standing still as he watched Zhao Wuji’s party flee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He returned to the island and tossed the two blood pearls to his life-spirit plant, Changsheng Teng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black vines danced, fully absorbing the blood pearls and sprouting numerous new branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Changsheng Teng stretched its tendrils, exuding waves of temporal energy with great delight, flowing steadily into Qin Ming’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the spiritual energy Archipelago, a strange rumor began to spread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Wangyue Island was shrouded in pink mist, its illusionary fog so potent even Golden Core elders dared not approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alas! What a pity for Master Qin! A true genius!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We spiritual energy Archipelago finally produced a Spirit Plant Master capable of growing spiritual energy Rice—and now he’s gone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not necessarily. Maybe the island is still fine?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This kind of eerie mist rivals the mysterious gray fog of the Northern Great Marshes—Golden Core elders can’t survive it, let alone Master Qin?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More and more rumors emerged, each branching into multiple versions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the sudden appearance of the strange mist, it added an air of mystery to Wangyue Lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wangyue Island was now listed among the spiritual energy Archipelago’s most dangerous forbidden zones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any cultivator who dared enter would never return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This news also reached the Jingxue Pavilion in Canghai Xiancheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qingzhao and Liao the Shopkeeper were both stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master Qin’s Wangyue Island has been swallowed by eerie mist?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“T-this… my lord, what do we do now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liao the Shopkeeper wore a face full of worry. The last grand auction at Jingxue Pavilion had been wildly successful, and sales had been rising steadily ever since.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The senior officials at headquarters had praised them highly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of it depended on Master Qin’s Foundation Establishment Elixir and numerous rare spirit plants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Master Qin were to meet misfortune, it would greatly impact them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond that, there were personal feelings involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a page outside the door reported: “My lord, Shopkeeper—there’s a cultivator named Wu here to sell spirit rice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Gu Qingzhao’s furrowed brows instantly relaxed. “Quickly, bring him in!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jiang stepped into the private chamber with a smile, bowing to the two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wu Dao-friend, what exactly happened on Wangyue Island?\" asked Liao the Shopkeeper eagerly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qingzhao also turned to him, her mind equally puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet seeing Wu Jiang, who resided on Wangyue Island, standing before them unharmed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she easily deduced that nothing dire had occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha! No need to worry, Dao friends. Wangyue Island is perfectly safe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The spiritual energy Archipelago is currently in turmoil. Master Qin set up this illusionary mist to shield Wangyue Island from war and hostile factions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He merely strengthened its defenses—everything else on the island remains unchanged. He also asked me to inform you both, and to sell some spirit rice and procure supplies.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Wu Jiang finished explaining, Gu Qingzhao and Liao the Shopkeeper were even more astonished. “This mist that repels Golden Core elders—Master Qin created it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jiang nodded without denying it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, when Master Qin first set up the mist, he himself had endured over a month of terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then recounted every detail to the two from Jingxue Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come, come! Wu Dao-friend coming to sell spirit rice is precisely what our pavilion desires!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We were so caught up asking about the island we forgot to offer tea—how rude of us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Wu Jiang’s account, Gu Qingzhao and Liao’s worries vanished instantly, replaced by relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liao the Shopkeeper’s face lit up with his professional smile as he invited Wu Jiang to sit and poured them spirit tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back on Wangyue Island,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jiang told Qin Ming every rumor that had spread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha, perfect. Let them talk—it’s quieter this way,” Qin Ming chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From now on, Wangyue Island truly became a place cut off from the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming began his monotonous cultivation routine: after daily practice, he studied the inheritance of the Third-Grade Spirit Plant Master and the Miao family’s “Thousand Mechanisms Puppet Art.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he had just advanced to Second-Grade Superior Spirit Plant Master, he now needed to find a way to reach Third-Grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Practicing puppetry demanded extremely high spiritual soul strength, and the Miao family’s high-grade puppet art was exquisitely refined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It included the “Divide Soul, Fragment Mind” technique for controlling puppets—perfect for Qin Ming, like adding wings to a tiger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his current spiritual sense, comparable to Foundation Establishment late-stage, he desperately needed such a refined spiritual sense technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After studying for less than half a month, he crafted several straw puppets using spirit plants, each possessing the strength of Qi Refining mid-stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those straw puppets now worked in the spirit rice fields, digging and loosening the soil for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three months later,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming’s three mu of premium spiritual energy Rice had fully matured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took his spirit sickle to the spirit paddy, stood like a farmer, and smiled as he gazed upon his hard-won harvest—joy surged through his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eighty rice-flower spirit fish in the paddy were even plumper than last time, each with thick bodies and three tiger stripes on their backs. The smallest weighed seven or eight catties; the largest reached twenty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming casually peeled open a grain of premium spiritual energy Rice—a dazzling spiritual aura instantly filled his vision. A grain as transparent as Liuli  appeared in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful surge of spiritual energy radiated from the grain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the dense spiritual energy within the rice, Qin Ming smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rolled up his sleeves and began harvesting the rice; the spirit fish in the field leapt and wriggled excitedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a full afternoon of labor, he harvested three shi of premium spiritual energy Rice—enough to last him a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, he obtained two blue-tiered word-leaf items:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Magic Power Crystals】×5 【Temporal Leaf】×5\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, Qin Ming caught a ten-catty rice-flower spirit fish and cooked a pot of premium spiritual energy Rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The misty aroma of the spirit food filled his cave, rich and intoxicating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two items, if revealed in the cultivation world, would cause a massive uproar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming stared at the rice and fish before him, his appetite soaring, and devoured them with voracious speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vast streams of spiritual energy poured into his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After eating, he immediately walked to his life-spirit plant, Changsheng Teng, and began practicing the “Ancient Tree Eternal Life Art.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the timing was right,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he consumed all five 【Magic Power Crystals】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whir! Whir! Whir! His internal green liquid magic power gathered increasingly, flowing along his meridians like a gentle stream into his dantian sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, his Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivation base surged upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until it reached the peak of early-stage, it finally slowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His liquid magic power reserves now exceeded those of an ordinary Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivator—more than double his peers’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming ended his practice, slowly opening his eyes, a flash of green light fading from his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[101] Changsheng Teng continued to pour into him endless temporal energy and plant essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver rune within his body gradually began to take shape in a small portion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant Qin Ming’s Ancient Evergreen Body cultivation was finally making progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming sensed the immense, thick green liquid magic power within him and smiled in satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If this trend continues, and I just keep farming on this island for a few more years, I’ll be close to Foundation Establishment’s late stage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1467,"2026-06-20T20:44:51.995Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ecc7de84e85a503834cd7d8dfd1fb5247fcf17f024cafb20f7b3cdb987f8c63e","eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-173","eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-171",755,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Feternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-cover.jpg"]