Chapter 302: Ten Years of Farming

Several days later.

Under Pei Qing's guidance, Qin Ming once again arrived at Wuxia Mountain.

Two streaks of extremely fast escaping light sliced through the sky, instantly reaching the outer perimeter of the valley.

The Beast King Valley disciples stationed nearby had already received a message from their Grand Elder earlier.

Once the escaping light landed, the False Dan cultivator stationed outside the valley, along with the Beast King Valley disciples, all bowed respectfully and said, "Disciples pay their respects to the Grand Elder!"

"Mm, rise," Pei Qing then said indifferently, "From today onward, you need not station yourselves here; return to the sect to report."

Although they were quite astonished, they did not dare to ask further.

"Yes! We strictly obey the Grand Elder's decree!"

Subsequently, the people of Beast King Valley withdrew from this place.

Pei Qing led Qin Ming into the valley, arriving before a lush, green meadow, then pointed to a specific spot and spoke.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, simply activate the Shi Fu toward the sky in the southwest direction."

Hearing this, Qin Ming took out the Shi Fu and did as instructed.

Immediately, ripples like water waves suddenly spread across the air above the meadow, gradually expanding outward.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, you may enter now," Pei Qing said, then first transformed into a streak of purple rainbow light and plunged into the ripples, vanishing without a trace.

Seeing this, Qin Ming did not hesitate either, flying forward and entering the entrance before him.

His vision blurred for a moment, yet he felt no discomfort whatsoever.

After Qin Ming entered the Small Xiao Lingjing.

An extremely dense surge of heaven and earth spiritual Qi rushed in from all directions, invigorating his spirit.

What came into view was a spirit realm space spanning several thousand mu, where lush grass and vegetation grew thickly, with a small spirit lake in the center.

However, the lake contained only low-grade fish and shrimp, which, nourished by the third-grade top-tier spirit vein, had all grown plump and robust.

At first glance, this Small Xiao Lingjing resembled a paradise hidden from the world, covered in green grass with delightful scenery.

Many ancient-style buildings were constructed along the mountainside; Beast Yuan Sect had already built numerous pavilions and towers, with all basic cultivation facilities fully equipped.

Qin Ming could move in immediately with just his luggage, saving himself a great deal of trouble.

"Hehehe! Fellow Daoist Qin, is this Small Xiao Lingjing not quite satisfactory?" Pei Qing asked Qin Ming with a smiling expression.

Qin Ming smiled faintly and nodded, "This place is truly miraculous; I never expected that between heaven and earth, there existed such a blessed land where fortune and beauty converge; Qin Mou is naturally extremely satisfied."

Subsequently, Pei Qing and Qin Ming toured the area, familiarizing themselves with the overall environment of the Small Xiao Lingjing.

The two then sat in a pavilion and chatted for a while.

"Then from now on, I leave this place in Fellow Daoist Qin's care."

"If Fellow Daoist Qin has leisure time, you are also welcome to visit Beast King Valley often."

"Pei Mou will not disturb you further."

"Then many thanks to Fellow Daoist Pei."

"In the future, should the opportunity arise, you are also welcome to visit the Small Xiao Lingjing as a guest, hehe!"

"Certainly, certainly!"

After exchanging some pleasantries, Qin Ming saw Pei Qing out of the spirit realm.

"Truly a feng shui treasure land for cultivation!"

"Such a blessed cave heaven; it is estimated that throughout the entire Southern Wild Immortal Realm, there is likely only this one."

Qin Ming took a deep breath of air, speaking with immense emotion.

Subsequently.

He released all three spirit pets from his spirit beast bag.

As soon as Shi Tian Shu emerged, it looked around at the surroundings and said excitedly, "Master, this place is really nice! Hehehe!"

"With this concentration of spiritual Qi, I feel like I could pull threads from it."

"What are we going to do next?"

Qin Ming: "."

Then, under its astonished gaze, Qin Ming took out a Divine Farmer Hoe and tossed it to him, "Dig the earth, clear the wasteland, and farm the fields."

Shi Tian Shu instantly shifted from his earlier excited state to an expression of sorrow.

"The spirit vein environment here is excellent; taking advantage of these few decades, it is just the right time to cultivate many third-grade spiritual plants together."

Qin Ming also released his innate spiritual plant, Yang Xuanteng, from his arm and planted it in the center of the meadow.

It seemed to sense the dense spiritual Qi.

The black vines grew wildly; after only a short moment, Yang Xuanteng had grown back into a towering giant tree, standing heaven-high and earth-deep within this space.

Qin Ming could feel that the spiritual Qi within the spirit vein was being continuously absorbed by his innate spiritual plant; as the spirit vein's grade rose, its growth speed became even faster than before.

Streams of verdant wood essence and age qi poured from Yang Xuanteng into Qin Ming's body, causing his Green Emperor Wood Emperor Sacred Body to begin growing slowly.

Two green sprouts began to quietly sprout and grow.

Qin Ming immediately sat cross-legged, circulating the 'Green Emperor Art' to cultivate; in an instant, he felt the external spiritual Qi rushing into his body in a frantic race.

Under the transformation of the Green Emperor Wood Emperor Sacred Body, it converted within his dantian into incredibly pure Jin Dan magic power.

"This speed is truly like adding wings to a tiger!"

After finishing cultivation, Qin Ming slowly opened his pitch-black eyes; his entire body was enveloped in an aura of ancient, weathered wood that lingered without dispersing.

Verdant greenness and the fresh fragrance of grass and trees emanated from him.

His three spirit pets were all lying beside him, greedily absorbing the overflowing wood essence, their cultivation bases steadily accumulating and growing.

In the days that followed.

Qin Ming settled down in the Small Xiao Lingjing; first, he took out the previously cultivated Jade Emperor Spirit Rice and planted it all across the dozens of mu of spirit fields dug out by the Shi Tian Shu.

Afterwards, he reclaimed over ten mu of spirit herb fields on the ground beside the house.

Nowadays, Qin Ming held quite a few varieties of third-tier spirit herb seeds in his hands.

He selected some spirit plants suitable for refining pills and planted them one by one.

Besides that, he also planted some spirit plants with short maturation cycles to refresh the 【Accelerated Maturation】 attribute.

"In others' hands, this Small Xiao Lingjing would have limited use over thirty or fifty years."

"But in my hands, it can exert its maximum spirit vein value."

Qin Ming began to cultivate the Great Five Elements Technique, causing spirit rain to fall upon the spirit fields.

Gradually, everything within the Small Xiao Lingjing steadily got on track, developing toward a flourishing state.

Qin Ming returned to a pastoral life of farming, cultivation, beast breeding, and pill refining.

One person and three beasts were not lonely; the days passed very fulfilling.

Aiding his cultivation with a third-tier top-grade spirit vein, Qin Ming's cultivation base grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.

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Such days of bitter cultivation passed day after day, year after year.

Time flew swiftly, and the years rushed by like a shuttle.

Ten years passed in the blink of an eye.

Under Qin Ming's management, this Small Xiao Lingjing underwent earth-shaking changes.

First, the dozens of mu of third-tier Jade Emperor Spirit Rice were all nearing maturity; from afar, they looked like a vast forest of emerald-green bamboo.

"Thump, thump, thump!"

Qin Ming walked up to a stalk of spirit rice and gently tapped the bamboo-like node; instantly, the sound of spirit rice grains rolling inside came forth.

He immediately nodded with satisfaction.

Secondly, within the Small Xiao Lingjing, he had planted all sorts of rare spirit grasses and spirit herbs seldom seen in the outside world, and several batches had already been harvested.

At the same time, he had brushed up some attributes, though they mainly increased magic power and lifespan; the Accelerated Maturation attribute numbered only a few, insufficient to accelerate the maturation of these dozens of mu of Jade Emperor Spirit Rice.

Swarms of Yin Yi Shuangfeng danced among the fields, removing pests while simultaneously performing pollination.

Over these years, Qin Ming's cultivation also improved day by day; under his persistent bitter cultivation through farming, his magic power cultivation reached the peak of the early Jin Dan stage.

Now, he was only one step away from breaking through to the middle Jin Dan stage.

Of course, throughout this long period, Qin Ming had not always been cooped up inside the Small Xiao Lingjing cultivating, turning a deaf ear to affairs outside the window.

In his spare time, he would occasionally go out to move about and understand the latest situations within the Immortal Realm; otherwise, by the time he finished cultivating, he wouldn't even know the world had changed.

Besides frequently interacting with the two Yunxi Laozu of the Beast King Valley, Qin Ming would also go to Sanxiancheng in Yunzhou to gather news.

Incidentally, he would low-profilely sell some pills and spirit plants or spirit grasses.

Because of this, Sanxiancheng gained great fame, attracting quite a few Wu Kingdom cultivators to come.

As the administrators of Sanxiancheng, both the Sect Master of Jin Kuizong and Chen Beixuan were nearly ready to enshrine Qin Ming as an ancestor.

They also knew that Qin Ming had leased the Small Xiao Lingjing from the Beast King Valley.

Their awe toward him grew even greater.

On this day.

After tending to the spirit fields, Qin Ming took the Shi Tian Shu with him, left the Xuan Water Crocodile and the Silver-Winged Frost Bee to guard the home, then exited the Small Xiao Lingjing and flew outward.

"It has been a long time since I went out; I must see how the situation outside has developed."

(End of Chapter)