Chapter 32: Resurrection from Death

September.

In the air of Yunze Dahuang, a hint of coolness had appeared.

The 'Yunze Xiancheng', jointly built by the Spirit Feather Sect and Golden Cloud Valley, was under construction in full swing.

With the arrival of elite cultivator reinforcements from both sects.

The Spirit Feather Sect's frontier reclamation war camp also stabilized its position.

No more large-scale casualties occurred.

Batch after batch of rogue cultivators also arrived one after another at Qingyang Market Town by flying boats.

They all longed to perform great deeds for their sects and obtain a 'Foundation Establishment Pill'.

Thereby achieving a counterattack on their immortal path.

The shantytown remained the same as before.

Public order became increasingly chaotic, with people disappearing inexplicably from time to time.

Qin Ming also reduced unnecessary outings.

On this day.

Inside Su Yuqing's courtyard.

When Qin Ming saw Su Yuqing again, the other had already broken through to the seventh layer of the Qi Condensation stage.

Stepping into the realm of a late-stage Qi Condensation cultivator.

The speed of cultivation was so fast that it truly made him envious.

Qin Ming had originally thought that he had finally broken through to the fourth layer of the Qi Condensation stage some days ago.

He had gradually begun to narrow the gap with the other, only for it to widen even further.

'Comparing oneself to others is enough to kill one with anger!'

'This Su Yuqing not only possesses supreme talent in pill refining, but also treads on flat ground in cultivation, rising rapidly to high status.'

However, even though Qin Ming was envious.

He was not anxious; as long as he worked hard at farming, there would surely come a day when he surpassed the other.

But just a moment ago.

Qin Ming had borrowed Su Yuqing's pill refining room to attempt refining several low-grade first-tier pills.

Without exception, they all failed.

His mood was quite depressed.

"Brother Qin, I heard you are moving to live within the market town?" Su Yuqing asked Qin Ming while leisurely drinking tea.

Qin Ming rubbed his face vigorously with both hands.

Then he picked up the tea Su Yuqing had poured for him, took a sip, and refreshed his spirits.

He seemed not yet to have recovered from the blow of the failed pill refining.

"Yes, who did you hear it from? It wouldn't be Daoist Gu, would it?"

From the other's tone, Qin Ming knew immediately that Gu Qingzhao had secretly sold a favor to Su Yuqing again.

Su Yuqing nodded noncommittally.

"It is good that you are moving in; recently, the situation has indeed become increasingly chaotic."

Qin Ming pondered for a moment before asking, "Then, Brother Su, do you not plan to move to live within the market town?"

"This earth vein fire can temporarily remain here."

Su Yuqing smiled faintly and said proudly, "I believe I still possess some ability to protect myself; moreover, I will stay here for just one more year next year before leaving, so I do not wish to move back and forth."

"After I leave, you can continue to rent this house, and you may also continue to use the pill refining room."

Hearing this, Qin Ming's eyes lit up, "Really?!"

"Mm, above the high-grade pill refining art lies the second tier; I no longer have any use for this earth fire," Su Yuqing said casually.

Qin Ming had not expected this.

That he would actually inherit this pill refining room of Su Yuqing's.

Instantly, he was overcome with joy.

The depression from earlier vanished in an instant.

"Come, Brother Su, I toast you with tea in place of wine."

Time passed slowly.

It was the end of the year once again.

The third crop of Golden Spirit Rice in the spiritual fields had ripened.

In addition, the Misty Smoke Grass and Spirit Candle Fruits in the two mu of spiritual herb fields had also ripened together.

It was another great harvest.

What Qin Ming looked forward to most was the harvest of attributes.

Even the dozens of mid-grade first-tier spiritual plants, 'Black Tongue Orchids', which he had planted latest, had ripened together, generating an attribute.

Now, the spiritual fields were filled with shimmering golden light:

【Name】: Golden Spirit Rice 【Attribute】: Faint magic power (Maturity 100%, Harvestable)

【Name】: Golden Spirit Rice 【Attribute】: Quality Improvement (Maturity 100%, Harvestable)

【Name】: Golden Spirit Rice 【Attribute】: Quality Improvement (Maturity 100%, Harvestable)

【Name】: Misty Smoke Grass 【Attribute】: Faint Soul Power x5 (Maturity 100%, Harvestable)

【Name】: Misty Smoke Grass 【Attribute】: Accelerated Maturation x5 (Maturity 100%, Harvestable) 【Name】: Spirit Candle Fruit 【Attribute】: Regenerative Spirit Seed x3 (Maturity 100%, Harvestable)

【Name】: Black Tongue Orchid 【Entry】: Weak Soul Power x5 (Maturity 100%, harvestable)

【Name】: Beast Fang Rice 【Entry】: Weak Qi and Blood x5 (Maturity 56%)

【Name】: Beast Fang Rice 【Entry】: Ripen x5 (Maturity 58%)

Three mu of Beast Fang Rice still had to be left to harvest next year.

However, he could first ripen those two stalks of Beast Fang Rice that carried entries, to obtain the entries.

Half a day later.

Within Qin Ming's current Sea of Consciousness, adding to what had been stored before, multiple entry leaves surfaced: Weak magic power x6, Weak Qi and Blood x5, Weak Soul Power x10, Quality Boost x2, Ripen x10, Regenerate Spirit Seed x3. Qin Ming stared blankly at the numerous entries floating in his Sea of Consciousness, his spirit soaring with excitement.

With this wave of entries thrown down—

—he was afraid the《Hundred Treasures Glazed Sutra》would soon be piled up to the later layers! Besides that.

This year, Qin Ming's spirit rice output also refreshed the historical record.

Barring the unexpected, it firmly held first place.

As for this result—

—all the spirit farmers and the people of Lingyu Sect had long expected it, after all Qin Ming had mastered the High-Grade Spirit Rain Art.

He possessed an advantage they did not.

After tidying up.

Qin Ming, just like last year, sent a transmission talisman to Su Yuqing, asking him to come harvest the spirit herbs.

When Su Yuqing arrived at the spirit field, he still couldn't avoid a small wave of shock.

"Brother Qin, I just can't figure it out."

"You've only used one year's time to break through from a low-grade spirit planter to mid-grade."

"Planting spirit plants properly, you don't do."

"Why insist on going to learn alchemy?"

Qin Ming let out a sheepish chuckle, then gazed at the【Weak Soul Power】x10 in his Sea of Consciousness.

Smiled without speaking.

……

Shantytown district, inside a house.

The first thing Qin Ming did upon returning to his room.

Was to take out that section of black withered vine.

"This thing cost me a full three hundred spirit stones to win at auction."

"Hope it won't disappoint me too much."

Qin Ming held that section of black withered vine in his hand, studying it for half a day.

Yet still had no clue.

He shook his head.

He went to the flower bed at the courtyard's edge, casually found a corner, and stuck it into the soil.

Qin Ming then willed it, and used the【Regenerate Spirit Seed】entry on this section of withered vine.

A blue leaf in his Sea of Consciousness instantly vanished.

The instant the entry was used—

—he saw a huge purple spore suddenly sprout in the flower bed, wrapping around that section of withered vine.

A long while passed.

The purple spore gradually began to shrivel, as if the energy within had been completely absorbed by the black withered vine.

Thump! Thump! In Qin Ming's mind, a sound of a heart beating actually rang out.

In the dim unknown, it seemed to have formed some kind of connection with the black withered vine.

He carefully leaned in for a look.

On that section of black withered vine, a dark-colored tender sprout had actually grown! It had regained vitality! "Holy— that's amazing! It can really be revived?!"

"I wonder what this thing is? Seems like it even has a heartbeat?"

"Could I have misheard?"

Qin Ming puzzled over it for a while, then shook his head.

"Plant it first and see."

He hesitated for a while, then stopped his steps again.

"Still… should I try ripening it?"

After thinking it over and over, Qin Ming decided to use one【Ripen】entry.

He willed it, and a green entry leaf vanished from his Sea of Consciousness.

It landed upon that section of black withered vine.

……

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Thanks to 'Xiao Seng Wuli' for the two monthly tickets

(End of this chapter)