Chapter 35: Moving In

Amid the flattery of the crowd in the shantytown.

Qin Ming and Cai Laojiu continued driving away.

The two traveled all the way into the Green Sun Market, arriving at the gate of the large courtyard.

Qin Ming had prepared a new plaque in advance and hung it up — "Cool Breeze Cottage."

Plain and unremarkable, simple and unadorned.

He still decided to keep a low profile, not doing anything as flashy as a "Qin Residence."

The moment they stepped into the courtyard.

Cai Laojiu immediately felt abundant spiritual Qi rushing toward him.

Compared to the shantytown, it was simply worlds apart.

"So this is the concentration of spiritual Qi from the Spirit-Gathering Array combined with a second-grade spirit vein?"

No wonder so many cultivators would fight tooth and nail just to grab a spot here.

Qin Ming took a deep breath.

"From now on, I'll be cultivating here."

Not long after.

After the two moved everything in, they finished tidying up.

Cai Laojiu wandered around the courtyard three times like Granny Liu touring a grand estate, unable to tear himself away.

If at this very moment he were asked to sum up his feelings in four characters, it would be — "The envy of all around!" Shortly after.

Qin Ming brought Cai Laojiu to the Juxuan Pavilion.

Shopkeeper Liao's face beamed with a warm smile as he hurriedly welcomed the two into a premium private room.

"Congratulations, congratulations to Daoist Qin on advancing to mid-grade Spirit Plant Master, may your immortal path progress further."

"Come! I toast Daoist Qin a cup."

A whole table laden with fine wine and good dishes was served.

Qin Ming was overjoyed today as well, raising his cup and drinking it all in one go with the two of them.

Cup after cup.

After three rounds of wine.

Qin Ming took out this year's three quarters' worth of Golden Spirit Rice and sold it to Shopkeeper Liao.

It totaled as much as eighteen shi.

Another six hundred spirit stones in income.

The deflated spirit stone pouch puffed up a little again.

After eating and drinking their fill, Qin Ming and Cai Laojiu left the Juxuan Pavilion.

Cai Laojiu took his leave to attend to his own matters.

Qin Ming, meanwhile, returned to his "Cool Breeze Cottage."

This courtyard was very large, containing one main house, two side rooms, one cultivation chamber, and one material processing room.

There were also two mu of spirit herb fields in the courtyard, but the spirit herbs inside had all been taken away by the disciples of the Ruan family.

Qin Ming thought it would be very convenient to switch to planting other spirit plants.

His courtyard belonged to a Class-A sized house in the East District of the market center, situated at the foot of Mangshan.

From here one could see in the distance, atop the mountain peaks, immortal mist swirling and palaces standing in great numbers — that was the headquarters of the Lingyu Sect.

The surrounding neighbors' courtyards all had their gates tightly shut.

Qin Ming swept it with his spiritual sense, but the isolation arrays blocking probes could not be penetrated.

From the outside, the naked eye also could not make out the specific situation inside the courtyards.

Next.

Qin Ming cleared out the two mu of spirit fields in the courtyard.

Then, he directly planted all the Xue Huang Mi spirit seeds, and immediately began skillfully accelerating their ripening.

Two hours later.

All the Xue Huang Mi had grown, and two entries refreshed in the two mu of spirit fields: 【Name】: Xue Huang Mi 【Entry】: Abundant Qi and Blood (Maturity 1%)

【Name】: Xue Huang Mi 【Entry】: Abundant Qi and Blood (Maturity 2%)

Qin Ming's eyes lit up — counting these two, he now had three 【Abundant Qi and Blood】 entries.

Seven days passed in a row.

Qin Ming finally accelerated the Xue Huang Mi to the point of bearing spirit rice ears.

Then with a thought, the green leaf in his consciousness sea vanished as he used the 【Quality Enhancement】 entry.

In an instant, astonishing changes began to occur in the two mu of Xue Huang Mi spirit fields.

The Xue Huang Mi spirit rice ears could be seen gradually deepening in color.

They only stopped once they had completely turned a dark red.

"So this is premium grade Xue Huang Mi?"

"Still not enough."

Qin Ming casually peeled open a single spirit rice grain and muttered to himself. Without hesitation, he used his last 【Quality Enhancement】 entry once more.

He immediately formed hand seals, began casting the Advanced Spirit Rain Art, and started raining spirit rain down upon the Xue Huang Mi.

With the abundant spiritual Qi supplied by the second-grade spirit vein.

The rainfall effect here was simply twice as effective with half the effort.

The Xue Huang Mi in the two mu of spirit fields began to continuously stretch and transform.

Greedily absorbing the abundant spiritual energy within the spiritual rain.

In the end, the color of the Blood Locust spiritual rice ears froze at a purplish-red, looking exceedingly eerie.

"This is top-grade Blood Locust Rice!"

Qin Ming's eyes lit up, his drool nearly spilling out.

He hurriedly harvested frantically, gathering a full two mu of top-grade Blood Locust Rice into his possession.

At the same time, his Sea of Consciousness once again harvested two 【Abundant Qi and Blood】 entries.

After Qin Ming finished gathering the spiritual rice, he cleaned the inner traces of the two mu of spiritual fields thoroughly, restoring them to their original state.

He made a rough estimate.

This wave of forced ripening had directly let him harvest twelve shi of top-grade Blood Locust Rice.

What kind of concept was this? Even a single jin of top-grade Blood Locust Rice would be enough to cause a sensation within the Qingyang Market.

But Qin Ming now had a full twelve shi in hand — more than he could ever eat!

This was just how extravagant he was.

But he knew perfectly well in his heart that until he had sufficient strength, this kind of thing absolutely could not leak outside; it could only be used to enhance his own cultivation.

Otherwise, he might very well be taken as a specimen for study by those old monsters.

With enough top-grade Blood Locust Rice.

Qin Ming struck while the iron was hot, sat cross-legged on a cattail hassock, and began cultivating the "Hundred Treasures Glazed Sutra."

A bowl of already cooked top-grade Blood Locust Rice was placed before him.

It emanated a thick qi-and-blood energy.

This was something countless people dreamed of obtaining.

Qin Ming picked up the bowl and quickly ate this bowl of top-grade Blood Locust Rice.

Boom! The instant the top-grade Blood Locust Rice entered his stomach, it transformed into a pure energy torrent, sweeping in like an avalanche.

Vast qi and blood began to flow into his bone marrow, and immediately a tingling sensation continuously emanated from within his bone marrow.

Originally his qi and blood had already been like thick paste; under the blessing of such powerful energy, it became even more condensed.

The surging qi-and-blood amplification effect continuously grew stronger.

Three hours passed.

Qin Ming had only just barely finished digesting all the energy from this bowl of top-grade Blood Locust Rice.

Next, he did not stop cultivating because of this.

Instead, he pressed on in one breath, using up one 【Abundant Qi and Blood】 entry.

Rumble!

The qi and blood emanating from Qin Ming's entire body suddenly spread outward with him at the center.

The power of qi and blood within him had already been compressed to an extreme! A mysterious force began to continuously transform and strengthen his flesh, meridians, tendons and bones, and skin.

In an instant.

The power of qi and blood on Qin Ming's body suddenly doubled, like a terrifying demon beast!

He abruptly opened his eyes, and the "Glazed Treasure Garment" condensed from the qi and blood around his body became even more solid, as if materialized.

"Finally broke through to the sixth layer!"

Qin Ming's eyes flickered with sharp light, radiant and full of spirit.

He felt his current fleshly body, far more fierce and domineering than before, as well as the power of qi and blood, which had increased by a full twofold and more.

Somewhat heroic and full of ambition.

Under the dual accumulation of qi and blood from the top-grade Blood Locust Rice and the "Hundred Treasures Glazed Sutra."

The current him was unknown how many times stronger than body-cultivating cultivators of the same rank.

For a moment, he could not contain his joy!

Qin Ming could clearly feel an explosive power hidden within his body; now even if he faced a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, he probably had the strength to fight.

Even if he couldn't win, he could withdraw safely.

"If only I could break through to the seventh layer of the 'Hundred Treasures Glazed Sutra.'"

"The seventh layer corresponds to stepping into late-stage Body Cultivation."

"According to the beast-hide scripture, once this art is cultivated to the seventh layer, the qi and blood throughout the entire body will completely condense, undergo another qualitative change, and transform into a brand-new 'Qi-Blood True Gang,' invincible!"

Excitement showed in Qin Ming's eyes; he still had so much top-grade Blood Locust Rice, as well as qi-and-blood entries.

He knew that this step was getting closer and closer.

(End of this chapter)