Chapter 359: A Great Uproar

The seasons changed; winter passed and spring arrived.

In the blink of an eye, several more months had gone by.

Qin Ming devoted himself to cultivation, worked hard at farming, researched pill formulas, and his cultivation base grew in an orderly manner.

His natal spiritual plant, the Yin-Yang Profound Vine, nourished and irrigated by the earth-core spiritual spring, was also thriving.

At the same time, the progress of cultivating the Green Emperor Wood Sage Body had accelerated significantly.

The ten mu of spiritual plants on Five Elements Mountain had also grown to half their mature height.

The dozen or so spiritual herbs previously destroyed by the little silver fox were all resurrected by Qin Ming using the 【Regenerative Spiritual Seed】 attribute.

Qin Ming gazed into the spiritual field, where golden, shimmering attributes caught his eye.

【Name】: Dragon Pattern Grass 【Attribute】: Source of Magic Power x5 (Maturity 56%) 【Name】: Dragon Pattern Grass 【Attribute】: Source of Qi and Blood x5 (Maturity 58%) 【Name】: Dragon Pattern Grass 【Attribute】: Quality Improvement x5 (Maturity 57%) 【Name】: Star Epiphyllum 【Attribute】: Source of Magic Power x5 (Maturity 55%) 【Name】: Star Epiphyllum 【Attribute】: Source of Qi and Blood x5 (Maturity 58%) 【Name】: Star Epiphyllum 【Attribute】: Leaf of Space-Time x5 (Maturity 59%) In another year, the spiritual plants in this field could be harvested.

Meanwhile.

Apart from Qin Ming's ten mu of spiritual fields and the second-grade Spirit-Perching Rice planted by Li Lan.

The spiritual rice and spiritual herbs planted by the remaining dozen or so spiritual farmers had all been harvested.

Jia Heyi, holding the statistics for the first quarter's harvest, came before Qin Ming to report.

"Shopkeeper Lu, this is the harvest situation for the outer hundred-plus mu of spiritual fields; please review it."

"Fifty mu of Beast-Tooth Rice yielded a total of fifty-six stones of spiritual rice."

"Twenty-five mu of Jade-Crystal Rice yielded a total of fifteen stones of spiritual rice."

"The remaining thirty-five mu of spiritual fields yielded an unspecified quantity of second-grade spiritual medicines."

"After a year of planting and learning, four of the spiritual farmers below have successfully advanced to second-grade lower-tier Spiritual Planters; this year, we can attempt to plant more second-grade spiritual rice."

Jia Heyi had not expected that in just the first year of attempting to reclaim and farm the land, the harvest within the spiritual fields would be so high, exceeding everyone's expectations.

The profits from just these outer hundred-plus mu of spiritual fields far surpassed the profits he had made over many years operating his own shop in the Spirit Ruin Market.

Of course, this was largely thanks to 'Shopkeeper Lu's' daily guidance of those spiritual farmers.

Otherwise, even with high-grade spiritual fields, the yield of spiritual plants could not have reached such heights.

"Mm, not bad." Qin Ming flipped through the account book submitted to him, speaking with an air of serene confidence.

Jia Heyi then asked, "Then how do you wish to dispose of this spiritual rice?"

"And how much should be handed over to the headquarters?"

"Sell all the spiritual rice; hand over half the spirit stones to the headquarters," Qin Ming said lightly.

The spirit stones used to acquire the spiritual fields came from Qin Ming's own pocket, so naturally, he needed to recoup them slowly.

"Yes!" After reporting, Jia Heyi respectfully withdrew.

Under Qin Ming's tutelage, Li Lan's spiritual planting skills were also improving by leaps and bounds, showing great potential to break through to the third-grade Grandmaster Spiritual Planter realm.

He planned to entrust the future task of planting third-grade spiritual rice to Li Lan, maximizing the value of this spiritual field.

Furthermore, as the Mirror Jing Xue Ge's spiritual rice was sold externally, those forces that had originally looked down on them gradually changed their views.

Beast-Tooth Rice and Jade-Crystal Rice instantly became extremely hot-selling spiritual rice in the Spirit Ruin Market, with supply failing to meet demand.

Within the Myriad Dao Shang Alliance.

Elder Jin Han, looking at the intelligence submitted by his subordinates, said with slight surprise, "I didn't expect this Shopkeeper Lu to be a third-grade Grandmaster Spiritual Planter; he hides his depth quite well! No wonder he had the boldness to take on this territory."

Having spoken, his eyes flashed repeatedly, and he immediately instructed the people below, "Pass on my oral decree: make initial contact with the Mirror Jing Xue Ge."

"Yes!"

Several days later.

Qin Ming was tending to the spiritual fields when he suddenly received a message from Hua Tianxiong, stating there was extremely important news to report in person.

Thus, he put down his farm work and went to the agreed-upon location to meet privately with Hua Tianxiong.

Inside a remote mountain cave in the Southern Region. "Greetings, Master!" Hua Tianxiong, protruding his large belly and wearing a smile, bowed to Qin Ming.

Qin Ming waved his hand. "Skip the formalities; just speak plainly."

Hua Tianxiong hurriedly said, "It is like this: according to reliable intelligence, another fourth-grade shapeshifting great demon has been born in the Beast Cry Mountain Range."

"It is said to be from the Fox Tribe; immediately after breaking through, it went on a killing spree, successively annihilating several powerful demon clans, its methods utterly ruthless."

"With such a major incident occurring in the Beast Cry Mountain Range, it is unknown whether the situation will spiral out of control; even the Nascent Soul old ancestors of the Offending Li Huogong and the Divine Dao Mountain have been alarmed."

"The upper echelons fear that if a Demon Saint-level demon invades Great Jin at this critical juncture, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"The upper echelons of the two great forces have reached a consensus and are currently discussing how to handle this matter."

"Master, your spiritual fields are near the Beast Cry Mountain Range; you must also be extra cautious."

Qin Ming nodded and replied lightly, "Understood. Do you have anything else?"

Seeing that Qin Ming showed no significant reaction upon hearing this news, Hua Tianxiong could not help but stare in surprise.

This latest intelligence from the upper echelons of the Immortal Realm was something his Thousand Mechanisms Merchant House had obtained only after expending considerable effort and cost.

Currently, it counted as first-hand intelligence, known only to a few power holders.

Hua Tianxiong had thought Qin Ming would be extremely shocked upon hearing it; he did not expect that after listening, the other party's expression remained extremely calm, showing almost no trace of surprise.

Hua Tianxiong gave an awkward smile, then took out some spiritual seeds and materials to hand over to Qin Ming, saying, "Heh! There is nothing else for now."

"These are two types of third-grade spiritual seeds my subordinate has currently gathered; as for the other few types of fourth-grade spiritual materials, they are truly too rare and difficult to find, but I have already ordered people to secretly pay extra attention."

"Once there is news, I will notify you immediately."

Qin Ming accepted the items and instructed, "Very good; you have done well."

Receiving Qin Ming's approval, Hua Tianxiong could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, he was still very puzzled as to why Qin Ming felt not the slightest strangeness regarding the matter of the fourth-grade Demon Saint, as if he had known about it all along.

"Oh, right, these two items are what Grandmaster Su asked me to deliver to you."

"He specifically instructed that I must deliver this personally."

Hua Tianxiong took two jade slips from his storage bag and handed them to Qin Ming.

When he received Su Yuqing's message, he too was extremely astonished.

He had not expected that this grandmaster of the Dandaoda Sect from Great Jin would have such close dealings with Qin Ming, and that their relationship appeared so profound.

After all, Su Yuqing's status in Great Jin was an existence of extraordinary supremacy.

As one of the four great Jin Dan families, the Su family's influence far exceeded that of the Thousand Mechanisms Merchant Guild.

On ordinary days, even Hua Tianxiong could not request an audience with a great figure like Su Yuqing.

Therefore, he felt that his master was becoming increasingly mysterious.

He was even far more formidable than his other patron, Elder Qian of the Brother Li Huo Palace.

The two exchanged a few more words before departing separately.

As for the series of impacts on the Immortal Realm following Yue Lingyan's breakthrough to the fourth stage, Qin Ming had actually anticipated them long ago, so there was no great turmoil.

Another half-month passed.

The news that a fourth-stage shapeshaped Demon Saint had once again emerged in the Beast Roar Mountain Range spread like a thunderclap across the three major Immortal Realms, causing a huge uproar.

After all, the breakthrough of any single fourth-stage Demon Saint was sufficient to alter the landscape of the Immortal Realm.

Now, the top-tier combat power within the Beast Roar Mountain Range had increased once again.

Originally, the strength of a fourth-stage shapeshaped great demon far surpassed that of a Nascent Soul cultivator of the same stage; if their numbers also exceeded those of the human Nascent Soul cultivators, the situation would naturally be grim, so it was inevitable that all parties felt concerned.

Qin Ming, however, was indifferent to this; with such a powerful connection as Yue Lingyan, even if the sky fell, it would not affect him.

He returned to the spiritual fields of Five Elements Mountain, took out the two jade slips sent by Su Yuqing, and began to examine them.

(End of Chapter)