[{"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-39":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},2331912,4560,"Chapter 39: Qi Refining Stage Four","eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-39",39,"\u003Cp>Qin Ming’s gaze was resolute as he took out another premium Spirit Gathering Pill and swallowed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The medicinal power flowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again and again, it washed and expanded Qin Ming’s dantian energy cavity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swallowed the fourth premium Spirit Gathering Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the fifth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sixth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he reached the eighth pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magic power within his dantian reached its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could no longer hold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a dam breaking under floodwaters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Qin Ming’s magic power aura suddenly surged more than double.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything unfolded naturally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A continuous stream of Evergreen magic power began to trickle through Qin Ming’s meridians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My magic power cultivation has finally broken through to Qi Refining Stage Four!” A flash of sharp light passed through Qin Ming’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly exhaled a cloud of turbid air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His current total magic power exceeded that of peers by more than double, equivalent to Qi Refining Stage Five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With this, I can now increase the duration and frequency of the High-Level Spirit Rain Art.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mid-stage Qi Refining magic power is finally sufficient.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This breakthrough owes much to Su Yuqing’s pills—had I relied on ordinary Spirit Gathering Pills, even consuming them all, I doubt I could have broken through.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his cultivation breakthrough lifted his spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also realized a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That even reaching Qi Refining Stage Four had consumed so many premium Spirit Gathering Pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These pills carry medicinal resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more you consume of the same pill, the weaker the absorbed medicinal power becomes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he wished to break through again later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Premium Spirit Gathering Pills would clearly no longer suffice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If things continued this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The quantity and quality of elixirs Qin Ming would need for future cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would become a staggering number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I must quickly achieve self-sufficiency in elixir production.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My current resources can’t withstand this kind of consumption!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the days that followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming consumed the remaining two premium Spirit Gathering Pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He consolidated his cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he resumed eating Blood Locust Rice and cultivated the Sixth Layer of the Hundred Treasures Glazed Scripture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to magic power cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the heavy accumulation of Blood Locust Rice as a body-refining spiritual material.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body refinement progressed rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To call it “a thousand li in a day” was no exaggeration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time the Hundred Treasures Glazed Scripture broke through a layer, the required spiritual materials doubled or even multiplied several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining stock of Blood Locust Rice in Qin Ming’s possession was running low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was still enough to last until the next batch of Beast Tooth Rice matured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he obtained the [Ripen] term.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already saved some Blood Locust Rice spiritual seeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could continue ripening them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He should have no trouble completing the Hundred Treasures Glazed Scripture using his own Blood Locust Rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When that time came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body refinement would reach the peak of Layer Nine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the power of the Hundred Treasures Glazed Scripture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His overall strength would far surpass ordinary cultivators of his stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never mind anything else, at least within the Qingyang Marketplace, I now have the means to protect myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early May.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside Su Yuqing’s alchemy chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming was drenched in sweat, his eyes fixed intently on the alchemy furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After more than a dozen disastrous failures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, a strange fragrance emerged from the furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s done!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming waved his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three blue pills landed in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Basic Detox Pill, unranked, used by alchemy apprentices as a foundational practice pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming held the three pills, his expression ecstatic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the past month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had repeatedly observed and studied Su Yuqing’s alchemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had finally grasped some of the essentials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming could attempt refining first-rank low-grade spiritual pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuqing sat comfortably in the courtyard, sipping tea. Seeing Qin Ming’s joy, he chuckled: “It’s just a Detox Pill—why are you so thrilled?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Su brother, I can’t compare to you,” Qin Ming said, having watched Su Yuqing’s alchemy daily; the two had grown increasingly close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After all this effort, these three Basic Detox Pills are my first true creation,” Qin Ming smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me see.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The debut work of Master Qin the Alchemist.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuqing took the pills from Qin Ming’s hand and examined them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Marginally acceptable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuqing tossed the pills back to Qin Ming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming now had confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Late May.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first harvest of Jin Ling Rice this year matured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Name】: Jin Ling Rice 【Term】: Weak Magic Power (Maturity 100%, Harvestable)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Name】: Jin Ling Rice 【Term】: Weak Magic Power (Maturity 100%, Harvestable)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming cut the spiritual rice ears; two white term leaves appeared in his spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to his High-Level Spirit Rain Art’s irrigation, this season’s three mu of Jin Ling Rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yielded astonishingly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He harvested a total of twenty shi of Jin Ling Rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After deducting the forty-five percent grain tax levied by Lingyu Gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He retained six hundred jin of spiritual rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His quarterly rice yield ranked far ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He claimed the top position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other spiritual farmers could only envy him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Haifu, weighing the harvest, stared silently at the number displayed on the large measuring device.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Three mu yielding this much? I’ve never seen the like!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the power of mastering the High-Level Spirit Rain Art.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming no longer needed to worry much about the three mu of Jin Ling Rice fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only needed to wait until the end of June, when the rice roots would regrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming devoted all his attention to the Beast Fang Rice paddy and two other mu of medicinal fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were seventy-two Cold Smoke Grass plants and eighteen Spirit Candle Fruit plants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All had grown to half their full height.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He considered that he still needed to advance to mid-grade Grade One Herbalist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to successfully cultivate three different mid-grade Grade One herbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming went again to Shopkeeper Liao and bought dozens of mid-grade Grade One “Black Tongue Orchid” seeds, planting them all in a corner of the spirit field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He chose the Black Tongue Orchid because\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it could be used when he attempted to refine Grade One Low-grade spirit pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through continuous practice and studying the notes given to him by Su Yuqing,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>regarding the refining of Grade One Low-grade spirit pills,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming gradually began to gain some insight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three months passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second season of Jin Ling Rice matured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Jin Ling Rice field, no “Ripen” term had yet refreshed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming harvested another twenty dan of Jin Ling Rice, along with three “Weak Magic Power” terms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, it's true that the higher the rank of the spiritual plant, the higher the chance of getting better attributes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was coming soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cold Smoke Grass, Spirit Candle Fruit, and Black Tongue Orchid in the two mu fields had all bloomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a few more months remained until maturity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming released the group of Four-Winged Frost Bees from his spirit beast pouch and began pollinating the spirit plants in the fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with the rainfall effect of the Advanced Spirit Rain Technique,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the several mu of spirit fields displayed a thriving scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the ancient steward of Spirit Feather Sect, upon arriving to collect spirit rice and seeing the three or so mu of mid-grade spirit plants below,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>showed a faint ripple on his eternally expressionless face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially those three mu of Beast Fang Rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Qin Ming himself had not expected it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under his constant irrigation with the Advanced Spirit Rain Technique and daily meticulous care,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>based on the current growth trend,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the yield would not only double, but was progressing toward becoming “Premium Beast Fang Rice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Qin Ming had eaten plenty of “Premium Beast Fang Rice” himself and possessed rich ripening experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming was directing the bee swarm to pollinate the medicinal herbs in the field,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when the message talisman on his person received a message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was from Shopkeeper Liao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Qin, the rental quota in the marketplace you asked me about has confirmed news.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I cannot decide this matter—you may speak with our Pavilion Master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1367,"2026-06-20T20:44:51.995Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e960b5361b2af99d5beed4ecad05e6779c18509d22d048e756a9c13ceca2cf65","eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-40","eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-38",755,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Feternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-cover.jpg"]