Chapter 406: Aftermath

"I have to tell the truth, sometimes I am quite envious of Brother Qin."

"Without any ties, coming and going as you please, free and easy!"

"Unlike me, even if my alchemy skills have reached Tier 4, most of the time I still have to consider the family factors, with constraints and worries in my heart."

Su Su Yuqing said with emotion.

"Then when does Brother Qin plan to return to the Southern Wilderness?"

"Within these two years, there is still the last batch of spirit rice in the spirit field that hasn't matured, but it's almost there." Qin Ming said.

"Brother Su, to tell you the truth, Qin is in such a hurry to return to the Southern Wilderness this time, there is also an important reason."

Su Su Yuqing asked suspiciously: "Oh?"

"I think Brother Su can also see that the situation near Five Elements Mountain has become chaotic."

"If I don't leave, I'm afraid I'll be affected."

Immediately, Qin Ming told Su Su Yuqing about the situation of the Five Elements Mountain market and its surroundings.

A long time later.

Su Su Yuqing's expression was grave, and he pondered: "I didn't expect that even the transformation demon of the demon race had been dispatched."

"A few days ago, I also heard that the Dao-Protecting Alliance had dispatched two Nascent Soul True Persons, most likely to deal with this matter."

"It seems that Brother Qin is still extremely wise, having prepared for evacuation early on."

"It's just two hundred mu of spirit fields, although it's under a Tier 4 branch, it has to be abandoned."

"Sigh! There must be many people coveting this secret realm of the Green Origin Sect. After it comes out this time, there will inevitably be a bloodbath."

"Brother Qin avoiding the limelight and returning to the Southern Wilderness to prepare for Nascent Soul condensation is not a bad choice."

"Originally, I intended to keep you in the Su family, but once the war starts, the Su family will definitely not be able to escape the fate of being drafted."

"Thinking about it, forget it."

Qin Ming smiled freely: "Many thanks for Brother Su's kindness, it seems it can only wait for the future."

"By the way, Brother Qin, do you have any doubts about refining the Nascent Soul Condensation Pill? I have some new insights after breaking through my Tier 4 alchemy skills recently." Su Su Yuqing sipped the spirit tea and asked.

Hearing this, Qin Ming would certainly not miss such an opportunity to learn, so he humbly asked for advice again.

"As Brother Su expected, I do have some points that I can't grasp in a few key areas."

"You just say it, take this opportunity, and I will answer them for you all at once." Su Su Yuqing said.

"Then many thanks, Brother Su." Qin Ming bowed and thanked him.

Su Su Yuqing waved his hand: "Why be polite between you and me? I have received so many valuable things from you."

"By the way, before this, can Brother Su help my three beast pets arrange a table of wine and dishes?" Qin Ming asked with a smile.

Su Su Yuqing was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly, and immediately ordered the attendants outside to bring a large table of wine and dishes, placing them in the backyard.

All kinds of fine wines and delicacies were dazzling, almost everything one could wish for.

After Qin Ming released the Heaven-Devouring Rat and the three beasts, they happily ate and drank.

Lest after going back, this guy complains that he is eating and drinking well, but doesn't take them along.

Qin Ming dismissed the spirit pets, then went back to communicate with Su Su Yuqing about alchemy.

"Long time no see, Brother Qin's spirit pets have grown to such a level, which truly surprised me..." Su Su Yuqing looked at the three spirit beasts gorging themselves outside.

"Hehe! Just three gluttons." Qin Ming said casually.

In the next few days, Su Su Yuqing explained some alchemy experience to Qin Ming, as well as various precautions when refining the Nascent Soul Condensation Pill.

After a discussion and exploration between the two, Qin Ming had new insights into alchemy, and his success rate had improved a lot.

Even for Tier 4 alchemy, Qin Ming had a certain grasp.

A full seven days passed before the two ended their discussion and exchange.

The Heaven-Devouring Rat and the Profound Water Crocodile and the three beasts were either eating and sleeping or sleeping and eating these days, being served with good food and drink every day, not to mention how comfortable they were.

This day.

The Heaven-Devouring Rat was picking its teeth with a bamboo stick. Seeing Qin Ming come out of the cave dwelling, its expression lifted, and it asked with a grin:

"Master, what are we eating tonight?"

"Haven't you had enough? We are almost going back." Qin Ming glared at it.

Subsequently.

Qin Ming took the three spirit pets back into the Small Spirit Realm, turned around and said to Su Su Yuqing: "Brother Su, no need to see me off. I believe we will meet again one day."

"Then Fellow Daoist Qin, take care." Su Su Yuqing walked out of the cave dwelling to see Qin Ming off.

"Wish you a long immortal path."

"Brother Su, see you later."

After saying goodbye to Su Su Yuqing, Qin Ming turned into a green rainbow and returned to Departing Heaven Immortal City.

Old Jia and the others of the Mirror Snow Pavilion had finished attending the ceremony and had returned to the shop two days ago.

Qin Ming secretly found an opportunity to meet Hua Hua Tianxiong outside the Immortal City.

He pulled Hua Hua Tianxiong into the Small Spirit Realm.

Hua Hua Tianxiong piled a smile on his face, handed a storage bag to Qin Ming, and said respectfully:

"Master, these are the last few spirit materials you wanted, they are all inside."

"These things are truly not easy to handle. Some of them are not even produced in Great Jin, so I had to use the merchant alliance's channels to get them from other places thousands of miles away."

"It was quite a lot of trouble."

"Hmm, you did well." Qin Ming took the spirit materials, opened them and glanced at them, nodding with satisfaction.

He could see that Hua Hua Tianxiong had also done his best.

Subsequently, Qin Ming took out a jade bottle and threw it to him:

"Within these two years, I will return to the Southern Wilderness. You continue to lurk in Great Jin."

"The two Divine Wood Pills inside should be more than enough for your cultivation to break through to the late Jin Dan stage."

Hua Hua Tianxiong was surprised at first, then received the jade bottle, both happy and worried.

The worry was that his big backer was leaving.

The joy was that with two Divine Wood Pills, his cultivation could advance further.

"Master, are you leaving Great Jin?"

"Or... or I'll just go with you. I'm willing to serve you, hehe!"

Ever since Hua Hua Tianxiong witnessed Qin Ming's methods, how could he not recognize who was the real thigh.

As soon as these words came out, the Heaven-Devouring Rat not far away couldn't sit still and couldn't help but say: "You have a set of small words, serving..."

Hua Hua Tianxiong smiled awkwardly.

Qin Ming pondered slightly: "You don't need to go with me. With these two pills, it is enough for you to advance to the late Jin Dan stage. Even if a war breaks out in Great Jin, you will have enough to protect yourself."

"In addition, Elder Qian of the Departing Fire Palace will also protect you. As long as you restrain your temper, there will be no major safety problems."

"Moreover, I let you stay in Great Jin, and there will definitely be great use for it in the future."

"You can't ignore the huge merchant house you worked so hard to manage."

Hua Hua Tianxiong nodded in response and said no more.

"Then I will follow Master's arrangements."

He had been floating in the business sea of the Immortal Cultivation World for many years, and after collecting spirit materials for Qin Ming for so many years.

Through osmosis, he also saw some clues. Qin Ming probably had a big plan this time, and if things didn't go well, he was going to refine some extremely powerful pills.

The world only knows Su Su Yuqing of Great Jin, whose alchemy attainments are brilliant, but he knows that Qin Ming's alchemy skills are not much inferior to Pill King Su.

His spirit plant attainments are even more unmatched. Just those high-tier spirit plants in the Small Spirit Realm that are almost rarely seen in the Immortal Cultivation World are enough to make people look up to him. "Hmm, you go. In addition, you also help me take care of the Mirror Snow Pavilion."

"Subordinate understands."

A few days later.

Qin Ming returned to the Five Elements Mountain market through the teleportation array of Departing Heaven Immortal City.

As soon as he returned to the market, he could feel that the atmosphere was already very different from the past.

Inside the Wind-Riding Building.

Qin Ming learned from the three people of Han Yuan that recently even the teleportation array of the market was about to be closed.

"Sigh! Fellow Daoist Lu shouldn't have come back."

"Just a few days ago, the disciples of the Departing Fire Palace and the people of Divine Dao Mountain had several frictions in the market, and they almost fought."

"It made us all exhausted, but both sides are Nascent Soul forces of Great Jin, and it's not easy to offend them."

Han Yuan sighed, and it could be seen that the market had changed so much that he had heard some wind.

"To tell you the truth, Lu came back this time just to leave."

"It's just that I'm going back to the Southern Wilderness."

"After all, Lu has been out for decades, and I still miss my homeland~"

"But before leaving, I still have to harvest the spirit rice in the spirit field. After all, those Jade Emperor spirit rice cost Li Lan nearly ten years of hard work." Qin Ming explained while holding a wine glass.

Han Yuan realized: "That's true, a full hundred mu of Tier 3 Jade Emperor spirit rice is not a small wealth, and its value is immeasurable."

Between his words, he was still quite envious.

"Lu came to find Fellow Daoist Han this time just to ask specifically, is there any magic boat returning to the Southern Wilderness Immortal Cultivation World in the market recently?"

Han Yuan smiled, "Fellow Daoist Lu asked the right person. Now the ferry crossing in and out of Great Jin is managed by our Dao-Protecting Alliance."

"Due to the deep invasion of the Great Li Demon Path into Great Zhou in recent years, many fleeing cultivators have poured into the Great Jin border, and there is no lack of smugglers."

"Now the control of ships is extremely strict compared to before. If you want to take a ship to leave, you must go through cumbersome identity verification procedures before you can board the ship."

Immediately, he took out a booklet, which was densely and detailedly recording the records of merchant ships coming and going from various places by major merchant houses in the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty.

Han Yuan looked through the booklet and pointed to a place: "Fellow Daoist Lu, the latest merchant ship heading to the Southern Wilderness is the 'Tianlan' of the Jin Tian Merchant House, which will depart in a year and a half."

Jin Tian Merchant House?

This name, why does it feel a bit familiar... Qin Ming was stunned when he heard it, and after thinking for a moment, he suddenly remembered that when he attended Su Su Yuqing's Pill King celebration a few days ago, he had met that Lu Huayuan, wasn't he from the Jin Tian Merchant House?

The journey from Great Jin to the Southern Wilderness Immortal Cultivation World is extremely long, and one has to start from the Black Sea route and return the same way.

Without a year or a half, one simply cannot arrive.

If one encounters bad weather in the Black Sea, it is estimated that it will take even longer.

"Uh, Fellow Daoist Han, besides the Jin Tian Merchant House, are there any other ships?" Qin Ming hesitated and asked.

Han Yuan continued to look down and said: "Further down, it is the merchant ship of the Mount Qilian Merchant House, but their merchant ship just returned from the Southern Wilderness and will not go to the Southern Wilderness for at least five years."

"Then it's the Jin Tian Merchant House. Can Fellow Daoist Han find a way to get a ticket? Lu will be very grateful." Qin Ming cupped his hands and said.

Han Yuan waved his hand: "A small matter, Fellow Daoist Lu, rest assured, everything is on me."

"You come to me to get the boarding token in a few days."

Immediately, Qin Ming took out a bottle of pills he didn't know which dead ghost's corpse he got and handed it to Han Yuan.

"This is a little bit of Lu's intention, please Fellow Daoist Han must accept it."

Han Yuan immediately blew his beard and stared, "Fellow Daoist Lu is looking down on the old man!"

"Being able to help a little bit at the end is not in vain that you and I have known each other for so many years."

Under Qin Ming's repeated insistence, Han Yuan reluctantly accepted the bottle of pills.

But when he secretly opened the bottle cap and took a peek, it made his brows jump directly.

"Tier 2 high-grade pills!"

For a time, he was a little reluctant to let "Shopkeeper Lu" leave... After having a small gathering with Han Yuan and settling the return trip, Qin Ming left the Five Elements Mountain market and came to the spirit field.

In the current spirit field, except for the hundred-plus mu of Jade Emperor spirit rice of Li Lan, no other spirit fields were planted.

Only some spirit farmers were left to guard the spirit field.

When Qin Ming returned, Li Lan was staring at the spirit field, lost in thought alone.

Recently, the Five Elements Mountain range had been changing, making people panic. Obviously, he had also guessed something.

And he heard that Shopkeeper Lu of the Mirror Snow Pavilion had taken Old Jia and the others and migrated to Central Continent.

Only he himself still had to guard the hundred-plus mu of spirit fields in front of him, which was truly a bit of a long wait.

Just as Li Lan was lost in thought, he saw Qin Ming coming back.

His eyes lit up, and he hurried over to salute: "Shopkeeper Lu, you are back?"

"Hmm, I see that the Jade Emperor spirit rice can be harvested in at most a year or so, so I'll stay here with you."

"You don't need to worry too much. When the time comes, I will arrange for you and your family to go to Central Continent to reunite with Old Jia and the others."

"Many thanks, Shopkeeper Lu, Li will never forget this in his life!" Li Lan was very grateful.

Qin Ming said indifferently: "No matter, you are the spirit planter of my Mirror Snow Pavilion, naturally I will not leave you behind. You can rest assured and take care of the spirit field during this time."

Subsequently, he returned to the cave dwelling in the spirit field and resumed his daily practice.

In addition, Qin Ming also let the Heaven-Devouring Rat pay attention to the flowering progress of the Seven-Marvel Treasure Tree beneath the Five Elements Mountain range at any time.

Although Qin Ming had already learned that even if the sacrificial ceremony was opened, the Demon Path would need three years to urge the treasure tree to bloom.

But it's not guaranteed that they would think of any other methods to speed up the process.

"There is still a year and a half before leaving, time is still in time."

"At least during this period, the war will not start."

Qin Ming secretly pondered, and the following days were all spent on cultivation and studying skills.

That Tier 4 artifact refining inheritance of the Blood Refining Demon Gate, "Demon Crafting," had already been studied by him thoroughly, and various artifact refining techniques were extremely proficient.

Combined with the "Treasure Refining Art," his attainments in artifact refining were also improving rapidly.

And the Blood Pagoda he planted in the life-bound spirit plant Yin-Yang Profound Vine with the 【Spirit Plant Treasure Planting】 entry had been completely repaired and was advancing toward the direction of a Tier 4 spirit treasure.

Time flies, and a year passed in a flash.

This day.

Qin Ming was studying the "Yuan Sha Seed Demon True Scripture" because he had developed some interest in the "Yuan Sha Demon Body" in it... The reason was that his "Heavenly Demon Refining Form Strategy" had already been practiced to the True Pill Consummation realm.

Going further up, it was to break the shackles of the physical body.

According to the narrative of this demon race holy scripture, to reach the realm of physical body sanctification, one must absorb and refine a strand of Tier 4 Demon Saint's life-bound demon energy.

Such harsh conditions were obviously difficult for Qin Ming to achieve.

Therefore, he set his sights on the "Yuan Sha Demon Body," because Qin Ming already had the necessary conditions for practicing this kind of demon body, which was the source demon energy.

After his research, replacing the life-bound demon energy required in the "Heavenly Demon Refining Form Strategy" with source demon energy, combined with the two supreme body-refining cultivation methods, seemed to be feasible.

And as for this source demon energy, Qin Ming didn't need to spend effort to find it.

Not only was there one in the source demon bead, but a 【Source Demon Energy】 was also born on the Thunder Origin Nether Jujube tree in the Small Spirit Realm, which was simply too much.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 407 =====