Chapter 46: Relocation and Settling In

Amid the flattery of the slum dwellers.

Qin Ming and Cai Laojiu continued driving away.

The two traveled to Qingyang Marketplace and arrived at the courtyard gate.

Qin Ming had prepared a new signboard in advance and rehung it—“Qingliang Xiaozhu.”

Plain and unadorned.

He still decided to keep a low profile, avoiding anything as ostentatious as “Qin Mansion.”

Upon entering the courtyard.

Cai Laojiu felt a surge of spiritual energy wash over him.

Compared to the slums, it was worlds apart.

“Is this the effect of the Spirit Gathering Array, combined with the concentration of a second-rank spiritual vein?”

No wonder so many cultivators fought tooth and nail just to secure a spot here.

Qin Ming took a deep breath.

“I’ll be cultivating here from now on.”

Not long after.

The two moved all their belongings in and finished tidying up.

Cai Laojiu wandered the courtyard three times, reluctant to leave, like an old peasant visiting a grand estate.

If he had to sum up his feelings in four characters right now, they would be—“Envy of All Around!” Then,

Qin Ming brought Cai Laojiu to Juxuan Pavilion.

Shopkeeper Liao beamed with warm smiles and hurriedly ushered the two into a premium private room.

“Congratulations, Qin Daoist! Ascending to mid-grade Spirit Planter, you’ve taken another step forward on the Immortal Path.”

“Come, I toast you, Qin Daoist.”

A full table of fine wine and delicacies was laid out.

Qin Ming was also in high spirits today, raising his cup and draining it with the two.

One cup after another.

After three rounds of wine.

Qin Ming produced the three quarterly harvests of Jin Ling Rice and sold them to Shopkeeper Liao.

Totaling eighteen dan.

He gained another six hundred spirit stones.

His previously hollow spirit stone pouch grew slightly fuller.

Sated and well-fed, Qin Ming and Cai Laojiu left Juxuan Pavilion.

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

Qin Ming returned to his “Qingliang Xiaozhu.”

The courtyard was large, containing one main house, two side rooms, a meditation chamber, and a material processing room.

The courtyard also held two mu of spirit herb fields, all of whose herbs had been taken by the Ruan family’s disciples.

Qin Ming could easily replant them with other spirit plants.

His courtyard belonged to the Jia-class housing in the eastern district of the marketplace, nestled at the foot of Mangshan.

From here, he could see far off, atop the distant mountain peaks, misty immortal aura swirling around palaces—there lay the headquarters of Lingyu Sect.

All neighboring courtyards had their gates tightly shut.

Qin Ming scanned with his spiritual sense; the barrier arrays blocked all probing.

To the naked eye, the courtyard’s interior remained completely invisible.

Next,

Qin Ming cleared out the two mu of spirit fields.

He then directly sowed all his Xue Huang Mi spirit seeds and skillfully began accelerating their growth.

Two hours later.

The Xue Huang Mi has fully sprouted; the two mu fields have been refreshed with two entries: 【Name】: Xue Huang Mi 【Trait】: Abundant Blood Qi (Maturity 1%)

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

Qin Ming’s eyes lit up—adding these two, he now had three 【Abundant Blood Qi】 traits total.

Seven days passed in succession.

Qin Ming finally matured the Xue Huang Mi to the point of bearing spirit rice panicles.

He then activated his mind; the green leaf in his spiritual sea vanished—he used the 【Quality Enhancement】 trait.

Instantly, the two mu of Xue Huang Mi fields underwent astonishing changes.

The Xue Huang Mi panicles gradually darkened in color.

Until they turned completely dark red, then stabilized.

“So this is premium-grade Xue Huang Mi?”

“Not enough.”

Qin Ming idly peeled open a grain and murmured to himself. Without hesitation, he used his final 【Quality Enhancement】 trait.

Immediately, he formed hand seals and activated the Advanced Spirit Rain Technique, summoning spirit rain upon the Xue Huang Mi.

With the abundant spiritual energy supplied by the second-rank vein,

The rainfall effect here was twice as potent.

The Xue Huang Mi in the two mu fields began to continuously shift and expand.

Greedily absorbing the rich spiritual energy within the rain.

Eventually, the color of the Xue Huang Mi panicles settled into a deep purple-red, appearing eerily alluring.

“This is supreme-grade Xue Huang Mi!”

Qin Ming’s eyes gleamed, saliva nearly dripping.

He frantically harvested, gathering all two mu of supreme-grade Xue Huang Mi into his possession.

Simultaneously, his spiritual sea gained two more 【Abundant Blood Qi】 traits.

After harvesting the spirit rice, Qin Ming cleaned all traces from the two mu fields, restoring them to their original state.

He made a rough estimate.

This single growth cycle yielded him twelve dan of supreme-grade Xue Huang Mi.

What did that mean? Just one jin of supreme-grade Xue Huang Mi could spark a sensation in Qingyang Marketplace.

Yet now he held twelve dan—more than he could possibly consume!

He was that extravagant.

But he knew clearly: before he gained sufficient strength, this stuff must never leave his hands—it could only be used to enhance his own cultivation.

Otherwise, he might end up as a specimen studied by ancient monsters.

With enough supreme-grade Xue Huang Mi in hand,

Qin Ming pressed forward, sitting cross-legged on his mat, beginning to cultivate the “Hundred Treasures Glazed Scripture.”

A bowl of freshly cooked supreme-grade Xue Huang Mi sat before him.

Emitting a thick aura of blood energy.

This was what countless cultivators dreamed of.

Qin Ming lifted the bowl and swiftly devoured the entire portion.

Boom! The instant the supreme-grade Xue Huang Mi entered his belly, it transformed into a pure torrent of energy, surging like a tidal wave.

Vast blood energy flooded into his bone marrow, triggering a tingling numbness that pulsed endlessly from within.

His blood qi, already thick as molten mercury, grew even denser under this immense power boost.

The surge of blood qi continued to intensify.

Three hours passed.

Only then did Qin Ming fully digest the energy of the bowl of supreme-grade Xue Huang Mi.

He did not stop cultivating.

Instead, he pressed on and consumed one 【Abundant Blood Qi】 trait.

Boom!

The blood qi radiating from Qin Ming suddenly exploded outward from his center.

His internal blood qi had been compressed to its limit—an arcane force began reshaping and strengthening his flesh, meridians, bones, and skin.

In an instant,

Qin Ming’s blood qi surged twofold, like a terrifying demonic beast!

He abruptly opened his eyes; the “Glazed Armor” formed from his blood qi grew denser, almost solidified.

“Finally broke through to the Sixth Layer!”

Qin Ming’s eyes gleamed with sharp brilliance, radiant and spirited.

He felt his body—now far stronger and more dominant than before—and the more than double increase in his blood qi.

He felt a surge of grand ambition.

Under the combined accumulation of supreme-grade Xue Huang Mi and the “Hundred Treasures Glazed Scripture,”

He was now incomparably stronger than any Qi Refining cultivator of his own level.

For a moment, he was overwhelmed with joy!

Qin Ming could clearly feel a explosive force lurking within him; even facing a Qi Refining late-stage cultivator, he now had the strength to fight.

Even if he couldn’t win, he could escape safely.

“If only I could break through the seventh level of the Hundred Treasures Glass Scripture.”

“The seventh level corresponds to entering Body Refining late-stage.”

According to the beast-skin scripture, when this technique reaches the seventh level, the practitioner’s blood and qi will fully solidify, undergo another qualitative transformation, and become the new “Blood-Qi True Gang”—invincible!

Qin Ming’s eyes gleamed with excitement; he still had an abundant supply of premium Blood Locust Rice and Blood-Qi entries.

He knew he was drawing ever closer to this step.

(End of Chapter)