[{"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-72":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},2331945,4560,"Chapter 72: Return to the Countryside","eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-72",72,"\u003Cp>After Qin Ming left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four figures in black robes landed where Qin Ming and the other had just fought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, someone cut in!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That kid was rich—we barely managed to wound him badly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Should we chase?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Too late—the Lingyu Gate pursuers are almost here. Let’s go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it! Don’t let me find out who stole my kill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the four were discussing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the distance, a Lingyu Gate magic vessel was speeding toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Trouble! Quick, go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An elder aboard the magic vessel frowned at the direction the four had fled; when he drew near and saw the charred ashes on the ground, he was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately abandoned the vessel and flew after the four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had taken over an hour’s detour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming twisted and turned, sneaking back into Qingyang Market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at Qingliang Xiaozhu, his tense heart gradually eased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh～ Qin Ming let out a heavy breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet a hint of excitement lingered on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having slain Jiang Kun, that bastard, he would finally have peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He entered the meditation chamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Began to inventory his gains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most coveted item in Jiang Kun’s storage bag was still that supreme-grade magic sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming held it in hand, played with it briefly, then effortlessly erased Jiang Kun’s magical imprint using his powerful spiritual sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This supreme-grade magic sword was named “Qingming Sword.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief consecration, it became entirely his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet when Qin Ming cautiously tried activating it with his magic power, he was shocked to find the consumption required to fully wield it was terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with his Qi Refining fifth-layer power—twice that of his peers—he could barely manage it, likely lasting less than half a stick of incense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would need at least Qi Refining late-stage cultivation to use it freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alongside the sword was a top-tier sword art: “Qingming Sword Art,” with six levels, usable all the way to Foundation Establishment late-stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first three levels corresponded to Qi Refining; the latter three to Foundation Establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Qin Ming had personally experienced this sword art’s power and knew its strength well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single Qingming Sword Qi had pierced through his Liusu Armor and his robust body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He put away the Qingming Sword and the sword art, then continued examining Jiang Kun’s storage bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside were fifty middle-grade spirit stones and over three thousand low-grade spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Altogether, equivalent to over eight thousand low-grade spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most surprising of all was a single “Xixi Pill”—a late-stage Qi Refining breakthrough elixir—the very one Jiang Kun had once planned to use to bribe him at Mingzhen Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all that, it had come back to his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also some healing and detoxifying pills, as well as magic power-enhancing elixirs; the rest were spirit materials and talismans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very bottom of the bag lay a golden talisman, its spiritual energy long gone, dull and lifeless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming pulled it out, examined it closely, and broke into a cold sweat. “It’s a Talisman Treasure!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talisman Treasures are forged by Foundation Establishment or higher cultivators, reusable, and release a spell equal to a Foundation Establishment cultivator’s full-power strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon inspection, this talisman’s spiritual essence was entirely depleted—it had clearly been used multiple times by Jiang Kun and was now useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming silently rejoiced: had Jiang Kun not exhausted this talisman while being hunted by those bandits,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the outcome might have been different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It served as a warning to him: killing and looting carried too great a risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Farming quietly was far better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But had he not encountered Jiang Kun nearly dead, Qin Ming would never have dared to strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Missing such an opportunity, he might wait indefinitely for another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, overall, the gains were substantial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Qingyang Market, Qin Ming dared not openly use Jiang Kun’s items—he’d have to wait until his strength improved and he left Lingyu Gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or, if the chance arose, find a black market to dispose of them secretly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming packed his belongings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cleared his mind, swallowed the pill in the meditation chamber, and entered cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming rose early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a night of cultivation, he felt full of vigor and spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he walked to the courtyard corner to check on the withered blood poison vine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After so long, the three purple demonic flowers remained unchanged.【Name】Withered Blood Poison Vine【Entry】: Temporal Leaf x5 (Maturity 1%)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming then took the blood pearl from Jiang Kun’s corpse and tossed it over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the black withered vines surged like starving wolves, wrapping and absorbing its essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black vines visibly thickened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gradually,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the three purple demonic buds slowly cracked open a fraction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming watched closely and noticed a slight change in the entry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Name】Withered Blood Poison Vine【Entry】: Temporal Leaf x5 (Maturity 15%)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Absorbing this single blood pearl had significantly increased the purple demonic flower’s maturity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The essence and soul of a Qi Refining peak cultivator indeed accelerate its growth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming rested his chin in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he took the four-winged frost bee hive from his spirit beast bag and hung the entire nest onto the black withered vine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the flowers bloomed, the spirit bees would pollinate the purple demonic flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having finished this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming stepped outside and headed toward his spirit fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t tended them in days and still felt some concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving at the fields, he gazed upon the thriving spirit plants and smiled like a farmer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three mu of Jin Ling Rice had grown halfway tall, lush and green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two golden entries caught his eye:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Name】: Jin Ling Rice【Entry】: Weak Magic Power (Maturity 48%)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Name】: Jin Ling Rice【Entry】: Quality Enhancement (Maturity 43%)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After tending the Jin Ling Rice fields, Qin Ming walked to the three mu of Shouya Rice fields, where the spirit rice ears were heavy with fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that remained was the harvest at year’s end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the two mu of spirit herb fields,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>twelve Mofan Grass and eleven Seven-Leaf Huangling were growing vigorously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Shouya Rice and high-grade spirit plants were cultivated here,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lingyu Gate’s field supervisor Du Haifu and the cultivation records officer from the Administration Hall occasionally came to inspect closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as no bandits of the caliber that attacked Elder Yao’s herb garden appeared, the fields remained safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming spent half a day casting the Advanced Spirit Rain Art over the fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He summoned spirit rain to nourish all the crops, and under its moisture, the plants grew even more luxuriantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the three mu of Shouya Rice showed signs of quality improvement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he had not once used the 【Quality Enhancement】 entry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No way… supreme-grade Shouya Rice?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After spending the entire day tending the fields, he returned to Qingyang Market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the beginning of You Hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming boiled and ate a pot of supreme-grade Xuehuang Rice, then entered his daily cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was currently cultivating the “Hundred Treasures Liusu Scripture,” just one step away from reaching its seventh layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he still needed more blood qi accumulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The news of the bandit gang’s violent raid on Lingyu Gate’s herb garden spread like wildfire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>many outside cultivators had witnessed the event that day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No paper could ever fully cover the fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Lingyu Gate failed to capture those five cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said that two Foundation Establishment Elders were dispatched, yet neither could match the black-robed cultivator wearing a Buddha mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That black-robed cultivator’s demonic cultivation technique was strange and unfathomable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Jiang Minshan of the Punishment Hall nearly perished, struck down and left critically wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elder Zhuang Xiran suffered slightly less severe injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivators within Qingyang Marketplace finally understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoa! That’s a scam! Jin Yun Valley’s bastards—this demon who beat two Foundation Establishment cultivators together—only offered a single Foundation Establishment Elixir as a reward?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They just want us to take his head?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why don’t they go themselves?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He～tui～”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Despicable—these sects are utterly vile.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1329,"2026-06-20T20:44:51.995Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e7d6250dfda833fa409dd91b3787421ed2710fc351b38e4b06b7adf18bca74d1","eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-73","eternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-chapter-71",755,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Feternal-life-starting-with-farming-to-refresh-my-cover.jpg"]