Chapter 174: Longevity: My Farming-Style Cultivation Is Too Steady Chapter 174 The Weather Gets Colder, the Heart Gets Hotter

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

One hour later.

Xu Zhangqing rose and left.

Zhu Fuxian personally saw him out the door.

Once they were outside the fence, Xu Zhangqing saluted with clasped hands: "Senior Brother, you need only see me this far."

Zhu Fuxian suddenly asked: "Junior Brother Xu, do you know if there are Fire Crows in our area?"

Xu Zhangqing was stunned upon hearing this, then nodded cheerfully: "I do."

Zhu Fuxian reminded him: "Fire Crows like to eat fire-attribute things. Do not expose the Chi Yang Shen you just obtained, or it will draw their covetousness."

Xu Zhangqing waved his hand and simply admitted outright: "Senior Brother, rest assured. These Fire Crows were bought by me from the Di Huo Qu yesterday. There are five of them in total."

Since the other party had already noticed, and had specifically reminded him.

He could not pretend to be ignorant, much less deliberately conceal it.

Those who knew of this were not few, and there were even several.

Such as Hu Bugui, Liu Wei, and the introducer Wang Xiang.

One can hide it for a time, but not for a lifetime.

If someone with intent wished to investigate, they would soon learn the answer.

After all, most Fire Crows all came from the Di Huo Qu.

Zhu Fuxian suddenly understood: "So they are raised by Junior Brother. Then it is nothing."

Xu Zhangqing asked knowingly: "How does Senior Brother know there are Fire Crows?"

Zhu Fuxian answered with a smile: "Last night, one happened to fly to my place. I was just wondering where it came from, never expecting it to be one Junior Brother had just raised."

Xu Zhangqing immediately asked nervously: "Did it harm any of your spirit plants?"

Zhu Fuxian said quite confidently: "My spirit field is equipped with a full set of high-grade defensive arrays. A mere Fire Crow—let alone attacking spirit plants, anything that intrudes will be slain by Gengjin Qi."

"Then Junior Brother can rest easy. I'm leaving." Xu Zhangqing sighed in relief, saluted again with clasped hands, then summoned the Big Leaf Grass. The moment he stepped on it, his whole body rose from the ground, swirling as he flew toward the distance.

Zhu Fuxian watched the departing Junior Brother Xu, his gaze especially profound.

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On the road home, Xu Zhangqing raised an eyebrow: "Wrong. Gengjin Qi is white, but what I saw last night was clearly green."

From this it could be seen that the other party had not told the truth.

But from this he could analyze two possibilities.

One: this Senior Brother Zhu probably did not trust him.

Two: the other party did not know that Fire Crows could share vision.

Upon realizing this, Xu Zhangqing smiled scornfully.

Everyone had secrets.

And none told the whole truth.

But as long as it did not touch upon each other's interests, they would surely not tear their faces.

After all, in the area where he was located, only Zhu Fuxian could be called a "neighbor."

Of course, one must add here: "a neighbor ten minutes' flight away before you can meet."

The reason Xu Zhangqing chose this one mu of Second Grade Spirit Field was because it was sufficiently remote, with no fellow disciples around, so he need not worry about anyone peeking.

Now with five Fire Crows circling, security was greatly enhanced.

Ten minutes later, Xu Zhangqing returned to his own spirit field.

No different from when he left; whatever it was before, it was still the same now.

Wangwang wandered about, occasionally digging at a patch of dirt.

The guinea fowl waited by the side for an opportunity, and if there were worms, it would swallow them in one bite.

The Fortress had already filled the spring water normally used, and was staying under the Yang tree, as if idling in the spring water.

Seeing it was already noon, Xu Zhangqing threw the Companion Green Lotus into the Second Grade Spirit Field on the right, while he himself entered the kitchen to start cooking.

But this time, among the food, there was something called 【Fire Spirit Liquid】.

This thing looked, somewhat like red chili oil.

Because he had learned the 【Fire Crow Qi Nurturing Method】, every ten hours, the five Fire Crows could produce five drops of Fire Spirit Liquid containing fire spirit qi.

Its effect was actually similar to spirit rice; both could be used to absorb and refine.

Because there were only five Fire Crows, there were only five drops of Fire Spirit Liquid, which together amounted to the volume of a small dish of vinegar.

Xu Zhangqing drank it in one mouthful, feeling only a warm breath surge into his abdomen along his throat.

After refining with the 【Intense Fire Cooking Oil Method】, the fire spirit power in his Qi Sea increased a little bit.

He estimated that if there were one hundred drops of Fire Spirit Liquid, it should increase fire spirit power by one percent.

And one hundred drops of Fire Spirit Liquid would need to be provided by one hundred tamed Fire Crows.

No matter how you looked at it, the cost-performance ratio was very low.

The best way to increase fire spirit power was actually to move to live in the Di Huo Qu.

There, fire spirit qi permeated everywhere, especially very dense when refining pills.

Therefore, for Fire Spiritual Root cultivators, every pill refinement is equivalent to cultivation.

It is the same principle as Wood Spiritual Roots farming, Water Spiritual Roots drawing talismans, and Earth Spiritual Roots mining; different spiritual roots have different cultivation ways.

After idling for a while, Xu Zhangqing lay on the wooden board bed, appearing to nap but actually considering whether to cultivate the technique 【Nine Flames Mysterious Technique】 or the spell 【Blazing Yang Finger】.

As the name suggests, the Nine Flames Mysterious Technique has a total of nine colors.

Flames of different colors have different effects and power.

And currently, this fragmented edition only has four colors: red, orange, yellow, and blue.

Of course, if Xu Zhangqing learns it, he can use lifespan to complete it.

As for the Blazing Yang Finger, its effect is condensing extreme high temperature at the fingertip.

After completion, it seems one can obtain the long-range attack method of "Finger Force Becomes Rainbow."

After much deliberation and weighing the pros and cons, Xu Zhangqing gave up the spell 【Blazing Yang Finger】.

He won't need it for the time being, after all he is not participating in the Formal Disciple Competition.

As for cultivation methods, although the 【Intense Fire Cooking Oil Method】 is sufficient, it is a pity its grade is not high; it is a Qi Refining Stage technique.

Switching to the 【Nine Flames Mysterious Technique】, which is more powerful in flame control, is undoubtedly the better choice.

Immediately, Xu Zhangqing began to study seriously.

If someone approaches, the Fire Crow will warn in advance.

Wangwang and the guinea fowl's droppings will be actively cleaned by the fortress.

As for the two mu Second Grade Spirit Field outside, there is no need to monitor it at all times.

Thus, Xu Zhangqing has more time to study the 【Nine Flames Mysterious Technique】.

Although neither top-grade Spirit Rice Wine nor top-grade Yellow Rice Wine can target fire attribute techniques to speed up learning.

Fortunately, one effect of top-grade Yellow Rice Wine is that the comprehension speed of high-rank techniques increases by 30% in a tipsy state.

Combined with his current comprehension, knowledge reserves, and other factors, he should be able to successfully get started in less than a month.

Days passed one by one.

Temperature dropped day by day.

The chill seeping into the marrow enveloped the vast spirit field.

For lingti, it indeed has some impact.

But for spirit farmers, especially Xu Zhangqing, it is not a big problem.

When he had a Wood Spiritual Root, he was already not afraid of the cold.

Now that he has a Fire Spiritual Root, he is even less afraid.

At this moment, Xu Zhangqing wore only a thin white garment, standing thus on the spirit field ridge.

The cold wind blew, and Wangwang by his feet couldn't help but shiver a few times; the fawning expression on Lian Shang instantly disappeared, and it ran back to the dog kennel in a puff of smoke, its whole body curled into a ball.

As for the guinea fowl, it no longer left the nest.

The days of coming out to beg for food were over; it was very carefree.

Only the Fire Crow remained active, flying back and forth every day.

At this time, Xu Zhangqing looked at the mature Golden Crow Vine and Mingyue Grass in the spirit field, and silently raised the sickle in his hand!