Chapter 297

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Next, Xu Zhangqing refined the remaining three types of pills in one go.

Lei Jie Pill, Superior Quality.

Guanri Pill, Peak Quality.

Breaking Barrier Pill, Superior Quality.

That is to say, a total of four types of pills were refined this time.

Among them, both the Warm Sun Pill and Guanri Pill reached Peak Quality, their formulas at Miao Shou Level.

Only the Lei Jie Pill and Breaking Barrier Pill related to the Thunder Attribute fell slightly short, but they still reached Superior Quality, their formulas equivalent to Expert Level.

It appears that although the Thunder-Fire Spirit Root assists, it is ultimately not a true Thunder Spirit Root.

Xu Zhangqing looked at the four pills before him, thoughtful: "So it seems, the reason my alchemy skill has not entered the beginner stage is most likely unrelated to alchemy itself; there must be some deficiency in other aspects."

Five Warm Sun Pills.

Overall amber-colored, like honey stained by deep autumn maple leaves.

Three Lei Jie Pills,

Overall dark purple, their surfaces bearing vein-like patterns resembling lightning.

Four Guanri Pills.

Overall golden yellow, as if their surfaces were plated with a layer of molten gold.

One Breaking Barrier Pill.

Overall ink-black, its surface covered in spiderweb-like cracks.

Four types, thirteen pills in total; even the worst among them are Superior Quality.

If this gets out, it would be a sensation.

After all, to the outside world, Xu Zhangqing is merely an ordinary Spirit Farmer.

In others' impressions, such a person should face the yellow earth and back the sky, spending all day walking in mud, dealing with various spirit plants.

Alchemy?

Don't make me laugh!

At this moment, a prompt appeared.

Whether to consume 4 years of lifespan to upgrade the Lei Jie Pill to Miao Shou?

Whether to consume 6 years of lifespan to upgrade the Breaking Barrier Pill to Miao Shou?

"Yes!"

Xu Zhangqing naturally would not refuse.

The formula upgrade brings not only growth in alchemy technique, but also changes in pill efficacy.

Soon, both formulas upgraded to Miao Shou Level.

Remaining Lifespan: 780 years

Not long after, Xu Zhangqing tidied up the Lian Dan Fang and then left the Basement.

When he arrived Outside, he discovered it was already the next morning.

Outside the house, although the Sun had not yet risen, the clouds were already tinged with a faint gold color.

The night's insect chirps and frog croaks receded; occasionally a "coo-coo" resounded from the distance.

A cool breeze blew over, mussing his hair while also invigorating his spirit.

In the Pond, the Light Spirit Turtle lay sprawled with limbs splayed, letting its body rise and fall on the water surface.

Red-tailed Carp fought over insects falling into the water, stirring up rings of ripples from time to time.

The Dragon Fish were very quiet, just staring expectantly at Xu Zhangqing, waiting to be fed.

Wangwang only showed his dog head, looking sneaky, wanting to approach but too lazy to leave his nest.

The Pearl Chickens woke early, and not just one — a full twenty-one.

Among them two roosters, nineteen hens.

Of course, the first Pearl Chicken raised seems out of place.

It stands alone in another spot, a bit distant from its own kind.

Xu Zhangqing took it all in, pondering: "Now the Pearl Chickens have increased in number; although I can still tell which one was raised first, they ultimately need to be distinguished. Looks like I need to give it a name."

Pearl Chicken…

Pearl Chicken……

Call it Zhenzhen or Zhuzhu?

Or call it Pearl?

He thought back and forth but did not decide on any.

Might as well shake his head, tossing out the messy thoughts, then begin today's routine.

Fortunately, because the spirit plants in the Five Mu Spirit Fields have all been harvested, even the Mutant Mother Rice sent into the Personal Space, there is no need to weed.

Wait until later Slash-and-Burn Fire Seeding directly burns them dead; that saves more trouble.

Therefore, now it is just cleaning up the droppings of Wangwang and the flock of Pearl Chickens.

When Xu Zhangqing came near the Yang Shu, he suddenly discovered it had changed again.

It's just that this time the change was not positive, but negative.

Previously lush with branches and leaves, now the green leaves have withered.

Looking at it overall, it's not that kind of spread-open umbrella shape.

The branches and leaves shrank inward, giving a pitiful, weak, and helpless feeling.

Its interior originally contained dense Wood Spirit Qi.

But now it's reduced by half, this is obviously abnormal.

Therefore, Xu Zhangqing decisively circulated the Green Lotus Creation Art, while simultaneously borrowing the special ability brought by the system, to check this poplar tree's condition.

Poplar Tree: Essence

Dao Xing: 10 years

Effect 1: Gather Spirit

Negative 1: Spiritual Energy Insufficient

Xu Zhangqing was surprised: "It became a spirit?"

Before, it was just an ordinary poplar tree.

Ever since Xu Zhangqing moved here, it began to change.

Now unexpectedly, it actually became a spirit.

Just, why did the spiritual energy suddenly decrease by half?

Xu Zhangqing raised an eyebrow, his spiritual sense instantly enveloping the surroundings, yet he gained nothing.

From the surface, his spiritual sense discovered no problems.

But the more it was like this, the more it indicated there was a problem.

Therefore, Xu Zhangqing simply circulated the Thick Earth Bearing Art, using the Earth Spiritual Power in his Qi Sea to guide the underground Earth Qi, fusing his consciousness into it, then permeating downward.

When he contacted the poplar tree's root system, he suddenly discovered a very familiar black tentacle.

Seeing this, Xu Zhangqing standing on the ground raised an eyebrow: "Good fellow, could it be there's still a corpse under my house?"

He originally thought only Stone Mountain underneath hid a black dried corpse.

Now it seems, I'm afraid it's not just that.

Immediately, Xu Zhangqing came to the poplar tree's other side.

While controlling the Earth Qi, he separated things like mud layer by layer.

After a while, a straight pit appeared before his eyes, about five meters deep.

Not only could he see the poplar tree's root system, but also the black tentacles entangled with it.

Compared to the one under Stone Mountain, the tentacles here were much more slender.

Seeing this, to avoid alerting the enemy, Xu Zhangqing didn't directly sever them, but continued to separate the mud bit by bit, exploring toward deeper layers.

Until reaching close to eight meters deep, he finally discovered something.

Indeed it was a black dried corpse.

Curled up, black tentacles growing from its abdomen.

Perhaps having absorbed part of the poplar tree's spiritual energy, it looked more "full" than the one at Stone Mountain.

As expected, its body also had a small piece of the Xiangsi Ersheng Tree.

According to Hua Lao and Senior Brother Zhu Shi's meaning, chaotic spiritual energy affected them, causing them to fail to revive, and even producing a situation similar to spirit plant mutation.

Just, when Xu Zhangqing carefully observed, he suddenly discovered this body was wrong.

At the back of its head, the occipital bone position, there was actually a thumb-sized hole hollowed out.

Xu Zhangqing suddenly recalled a record in books: "It's said, after monsters become spirits wanting to speak, they must refine the transverse bone in their throat, to be able to speak human words.

And a cultivator's occipital bone at the back of the head can be refined into a Life-bound Sword Pill."

Could it be, this person dead for so long, was not just a Wood Spirit Root spirit farmer, but also a Metal Spirit Root Sword Cultivator?

Thinking of this, Xu Zhangqing immediately became interested, and searched all around this black dried corpse.

Pity, searched for ten-odd minutes and didn't find it.

Perhaps the guess was wrong.

Therefore, he no longer delayed time, waving his hand to release a red fire tongue.

Instantly igniting the black dried corpse, tentacles, all of them.

Only then did they react, starting to struggle frantically.

Pity it was meaningless.

With a "squeak" sound, unknown whether from the corpse or tentacles came a miserable scream, immediately followed by all turning to ashes.

Then with a "crack" sound, two things fell out.

One, a small part of the Xiangsi Ersheng Tree!

Two, a silver-white spherical bone ball!