Chapter 486: Longevity: My Farming-style Cultivation is Too Steady Chapter 486: Making the Teleportation Array

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Because of the Four Seasons Classic, Xu Zhangqing could accelerate the growth and maturation of spirit plants, and not just by a little.

Normally, as long as he was willing, he could continuously cultivate rare mutant spirit plants like Spatial Earth Origin Fruits.

In reality, however, limited by the spiritual energy concentration inside his Personal Space, the rarer the spirit plant, the denser the spiritual energy required for maturation.

This led to the result that overuse would cause problems for other spirit plants.

For example, one of the most common cases was insufficient spiritual energy.

Even worse, it could cause nutrient loss in the soil.

Therefore, it was not that Xu Zhangqing was unwilling to cultivate various mutant spirit plants in large quantities in his Personal Space, but that every ripening would indirectly affect other spirit plants.

Unless necessary, most of the time he simply waited for them to mature.

Now he urgently needed a Spatial Earth Origin Fruit to make a Small Teleportation Array, so he could only consume some Earth Qi.

As Earth Qi kept gathering, the color of the surrounding soil gradually changed, becoming somewhat dimmer than before, as if something had been lost.

Fortunately, the affected range had not yet spread to the entire Personal Space.

The petals on the Earthen Platform grew at a speed visible to the naked eye; once they reached nine, they no longer increased or decreased.

The petals were slightly yellow, overall translucent, with rather mysterious spiritual runes faintly visible inside, and pale gold light spots flowing along the edges.

At a glance, one could tell this thing was not simple.

However, when the Earth Origin Fruit bloomed, Earth Qi resonated, and the gathering speed became faster and faster.

At first only pale yellow mist drifted out, and as time passed, it became denser and denser, even once reaching a scale like clouds and fog.

The affected range grew larger and larger, gradually approaching the spirit rice.

But things had come to this; he absolutely could not stop.

Xu Zhangqing couldn't help but take a deep breath: "Hurry up and mature."

Actually, what was consumed was not only Earth Qi, but also mana.

If he were in the Foundation Establishment Stage, he would need to rest at least two or three times, and even take pills.

Fortunately, he was now in the Golden Core Stage, especially with the mana of a Heaven-grade Golden Core being more abundant, enough to support the current consumption.

Just like that, as the Four Seasons Classic continued to operate and mana was constantly consumed, two small fruits gradually grew among the nine petals.

Seeing this scene, Xu Zhangqing was stunned and said in surprise: "Good fellow, I originally only wanted to cultivate one, but I didn't expect an unexpected harvest."

The problem was that one Spatial Earth Origin Fruit already consumed a lot of Earth Qi.

Two at once—the result was easy to imagine.

When he looked around, sure enough, more soil had changed.

Whether in color or texture, it was completely opposite to half an hour ago.

One must know that because of his Personal Space and Five Elements Spiritual Root, etc., the Black Soil had skipped the Spirit Soil stage and was about to become Five-Colored Earth.

But now, to cultivate these two Spatial Earth Origin Fruits, spiritual energy and nutrients were both lost.

For now, without several months, it was impossible to recover.

Fortunately, it was worth it, after all, with a Teleportation Array he could travel freely between two places.

In the time that followed, Xu Zhangqing waited patiently; perhaps because of the two Spatial Earth Origin Fruits, the maturation time was even longer.

Waited and waited.

Waited and waited.

Finally waited for them to mature.

The original Earthen Platform and petals began to contract; the two translucent Spatial Earth Origin Fruits, at the moment of maturation, immediately transformed into two earth-yellow crystals.

Each was nearly the size of an adult's palm, with golden light and shadow flowing inside.

Xu Zhangqing did not pick them immediately; after looking, he instead turned and left.

He was not in a hurry to take them down, after all, the materials were not yet gathered.

Teleportation Arrays were divided into Large Teleportation Arrays and Small Teleportation Arrays.

By distance, they were divided into Short-distance Teleportation, Long-distance Teleportation, and Cross-world Teleportation.

Dongting Immortal Sect was less than ten thousand li from Cangyan Peak, belonging to Long-distance.

Considering that only Xu Zhangqing was present now, even if he brought Xiao Linglong later, there was no need to make a Large Teleportation Array; a Small one was enough for now.

The materials were not complicated either, especially since he possessed two core Spatial Earth Origin Fruits.

Next, he only needed to obtain Earth Spirit Marrow, Meteorite Sand, Earth Yuan Crystals, plus the Earthen Platform formed by gathered Earth Qi, and it would be enough.

And the price of these three things currently started at several hundred Middle-grade Spirit Stones per jin or per piece.

Mainly because they were too scarce, so the price was relatively high.

Xu Zhangqing grinned: "Fortunately, these past few years I earned several hundred thousand Middle-grade Spirit Stones selling Milk Wine; not to mention making a Small Teleportation Array, even a Large Teleportation Array would be more than enough."

Therefore, he was not panicked at heart, but instead extremely calm.

In the time that followed, besides completing his daily work, he had been searching for and gathering the materials to make a Small Teleportation Array.

Unfortunately, the yield of each was very small, and only occasionally would a batch appear.

No choice; Xu Zhangqing had to order the members of the Qing Alliance to watch the Flower Sea Market, and buy any that appeared, even if only half a jin or one piece, no matter how many spirit stones were needed.

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This gathering took a full two months.

Directly from spring to summer.

Inside the Personal Space, thirty-two mu of Spirit Fields gained lifespan: 508 years

Outside the Personal Space, seven mu of Spirit Fields gained lifespan: 60 years

Now total lifespan has reached: years

Successfully increased from over ten thousand years to over twenty thousand years.

Even if doing nothing and lazing about every day in Hongfeng Valley, one could live until the surrounding people, spirit plants, spirit beasts, and so on had all died countless times.

As for the probability of mutation, although it rose from one in a thousand to five percent.

But luck is truly unpredictable; when good, very good, when bad, very bad.

Over these two months, only two successes were achieved.

That day, Miao Huayu placed the materials into a Small Storage Bag, then personally delivered them to the door: "Senior Brother, everything is here."

Xu Zhangqing took them, probed inside with his Divine Sense, saw that they were indeed the materials he needed, and just happened to be enough to make a Small Teleportation Array, and immediately nodded with satisfaction: "Well done, you've all worked hard during this period."

Miao Huayu opened her mouth, looking as if she had something to say but hesitated, seemingly wanting to say something.

Xu Zhangqing raised an eyebrow: "We're all our own people, just say whatever you want."

Miao Huayu then asked: "Senior Brother, during this period the people of the Linghe Association have been very quiet; are they really not causing trouble anymore?"

Xu Zhangqing shook his head: "I'm not too sure either, anyway tell the people of the Qing Alliance to let everyone keep an eye out when they usually interact."

Miao Huayu nodded slightly: "I understand."

Afterwards, Xu Zhangqing took out 50 Middle-grade Spirit Stones and handed them over: "Everyone worked hard, these count as lost work fees and remuneration, don't refuse."

Miao Huayu quickly waved her hand: "Senior Brother, you already said we're our own people, why be so distant? We're not helping just for the spirit stones."

Xu Zhangqing said seriously: "One thing is one thing, I can't let you be free labor, what's more it's been two consecutive months."

Miao Huayu, upon hearing this, was quite moved in her heart, and could only take them: "Fine."

Afterwards, she turned and left.

Xu Zhangqing, meanwhile, took the materials and walked excitedly toward the Second Floor Bedroom.

Soon, his whole person once again entered the Personal Space.

Just as he entered, Xiao Linglong waved from the Left Side: "Father, drink wine!"

Xu Zhangqing smiled: "I have other matters to attend to, you wait a moment first."

Xiao Linglong nodded quite sensibly: "Okay."

At this time, Xu Zhangqing had already come before the Space Earth Origin Fruit Tree.

First, he placed the previously purchased materials together with this batch of materials; however, the quantity was so great it was comparable to a small earthen mound.

Considering it was his first time making a teleportation array, if he messed it up or didn't do it well, it would definitely consume more materials, so he deliberately bought a bit extra.

Anyway, it wouldn't be wasted, and could still be used later.

Next, he began his first production.

Even though it was the lowest difficulty Small Teleportation Array, Xu Zhangqing still did not dare to be careless.

First step, first heat the Earth Spirit Marrow with high-temperature spirit fire, wait until it goes from solid state to liquid state, then cool it bit by bit until it becomes a grease-like state.

At this time, Xu Zhangqing picked one of the Space Earth Origin Fruits, then placed it into the Earth Spirit Marrow to soak, lasting about three days.

Doing this was to stimulate the fruit, while enhancing the earth attribute resonance with the Earth Spirit Marrow, so that after becoming an array eye, energy disorder could be prevented.

The Earth Yuan Crystals were divided into two parts; one part was kept as a locator, and the other part was ground into powder, kept for later use.

Finally, the Meteorite Sand; after buying it, wash it with pure Spirit Spring Water at least three times or more, then place it under moonlight to "air dry."

Coincidentally, the time was three evenings.

That is to say, he would have to wait three days and three nights next.

Anyway, he had waited two months, so he wasn't in a hurry for these few days.

Afterwards, Xu Zhangqing got up and walked step by step toward Xiao Linglong.

After waiting so long, she was already half-asleep, and the wine cup in her hand almost fell to the ground several times.

But every time just as it was about to slip from her hand, she immediately shivered awake, then gripped it tightly.

Xu Zhangqing, seeing this, laughed and cried at the same time: "If you're sleepy, go sleep."

Xiao Linglong yawned: "No, I want to wait for Father."

Xu Zhangqing looked at the wine water in her hand, discovered that this time's color was quite rich, looking multicolored, and curiously asked: "What whimsical idea do you have this time?"

Xiao Linglong said quite proudly: "This time I added Five-Colored Earth, various spirit rice ground into powder, plus Spirit Rice Wine and Ice Heart Jade Pot Wine!"

Xu Zhangqing's smile froze, and he asked with a smile that didn't reach his eyes: "How about you go sleep first, and I slowly taste it alone?"

Xiao Linglong shook her head, acting coquettishly: "No, no, I want to watch Father drink it all!"

Xu Zhangqing expressed with a complex expression: "Drinking it all might be a bit..."

Xiao Linglong said nothing, just tilted her head and gazed at her old father.

The two of you look at me.

I look at you.

Eyes staring at eyes.

After a good while, Xiao Linglong finally couldn't endure it, rubbed her sore eyes: "Fine, then you take a sip and I'll go sleep."

Xu Zhangqing then took the wine cup, but his lips moved for a good while, and stubbornly he couldn't bring himself to drink.

No way, this time's wine water not only looked multicolored, but even the smell was extremely rich.

Just smell it a little, and it felt like the top of his head was about to be lifted off.

Xiao Linglong urged: "Father, why aren't you drinking yet?"

Xu Zhangqing grinned awkwardly: "Our family is too poor, can't bear to drink such good wine."

Xiao Linglong pointed at the wine barrel on the side: "No problem, there's still a whole big barrel here!"

Xu Zhangqing was speechless: "Ah?"