[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples":3,"chapter-longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-chapter-4":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Longevity Begins From Raising Disciples",{"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},1530714,1988,"Chapter 4: Inventorying Possessions","longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-chapter-4",4,"\u003Cp>The campfire crackled, sending sparks into the air as it cast the shadows of the two onto the mottled wall, illuminating Chen Ye’s profile in flickers of light and darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at the shadows on the wall in a daze, suddenly reminded of the rented room in a city village from his past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That rundown place didn’t even have an air conditioner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hot in the summer, cold in the winter, with drafts coming from all sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To save some money, he always bought cheap pre-packaged meals online, paired with rice for his three daily meals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Life was tough, but at least it was peaceful, and he was grateful for that time of his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, Chen Ye and Xu Qingjun were no different; his starting point was even lower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been an orphan since childhood, helpless and without support, yet in his past life, he received the aid of kind-hearted people from his country and society.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though growing up was bitter in ways hard to describe, he managed to find a foothold in society and even enjoyed playing games carefree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xu Qingjun lived in a dog-eat-dog cultivation realm and met a birth father-master...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qing Jun, in a dazed state, moved her cold, purple-tinged little feet closer to the fire pit. Her tattered straw sandals were soaked with mud and water, turning white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little girl, don’t thank me; if you must thank someone, thank my past life’s country,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye thought silently to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some tidying by him and Qingjun, the dilapidated house barely looked somewhat presentable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fierce wind and rain were kept outside, the fire light was bright and warm inside, pleasant except for the smoke from the fire that was a bit irritating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, there were still plenty of places where the house let the wind through, so it wasn’t too suffocating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye felt a sense of pride, impressed with his own crafty handiwork!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had not been content for long before the freshly mended hole in the roof started leaking rainwater again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This lazy predecessor of his, living as a cultivator, hardly better than a great god in his past life!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even that so-called great figure lived under a bridge shielding him from the wind and rain...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, in the memories of his predecessor, there were rental estates in Yunxi District available externally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small courtyard could be rented for just three spirit stones a month, with a minimum six-month lease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The environment was clean and orderly, with living conditions much better than here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Chen Ye reached into his arms and pulled out a small cloth bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bag, weighed down, only held twelve spirit stones after including the payment from the Dark Old Man, along with thirty spiritual sands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual sand is the smallest unit formed when spirit stones are crushed, commonly used by lower-tier cultivators in transactions for ordinary items; a hundred spiritual sands can be exchanged for one spirit stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye estimated that one piece of spiritual sand had about the same purchasing power as ten bucks from his previous life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disappointed, he rummaged through the pouch at his waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pouch contained a variety of odds and ends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half a stick of rhino horn incense, usually used for killing insect eggs on spirit grasses; a whole stick sells for two spirit stones. The remaining half should still be useful for four or five times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small jade saber, which was a tier one lower-grade magical artifact used by his predecessor; it was bought for fifteen spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two thin booklets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One titled \"Evergreen Technique,\" a ubiquitous wood series cultivation technique in the cultivation realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another titled \"Three Common Spiritual Plant Techniques,\" recording the Swift Blade Technique, Fostering Technique, and Cloud Rain Technique, each corresponding to pest expulsion, fostering, and nourishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three pills wrapped in gold leaf, two are Qi Recovery Pills, used to facilitate the recovery of spiritual power; one is a Rejuvenation Pill used for healing injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, no wonder these are always carried around; they’re invaluable treasures,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye’s dream of moving house shattered completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But \"Three Common Spiritual Plant Techniques\" reminded him, it stands to reason his predecessor lived for forty years, surely he learned some magic to various extents?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why were there only two skills on the panel?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye concentrated for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The panel retained only skills that were of Minor Achievement and above; could it be that these techniques, due to long practice by his predecessor, managed to leave bodily memory hence are preserved?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon thinking this, Chen Ye immediately understood, after all, he wasn’t the original predecessor, and couldn’t perfectly inherit the techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While his predecessor was merely an obscure loose cultivator among the masses, with limited talents and resources, he could only delve into a limited number of skills in depth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, now he had the proficiency panel; as long as he kept practicing, his progress could be limitless!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile tugged at the corners of Chen Ye’s mouth, but he quickly sighed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with the panel, currently he could only practice \"Three Common Spiritual Plant Techniques,\" obediently becoming a spirit plant master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Start saving spirit stones slowly... After learning alchemy, artifact refining, and talisman making, that’s when the real money comes,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye hugged the pouch tightly to his chest, drifting into a doze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t dare to fall asleep directly, afraid that Qingjun might harbor ill intentions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a hazy dream, he saw himself becoming a great cultivator of fame, breaking through the void, returning to his homeland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as his mouth crooked into a hook, ready to live the unscrupulous life of a metropolitan immortal king.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a silver-haired maiden with phoenix eyes descended from the sky, holding a spirit sword, coldly yelling, \"Bastard, go die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye was jolted awake from his stupor, the first step upon waking was to grope for his bedside phone, only to feel a handful of mud and water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The coir raincoat from last night’s roof mending had long fallen to the ground, tattered like a plastic bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the hole, he could see the early sun now high, bright rays of sunlight fell on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, it was a dream, yet not a dream...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye sighed deeply, a sharp ache in his heart, a powerful sense of loneliness nearly suffocating him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until seeing the silver-haired little girl on the ground, dragging her injured leg while clearing the mud, did his sense of loneliness alleviate significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, there was at least a companion, just with a small bit of threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Xu Qingjun achieving progress in cultivation, who knows how many hundreds of years it would be later...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this time, Chen Ye had confidence in taking good care of the little girl, persuading her to let go of her hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remembering that in the game, after Xu Qingjun killed her master, the Dark Old Man happened upon the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Dark Old Man intended to let Xu Qingjun go, he left only after plundering the predecessor’s spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the little girl, in her panic, ran off to find her senior sister to escape together by night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the subsequent two hundred years, the sisters wandered the cultivation realm displaced and haphazardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until senior sister Lu Zhiwei was discovered by Hidden Immortal Sect to be a tribulation fated person, forcibly taken away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving only Xu Qingjun all alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus some misunderstandings—like assuming senior sister abandoned her for cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Qingjun was thoroughly blackened, becoming the future calamity bringer...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two disciples, in \"Immortal Fall,\" were born for the dark times five hundred years later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Presently, their talents had not yet shown, merely two little girls in Chen Ye’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for things that would happen in a few hundred years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye couldn’t afford to care so much; the predecessor had overexerted his body, leaving him only twenty-two years of life on his panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flood of the future, what did it matter to the current Chen Ye?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing at the panel he opened, in a single night’s time, Evergreen Technique rose from [10\u002F100] to [15\u002F100].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not bad, even if Chen Ye didn’t cultivate, as long as the technique ran, he could gain proficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One night gave five points; one day would be ten points, in eight or nine days, Evergreen Technique would achieve Great Success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just uncertain how much lifespan Great Success in Evergreen Technique would extend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally speaking, wood series techniques had the effect of prolonging life and vitality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, you’re awake?\" Qing Jun clutched a rag, looking timidly at Chen Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl, short in stature, her silver hair reaching past her waist, looked up at him, resembling a white furred ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad, really good, but take care of your injured leg,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the tidy home, Chen Ye praised her smilingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet there was no joy on the little girl’s face; instead, she nervously clutched the rag, her gaze evasive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye noticed something bulging in Qingjun’s arms, his heart skipped a beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t this girl acting so furtively, did she hide a blade...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was a Fourth-Layer cultivator, worlds apart from the still mundane Xu Qingjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, if this girl continued to have dangerous thoughts, attempting to strike at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He... might not be able to keep showing leniency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noticing Chen Ye’s gaze, the little girl subconsciously tightened her hold on her clothes, cringing slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Ye squinted his eyes, giving Qingjun no time to explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took out what Qingjun was hiding, his expression immediately changed.\u003C\u002Fp>",1606,"2026-06-06T06:08:58.734Z",1,"novelbin.me","68f0f21989a8735b7bbb7f66b28b73e7c44951519bcad55855c557ee71d7bbab","longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-chapter-5","longevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-chapter-3",686,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flongevity-begins-from-raising-disciples-cover.jpg"]