[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-longevity-start-farming-with-entries":3,"chapter-longevity-start-farming-with-entries-longevity-start-farming-with-entries-chapter-18":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Longevity: Start Farming with Entries",{"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},679644,911,"Chapter 18 - 16: Tribulation Cultivator Sighted","longevity-start-farming-with-entries-chapter-18",18,"\u003Cp>Qingyang Market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming left Juxuan Pavilion and walked slowly on the main street of the market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the street, a myriad of cultivators come and go, a constant stream of activity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it seems there are more unfamiliar faces in the market than usual now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming is leisurely strolling down the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow Daoist, how about indulging a bit?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the entrance of a neighboring hall, a green-robed young female cultivator, dressed scantily, threw him a seductive glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming paused momentarily, then turned his gaze away expressionlessly and quickly walked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh? A righteous gentleman?\" the young female cultivator murmured in surprise, her confident demeanor quickly vanishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She rolled her eyes in the direction Qin Ming departed and then began to solicit the next passerby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Qin Ming left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A burly man with a whiskered beard walked out from inside the hall, squinting as he asked, \"Didn’t take the bait?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm, just another naive young man, truly boring,\" the green-robed female cultivator replied, casually rubbing her nails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man nodded silently and went back inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming thought disdainfully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Joking, I wouldn’t want it even for free.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Would I ever want to pay for it from you?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Just common cheap allure, fortunately, my Dao Heart is firm...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming returned to the slum district.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For dinner, he cooked a pot of Premium Beast Fang Rice and then began cultivating the \"Hundred Treasures Glaze Scripture.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the past six months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The amount of Premium Beast Fang Rice he’s consumed is truly staggering, if not for his good luck repeatedly triggering the ’Ripening’ Entry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a consumption rate, even he could barely sustain the cultivation of the Body Refining Cultivation Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fellow Daoist Ruan’s words of a ’bottomless pit’ were indeed truthful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary cultivators simply cannot afford such spiritual material expenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming discovered that the deeper he went into the \"Hundred Treasures Glaze Scripture,\" the spiritual materials needed to increase Qi Blood are multiplying almost geometrically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the cost is pretty high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this cultivation technique does have its extraordinary points, the effects of the Body Refining cultivation are significantly stronger even in the first three layers compared to ordinary techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Premium Beast Fang Rice that Qin Ming possesses is still quite sufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang bang bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Qin Ming finished his cultivation, there was suddenly a rapid knocking at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Who is in such a hurry?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming got up, stored the Beast Fang Rice, and then went to open the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cautiously looked outside through the crack in the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing outside was Cai the Ninth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the moment, he was sweating profusely, appearing anxious and flustered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming opened the door and quickly asked, \"Lao Jiu, what’s happened to you? Why are you so distraught?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Something... something big happened!\" Cai the Ninth stuttered nervously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was tinged with a hint of trembling, as if he was afraid of something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow Daoist Long... has... has fallen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai the Ninth uttered with a pale face, stumbling over the words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming’s mind blanked instantly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This news... is truly hard to believe!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you sure? Could it be a mistake?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow Daoist Long is a late-stage Qi Cultivation cultivator, with divine techniques not comparable to ordinary cultivators, how could he suddenly fall?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did he go to the frontier for clearing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these words, Qin Ming started feeling uncertain inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai the Ninth hurriedly responded, \"With these times, could I be mistaken?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow Daoist Long didn’t go to the frontier.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow Daoist Long was killed by a Tribulation Cultivator, the body was just discovered on the nearby riverbank... you’ll understand once you come with me to see for yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Cai the Ninth’s shocking news, Qin Ming was also panicking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without further delay, the two headed swiftly toward the riverbank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than the time it takes to sip tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two reached the scene of the incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Qin Ming realize that the place where Fellow Daoist Long’s body was found was so close to his home, barely a few hundred yards away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he and Cai the Ninth arrived, a large group of cultivators residing nearby had already gathered at the riverside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, they were all anxious, constantly pointing at the corpse in the river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming forced his way through the crowd and raised his eyes to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It really is Fellow Daoist Long!\" Now he had nothing more to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where Qin Ming’s eyes fell, Fellow Daoist Long’s body was already stripped clean, with all valuables and storage pouch gone without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, all over his body, there were dozens of horrifying blood holes, and both his neck and heart had been pierced by a Magical Artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I reckon, when he died... he didn’t even have time to send out a rescue signal...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alas, too tragic, I heard it was Fellow Daoist Wang and others who came out to do laundry by the river that discovered Fellow Daoist Long’s body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, it had been dead for a while, it should’ve been stuck under the bridge since last night, just now being washed out to the river.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you think... this was done by a Tribulation Cultivator? But given Fellow Daoist Long’s strength, how powerful would that Tribulation Cultivator have to be to silently kill him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people around exchanged glances, an ominous feeling weighing on everyone’s hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere suddenly became very oppressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The patrol team of the Spirit Feather Sect also hurried over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leader scattered the crowd of onlookers, peering toward the river, his expression also full of suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He questioned himself, even if he encountered the murderer who killed Fellow Daoist Long, he would have no chance of survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be a Foundation Establishment stage Tribulation Cultivator at work? But... it doesn’t seem like it either?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leader of the Spirit Feather Sect stroked his chin in thought, then decisively took out a Communication Talisman to report to the sect, this clearly exceeded his ability range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming returned to his house somewhat dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never expected danger to be so close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems the slum district has become unsafe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Qingyang Market has Tier Two Arrays for protection, capable of stopping even a Foundation Establishment cultivator.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I must plan ahead, find a way to relocate inside the market for safer living.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming’s thoughts surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And in the Spirit Field, hopefully Spirit Feather Sect will intensify patrols.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alas, thinking about farming in the future, even that would be nerve-wracking, really numbs oneself...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hopefully, the Tribulation Cultivator, having targeted the late-stage Qi Cultivation fat sheep, won’t come after us lowly Spirit Farmers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I guess... we aren’t appealing enough?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fellow Daoist Long’s death profoundly shocked Qin Ming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even someone as powerful as a late-stage Qi Cultivation cultivator ended up dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming couldn’t help but feel a heightened sense of crisis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’After killing Fellow Daoist Long, the murderer didn’t even bother to deal with the corpse, blatantly discarding it in the river, clearly showing no concern.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Rather, it feels like an outright provocation.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because over the years, with Fellow Daoist Long, a late-stage Qi Cultivator of considerable righteousness, serving as deterrence in the slum district.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearby troublemakers dared not act recklessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Fellow Daoist Long is dead, the major issue becomes the guarantee of safety in the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming took out the Middle-Grade Thunder Arrow Talisman and placed it in his sleeve for a bit of reassurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’After reaching the third layer of the \"Hundred Treasures Glaze Scripture,\" the effect of Premium Beast Fang Rice in increasing Qi Blood also started to slow down gradually.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I need a better type of Spirit Rice to enhance Qi Blood and accelerate my Body Refining progress.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What would happen if Premium Beast Fang Rice quality is raised to a Top-Grade Level?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But the [Quality Enhancement] Entry, aside from the first, hasn’t appeared for half a year...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Ming thought at this point, his eyes showing a touch of decisiveness!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the stored Premium Beast Fang Rice supply is enough for another year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No more hesitating, going all in!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he plans to apply the last ’Ripening’ Entry on those three acres of Yin Condensing Flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just to gamble on getting a [Quality Enhancement] Entry!\u003C\u002Fp>",1394,"2026-06-02T08:35:13.175Z",1,"novelbin.me","4f6236c4c8b871bed053cecc487b7029477ba943c0f72a7e83c7d03e98af4f57","longevity-start-farming-with-entries-chapter-19","longevity-start-farming-with-entries-chapter-17",633,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flongevity-start-farming-with-entries-cover.jpg"]