Chapter 664: Another Year of High Autumn

Common knowledge in the cultivation world: the more strange and bizarre the tribulation thunder, the more terrifying it is; the more plain and unremarkable it looks, the easier it is to be "transcended."

The gray-white tribulation thunder fell, and Shengxin stood dazed for a moment before countless fine cracks suddenly appeared on his face.

Subsequently, his entire body began to disintegrate. At the moment of life and death, Shengxin tore off his little finger and threw it to Lady Hui Xin, and then his body turned into flying ash.

All of this happened too suddenly, and Lady Hui Xin had no reaction at all. It wasn't until the little finger in her palm made a sound: "Hurry and take me away from this ghost place! We're not looking for the Son of Luck anymore."

At this moment, a voice sounded beside her: "Are you looking for the Son of Luck?"

Lady Hui Xin turned around and saw Lei Dong.

As soon as Lei Dong saw Lady Hui Xin's appearance, his original expectation instantly turned into disgust. He looked Lady Hui Xin up and down, thinking to himself that although this Shaman woman was ugly to the point of being miserable, she had high cultivation, and it was likely she came from some major force. At this moment, the beauty of Lady Hui Xin's figure was completely ignored.

Lei Dong said politely, "I am Lei Dong, the master of the Lei Ze tribe. If you are looking for the Son of Luck, then you have found the right Shaman."

Lady Hui Xin was stunned. The Son of Luck they had been looking for for months had just delivered himself to their door?

The little finger Shengxin in her hand said, "He is not!"

"Who said I am not?" Lei Dong's face turned a bit ugly.

Shengxin's face appeared on the little finger, looked at Lei Dong carefully, and said, "He might have been, but he is not anymore. Without your secret method, his luck will only disperse faster and faster. Let's go!"

Lei Dong was greatly shocked, his attitude immediately becoming much more respectful, saying, "Two High Shamans, since you have come here, why not sit for a while in my Lei Ze tribe! Let me fulfill the duties of a host, and then we can talk in detail."

The little finger Shengxin couldn't refuse, so he agreed reluctantly.

It was just that Lady Hui Xin was a bit confused; where did she get any secret method to help people consolidate luck?

"Ancient mysterious plant... ancient mysterious plant..." Wei Yuan chanted viciously, holding two chaotic blades in his hands, cutting once with every chant.

At this moment, a month had passed since the ancient mysterious plant sprouted, and Wei Yuan's cultivation progress for collecting energy was negligible.

At this moment, his heart moved, sensing that the life force of the ancient mysterious plant had reached a critical point and was about to sprout, so he returned to Human World Renjian Yanhuo, looking at the stone ball that already had countless cracks.

The stone ball cracked open, and a strand of black and red energy flew out, circled in the air, and then threw itself into the Yushan, falling into the black pool beside the Gate of Myriad Realms, turning into a bright red flower that appeared and disappeared in the pool water.

Seeing this flower, Wei Yuan's brain went "boom," and he flew over to examine it carefully. A moment later, he flew out of the Yushan, feeling somewhat lost.

This flower had the characteristics of the other shore; it clearly didn't belong to this realm. If Wei Yuan's guess was correct, it was eight or nine out of ten the legendary flower of the other shore that only grew in the filthy soil of the Yellow Springs, called Manjusaka in Buddhist scriptures.

This kind of flower, like the Red Lotus Bodhi, usually involved huge cause and effect. In Daoist classics, it belonged to an immortal species that had already gone extinct in the world, and could only survive in some immortal heaven caves with special environments.

When Wei Yuan used the Mysterious Heaven Purple Energy bestowed by Fenhai Zhenjun Zhenjun Yan Shi to point it back then, he clearly felt that the mysterious seed had undergone some changes, and thinking of the effect of Mysterious Heaven Purple Energy pointing immortal plants, his heart felt a bit strange.

The flower of the other shore landed, and Wei Yuan's Dao path increased from 4,000 years to 4,200 years. Facing the extra 200 years, Wei Yuan's heart was already calm.

Generally, the normal lifespan of Nascent Soul is three to five hundred years, and Immortal Soul might be close to a thousand. Wei Yuan estimated that his original lifespan should also have been a thousand years, and he still had eight hundred left. But Human World Renjian Yanhuo was so capable of tossing, Wei Yuan felt that he probably wouldn't live to be eight hundred.

Wei Yuan returned to Qingming to handle the affairs that had accumulated over the past two months.

Qingming had been safe and sound over the past two months. The medicine workshop was producing stably, and the number of people exchanging for Small Peiyuan Pills had exceeded 50,000. According to statistics, over 10,000 new body-forging cultivators had been added, and the door to the immortal path had been opened for them.

The 10,000 new cultivators contributed over 5,000 strands of azure energy to Wei Yuan, and the proportion was clearly much higher than that of the refugees. It seemed that the stronger the ability, the more sufficient the luck.

According to the current trend, Human World Renjian Yanhuo estimated that in one year, the number of body-forging cultivators who had cultivated to the Tendon-Muscle Realm would increase by 100,000, which was equivalent to a million ordinary refugees in terms of work efficiency, and could replace 500,000 large livestock.

Wei Yuan was very satisfied.

Another matter was that the heads of over a dozen major merchant firms jointly requested an audience, wanting to open trade for Small Peiyuan Pills and Great Sun Morning Glory Pills.

Wei Yuan ordered people to summon these merchant firm heads to discuss this matter together.

The merchant firm heads wanted to acquire Small Peiyuan Pills at a higher price than the exchange price, and they were willing to give double the price. Wei Yuan made a rough calculation, and the merchant firms could still earn about eighty percent profit. Qingming's Small Peiyuan Pills were of excellent quality and could be sold for a higher price, perhaps earning double.

Wei Yuan said, "This is a good thing for everyone, and I am very willing. It's just that the stock of medicinal ingredients is limited, and the Small Peiyuan Pills are not enough for internal use. If everyone can transport some medicinal ingredients in, that would be even better."

Although the medicinal ingredients for Small Peiyuan Pills were spiritual medicine, they were not rare. On the spot, seven or eight merchant firms patted their chests and said they could supply them, and there would be as many as needed.

After discussing for a while, Wei Yuan set a ratio of exchanging one Small Peiyuan Pill for three portions of medicinal ingredients, and half of the Small Peiyuan Pills purchased had to be exchanged with medicinal ingredients.

After the agreement was made, Wei Yuan took out 100,000 pills from the stock for the merchant firms to divide, then took out two two-pattern Great Sun Morning Glory Pills for auction, and they were snatched away by two major merchant firms at a price of 150,000 taels each. Thus, both sides were happy.

The Qingming medicine workshop had already optimized the processing of medicinal ingredients several times, researching many medicinal processing methods that had never appeared before. Therefore, three portions of medicinal ingredients produced three pills or fewer in the hands of ordinary alchemists, but could produce more than five pills in the Qingming medicine workshop. Just this one item alone, the efficiency was double that of ordinary alchemists.

The problem of insufficient supply of medicinal ingredients for Small Peiyuan Pills was solved, but the production capacity of the medicine workshop could not be increased for the time being. Wei Yuan's Dao Foundation warriors were only so many; without a great war with the Shaman tribe, the quantity could not be increased.

After a few more months of peaceful days, in the blink of an eye, the Jin Kingdom reached the time of high autumn and refreshing air again.

In the past few months, Qingming had added over a thousand Dao Foundation cultivators, the vast majority of whom were template Dao Foundation. Once they cultivated, they were quickly sent to various places to consolidate their realms.

There were over 200,000 refugees who migrated from various places. At this time, many people had heard that a paradise like Qingming had appeared outside the pass, so they came from thousands of miles away.

Coupled with the 500,000 refugees Wei Yuan bought from various places, the current population of Qingming was close to three million. The amount of azure energy stored in Wei Yuan's Human World Renjian Yanhuo was increasing, and although he was trying hard to use it, it still exceeded 500,000.

The first batch of military officers from the military academy had graduated and were sent to various units. Their new military uniforms shocked the soldiers in the army, and many families were proud of their daughters marrying military officers.

The first heavy-armored unit, established entirely according to the second version of the military equipment plan, had been assembled. This unit used 2,000 original Dragon Soaring Army as the foundation, equipped with 500 military academy officers, totaling 20,000 people, with Bao Yun as the commander, calling itself the Qingming First Army.

Another special unit was also reorganized according to the second version of the military equipment plan, totaling 3,000 people, with an average quality even higher than the First Army. This unit was named: Demon-Slaying Gang First Battle Group.

At this time, news came from the Northern Mountain Gate that the Eldest Senior Sister had finally broken through to Nascent Soul after several months of seclusion, having survived the Nine-Fold Xuanji Heavenly Star Fire Thunder Heavenly Tribulation, and achieved the Nascent Soul Xuanhuang Linglong Nine-Fold Pagoda.

It was said that Fenhai Zhenjun Zhenjun Yan Shi was so happy that he gave out immortal silver red envelopes to everyone he met, scattering hundreds of thousands of taels of immortal silver in just over ten days. And he claimed that such a Nascent Soul should be celebrated properly, sharing the joy with the people.

This formed a sharp contrast with Fenhai Zhenjun Xuanyue, who dragged him everywhere to borrow tens of millions of taels of immortal silver when Wei Yuan achieved Nascent Soul, and the relationship between the two True Lords dropped to the bottom again.

Another piece of news was that Zhang Sheng had already consolidated his Dao Foundation, stepped into the Nurturing Spirit Realm, and began seclusion. This seclusion didn't know how long it would take, but wanting hundreds of immortal swords to have spiritual nature, one could imagine it wouldn't be short.

Wei Yuan felt somewhat melancholy.

At this time, news came that the Yuan Consort was taking the Little Chu King out of the capital for a spring outing and was coming to Qingming for a visit.

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