A bonfire was lit.
Before long, the scent of roasted meat wafted through the air.
Heihei, Dahung, and the others were too hungry; they gnawed fiercely at the half-cooked meat.
Before Li Pingfan and Jiang Ming could even take a bite, the three of them had already devoured it all.
Jiang Ming reached out and pushed Heihei aside, “You greedy dog, stay away.”
“Don’t shake your head, be careful your drool doesn’t fly everywhere!”
Li Pingfan took out some wine and handed a jar to Jiang Ming, “Senior Brother Five, do you know where Tianxia Peak went for their training?”
“I don’t know.” Jiang Ming took a sip of wine, smacked his lips, and teased, “What, missing your little wife?”
Li Pingfan chuckled, “Isn’t that just human nature?”
Jiang Ming said, “If you want to know the training location, just ask Master, and it will be clear.”
“However, unless there are major discoveries or dangers during a Disciple’s distant training, it usually takes several years.”
The roasted meat was done.
Jiang Ming took a gulp of strong wine and a bite of roasted meat.
The way he ate, it was incredibly delicious.
Heihei walked back and forth around him, occasionally barking a couple of times.
“Look how greedy you are.” Li Pingfan grabbed Heihei’s tail and pulled it back, stuffing a large piece of meat into its mouth, “Eat it, don’t embarrass yourself.”
Seeing this,
Dahung and Niuniu, who were still holding out, all gathered around.
Li Pingfan distributed some more meat, and Jiang Ming, with fingers like a sword, sliced through the roasted meat, also giving some to the three of them.
“These things are not truly delicious.”
“When I can leave Jiang Family Village, I’ll take you all to Tianyun City. There’s a restaurant there that I guarantee you’ll never forget once you taste it…”
After eating and drinking to their fill, dusk began to fall.
Li Pingfan did not go to Xianyan Sect. After talking with Jiang Ming for a bit, he returned to the wooden shed to lie down and rest.
According to Jiang Ming, the mark on the Space Jade Slip could only be removed with spiritual power to open it.
Li Pingfan couldn't do this.
Even at the cost of consuming spiritual power, he couldn’t open it at all.
Of course, it could also be destroyed with brute force.
However, doing so would also cause the items inside the Space Jade Slip to be damaged simultaneously.
If unlucky, he wouldn’t get any benefits at all.
Li Pingfan looked at Heihei and the others at the door and asked, “Do you have spiritual power?”
Heihei: “No spiritual power, how to fight?”
Niuniu: “Not only do I have it, but it’s also very strong.”
Dahung: “Like a mighty river, endless!”
“Stop your chatter.” Li Pingfan gave them an exasperated look, took out a Space Jade Slip, and threw it over, “Open it.”
Dahung placed its paw on it, and after a layer of light flickered and disappeared, it said, “It’s done.”
That’s it?
Li Pingfan took the Jade Slip with a skeptical look.
He took a closer look, and it really was open!
However, this Space Jade Slip was retrieved from the people of Wang Family Village and only contained some Spirit Stones, so the harvest was not great.
After taking the Spirit Stones from it, Li Pingfan took out all the other Space Jade Slips and had Dahung remove the marks one by one.
Counting the gains.
There were more than nine thousand Spirit Stones, four bottles of Grade 3 Medicinal Pills, and a few weapons that were not very good.
They could be crushed with a casual squeeze, completely useless.
Li Pingfan only kept ten thousand Spirit Stones for backup, dividing the remaining Spirit Stones and Medicinal Pills into three parts to feed the three little fellows.
However,
their progress was very small, as if they had truly encountered a Bottleneck.
Li Pingfan asked, “System, why do I feel like the little fellows’ progress seems to have a problem?”
System: ‘Their own strength has already reached the Peak of the Heavenly Realm.’
‘With just this little resource, how much more progress do you expect them to make?’
‘This System kindly reminds you, Host, that you don’t need to feed them Spirit Stones now. You should focus on accumulating resources to buy them better things in the future…’
The night passed in silence.
The next day, Li Pingfan entered Xianyan Sect.
He first went to pay his respects to the Great Protector, then headed to Ping An Peak to look after the Spirit Medicine.
Coincidentally, Senior Sister Nangong Qian was also there.
She wore a white dress today, and her entire being looked ethereal and otherworldly, beautiful beyond human description.
Li Pingfan cupped his hands in a salute, “Senior Sister, why are you here?”
Nangong Qian slightly turned her face, lightly glanced at Li Pingfan, and softly said, “You’ve been gone for more than ten days without a trace.”
“These Spirit Fields cost me 5 million contribution points. Can I not come and see them?”
Her words paused slightly,
She continued, “Although the older the Spirit Medicine, the higher its value, being too old will also affect our harvest.”
“Three-year-old Grade 5 Spirit Medicine has a wide range of uses and is also the choice for maximizing profit.”
“You can buy some Grade 5 Earth Essence Growth Talismans to accelerate their growth, or you can hire some Disciples who Cultivate the Hundred Spirit Art with Spirit Stones to help.”
“The Tianyun City’s five-year auction is about to begin. I need to quickly gather funds and then take you to see the real big world.”
Li Pingfan nodded, “Okay, when I have time, I’ll go buy some talismans.”
Nangong Qian smoothed her hair and suddenly asked, “I heard that An Ruoyi is your wife?”
“Yes.” Li Pingfan nodded, “How did Senior Sister know?”
“Jiang Ming told me.” Nangong Qian said, then chuckled, “Although I don’t know what crooked or Evil Path methods you used to trick such an excellent wife.”
“But Senior Sister must remind you, many people are after her. You must be careful not to lose your wife.”
Li Pingfan slightly pouted, “What crooked or Evil Path methods, Senior Sister, that sounds so unpleasant.”
“Alright, I won’t tease you anymore. I should go into seclusion too.” Nangong Qian chuckled and stepped forward.
As she left, she looked back and smiled, “For women, you have to ‘cook the raw rice into cooked rice’.”
“Don’t end up empty-handed and not even know what it tastes like.”
These words,
made Li Pingfan blush a little.
He had never expected such words to come from the mouth of such a beautiful woman as his Senior Sister.
Is Senior Sister still a woman?
Does she not know what shyness and embarrassment are?
Heihei looked at Li Pingfan and asked curiously, “Boss, what does ‘cook the raw rice into cooked rice’ mean?”
Niuniu: “You big silly dog, humans eat cooked rice. Raw rice is indigestible.”
Dahung said with a serious face, “I think it’s not that simple.”
“You talk too much.” Li Pingfan gave them an exasperated glance and stepped into the Spirit Field to check the soil moisture and the condition of the Spirit Medicine.
After a round of inspection.
Li Pingfan called Heihei and the others to the trading market in the northeast direction.
It was very lively here, and all the items sold were far beyond what the Outer Gate Spirit City could offer.
Li Pingfan walked around and found that eight of the shops belonged to Senior Sister Nangong Qian. They sold everything: Spirit Medicine Materials, Medicinal Pills, Magical Artifacts, Spirit Talismans, and weapons.
As for the Earth Essence Growth Talismans, they were very expensive.
To ripen Grade 5 Spirit Medicine, one needed Grade 5 or higher talismans. Each one cost a thousand Spirit Stones, and it only helped accelerate growth for a period, not ripen it directly.
At most, it would shorten a year’s growth by five percent.
Hiring Disciples who cultivated the Hundred Spirit Art was even more costly and completely not worth it; it was better to use the Myriad Things Growth Technique.
Li Pingfan communicated with the System for a while and got some answers.
His current understanding of the Myriad Things Growth Technique was too low; it needed to be raised to the fifth level to accelerate the growth of Grade 5 plants.
Therefore,
the current method was to quickly raise the level of his Myriad Things Growth Technique.
However, raising it was not easy.
And there was only one way: to obtain a Cultivation Technique Immortal Art Comprehension Scroll through the Heavenly Dao Rewards Chest!
On the way back.
Li Pingfan came to an acre of Spirit Medicine within the Locked Heaven Secret Realm and, without a word, directly cast the Myriad Things Growth Technique to accelerate its growth.
(Ding: 10,000 Spirit Points deducted. Grade 1 Spirit Medicine has received a mysterious blessing and entered a state of vigorous growth.)
Putting away his thoughts,
Li Pingfan called Heihei and the others to leave Xianyan Sect and head straight for the Grade 1 Spirit Rice fields in the Outer Gate Spirit City.
Compared to Spirit Medicine, the growth acceleration effect on this Spirit Rice would naturally be much faster.
Now there was no need to calculate the input versus the output; the main goal was to obtain Heavenly Dao Rewards Chests…
