“That’s too precious…”
Liu Qingchan’s fingers trembled, and she instinctively moved to close the box.
Qin Guiya pressed her hand, “You and the child are more important.”
Over the past two months, Liu Qingchan’s Qi and blood had indeed been significantly depleted. Besides the consumption from pregnancy, frequent Dual Cultivation was also one of the reasons.
Although Qin Guiya had reduced their intimate encounters since discovering her pregnancy, the previous losses still needed to be replenished.
Liu Qingchan’s eyes welled up with tears. She carefully took out a Medicinal Pill and consumed it.
As the medicinal power spread, a healthy blush immediately appeared on her pale cheeks.
“Are you feeling better?” Qin Guiya asked softly.
Liu Qingchan nodded, then suddenly leaned in and pecked his lips, “Thank you, husband.”
After saying that, she blushed and quickly left, leaving Qin Guiya alone, touching his lips in a daze.
In his Sea of Consciousness, the Ancient Tree seemed to sense his emotions, its branches and leaves gently swaying.
Since Liu Qingchan’s pregnancy, the fourth tender bud had already poked out its tip, but without Dual Cultivation, its growth had mostly stopped.
Qin Guiya’s Divine Sense swept across the space beneath the tree. The Low Grade Spirit Medicine in that one-acre Spirit Field would mature its first batch in a few more months.
Once this batch matured, or once he collected three-tier Spirit Medicine seeds, he no longer planned to plant Low Grade Spirit Medicine.
Initially, he had only wanted to quickly harvest a batch of resources to earn Spirit Stones and gather enough Spirit Stones to exchange for healing Medicinal Pills. Who knew that later, possessing the Enlightenment Leaf would change his plans?
Now that his Meridians were fully repaired, it was time to prepare for higher-tier Spirit Medicine, thereby refining higher-tier Medicinal Pills and striving for a higher Realm.
As he was pondering, the Restriction outside his Immortal Cave was triggered.
Qin Guiya swept his Divine Sense and discovered an unexpected visitor.
His second uncle’s son, his twelfth cousin, Qin Guiheng.
“Eighth Brother, I got what you wanted!”
As soon as the Immortal Cave door opened, a young man in a green Dharma robe excitedly rushed in.
Qin Guiheng bore a seven-tenths resemblance to his second uncle, with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, though his demeanor lacked his second uncle’s gravitas and held a bit more impishness.
Some time ago, he had sent a message to the other party, asking him to help collect Spirit Medicine seeds of three tiers or higher. It seemed he had made some progress.
Qin Guiya quickly set up a soundproof barrier:
“Lower your voice, your sister-in-law is resting.”
Qin Guiheng lowered his voice and said:
“Brother, guess what I got from the Spirit Plant Hall?”
As he spoke, he mysteriously pulled out two jade boxes from his Pregnant, “Two kinds of three-tier Spirit Medicine seeds!”
Qin Guiya’s heart skipped a beat. He took the jade boxes and carefully opened them.
The first box contained a dozen golden seeds, shaped like wheat grains but with natural patterns on their surface.
The second box contained only three seeds, dark red and irregularly shaped, like small beast teeth.
“Golden Spirit Flower and… Beast Essence Grass?”
Qin Guiya identified them, his mood slightly excited.
The Golden Spirit Flower was the main ingredient for refining Golden Spirit Pills, and Golden Spirit Pills were excellent for Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivators.
Beast Essence Grass was even more precious, being the primary ingredient for top-tier Medicinal Pills used to Cultivate three-tier Spirit Beasts.
Qin Guiheng proudly raised his head, “How about that? Am I good enough, little brother? Golden Spirit Flower seeds can be exchanged with contribution points, but that Beast Essence Grass… hehe, I stole Grandpa’s token to get it.”
Qin Guiya frowned, “Does Grandpa know?”
“Don’t worry, Grandpa spoils me the most.”
Qin Guiheng waved his hand, then curiously leaned closer, “Brother, what do you need these high-tier seeds for? Are you planning to switch professions and become a Spirit Planter?”
Qin Guiya had already prepared an excuse:
“Recently, I’ve been researching the Dao of alchemy and want to understand the characteristics of Spirit Medicine at different growth stages.”
As he spoke, he took out a Storage Pouch he had prepared earlier, “This is the reward I promised you.”
Qin Guiheng swept his Divine Sense over it and immediately beamed with joy, “Ten thousand Spirit Stones! Brother, you’re too generous.”
He happily put away the Storage Pouch, then lowered his voice again, “Oh, by the way, Qin Muqing’s faction has been asking about you recently. It seems they’re very interested in Eighth Brother’s alchemy talent…”
A hint of coldness flashed in Qin Guiya’s eyes, “I know, thanks for the reminder. Also, continue to help me collect Spirit Medicine seeds of three tiers or higher.”
“Alright, Eighth Brother.” Qin Guiheng didn’t ask further. He guessed it might be related to his sister-in-law, as his sister-in-law’s Liu Family was a Spirit Plant Family, skilled in managing Spirit Medicine.
After seeing off Qin Guiheng, Qin Guiya immediately returned to the quiet room and eagerly entered the Ancient Tree Space.
On the purplish-golden Spirit Field, he uprooted all the two-tier Ice Heart Grass. These two-tier Spirit Medicine would take a long time to mature, so there was no need to keep them; he needed to make space for three-tier Spirit Medicine.
He carefully planted the three Beast Essence Grass seeds and fifteen Golden Spirit Flower seeds separately.
Generally, an acre of Spirit Field could plant about one hundred to three hundred one- or two-tier Spirit Medicine, while for three-tier or higher Spirit Medicine, a maximum of only one hundred could be planted, as the required spiritual energy increased.
However, his Ancient Tree Space had a four-tier Low Grade Spiritual Vein, sufficient to support the growth of some thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine. Therefore, slightly increasing the number to support the growth of over one hundred three-tier Spirit Medicine was not a problem.
“Three-tier Spirit Medicine with five hundred years of medicinal age…”
Qin Guiya calculated, “With the space’s tenfold acceleration, it would take about fifty years in the outside world?”
This speed was already astonishing enough.
One must know that in the outside world, cultivating a three-tier Spirit Medicine often required the relay efforts of several generations.
Even for a Void Refining Family like the Qin Family, rare Spirit Medicine over a thousand years old were strategic resources, firmly controlled by the Main Branch.
But he still felt it was a bit slow. If only he could accelerate his own Cultivation.
After leaving the space, Qin Guiya began to plan his next Cultivation.
After his injuries healed, he needed a period of recuperation to restore his state to its Peak, and then he would once again try to break through to the Golden Core Middle Stage.
During this time, he could try refining Second-Order Pills to accumulate Spirit Stones and once again exchange for Golden Yuan Breakthrough Pills.
And this time, what he wanted to exchange for was not ordinary quality, but at least fine quality. After all, he had failed to break through with ordinary quality before, which was probably insufficient to help him break through the Bottleneck.
At the same time, he also needed to prepare for the refining of the upcoming three-tier Golden Spirit Pills.
“Husband…”
Liu Qingchan’s voice came from outside the door, with a hint of hesitation, “Elder Lu is visiting and says he wants to see you.”
Qin Guiya’s heart tightened.
Elder Lu?
That Elder of the Spirit Plant Hall who had a deep connection with the Liu Family?
Why was he suddenly visiting?
Straightening his robes, Qin Guiya went to the front hall.
Elder Lu was sitting in the guest seat, drinking tea. His hair was as white as snow, but his face was as rosy as a baby’s.
Seeing Qin Guiya enter, he smiled and put down his teacup, “Fellow Daoist Guiya, how have you been?”
“Greetings, Fellow Daoist Lu.”
Qin Guiya bowed respectfully, but secretly remained vigilant, “May I ask why Fellow Daoist has graced us with your presence?”
Elder Lu stroked his beard, “I heard that Fellow Daoist Guiya’s alchemy has recently made great progress, and I specifically came to offer my congratulations.”
As he spoke, his gaze swept over Liu Qingchan, who was serving tea, especially when he saw her slightly bulging abdomen, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, “And congratulations to Fellow Daoist on your impending addition to the Family.”