Chapter 19: The Fourth Level of Qi Practicing (Request for follow-up reading)
Chapter 19 – Qi Practicing Fourth Layer (Request for Follow-up Readings)
“Uncle Xiao Lu, I’ve inquired clearly.”
“His family’s pest infestation was solved by that fat white cultivator’s hand, the cleaned up larval corpse wasn’t very impressive, it should have been taken away by the cultivator.”
Not long after, Zhang Xiuyuan ran out panting, the words in his mouth made Lu Xuan’s heart tighten.
“Probe again!”
He exhaled a mouthful of turbid breath and said firmly.
Two more scattered households were approached, and the same answer was given.
Qin Ming had taken the larval corpses with him in passing after solving the pest infestation.
Instantly, thoughts surged wildly within Lu Xuan’s mind as a vein emerged, becoming clearer and clearer.
“Why is it that for the same fourth level Qi Practicing cultivator, Qin Ming’s fee to strike is 10% or even 20% lower than that Lingyun Fairy, Sword Cultivator Li Xu?”
“Why did he take the larva corpse along with him after resolving the Black Sprout Worm larva?”
“Why is it that I, a cultivator at the second level of Qi Practicing, am not even qualified to earn that small amount of spirit stones?”
“Because that Black Sprout Worm Larva was released by him, Qin Ming!”
“He releases the adult Black Sprout Bug into the scattered cultivator’s spiritual fields, quietly lays the eggs, borrows the vitality of the spiritual plants in the fields to nurture and nourish the Black Sprout Bug larvae, and then recycles the larvae under the guise of cleaning up the infestation when the larvae grow up.”
“This would also be able to explain why for the same cultivation level, the price of hiring him, Qin Ming, is far lower than other cultivators at the fourth level of Qi Practicing.”
“He’s best at ice-based spells and can separate the black budworm larvae without harming the spirit plants.”
“The same can be done by just freezing the larvae instead of freezing them to death, and thawing them out after removing them.”
“In this way, one can earn spirit stones and easily get back the larvae parasitized on the spirit plant, killing two birds with one stone.”
Lu Xuan suddenly realized and understood why he was so aggressive.
Not only had he earned his Spirit Stones, he had also killed his parasitized Black Sprout Larva.
More importantly, he was only a small casual cultivator at the second level of Qi Practicing.
“In that case, the Black Sprout Worm larvae that he solved earlier as well as the adult worms that he killed in the middle of the night were all secretly put into the Spirit Field by him.”
Lu Xuan couldn’t help but gnash his teeth when he thought about this.
In other words, not only did he use spirit plants to help him raise the larvae, but he also spent spirit stones to ask him to bring back the grown larvae ……
If it wasn’t for the appearance of the white ball of light, the timely purchase of the protective formation, and the obtainment of the Gengjin Sword Technique, then his own spiritual field would only suffer from insect pests over and over again, until he would eat himself alive as a small loose cultivator.
“Sure enough, the weak will only prey on the weaker.”
However, if one thought that they could be taken at will just because they were just a weakling, that would be a big mistake.
The corner of his mouth pulled up a faint amplitude, and his eyes brightened.
Returning home, Lu Xuan first surrounded the courtyard wall and scrutinized every part of the protective formation.
The Grass Puppet sensed its master’s aura and stretched out a gray grass rope, following him like a small snake.
Lu Xuan confirmed that there were no problems with the formation and came next to the Grass Puppet, pulling out a Shattered Spirit and stuffing it into the huge tumor formed by the gray grass on its head.
“With a huge gap in explicit strength and a not-so-small conflict of interest, it looks like that Qin Ming shouldn’t be able to let me go.”
“As it happens, I don’t want to let him go either.”
“It’s just that in recent times, although my cultivation, techniques, pills and talismans have all improved tremendously, Qin Ming is after all at the fourth level of qi cultivation, so I don’t know how many victories or losses there are in an exchange of blows right now.”
“As a matter of urgency, I have to work hard to improve my strength, and put aside the matter of cleaning up the pests for a while, lest he catches a break.”
Lu Xuan pondered, deciding to stay at home for the time being, improving his strength while preparing for the possibility of Qin Ming breaking into his home.
For the next few days, he stayed at home to cultivate the spiritual plants without worry, and also instructed Zhang Xiuyuan not to go out freely.
The remaining fourteen Eclipse Fruits had all matured after the last time they were picked, twelve of which were of good quality and two of superior quality.
Lu Xuan picked up the fourteen faintly flickering white light clusters. “Harvesting one Eclipse Fruit, obtaining a First Grade Artifact Split Silver Blade (Remnant).” *3
“Harvest one Eclipse Fruit and obtain a First Grade Talisman.” *6
“Harvest one Eclipse Fruit and obtain one Peiyuan Dan.” *3
The twelve good quality Eclipse Fruits opened up rewards that were not unexpected by Lu Xuan.
Three silver-white Split Silver Blade fragments patched up the last gap in the blade.
A thin sword blade appeared in front of Lu Xuan’s eyes, the blade was a light silver-white color, extremely stealthy both day and night.
His spiritual energy controlled the silver-white sword blade to fly recklessly in the air, the blade was extremely fast and extremely sharp.
Lu Xuan took out a piece of rotten spirit wood and tried it out, the sword blade was like nothing, slicing the solid spirit wood like tofu.
The silver-white sword blade that swam rapidly around his body suddenly split into dozens of silver-white flakes of different shapes, like a group of silver-colored butterflies, quickly fluttering around Lu Xuan.
Immediately, the dozens of silver-white thin slices closed up and tightly closed, forming a complete and flawless short sword blade.
“Finally, all the Split Silver Blade fragments have been successfully collected.”
Lu Xuan let out a sigh of relief, the Split Silver Blade in its complete state was a few points sharper, and at the same time, it could instantly split into dozens of fragments.
During the previous crippled time, although Lu Xuan was able to control all the fragments, there was still a sense of stagnation.
Now, even if the number of fragments was greater, the control was smooth and natural, incomparably silky.
“The greatest value of this First Grade Artifact Split Silver Blade lies in this function of splitting the remnants.”
“If it attacks in the form of a sword blade, it is only considered a good first-grade magic weapon, but if it suddenly splits into numerous debris and attacks the opponent in the course of a fight, then the value rises two levels at once.”
Lu Xuan controlled the silver-white sword blade and spun a few sword blades, lovingly.
This was the best means he could use to deal with Qin Ming at this stage.
The six talismans were all first-grade talismans, and no new types of talismans appeared.
Lu Xuan carefully put them away, first grade talismans already had the ability to harm Qi Practitioner Middle Stage Cultivators, if there were enough of them ……
All fear stems from a lack of firepower!
Lu Xuan looked at the many talismans he had collected during this period of time, and his heart felt a little more at ease.
On top of that, there were three First Grade Peiyuan Dan.
Two top-grade Eclipse Fruits, and the light mass opened two Dan Formulas for the First Grade Elixir Peiyuan Dan.
After Lu Xuan absorbed them, he felt that he had an extremely rich theory on refining the Peiyuan Dan.
It was as if he had already read countless films even though he had yet to fight in actual combat, and his theories were quite solid.
For the next ten days or so, it was calm and quiet, with no ripples occurring.
Qin Ming seemed to have left Lu Xuan behind.
Lu Xuan, however, did not dare to be careless and took careful precautions every day.
Every day, apart from coming to the courtyard to take care of the spiritual plants, he stayed inside the house and closed the door.
The Spirit Glow Grass in the Spirit Field had already been planted for quite some time, and under his meticulous cultivation, one after another, the Spirit Glow Grass had entered the maturity stage in the past ten days.
Lu Xuan had harvested six Spirit Glow Grasses, four of which were of good quality and two of superior quality.
From the moment the Spirit Glow Grass Spirit Seeds were planted, Lu Xuan had given them the best cultivation conditions through their immediate state, and the effort paid off, with the probability of a Superior Quality being raised considerably.
Among the six clusters of light that were opened out, three of them rewarded with several months of cultivation.
“Harvested one Spirit Glow Grass, gained six months of cultivation.” *2
“Harvest one plant of Spirit Glow Grass and gain September cultivation.”
As the thought flashed by, Lu Xuan’s spiritual energy surged within his body, raging wildly in his meridians.
As if breaking through a non-existent barrier, the spiritual energy gradually calmed down.
“Finally breaking through to the fourth level of Qi Practicing.”
Lu Xuan had a pleased smile on his face.
After breaking through to the third level of Qi Practicing for some time, Lu Xuan had been cultivating hard, and with the three newly appeared light clusters, which brought nearly two years of cultivation, he had made a breakthrough to become a Qi Practicing Middle Stage Cultivator in one fell swoop.
(End of Chapter)