"Not bad, not bad."
"The Black King Drake's meat is so delicious …"
Jiang He had a mouthful of braised meat and closed his eyes, chewing carefully. He could feel that the qi and blood contained in the Black King Drake's meat was so concentrated that ordinary people would not be able to handle a small piece, and they would probably suffer from problems eating it.
Even rank-one and rank-two martial artists could not eat too much, or they would explode.
"The flesh of a Feral King is truly a treasure. If a rank-five martial artist ate it every day, they would quickly reach rank-six without cultivating even after eating and sleeping. Jiang He sighed in awe, and glanced at Sora, who was quietly picking at the meat." You're just rank-two, "he said." Eat less, or you won't be able to stand it. "
Even as he spoke, he picked up a few more chunks.
So fragrant!
For Jiang He, the effects of the Feral King's flesh were secondary — the taste was the most important.
Why were pythons on the brink of extinction even before the Revival of Qi?
It was because their flesh was so delicious that a catty of pythons could be sold for hundreds of dollars.
As for the Black King Drake …
Though it was showing signs of morphing into a drake, it was still essentially a python from Jiang He's perspective.
Beside him.
Sora rose to her feet and poured Jiang He a cup of rank-nine Origin Fluid from a locust tree.
It was fragrant as it entered his mouth.
The Black King Drake's meat was truly one of a kind.
Most importantly, he could improve his spirit even as he enjoyed the delicacy. It was so comfortable.
After having his fill.
Jiang He sat down on the sofa, ready to rest for a while before heading to his farm … after all, it had been less than an hour, and it was not time for his crops to be harvested yet.
Leaning back on the sofa, Jiang He whipped out his phone.
Lü Yan, the Tang dynasty poet who appeared when he 'created' the Three Thousand Calamities, piqued Jiang He's interest.
His poems were not bad, and they were fragrant and full of class. Logically speaking, such a poet should be quite famous and should be included in elementary school, middle school, or high school textbooks, but Jiang He had never heard of him. All he found was that the line 'Eight hundred autumns since I attained the Dao, never once did I take a man's head with a flying sword' familiar.
Turning on the webpage, Jiang He typed in 'Lü Yan'.
"Eh? There's actually a Baidu Encyclopedia … "
"Lu Yan, first name Dongbin, alias Chunyangzi, also known as Taoist Hui … Haha, this nickname is quite interesting. Chunyangzi, old Chunyangzi?"
"Hold on …"
Suddenly, Jiang He's eyes widened and he muttered to himself, "Zi Dongbin? Surnamed Lu … Lu Dongbin??? "
Jiang He continued reading, and found that the information stated: The leader of the Eight Immortals was a Daoist immortal, and was known as Patriarch Lu, Patriarch Lu, Patriarch Lu, and Patriarch Pure Yang.
There was also a collection of Lu Yan's poems on the internet, and there were sixty to seventy of them.
There was also an introduction that stated that Lu Yan was a famous Taoist priest during the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties Period …
But there were more myths and legends about him.
The reincarnation of the Heavenly Courts' Emperor Donghua, General Dongmu …
Pure Yang Sword Immortal …
The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea and so on.
Jiang He rubbed his temples, puzzled.
Are the legends recorded on the internet true or false?
Had it been before, Jiang He would have smiled. After all, how could a folk myth be taken seriously?
But now, that might not be the case.
Folklore could not be fully believed, but neither could it be denied. After all, Jiang He believed that the era of Qi Refinists and immortal cultivators must have existed in history, and as for why it disappeared …
Jiang He guessed that it had something to do with the environment.
For example, the Old Martial Era had once flourished, but declined five hundred years ago … it became increasingly difficult to cultivate, and it was only with the Revival of Qi that it regained its splendor.
"Could this be the legendary Degenerate Era?"
"Then does the Revival of Qi mean that the Degenerate Era is over? Would Qi Refinists and immortal cultivators erupt again in the future? "
That was a real possibility.
Now that they had discovered quite a number of Ancient Martial Arts Relics, if there were any Immortal Cultivator's Abodes or Immortal's Relics in the future, and some Immortal Cultivation Methods were unearthed, the country would definitely promote them based on its current attitude.
"Forget it. My head hurts just thinking about those things. I should go check out my farm first."
He checked the time. It was almost ten.
Jiang He hence left the mansion and arrived at his farm.
Just as he stepped through the gates, Jiang He froze where he was …
It was already ten at night, and there was still some time before the full moon. That was why there was only a crescent moon in the sky … reasonably speaking, the farm should be pitch-black, but it was as if the inside of the farm was brightly lit.
Multiple 'suns' were hanging over the farm.
Jiang He could not help being amused when he looked out.
How were those suns?
Instead, they were golden sunflowers.
Jiang He had planted a total of twenty-five purple-golden sunflower seeds, which had now grown into twenty-five sunflowers. Each sunflower was two meters tall, with a sunflower disc that was a meter in diameter.
The sunflower discs were emanating veins of golden radiance, and looked a little like 'suns' from afar.
Jiang He was rather surprised.
"I could only plant ten gold bricks at once when I planted them before … how did I manage to grow twenty-five purple-golden sunflower seeds in one go? Moreover, there was no such restriction when I planted peppers, corn, and carrots. "
"Could it be because the gold bricks are not normal crops?"
Even as he thought that, Jiang He walked up and plucked a large sunflower disc.
[Ding!]
[+ 1000 Farm Points.]
A System Notification jingled beside his ear.
Jiang He rubbed off the fluffy stuff on the sunflower disc with his hand, plucked a sunflower seed and studied it closely.
This sunflower seed was much bigger than an ordinary sunflower, and its skin was purplish-gold in color. When it was illuminated by the light emitted by the other sunflower seeds, it would even reflect a sparkling purple light. It was very beautiful.
Crack.
He put it in his mouth.
He munched on the sunflower seed in his hand.
The sunflower seeds had thin skin and were plump. Eating just one would have a very poor effect. If one didn't sense it carefully, one wouldn't feel the increase in mental strength. However, there were countless seeds on the one-meter-wide sunflower plate. Many a little makes an ocean, and it would definitely increase one's mental strength rapidly in a short period of time.
"Spirit growth is secondary, but I could munch on sunflower seeds to kill time when I'm bored." Jiang He appeared delighted.
Before this, he had been snacking on qi pellets, blended qi pellets, walnuts, and carrots, but he would get sick of snacks if he ate too much of them.
Sunflower seeds, on the other hand, would not.
Aside from having a dry mouth and numb mouth, the only drawback was that it was unhygienic to throw sunflower seed skins everywhere.
"Now that I have eighteen backpacks, can't I just make a space in my System Backpack for sunflower seed skins? It's the same thing anyway, and I wouldn't have to worry about not having a place to put the skins even if I munch on sunflower seeds for a thousand years. "
Jiang He thought then. From the looks of it, the only bad thing was …
The taste and texture were a little lacking.
Still, being a farmer through and through, Jiang He was very familiar with sunflower seeds. They were soft at first plucked and tasted just like that, and had to be dried to be tasty. Moreover, after they were dried, they could be stir-fried or stir-fried with five-spice sunflower seeds, and he could choose any flavor he wanted.
"Twenty-five meter-wide sunflower discs could probably produce over a hundred catties of sunflower seeds."
"I'll pluck them first. I'll knock all the seeds off tomorrow, dry them in the sun, and stir-fry them into five-spice ones."
Jiang He walked up and plucked each of the giant sunflower discs.
[Ding!]
[+ 1000 Farm Points]
[Ding!]
[+ 1000 Farm Points]
[Ding …]
System Notifications jingled one after another beside his ears. The twenty-five sunflower discs had earned Jiang He 25,000 Farm Points and 2500 Farm EXP. Along with the Scarlet Flame Sword, the Grave Grass, and the Nine Heavenly Star Body Formula, his Farm EXP had exceeded 6000 in just two days.
Over the last two days, he had also earned more than 60,000 Farm Points.
Be that as it may, he had spent 15000 Farm Points on redeeming Mysterious Soil twice and cultivating the Nine Heavenly Star Body Formula. Add that to the nitrogen fertilizer he had exchanged with the Seven Bottle Gourd Brothers, nitrogen fertilizer and compound fertilizer needed for farming, he had spent over 20000 Farm Points altogether.
He still had over eight thousand Farm Points left from before.
Jiang He glanced at his stats panel …
He had accumulated another 52000 Farm Points.
What surprised Jiang He was that the sunflowers did not turn to ash like usual after he plucked the discs, but withered instead.
Frowning, Jiang He said, "Dumbo, Trumbo, cut off the sunflower stalks and burn them to ash … let's give it a hand since it's not turning to ash."
Accepting his orders, Dumbo and Trumbo picked up their shovels and went up to shovel the sunflower stalks.
Crack!
Dumbo did a double take and cursed, "What the hell … are they that hard?"
It was not just Dumbo — even Jiang He was surprised.
The stalks grown from the purple-gold sunflower seeds were that hard?
He threw his Dragon-Slaying Saber to Dumbo, who stood up on its hind legs, clenching the Dragon-Slaying Saber with its paws and swinging it repeatedly. Still, it could not cut off the sunflower stalks even after dozens of slashes, and instead sprawled on the ground exhausted, its tongue hanging out as it panted heavily.
"Oh?"
Jiang He's interest was piqued.
He walked up, took the Dragon-Slaying Saber, and charged his True Qi as he swung his blade —
Snikt!
The sunflower stalks were instantly cut.
Even so, Jiang He's eyes lit up and he smiled. "Interesting. My swing just now could cut down an average rank-nine martial artist with a single slash, but I felt some resistance from the sunflower stem … this thing's toughness is almost the same as the True Qi defense of an average rank-nine martial artist."
After cutting down all twenty-five sunflower stems with a few slashes, Jiang He put away his blade and instructed, "Put these things away. I'll bring you to Lingzhou City tomorrow and see if I could get someone to tailor-make you a set of armor. I'll also get a big pot to cook five-spice sunflower seeds and spicy lobsters when we get home …"
Jiang He turned to look at the Sword Will Barrenwort, and could not help scowling.
The Sword Will Barrenwort …
He had indeed planted it.
And yet, unlike what he imagined, he had still planted two tufts of Sword Will Barrenwort and did not increase in number. The only difference was …
The two Nine Leaf Sword Will Grasses were huge, more than two meters tall. The number of leaves on them had also increased, tripling to a total of twenty-seven.
"Is this still Sword Will Barrenwort?"
Jiang He was a little speechless.
He did not know …
What was the effect of the larger Sword Will Barrenwort … no, it should be called Twenty-Seven Leaf Sword Will Barrenwort now.
[Ding!]
[+ 5000 Farm Points.]
"…"
Jiang He's eyes lit up in the instant he plucked the first tuft of Sword Will Barrenwort.
Five thousand Farm Points per tuft?
That was quite a high value.
High value meant that the effect would be good!
[Ding!]
[+ 5000 Farm Points.]
He plucked the two tufts of Sword Will Barrenwort and turned towards the spot where he planted the Three Thousand Calamities.
In the direction where the Three Thousand Tribulations were planted, there was no tree or anything like that. Instead, there was a ball of immortal light.
Sword Qi danced within the immortal light and Sword Will emanated.
A jade scroll hovered within the immortal light.
Filled with mixed emotions of anticipation, apprehension, and excitement, Jiang He walked up and reached out to grab the jade scroll.
[Ding!]
[+ 30000 Farm Points.]
A System Notification jingled beside his ear. Jiang He took a deep breath and looked at the jade scroll in his hand.
Data appeared.
[Three Thousand Calamities]
[Attribute: Heavenly Immortal sword-sage cultivation. Contains the three styles of White Foal Crosses the Rift, Thunderflame Calamity, and Three Thousand Calamities.]
After staring at it for a while …
Jiang He suddenly cursed —
"What the hell!"
"What the heck?"
"The cultivation method I created could be cultivated up to Grand Luo Golden Immortal, so why did it become Heavenly Immortal after I planted it?"
Jiang He complained.
Still, Jiang He could only accept it …
If it was Heavenly Immortal, so be it. It was more or less acceptable.
There was no telling how many miles he was away from Heavenly Immortal anyway. At most, he would just have to wait until his farm reached a higher level and directly create several cultivation methods that could be cultivated up to Immortal Emperor, Immortal King, and Saint.
Still, Heavenly Immortal meant that there were only eight tiers: Qi Refinist, Golden Pellet, True Child, Yuan Spirit, Convergence, Sufferance, Mahayana, and Heavenly Immortal.
[Ding!]
[Heavenly Immortal sword-cultivator cultivation method Three Thousand Calamities detected. Consume 20000 Farm Points to cultivate the first fold of Three Thousand Calamities, Host?]
Jiang He: "…"
It was an immortal art, but the first fold of the Nine Heavenly Stars Heavenly Body Formula only cost five thousand Farm Points, while the first fold of Three Thousand Calamities required twenty thousand Farm Points? Was it that bad?
Even as he grumbled inwardly, Jiang He cheerfully spoke —
"Cultivate!"
[Ding!]
[- 20000 Farm Points.]
[Congratulations, Host. You have mastered the first fold of Three Thousand Calamities, a Heavenly Immortal sword-cultivator.]
Ooom!
A special energy instantly engulfed Jiang He, and in that very moment, Jiang He realized …
Aside from True Qi, another energy was born in his Cinnabar Fields and Ocean of Qi.
Mana!
Moreover, the mana in his body was becoming stronger and stronger, until it surpassed True Qi and became extremely powerful.
After a long time.
His cultivation was over.
Jiang He felt it out, and understood then —
"The first fold of Three Thousand Calamities corresponds to Qi Refinist … does mastery of the first fold count as full-fledged Qi Refinist?"
He rose to his feet and charged his mana, a frightening aura bursting out of his body. He felt that he could easily slay the Black King Drake if he fought it again. Most importantly …
Whoosh!
The Scarlet Flame Sword shot out of the sea of swords between his brows as a flash.
It was only by cultivating mana that he could unleash the Scarlet Flame Sword's power to the limit!
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