"Oh?"
A low, hoarse laughter could be heard from the other end of the call. "Duan Tianhe's sudden return to Lingzhou before the disaster at Mount Dadong is settled. He must have received word from the traitor of the Holy Faith and learned that we're going to cause trouble in Lingzhou City."
The middle-aged man appeared rather flustered as he quietly said, "Duan Tianhe's return is always a problem, Lord Heavenly General. Moreover, I suspect that he's starting to suspect me, Lord Heavenly General …"
Be that as it may, he was cut off by the hoarse voice before he could finish. "Don't worry. An even greater disaster would erupt at Mount Dadong in a week, and Duan Tianhe would definitely head there to stand guard. When that happens, it would be the day he dies."
"Try to figure out if there are other elites hiding in Lingzhou City. We'll act together in a week."
…
Late at night.
Over a chain of hills, the massive blades of a wind-powered generator whirred and hummed.
A figure stood with his hands clasped behind his back in an inconspicuous ravine.
His aura was as deep as the oceans, and gray True Qi hovered around him, causing the temperature around him to plummet rapidly. Even the weeds around him were covered in a layer of frost.
Soon …
Many figures hurried to him from afar, all of them kneeling behind him.
He withdrew his True Qi and turned around.
He was almost sixty years old, and his body was withered and his hair was gray-white. There were even wrinkles on his face, and he looked no different from an average old man.
"Relay my orders. We'll move in the early hours of the sixth of September. I'll inform you of the specifics when the time comes."
"All of you stay hidden for the next few days and don't expose yourselves. I'm heading to Mount Dadong to discuss something with the Daemon King there."
The old man's feet moved, and he was out of the ravine in a few leaps, disappearing under the night.
Behind him, the group of people chorused, "Safe journey, Tranquil Heavenly General!"
…
[Qi Pellet]
[Effect: Rapidly restores a martial artist's inner strength and True Qi, and improves their True Qi cultivation.]
Jiang He stared at the strange sapling before him.
The data of the "Nourishing Qi Pill" appeared in front of the strange sapling.
Of course.
Jiang He was used to it. Was it not just a tree that bore pellets? What was so strange about that? Jiang He had a feeling that it would bear a living person one day.
He glanced at his System.
[Name: Jiang He]
[Cultivation: Rank-Four Intermediate]
[Abilities]: None
[Martial Arts Cultivation Method]: Indestructible Diamond Divine Art (Entry Level +), Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms (+), Strengthened Nine Yang Divine Art (Level 1 +).
[Owned Land]: 888m ²
[Farm Level]: Lv2 (EXP 223/500)
[System Backpack]: 6 slots.
[System Shop]: Opened.
[Farm Points: 73]
"My previous experience bar was 220, right? In other words, one qi pellet earns me 3 EXP and 10 Farm Points … Not bad, not bad. "
Jiang He counted.
There were actually 107 Qi Nourishing Pills on the tree. Together with the one in his hand, he could make up the entire Liangshan Gang.
"107 … 3 points for each, a total of 321 experience points. It's enough for me to level up!"
He picked up all the pills and threw them into the system Backpack.
The qi pellet tree before him promptly withered and fell to the ground, reduced to a pile of black ash. Even without Jiang He's call, Dumbo had already stood on its hind legs and ran to him with its shovel, clearing away the pile of black ash with a loud thud.
At the side.
The Three-Tailed Demon Cat's dark-yellow eyes widened, gaping at the sight.
Even Jiang He was stunned by Dumbo's actions.
After clearing away the black ash, Dumbo threw away its shovel and ran to Jiang He's feet, wagging its tail and begging for more.
"…"
"Didn't I just give you a cucumber? Did you finish it already? "
Jiang He took out another cucumber and broke it in two, throwing a large half to Dumbo and a small half to the Three-Tailed Demon Cat. Cats did not eat cucumbers, but it was a different story since the Three-Tailed Demon Cat was a Feral.
Jiang He did not feed it and forbade it from harming livestock or humans. Moreover, it had already caught every rat around the village, and had been eating grass for days. Compared to grass, the cucumber was a delicacy.
Dumbo wolfed it down, finishing half of the cucumber in a few mouthfuls.
When it was done, it suddenly reared its head and howled.
Wolfdogs liked to howl like that.
Its howl was very similar to a wolf's.
Jiang He was about to send it flying with a kick by reflex, but withdrew his foot halfway into the air. He could feel energy gathering over Dumbo's body, and its aura rapidly ascended from rank-one to rank-two.
And yet, Dumbo's evolution did not end after ascending to rank-two.
A searing aura surged out of its body again.
"Eh?"
"Is … is it awakening superpowers?"
Jiang He's eyes lit up.
He saw Dumbo open its mouth again … but this time, it did not howl, and instead breathed out a mouthful of flames.
A line of data appeared before his eyes.
[Dumbo]
[Breed: Sichuan wolfdog]
[Rank: Rank-Two]
[Ability: Fire]
"Eh?"
Jiang He gasped in surprise.
"I didn't plant Dumbo, so why does it have data too … hold on, why is its data different from Trumbo's?"
He turned towards Trumbo.
[Three-Tailed Demon Cat]
[Rank: Rank-Three Pinnacle]
[Ability: Wind Rider]
Dumbo's data directly showed its name, and it actually gained a new breed.
"What's with this breed? Sichuan wolfdog … Could it be that Director Wang bought this dog from Sichuan? "
Jiang He mused to himself for a while, and suddenly realized a problem.
"We both ate cucumbers, but Dumbo awakened its powers. Why didn't I?"
"Is it harder for humans to awaken than beasts?"
"So, I should eat more cucumbers?"
Jiang He took a look at the System panel after that, and did a double take.
[Farm Level: 2 (EXP 554/500)]
He had enough EXP, but his farm did not level up to level 3. Instead, a notification popped up on the System panel —
"Materials required for leveling up?"
"Fifty kilograms of rank-seven Feral flesh?"
"Two portions of rank-six Feral flesh, 100 kilograms each, and ten liters of rank-six Feral blood?"
Woah!!!
Jiang He scowled.
"Are you messing with me, System?"
"Rank-seven Ferals are equivalent to grandmasters. Where am I supposed to get rank-seven Feral flesh? I would have a hard time killing rank-six Ferals, let alone rank-seven, wouldn't I? "
What a shame.
The System was rather rigid. If it was like the loli system sprite in the novels he read, he would have scolded it to death.
After a while …
Jiang He calmed down.
"Two portions of rank-six Feral flesh … I think I would need two types of rank-six Feral flesh … I realized that I could fight above my own tier in my fight against Corban, though I don't know if I could kill a rank-six."
"I need to test that out. I'll have to test it out with a rank-six martial artist first."
"As for rank-seven …"
Jiang He nonchalantly whipped out one of the qi pellets he planted and threw it into his mouth, chewing and swallowing as he thought to himself, "Maybe I could ask the Superpower Research Department and the Special Bureau to see if I could buy rank-seven Feral flesh … eh?"
Suddenly, Jiang He's eyes widened.
"What's going on?"
"Wasn't it said that it takes four days to fully absorb a qi pellet? Why is it gone right after I swallowed it? "
"Could I have planted a fake qi pellet???"
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