Chronicles of Ascension: The Path to Immortality

When they first moved to Jiuhufang and got their Neiji household registration and house registration certificates, the people of Temple Street were quite happy.

When they saw that Jiuhufang was thriving in all kinds of businesses and spiritual materials, they were even happier.

Everyone thought that it would be no problem to find a job to earn spiritual stones in Jiuhufang, and this move was a blessing in disguise.

However, the reality was not as expected.

Jiuhufang did have many opportunities to earn spiritual stones, but the people who moved from Temple Street basically had no decent skills except for planting spiritual fields.

Everyone wanted to find a job to take care of spiritual fields for large landlords.

The price of spiritual planters dropped from 3 spiritual stones a year to 2.

And then from 2 to a pitiful 1.

Even so, there were still too many people and too little porridge, and more than 90% of people could not find a job.

Some enterprising people from Temple Street took the risk to join the hunting team.

However, after all, the people of Temple Street were born into farming families and had been dealing with spiritual fields all their lives. They were not as good at fighting as casual cultivators, and they were not as alert as them.

Those who joined the hunting team, including Zhang Jun, the young man who led the Temple Street, died in the mouth of the monster.

The old grandfather couldn't bear to see everyone living such a displaced life.

He gritted his teeth and mortgaged his house with a few Temple Street leaders. Hundreds of neighbors also emptied their family savings, and everyone pooled together a sum of spiritual stones.

He planned to buy a piece of spiritual land in the inner and outer rings.

But those who have been spiritual farmers know that people regard spiritual land as more important than life, so how could they sell the land?

There was no way, so the old grandfather had to use the spiritual stones to rent a piece of spiritual land.

This piece of spiritual land is as much as 5 mu, and the annual rent is 1,000 spiritual stones.

The old grandfather weighed it repeatedly before renting.

This piece of spiritual land belongs to the first-level medium-quality spiritual land. 5 mu of land can produce 5,000 catties of medium-quality spiritual grain a year.

According to the current market price, one catty of medium-quality spiritual grain can be sold for half a spiritual stone, and 5,000 catties of spiritual grain is 2,500 spiritual stones.

After deducting the cost, at least 1,000 spiritual stones can be earned in a year.

At this rate of accumulation, 5 mu of spiritual fields can be rented next year.

In the future, people from Temple Street can use this to gain a foothold in Neiji.

At that time, everyone only had more than 500 spiritual stones, which was not enough to pay the rent of 1,000 spiritual stones.

In order to take over this land, the old grandfather and his friends borrowed high-interest loans from the Monster Hunting Alliance.

Finally, 5 mu of first-level medium-quality spiritual fields were rented.

However, when they really started sowing, they found that it was not what they had planned.

In order to grow first-level medium-quality spiritual grains, first-level medium-quality spiritual fields are only the most basic conditions.

In addition, the spiritual feces of the first-level late-stage spiritual beasts and the setting of the insect repellent formation are required, and these expenses are far beyond expectations.

The most important thing is the seeds.

The seeds of the first-level medium-quality spiritual grains are specially cultivated by breeding masters, and they are limited in supply in Neiji.

The old grandfather couldn't find a channel to buy them at all.

I want to cancel the lease, but the owner doesn't agree, after all, the document has been signed in black and white.

The people of Miaojie, who knew nothing about Neiji, were taught a lesson again.

"What's going on now?" Zhang Xuan asked anxiously.

"Later, Grandpa and his family changed to growing first-grade low-grade spiritual vegetables, which ripen every three months. Although it is also a loss, at least they can pay back part of the usury after harvesting this crop of vegetables." Zhang Dawu sighed and said.

"Where does Grandpa live?"

"Grandpa's original house has been sold due to mortgage, and now he lives in my house."

Zhang Dawu's family has six acres of spiritual land, and they were allocated two houses.

Now, Zhang Dawu's family is crowded in one room, leaving one room for Grandpa and several other elders in Miaojie to live in.

"It's not a good idea to have a large family squeezed into one house. Why don't we find Zhang Sanqian and see if he can spare a room for the old grandpa to live in."

Zhang Dawu stared at Zhang Xuan with wide eyes and said, "Isn't Zhang Sanqian's house not far from where you live? I thought you heard about his family's affairs."

Zhang Xuan was a little confused. He had been practicing Tiangang Body Refining Kungfu behind closed doors for a while, and he really didn't go to Zhang Sanqian's house.

"What's the matter?"

"Zhang Sanqian hired a winemaker at a high price in Neiji. In order to buy winemaking equipment, he not only spent all the accumulated spiritual stones, but also mortgaged four houses. Who knew that the winemaker ran away with the winemaking equipment and the wine recipe."

"So... Zhang Sanqian's family only has two rooms left?"

"Zhang Sanqian sold the spiritual grains in his home and redeemed one house, but the other three houses were taken away."

After hearing about the experience of the neighbors in Temple Street, Zhang Xuan was also sighing.

"Come on, take me to see Grandpa." Zhang Xuan said heavily.

"Okay."

Zhang Dawu stood up and packed up some of the remaining soup and leftovers on the plate and took them back.

Zhang Xuan paid a spiritual stone and left with Zhang Dawu.

When Zhang Dawu saw Zhang Xuan casually take out a spiritual stone from his storage bag, he was really surprised.

Although he expected Zhang Xuan to get some opportunities in Jiuhufang, he didn't expect that the other party would eat a spiritual stone in one meal without blinking an eye, and carry an expensive storage bag with him.

"How did he get so rich all of a sudden?" Zhang Dawu wondered.

When he came to Zhang Dawu's house, Zhang Xuan saw the old grandfather.

"Xiao Xuanzi..." The old grandfather saw Zhang Xuan and smiled on his worried face.

"Old grandfather..."

Zhang Xuan saw that the wrinkles on the old grandfather's face, which was originally energetic, became deeper.

Zhang Dawu on the side poured water for the two.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while.

The old grandfather sighed and said, "You know everything about Temple Street, right?"

"Grandpa, Brother Dawu has told me everything."

"Alas... I am sorry for these old neighbors in Temple Street!" The old grandfather's eyes were full of bloodshot, and they looked turbid and dull.

"Grandpa, the lost spiritual stones will be earned back."

"This is not a small amount. By growing spiritual vegetables, minus the cost, you can only earn 200 spiritual stones a year at most, which is not enough to pay the interest on the loan shark. People in Temple Street can't find work in Jiuhufang, and they are carrying such a large debt..."

As he said this, the old grandfather choked up.

"Don't worry, Grandpa. Don't we have another way?"

"You mean the Fairy Cat Cave?"

"Yes, have you forgotten? You gave me the Fairy Cat Cave pass card at that time. We split the feces in it 50-50. After we have the feces, we can directly plant spiritual medicine on this spiritual field."

"Plant spiritual medicine?" Upon hearing these words, a glimmer of light flashed in the old grandpa's dim eyes.

"Yes, if all these five acres of spiritual fields are planted with spiritual medicine, the harvest will be much better than the first-level medium-quality spiritual grain."

"But the Fairy Cat Valley is full of dangers..."

"My generation of cultivators is against the will of heaven!" Zhang Xuan interrupted the old grandpa, and a sense of righteousness arose spontaneously.

"Good!" The old grandpa patted Zhang Xuan on the shoulder, "This is like the young man from our temple street."

The two said a few more words, and Zhang Xuan left.

The old grandpa looked at Zhang Xuan's back outside the door, and felt mixed emotions for a while.

When he returned to the room, he found that 25 spiritual stones had been placed on the table in the room.

"This... this child!"

The old grandfather's turbid tears finally couldn't be stopped.

In the inner set, a huge flying ship landed on the ground.

It was drizzling in the sky.

However, the people in the queue couldn't hide their excitement.

With the ancient cards in their hands, everyone could board the flying ship and go to the Fairy Cat Cave.

In the long queue, Zhang Xuan was only at the first level of Qi Refining, and his appearance was not impressive.