I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 28: Spirit Charcoal and Spirit Pot

"I still have so much to learn," Lin Qing thought to himself.

After explaining the situation of the uncooked rice, the cultivators in the shop patiently explained that high-grade spirit rice, due to its abundant spiritual energy, cannot be cooked with ordinary firewood. Instead, it requires spirit charcoal, which is made from felled spirit plants, and a special pot.

Lin Qing never expected to hear such a thing. Reflecting on his decades of cultivation, he couldn't help but marvel at how there are things that you simply cannot know until you reach a certain level. Just like today, if he hadn't bought the high-grade spirit rice, he would never have known about something called spirit charcoal, let alone the need for a separate pot.

Following the guidance of the cultivators in the spirit grain shop, Lin Qing found a spirit charcoal shop not far away. He spent a spirit stone to buy hundreds of catties of the lowest-grade spirit charcoal, which was made from a type of easily grown spirit plant. He then spent two spirit stones to buy a small pot, which was made of a specially crafted iron-carbon alloy for cooking spirit rice.

Returning to the house with the spirit charcoal and pot, both Aoyun and Li Qingyu were surprised to learn about these particular requirements.

Lin Qing, who had been living a comfortable life in Qingmu Village, suddenly felt like a country bumpkin. He and his wives couldn't help but laugh as they watched the spirit charcoal burn brightly.

After cooking the rice again with the new pot and spirit charcoal, the high-grade spirit rice was fully cooked in less than fifteen minutes.

After the meal, Lin Qing ate a bowl of each type of rice. The low-grade spirit rice was no different from the one in Qingmu Village and had little effect on him now. The medium-grade spirit rice made him feel abundant spiritual energy upon consumption. As for the high-grade spirit rice, Lin Qing could tell with just one bite that it was not something he could eat at the moment.

At the very least, it required the Late Qi Refining stage, or even the Foundation Building stage, to be able to eat it, simply because its spiritual power was too abundant.

However, there were exceptions. Perhaps cultivators with exceptional spiritual roots could eat it, but it was definitely not something that Lin Qing, with his five mediocre spiritual roots, could handle. Although his aptitude had improved, it was still not enough.

After finishing each bowl, Lin Qing decided to buy medium-grade spirit rice for future consumption.

"Dad, I want to eat too," Lin Xuen said as he looked at Lin Qing.

Lin Qing smiled and had Aoyun serve Lin Xuen a bowl of low-grade spirit rice porridge. As for the medium-grade and high-grade spirit rice, it was beyond what Lin Xuen could handle.

After dinner, Lin Qing and Aoyun lay together. The rented house had four rooms on the second floor, with Li Qingyu occupying one, Aoyun occupying another, and Lin Xuen now having his own room. As for Lin Qing, he didn't have a fixed room and only had a room for array formation on the second floor.

At night, he could sleep wherever he wanted.

[Congratulations, host, for experiencing the aura of heaven and earth. Array formation experience +10]

[Array Formation Master: First Grade High-Grade (24023/50000)]

[Water Attribute Spiritual Root: High-Grade (7681/50000)]

[Wood Attribute Spiritual Root: High-Grade (7670/50000)]

Looking at his Goldfinger, Lin Qing realized that he had made significant progress in all aspects. However, he currently focused his main energy on improving his array formation cultivation, while his spiritual roots were temporarily not advancing as quickly.

Thinking about array formations, Lin Qing also thought about opening a shop. Now that he had arrived at Xuan Yu District and rented a house, it would be logical to continue opening an array formation shop. However, after a thorough inspection during the day, Lin Qing hesitated.

Although he had mastered quite a few array formations, none of them were of the first-grade high-grade level. Relying on several medium and low-grade array formations, he might have been able to make a living in Qingmu Village, but it would be difficult here. If he opened a shop, the business would probably not be ideal, and it would also take up time, and even attract hostility from other shops.

After thinking for a long time, Lin Qing decided that since he still had sufficient spirit stones, he would postpone opening the array formation shop until he reached the second-grade level. It would be even better if he could make a breakthrough to the seventh level of Qi Refining, as it would provide greater security.

Thinking of this, Lin Qing felt happy and hugged Aoyun.

But at this moment, Aoyun pushed Lin Qing away and said, "Husband, do you know something?"

"What is it?" Lin Qing looked at Aoyun in confusion.

Chao Yun smiled and said, "Haven't you figured it out yet? Qingyu is pregnant."

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Qing was shocked. He really hadn't noticed.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Lin Qing asked.

Seeing Lin Qing's surprise, Chao Yun said, "It hasn't been long, about three months. Besides, we've been on the road recently, so it wasn't convenient to tell you and make you worry. But now everything has settled down."

"I see." Lin Qing nodded. He suddenly remembered Qingyu's concerns when she was about to leave Qingmu Village. He had thought she didn't want to leave, but now it seemed there was another reason.

"Then I'll go see her." Lin Qing said at this moment.

"Go ahead." Chao Yun pushed Lin Qing aside, and Lin Qing quickly went to Qingyu's room.

"Qingyu, why didn't you tell me such a big thing? It was Chao Yun who told me." Lin Qing said directly, smiling as he spoke.

Seeing Lin Qing happy, Qingyu also smiled and said, "Husband, it's not too late now."

Lin Qing nodded and then sat at the bedside, hugging Qingyu. "You've been through a lot on this journey."

"It's okay, it's all worth it. If we were still in Qingmu Village, who knows what would have happened." Qingyu said.

Looking at Qingyu, Lin Qing nodded without saying anything.

"Husband, let's give the baby a name." Qingyu suddenly said, and Lin Qing was taken aback, shaking his head.

"I'm too happy right now, let me take it slowly. We can think of a name later, or you can come up with a name if you think of one." Lin Qing said.

Qingyu nodded and began to ponder.

The next day, with a calm and still happy mood, Lin Qing went out.

He was going to buy his own follow-up cultivation technique.

The Primordial Origin Technique he had cultivated could only be cultivated up to the sixth level of Qi Refining. He had bought it from a wandering cultivator. But later, Lin Qing learned that this technique was actually a very ordinary one, and there were follow-up techniques available in the cultivation technique shop in Xuan Yu Square. Yesterday, he was busy renting a house, and today he had time to buy the technique. After all, it was related to his future cultivation.

The cultivation technique shop was different from other shops. There was only one in Xuan Yu Square, and it was opened by the Wuji Sect.

It was said that in other major squares, there were cultivation technique shops opened by various forces, but in Xuan Yu Square, only the Wuji Sect could open one. After all, cultivation techniques were extremely precious.

"Primordial Origin Technique, Fellow Daoist, please wait a moment."

Upon hearing Lin Qing's words, the cultivator in the cultivation technique shop began to search and then took out an introduction.

"Primordial Origin Technique, second-grade inferior cultivation technique, can be cultivated up to the third level of Foundation Building. Suitable for all spiritual root cultivators, but not recommended. This cultivation technique has slow progress and no additional benefits. The suggested selling price for the complete set of techniques is seventy spirit stones, and it can also be sold in stages."

After reading the introduction, the cultivator smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist, are you buying a technique for a junior? This technique doesn't seem to be very powerful. Why not take a look at other techniques? If you don't have enough spirit stones, you can buy it in stages."

(End of this chapter)