Longevity Begins With Gu Refining

Chapter 132: Harvest

Nine River City.

On the city wall, Chen Qing and Xuan Ping hid in the dark of the city tower, looking at the people sent by the third and seventh prince below.

Whether it was the martial cultivator who apologized in public below or the head of Yuan Ye, Chen Qing didn't personally look at them.

Xuan Ping was slightly worried and asked, "Is it really okay for us to ignore them like this?"

Chen Qing touched his chin and analyzed, "Now that Ji Chang has awakened, the royal city already knows."

"Once Ji Chang enters, there will definitely be a storm of blood. If this group of royal descendants wants to return safely from the Death Realm, they will have to borrow my strength."

"This is the general trend!"

"Before returning from the Death Realm, no one dares to touch me!"

"Spread the word, I only obey the king's orders."

After saying that, Chen Qing had already left, preparing to continue guarding the City Lord Mansion and wait for his spirit herbs to mature.

On the way, Chen Qing looked at the blood ginseng that was almost as thick as a child's arm at his feet, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. "With these spirit herbs, I can cultivate to the peak of Foundation Establishment as soon as possible."

Xuan Ping said, "Then I will very likely be one step behind you."

Chen Qing smiled and said, "It's fine, I will still wait for a while and observe. When the situation in the Death Realm can be controlled, I will enter."

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's cultivate to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment first."

After observing the growth of the spirit herbs, Chen Qing returned to the City Lord Mansion and began to meditate.

In the Southern Li Martial Kingdom, the two words Qing Xu quickly spread throughout the Southern Li Martial Kingdom.

Almost the entire Martial Kingdom knew that there was a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator that many royal descendants couldn't invite, who claimed to only obey the king's orders.

Chen Qing didn't care too much about these rumors. What he displayed now was just a relatively strong existence among the Foundation Establishment realm cultivators.

He was far from being comparable to Ji Chang and the Immortal Court's Divine Son.

Moreover, no one had seen him really fight, they only knew that his strength was extraordinary.

In the eyes of Southern Li and the world, he was just a very strong Foundation Establishment realm cultivator.

The reason why the people of Southern Li speculated that his strength was extraordinary was only because he had a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator serving him when he was in the Qi Refinement realm.

In short, what Chen Qing was showing now, he was just an ordinary elite of Southern Li, a hero of a generation.

He was far from Ji Chang's level of shocking the world when he showed himself.

While eating, Chen Qing suddenly asked, "Xuan Ping, have you heard of Linglong Divine Palace?"

Xuan Ping put down her chopsticks. "No."

It was only then that Chen Qing felt slightly relieved. It seemed like this Linglong Divine Palace was well hidden, and it was rarely discovered by others.

This way, he could secretly dig out the treasures within.

When Wu Shang came here, he might have a chance to unravel the secret.

Once again, he went down to take a look. The entire Nine River City was filled with the fragrance of Spirit Fruits and Spirit Herbs, making people feel relaxed and happy.

Cultivating in such an environment, the youths below the third layer of Qi Refining didn't even need to take spiritual medicines. Their daily cultivation speed was comparable to that of spiritual medicines.

The Nanli people, who had some complaints about moving here, didn't say anything after seeing the benefits.

Hearing that Yuanwu Jue had broken through to the Qi Refinement Perfection Stage today, Chen Qing sent someone to deliver a gift worth three thousand spirit stones.

At night, Chen Qing came to the periphery of Linglong Divine Palace again.

He caught an evil spirit and cooked it. Chen Qing drank a mouthful of fish soup before he dared to move forward.

Chen Qing was very interested in the large number of Gu worms in Linglong Divine Palace that could activate Divine Abilities and Magical Arts.

He had just come here and got closer when Chen Qing swallowed a mouthful of fish soup. He was awakened by the bitter taste.

"What a strong bewitching power. If it wasn't for the fish soup, I'm afraid I would have fallen for it."

Chen Qing pushed open a door and walked in. It was as if he had entered a small world.

It looked like a barren planet, covered with ancient dark brown rocks.

This palace was actually built on an ancient planet!

Sensing this change, Chen Qing was also extremely shocked.

It was indeed a powerful sect from the Immemorial Era!

It was so magical!

It was a pity that it wasn't an Immemorial Sword Sect. If it was, his swordsmanship would have reached a higher level!

Chen Qing turned around and opened the door again. He walked in and came to the periphery of Linglong Divine Palace.

After confirming that he could enter and exit freely, Chen Qing entered again.

Strolling on this ancient star, Chen Qing suddenly saw a huge withered tree in front of him. He reached out and picked up a section, exclaiming in surprise, "Enlightenment Bodhi Tree!"

"This is Linglong Divine Palace, this is only the periphery. The disciples living outside the palace actually have a Dao Comprehension Bodhi Tree!"

This withered tree was dozens of feet tall. It showed how powerful Linglong Divine Palace was in the past.

He squeezed it lightly and the withered tree shattered. "It's a pity that it has been worn down by time."

He searched carefully on the ground, hoping to find a seed. Unfortunately, even if he dug three feet underground, he could not find any traces of a seed.

Just as he was about to continue searching, he saw a bronze armored divine general in front of him.

This bronze armored divine general's eyes were shining faintly, red qi coiled around his body.

"Black qi is resentment qi, red qi is obsession, this is the obsession left behind by the owner of this place."

Seeing that Chen Qing had discovered him, the bronze-armored general immediately attacked Chen Qing. His every move was filled with boundless strength as he threw a punch at Chen Qing.

Chen Qing slapped the ground and jumped up, fighting with this bronze armored divine general. The two fists collided.

Although Chen Qing could use his ability to control evil spirits to suppress this bronze armored divine general, he was still pushed back ten feet.

Chen Qing looked to the side: "Strength comparable to peak Foundation Establishment realm?"

"Fortunately, I can control the evil spirits and use my own Dao to suppress them!"

Using his control over the evil spirits, Chen Qing used Astronomical Transformation and turned into a ten feet tall giant. Geng Jin Sword and Big River Sword appeared in his hands as he fought with this bronze armored divine general.

Big River Sword flew out and created a river of sword qi. As it continued to wear down the enemy, Chen Qing slapped down and shattered this bronze armored divine general.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Qing deactivated the Lawful Embodiment of Heaven and Earth.

Looking at the fragments of the bronze armored divine general, he found six ancient Gu worms.

Arm Gu?

After forming a contract, it could open the meridians of the arms, creating a cycle that could increase the strength of the arms.

It was not ordinary and was suitable for Southern Li people.

Unfortunately, it was only a mortal Gu, Chen Qing was not interested in mortal Gu anymore.

The main problem was that he did not need to use too much time.

Fortunately, he obtained six Gu worms, he could sell them for fifty to sixty thousand low grade spirit stones. Tonight's trip was not a loss.

Returning to his room, Chen Qing took out a jade scroll from the immemorial era. If he had studied the immemorial language for some time, he would be able to understand a portion of it now.

Immemorial language was more inclined towards Dao, each word contained an indescribable Dao.

Some looked as if they were radiating Sword Will, while others looked as if Mount Tai was pressing down.

"Hmm, Ji Self Sword Palace?"

It was written that this outer disciple of Ling Long Divine Palace had followed a divine palace expert to travel around and encountered a place called Ji Self Sword Palace.

Everyone here cultivated the sword, and their swordsmanship was exquisite.

Ling Long Divine Palace's experts fought three battles and lost all of them.

In the end, he comprehended the Eye of Sword Technique, which could create ten thousand swords in his eyes.

This Ji Self Sword Palace was extraordinary, but this place was not.

But thinking of those Gu worms that contained all kinds of divine abilities and techniques, Chen Qing's heart was still itching.

Walking out of the outer palace, Chen Qing returned to Nine River City.

After returning to his mansion, Chen Qing immediately ordered a letter to be written. "Now that the spirit herbs have reached their peak, today is the last day to absorb the essence of heaven and earth."

"Quickly pass down the order, we will harvest the spirit herbs tonight."

Below the mansion, there was an ice cellar made of cold stone that could preserve the spirit herbs.

The only difference was that the entrance to the ice cellar was behind the mansion, so that it would not affect the work of the other divisions.

The sky quickly darkened, but just as the sky turned dark, a large number of Spirit Division cultivators lit up their lamps and walked towards the spirit fields, harvesting large amounts of spirit herbs.

Spirit herbs were plucked out one by one, washed clean, and then stored according to various preservation methods.

The carriages did not stop, and the spirit herbs were transported away one by one, stored in the ice cellar.

The other people of Nine River City were also awake at this moment, looking at this shocking scene in front of them.

In just three months, the spirit herbs grew and were transported away one by one.

This was the source of their future salary. Even if Nine River City stopped attacking, their cultivation resources would still not be lacking.

Chen Qing looked at the spirit herbs produced in one mu of land, and there was a total of five to six hundred kilograms of spirit herbs.

This amount was already extremely ridiculous.

With the growth of all living things and the care of a large number of spirit herb cultivators, there was indeed a great harvest.

Chen Qing thought about the people in each division, and there were more than three thousand people in total.

If they were given a salary every three months, even if each person was given a hundred kilograms of spirit herbs, they would only use up about fifty percent of the spirit herbs.

The remaining fifty percent would be his.

Every three months, there would be five hundred thousand kilograms of spirit herbs!

One meal could eat a thousand kilograms of spirit herbs!

It was extremely terrifying!

Of course, the medicinal properties of these spirit herbs were definitely far inferior to those wild ones, completely incomparable to the spirit herbs eaten on the Immortal Island.

But there was still a large amount!

"Order the wine division to produce at least five thousand kilograms of wine every day!"

"Tell Wei Qingchen to come see me."

After a while, Wei Qingchen came to pay his respects. Chen Qing said, "I have calculated the current production of spiritual herbs. Even if everyone is given a bottle of spiritual wine a day, there will still be excess. What do you think, Qingchen?"

Wei Qingchen said, "When Milord is here, there will naturally be this amount of production, but once Milord leaves, I'm afraid there won't be this amount anymore."

"Moreover, a bottle of spirit wine costs ten spirit stones. If everyone drinks a bottle every day, that's 3,650 spirit stones a year!"

"Cultivators who have Butterfly Transformation Gu Worms are only paid ten thousand spirit stones a year in the outside world."

"Ordinary cultivators of the fifth level of Qi Refining don't deserve so many spirit stones."

"In the outside world, a thousand Spirit Stones a year is their limit, and that's already considered extremely good treatment!"

"Furthermore, Milord, you are calculating the value of the spirit wine. If you sell it in bulk, it won't be able to sell for more than ten spirit stones."

When Chen Qing first learned that they could harvest hundreds of thousands of kilograms of spiritual herbs, which was worth five to six million spirit stones, he was shocked.

Chen Qing had calculated the annual income of Carefree Mountain. It was about two hundred thousand spirit stones, and the thirteen hall masters and elders took the majority of it.

The Mountain Lord had to keep a portion for himself, so the ordinary disciples didn't have much spirit stones.

And now, his power was more than twenty times that of Carefree Mountain.

If it was twenty times, then his power should be able to produce six million spirit stones a year, right?

This was all calculated together. Then, if he only counted the spiritual herbs, three thousand cultivators hunting demonic beasts to obtain demonic spirit blood, three hundred production-type cultivators, and a thousand mu of spiritual fields, the annual income would be five to six million spirit stones.

And with the addition of Growth of Creation, the annual production of spiritual herbs in Nine River City would reach a terrifying twenty million spirit stones!

After thoroughly understanding this point, Chen Qing suddenly realized that Growth of Creation was the true power of his Life Gu!

The more he used it, the more he gained. At first, he felt that the Overlander was very strong, but after using it, he realized that the Lawful Embodiment of Heaven and Earth was really strong.

After returning to Iron Flow Valley, he felt that the Truth Listener was really strong, and the entire earth was his backyard.

Only now did he realize that the Growth of Creation was the best in the world!

This was equivalent to the Growth of Creation increasing a production-type cultivator's productivity by three to four times!

And the excess could be swallowed by him.

Chen Qing pondered for a moment, then said, "How about this, Qingchen, calculate that everyone's income is about thirty percent higher than the outside world's power. Finally, make a list and send it to me. I'll take a look."

A day later, after Wei Qingchen and his steward's residence did a lot of calculations, they handed a list to Chen Qing.

"Qi Refinement Level Five, according to an annual salary of one thousand two hundred spirit stones."

"Qi Refinement Level Seven, according to an annual salary of one thousand six hundred spirit stones."

"Cultivators with Butterfly Transformation Gu, ten thousand spirit stones a year."

"Eighteen division leaders, thirty thousand spirit stones a year. Three division leaders, fifty thousand spirit stones a year."

Chen Qing finally saw that Wei Qingchen's annual salary was eighty thousand spirit stones. This number was really a little low.

This was because when Chen Qing reached the end, he realized that he could actually save 12 million spirit stones in a year!

Therefore, Chen Qing put down his pen and added a cross in front of the eight characters.

It was just an extra hundred thousand spirit stones. It didn't matter at all!

He was now a Grand Cultivator who could earn ten million spirit stones a year!

This was faster than robbing!

There was no point in fighting and killing.

It was still good to farm.

Of course, this was still thanks to the treasure land here. If it weren't for this treasure land, he wouldn't be able to earn so much in a year.

After changing Wei Qingchen's annual salary, Chen Qing wrote a "Okay".

He was quite happy now and proud of his success.

In the past, for ten spirit stones, he had to work himself to death every day. Now, as long as he sat in the City Lord's residence, he could earn ten million spirit stones a year!

He really wasn't familiar with fighting and killing. What about meeting you again?

The current Chen Qing had completely fallen in love with the feeling of harvesting. Were those spiritual herbs he planted?

No, they were all spirit stones!

At night, Chen Qing finished thousands of kilograms of spiritual herbs. When he finished the last hundred kilograms, he couldn't bear to part with them.

After reluctantly finishing these spiritual herbs, Chen Qing went to the ice cellar under the City Lord's residence alone. Looking at the mountain of spiritual herbs, he decided to add an extra meal for himself tonight.

"Hahahahaha, so many years of hard work didn't go to waste after all!"

"There are indeed benefits to becoming the master of a force. All my efforts were not in vain!"

There's one more thing.

(End of chapter)