I Just Want to Cultivate Quietly and Farm

Chapter 167: Chapter 126: Golden Core (Part 1)

Li Mu, carrying a pile of Golden Sword Grass, used sword control to fly to the Beast Taming Garden.

The two big fellows were snoring loudly while sleeping, their snores rising and falling like waves.

Li Mu smiled slightly and used the Spirit Taming Contract Seal to awaken Xiaojin.

Xiaojin’s big eyes opened up, and it sat upright, looking at the large amount of Golden Sword Grass controlled behind Li Mu with sparkling green eyes.

Eagerly standing up, its massive figure, over four zhang tall, was like a mountain pressing down towards Li Mu, exuding a terrifying aura.

”These are all for you, don’t come over!” Li Mu waved dismissively, and the large amount of Golden Sword Grass, like a golden dragon, fell before Xiaojin.

”Puff puff puff...” The Golden Sword Grass piled into a small mountain before the massive Golden Ape, emitting a rich Gold Essence Spirituality.

Xiaojin grabbed a handful and stuffed it into its mouth, ”chomp chomp,” eating it in large mouthfuls.

The Tier Three Golden Sword Grass is the main ingredient for refining the Golden Vein Pill and is as hard as iron with Sword Qi contained within, usually inedible without refining. However, these attributes meant nothing to Xiaojin.

With the Spirit Devouring Health Technique cultivated to the extreme, Xiaojin was no longer the little golden ape it once was but had advanced to the Peak Stage of Tier Four, a Great Demon. A pile of Tier Three Golden Sword Grass was like ’fries,’ crackling crisply as Xiaojin ate one after another with joy.

The snoozing Xiaowa was awakened by the noise, saw Xiaojin eating alone, quickly approached to sniff, then disinterestedly turned its head, looking at Li Mu with big eyes, ”Wawa!” it cried out.

”I know, you have yours too!” Li Mu smiled and took out an Insect Absorption Bottle containing a nest of Tier Two Flying Tooth Ants from the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl.

This was specially prepared as a snack for Xiaowa.

”Wawa!” Xiaowa immediately became excited at the sight of the bottle.

Li Mu smiled slightly and opened the Insect Absorption Bottle.

The next moment, a vast swarm of black ants flew out from the Insect Absorption Bottle, densely packed, in the thousands, surging towards Li Mu, who was holding the bottle.

However, before the swarm of flying ants could fly far, they were drawn by a powerful force, their bodies lost control, and they swarmed into the open mouth of the giant beast.

A swarm of Flying Tooth Ants, which even Foundation Establishment cultivators found helpless, threw themselves into the ’beast’s mouth’ with none surviving.

”Wawa!” Xiaowa contentedly licked its tongue and called out to Li Mu.

A swarm of Tier Two Flying Tooth Ants, a ’treasure’ that many Insect Cultivators dreamt of, worth tens of thousands of Middle Spirit Stones, was just a snack for Xiaowa. It’s okay to occasionally feed it; feeding it regularly was something Li Mu couldn’t afford.

”No more! If you want more, catch some yourself next time.” Li Mu rolled his eyes at Xiaowa with mock annoyance, controlled his sword, and flew towards Yin Yang Valley to check on the growth status of the Purple Sun Reishi and Yin Soul Fruits.

Yin Yang Valley

Under the influence of the Yin Yang Primordial Array, the Heaven and Earth Yin and Yang Qi gathered separately on the left and right, creating distinct layers within the array.

Li Mu ’looked’ at the fifteen acres of Purple Sun Reishi and fifteen acres of Yin Soul Fruits like he was looking at his children, filled with affection and never tiring of the sight.

The Purple Sun Reishi resembled coral, a deep purple hue, elegant yet not garish. The leaves had layered textures like a thousand layers of silk, each Purple Sun Reishi was a foot high, its surface exuding a faint Purple Sun Qi, with a medicinal fragrance that invigorated Li Mu’s spirit.

The Yin Soul Fruits, with short, stubby rhizomes, bore eye-sized white fruits wrapped in a pale white Yin Qi; each plant could bear four or five fruits and was in great growth condition.

With Li Mu sparing no expense, consuming vast amounts of Purple Sun Jade, Supreme Profound Moon Dew, and the support of the Yin Yang Primordial Array, the growth condition of the Purple Sun Reishi and Yin Soul Fruit plants was excellent, with significantly enhanced growth speed.

If this growth state continues, the harvest season is expected in about a year.

Gazing at the thriving Purple Sun Reishi and Yin Soul Fruits, Li Mu could hardly wait anymore; harvesting some now seemed feasible. Having planted them for so long without seriously checking if the Purple Sun Reishi and Yin Soul Fruit plants could provide Yin Yang Qi felt remiss.

Li Mu was a man of action; he acted on his thoughts by extracting a sickle from the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl and walking to the side of the Purple Sun Reishi field to manually harvest a cluster.

As the sickle swiped down with a ”swoosh,” purple sap flowed from the cut root of the Purple Sun Reishi, releasing a rich fragrance. Along with it appeared a dark purple Spirit Plant Light Group.

Li Mu’s spirit soared, and he reached out to touch the purple Plant Spirit Light Group.

The purple Plant Spirit Light Group dissipated at Li Mu’s touch, followed by a red text prompt popping up in the character’s virtual log frame.

[Innate Divine Technique - Plant Spirit Absorption activated, you absorbed a group of Plant Spirit, Purple Sun Qi +692 points.]

On seeing the log prompt, Li Mu’s spirit rose significantly. Harvesting a Tier Four Purple Sun Reishi adding so much Purple Sun Qi at once, does this mean that the total of 371,046 Purple Sun Reishi plants across the fifteen acres might already satisfy the requirements for advancing to Golden Core?

Since planting the Purple Sun Reishi and Yin Soul Fruits in the Yin Yang Valley, Li Mu had visited them almost daily, and he was very clear about the number of plants, their condition, and their progress.

Li Mu couldn’t wait to verify the attributes of the Spirit Plant Light Group provided by the two types of spirit plants. Immediately, he leapt into the Yin Valley, heading to the Spirit Field where Yin Soul Fruits were planted.

He eagerly bent down, slicing off a Yin Soul Fruit plant with a single swipe of his sickle, then saw a white mist-like Plant Spirit Light Group at the wound of the Yin Soul Fruit plant.

Li Mu couldn’t wait to gently touch it.

[Innate Divine Technique - Plant Spirit Absorption activated, you absorbed a group of Plant Spirit, Soul Yin Qi +527 points.]

Upon seeing the newly appearing prompt in the log, Li Mu focused his divine sense on the character panel, ready to upgrade the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture.

[Ding, you consumed one Free Skill Point, one point of Purple Sun Qi, one point of Yin Qi, Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter Proficiency +1.]

Adding a Free Skill Point to the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture, Li Mu immediately saw the new prompt in the log, and his spirit soared.

It works indeed!

Hahaha!

Fantastic!

Li Mu laughed joyfully. The post-harvest Tier Four Purple Sun Reishi and Yin Soul Fruit plants indeed provided Yin and Yang Qi, giving hope for advancement to Golden Core!

Though the Tier Four Purple Sun Reishi and Yin Soul Fruits had not yet reached perfect maturity, and the Yin and Yang Qi obtained was reduced, the sheer quantity Li Mu had planted compensated for it. Harvesting them all now would provide enough Plant Spirit Light Groups to fully meet the requirements for advancing to Golden Core.

Wait a minute!

Li Mu paused in his actions as he realized something.

After harvesting, it seemed he needed to submit the spirit plant tasks to the sect!

However, recalling that the penalty for failing the spirit plant task was to make up for it with Sect Contribution, he resumed his actions without concern.

Li Mu condensed a Golden Blade Skill and slashed out, harvesting an acre of Yin Soul Fruits.

Over the years, Li Mu completed the sect’s Artifact Refining missions annually, accumulating significant contributions over more than ten years. As Xiao Jin and Xiao Wa could hunt on their own, the demand for spending contributions decreased each year.

If the incomplete Purple Sun Reishi and Yin Soul Fruits failed for task submission, Li Mu had plenty of contribution points to compensate the sect.

[Innate Divine Technique - Plant Spirit Absorption activated, you absorbed a group of Plant Spirit, Soul Yin Qi +610 points.]

[Innate Divine Technique - Plant Spirit Absorption activated, you absorbed a group of Plant Spirit, Soul Yin Qi +596 points.]

[Innate Divine Technique - Plant Spirit Absorption activated, you absorbed a group of Plant Spirit, Soul Yin Qi +685 points.]

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Rapidly, one group of white light overwhelmed Li Mu’s body, with wave after wave of spirit plant acquisition prompts appearing in the character’s log.

To be cautious, Li Mu only harvested an acre of Yin Soul Fruits before moving to harvest an acre of Purple Sun Reishi, placing the harvested spirit plants and soul fruits into separate storage bags.

Li Mu eagerly began upgrading the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture with more skill points.

Over the years, batches of Celestial Wind Grass had matured, accumulating Free Skill Points measured in the billions. Li Mu had no worries about running out of Free Skill Points. The shortage lay in the specific Plant Spirit Light Groups required for high-level techniques, such as Yin Yang Qi for the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter, Star Source for the Star Nebula Observation Method - Star Gathering Chapter, and the spiritual energy needed for Level 5 Refining Technique, Talisman Making Technique, Array Formation, and Puppetry Technique upgrades.

After fifteen years, the Yin Yang Qi required for the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter was finally met today.

Li Mu started frantically adding points.

[Ding, you consumed one Free Skill Point, one point of Purple Sun Qi, one point of Yin Qi, Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter Proficiency +1.]

[Ding, you consumed one Free Skill Point, one point of Purple Sun Qi, one point of Yin Qi, Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter Proficiency +1.]

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