The immortals of the two worlds started from farming and refining pills.

Chapter 17: Wood makes fire, sea fish tastes

After returning to Lettuce Island, Li Qing gave the harvested snails to Rick, asked him to put them in the pond to spit out the sand, and then returned to the guest room where he was staying.

After setting up warning and defensive restrictions with talismans, Li Qing sat cross-legged on the cushion and began to concentrate on sensing the changes in his dantian.

Before this, Asun had taken root in Dantian, which not only helped Li Qing purify the true essence and spiritual liquid, but also created some kind of resonance with the practice of the exercises.

And this time, Acao also triggered a miraculous change - Li Qing's wood-attributed true essence spiritual liquid produced three drops of fire-attributed true essence spiritual liquid out of thin air!
You know, although Li Qing has a low-grade fire spiritual root and is a top-grade first-class alchemist, his fundamental method, "Qingmu Jue", is a pure wood-based technique.

When he casts water, fire and other spells, he relies on the mutual generation and restraint of the Five Elements, or he draws on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The nature of his magic power remains unchanged.

But now, the true essence condensed by the Qingmu Jue magic power has added fire attribute. How could he not be shocked?

But soon, Li Qing discovered that the original wood-attributed true essence was not mixed with fire, but rather fire was generated by wood. The two came from the same source, but were clearly distinct and did not interfere with each other.

"Is this just three more drops of true essence for no reason?" Li Qinglue breathed a sigh of relief, but then he had a happy worry, "But I haven't studied the foundation-building spells of the fire system!"

Ignoring the changes in his true energy for the moment, Li Qing calmed himself down and silently began to practice the "Qingmu Jue".

The spiritual energy of this fairy world is very gloomy, and it is not easy to be attracted by the exercises. Fortunately, Li Qing had Cordyceps as a medium in his Dantian, so he was not too slow.

"Just like when Ah Sun lived in Dantian, the efficiency of cultivation has increased by about 10%. I just don't know if the two can be combined... Well, it is highly unlikely."

But this is not the point. What Li Qing was thinking about carefully was Acao's condition.

As Li Qing breathed in and out, the rhythm of A Zao's absorbing and releasing the true essence and spiritual liquid gradually resonated with the operation of Li Qing's magic power.

The lingering interaction of Qi seemed to be affecting Li Qing's martial arts, but it was too weak to feel its effects for the time being.

"Huh! It shouldn't be a bad thing." Li Qing thought to himself and slowly stopped practicing.

Ah Zao came back to his senses from the resonance, tilted his head in a daze, and ignored the Cordyceps soaked in the true essence liquid. He hid under the phantom of the "Gate of Tianwei" and fell asleep.

Li Qing shook his head, stood up, removed the restrictions in the room, and went out for a walk.

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In the newly opened rice fields, villagers are diligently driving away seabirds to prevent them from stealing rice seeds in the fields.

Ryan attached great importance to this matter. He also shuttled through the fields, comparing it with the matters Li Qing had instructed him to do, and observing it repeatedly, fearing that he had missed anything.

Villagers also come from time to time to ask about matters related to rice field management. After all, they have never grown rice before, especially these are magical rice.

As for the serfs from the other village, they were not allowed to listen to the key technical training. After finishing the rough work at hand, they were assigned to continue repairing the castle.

Seeing Li Qing leaving, Ryan dismissed the villagers next to him and came forward eagerly: "Sir, do you think we have done enough?"

Li Qing smiled and nodded: "It's not difficult to grow spiritual rice. I have explained to you everything you should pay attention to. If you follow the instructions, there won't be any big problems."

Ryan heaved a sigh of relief and asked curiously, "I heard from Rick that you harvested another elf worm today? This is really a blessing from the sea god!"

The god of the sea is a universal belief in this sea area. Ryan and his son are not actually pious, but that doesn't stop them from talking about it all the time.

Li Qing nodded: "Yes, it is a red seaweed elf worm. It doesn't look very old, probably only about one year old."

Ryan was a little envious: "The sea elf worms are much more valuable than lettuce elf worms. On the other side of the continent, they can be exchanged for two crop elf worms."

"Is it because things are rare that they are valuable?" Li Qing guessed. Ryan spread his hands: "I don't know much about it, but the nobles on the mainland are all pursuing the sea elf worms."

"My family had a grape worm and a wheat worm before, which we exchanged for a green algae worm. It's a pity..."

Li Qing had no interest in poking at people's scars, so he changed the subject and talked about the pearl-diving slaves he met today and Baron Birch.

"Rick is still a little timid. Everyone is crossing the border to look for treasures. As long as they are not caught in the act, it won't be a problem."

Ryan was somewhat dissatisfied and a little depressed: "It's also my fault that I have never been able to train an elf. Rick has lived a tight life since he was a child, and it is inevitable that he lacks confidence when facing other nobles. Alas..."

Li Qing smiled: "When this batch of spiritual rice matures, your family will be more confident!"

Ryan was stunned for a moment, and finally muttered: "I hope it's true as you said, this spiritual rice can have a good harvest!"

The two chatted for a while, and Rick couldn't wait to call them to eat.

Because the date snails have not spit out all the sand, today's main course is the two nutritious sea fish.

One is steamed and the other is boiled, without any seasoning. You can enjoy the authentic taste of sea fish.

Although Li Qing didn't care about the efficacy, he was still curious about its taste, so he took a small piece of jaw meat with a fork and poured another bowl of soup.

The fish meat is light pink, and has a delicate oily texture when you bite it. It tastes salty and slightly spicy, which makes your mouth water.

After savoring it carefully, Li Qing swallowed the fish meat. Suddenly, a burning and restless spiritual energy, with a strange rhythm, lingered in his body.

"The fish tastes okay." Li Qing commented casually, and the magic power in his body flowed, refining the spiritual energy of the sea fish. The restlessness naturally calmed down.

Ryan's face was ruddy, but his eyes were clear. The flame runes on his skin were flowing, slowly digesting the benefits of the sea fish.

However, although Rick was in control of the ice rune, his face turned red and beads of sweat the size of beans dripped from his forehead. He looked as if he was too weak to be replenished.

Li Qing took a quick look with his spiritual sense and found that there was nothing wrong with it, so he ignored him and picked up the bowl of soup, drinking it in small sips.

The fish soup also doesn’t have too much seasoning, focusing on its authenticity, but because it’s stewed for a long time, the essence of the fish is locked in the soup.

The milky fish soup is slightly sticky, soaking the soft fish meat. Once it enters your mouth, it slides down your throat into your stomach, warming your body soothingly, unlike the hasty steaming process.

Li Qing used his magic power to help Rick refine the essence of the fish meat, and signaled him: "You should drink more soup. This steamed fish meat should be left to your father..."

Rick thanked him somewhat embarrassedly, scooped a bowl of soup, and gulped it down.

Li Qing only tasted the food, then put down the tableware and commented casually: "This chef's cooking skills are nothing short of amazing."

In the world of cultivation, ever since he had mastered the art of alchemy and achieved a temporary "spiritual stone freedom", he had rarely eaten fasting pills, let alone meals prepared by ordinary chefs.

He usually patronizes the spiritual chef's business and eats the expensive but more cost-effective spiritual meals.

"Speaking of which, I lied to that girl Li Wei before, saying that I wanted to practice spiritual cooking skills? Otherwise, why don't you try cooking by yourself?"

Li Qing thought about the palm snails he caught today and decided to use them as his practice.

(End of this chapter)