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

Chapter 25 Illegal Transaction, Top-Grade Lettuce

Li Qing's face became solemn, and the magic light of the cardinal talisman in his hand flowed. Suddenly, numerous restrictions appeared around the pavilion, covering Liu Yuan.

He looked at the other person quietly: "Friend Liu, what are your intentions?"

Liu Yuan was calm and composed: "Don't panic, fellow Taoist. I am a friend, not an enemy. I am really here to negotiate a deal with you."

Li Qing looked at the wooden box in his hand with a puzzled expression: "How did you know this?"

Liu Yuan smiled and said, "There is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. When you gave Master Liu Dan the Nine Mysterious Fruit, did you ever think that walls have ears?"

"His disciple heard about this and reported it to our sect's deacon to claim the reward. I happened to be there, so I naturally understood it."

Li Qing remained silent, secretly hating that Master Liu He was unreliable.

He had previously spent all his personal wealth just to get a foundation-building pill. But it happened that the northern part of the country was hit by a cold ice disaster, and the production of an important auxiliary medicine for the foundation-building pill was reduced, so the price naturally rose.

Fortunately, Li Qing killed a Tribulation Cultivator and obtained a Nine Mysterious Fruit seed from the other party's storage bag.

Later, he learned from Liu He that this was a unique spiritual fruit of Yanling Valley. A fruit that was matured for three years could perfectly replace the auxiliary medicine; if it was matured even more, it would have other magical uses.

After many attempts, Li Qing finally planted a Jiuxuan fruit tree. Unfortunately, it only produced one Jiuxuan fruit in the first season, which he used as a bonus to exchange for the inferior foundation-building pill.

However, the Nine Mysterious Fruit was a secret that was passed down exclusively by Yanling Valley and was not allowed to be leaked. Li Qing was worried that the matter would be exposed, so he destroyed the fruit tree before he attacked the foundation building stage, but the matter was still exposed.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, are you here today to take me to Yanling Valley for trial?" Li Qing stared at him dimly.

Liu Yuan smiled and said, "If that's the case, the people who came today should be colleagues from the sect's law enforcement team."

"This small Five Elements Soul Returning Formation at Daoist Fellow Li's home is very cleverly arranged. But it is easy to break under the hands of the law enforcement team."

Li Qing reluctantly lifted the ban. After all, this formation was obtained from Yanling Valley, and someone might have a way to break it.

He tapped the wooden box lightly with his fingers: "Please show me the way, fellow Taoist."

"That's great!" Liu Yuan clapped his hands and laughed, "The deacon who received the report is none other than my master, who has always valued talent."

"Before I left, he told me that since Fellow Daoist Li has the ability to grow the Nine Mysterious Fruit Tree, he would give you a box of seeds, and we will split the profits of the fruits grown in an 80:20 split."

Li Qing naturally understood that he would take the 20% of the 80% split, and the other 80% would certainly not be entered into the official account of Yanling Valley.

To put it bluntly, it was the people behind Liu Yuan who were trying to steal the sect's talents. But he really couldn't refuse since he was being manipulated by others.

Liu Yuan did not urge him. In fact, he admired and even respected Li Qing.

Born into a small family, he had middle-grade spiritual roots. Not only did he cultivate to the ninth level of Qi training before the age of sixty, but he was also able to excel in both the cultivation of spiritual plants and alchemy, both of which reached the top level of the first-class.

To Liu Yuan, this was simply unbelievable: if Li Qing had not failed in building his foundation, he would have become a role model for the independent cultivators of the Great Zhou Kingdom and even for the children of small families.

——At least with Liu Yuan's level as a first-class spiritual plant master, he couldn't grow a Nine Mysterious Fruit Tree. In fact, the reason why this fruit is rare is that most of them are grown by second-class spiritual plant masters.

Li Qing thought for a moment, and finally accepted the Nine Mysterious Fruit seeds: "I agree to this deal. However, I still have three concerns."

Liu Yuan perked up: "Just say it."

Li Qing held up a finger and said, "I got the Nine Mysterious Fruit seed from Jie Xiu. I hope you will understand this." Liu Yuan smiled and said, "Of course. My master has already inquired about it. The junior brother who had the seed gave up his storage bag to save his life. This does not involve a lawsuit involving human life."

Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief: "Second, Master Liu Dan's disciple who informed on me..."

Liu Yuan chuckled: "Don't worry. That person won't be able to speak again."

Li Qing's heart sank, thinking that it would be difficult to get out of this deal. "Third, planting Nine Mysterious Fruit Trees requires a large amount of Spiritual Stones, which my Li family cannot afford."

Liu Yuan nodded: "My master has anticipated this. There is a spirit stone bill at the bottom of the wooden box. It can be exchanged in all the markets under my Yanling Valley. It is enough for you to grow crops."

In this way, the deal was done, the two men signed a legal contract, and there was more trust between them.

So it was Liu Yuan's turn to speak up and ease the tension between the two sides: "I heard that fellow Daoist has been buying spiritual plants such as lettuce and red algae at high prices in the market for a long time?"

Li Qing frankly admitted: "I have two spirit insects, and they have very picky tastes. I plant these two things mainly to satisfy their appetites."

He paused and said, "By the way, let's try to cultivate it and see if we can grow new varieties to increase the family's income."

The latter sentence paves the way for Asun and Atao to grow "witch medicine" level lettuce and red algae varieties in the future after they advance to elves.

Liu Yuan took out two small wooden boxes from his storage bag: "Inside are three kinds of spiritual lettuce and seven kinds of spiritual red algae seeds. These are my gifts to you, fellow Taoist."

Li Qing thought to himself, you have quite a lot of gifts for meeting me, you gave round after round, but he still accepted the favor and opened the small wooden box.

There were ten kinds of spiritual plant seeds, with varying numbers, ranging from as few as three to nearly a hundred. Each seed was plump and firm, overflowing with spiritual energy.

There are five first-class middle-grade ones, and the other four low-grade ones, which Li Qing has never seen before. It must have taken Liu Yuan a lot of effort to collect them.

What surprised Li Qing the most was that there were three lettuce seeds with spiritual energy fluctuations reaching the first-class upper grade: "This is..."

Liu Yuan stroked his beard and said, "This is what I cultivated in my early years. The lettuce grown here is rich in spiritual energy and has a crisp taste. It is even better when made into spiritual food. It's just that it takes a lot of effort and cannot be promoted on a large scale."

Li Qing was in high spirits. After all, farming with elves did not waste the land. When Ah Sun became an elf, just farming this would be a good profit.

He looked at Liu Yuan in surprise: "Fellow Daoist, are you specializing in the cultivation of spiritual food ingredients?"

If not, who would deliberately cultivate lettuce to the level of the first-grade superior grade? This is not the staple food of monks like spiritual rice.

Even if a spiritual chef cooks spiritual food, there are plenty of choices of ingredients, so there is no need to stick to these mortal foods.

Liu Yuan was a little embarrassed: "That's true. I'm actually on duty in the sect's vegetable garden. I just mentioned the medicine garden because I was afraid that fellow Taoists would laugh at me..."

Li Qing had some good feelings towards him, but not much: "Thank you for your concern, Brother Liu. I would like to thank you on behalf of the two spirit insects at home."

The tense atmosphere between them dissipated, and Li Qing poured two more cups of bitter tea: "Daoyou, please have some tea!"

Liu Yuan raised his glass tacitly: "Please, fellow Taoist!"

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