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

Chapter 79 Demonic Inheritance, Spiritual Beast Foundation Building (Two in One)

The leader whale slapped the sea surface rhythmically with its flippers, splashing water that still shone with icy crystals, and there was a hint of grievance in its beautiful cry.

Li Qing was unmoved, and looked at the whales with interest. In some areas that the flippers could not reach, barnacles were growing in dots or clusters.

These barnacles come in many different types and sizes, some of which simply attach themselves to large whales, while others take root deep inside them, absorbing their blood and flesh to nourish themselves.

What caught Li Qing's attention was a cluster of brown and yellow long-necked barnacles on the belly of the leader whale.

When the leading whale saw Li Qing standing on top of its head, it remained motionless for a long time. Suddenly, a tall column of water spurted out from the breathing hole on the top.

Li Qing laughed and used the Water Repelling Technique to divert the water flow: "I have been prepared for this trick of yours!"

The tall water column sprayed high into the sky, and then scattered into water splashes. The crystal clear water vapor filled the air, reflecting the warm winter sun, and reflecting a dazzling rainbow bridge.

The leading whale shook its head and tail, trying to throw Li Qing off, but he was surprised that Li Qing had already used his "unmovable as a mountain" kung fu and was not moved at all.

"Alright, alright! I won't tease you anymore." Li Qing smiled and patted the horn of the leading whale. "I'll ask someone to help."

As he said this, he waved to Little Joel on the ship and said, "You, find some more sailors and bring some wicker baskets with you to help these whales clean the barnacles."

Little Joel was very stubborn. After receiving Li Qing's instructions, he jumped into the sea and swam over with a group of sailors.

Ryan quickly stopped him and gave each of the sailors half a bottle of medicine made from rainbow cliff rice: "Move around first, wait for the heat to dissipate, then you can go into the water."

Little Joel couldn't wait, so he took a wicker basket with him, took a step from the ship, leaped seventy or eighty feet, and jumped onto the top of a big whale.

His rough movements made the whale a little unhappy, and water spurted out of its breathing hole, soaking it.

Little Joel was not angry. He dived underwater with the wicker basket and tried hard to pry the barnacles off the whale.

After he became Aoki Dohei, he had strength close to that of a silver warrior, so clearing the barnacles was naturally a piece of cake for him.

When pulling out the "blood-sucking" barnacles that had pierced the body of a giant whale, he even learned on his own how to use plant symbols as a vital force to soothe the wound and stop the bleeding.

He worked as efficiently as his father, and soon all the barnacles on the whale were cleaned by him.

At this time, the other sailors waited for the potion to take effect, and then jumped into the sea one after another with wicker baskets like dumplings.

Li Qing saw that they were very familiar with the movements and thought that they cleaned the hull a lot on a daily basis, so he stopped paying attention to them.

He flicked his hand casually, and the Qingmu Zhenyuan turned into a wooden sword in his palm: "Big guy, stop moving around, I will help you clean up these annoying people."

The leading whale nodded slightly and slowed down its swimming speed obediently.

Li Qing patted its horn, jumped into the water, waved a wooden knife, and easily dug out clusters of barnacles.

"These barnacles have absorbed its essence over the years, and have been tainted with some of its spiritual energy. They might taste good."

Thinking of this, he used his true energy and Qingmu's minor magical power to give birth to a water plant, letting it intertwine and grow into a big pocket.

"Clatter..." The shells of the barnacles rubbed against each other and fell into the bag. Soon, the bag was full.

In just a cup of tea, the only barnacles left on the leader whale were a cluster of long-necked barnacles on its abdomen.

There are about fifty barnacles, brown in color, with shells as smooth as jade and a faint glow. They are not as hideous as ordinary barnacles.

Among this cluster of barnacles, two are the largest, comparable to geoducks, while the others are much smaller, only comparable to king clams.

What Li Qing was concerned about was this group of long-necked barnacles, all of which exuded a faint earth-attributed aura.

Although the breath is weak, it is only of the lower grade of the first level and is of no benefit to Li Qing, but these animals are actually soaked in magic power!
And in Li Qing's perception, there is an obvious kinship!
Li Qing threw the straw bag filled with barnacles with force, and used his true energy to lift it up and bring it to the boat. Then he went over to observe this strange patch of barnacles.

Suddenly, the largest one in the middle opened its mouth, revealing its tooth-like mouthparts, and bit Li Qing fiercely.

Li Qing circulated his true energy in his palm and pinched it lightly, just like pinching the vital point of a poisonous snake: "This character is quite ferocious!"

The other barnacles seemed to sense that their leader had suffered a loss, and they opened their sharp mouthparts and bit towards Li Qing in a disorderly manner.

Li Qing was impatient to fight with them, and the surging green wood true energy surged out, covering the barnacles. Then he used wood to overcome earth and directly fixed the earth-attributed spiritual energy in their bodies.

With just a little effort, these barnacles seem to be solidified in blue amber, with their postures completely frozen, just like lifelike ornaments.

"Come here!" Li Qing snorted lightly and directly peeled off the cluster of barnacles from the belly of the leading whale.

The "roots" of this barnacle penetrated into the flesh of the whale nearly half a foot deep. Once pulled out, they began to wave around like octopus tentacles.

Li Qing didn't want to tolerate it either. He wrapped the whole thing with Qingmu Zhenyuan and threw it into the spirit beast bag.

"Puff--" After the parasitic barnacles were removed, purple blood gushed out of the wound left by the leader whale.

Li Qing did not waste it either. He collected it in a jade bottle while circulating Qingmu Zhenyuan to stimulate vitality and repair the wounds of the leading whale.

After the most troublesome "nail house" on its body was driven away, the leading whale above felt light all over.

It forgot Li Qing's instructions for a moment, and its huge tail fin slapped the water surface, and the whole monster leaped up lightly.

It spun happily twice in the air before falling down like a comet crashing to the ground.

"What a fool!" Li Qing flew out of the water with the help of the wind. With a burst of his true energy, he threw the sailors who were still working, along with the rattan baskets on their backs, onto the boat.

The next moment, the leading whale plunged into the water, creating huge waves that almost capsized the ship from Lettuce Island.

Little Joel, who was not sent away by Li Qing, was lucky enough to hide in the armpit of a big whale and escaped the disaster.

After the waves caused by the leading whale subsided, Li Qing carried little Joel back to the ship.

"Sir, this is a gift from the big fish." Little Joel unloaded the barnacles onto the deck and came over to Li Qing to show his treasure.

Li Qing took a closer look and found that it was an object that looked like a long, flat stone. It looked plain, but it exuded a faint aura and fragrance.

"This stuff feels a bit like ambergris, doesn't it?" Li Qing thought about its origin and didn't take it with his hands. "You keep it. I'll teach you a way to mix it with perfume some other day..."

The melodious music came from the whale group again.

Li Qing looked back and saw more than twenty big whales, led by the leader whale, turning around and heading east.

"Sir, the barnacles on some whales have not been cleaned up." A sailor bravely came over to report to Li Qing.

Li Qing smiled and waved his hands: "It's okay. God is merciful. Helping the big whale is to cherish life, so letting those barnacles go is also the same."

The sailor nodded, not quite understanding, and asked, "What should we do with these barnacles?"

Li Qing smiled and said, "Let's cook and eat according to everyone's appetite. Add two barnacles I brought with me to each pot..."

The sailor happily went to work. After all, barnacles taste pretty good.

Li Qing didn't care how they celebrated. He stood at the bow and looked at the big whale going away.

He keenly sensed that as the cluster of earth barnacles was pulled out, the momentum of the leading whale was rising little by little.

Guided by the singing, the entire group of whales formed a mysterious formation, infusing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the leading whale.

"This time, it's like a trapped dragon ascending to heaven. Its momentum is complete. The next time we meet, it will be considered a fellow foundation-building practitioner..."

Chaoyin landed on his shoulder and called out angrily: "Gu Ka Gu!" (Not polite!)

Li Qing laughed and nodded in agreement: "Well, what an impolite and stingy guy. He was reluctant to give me even a piece of ambergris." The barnacles peeled off from the leader whale were indeed very delicious. Even though they were not magical creatures, Li Qing ate a lot of them.

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In the simply decorated, yet spacious and bright cabin, Li Qing circulated his true energy to completely refine the foul air from the mundane food.

He took out a large jade basin and meticulously placed the cluster of long-necked barnacles in their original positions.

As the leading whale moved towards a higher level, Li Qing had a vague understanding.

If placed in the world of cultivation, the leader whale is equivalent to a peak first-order spiritual beast, and it should be effortless for it to deal with these barnacles which are only of the lower first order.

However, the "magic beasts" in this world do not have the power of magic, and can only use the special abilities gained after being immersed in magic.

The leader whale's ability to call on tides is a powerful weapon when facing towns, ships, or even enemies, but it is not enough to remove barnacles.

It just so happens that these barnacles are also very special. They grow in water, but are of the earth element. They happen to be "planted" on the belly of the leader whale, which is out of reach. In a mysterious way, the earth overcomes the water, and they have become a "major concern" for the leader whale.

Without Li Qing's intervention, these barnacles would absorb the essence of the leading whale, gradually grow and become stronger, and eventually become another biological community similar to the foundation.

Li Qing looked down at the two largest barnacles: "You are its calamity, and perhaps I am also your calamity."

Two ochre-colored barnacles lay unconsciously in the jade basin.

Li Qing smiled, and his spiritual consciousness poured into the barnacle's body, exploring every organ with spiritual energy fluctuations bit by bit, looking for the key to their stable inheritance, not missing any clues.

In this world, animals imbued with magical powers like the palm snail cannot pass on their "superpowers" to their offspring.

The blue-backed baleen whale is known as the subject of the sea god, and the only one that can truly drive the tides is the purple-backed narwhal.

But now, this law has been broken by this group of low-grade barnacles!

However, no matter how Li Qing observed with his spiritual sense, this pair of long-necked barnacles were no different from the organs of the palm snail and the three wind and thunder birds. They were just ordinary creatures imbued with magic.

"Perhaps my cultivation is not good enough." Li Qing shook his head and threw a handful of Qi-nourishing pills into the jade basin. "Since there are no whales to provide you with blood, try to eat vegetarian food from now on."

Fortunately, these barnacles are not picky eaters, and even prefer elixirs that are rich in spiritual energy. They wave their tentacles, open their mouths, and fight for the elixirs without any friendship among their own kind. The scene is disastrous to watch.

Li Qing simply left them in the cabin, set up restrictions around them, and went back on deck: "How long will it take to reach the main island of Iris?"

Ryan happened to come out of the captain's room and looked up at the surrounding sea: "It will take about two hours."

In fact, with Li Qing's ability, if he took Ryan with him alone, they would have reached Iris Island long ago, whether by wind control or water escape.

But nobles all valued respectability, and traveling alone was obviously not something to be proud of.

Li Qing thought of the big shots in the world of cultivation who rode in luxurious carriages and controlled spiritual beasts, and he also expressed his understanding of this matter.

The two were chatting casually on the deck, and the mast of another ship was vaguely visible in the sea to the right front.

At Li Qing's signal, Ryan turned around and saw the flag on the mast at a glance: "Sir, it's the Morning Glory Family. In the archipelago, its influence is second only to the extinct Golden Wheat Family."

Li Qing nodded slightly, and after a sweep of his spiritual sense, he knew the reality over there: "A golden warrior, a third-level wizard..."

Ryan recalled for a while: "In the Morning Glory family, there is only one golden warrior in this generation, Viscount Frank Morning Glory."

"As for the wizard, I think he must have found someone to back him. The destruction of Jinmai Island is truly terrifying."

Soon, the two ships met at one place.

"Hahaha, Baron Rapunzel, long time no see. How about coming to my boat for a drink?" A hoarse voice came from the opposite boat.

Ryan turned his head and looked at Li Qing: "Sir, it's Viscount Frank Morning Glory himself. I have some face-to-face friendship with him."

Li Qing nodded slightly: "Go ahead. I'll take care of everything, don't worry."

Ryan had a clear idea in his mind. He used the fire rune to bless himself, jumped up, and boarded the ship of the Morning Glory Family.

"Friends over there, come over too." Another sinister voice invited Li Qing.

Li Qing raised his brows, controlled his breath at the peak of Qi training, and flew onto the opposite ship with the wind.

"Ryan, have you broken through to the Golden Warrior?" Frank's voice sounded somewhat unbelievable.

Ryan smiled and nodded, and directly brought up the topic: "Well, with the help of an adult, I was lucky enough to break through. It's not as good as the Viscount's outstanding talent."

Frank looked pleased with himself, but he said modestly, "I just rely on witchcraft. The three elves at home are more than enough to support a golden warrior."

"Hey, this is because the medicine refining technology you inherited is too backward." Behind Frank, a black-robed wizard said disdainfully, "With so many witchcraft potions, if you refine them for me, I can cultivate at least three."

"That makes sense." Li Qing agreed casually when he got on the boat.

There is no tradition of making potions on Lettuce Island.

Before signing the legal contract to pledge allegiance to Li Qing, their witchcraft was sent to Green Rose Castle or other pharmacists for processing.

As an alchemist, Li Qing naturally understood the trick, so as soon as the contract was signed, he took back the processing rights.

The potions supplied to the rune warriors were made with crude technology, which Li Qing simply could not tolerate, so he simply changed the recipe to a similar one and refined a batch every once in a while.

The wizard frowned and looked at Li Qing with a slightly fearful look: "I am a third-level wizard from the Dark Swamp, Donald, who are you?"

Li Qing exuded the aura of green wood, and confidently pretended: "I am from the Emerald Ring."

Donald stood in awe and raised his voice: "The Emerald Ring is the holy land of us potion masters. I heard that you have increased the utilization rate of witchcraft three times recently..."

Magic potions are the finished products of witch medicine. Rune warriors usually just call them potions.

Li Qing couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. Even with his attainments in alchemy and his spiritual fire ability, he could only increase the utilization rate of spiritual plants by three times on the original basis.

If the Emerald Ring can achieve such a breakthrough in craftsmanship without any external help, it should not be underestimated.

Although his mind was racing with thoughts, Li Qing said calmly, "I'm not very proficient in potion making. I mainly focus on growing witchcraft medicine."

When Donald heard this, the respect on his face decreased by three points, and his voice became sinister again: "Witch medicine planting? Wouldn't it be enough to have elves?"

"Are you another foolish...idealist who wants to use natural witchcraft to breed fairy bugs?"

Li Qing was stunned and thought, "Is there anyone in the Emerald Ring who is researching this? It's a pity that they don't have any witchcraft medicine that can be grown on a large scale without the use of spirit insects. The experiment will probably be difficult."

Before Li Qing could reply, Frank burst out laughing and pointed at Rick, saying, "I heard a rumor about Lettuce Island some time ago. It said that there are several kinds of natural witchcraft on your island that can be grown on a large scale."

"Hahaha, if there was only one, I would believe it. But there are several? This is so funny, you're taking me for a fool!"

Li Qing and Ryan looked at each other and suddenly found themselves trapped in the obstacle of knowledge and perception.

"No wonder those traitors spread the news for a long time, but no one came to find fault. It turns out that no one believed it at all!"

Ryan laughed and said, "We are reclaiming wasteland on our island. I think some serfs couldn't stand the hardship and deliberately fabricated the rumor. I wonder how you dealt with the person who spread the rumor?"

Frank laughed disdainfully and said, "How dare you, a lowly serf, deceive me! I'll throw you into the sea to feed the sharks."

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