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

Chapter 98: Xinghua Qixia, Yin and Yang Intertwined (Request for Full Order)
"Meow!"

Seeing a stranger suddenly coming, the newly grown hair on Li Hu's head stood up. He threw the yellow apricot in his hand, lay on the ground with his back arched, and let out a sharp cat cry as if he was ready for battle.

Li Qinglue flicked his fingers, and the breeze blew the apricot flesh to the side. He gently comforted her, "Ahu, don't be afraid. This is my friend. You can call him Senior Niu."

Li Hu hesitated for a moment, stood up, tilted his head and recalled for a while, then he bowed to Niu Xinjing in an unskilled manner: "Senior?"

Niu Xinjing looked down at him, a little surprised: "Could this child be raised by a cat?"

Li Qing nodded and said, "That's right. After the big cat died, I picked him up. Since we were destined to be together, I kept him by my side and gave him a name, Li Hu."

"Fellow Daoist, you are kind-hearted." Niu Xinjing praised and stopped paying attention to Li Hu.

"Fellow Daoist, you have come at the right time. The Chengyuan purple apricots in my house just ripened yesterday. Fellow Daoist Jiang Xuan from Tianyun Mountain is also a guest at my home."

"I thought, since you two have come from afar, why not hold a Chengyuan Fruit Fair and invite you two Taoist friends to taste it."

Li Qing laughed, peeled the yellow apricot and stuffed it into Li Hu's mouth: "Thank you for your kindness, Brother Niu. I will respectfully obey your order."

Niu Xinjing led the way in front, Li Qing held Li Hu's little hand, and four kittens were curled up on the blanket beside them, and they shuttled through the woods together.

After walking about two miles, the ordinary apricot forest came to an end. Further in, there were the spiritual apricot trees.

From the lower-grade Tuyuan Apricot of the first grade, to the mid-grade Huangyuan Apricot, and then to the top-grade Ziyun Apricot, they grow in an orderly manner following the direction of the spiritual veins and relying on the spiritual nodes.

It was the season when apricots were ripe, and many members of the Niu clan were busy harvesting the fruits. When they saw the ancestor Niu Xinjing, they just greeted him hurriedly and turned around to continue their work.

"Fellow Daoist, look at the fruit I'm taking care of. How am I doing?" Niu Xinjing asked with some pride.

Li Qing looked at the abundant fruits and praised with a smile: "The fragrance is fresh and the spirit is rich. It is naturally excellent."

Niu Xinjing laughed, picked a Tuyuan apricot, peeled it and put it into Li Hu's hand: "Here, this is a gift from you, try it."

It's not that he was stingy and reluctant to give him something better. It's just that the child was a mortal and young man and couldn't stand too much nourishment.

Li Hu was a little embarrassed. He looked up at Li Qing and when he saw him nod, he whispered, "Thank you!"

Then he broke the apricot into six irregular pieces, gave the small one to Mao'er, kept the medium one in his hand, and gave the big one to Li Qing: "Eat!"

Niu Xinjing smiled and said, "This cat doesn't guard its food at all."

Li Qing ate the apricot meat with a smile and rubbed Li Hu's head: "This little guy is very smart."

After passing another apricot grove, a large pink cloud suddenly appeared in the distance, floating in the breeze along the hills.

"Wow..." Li Hu couldn't help but stare in amazement.

Li Qing looked carefully and realized that it was not a cloud but a large field of apricot blossoms.

The mountain breeze blows gently, and the flower rain falls like pieces of fine feathers, reflecting the clear sky with a pink color.

Niu Xinjing stroked his beautiful beard and said, "Look, fellow Daoist, that is my family's Chengyuan Purple Apricot Forest. It blooms once every ten years, bears fruit once every ten years, and matures after another ten years."

"The ones near the outer edge were picked last season, and now is the flowering season. The ones that are ripe this time are the ones at the innermost part."

"Fellow Daoist, don't be fooled by the apricot blossoms that cover the sky. In fact, they don't bear many fruits. I have 300 fruit trees, divided into three seasons, and each season only produces 200 to 300 Chengyuan purple apricots."

Li Qing watched from a distance for a while before saying, "The Ten Scenic Spots of Snow Peak and Apricot Blossoms in the Clouds are indeed worthy of their reputation."

Niu Xinjing signaled Li Qing to fly up with him: "This scenery is best viewed from above..."

Li Qing took Li Hu and the kittens into the air. While watching the scenery, they followed him to the deepest part of the apricot forest, a large U-shaped mansion. This large mansion was the home of the Niu family. As mentioned before, the Niu family was founded by Niu Xinjing, and there were no other clan members or relatives.

Those who live here now are either his fellow Taoists or his direct descendants. Over 170 years have passed, and it is unknown how many generations have lived here.

Niu Xinjing called a younger generation over and took Li Hu and the kitten to settle down first, then led Li Qing to a pavilion in the center of the lake in the center of the mansion.

At this time, there was a red-robed Taoist priest in the pavilion with red hair and beard and eyes like copper bells, who was reviewing the chess game.

Seeing Li Qing, the Taoist put the chessboard in disarray, stood up, and without waiting for Niu Xinjing to introduce him, he said, "Hello, Taoist friend. I am Jiang Xuan, practicing in Tianyun Mountain. I wonder where the Youxian Township is?"

Li Qing did not dare to neglect him: "I have heard of your great name for a long time, and I am honored to meet you today. I am from the Li family of Qinghe Valley beside Xuefeng Lake. You can just call me by my name, Li Qing."

Tianyun Mountain is a sacred mountain further north of the Zhou family's Qixingtan. It has a degraded third-order spiritual vein and is occupied by five serious monks in the late stage of foundation building.

Taoist Jiang Xuan was one of them. Li Qing had heard of his deeds before he established his foundation.

It is rumored that he once participated in the battle for the secret realm between the Great Zhou and the Great Le. With his violent fire magic, he burned to death no less than two palms of foundation-building monks, including several proud sons of the sect.

The shadow of a tree and the reputation of a person. Facing such a strong man, Li Qing could not help but take it seriously.

Jiang Xuan laughed out loud and said, "It's just a coincidence that I got this bad reputation. Actually, I've always been kind to others."

Li Qing didn't respond.

Niu Xinjing hurriedly led the two of them to sit on the stone bench in the pavilion: "Daoyou Li, Daoyou Jiang are my old friends, and they are the warmest people."

He then introduced Li Qing to Jiang Xuan: "This fellow Daoist Li, like you, built his foundation on his own. He is also an expert in spiritual planting and alchemy, both of which are extraordinary."

Hearing this, Jiang Xuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Fellow Daoist, you are indeed one of my Daoists. Nowadays, many people in the cultivation world have lost their spirits without the foundation-building pills and dare not break through. It's really unpleasant!"

Li Qing couldn't respond to this. After all, he was building his foundation for the first time and he also borrowed a foundation-building pill, but it was a low-quality pill.

Niu Xinjing, on the other hand, did not behave like a great foundation-building cultivator and rolled his eyes: "Why are you making indirect accusations? What's wrong with me eating the foundation-building pill?"

Jiang Xuan laughed: "It's okay to take the foundation-building pill, but if you took a fake one, then it's worth talking about."

Li Qing couldn't help but be shocked: "Is this foundation-building pill fake?"

Niu Xinjing smiled bitterly and said, "In the past, I trusted a bad guy and mistook fish eyes for pearls. I almost died..."

Li Qing sorted out his thoughts and said, "Since the foundation-building pill is fake, then Daoist Fellow Niu should have built his foundation on his own, right?"

Niu Xinjing was disappointed: "How can I have such talent? I just relied on the secret technique and the way of Yin and Yang cultivation to accidentally build the foundation of Taoism..."

Li Qing thought of the other party's "achievement" of one person destroying a whole clan, and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh: "A blessing in disguise."

Niu Xinjing was stunned for a moment: "What's the story behind this?"

Li Qing was also stunned. He searched through his memory for a while before telling the story to the two of them.

"A blessing in disguise," Niu Xinjing muttered, "Good and bad fortune, cause and effect, cycle... One yin and one yang is the way, the so-called yin and yang, is more than just the two energies of yin and yang?"

Li Qing frowned and was about to speak, but Jiang Xuan next to him looked solemn and made a "silence" gesture to him.

After another half a while, Niu Xinjing's true energy suddenly rose from his body, emitting bursts of pink and decadent aura, which made people feel restless and their blood boil.

(End of this chapter)