Longevity: Start by refreshing your entries through farming.

Chapter 16: The Robbery Cultivator Appears
Qingyang Market.

Qin Ming left Juxuan Pavilion and walked slowly on the main road of the market town.

On the streets, cultivators of all kinds were coming and going in an endless stream.

But it seems that there are a lot more unfamiliar faces in the market now than usual.

Qin Ming was strolling on the street.

"Daoyou, would you like to spend some time on passion?"

At the entrance of the brothel next door, a young female cultivator in light green clothing threw him a coquettish look.

Qin Ming paused for a moment, withdrew his gaze expressionlessly, and walked away quickly.

"Oh? A gentleman?" the female cultivator muttered in surprise, and her confident look disappeared immediately.

She rolled her eyes in the direction Qin Ming left, and then started to greet the next person.

After Qin Ming left.

A big man with a grasshopper beard walked out of the brothel and asked with narrowed eyes, "Didn't you take the bait?"

"Well, he's just a green-headed guy, so boring." The female cultivator in green replied calmly while rubbing her nails.

The big man nodded silently and went back inside.

……

Out of Fangshi.

Qin Ming thought with disdain:
"You must be kidding. I don't even want free stuff."

'Will you still be asked to pay?'

"I am just a common woman, but fortunately my faith is strong"

……

evening.

Qin Ming returned to the shantytown.

For dinner, he cooked another pot of premium animal-tooth rice, and then began to practice the "Hundred Treasures Glazed Glass Sutra".

Over the past six months.

The amount of premium animal tooth rice he ate was definitely a terrifying number. If he hadn't been lucky, he wouldn't have been able to continuously refresh the 'ripening' entry.

With this amount of consumption, even he could hardly sustain the energy required to practice the body-refining techniques.

What Mr. Ruan Daoyou said about the "bottomless pit" is indeed true.

Ordinary cultivators simply cannot afford such consumption of spiritual materials.

Qin Ming discovered that in the "Hundred Treasures Glazed Glass Sutra", the more one went to the later levels, the more spiritual materials needed to increase one's qi and blood increased almost exponentially.

Although the price to pay is quite high.

But this technique does have its unusual aspects. The first three levels are much more effective than ordinary body refining techniques.

Qin Ming currently has enough high-quality animal tooth rice on hand.

Bang bang bang!
Qin Ming had just finished his practice when there was a series of rapid knocks on the door.

He frowned.

'Who's in such a hurry?'

Qin Ming stood up, put away the animal tooth rice, and went out to open the door.

He peeked cautiously through the crack in the door.

Outside the door is Cai Laojiu.

But at this moment he was sweating profusely and looked anxious.

Qin Ming opened the door and asked hurriedly, "Old Nine, what's wrong with you? Why are you so confused?"

"Something big happened!" Cai Laojiu said with a stuttering tone.

There was a hint of trembling in his voice, as if he was afraid of something.

"Friend Long has fallen!"

Cai Laojiu's face was pale and he uttered a few words tremblingly.

Qin Ming's mind went blank instantly.
This news is really unbelievable!
"Are you sure? Is this a mistake?"

"Fellow Daoist Long is a great cultivator in the late stage of Qi training. His magical powers are incomparable to those of ordinary cultivators. How could he die suddenly?"

"Did he also go to the frontier to open up new land?"

After Qin Ming finished speaking, he began to feel doubtful.

Cai Laojiu said anxiously: "It's already so late, how could I have made a mistake?"

"Fellow Daoist Long didn't go to the frontline either." "Fellow Daoist Long was killed by the robbers. His body was just found in the nearby river. You will know clearly if you follow me."

As Cai Laojiu released even more explosive news, Qin Ming also panicked.

Without further ado, the two of them headed for the river in a hurry.

Less than half a cup of tea.

They arrived at the scene of the accident.

Qin Ming was shocked to realize that the place where Fellow Daoist Long’s body was found was so close to his house, only a few hundred feet away!
When he and Cai Laojiu arrived, a large group of monks living nearby had gathered by the river.

At this moment, they were all terrified and kept pointing at the corpse in the river.

Qin Ming forced his way through the crowd and looked over.

"It is indeed Fellow Daoist Long!" Now he was speechless.

Wherever Qin Ming's eyes reached, Fellow Daoist Long's pale body had been stripped naked, and all the storage bags containing valuables had disappeared.

There were dozens of horrifying bloody holes all over his body, and his neck and heart were pierced by magical weapons.

I guess when he died, he didn't even have time to ask for help.
"Oh, how tragic! I heard that Daoist Wang and his friends were washing clothes by the river when they found Daoist Long's body."

"That's right. The body has been dead for some time. It must have been stuck in the bridge hole last night and was only washed out of the river now."

"Do you think it was done by a robbery cultivator? But considering Fellow Daoist Long's strength, what level of robbery cultivator must he be to kill him silently?"

The people around looked at each other in bewilderment when they heard this, and an ominous premonition hung over everyone's heart.

The atmosphere suddenly became very depressing.

Not long after.

The patrol team of Lingyu Sect also hurried over here.

The leading commander evacuated the onlookers. He looked towards the river and, with just one glance, revealed a look of surprise.

He asked himself, even if he met the murderer who killed Fellow Daoist Long, there would be no possibility of survival.

"Could it be that a Foundation Establishment cultivator took action? But...it doesn't look like it."

The leader of Lingyu Sect held his chin in his hand and thought, then he decisively took out the communication talisman to report to the sect. This was obviously beyond his ability.

Qin Ming returned to the house somewhat dazed.

He didn't expect that danger was so close to him.

“It seems the shantytown has become unsafe.”

"There is a second-level formation guarding Qingyangfang City, which can withstand even the Foundation Establishment Stage."

"We need to make plans early and find a way to move to the city, which will be safer."

Qin Ming's thoughts were churning.

"Also, Lingyumen will hopefully increase patrols in the Lingtian."

"Oh, thinking about farming in the future, I will have to worry so much, it's really annoying"

"I hope that the Tribulation Cultivator will only rob the fat sheep in the late stage of Qi training, and not come after us low-level spiritual farmers."

"You probably don't think highly of us, right?"

The death of Fellow Daoist Long deeply shocked Qin Ming.

Even those who are strong enough to be in the late stage of Qi training will end up dead.

Qin Ming couldn't help but feel a strong sense of crisis.

"After robbing and killing Fellow Daoist Long, they didn't even take care of the body, but dumped it into the river. It's obvious that the murderer has no scruples at all."

'It's more like a naked demonstration.'

Because over the years, the shantytown has been intimidated by Fellow Daoist Long, a righteous late-stage Qi training cultivator.

Some of the villains around dare not act recklessly.

Now that Fellow Daoist Long is dead, the safety of the surrounding area has become the biggest problem.

Qin Ming took out a mid-grade thunder arrow talisman and put it in his sleeve, which made him feel a little relieved.

'After reaching the third level of the Hundred Treasures Glazed Sutra, the effect of the fine animal tooth rice on increasing blood energy also began to gradually slow down.'

'I need better spiritual rice that can enhance my Qi and blood, so that I can speed up my body refining progress.'

"What would happen if the quality of premium animal tooth rice was upgraded to the best level?"

"But the [Quality Improvement] entry, except for the first one, has not appeared in half a year."

Qin Ming pondered this, his eyes showing a hint of determination!
His current stock of premium animal tooth rice is enough to last him a year.

Never mind, all in!
This time, he planned to use the last "ripening" term on the three acres of Yin Ning flowers.

Just bet that the [Quality Improvement] entry will appear!
(End of this chapter)