Longevity: Start by refreshing your entries through farming.

Chapter 360: The Fox Offering Treasures
After Qin Ming finished checking the two jade slips, a look of delight appeared on his face.

One of the jade slips that Su Yuqing sent him listed several spiritual materials that could replace the Shenmu Pill, and the other one recorded the complete refining method and insights of the Ningying Pill.

It only took Qin Ming a few days to digest and understand the contents thoroughly.

"Brother Su is indeed a man of natural talent. When it comes to his attainments in alchemy, I'm afraid even those old monsters from ancient times cannot compare to him."

Qin Ming was filled with emotion for a moment.

"The pill formula has been finalized. Next, we just need to collect the corresponding spiritual materials and start refining."

In the realm of Xiao Ling.

After Qin Ming's three spirit pets took the Beast King Pill, after several months, the Black Water Crocodile and the Silver-Winged Frost Bee broke through to the middle stage of the third level naturally.

After eating two Beast King Pills in a row, the Sky-Devouring Rat only saw its demonic power increase a lot, but did not allow it to break through to the later stage, which really made it depressed.

Originally, its cultivation level was far ahead, but now it is being caught up by the second and third brothers. The sense of urgency in the heart of the Sky-Devouring Rat has reached its limit.

Qin Ming had just finished watering the spiritual field in the small spiritual realm when he saw it squatting alone beside the spiritual spring, thinking about its life in depression.
Qin Ming found its appearance quite funny, so he stepped forward and said:

"Even I, your master, am still cultivating in the middle stage of the Golden Core. It is the truth that great accumulation leads to great success."

"You also need to guard against arrogance and impatience and lay a solid foundation."

"You also saw it that day when Fellow Daoist Ling Yan was trying to break through to the fourth-order transformed demon. The further you practice, the harder it is to break through."

"Not only does it depend on one's own efforts, it also requires tremendous strength and luck."

"You still have to grow up through experience on your own!"

Qin Ming patted its shoulder.

The Sky-Devouring Rat was immediately stimulated, and jumped up and said, "Master, your teaching is very correct! It really enlightened me!"

"I'm going to the Beast Singing Mountains to gain some more experience."

After saying that, the Sky-Devouring Rat picked up the black steel fork, left the Small Spirit Realm, and plunged into the Beast-Screaming Mountains.
Qin Ming: “.”

……

Qin Ming completed his daily practice and came to the Five Elements Mountain Spiritual Field to check the growth of the spiritual plants.

He was walking leisurely on the ridge of the field when he saw Li Lan coming towards him and bowing respectfully:

"I have met Shopkeeper Lu."

"Well, what's the matter with you?"

Li Lan seemed to be hesitant and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Just say what you want to say." Qin Ming said.

The next moment, Li Lan bowed deeply to Qin Ming, and then said in a very sincere manner:
"Shopkeeper Lu, I admire your attainments in spiritual plants very much, so I would like to become your disciple, and I beg you to accept me as your apprentice!"

"Ah? Accepting a disciple?" Qin Ming was stunned when he heard that.

He came to Dajin just to look for an opportunity to form an Infant Soul, and he had no interest in taking in disciples.

Although Qin Ming also admired Li Lan, a casual cultivator who relied on his own exploration to advance to the second-level superior spiritual plant master.

But it’s not yet time to accept a disciple.

"Ah! I am usually very busy and don't have much time to teach you."

"How about this? I can give you some tips on growing third-level spiritual plants. Everything in the future will depend on your self-study."

"But as a condition, if you break through to the third-level spiritual plant master, you have to grow spiritual rice under me for free for 30 years."

"And you are not allowed to farm for other forces except Jingxue Pavilion."

"As for your free time, you can plant other spiritual plants on your own. I have no control over it. It is not within the scope of the conditions."

"what do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Li Lan agreed without even thinking about it.

"Li agreed."

"Thank you very much, Manager Lu."

Qin Ming smiled slightly, and a jade slip appeared in his right hand and he handed it to him.

Li Lan took it respectfully and left as if he had found a treasure. But he had just left.

Then Jia Heyi ran towards Qin Ming with excitement on his face, holding something in his hand.

"Good news! Shopkeeper Lu, great news!"

Jia Heyi walked up to him in a panic and spoke excitedly.

Qin Ming frowned and couldn't help asking, "Old Jia, what good news makes you so happy?"

"Look, shopkeeper. This is a special invitation letter from the Wandao Business Alliance, inviting our Jingxue Pavilion to join the Wandao Business Alliance!" Jia Heyi handed the thing in his hand to Qin Ming.

After Qin Ming took it, he just glanced at it and asked indifferently: "Isn't it just joining a business alliance? Are you so happy?"

Jia Heyi was startled when he heard this, and explained with a dry laugh:
"Manager Lu, you don't know! How many businesses are trying their best to join the Wandao Business Alliance but are unable to do so."

"In Dajin, the Wandao Merchant Alliance is the third largest force after Lihuo Palace and Shendao Mountain. Its business even spreads to the neighboring Dali and Dazhou cultivation worlds."

"After joining the Merchant Alliance, not only can you enjoy the reduction of business rent and immortal dynasty taxes, but you can also enjoy various supports from the Merchant Alliance, which will be of great benefit to the future development of the business."

"Therefore, not every business can join. An invitation will only be issued after being decided by the Elders Council of the Wandao Business Alliance."

“For a business, it is also a great recognition and honor.”

Qin Ming nodded, "I see."

He then asked another more confusing question:

"But in Dajin, in addition to the rent for opening a shop in the market, you actually have to pay taxes?"

Jia Heyi replied: "That's right, the actual controller of Dajin is Lihuo Palace, and the Immortal Dynasty needs to pay a certain amount of taxes every year."

"But after joining the Wandao Merchant Alliance, you will enjoy some preferential policies. This is also one of the conditions for the two major forces to negotiate cooperation."

"Besides, the top leaders of the Chamber of Commerce would like to invite you for a chat."

Qin Ming thought for a moment and replied directly: "It seems that no matter where or when, even in a large cultivation world like Dajin, it is inevitable that the upper class will exploit the lower class. In this case, then join."

"I won't go to the alliance signing and social events. You can just take care of them."

Jia Heyi did not expect that Qin Ming would remain calm in the face of such good news.
Even the top leaders of the Chamber of Commerce refused to give him face, so he had no choice but to give up and go about the work on his own.

Qin Ming seemed indifferent to everything except his spiritual plants.

But what he didn't expect was.

The Sky-Devouring Rat, which had been stimulated by its previous cultivation, returned from the Beast-Screaming Mountains a few days later.

Returning with it was the little silver fox Yue'er.
This guy, Sky-Eating Rat, looks very happy.

The gloomy mood caused by the previous failed breakthrough was swept away, and he talked and laughed with the little silver fox along the way.

In order to avoid any further complications, Qin Ming quickly took the two beasts into the Xiaoling realm.

What would happen if someone found out about this?

Then Qin Ming questioned the Sky-Devouring Rat:

"You bastard, I asked you to go out and gain some experience, why did you bring her here?"

"Your skin is itchy again, isn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Sky-Eating Rat smiled awkwardly and explained:
"Hey! Master, I didn't ask her to come."

"She wanted to come here on her own, and we met by chance. It was on her way."

The little silver fox at the side came forward and bowed to Qin Mingying, and said crisply: "Senior Qin, it is indeed none of its business. I am here to bring you something on the orders of my mother."

"We have received great kindness from you, Senior, and we have no way to repay you. When my mother was killing our former enemies a few days ago, she collected a lot of rare treasures from several tribes. She said that you might be able to use them."

Then she took out a storage bag and handed it to Qin Ming.

Qin Ming took it and opened it. "Wow, what a good thing."

It was filled with spiritual materials for refining elixirs. The materials for the Shenmu Pill that he had painstakingly searched for were now instantly gathered.

Not only that, the materials needed to refine the Five Elements Flag are also complete.

(End of this chapter)