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Chapter 769 The Insect Demon's Covetousness, Farming and Cultivation

For Qin Ming now...

The arrival of the insect demon Yinlingzi only added a little trouble, but did not pose a great threat.

Sensing that the cultivation world was about to undergo another upheaval, Qin Ming felt a surge of urgency.

After all, even the old monsters of sects who were at the Void Refinement stage had died at the hands of the Fallen Insects.

Furthermore, within that ancient insect valley, there actually existed ferocious insects that even a Nascent Soul stage expert couldn't handle.
……

Time flies, the years are like a shuttle.

Thirty years have passed quietly.

The days of cultivation pass quickly; for Qin Ming's long lifespan, it's just a blink of an eye.

On this day, inside the stone pavilion on the main peak of Little Turtle Peak.

Qin Ming was playing chess with Xuan Guan Daoist from Tianxing City's Pill Pavilion and Master Kongzhi.

On the table to the side, a sixth-grade spirit incense stick was burning.

It was made by Qin Ming using the Dragon Saliva Agarwood and dozens of special high-grade spiritual materials. These materials were collected from the Tianxing City Treasury, as they could not be found anywhere else.

This incense is effective for cultivators in the Void Refinement stage in strengthening their spiritual soul and resisting and suppressing inner demons.

In addition, there is a slight chance of enlightenment upon smelling it, making it a rare sixth-tier fragrance.

A mere sliver of spiritual fragrance can be exchanged for a considerable sum of immortal jade, and even then, it's not guaranteed that you can buy it.

Only a few of them have occasionally appeared at the major auctions in Tianxing City.

Even the Taoist Xuan Guan and Master Kong Zhi praised Qin Ming's spiritual fragrance repeatedly.

"Hahaha! It's definitely more comfortable here with Fellow Daoist Li!"

"We arrived at the perfect time, just as your sixth-grade spiritual incense was being refined. We truly benefited from Fellow Daoist Li's good fortune."

"Amitabha! Fellow Daoist Li is truly detached from worldly affairs. Even I, a monk, am filled with envy for such a life."

In the course of this back and forth...

Qin Ming was quite familiar with the two of them, and they would often get together to discuss matters related to alchemy and cultivation.

"Fellow Daoists, you flatter us. With your current status and position in Tianxing City, what kind of resources wouldn't you have at your fingertips?"

Qin Ming placed the white piece, smiled slightly, and said...

at this time.

Snapped!
Master Kongzhi also made a move, and then asked, "I heard that old fellow Yin Lingzi of the Tianhe Sect has been plotting against Fellow Daoist Li in secret. Is that true?"

"Thank you for your concern, Master Kongzhi. I did have some unpleasantness with this person, but I will make my own decision. Master, you need not worry about it," Qin Ming replied calmly.

The Taoist Master Xuan Guan watched the two play chess from the side, smelling the sixth-order spiritual fragrance that emitted a misty white aura, and seemed to be in a state of enlightenment.

After a long while, he came to his senses, as if he had grasped the key to cultivation, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Fellow Daoist Li, this spiritual incense is truly miraculous. Its effects are even better than those of elixirs and medicines."

"In just a short moment, it has strengthened my spiritual power several times over; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it divine incense."

Then, as if remembering something, he continued:

"By the way, I heard that the demon race is in complete chaos, and there are even signs of demons. It seems that once that large immortal abode secret realm is revealed, it will inevitably stir up another bloody storm."

"We've finally managed to stabilize for a while, and now another turbulent period is about to begin!"

Qin Ming nodded and said, "Fellow Daoist Xuan Guan need not worry too much. Fortunately, the Immortal Abode Secret Realm appears in the Demon Race's Spirit Realm, which is separated from our human race by hundreds of millions of miles. If chaos is to break out, it will be the Demon Race that is in chaos first."

"But what about that insect valley in the Red River Wasteland? I wonder how it's been dealt with?"

The Taoist Xuan Guan said, "I have heard that the Tianhe Sect has completely taken control of the area and wants to join forces with the middle and lower-level sects to develop this place."

"A number of high-level spirit mineral resources have been generated within the Insect Valley. The reserves of the Crimson-Veined Gold Essence alone are an astonishing number."

"It's just that they say it's a joint development. Given the Tianhe Sect's usual practices, they'll probably use the downstream sects as cannon fodder first, and only when they've used them up will they come in and reap the benefits."

Qin Ming showed a hint of surprise and said, "Oh? Didn't we say before that there were ferocious insects in the Ancient Insect Valley that even Nascent Soul stage experts were wary of?"

“That’s right, but it’s said that for some reason, the ferocious insect seems to have retreated back into the wormhole, which gave the Tianhe Sect an opportunity to take advantage of it.” Xuan Guan Daoist replied, “In the next few decades, the Tianhe Sect will definitely develop this worm valley on a large scale to continue to increase and strengthen the sect’s strength.”

"I heard that Yin Lingzi has been promoted to the position of Grand Elder and is in full charge of the Insect Valley. Therefore, the two of us came here to inform Fellow Daoist Li about this matter in advance."

"This person mainly cultivates the unorthodox insect path, and his demonic cultivation has reached the realm of perfection. If he obtains another opportunity in the Insect Valley, it is very likely that he will advance to the peak of the Void Refinement stage."

"Therefore, if Fellow Daoist Li is targeted by this person, it will indeed be difficult to resolve the situation."

"Perhaps you could ask the Grand Commander to mediate. If that doesn't work, this old monk will ask my master."

Master Kongzhi's master is none other than the Nascent Soul stage expert, Zen Master Shenyin, who is stationed in Tianxing City.

However, Qin Ming absolutely could not afford to owe such a favor.
Qin Ming heard that his two fellow Daoists were also thinking of him and had gone to great lengths for his sake.

He couldn't help but sigh that he hadn't wasted his time befriending the two people before him. The scenes of the three great alchemists working together to refine pills were still fresh in his memory.

He put down the chess piece in his hand and said, "There's no need to trouble you two with this matter; I, Li, can handle it myself."

Upon hearing this, Xuan Guan Dao Ren and Master Kong Zhi exchanged a glance and then asked no further questions.

They hadn't expected that Qin Ming would completely disregard the Insect Demon Yin Lingzi, acting as if it were none of his business.
The following days.

The group burned incense, brewed tea, played chess, and discussed alchemy techniques, enjoying a very leisurely and carefree time.

However, during his conversation with these two sixth-tier alchemy masters, Qin Ming discovered that they knew nothing about the method of cultivating primordial spirit pills, and had never even heard of it.

Even though Xuan Guan Dao Ren was a sixth-order high-grade alchemist, he had never heard of such a secret technique.

This surprised Qin Ming even more; Su Yuqing's talent in alchemy had actually reached such a level.

No wonder he was chosen by someone like Daoist Lu Yun and accepted as his last disciple.

Qin Ming didn't say much about the Void God Pill Planting Technique, since it was created by Su Yuqing and only taught to Qin Ming.

Xuan Guan Dao Ren and Master Kong Zhi stayed at Xiao Gui Feng for almost half a month. They only reluctantly bid farewell and left because they had to take care of some business in Tian Xing City.

……

After seeing off his two fellow cultivators, Qin Ming returned to the territory of Xiaoling.

Then, he landed directly on the immortal's abandoned field halfway up the mountain.

These days, the Devouring Rat has been guarding this spirit field almost every step of the way.

The main reason it was so enthusiastic was that the Spirit-Calling Demon Fruit was about to ripen again under Qin Ming's ripening efforts.

Furthermore, seven or eight top-grade sixth-tier demon fruits were also displayed.

The Devouring Sky Rat was hoping to advance its level by consuming the demon fruit.

This was also thanks to Qin Ming's exchange of some sixth-order demon blood containing true spirit bloodline in the treasure vault of Tianxing City.

After decades of careful nurturing, the Spirit-Calling Fruit has been provided with ample nutrients.

"Master, you're here, hehehe!" Upon seeing Qin Ming arrive, the Devouring Rat hurriedly ran over with a fawning expression.

Kunpeng Xiaoqing followed closely behind the Devouring Sky Rat. It didn't care whether the demon fruit was ripe or not. Although it could now transform into a size of 12,000 feet, it was still in its infancy.

Even though they possess intelligence, their minds remain somewhat childlike.

Qin Ming ruffled its head and said to the Devouring Sky Rat, "Considering how diligent you've been all this time, and seeing how eagerly you've been waiting, I'll grant your wish."

Having said that, he walked toward the Spirit-Calling Demon Fruit. On the two-foot-tall demon plant, eight strange, heart-shaped demon fruits had already condensed, surrounded by a peculiar demonic aura.

"But Master, these spirit fruits are not ripe yet," the Devouring Rat said hastily upon seeing this.

Qin Ming smiled faintly. Behind him, a phantom of a spiritual plant appeared. With a grasping motion of his five fingers, a verdant light of the four seasons, filled with the power of time, transformed into tassels and disappeared into the Spirit Summoning Fruit before him.

Immediately afterwards, the Spirit-Calling Fruit, which was still a little short of ripeness, changed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Ultimately, the strange phenomenon of the demon fruit ripening appeared in the Little Spirit Realm.

Since Qin Ming initially cultivated the Immortal Body and mastered the "Eternal Azure Emperor Technique", the Four Seasons Divine Light unleashed by his longevity magic has a powerful healing effect.

It also greatly enhances the ripening effect of spiritual plants.

"It's actually cooked!" The Devouring Sky Rat and Little Green were stunned when they saw Qin Ming's amazing skill. They were immediately filled with excitement and anticipation.

Qin Ming then used his divine sense to condense a pair of scissors and plucked all eight blood-red demon fruits.

In an instant.

At the same time, he also gained the [Celestial Demon Aura] and [Time Flies] entries.

Qin Ming took out a special jade box, sealed the eight Spirit Summoning Fruits, and handed four of them to the Devouring Sky Rat.

It reached out and took the demon fruit, its mouth almost crooked with a grin: "Thank you for the reward, Master! So much this time?"

"What are you thinking? Go and give two to Fairy Blue Ice, and the remaining two are yours," Qin Ming said calmly.

The Devouring Rat said with a grin, "I'm already satisfied with two, hehe!"

Having said that, it vanished in a flash, heading to deliver the demon fruit to Fairy Blue Ice's secluded cave.

Xiao Qing was left staring longingly at Qin Ming, drool dripping from the corner of her mouth.
Qin Ming patted his head, and then gave each of Xiao Qing, Xuan Shui Crocodile, and Little Silver Fox a Spirit Summoning Fruit.

He kept the last demon fruit for himself.

Decades have passed since the Silverwing Frost Bees and the swarm of spirit bees devoured the eggs in the Void Insect Nest, and there has been no movement from them to this day.

Besides its ever-increasing aura, it was also constantly molting. Beneath its natal spiritual plant, the Yanfu Immortal Vine, lay a layer of golden and silver insect shells.

Qin Ming simply ground all the gold and silver insect shells, as well as the insect egg shells he had retrieved from the Void Insect Nest, into a fine powder.

The insect eggshell contains a special essence of the Great Dao, which is a rare fertilizer that will definitely be useful when planting spiritual plants.

After these demon fruits ripen.

The Devouring Rats and the others have all gone into seclusion to cultivate.

Within Xiaoling territory, only Xiaoqing and Tian Ling'er remained.

Tian Ling'er has been very diligent, helping Qin Ming take care of the high-level spiritual plants inside.

On the Xuanling Immortal Peach Tree, twelve green peaches grew, their surfaces enveloped in a layer of immortal energy.

Just by looking at it, it doesn't look like an ordinary spirit peach.

The golden words in Qin Ming's vision also changed accordingly:
[Name]: Mystic Spirit Peach [Status]: Refinement Mana x5 (Maturity 60%)
【Name】：Mystic Spirit Peach 【Entry】：Time Flies x5 (Ripeness 62%)
【Name】：Mystic Spirit Peach 【Entry】：Longevity and Prosperity x1 (Ripeness 61%)
For decades, Qin Ming had been using the Four Seasons Divine Light and the newly generated ripening attributes to continuously ripen this sixth-grade superior immortal peach through several rounds of repeated ripening techniques, barely managing to bring it to this level.

After all, this immortal peach is extremely precious. From flowering to fruiting, it takes ten thousand years for it to ripen, and its growth cycle is extremely slow.

Qin Ming immediately used the [Time Flies] skill he had just acquired to accelerate the ripening of these immortal peaches to over 70%.

He believed that soon he would be able to eat this rare spiritual peach in the spirit world.

Subsequently.

He then went to the nearby spirit field and tended to the few Taiyi Void Rice plants. These sixth-order spirit rice plants had also produced full spirit ears, and their entire bodies exuded profound spiritual patterns and Daoist charm, which was quite magical.

Strands of ethereal energy were captured by the spiritual soil below from the cracks in the void and continuously poured into the spiritual rice, resulting in its vigorous growth.

After tending to the spiritual plants.

Qin Ming then walked to his natal spiritual plant, the Yanfu Immortal Vine, and took out several jars of Void Heaven Inviting the Moon Wine from the cellar inside to refine it with moonlight.

This batch of spirit wine was brewed by him using the demon core of the Tu Luo demon general; it was a genuine late-stage sixth-order demon core.

This demon is among the strongest in the demon race.

Therefore, the effects of these newly brewed Void Moon Invitation Elixir must be many times stronger than the previous ones.

Qin Ming's cultivation has progressed rapidly after decades of farming and hard work, coupled with the acquisition of a brand-new immortal body. He is not far from breaking through to the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm.

It has advanced by a full third.

This was also thanks to Gou's development on Xiaogui Peak near Tianxing City. After a period of hard work, he accumulated a huge amount of cultivation resources.

In particular, the chaos of the Yellow Springs Devouring Abyss and his journey to the Underworld not only allowed him to inherit the Azure Emperor's cultivation techniques, but also made him richer.

In terms of cultivation environment, Little Turtle Peak is located near the main city of the human race, which is relatively safe and stable.

Although there are occasional disturbances, they are all insignificant to Qin Ming as long as they are not powerful threats above the Integration level.

……

The following days.

A rare moment of peace had returned to Little Turtle Peak.

Without the Devouring Sky Rat, who was always making a racket, Xiao Qing had no one to play with and seemed very uncomfortable.

Qin Ming wouldn't let it out, and it was listless all day long.

Fortunately, yes.

About half a month later.

After consuming the demon fruit, the little silver fox and the black water crocodile both successfully advanced to the late stage of the fifth rank.

Both of them were somewhat incredulous.

However, Qin Ming discovered that after consuming the demon fruit repeatedly, the medicinal effects of the Spirit Summoning Demon Fruit seemed to have been greatly reduced.

It was nowhere near as strong as the first time I took it.

However, the purity and concentration of the true spirit bloodline within both beasts have increased to over 80%.

Even among the True Spirit Clan, such an extremely pure bloodline could be enshrined as a sacred beast for inheritance.

……

This day.

Qin Ming was in the Little Spirit Realm, teasing Little Green and feeding it some spirit fish.

Xiaoqing transformed into a ten-foot-long, star-blue whale-kun, swimming joyfully in the Spirit Lake.

Who could have imagined that this calf-like creature would transform into a body ten thousand feet tall, with combat power approaching the late stage of the Void Refinement realm?

Even cultivators in the late stage of the Void Refinement realm could be smashed to pieces.

At this time.

The little silver fox came in from outside and said to Qin Mingying, "Master, Baili Hui has returned to the mountain. He said he has urgent business to discuss with you."

"Mm." Qin Ming handed the spirit fish in his hand to her, letting the little silver fox continue to feed Xiao Qing.

They then left the Lesser Spirit Realm.

(End of this chapter)