New and dark light years

Chapter 400 The Blessing Goddess
It took about six days to dry the rice and then remove the husks.

Then... about three hundred catties of spirit rice, with a slight fluorescent glow, appeared in Li Lin's warehouse.

Four women surrounded the spirit rice, full of curiosity.

Huang Qing reached out and poked at the rice, saying, "The rice is so smooth, it's like jade."

The other three dared not touch it, because it looked very valuable and was also very important to Li Lin.

Only Huang Qing dared to touch her, after all, she was his lawfully wedded wife.

Li Lin laughed and said, "Hongluan, cook some food and have a meal for everyone."

The four women were quite excited, after all, the rice looked delicious.

Huang Qing asked, "Won't this delay your plans, sir?"

"More than 300 catties of rice, that's enough."

"That's good."

Hongluan then took out her usual amount of spirit rice and went to the kitchen to steam it.

Chu Rengong ran over and said, "I'll help too."

"Can you do it?" Hongluan asked curiously.

"I'm a woman too, you know. Although I prefer martial arts, I can still cook, it's just that my cooking doesn't taste as good as yours." Chu Rengong laughed and said, "I'll start the fire."

"Okay, I'll trouble you."

"Why be so polite? We'll be family sooner or later," Chu Rengong said with a smile.

Hongluan covered her mouth and laughed, "You're that eager to marry your husband?"

"Only a fool wouldn't want to marry him; my husband is a peerless gentleman, unparalleled in the world."

“There really are such fools…” Hongluan suddenly remembered someone.

Chu Rengong exclaimed in surprise, "Really?"

“Yes…” Hongluan thought for a moment and said, “Never mind, it’s not good to tell you this. You’ll find out in time.”

Chu Rengong was very curious, but considering that he was not yet a true member of the Li family, he stopped asking questions and focused on tending the fire.

Seeing her serious expression, Hongluan smiled and said, "You look like a virtuous woman, so why are you thinking of venturing into the world?"

"I don't want to..." Chu Rengong said helplessly, "But if things hadn't been like that back then, I wouldn't have had any food to eat, and I would have had to learn martial arts from my master and the others. You and Madam are so good. You were born into a noble family and married a good husband. You don't have to work so hard to learn any skills. I used to suffer so much to practice martial arts."

"You can be like us someday."

"Yes..." Thinking of this, Chu Rengong became happy and said with a smile, "I just don't know if my husband can handle the four of us at once."

"You're calling me husband so soon?"

"You said it yourself, it's only a matter of time." Chu Rengong rested her chin on her hand, smiling sweetly as she thought about her future happy life.

Hongluan put the rinsed rice into a steamer and then placed it on the stove.

Before long, the steamed rice was cooked.

Even before the lid was opened, a unique aroma of rice filled the air, making one's mouth water.

"I'll go cook two dishes, you bring the rice to the living room."

"it is good."

Chu Rengong carried the steamer to the hall, placed it aside, and saw Huang Qing embroidering. Upon closer inspection, she discovered that she was embroidering a veil.

"Madam, which family's daughter is this embroidered for?"

Because Huang Qing had previously helped Su Bei find a girl, Chu Rengong mistakenly thought that Huang Qing had acted as a matchmaker for someone else.

This was embroidered for someone else.

Huang Qing smiled and said, "I embroidered it for you."

Chu Rengong glared, then subconsciously pointed to his face: "Mine?"

"Yes! It's already finished embroidering, and we just finished sealing the thread."

She put the veil aside.

“As the head wife of the household, I have the right to help my husband take concubines,” Huang Qing laughed.

Chu Rengong turned around, wiped her eyes, then turned back and bowed, saying, "Thank you, sister."

"You're welcome."

Not long after, Hongluan brought over a few side dishes on a wooden plate and saw the two chatting, the atmosphere was very pleasant.

He then said, "Miss, the food is ready."

Huang Qing nodded slightly, then said, "Yan Jing, go and call your husband to dinner."

"Okay."

Li Yanjing emerged from the altar and drifted towards the study.

After a while, Li Lin followed Li Yanjing over.

He sat in the main seat, and Hongluan scooped up the rice and handed it to Li Lin, saying with a smile, "Husband, please try it first."

Li Lin nodded, picked up his chopsticks, scooped up a piece of glistening rice and put it in his mouth, and then felt the fragrance linger in his mouth.

After chewing a few times and swallowing it, he said, "It tastes good, you should eat some too."

The other four then picked up their chopsticks.

Every woman's eyes lit up after taking a bite of the spiritual rice.

The meal was very enjoyable. Huang Qing and the other women usually have small appetites, but this time they all ate more than usual.

Li Lin, on the contrary, ate less because he had no other choice.

After finishing the meal, everyone felt the spiritual energy seeping and flowing from their stomachs and intestines into their meridians.

This effect is even stronger than dual cultivation.

Thinking of this, Li Lin smiled and said, "Now that everyone's energy is surging, I think it's a good opportunity for dual cultivation."

Hearing this, the three women blushed slightly.

Chu Rengong then stood up, preparing to leave.

At this moment, Huang Qing said, "Wait."

Then she stood up, walked to the side, and placed the embroidered veil over Chu Rengong's head.

Soon, Chu Rengong's face was covered by a bright red veil.

"My lord, this is the concubine I've recently chosen for you. Because of the short notice, I won't go through the formalities," Huang Qing said with a smile.

Li Lin frowned slightly: "No need..."

Upon hearing this, Chu Rengong's body trembled slightly.

He seemed a little scared.

Huang Qing laughed, "My lord, it's not appropriate to say such unromantic things when taking a concubine. Go on." Li Lin looked at Chu Rengong and asked, "My wife has acted rather recklessly, but... Lady Chu, are you willing?"

The veil fluttered up and down quickly and rapidly.

Alright... Li Lin took Chu Ren Gong's hand and headed towards the small spiritual vein.

Halfway there, he turned back and said, "Come back in half an hour."

The absurdity continued until evening.

Hongluan got up first and went to cook.

Li Yanjing then changed her clothes and went to help.

Huang Qing said she was going to calculate the family's expenses for the month, and then she left.

In the small spiritual vein, only Li Lin and Chu Rengong remained.

There were no windows, so it was a bit dark inside. There was only one candle, and Chu Rengong's rosy face was full of a happy smile.

She stared at Li Lin's face, mesmerized.

"Are you getting used to it?" Li Lin asked.

Chu Rengong reached out and embraced Li Lin, burying her face in his chest: "Now I finally have a home."

Didn't you have a home before?

"no!"

Li Lin was in a daze.

No wonder Chu Rengong was so envious of how they got along.

Li Lin patted her back and then said, "There's still some time. Hongluan won't be able to finish cooking so quickly. Let's cultivate for a while longer."

"I will do whatever my husband says." Chu Rengong wrapped her legs around Li Lin's waist.

……

The amount of spirit rice is not large, so it can only be eaten once.

However, Li Lin has already instructed the farmers in Green Mountain Valley to prepare for the second planting.

That's the good thing about southern Xinjiang; even in winter... rice can still be grown, it just takes some effort.

Li Lin also began refining Foundation Establishment Pills.

The Foundation Establishment Pill is very difficult to refine, but the other materials are easy to obtain; they are available on the market, and you just need to pay for them.

But three hundred catties of spirit rice... can only be refined three times.

One hundred catties of spirit rice are put into the furnace for purification.

A ball of blue flame emerged from Li Lin's right hand and he put it into the furnace.

The blue flames inside the alchemy furnace were blazing, making crackling sounds.

Soon, a burning smell wafted out.

Li Lin extinguished the fire, opened the alchemy furnace, and found that all the rice inside was burnt.

It's been overcooked.

Li Lin felt quite distressed; there were only 300 jin of spirit rice, and 100 jin were gone in an instant.

He calmed himself down and put another hundred catties of spirit rice into it.

Then, use fire control techniques to refine it.

This time, after half an hour, the alchemy furnace did not emit a foul odor; instead, it had a pleasant fragrance.

Li Lin thought he had succeeded, but when he opened the stove, he found that the spirit rice was already 'cooked'.

It turned into a big, messy blob.

Li Lin patted his head helplessly.

There were still 100 jin of rice left. He dared not try again for the last time.

Li Lin let Hongluan in and take the lump of paste away.

Although the purification process was unsuccessful and a significant amount was lost, the clump of spirit rice paste still weighed nearly fifteen pounds.

"It should still be edible." Li Lin pinched off a piece and put it in his mouth. "The taste is not bad, but the spiritual energy is almost gone."

She took out the red phoenix rice porridge and put it into the wooden bucket next to her. She asked, "Husband, did it fail?"

Li Lin nodded.

Hongluan said, "It's alright. Let people continue planting spirit rice. Husband, you are still young. What's wrong with delaying it for another ten or eight years?"

That's what they say, but in this chaotic world... with the red mist wreaking havoc on humanity, if things drag on for a few more years, we might be overtaken by others.

He wouldn't say this to his women, so as not to put pressure on them.

After Hongluan took the rice paste, Li Lin looked at the last hundred catties of spirit rice left beside him, thought for a moment, and then stopped.

Today is not an auspicious day; let's see tomorrow.

So, in a night of absurdity, Li Lin vented all his anxiety.

This time, Chu Rengong also suffered the most, after all, he is currently the weakest in terms of health.

Although she is very strong, she is the worst in terms of physical health.

After breakfast the next day, Li Lin went to the alchemy room again.

He looked at the hundred catties of spirit rice, and after thinking for a moment, he went to the study and took out a copper coin.

Just as he was about to use the spirit writing technique to predict the day's fortune, a figure appeared in front of him unexpectedly.

It is the Tree Fairy Goddess.

Li Lin was delighted to see her and was about to speak when she silently grabbed his right hand and brought it to her mouth.

Li Lin assumed she wanted to consume blood and qi, so he let her.

To everyone's surprise, she opened her cherry-like mouth and took a big bite of Li Lin.

Two sharp snake fangs pierced Li Lin's palm and injected something into it.

Although it stung a little, Li Lin did not struggle.

A few breaths later, the Tree Fairy released Li Lin and said, "Go refine the pills."

After speaking, the Tree Fairy Goddess disappeared again.

Li Lin paused for a moment, then looked at his palm.

Beneath the skin of the palm, two points of golden light shimmered faintly.

This is what the Tree Fairy Goddess gave him.

(End of this chapter)