You're just a single demon beast? I have a whole army of beast tamers!

"Nine-aperture spiritual soil?" Qin Shou remembered that the black soil in the gourd space had long since turned into a celestial mountain. Although it could accelerate the ripening of celestial medicines, it was different from this spiritual soil specifically used for building ponds.

"good."

Shen Liuli said, "This kind of spiritual soil needs to be refined using special methods; it is not naturally formed."

The Shen family once owned a small piece of land, but it was later seized by the Ten Thousand Demons Profound Sect.

Qin Shou was silent for a moment, then said, "There's no rush to build the pool. Let's gather the immortal crystals first."

We'll search for the sacred soil of the nine orifices slowly.

Shen Liuli then brought over several stone boxes and jade bottles.

The three high-grade immortal crystals had been taken out, gleaming with a milky white light under the lamp; each one was extremely valuable.

Beside it are two well-preserved medicinal plants, one with silver leaves and slender roots, and the other with a jet-black body and three purple fruits the size of mung beans at the top.

"This Silver Leaf Dragon Pattern Grass is the main ingredient of the first-grade immortal elixir, Dragon Pattern Pill. It can strengthen blood and qi and replenish the foundation of immortality."

Those below the True Immortal level who have suffered severe injuries can have their lives restored with just a small dose.

Shen Liuli pointed to the silvery-white immortal herb and said, "This Purple Black Scrophularia is a second-grade immortal medicine."

"We don't need it now, but it will save us the trouble of searching for the medicine when refining second-grade immortal pills in the future."

Qin Shou nodded and carefully put away the two immortal herbs.

He opened the jade bottles again, smelled them one by one, and finally picked out only three bottles of elixirs that were still usable.

The rest either had lost their medicinal properties or had become damp and lost their luster.

He didn't feel any regret; having obtained the Nine-Aperture Immortal Spirit Flower and these complete inheritances, this trip had already been a great success.

"There's one more thing."

Shen Liuli took out a thumb-sized green wooden gourd from the bottom of the stone box.

The gourd's surface was covered with natural wood grain; it was extremely light to the touch, yet harder than metal or stone.

Qin Shou took it and glanced at it, his heart stirred slightly.

This is clearly an uncarved piece of wood-attribute immortal material, perfect for crafting a vessel to hold immortal medicine.

If some other spiritual materials are added, it might be possible to forge a low-grade immortal artifact.

"This is a green wood immortal gourd left behind by the Ten Thousand Beasts Immortal Sect, and it already has the foundation of a second-grade immortal material."

Shen Liuli said, "If you can find a master craftsman, he can forge a medicine gourd for you, which will make it convenient to store pills and medicines in the future."

"Keep it for now." Qin Shou put the gourd away.

He looked up at Shen Liuli and said, "I didn't want to touch the things you brought."

But right now, whether it's building the pool or auctioning the Nine Souls Immortal Pill, we're short of immortal crystals.

Since you've given it to me, I'll use it first, and repay you double later.

"Why are you saying these things now?"

Shen Liuli shook her head and took out a green wood storage bracelet from her sleeve. "Most of the wealth I brought from the Shen family is here."

There are some immortal crystals, and also a few immortal materials that are not useful.

Take this. Use it to build ponds and prepare elixirs.

Qin Shou did not refuse again.

He accepted the storage bracelet, glanced at the sleeping Qin Jiuqing, and whispered:

"Once we've established ourselves, I'll let Jiuqing walk openly and honestly in the Immortal City. She won't have to hide anymore."

Shen Liuli smiled.

The smile was faint, but it was gentler than before.

After leaving the immortal abode, Qin Shou did not immediately go to sleep.

He sat cross-legged in the quiet room and carefully went through the general outline of the "Compendium of the Immortal Lords of Ten Thousand Beasts".

The most important part of this exercise is the four words "the same origin of the beast's orifice".

The master and the beast share the same spiritual aperture, and the laws cultivated by the beast can be projected onto the master through the aperture.

If all five of Qin Beasts were to advance to True Immortal status in the future, Qin Beast would essentially gain five more Immortal Apertures in combat power out of thin air.

To outsiders, this technique is useless, because no one would cultivate multiple laws at the same time just to tame beasts.

But the Qin beasts are different.

He already possesses knowledge of more than a dozen laws; all he lacks is time and resources.

"For the next twenty years, in addition to refining pills to earn immortal crystals, I will also release the five tamed beasts out of the space in turn to let them adapt to the atmosphere of the immortal realm."

Qin Shou pondered.

The Golden-Winged Roc, the Void Mirage Dragon, the Spring and Autumn Cicada, and several peak eighth-tier demonic beasts were all on the verge of victory.

If they can adapt to the Immortal Realm first, they will have a greater chance of breaking through in the future.

The next day, Qin Shou did not leave the villa.

Shui Qingli didn't come back.

He then summoned Shui Yingyue and Shui Rou to the quiet room and gave them some seventh- and eighth-grade pills.

Shuiyao received the most, including two ninth-grade Clear Thunder Pills, which Qin Shou had secretly refined a few years ago, specifically to counteract impurities in the bodies of fire-type cultivators.

Shuiyao knew this was a rare item, and since it was rare, she didn't argue and obediently accepted it.

"I'm going to the black market in the east of the city in a while," Qin Shou said to Shui Yao. "You know that place well, so come with me."

"OK."

Shuiyao's eyes lit up. "I told you that place has a lot of good stuff. You should have gone sooner."

"Given my status, it's inconvenient for me to travel in and out so frequently."

Qin Shou said, "Let's go check out the situation first. If it's still convenient, we can have Shui Rou run errands for you later."

Shuiyao nodded.

Shui Rou then said, "I can manage the accounts for my husband."

Someone has to collect the sold immortal crystals.

"You're in charge," Qin Shou said without hesitation. "I trust you to handle things."

Shui Rou was taken aback, then lowered her head and agreed.

Shui Yingyue then went to prepare tea and snacks, and had the servants take the children to the backyard.

The courtyard fell silent for a moment.

Qin Shou sat for a while, then suddenly asked:

"How do you think the Shui family has been treating you lately?"

Shuiyao scoffed: "They're all smiles on the surface, but secretly on guard."

Those two guards at the gate are secretly keeping track of where we go and how many people we meet every day.

Shui Rou said, "It's not that they're making things difficult, it's just that I'm not free."

Shui Yingyue said softly, "We are content as long as our husbands are away."

Qin Shou nodded and said nothing more.

He got up and walked outside the courtyard, looking up at the sky.

The sky over the fairy city is always gray, as if covered by a layer of indelible smoke.

In twenty years, the Grand Conference on Alchemy will be held.

He wanted to have everything prepared before then.

When Qin Shou returned to the quiet room, it was already dark.

Without disturbing the servants in the courtyard, he first used his divine sense to scan the surroundings of the courtyard.

The two Shui family guards at the entrance were still there; one was leaning against the wall, pretending to sleep, while the other was sitting cross-legged in meditation.

Shui Yingyue and the others had already returned to their rooms, and the children had been taken to the backyard by their wet nurse.

Everything was quiet and as usual.

Qin Shou withdrew his divine sense and set up another layer of soundproofing before sitting down cross-legged.

With a thought, he sank into his sea of ​​consciousness, and when he reappeared, he was standing in the treasure gourd space.

The space had changed somewhat since the last time he came in.

The five-colored tree still stands tall, its canopy like clouds, completely blocking out half the sky.

Beneath the tree, a clear spring gurgles, flowing along a gray stone ditch into a newly formed small pool.

In the distance, layers of fairy mountains rise one after another, with a thin mist hanging between them like ribbons.

The spiritual energy in the air was incredibly dense, mixed with a few strands of newly generated immortal spiritual power. Although it was still thin, it was purer than that of the outside world.

Qin Shou first went to the medicinal field at the foot of the immortal mountain.

This place was originally black soil, but after it transformed into a sacred mountain, the soil became increasingly fine, and its color changed from black to purple, and then from purple to white.

He squatted down, grabbed a handful of fine soil, and felt its cool, moist texture and spiritual quality.

"A good place," he said softly.

He first took out the Nine-Aperture Immortal Flower.

This flower has extremely long roots, almost as long as its stems and leaves, and can easily break if you are not careful.