Immortality and Cultivation: I can extract entries from all things.

early morning.

A commotion broke out in Lingtian District.

Fang He walked out of the thatched hut and saw a group of people gathered in the distance.

Several guards dressed in Zhou family attire stood in the center of the crowd, led by a middle-aged man in his forties.

Zhou Mingyuan is the steward of the Zhou family.

Fang He blended into the crowd and listened quietly.

Zhou Mingyuan's voice was steady and powerful: "Gentlemen, I have come here today to announce something."

The crowd quieted down.

"Recently, marine life activity around Qing'ao Island has been frequent, and several fishing boats have been attacked. The Zhou family has decided to strengthen the defense of the surrounding waters and is issuing a conscription order effective immediately."

Zhou Mingyuan paused, then scanned the crowd: "The list will be finalized in a month. Those conscripted will be required to go out to sea to patrol the movements of sea monsters and cooperate with the Zhou family's guard team to clear the outer sea area."

Fang He's heart tightened.

Recruitment.

Go to sea.

Sea creatures.

The combination of these words doesn't sound like a good thing at all.

The surrounding crowd began to whisper, and someone asked, "Manager Zhou, is this conscription mandatory?"

Zhou Mingyuan glanced at the man but didn't answer directly. Instead, he said, "Those who are recruited will receive a monthly stipend of five spirit stones, plus two bottles of Qi Gathering Pills. If they perform exceptionally well, there will be additional rewards."

The monthly salary is five spirit stones and two bottles of pills.

For a low-level independent cultivator, this treatment is not bad.

But Fang He didn't speak; he was waiting for what would happen next.

Sure enough, someone asked, "What if you don't want to go?"

Zhou Mingyuan paused for a moment, then said, "Those who refuse to be recruited, have their spirit field leases revoked!"

A commotion broke out in the crowd.

The lease on the sacred field was revoked.

Fang He's expression darkened slightly.

For a rogue cultivator like him, the spiritual field is his lifeline.

Without spiritual fields, there is no source of income, and it is impossible to survive on this Qing'ao Island.

This is a multiple-choice question, but there is only one answer.

"but……"

Zhou Mingyuan then changed the subject, "If your cultivation reaches the third level of Qi Refining, you can apply for a postponement of your conscription and be given priority for logistical tasks."

Three layers of Qi Refining.

Fang He silently calculated in his mind.

He is currently at the second level of Qi Refining, having been stagnant for more than half a year.

Breaking through one level in a month is almost impossible for someone with a low-grade spiritual root like him.

But it's better than being conscripted to sea.

"Any more questions?" Zhou Mingyuan looked around at everyone.

The crowd wore varying expressions, and all was utterly silent…

"Let's call it a day then. I'll confirm the list again in a month."

Zhou Mingyuan left with his guards, and the crowd gradually dispersed.

Fang He stood still, her face calm, but her mind was racing.

Conscription order.

One month.

Three layers of Qi Refining.

He must break through within this month, or he will face the perilous sea route.

Back in the thatched hut, Fang He sat on the edge of the bed and closed his eyes.

The panel in the sea of ​​consciousness appeared:

[Realm Level: Qi Refining Level 2]

[Acquired the attribute: Aura Affinity (Gray), now activated]

There is only one entry: cultivation efficiency increased by five percent.

It helped, but it wasn't nearly enough.

Breaking through one level in a month would normally take two to three years.

Even with the help of relevant keywords, reducing the time to one-tenth, it would still take three to four months.

He only had one month.

Unless... more entries can be found.

Fang He opened her eyes and her gaze fell on the pile of miscellaneous items in the corner of the thatched hut.

Those were things left behind by the original owner, all worthless junk.

He had already looked through it roughly yesterday, but didn't find any items with historical significance.

But he couldn't give up.

Fang He stood up and began rummaging through the pile of junk.

A worn-out wooden basin, a few old clothes, a rusty iron hoe, and some other odds and ends.

No response.

The panel was not triggered.

Fang He picked up the miscellaneous items one by one and carefully examined them.

There is still no response.

It seems that these things either have no historical imprint or the imprint is too shallow to be extracted.

He sighed, walked out of the hut, and strolled along the path beside the sacred field.

The cheat codes can only be triggered by contact with items that bear historical imprints. Only items that have been used by predecessors and left traces can potentially extract the cheat codes.

The jade slip fragment contains the meditation insights of a Qi Refining stage cultivator, which is why it contains the [Spiritual Affinity].

What about the other items?

Fang He's gaze swept around the spirit field.

This spiritual field area has existed for decades, and countless independent cultivators have cultivated it. The traces they left behind may still remain in some places.

With that in mind, Fang He quickened his pace.

He walked along the edge of the spirit field, his eyes searching for those forgotten corners.

To the west of Lingtian, there is an abandoned pile of junk, where some unclaimed old items are piled up.

Those were things left behind by former tenants when they left; most of them were worthless items that no one wanted to take with them.

Fang He squatted down and began searching.

Rags, torn ropes, shards of pottery...

He picked up each item one by one and examined them carefully.

Most of them did not react.

Until his fingers touched something wooden.

It was a piece of dead wood, about the size of a palm, with weathered surfaces and some decay at the edges.

But one could vaguely sense a faint fluctuation of spiritual energy.

Fang He's heart stirred.

Panel appears:

[Retrievable historical traces detected]

【Item: Dead Wood Tablet】

[Historical Imprint: Old Lingzhi's Cultivation Experience (Gray)]

【Whether to extract? 】

Fang He didn't hesitate: "Yes."

An image flashed through my mind.

A hunched figure worked in the fields, his movements slow and practiced.

He bent down and gently stroked the leaves of a spirit grain, muttering incantations.

That was an understanding of spiritual plants, and the experience accumulated from decades of labor.

The image quickly faded, and the light spots coalesced into text:

Extraction successful

[Acquired entry: Plant Affinity (Gray)]

Fang He looked at the new entries on the panel, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.

Successful.

[Affix Effect: Plant Affinity (Gray), increases sensitivity to spirit plants by 10%, slightly increases cultivation efficiency]

Activate?

"activation."

The text on the panel changes as follows:

[Entry activated]

[Plant Affinity (Gray): Activated]

Fang He felt the changes within his body.

Unlike [Aura Affinity], which directly affects cultivation, this attribute seems to give him a greater sensitivity to the plants around him.

He looked at a weed at his feet and could vaguely sense its vitality.

This feeling is hard to describe; it's like having a new sense.

His affinity with plants and trees perfectly matches his identity as a spiritual plant master.

Although it cannot directly increase cultivation speed, it can improve the cultivation efficiency of spiritual plants, thereby indirectly increasing income.

More importantly, it confirms one thing.

The cheat codes can be reused.

You can extract entries from any item that bears historical significance.

Fang He stood up, put the withered wooden tablet into his pocket, and quickly returned to the thatched hut.

He sat cross-legged and began to circulate the Green Wood Technique.

The spiritual energy enters the body and flows through the meridians.

With both entries working simultaneously, the cultivation speed was even faster than before.

Although the progress is small, it is indeed an improvement.

Fang He opened her eyes and looked at the night outside the window.

The two entries have slightly improved cultivation efficiency, but it's still far from breaking through to the third level of Qi Refining.

He needs a bigger breakthrough.

And those historical items won't just come to you on their own.

Tomorrow, I'm going to the market.

The only place for independent cultivators to trade on Qing'ao Island is a gathering place for all kinds of items; perhaps one can find something of value there.

Fang He lay in bed, constantly planning his next move.

One month.

Either break through, or entrust your life to that treacherous sea.

He had no way out...