My path to immortality was smooth sailing.

Farming and cultivating his spiritual practice, Wei Jing's life was fulfilling and peaceful.

The spiritual rice in the spiritual field is growing well, and Wei Jing's own cultivation has also made great progress.

Time flies, and another three years have passed. Wei Jing has been cultivating on Jade Stack Peak for more than four years.

His cultivation level officially broke through to the third level of Qi Refining before the Lunar New Year.

Reaching the third level of Qi Refining in just over four years is quite a fast pace.

Although Wei Long possessed dual spiritual roots and had far more cultivation resources than him, he was only at the third level of Qi Refining.

Therefore, Wei Jing was quite satisfied with his progress in cultivation.

After more than four years on the mountain, Wei Jing will be thirteen years old in three months.

In the past three years, Wei Jing has mastered the Spring Rain Technique, the Nourishing Technique, and the Spirit Gathering and Qi Guiding Technique to the highest level. He will advance to the Perfection level in the next month or two.

He even mastered the first-tier spell Cleansing, so Qiu Niang no longer needs to clean the house or do laundry.

All she had to do was cook three meals for Wei Jing each day.

In addition to the four spells mentioned above, Wei Jing also learned some minor spells of the Five Elements, such as Fireball, Heavy Water, and Green Wind, which are used for fighting and combat.

However, he didn't need to use most of the spells he practiced on Jade Stack Peak.

It's not as good as spells like Spring Rain that are useful for planting spirit rice.

Having mastered the Spring Rain Technique, the Nourishing Technique, and the Spirit Gathering and Qi Guiding Technique, Wei Jing also took over five more acres of spiritual fields, bringing his total to eight acres.

Eight acres of fertile land yield one harvest a year. Under Wei Jing's meticulous care, each acre can produce more than 300 catties of spirit rice. After being handed over to the family, each acre can earn more than 400 contribution points.

"One bottle of Qi-Nourishing Pill costs forty contribution points. You can exchange for ten bottles of Qi-Nourishing Pills by working hard for a year." Wei Jing straightened up and pounded his back with his hand.

Before me lay a field of golden, ripe Ling rice.

"This year, I'll keep some for my own family, send some to my uncle and the clan elders, send some to my parents in Liushi Town, and hand over the rest to the clan to exchange for contribution points!" Wei Jing counted on his fingers, planning each item one by one.

Under the scorching sun, Wei Jing harvested spirit rice alone, wielding a sickle.

Before long, his clothes were soaked with sweat. Fortunately, Wei Jing knew a cleaning spell, and with one spell, the sweat and dirt on his body were cleaned up.

"Brother Jing, I'm here to help you."

Wei Tiezhu peeked out from the bushes at the crossroads not far away.

Wei Jing smiled. Back then, Wei Tiezhu was a head shorter than him, thin and dark-skinned.

He is now tall and robust, but still tanned dark.

"Have you finished harvesting all three acres of spiritual fields?" Wei Jing asked in surprise. How did he have time to help him?

"We finished harvesting a long time ago." Wei Tiezhu smiled憨厚ly, then walked to the edge of the field, rolled up his trousers, and helped Wei Jing harvest the spirit rice.

The spirit rice stalks are quite tough; it would take a lot of effort for an ordinary person to cut them with a sickle. But these tough spirit rice stalks fell over with a single touch in the hands of the two people.

"It's so hot!"

"Brother Jing, let's use the Cool Breeze Technique to cool down!" Tie Zhu shouted as he straightened up.

"Alright!" Without saying a word, Wei Jing formed a hand seal and pointed towards the sky above the spirit field.

The next moment, a gentle breeze came, blowing the rice paddies and creating layers of golden waves.

"One more Cleanse spell." With that, Wei Jing cast a Cleanse spell on Tie Zhu.

"Awesome!" Wei Tiezhu exclaimed, feeling exhilarated. His efficiency immediately increased by more than 30-40%, like a tireless old ox.

The two did not stop harvesting the spirit rice until sunset and nightfall.

"Jing-ge, come to my house for braised pork!"

After a long day of work, Wei Jing's mouth watered and his stomach rumbled upon hearing this.

"Okay! I'll come to your place." Wei Jing agreed immediately.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to cast a cleansing spell on both of them, and then he picked up the two rows of spirit rice and left.

"Freshly harvested spirit rice, paired with fragrant braised pork, this is true earthly delight," Wei Jing said, squinting his eyes.

Wei Tiezhu hesitated and said, "This...this is too wasteful!"

"What's the waste? We grew it ourselves. Let's go." Wei Jing pulled him away.

The two chatted idly on the way, and Wei Jing said, "Zhu Zi, you should be breaking through to the second level of Qi Refining soon, right?"

"Yes, soon. In two or three months at most. After the breakthrough, I will go to the family's general affairs office to take over two more acres of spirit fields, and the harvest next year will be even greater."

Wei Tiezhu mumbled as he spoke. He had been on the mountain for over four years and had matured a lot. He was no longer the timid, dark-skinned boy who was too shy to speak when he saw strangers.

"Okay, don't hesitate to ask me for the Qi-Nourishing Pills."

"Yes, thank you, Brother Jing," Wei Tiezhu said sincerely.

"Don't mention it. Let's find some time to visit the clan elders and bring some of this year's freshly harvested rice." Wei Jing patted him on the shoulder.

"Okay!" Wei Tiezhu replied.

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"The Suixu Secret Realm will begin in less than two years, so I need to seize the time to cultivate." Wei Jing felt a sense of urgency.

Among the younger generation of cultivators in the family, he and Wei Long are both at the third level of Qi Refining. There are two older cousins ​​who are two years older than them, one at the fourth level of Qi Refining and the other at the fifth level of Qi Refining.

These are all his competitors.

To secure a spot, even reaching level four of Qi Refining might not be enough.

"Reaching the fifth level of Qi Refining within two years... Whew, this challenge is just too difficult." Wei Jing shook his head.

Although it is difficult, there is still hope as long as you work hard.

Wei Jing let out a burp, and had to admit that Xiao Ju's braised pork was really good.

Clearing his mind of distractions, Wei Jing sat cross-legged in meditation.

Nothing was said that night; another night was spent in cultivation.

It's worth mentioning that now that Wei Jing's cultivation level has improved, he only needs to sleep for one or two hours a day.

Even if I stay up all night practicing meditation, I won't feel too tired the next day.

The next morning, Wei Jing and Wei Tiezhu brought this year's new rice to the door.

Wei Qingmu was overjoyed to see the two arrive.

"Qingque and Xiaocai are here too." Wei Jing greeted the two with a smile.

These are newly discovered young talents, a boy and a girl, both with the aptitude of four spiritual roots, and they are both being trained by the clan elder Wei Qingmu.

"Greetings to my two cousins."

The two children spoke in a clear voice; both looked to be eight years old, and their faces still showed a hint of shyness.

"I'm getting old. I won't be able to lead the next generation of immortal seedlings." Wei Qingmu shook his head. He was already eighty-nine years old this year, and it could be said that he had burned himself out for the family.

"Elder, you're in great health; you could easily live to be another hundred," Wei Jing said with a smile.

"Haha! You're good at making old people happy." Wei Qingmu laughed until his eyes narrowed into slits.

"Elder, this is the spirit wine I brewed. Please try it and see if my skills work." Wei Jing took out a pottery jar containing wine brewed last year.

Wei Tiezhu put down a bag of new rice and came over as well.

"It smells wonderful! This wine is amazing! I never knew you had this skill, Brother Jing." Wei Tiezhu exclaimed.

Wei Jing poured a cup for him and the clan elder, and the two of them took a sip, both thoroughly enjoying themselves.

After several rounds of drinks, Wei Qingmu slowly began to speak:

"Jing'er, your cultivation has reached the third level of Qi Refining, right?"

"You have such keen insight, sir." Wei Jing nodded with a smile, then filled his wine glass with fine wine.

"Alright, then there's still a chance to try and conquer the Suixu Secret Realm that I told you about two years ago." Wei Qingmu slapped his thigh and said loudly.

"I'm afraid we can't compete with others." Wei Jing smiled bitterly.