If Gou Cheng becomes the Dao Ancestor, the monkey will come to become his disciple.

Several days after Jiangchuan returned to Lingtian

The impact of the Black-crowned Ferocious Bird's invasion gradually spread, causing many cultivators in the market to be terrified. Countless people fled Taihu Market, and even Jiang Chuan, who was hiding in the spiritual field for cultivation, had heard about it.

In Lingtian, Dingzi District, Jiang Chuan, wearing a straw hat and coarse linen clothes, was planting dragon blood rice seeds one by one under the scorching sun, just like a middle-aged farmer.

Besides Dragon Blood Rice, he also planted some common first-grade low-level spiritual herbs such as Blood Ginseng and Polygonatum, intending to give it a try.

A single mature Dragon Blood Rice, if consumed entirely, can grant him 0.1 years of lifespan. If he were to cultivate spiritual herbs like Blood Ginseng or Polygonatum, he might be able to gain even more lifespan each year.

For him, lifespan is the greatest source of confidence when facing a crisis; he will accumulate as much as he can for another year.

On the contrary, the yield of this spiritual field is no longer important...

In front of the Lingtian wooden house,

Zhang Hao has been coming over to visit frequently these past few days. He stroked his beard, a deep sorrow flashing in his eyes, and sighed.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, our market has suffered heavy losses in this invasion of demonic beasts. Thousands of cultivators have been killed or wounded, and countless houses have collapsed. It will be difficult to recover in less than several decades..."

Hearing Zhang Hao's explanation, Jiang Chuan's face also showed shock. Even though he had seen the terrible scene at the time, he felt angry and scared when he heard it now.

"Senior, has that ferocious bird been slain?"

Zhang Hao shook his head, a look of helplessness in his eyes:

"That ferocious bird was a second-tier high-grade demonic beast, equivalent to a late-stage Foundation Establishment expert in humans. It possessed innate speed, thick hide, and powerful innate abilities... Even with the combined efforts of several Foundation Establishment seniors, this beast still managed to escape severely injured..."

"A second-tier superior-grade demonic beast... May I ask, senior, what is the name of this ferocious bird?"

"Black-crowned Golden Eagle!"

"Black-crowned Golden Eagle?" Upon hearing this name, Jiang Chuan suddenly felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

Zhang Hao looked at Jiang Chuan with a solemn expression and warned, "This monster riot is expected to last for a long time. Now that a Foundation Establishment stage senior has already taken action, the situation will only become more dire in the future."

Our Lingtian area in the Dingzi district is remote and sparsely populated, much safer than the core area of ​​the market. Unless it's an emergency, try not to leave Lingtian…”

"Thank you for informing me, senior." Jiang Chuan nodded and clasped his hands in thanks.

Zhang Hao stroked his beard, a smile on his face, and asked casually:

"By the way, Fellow Daoist Jiang, there's one more thing I need to tell you. When the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle attacked the market, Fellow Daoist Zhou Yuan from Spirit Field No. 136 in the district next to yours unfortunately perished."

"Fellow Daoist Zhou Yuan has also perished?"

Jiang Chuan's expression changed, and a kind and honest-looking figure appeared in his mind. Although the two had not interacted much, he had a pretty good impression of the other person.

"Like you, he went to the market to buy supplies, but was affected by the Black-crowned Golden Eagle's innate supernatural power and died on the spot..."

Zhang Hao sighed:

"Alas, we cultivators defy the heavens, and every step is fraught with danger. No one knows when an accident will strike and we will perish... By the way, that spiritual field has been rented by a family of three, and they have already moved here."

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, the market is in chaos right now. If you have any relatives still alive, you can bring them here to live."

Jiang Chuan did not answer directly, but simply clasped his hands in a fist and said, "This junior understands."

Seeing that Jiang Chuan was tight-lipped and that he couldn't get any information out of him, Zhang Hao gave him one more instruction and then left.

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Watching Zhang Hao leave, Jiang Chuan's eyes flickered, and he muttered to himself:

"He's been coming too often lately."

Since he came here to farm four years ago, he and Zhang Hao have known each other, but the other party has always been keen on promoting his spiritual plant cultivation manual and is far from being close to him. Usually, the other party will not come to find him for a year or two.

In recent days, Zhang Hao has been coming here to wander around, seemingly to tell him about the current situation and various news, and occasionally to inquire about his safety. But inadvertently, he has been trying to find out his secrets from various angles, such as the situation of his relatives and friends.

Other spiritual plant cultivators might not have noticed, but he had just survived an attack by a calamity cultivator and was on high alert, so he naturally noticed something was wrong.

"Could it be that he saw through the hidden level of cultivation?"

Jiang Chuan secretly guessed in his heart,

He cultivated the most basic "Concealing Qi Technique," which, although useful for cultivators below the Foundation Establishment stage, was ultimately just an ordinary technique. If the other party used an item like the "True Eye Talisman" or cultivated a more advanced detection technique, he would definitely not be able to conceal his true cultivation level.

If you pay a little more attention and carefully examine your origins and past, you might discover your own uniqueness.

He reached the ninth level of Qi Refining without ever having drawn Qi into his body, in less than five years—a speed that even the most outstanding talents in the sect could hardly match...

Jiang Chuan's mind jolted, and his face turned deathly pale.

"Oh no, my secret has probably been exposed."

"No, I can't scare myself... Since I transmigrated to this world, I've never mentioned the original owner's situation. Now I look like a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, so others might not be able to find out anything about me..."

Although he tried to comfort himself with these thoughts, a shadow still fell over his heart. If he hadn't had nowhere else to go for the time being, he would have been ready to leave this place of trouble.

Inside the room, Jiang Chuan took out several cultivation manuals from his storage bag, his gaze finally settling on the "Thousand Illusions Technique".

If things are hopeless and one has to run away, one must change one's appearance.

Besides changing one's appearance, one's escape techniques also need to evolve and improve. A low-level "Lifting and Leaping Technique" might not be useful when facing a sect disciple like Zhang Hao.

There's also the "Weapon Manipulation Technique." If I could learn that, I could fly on a sword and run even faster...

A series of thoughts flashed through his mind, all of which were things he urgently needed to do, making him feel particularly helpless.

"Lifespan, lifespan is still not enough. If only I could have an endless lifespan."

In the following time

While farming, Jiang Chuan also studied and learned about various cultivation techniques, alchemy, array formations, weapon crafting, and weapon control.

In the blink of an eye, another year has passed.

The anticipated crisis and tests did not materialize, allowing Jiang Chuan to breathe a sigh of relief. His secrets seemed to remain intact, so a strategic retreat was not necessary for the time being.

Looking at the spiritual field in front of him, Jiang Chuan's eyes showed anticipation. After harvesting this year's spiritual field, he would be able to devote himself to cultivation again.

[400 low-grade Tier 1 spiritual plants, "Dragon Blood Rice," have been discovered. Consuming one grants 40 years of lifespan. Consumce now?]

[100 low-grade Tier 1 spiritual herbs, "Blood Ginseng," have been discovered. Consuming one will grant 20 years of lifespan. Consumce them?]

[100 low-grade Tier 1 medicinal herbs, "Polygonatum," have been discovered. Consuming them will grant 20 years of lifespan. Consuming them?]

Looking at the system prompt,

Jiang Chuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he was extremely excited:

"Haha, just as I expected, the lifespan provided by ginseng and polygonatum is slightly higher than that of dragon blood rice. If I choose to consume them all, I can gain a full 80 years of lifespan this year."

"Once we plant all the blood ginseng, polygonatum, and other plants next year, the harvest will far exceed this year's..."