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

Seeing the system notification, Jiang Chuan looked relieved.

Having transmigrated to this world for half a year, he can finally truly dedicate his life to cultivation. The previous two times he had consumed his own lifespan, which pained him to no end.

Jiang Chuan arrived at a type of weed in the spirit field and silently recited "devour".

The next moment, he witnessed several weeds in front of him turn to ashes and disappear without a trace.

[Consuming 93 "Rabbit Whiskers Grass" plants grants an additional 1.3 years of lifespan.]

Jiang Chuan looked at his remaining lifespan and, sure enough, it had changed.

[Remaining lifespan: 15.3 years]

"Haha, I've succeeded, Daoist Master!"

Jiang Chuan couldn't help but burst into laughter, as if a bright and boundless path to heaven had appeared before his eyes.

Next, Jiang Chuan decisively devoured the other two types of weeds in the spirit field, gaining another 1.2 years of lifespan, bringing his remaining lifespan to 16.5 years.

Looking at the clean and tidy spirit field without a single weed, Jiang Chuan nodded in satisfaction.

With the [Life Barrier] in place, we can skip the step of weeding in the future.

Arriving at the wooden house beside the sacred field,

Jiang Chuan pondered what he should plant next on the spirit field.

After careful consideration, he decided to plant dragon blood rice first.

Looking at the "Spirit Plant Cultivation Manual" he bought for 5 spirit shards, Jiang Chuan couldn't help but twitch his lips.

Damn it!

He thought he had met a good person, but it turned out they had ulterior motives.

The ancients were right; there is no such thing as love without a reason in this world...

Jiang Chuan opened the planting manual and studied it carefully. For three days in a row, he only managed to figure out a little bit of the trick. All the professional terms made his head explode.

"Forget it, now that the [Lifespan Barrier] has been deployed, I can start cultivating with my life force."

Next, Jiang Chuan began to invest his lifespan in evolving the [Planting Manual].

You invest one year of your lifespan into the evolution of the "Planting Manual".

You have devoted yourself to studying the "Planting Manual" for three months and have already gained a basic understanding of the various techniques and precautions in the process of planting spiritual plants.

[After a year of focused study, you have fully mastered the knowledge of cultivating common low-level spiritual plants.]

As a series of prompts sounded, a wealth of knowledge and experience about cultivating spiritual plants suddenly flooded into his mind, as if enlightened, leaving him with no more doubts.

"Tsk tsk, it's still more satisfying to spend your life cultivating."

After a moment of reflection, Jiang Chuan packed his belongings and went to the market. He spent 20 spirit fragments to buy a bag of Dragon Blood Rice seeds, and then meticulously planted them at a distance of one seed per square meter, following the planting techniques he had learned.

Half a day later, all the dragon blood rice had been planted.

After the dragon blood rice has taken root and sprouted, it is still necessary to fertilize, provide rain, weed, loosen the soil, etc. on time.

After planting the dragon blood rice, Jiang Chuan returned to his old, dilapidated house and prepared to move his belongings to his current residence.

Suddenly, he glanced around and saw what appeared to be a figure hiding in a secluded spot not far from the house.

Jiang Chuan's expression turned solemn, and he immediately stopped in his tracks, not daring to even breathe loudly.

"Damn, could someone be lying in wait for me?"

He couldn't help but think that way.

In his previous life, as an online novelist, he had read too many dark fantasy novels and had also written similar novels himself. Naturally, he knew the allure of wealth and the pursuit of immortality through unscrupulous means.

The famous "Han Tianzun" is his role model.

Therefore, after transmigrating to this world, he became extremely cautious and wary, speaking to people in a human way and to ghosts in a ghostly way, resolutely avoiding trouble and trying his best to avoid conflicts with others.

Even when selling books at the market, they would often move on to a different location to avoid being targeted...

Jiang Chuan immediately recalled the scene a few days ago when Lin Zhiwei and several disciples of the Biyang Immortal Sect came to buy books.

"Could it be that when you sold the books that day, your wealth was exposed, and you were targeted by the robbers?"

Thinking of this possibility, Jiang Chuan broke out in a cold sweat and felt a wave of fear wash over him.

If I hadn't always been cautious and stayed in the relatively safe spiritual field these past few days, instead of carelessly returning to my old house, I might have already perished.

Jiang Chuan glanced at the blurry figure hidden in the shadows and cursed inwardly.

"Damn those cultivators who have undergone tribulation, you'll pay for this sooner or later!"

Then, he left decisively, since his adoptive parents hadn't left him anything of value anyway.

He possesses a life-saving cultivation system. As long as he can survive and develop slowly, he will eventually be fearless one day.

A gentleman takes revenge, even after a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand years.

Several hours after Jiang Chuan left, night had fallen, and the figure lurking in the shadows could no longer remain hidden.

"...Old man, that guy hasn't come back for four days. Should we keep keeping watch?"

"Wait a little longer. In our line of work, we have to be patient... That guy has at least a dozen spirit stones on him. We have to take him down."

……

Jiang Chuan finally breathed a sigh of relief after returning to his residence in Lingtian.

Lingtian is the core asset of Taihu Fangshi and is safe and secure.

"I'm only at the first level of Qi Refining, and I have no way to protect myself against Tribulation Cultivators. I don't have many spirit stones left, just enough to meet my basic survival needs, let alone buy magic tools or talismans."

"Besides, I also need to buy spirit fertilizer and other supplies for the Dragon Blood Rice, so I won't have enough spirit stones to squander."

"Let's just keep hiding for now and wait until this acre of dragon blood rice is ripe before we talk about it."

Jiang Chuan thought to himself.

In the days that followed, Jiang Chuan spent most of his time writing and selling books, aside from buying food and other necessities. He would occasionally meditate and cultivate, studying and practicing three first-tier low-grade attack spells: Fireball and Arrow Condensation, as well as the Healing Spell for healing.

Perhaps his aptitude and comprehension were indeed average, resulting in very little progress; he barely managed to get started.

Time flies, and more than ten months have passed in the blink of an eye.

Thanks to his careful care, the dragon blood rice has fully matured.

Gazing at the golden rice stalks tinged with blood, the pent-up emotions that had been building up in his heart were released in an instant.

[600 low-grade Tier 1 spiritual plants, "Dragon Blood Rice," have been discovered. Consuming one grants 60 years of lifespan. Consumce now?]

"Haha, I've struck it rich! I've struck it rich!"

"As expected of a first-tier spiritual plant, the lifespan gained after consuming it is more than ten times longer than that of ordinary herbs."

"Devour, we must devour!"

Just as Jiang Chuan was about to devour everything, a sudden thought struck him, and he realized a possibility.

If all of these dragon blood rice suddenly disappeared, wouldn't it attract the attention of the guardians of the spirit fields?

Yes,

It definitely will!

As a first-grade low-level spiritual plant, Dragon Blood Rice is even taller than the corn in my previous life. Its roots and stems are thick and sturdy, as hard as iron. With my Qi Refining Level 1 strength, I cannot complete the harvest in just a few days. If an entire acre of Dragon Blood Rice were to suddenly disappear, it might attract attention.

The thought of potentially exposing his secret sent a chill down Jiang Chuan's spine.

He almost did, but luckily he held back.

"Damn it, from now on, you must think twice before you act and consider all the consequences."

Although it cannot devour an entire acre of Dragon Blood Rice at once, it can still devour a few scattered plants.

Jiang Chuan focused his mind on the Dragon Blood Rice in front of him and chose to devour it.

[By consuming one Tier 1 Low-Grade Spirit Plant "Dragon Blood Rice", you gain 0.1 years of lifespan.]

In the blink of an eye, the Dragon Blood Rice plant that looked so appealing turned into ashes, leaving nothing behind.

Next, Jiang Chuan repeated the process, choosing to devour plants every few days. He devoured a total of about 100 plants, gaining a lifespan of 10 years.

[Remaining lifespan: 25.7 years]

As his lifespan was restored, Jiang Chuan noticed that his temples, which had turned gray due to the significant loss of lifespan in the past, were slowly returning to normal.

Once he has completely consumed this acre of dragon blood rice, he will revert to the appearance of an eighteen or nineteen-year-old teenager.

"No, that would be too conspicuous and easily expose us."

Jiang Chuan pondered for a while, then turned his gaze back to the spirit field in front of him.

Looking at the dragon blood rice, one-sixth of which had disappeared, he felt a pang of regret.

He had been in this world for almost a year and a half, and he still hadn't tasted what dragon blood rice was like.

suddenly,

Jiang Chuan's eyes lit up as he thought of a possibility...