Starting as a spiritual plant master, may I eventually become the master of all lands.

In the dim soil, Song Chuan held the beads in his hand.

This time, however, the bead did not gather earth elemental power on its own as before.

Because Song Chuan had just used his divine sense to refine the bead, he could barely interfere with its ability.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be easy for others to discover something amiss once this bead comes into contact with it?

With his current level of spiritual awareness, this is the best he can do.

It seems even Foundation Establishment cultivators can forget about fully refining this pearl!

However, what pleased him even more was that he could indeed cultivate faster in this layer of soil.

The bead absorbs the spiritual energy of the earth's veins, which it can then retain and refine.

The magical power cultivated in this way is purer than that refined from absorbing earth-attribute spiritual energy.

Now I manage this cemetery all by myself, without any interference. It's as if everything is in my favor!

He withdrew his consciousness from the bead, sat cross-legged in the earth, and a continuous stream of earth elemental energy gathered towards him.

Absorb, refine... tireless, oblivious to time.

And so, as the Spirit Garden was recovering, a junior cultivator at the fourth level of Qi Refining also began his arduous cultivation journey.

The sun rises and sets, the seasons turn.

Three years later, during the Grain Rain season.

The spring rain has been falling continuously for several days.

A bowl-shaped magic circle was placed upside down over the Fragrant Garden. This magic circle seemed to have no effect on the rain, allowing the rain to drip into the garden.

Rainwater flowed down the leaves and flowers of a sacred plant, onto the ground, and then seeped into the roots of the soil.

Beneath these roots, in the soil, there was a hollow space where a young man sat cross-legged.

It was Song Chuan. Judging from his aura, he had already reached the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Song Chuan sniffed and muttered, "Will this rain ever end? The humidity is so high."

He stretched, stood up, and vanished directly from the ground into the wooden house.

Now, his cultivation level is similar to that of Zhang Lao'e and Lin Kuo, whom he met in Daicheng. As long as he breaks through the bottleneck, he can enter the late stage of Qi Refining.

This speed is considered fast even for a three-elemental-root user.

As for dual spiritual roots, those are cultivation prodigies. Single spiritual roots, known as celestial spiritual roots, are even rarer, appearing only once every thousand years.

Even with beads, I can't compare to these two types of people.

In addition to the cultivation techniques, he also practiced the spell that Sun Da had given him that day, which was an earth-attribute "Flying Stone Technique".

This technique can manipulate the stones in the soil within the range of one's divine sense, and can imbue these stones with magical power, giving them the power of a low-grade first-level talisman, which is quite practical.

In the past three years, Cheng Tu only came twice, and each time he took a few kinds of spiritual plant materials and left in a hurry.

Song Chuan was incredibly grateful to have received this mission. He just hoped nothing unexpected would happen later.

At this moment, he sat in a chair, deep in thought.

The beads cannot help break through the bottleneck. If I want to advance to the late stage of Qi Refining, I must take elixirs, given my aptitude.

It seems he needs to visit the sect's market, but even if he buys suitable pills, he can't immediately start his breakthrough.

Reaching the sixth level of Qi Refining in three years is one thing, but breaking through directly to the late stage of Qi Refining and being discovered by Cheng Tu would definitely arouse suspicion.

But he can first do the preparation work thoroughly.

He was about to get up when his expression suddenly changed. A clear, melodious female voice came from outside the garden:

"I am Lu Fenghua, a beekeeper. Who is managing this cemetery?"

"It was her." Song Chuan muttered to himself in surprise.

He walked out of the wooden house, went into the garden, took out a small blue flag, pointed it at the wooden gate, and the magic circle disappeared.

Two people, a man and a woman, were standing outside the wooden gate.

The woman had a delicate, refined appearance and was at the fifth level of Qi Refining. The man had an effeminate appearance, was in his early twenties, and was at the fourth level of Qi Refining.

Seeing that the array at the entrance had been activated, the two looked into the garden.

"Huh? It's Senior Brother Song...? You've reached the sixth level of Qi Refining? Are you managing this spirit garden?"

The woman opened her mouth slightly, somewhat surprised.

"I didn't expect Junior Sister Lu to still remember me. Let's talk inside." Song Chuan waved to them.

Three years ago, Song Chuan went to Yangfengtang to rent land, and the person he met was this woman.

The two followed Song Chuan to the wooden house, looking around as they went.

As the man passed by a spiritual plant, the insect sac at his waist suddenly throbbed.

He quickly patted the insect sac, looked at the bowl-sized flower on the spiritual plant, and a hint of doubt appeared in his eyes.

"This place is simple, and we have nothing much to offer you. I hope you two won't mind," Song Chuan said after they sat down.

"You're too kind, senior brother. This is Xing Yifei, also a beekeeper," Lu Fenghua said, glancing at Song Chuan again.

She still seemed a little incredulous that Song Chuan had already reached the sixth level of Qi Refining, when Song Chuan had only reached the fourth level of Qi Refining when he went to the Beekeeping Hall.

"Senior Brother Song, I pay my respects. I was just passing by a Spirit-Awakening Flower when my spirit insects suddenly became restless. This Spirit-Awakening Flower shouldn't have any insect-repelling effect, so I wonder what could be the reason? Could you please enlighten me?"

"Oh? Although the Awakening Flower doesn't have the ability to repel insects, there are indeed several other spiritual plants in this garden that have this function. I suppose it's because of them."

Song Chuan chuckled and said.

He then changed the subject: "May I ask what brings you two here in this rain?"

"Brother Song, you may not know this, but we beekeepers visit various spirit gardens every now and then to buy some spirit insects from them."

Lu Fenghua explained, "Junior Brother Xing and I stumbled upon this place by accident. We had never been here before and had no idea that there was a spirit garden here."

"This is a private cemetery, and it's remote and hard to find, so it's normal that you don't know about it," Song Chuan nodded.

"A private spirit garden? No wonder it's not very big, yet it has so many first-tier spirit plants," Xing Yifei said.

Lu Fenghua frowned slightly, glanced at Xing Yifei, and said to Song Chuan:

"Senior Brother Song, I see signs of grazing on the spiritual plants in this garden, so it must be a symbiotic spiritual garden. Are there any demonic insects in the demon transformation stage? What kinds are they?"

"This used to be an abandoned garden. After it was cleaned up, a few demonic insects in the transformation stage appeared here, but they were just starting to show some demonic energy and were not yet a threat."

There is a giant water bug in the pond; this insect must have been a demon for quite some time. Junior Sister Lu, would you be willing to buy it?

Song Chuan thought for a moment and said. The giant water bug he mentioned wasn't a soft-shelled turtle, but a kind of aquatic demon insect.

This insect sneaked in last year while he was closing the spirit garden's magic array.

This creature was preying on other aquatic insects in the pond, a fact that Song Chuan only discovered recently.

He wanted to feed the insect directly to his strange insect, but the strange insect seemed to dislike it and refused to eat it.

Song Chuan decided to let it roam freely in the pond for now, and observe it for a while before taking any action.

"A giant water beetle that has been transformed into a demon for many years? We're interested in acquiring it. But we need to see it before we can determine the price."

"Of course, please wait a moment," Song Chuan said, getting up and leaving the wooden house.

Lu Fenghua and Xing Yifei remained in the room and exchanged a glance.

"Senior sister, there's definitely a strange insect in this spirit garden. My five-colored cicada was given to me by Master, and it's ranked on the list of strange insects. But just now, through my mental connection, I sensed that it was extremely frightened..."

"Junior brother, this is someone else's place, and it's also a senior's private burial ground. Don't make any rash comments or overthink it."

Lu Fenghua interrupted him.

Xing Yifei paused for a moment, then shut his mouth in displeasure.