Living a peaceful life in the world of cultivation

Inside the small courtyard with its blue tiles and white walls, the furnishings remain the same, without any artificial hills or flowing water.

Zhao Dashan and Lü Ping sat facing each other. On the table was an open sheet of oil paper, inside which was the hind leg meat of the Yellow Ox Demon Beast.

The hind leg meat of this yellow ox demon beast would probably cost two or three spirit stones to buy at Xiangyun Tower.

The glasses were filled with wine, and the two drank heartily.

Zhao Dashan finished the wine in his cup and made a strange noise.

"Ah, that feels good."

"To be honest, at home, your sister-in-law told me to watch my words and actions in front of Xiaofan."

"This won't work, that won't work, it's like I'm tied up with ropes."

Lu Ping didn't say anything. He could tell that Xu Cui's character was impeccable, and that his brother Da Shan was just there to vent.

After pouring Zhao Dashan a full glass of wine, Lü Ping put a bite of beef in his mouth, feeling somewhat uneasy.

He originally intended to buy some monster meat to give to Zhao Dashan as a token of gratitude for his help, but unexpectedly, he ended up eating the monster meat that Zhao Dashan had treated him to first.

After a few rounds of drinks, Zhao Dashan started talking.

"Aping."

"Brother, I'm planning to go into the mountains."

Zhao Dashan's "going into the mountains" meant returning to his life as a demon hunter.

But he had been at Xiangyun Tower for almost seven or eight years, a long time without going into the mountains to hunt demons or fighting with monsters or people.

The comfortable life at Xiangyun Tower must have dulled the magic sword in the storage bag long ago.

"Brother Dashan, is it because of the spirit stones that were put into my body a few days ago?"

"If it's because..."

Including the medical expenses of Jishantang, Zhao Dashan helped Lü Ping with nearly forty spirit stones.

This is a significant expense for monks living in Class C courtyards.

If Zhao Dashan were to enter the Snow Toad Mountains and risk his life because of this, Lü Ping would feel uneasy.

"Aping, don't worry, it's not your fault." Zhao Dashan waved his hand, his face already flushed, without using his spiritual power to sober up: "Your sister-in-law said that Xiaofan has good talent."

"I want to take him to participate in the Huayang Sect's entrance examination."

"In my life, I've either been killing monsters in the Snow Toad Mountains or in the Auspicious Cloud Tower."

"Even in my dreams, I'm dissecting the flesh and bones of monsters."

"I'm tired of this kind of life."

"Xiao Fan is exceptionally intelligent; I don't want him to end up like me."

"I'll practice the common Five Elements Technique, then go to Xiangyun Tower to kill monsters and live a life with no end in sight."

"Ah Ping, you're the only brother I can truly trust in this market..."

"If your sister-in-law and the others encounter any difficulties after I go into the mountains, please help them out..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Dashan passed out drunk, muttering that he wanted to send the child to Huayang Sect.

Parents who love their children plan far ahead for them.

Fortunately, he was all alone and had no ties.

With the white light, there's no need to put yourself in a dangerous situation.

Lu Ping sighed, put a bottle of Rejuvenation Pill obtained from the light cluster into Zhao Dashan's clothes, and carried him back home.

In the courtyard, Xu Cui was instructing Zhao Xiaofan in cultivation when she saw the drunken Zhao Dashan and quickly took over.

After playing around with Zhao Xiaofan for a while, Lü Ping declined Xu Cui's offer to stay and returned to the courtyard.

The sun hangs high in the sky.

Back in the cabin, Lü Ping calmed himself and decided to use up all the orbs of light he had collected that day.

"First, use the experience orb to raise the proficiency of Sword Yuan Finger to perfection."

Lacking a killing spell, even walking through the market doesn't make me feel at ease.

After using up four experience orbs, Lü Ping finally reached the perfect level in his Sword Essence Finger technique.

[Sword Essence Finger Perfected.]

In an instant, insights into the Sword Essence Finger technique flooded his mind.

As time passed, Lü Ping's right hand fingers began to twitch involuntarily.

call out.

An extreme sword beam shot out from the index and middle fingers of his right hand, shooting straight towards the ground and creating a cylindrical hole half a meter long and uniform in size.

"When my perfected Sword Yuan Finger strikes a cultivator, the hit cultivator will be covered in patches of blood and sweat."

Lu Ping was quite satisfied with the power of the Sword Essence Finger.

The remaining three experience orbs were used on the Five Elements Technique and the Fertilizer Technique, respectively.

[Mastery of the Five Elements Technique.]

[The art of fertilizing soil has been perfected.]

Since different spells have different focuses, and the spiritual energy provided by the spiritual energy cluster was quite pure, Lü Ping decided to temporarily put aside the Spirit Tempering Technique.

Then, it absorbed all the remaining spiritual energy.

Within his dantian, the accumulated spiritual energy increased, and his cultivation level rose again. Previously, he had stabilized his Qi Refining Level 3 cultivation, but now he was in the middle of Qi Refining Level 3, taking a big step forward in his cultivation.

"Yes, although they are both spiritual energy clusters, the spiritual energy clusters produced by the Refined Lingzhi are superior to those produced by the Rejuvenating Grass in both quality and quantity."

With his cultivation and strength greatly improved, Lü Ping became more confident.

"Cultivate the spiritual plants, go immediately, right now."

Unable to suppress the burning passion in his heart, Lü Ping immediately got up and went to the spiritual soil in the courtyard.

......

The next day.

Lu Ping came to the courtyard and, as usual, began to check the spiritual seeds and seedlings in the three pieces of spiritual soil.

The spiritual soil in Area 3 has been cultivated and maintained for quite some time and is now ready for planting.

Right now, everything is busy in the three plots of spiritual soil in the courtyard.

In the spiritual soil of areas one and three, Rejuvenating Grass is planted; in the spiritual soil of area two, the seedlings of Tempered Lingzhi have stood tall.

Upon seeing this, Lü Ping's smile was as genuine as that of an old farmer seeing a harvest in the fields.

Ouch, that hurts! Someone's biting my butt.

[Spiritual plant master, come quickly! There's something dirty in the soil!]

The young seedlings of the Ganoderma lucidum are crying out for help.

At that moment, Lü Ping's smile vanished instantly.

"What?!"

"What the hell? How dare you touch the sacred soil in your Grandpa Lu's courtyard?"

Calming his mind, Lü Ping focused his attention on a Spirit-Refining Mushroom, and a message immediately flooded into his mind.

[Roveless aphids are lurking in the spiritual soil, gnawing at the roots of the Refined Spirit Mushroom. If not dealt with promptly, the mushroom's life force will be completely drained, and the entire spiritual soil may eventually become a paradise for these aphids.]

"Rove aphids..."

Upon learning that it was this kind of pest, Lü Ping's expression changed slightly. He hurriedly returned to the cabin and pulled out a scroll of notes.

The notebook is unnamed and is a record kept by generations of spirit plant masters in the market. It details some common pests encountered during the cultivation of spirit plants, as well as the handling suggestions left by the predecessors.

Lu Ping flipped through the notes carefully, and after a moment, he found information about rove aphids at the end of the notes.

"Rove aphids, once mature, are no larger than a grain of rice. They fly like the wind and prefer to stay in soil rich in spiritual energy, feeding on the vitality of spiritual plants within."

"It has a pair of transparent wings on its back, which can effectively conceal its form, allowing it to hide within the spiritual soil, making it difficult for cultivators to detect."

"One solution is for the cultivator to master offensive spells, possess high proficiency and control over them, and be able to accurately kill the rove aphids."

"The second solution is for cultivators to use spells like frost to nourish the spirit soil before planting, eliminating potential hazards over a large area. If rove aphids are discovered after planting, please refer to method one, or sacrifice the smaller ones to save the larger ones, still using frost to freeze the spirit soil."

"Heh." Lü Ping sneered.

If you had encountered rove aphids before and were completely ignorant of offensive spells, you could only accept your bad luck and go to the market to spend spirit stones to get rid of the insects by hiring a cultivator skilled in such spells.

Now...

Lu Ping brought his right index and middle fingers together, and white light flickered from the tips of his fingers—it was the Sword Essence Finger!

"Pest control only requires location."

"Quench the Lingzhi mushroom, report your position."

【Received, Master Spirit Plant!】

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