Cultivating Immortality: Beginning with Blessings from the Immortals

After an unknown amount of time, the sky outside began to brighten.

Chen Yi leaned back in his chair and drifted off to sleep, but suddenly jolted awake and collapsed.

He rubbed his eyes and looked ahead, where he saw a swarm of silver-winged yellow shadow insects resting quietly on the spirit field.

"Hmm? No mutations occurred?"

Chen Yi immediately stepped forward to check on the insect swarm.

Some of the silver-winged yellow shadow beetles mutated, and some larvae grew directly into the complete form.

Chen Yi's face lit up with joy. The probability of receiving a blessing for the first time was extremely high, directly causing a qualitative change in this group of silver-winged yellow shadow insects.

Next, all we need to do is wait for the golden ear white corn to mature.

According to the normal progress, we can harvest a batch of goods before the end of the month, and after selling them, we should be able to pay off the debt.

With the current mutation of the silver-winged yellow shadow beetle population, Chen Feng predicts that the maturity time of the golden ear white corn will also be greatly improved.

"If production increases, we might even have a surplus after paying off management fees, and then..."

Chen Yi plans to use the remaining spirit stones to buy more seeds and harvest more golden ears of white corn.

At that very moment, a streak of light flew out from the swarm of insects and headed straight for Chen Yi's face.

Chen Yi felt a chill run down his spine and was about to dodge when the light stopped in front of him.

Upon closer inspection, he realized that the streak of light was actually a huge silver-winged yellow shadow insect, only its size and appearance had changed.

[Silver-Winged Yellow Shadow Insect King: Commands the insect swarm, and has a chance to secrete Spiritual Essence Golden Pearls daily, containing a small amount of pure spiritual energy, which can assist Qi Refining stage cultivators in their cultivation.]

This silver-winged yellow shadow beetle is about the size of a fist, and its wings are a deep silver color.

Its entire body is light gold, and a sharp tail needle has evolved at the end of its tail.

Chen Yi held the Silver-winged Yellow Shadow Insect King in his hands and noticed several small gold particles on its lower abdomen.

"Could this be the Spirit Essence Golden Pearl?!"

He picked up the gold nugget and examined it closely. A faint golden light flowed across the surface of the nugget, and Chen Yi could clearly feel the pure spiritual energy contained within it.

Chen Yi sat cross-legged and immediately swallowed a spiritual golden bead.

Instantly, the pure spiritual energy flowed into the eight extraordinary meridians.

His previously stagnant Qi Refining Level 2 cultivation level actually loosened up slightly, and the spiritual energy fluctuations around him became more solid.

Chen Yi's face lit up with joy. He himself had three spiritual roots: metal, fire, and earth, and his aptitude was mediocre.

Moreover, he didn't have spirit stones to buy pills and powerful cultivation techniques, and he had been stuck at the second level of Qi Refining for some time.

Now that he had the Spirit Essence Golden Pearl, Chen Yi felt an even greater burning desire in his heart.

"In the world of cultivation, strength is paramount; improving one's strength is of utmost importance."

Chen Yi carefully put away the few spiritual golden beads and picked up the Silver-Winged Yellow Shadow Insect King to admire it.

This is his precious treasure, and he can't afford to make any mistakes.

Chen Yi plans to build a separate insect enclosure for the Silver-winged Yellow Shadow Insect King and buy him better feed.

In the days that followed, Chen Yi kept a close eye on the insect swarm and the spirit field.

After the initial blessing effect wears off, the probability of the swarm mutating decreases significantly.

However, a few spirit insects still mutated, but no insect king was produced.

The Silver-winged Yellow Shadow Insect King also produced a few gold grains, which Chen Yi collected into the brocade box.

The cultivation technique he is currently practicing is the most basic version. Chen Yi wants to accumulate some spirit stones to exchange for a stronger cultivation technique.

With the powerful cultivation technique and the assistance of the Spirit Essence Golden Pearl, he estimated that he would soon be able to break through to the third level of Qi Refining.

……

Time flies, and the end of the month is fast approaching.

Chen Yi stood beside the spirit field, holding a sickle, and couldn't help but smile.

These golden ears of white corn are all ripe, and the rice grains on the ears of wheat are plump and full, bending the stalks.

Standing beside him, he could even feel the spiritual energy and fragrance contained within the rice.

Chen Yi immediately stepped forward and swiftly cut the wheat ears with his knife.

It took him half a day to finish harvesting all the spirit fields, and the piles of golden ears of white corn emitted bursts of rosy light.

Chen Yi seized the opportunity and stuffed them all into specially made rice bags.

"Production has more than doubled. This time, we can not only pay off the management fees, but also have a considerable surplus."

"I'll get even more from buying seeds and spirit insects through the system," Chen Yi thought to himself.

Chen Yi planned to make some arrangements, as golden-eared white corn was quite common in the market.

He plans to purchase more valuable spiritual plant seeds and matching spiritual insects, striving to expand and strengthen his business and create new glories.

The next day, early in the morning.

Chen Yi placed the spirit rice on the cart and pushed it straight to the market.

The Heavenly Spirit Sect has many markets and towns of all sizes, and Yishui Market, where Chen Yi is located, is only of medium size.

Even so, many cultivators still live here.

Chen Yi pushed the cart to the main street of the market, where vendors were setting up stalls all around.

The surrounding area was bustling with noise, and many cultivators were coming and going, buying items needed for their cultivation.

Chen Yi continued walking until he arrived at the backyard of a rice shop.

At this moment, a group of cultivators had gathered in the backyard of Jinfeng Rice Shop. Like Chen Yi, they made a living by growing spirit rice.

"Little Chen, you're here too. How was the harvest?"

"Chen Yi, you're inconsistent in your work, always handing in the least amount of spirit rice."

……

Several cultivators who were familiar with Chen Yi greeted him.

Chen Yi smiled calmly and responded to them a few times.

At that moment, an old man in a gray robe pushed open the back gate and came to the front of the group.

"Take your spirit rice and come in," the gray-robed elder said calmly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the group pushed the wooden carts in one after another.

Chen Yi looked at the gray-robed old man with a sense of unease. The man was a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator who was in charge of collecting spirit rice.

He was originally a disciple of the Heavenly Dragon Sect, but he voluntarily left the sect due to his advanced age. Chen Yi only knew that his surname was Su, and usually called him Elder Su.

One by one, the cultivators handed over spirit rice and received corresponding rewards.

When it was Chen Yi's turn, he pushed the cart to Old Su and opened the special rice bag.

Instantly, a delicate fragrance filled the air.

"Hmm? It smells so good! Who grew this spirit rice?!"

"That Chen kid? He grew it?"

"It looks like golden ears of white corn, but it contains such spiritual energy."

……

In an instant, everyone in the courtyard was drawn to this.

Old Su looked surprised and picked up a handful of golden ears of white corn to examine it carefully.

"Excellent, top quality!"

"Did you cultivate all of this?" Old Su asked.

Chen Yi nodded slightly and replied, "These were all planted by me. I just got lucky and the yield was better this time."

Old Su put a few grains of spirit rice into his mouth and chewed them carefully, savoring their taste.

"The quality is very good this time, here's 280 low-grade spirit stones for you."

As he spoke, Old Su took out a brocade pouch from his pocket and handed it to Chen Yi.

A flicker of wild joy flashed in Chen Yi's eyes, and he immediately took the brocade bag and put it into his pocket.

Previously, he sold spirit rice for only about 100 low-grade spirit stones each time, but now his reward has increased nearly threefold.

After thanking Elder Su, Chen Yi immediately turned and left Jinfeng Rice Shop, drawing envious glances from the surrounding cultivators.

Wealth should not be flaunted, especially in the world of cultivation.

Chen Yi dared not linger and immediately slipped into the crowd.

A moment later, he arrived at the entrance of a street-side shop.

Chen Yi stepped inside and immediately began examining the counter. This was the shop where he usually bought spirit insect eggs and spirit rice seeds.

He first bought some golden ear white corn seeds, but then turned his attention to other spirit rice seeds.

"Boss, I'd like to buy some seeds of Spirit Jade Pearl Rice and eggs of Scaled Ground Beetles."