Cultivating Immortality: Beginning with Blessings from the Immortals

Chen Yi smiled calmly, then immediately went into the kitchen, ladled out several bowls of meat porridge from the pot, and handed them to the young master and the others.

"I made this myself. Please feel free to use it if you don't mind," Chen Yi said.

The young master picked up the meat porridge, took a few bites, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp.

"Excellent, this spirit rice tastes wonderful."

"I've heard that you often go to Jinfeng Rice Shop to sell spirit rice, which you grow yourself."

"How about you sell the spirit rice to me separately? I can give you a high price," the young master asked.

Chen Yi shook his head slightly and politely declined, saying, "Young Master, Jin Feng Rice Shop has been kind to me, and I will sell all my spirit rice to them."

"However, regarding the spirit insects..."

Upon hearing this, the young master smiled, and the conversation finally turned to today's main topic.

He extended his right hand, and a mutated Azure Spirit Devouring Insect appeared in his palm, speaking:

"Did you cultivate this?"

Chen Yi glanced at it and recognized it as a mutated spirit insect blessed by the Insect God, which he readily admitted.

This was something he did intentionally, so Chen Yi naturally wanted to show his special qualities compared to ordinary insect tamers.

When the young master saw Chen Yi admit it, a glint of shrewdness flashed in his eyes.

He put away the spirit insect, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and smiled slightly:

"I formally introduced myself when we met."

"My name is Deng Liangyu. I hope Brother Chen will give me your guidance in the future."

Chen Yi returned the greeting with clasped hands, knowing that the young master was now his equal.

"Brother Liangyu, to be honest, our ancestors had a secret method to cultivate spirit insects, which could cause a small portion of them to undergo this mutation," Chen Yi said in a deep voice.

Deng Liangyu was secretly alarmed; he immediately understood what Chen Yi meant.

Only a very few insect tamers possess this talent, having a natural affinity with spirit insects that causes them to mutate.

"Brother Chen, I still have some insect eggs. I wonder if you could help me cultivate them?" Deng Liangyu stated his purpose.

Chen Yi readily agreed, but also raised his concerns:

"Okay, but how should we divide them after the spirit insects are cultivated?"

As if she had anticipated Chen Yi's question, Deng Liangyu immediately took out a piece of paper and handed it to Chen Yi.

Chen Yi picked up the paper and began to read it, only to discover that it was a contract.

The document lists several terms and conditions concerning the domestication of spirit insects.

After carefully reading through the agreement, Chen Yi found that it was similar to the previous transaction, and he would also receive additional spirit stones.

This is extremely difficult for ordinary insect tamers, but it is of great benefit to Chen Yi.

Chen Yi immediately bit his tongue and signed his name. Deng Liangyu also signed with blood, and the contract was completed.

Such contracts are quite common in the cultivation world and are generally used for trading.

Deng Liangyu took out an insect breeding bag and handed it to Chen Yi: "These are the eggs of the purple-winged centipede. I only need one-fifth of the larvae."

"Give me the larvae, and I will nurture them into mature organisms."

As Chen Yi took the insect-rearing bag, Deng Liangyu took out a jade slip and handed it to him.

"What is this?" Chen Yi asked, puzzled.

Deng Liangyu smiled mysteriously and said, "It contains a lot of information about spirit insects, consider it an extra gift from me."

A hint of joy flashed in Chen Yi's eyes. He needed these kinds of books, and he didn't expect the other party to give them to him on their own initiative.

Deng Liangyu chatted with Chen Yi for a while, then got up and left the courtyard.

After watching them leave, Chen Yi couldn't help but show a look of ecstatic joy on his face.

After he signed the contract with Deng Liangyu, it meant that he would have a stable source of spirit insects and spirit stones in the future.

Chen Yi immediately opened the insect-raising bag and learned from the information recorded on the jade slip that this was a very powerful spirit insect in the Qi Refining stage.

The purple-winged centipede has six wings and a tough carapace containing neurotoxins.

The mature form can grow to more than one meter long, and the swarm size is generally twenty or thirty, which can block cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining.

A flicker of fervor flashed in Chen Yi's eyes, and he immediately began building the insect enclosure.

It takes three years for the purple-winged centipede to grow from egg to adult, and it also takes six months for the eggs to hatch.

However, for Chen Yi, it can greatly shorten the time, not to mention that the blessing of the insect god also has the effect of directly growing to maturity.

After setting up the insect enclosure, Chen Yi immediately placed the purple-winged centipede eggs inside.

As night approached, he finished all his work and returned to his room to rest.

Chen Yi took out the jade slip given to him by Deng Liangyu and lay on the bed to examine it himself.

The jade slip emitted several wisps of purple light, which then flooded into Chen Yi's mind.

He sensed the information in the jade slip and his expression changed. The reason was simple: this jade slip was actually left behind by the Venerable Jin Guang.

Chen Yi recalled Wei Wufeng's words: all of Jin Guang Shangren's treasures had been taken away by different forces.

The jade slip contained information about many spirit insects, some of which were not even from Wanling Mountain. One of the spirit insects caught the protagonist's attention.

"The Golden Cloud Illusion Butterfly's eggs look exactly like the ones I got from Master Jin Guang's storage bag." Chen Yi exclaimed in surprise.

A moment later, he finally understood the information about the Golden Cloud Illusion Butterfly.

The Golden Cloud Illusion Butterfly is a Qi Refining stage spirit insect, and it is not inherently aggressive. However, its scales are quite special and can induce illusions in cultivators.

Even cultivators at the lower levels of the Foundation Establishment stage will be affected by the scale powder.

Chen Yi felt a surge of excitement. Fortunately, he had noticed the Golden Cloud Illusion Butterfly's eggs; otherwise, he would have lost a powerful spirit insect.

However, the Golden Cloud Illusion Butterfly is even more difficult to cultivate than the Purple Winged Centipede, so most insect tamers do not choose it.

Chen Yi continued to examine the information on the jade slip, which included information about the Purple-winged Centipede.

Among spirit insects, there is a principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint; the Golden Cloud Illusion Butterfly is effective against the Purple Winged Centipede. However, the Golden Cloud Illusion Butterfly and the Azure Netherworld Devouring Spirit Insect can also cooperate with each other.

Chen Yi couldn't help but think of the Azure Nether Poison Crystal and the array. If he used the Azure Nether Poison Crystal to create a poison array, and then used the Azure Nether Spirit Devouring Insect swarm and the Golden Cloud Illusion Butterfly to assist him, it would definitely become one of his most powerful killing moves.

"I'll break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining first, then come back and buy some books on formations from the Treasure Pavilion," Chen Yi thought to himself.

He examined the information about various spirit insects within the jade slip, and before he knew it, a night had passed.

It wasn't until dawn that Chen Yi realized what was happening.

He put down the jade slip and breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a longing for the spirit insect inside.

No wonder Master Jin Guang was invincible among his peers; it was thanks to all sorts of spiritual insects.

Chen Yi lay on the bed and fell into a deep sleep, planning to break through to the fourth level of the Qi Refining stage.

……

Inside the small courtyard room, Chen Yi sat cross-legged on the bed.

His skin turned red, and waves of heat emanated from his body, with spiritual energy constantly gathering around him.

"call"

Chen Yi exhaled a puff of steam and suddenly opened his eyes.

His aura suddenly surged, and he successfully reached the fourth level of the Qi Refining stage.

After more than half a month of secluded cultivation, Chen Yi finally broke through the shackles of the third level of Qi Refining and successfully entered the middle level of Qi Refining.

Chen Yi's face lit up with joy, as his spiritual energy and physical body had both reached a new level.

Although practicing the Blazing Sun Furnace Technique can lead to internal fire poisoning, the cultivation speed is indeed far superior to ordinary techniques.

Chen Yi moved his body, and a continuous stream of energy surged from within him.

He pushed open the door, washed and dressed, and then went to the backyard to check on the spirit insects and spirit fields.

The next moment, a line of golden characters appeared before Chen Yi's eyes.