Cultivating Immortality: Beginning with Blessings from the Immortals

Chen Yi looked up and saw a young man in a blue robe walking slowly towards him.

The young man in the green robe was tall and handsome, with a sharp and piercing aura about him.

A few memories surfaced in Chen Yi's mind, and he immediately recognized the other party's identity, and couldn't help but speak:

"Brother Wei, what brings you here?!"

Wei Wufeng nodded slightly, ignored them, and walked to Chen Yi's side, his eyes sweeping over Zhao Junri and the others.

Chen Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He and Wei Wufeng were childhood friends and their families lived next door to each other. They often played together when they were young.

However, Wei Wufeng was more talented than Chen Yi, and the gap between their cultivation levels gradually widened. Wei Wufeng successfully joined the market guard team.

Zhao Junri also knew Wei Wufeng, who was a member of the market guard team.

"Hmph, you surnamed Wu, do you want to meddle in other people's business too?" Zhao Junri said.

Wei Wufeng slowly placed his right hand on the hilt of his sword at his waist and said in a deep voice:

"Mind your own business?"

"Chen Yi's management fees have been settled. If anyone tries to force their way into his property, I can take immediate action."

Zhao Junri's face was gloomy and uncertain. Wei Wufeng dared to speak like that, which meant that Chen Yi had really settled the management fees.

After all, the market guards would act in accordance with the market rules, and anyone who dared to abuse their power would be expelled from the market.

He glanced at Chen Yi and Wei Wufeng, uttered a few harsh words, and then turned and left.

A strange light flashed in Chen Yi's eyes, and he turned to thank Wei Wufeng.

"Chen Yi, there's no need for formalities between us."

"I've heard about what happened to your uncle and aunt. You, you want to..."

At this point, Wei Wufeng patted Chen Yi on the shoulder to offer words of comfort.

Chen Yi smiled helplessly and said:

"Don't worry, I'll live well on my own. Thank you again today."

"You've been very busy lately, I haven't seen you much."

Wei Wufeng smiled faintly, a hint of weariness appearing on his face:

"I've been quite busy lately, I'm going home to check on my sister first. Take care of yourself."

After saying goodbye to each other, Wei Wufeng turned and left Chen Yi's courtyard.

Chen Yi watched Wei Wufeng's retreating figure, secretly grateful in his heart.

After closing the gate, he immediately checked the surrounding walls and only relaxed after confirming it was safe.

"It seems my aunt and Zhao Junri have their eyes on this courtyard. Humph, do they want to eat up the family's bloodline?" Chen Yi thought to himself.

In the cultivation world, strength is paramount. Even if you can accumulate a lot of spirit stones by relying on the system, you can't keep them if you don't have the strength yourself.

"I should be able to break through to the third level of Qi Refining with the Spirit Essence Golden Pearl I have."

Chen Yi returned to his room, sat cross-legged on the bed, and opened the wooden box in front of him.

When the wooden box was opened, the gold nuggets shimmered with golden light.

Chen Yi took a deep breath, picked up a gold nugget, and put it in his mouth.

Upon entering the mouth, the Spirit Essence Golden Pearl transforms into saliva, instantly unleashing pure spiritual energy.

He immediately activated the Qi Nourishing and Vitality Cultivation Technique, continuously absorbing the spiritual energy bursting from the Spirit Essence Golden Pearl, and gradually entered a state of cultivation.

At this moment, Zhao Junri, Zhang Mazi, and others arrived at a restaurant and booked a private room.

"Damn it, Wei Wufeng actually stood up for that kid."

"Could it be that Chen Yi really paid off the management fees?" Zhao Junri asked angrily.

Zhang Mazi and the other two exchanged glances and whispered amongst themselves.

Zhao Junri ordered some food and was also planning how to take over Chen Yi's courtyard.

Zhang Mazi picked up his wine cup, bent down, and approached Zhao Junri, saying:

"Young Master Zhao, now that the kid has paid off his management fees, it's not appropriate for us to make a move openly."

"If you trust me, we'll figure something out."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Junri put down his wine glass, turned his head, and said, "Hmm? You have a way?"

Zhang Mazi chuckled and whispered a few words in Zhao Junri's ear.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Junri's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he said:

"Alright! You can handle this matter."

……

A few days later, Chen Yi pushed open the door and went out.

His eyes gleamed with a sharp light, he was full of energy, and his aura was much stronger than before.

"I still have a small amount of spiritual gold beads left. I'll use them all once I buy a good cultivation technique."

Chen Yi stretched, his bones cracking and popping.

After a quick wash, he went straight to the backyard.

Pushing open the backyard gate, a refreshing fragrance wafted over.

Chen Yi looked up and saw some golden light and rosy glow appearing in the spirit field.

"Some of the spirit fields have already matured!!"

Chen Yi quickly stepped forward to check the condition of the spirit fields. About one-third of the two spirit fields, one for golden ear white corn and the other for spirit jade pearl rice, were ready to ripen.

The initial blessing from Shennong was highly effective, greatly accelerating the growth of the spiritual fields and doubling the yield in some areas.

Some ears of wheat couldn't withstand the pressure and broke off, falling to the ground.

Chen Yi picked up the ear of Lingyu Pearl Rice, each grain of rice resembling a pearl emitting a faint fragrance.

"Not bad! The spiritual energy it contains is much higher than that of the Golden Ear Spirit Corn."

Lingyu Pearl Rice has a lower yield than Golden Ear White Corn, but it is more popular in the market.

Chen Yi plans to replace all the crops in the spirit field with spirit jade pearl rice once the swarm of scale-winged ground insects has fully matured.

After inspecting the spirit field, he went to the insect shed next to it.

The spiritual fluid and excrement produced by the lepidopteran beetle can promote the growth of the Spirit Jade Pearl Rice.

If the insect swarm grows to its full size and then mutates, the yield of Lingyu Pearl Rice will also increase.

Just as Chen Yi reached the insect enclosure, a streak of light flew to his side.

The Silver-Winged Yellow Shadow Insect King stopped in front of Chen Yi, constantly flapping its wings, and several more spiritual golden beads fell from its abdomen.

Chen Yi immediately stretched out his hands and held the Silver-winged Yellow Shadow Insect King in his hands.

This was his precious darling, and Chen Yi even built a small insect enclosure for it.

"The Silver-Winged Yellow Shadow Insect King has developed some intelligence and is actually taking the initiative to be affectionate with me." Chen Yi was secretly shocked.

He placed the Silver-winged Yellow Shadow Insect King on the insect enclosure and bent down to examine the Scaled Ground Insect's enclosure.

The soil beneath the insect enclosure was constantly churning, and a dozen or so thumb-sized larvae emerged.

Chen Yi looked down and saw that the larvae of these lepidopteran beetles were pale yellow all over, with a hard carapace and six legs.

It has a pair of short antennae on its head and a short brown tail.

"It's quite cute. According to the records, it will grow to the size of a palm." Chen Yi secretly sized it up.

At this moment, the soil in the insect enclosure churned up again.

Several palm-sized scaly-winged ground beetles broke through the soil and came to Chen Yi's feet.

Chen Yi's face lit up with joy; he hadn't expected that there were still a few scaly-winged ground beetles in their complete form.

"Haha, the effect of the Insect God's blessing is indeed powerful; it has reached its complete form in such a short time."

These fully formed lepidopteran beetles have a deep yellow carapace, and their six legs and abdomen have become very robust.

The scales on its back seemed to crystallize under the sunlight, shimmering with a rosy glow.

With their scales, wings, and six legs, they can move freely through the mud.

Chen Yi placed the scaly-winged ground beetles on the field of Lingyu Pearl Rice.

The lepidopteran trembled its scales and six legs and immediately burrowed into the soil.

Chen Yi took out feed from the side and fed it to the spirit insects, then picked up tools to prune the spirit plants in the spirit field.

A dozen days later, Chen Yi walked to the backyard with a sickle and a specially made rice bag.

He planned to harvest a batch of mature spirit rice and sell it at the rice market.

Chen Yi pushed open the backyard gate and found the Silver-winged Yellow Shadow Insect King hovering and flying above the larval bed bug's burrow.

"Hmm? Something's changed!"

Chen Yi sensed a special aura in the larval bedbug's burrow, so he put down his sickle and rice bag and rushed over.