Cultivating Immortality: Beginning with Blessings from the Immortals

Upon hearing this, Chen Yi paused and turned to look at Wei Xueqing.

A blush crept onto the latter's cheeks, and her expression became shy, making Chen Yi suspect that there might be something else going on between them.

Chen Yi scratched his head, trying hard to recall memories of the two of them.

Although he transmigrated into the original owner's body, most of his memories remained, and he could only recall them when he concentrated.

A moment later, Chen Yi's expression changed slightly.

His relationship with Wei Xueqing can be summed up in eight words: childhood sweethearts, innocent and carefree. In their youth, their hearts fluttered with love, and they made a promise to stay together forever.

"Ahem, oh right, I promised you I'd take you to Cherry Blossom Valley to see the cherry blossoms."

"Let's go together when Brother Wei comes back," Chen Yi said, feigning ignorance.

Wei Xueqing paused, a hint of melancholy flashing in her eyes.

Chen Yi dared not meet her gaze. He was struggling to survive on his own, so how could he easily make a promise to the beauty?

"The original owner was timid and submissive, but had plenty of lustful thoughts and audacity," Chen Yi thought to himself.

He placed a pot of tea and some pastries in front of Wei Xueqing, then left the room under a pretext.

Wei Xueqing watched Chen Yi's retreating figure, a hint of loneliness flashing in her eyes.

After not seeing each other for a long time, she could sense that Chen Yi had become more mature and steady, but also more distant and unfamiliar.

She sighed and picked up an ancient book to read.

Chen Yi went to the backyard alone to take care of the insect swarm and the spirit field.

Today, the entire backyard is basically covered by spirit fields and insect swarms.

As Chen Yi gazed at the swarm of insects, his mind began to race.

The Insect God's Blessing is very powerful; if he can raise aggressive spirit insects, his own strength will be greatly enhanced.

However, Chen Yi faced a fatal problem: not enough money!

Aggressive spirit insects are extremely valuable! Even their eggs are incredibly rare, as once a swarm of insects reaches a certain size, it becomes even more powerful than ordinary magical artifacts.

However, raising a spirit insect to maturity requires a large amount of spirit stones.

Chen Yi looked thoughtful, pondering how to obtain some eggs of aggressive spirit insects.

The Heavenly Spirit Sect has its own inner sect that controls insects, and its disciples all raise various aggressive spirit insects.

Moreover, in the markets under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Spirit Sect, powerful aggressive spirit insects and their eggs are basically controlled by various forces and independent cultivator families.

There are also insect-catching teams in the market, who need to risk great danger to enter Wanling Mountain to capture spirit insects.

However, after capturing the spirit insects, they were basically bought up at high prices by various forces in the market.

"Does this mean we can only buy it from the Treasure Pavilion? Spirit stones, I'm afraid..."

Sudden.

Chen Yi had a brilliant idea in his mind, and he planned to ask the servant next time he went to the Treasure Pavilion.

……

At this moment, outside Chen Yi's courtyard.

Three figures hid in the shadows nearby, watching Chen Yi's courtyard gate.

"This kid is actually quite patient, not coming out for so long?" Zhang Mazi said, his face showing impatience.

Zheng Dayou stared ahead, then turned and whispered:

"Just a few days ago, Young Master Zhao asked us if we had settled this matter. He seemed a little angry."

Zhang Mazi chuckled coldly, a hint of disdain on his face, and said:

"Hmph, he doesn't even lift a finger. Now he's busy searching for the Golden Light Master's cave."

Zheng Dayou and Li Erdan exchanged a glance, and then spoke up one after another:

"Brother Zhang, let's go too."

Zhang Mazi flicked the two men on the forehead and yelled, "What are you going there for? Are we going to die?"

Zheng Dayou covered his head and replied:

"Brother Zhang, let's take advantage of the chaos. With so many people searching for Master Jin Guang's cave, a conflict is bound to break out."

"Then we can... hehehe..."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Mazi's eyes lit up, and he instantly perked up. However, when he turned his head and saw Chen Yi's courtyard, a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.

After a moment's thought, he suddenly spoke:

"Let's go. Zhao Junri isn't here anyway, and he doesn't know anything about it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Mazi and his two companions vanished from the spot.

At this moment, Chen Yi is carefully tending to the spirit field and the insect swarm.

In my spare time, I would also chat with Wei Xueqing.

Wei Xueqing was very talented, but she made mistakes during cultivation, which damaged her meridians and dantian, resulting in paralysis of her lower body.

From then on, he could only move around in a wheelchair, and his daily life was taken care of by Wei Wufeng.

Chen Yi sighed inwardly. He believed that there was a way to restore Wei Xueqing in the realm of cultivation, but the price to be paid was simply beyond the capacity of a rogue cultivator to bear.

Wei Xueqing has a good mindset; even though she can't cultivate, she often reads to cultivate her character.

Ten days later, the Jade Dew Fragrant Rice finally matured, and a refreshing fragrance filled the entire backyard.

Chen Yi pushed open the door and entered, his whole being enveloped in the fragrance of rice, which invigorated him.

He took a sickle and a rice bag and began harvesting the spirit rice with great enthusiasm.

As evening approached, Chen Yi finished husking, sorting, and washing the rice, then neatly placed it into a specially made rice bag.

"Phew, finally done."

Chen Yi breathed a sigh of relief and went to the front yard. He planned to sell all the spirit rice tomorrow.

At that moment, wisps of smoke rose from the kitchen.

Chen Yi looked closely and saw that Wei Xueqing had already prepared the meal.

"Brother Chen, come and eat!" Wei Xueqing called out.

Chen Yi felt a little embarrassed and said, "Sorry, I was so busy I forgot to cook."

"Thank you for your help..."

Wei Xueqing smiled sweetly and placed the bowl and chopsticks in front of Chen Yi:

"I can't rely on Brother Chen for everything. I can handle trivial things like cooking."

Chen Yi wiped his sweat and ate with Wei Xueqing.

……

The next day, early in the morning.

Chen Yi quietly opened the courtyard gate, looked around, but did not find Zhang Mazi and the other two.

He immediately slipped away from the courtyard and closed the gate.

Chen Yi put all the spirit rice into the storage bag given to him by Elder Su, which was more convenient and would not attract attention from others.

His figure flickered, constantly moving through the alleys.

After rushing several hundred meters away, Chen Yi breathed a sigh of relief when he realized he could no longer sense the presence of Zhang Mazi and the other two.

"They might also be looking for Master Jin Guang's cave, so we don't need to be wary of them," Chen Yi thought to himself.

Before long, he arrived at the gate of Jinfeng Rice Shop.

Several guards had just come out of the courtyard when they spotted Chen Yi standing nearby.

Upon seeing this, the head guard approached Chen Yi with a respectful expression and politely invited him inside.

Chen Yi realized that it was probably something Old Su had specifically instructed him to do.

After waiting in the courtyard for a while, Old Su, dressed in a gray robe, came out and smiled when he saw Chen Yi.

"Young Chen, you're here so soon. Is it not going well with planting Jade Dew Fragrant Rice?" Old Su asked.

Chen Yi clasped his hands in a salute and immediately took out a storage bag from his bosom.

A flash of light appeared, and more than a dozen bags of spirit rice appeared before the two.

Chen Yi opened one of the rice bags, and a fragrant aroma instantly filled the air, instantly invigorating everyone.

Old Su looked surprised and quickly stepped forward to the rice bag.

The spirit rice in the bag was crystal clear, each grain plump, and there seemed to be spiritual energy flowing in the middle.

He immediately picked up some spirit rice and put it in his mouth. After chewing it carefully, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Good! I knew I hadn't misjudged you."

"This Jade Dew Fragrant Rice is of excellent quality, with a superb taste and abundant spiritual energy, hahaha." Old Su laughed heartily.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yi breathed a sigh of relief; the effects of Shennong's blessing were indeed powerful.