Chapter 349

Chapter 349: Qi Refining Mastery, Harvesting Spiritual Valley

Deep within the Shiwan Mountains, within the Jade-Transforming Cavern,

Lu Qing sat cross-legged in his usual practice chamber.

Spiritual energy gathered around him, rapidly absorbed by him.

Fortunately, within the Jade-Transforming Cavern, there was an ancient formation gathering spiritual energy.

Had he been in Jiuli Village, the simple formation Lu Qing had set up wouldn’t have been enough to meet his current cultivation needs.

Lu Qing continuously absorbed vast quantities of spiritual energy, transforming it into the Five Elements. This energy was

then refined and refined by the Five Elements Gourd in his dantian.

After an unknown amount of time, the suction power within Lu Qing’s dantian surged, sucking away all the spiritual energy in the Jade-Transforming Cavern,

leaving the formation temporarily unable to supply it.

Then, Lu Qing’s entire body shook, and a precious light emanated from him.

An incomparably powerful aura emanated from him.

A phantom suddenly emerged from a small cauldron hanging from Lu Qing’s neck, hovering in mid-air.

“Yan” gazed at the rich white light radiating from Lu Qing with a complex expression.

“Another breakthrough! In just a few months, he’s gone from the Beginning Stage of Qi Refining to the Intermediate Stage, and now to the Great Perfection Stage.

This person’s talent for cultivation is truly terrifying.”

Yan was both shocked and amazed.

For the past few months, he had watched Lu Qing cultivate.

Honestly, in Yan’s opinion, Lu Qing’s cultivation wasn’t considered diligent.

Every day, he was busy with various chores.

He either tended to the spiritual fields and medicinal plants, or supervised Xiaoyan and Xiaoli’s studies.

Or he would cook for everyone.

He often worked with the old doctor, treating illnesses and preparing medicine for the villagers who came to the mountains for medical treatment, as a way of doing good deeds. He

even occasionally went fishing outside the village for Xiaoli, often spending half a day at a time.

The time he devoted to cultivation each day was truly minimal.

Far from being diligent, he could be described as lazy.

In the Lihuo Sect back then, a disciple as disengaged as Lu Qing would have been punished.

In more serious cases, outright expulsion from the sect is a possibility.

Yet, despite Lu Qing’s careless and unfocused approach to cultivation,

Yan watched him advance from the Beginning Stage of Qi Refining to the Middle Stage in just over a month.

Now, almost two months later, he’s progressed from the Middle Stage to the Great Mastery Stage.

Most importantly, he’s cultivating the Five Elements Body Refining Art, a technique notoriously slow to master from the ancient era of immortal cultivation!

You know, anyone else wouldn’t even be able to master this technique in such a short time.

And in those past two or three months, Yan had never seen Lu Qing fret about his cultivation.

Even his progress had never stagnated.

Though his daily practice time wasn’t much, Yan could clearly sense that Lu Qing was growing stronger almost every moment.

The longer he spent with Lu Qing, the more Yan could sense

the boundless, unfathomable potential hidden within him.

Unconsciously, “Yan” began to feel that if it continued to follow Lu Qing,

perhaps one day it would truly be free from its cage.

After a while, the precious light on Lu Qing’s body withered, and his aura gradually subsided. He opened his eyes.

His eyes were as warm as jade, as deep and calm as the ocean.

“Congratulations, young master, for successfully breaking through to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining,”

“Yan” immediately congratulated.

“It’s just a small breakthrough, not worth mentioning,” Lu Qing said calmly.

He had the Five Elements Gourd, his lifeblood, constantly helping him refine pure spiritual energy. Although

he seemed to spend little time on cultivation

, his cultivation level continued to grow day and night.

Coupled with the baptism of the heavenly tribulation and the solid foundation laid in him by the nine primordial energies,

breaking through two minor realms in a few months was, in Lu Qing’s view, a normal occurrence.

“Although it’s only a minor realm breakthrough, young master, your physical body is gifted and your foundation is strong.

With only the Great Completion of Qi Refining, you’ve already reached the point where your body is ablaze with precious light. Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators would probably be no match for you.”

“Yan” wasn’t flattering.

Although Lu Qing was currently in the Qi Refining stage, the white precious light emanating from his body was extremely rich.

His physical strength was no less than that of a cultivator who had reached the Great Completion of the Foundation Establishment stage.

In a real fight, even without the use of magic weapons or other means, he would probably be able to defeat most Foundation Establishment cultivators with his physical strength alone.

Lu Qing shook his head and said nothing.

Foundation Establishment cultivators already had their own understanding of the laws of heaven and earth.

The means they could mobilize far exceeded those of the Qi Refining stage.

Although he was powerful now, he hadn’t reached that realm yet.

If he really encountered an enemy at that level, it was hard to say whether he could win with just physical strength.

“Senior Yan, how long did I spend in seclusion this time?”

“Not long, just three days.”

“Three days?” Lu Qing nodded. “Before I entered the mountain, the spiritual grains in the spiritual fields were almost fully mature.

This time when I return, I can harvest them.”

Indeed, the spiritual grains that Lu Qing had planted months ago, after careful care, were finally ready for harvest.

Lu Qing had intended to harvest them three days ago, but suddenly sensed a potential breakthrough.

He decided to retreat into seclusion in the mountains, temporarily delaying the harvest.

With this thought, Lu Qing’s heart grew eager.

He immediately left the Jade Cavern, exited the valley, and hurried toward the village.

As he traveled, Lu Qing monitored the forest.

He discovered that over the past few months, the spiritual energy in the mountains had become far richer.

The vegetation had grown more lush, and many of the already towering trees had grown even larger.

As for the venomous insects and snakes, it was even more remarkable.

Not only had their toxicity increased, but their size had also begun to mutate.

As he traveled, Lu Qing would occasionally spot colorful, face-sized venomous spiders.

If it weren’t for his profound cultivation, the aura he exuded would have deterred these venomous creatures.

If a weaker warrior entered, he would probably be besieged by all kinds of poisonous creatures.

“This Shiwan Mountain has almost become a completely forbidden area for human beings.

Except for powerful cultivators with great cultivation, ordinary warriors who enter will probably have no chance of survival.”

Lu Qing felt the changes in the mountain and thought to himself.

He planned to warn the villagers again after returning to the village, and never enter the mountain easily.

At Lu Qing’s current speed, it would not take much time to rush back to Jiuli Village from the Yuhua Cave.

Not long after, he had returned to the village.

First, he sensed the formation and found nothing unusual. Then Lu Qing went directly to the small courtyard halfway up the mountain.

He happened to see Master and Grandpa Zhang and several other elderly people in the village standing by the spiritual field, gazing at the spiritual grain in the field with some worry.

“Master, Grandpa Zhang, Grandpa Chen…” Lu Qing went over to greet.

“Ah Qing, you are out of seclusion?” The old doctor was startled and turned around in surprise. “I was just worrying about whether to harvest this spiritual grain. You are back just in time!”

“Is the spiritual rice fully ripe?” Lu Qing asked.

“It’s ripe. I just asked Old Man Zhang and the others, and they all said it can still ripen. If we don’t harvest it now, it’ll probably fall,” the old doctor said.

This was the reason for his concern.

Lu Qing had planted the spiritual rice, and now it was harvest time, he had temporarily retreated.

If he didn’t harvest it in time, and it ripened and fell into the soil, it would be a shame.

After all, it’s a spiritual plant, and every grain is precious.

Fortunately, Lu Qing had returned in time, so he didn’t have to worry.

“Yes, Qing, if you don’t harvest this spiritual rice, I’m afraid a lot of it will be wasted,”

Old Man Zhang and the others said.

Lu Qing walked to the edge of the spiritual field and looked at the spiritual rice inside.

He saw that every plant in the field was loaded with heavy rice ears, each grain was a dazzling golden color, and the whole grain was clearly plump and distinct.

It was indeed the best time to harvest.

He nodded. “Grandpa Zhang and the others are right. The spiritual rice is indeed ready to be harvested.”

“Then there’s no time to lose! I’ll go get the sickle,” the old doctor said quickly.

“It’s just right. We have nothing else to do, so we’ll help you harvest.”

Grandpa Zhang and several other elders also rolled up their sleeves, ready to help.

However, Lu Qing didn’t dare let them go to the fields to work, and quickly stopped them.

“Master, Grandpa Zhang, there’s no need to bother. I have a better way to harvest the spiritual rice. It doesn’t require a sickle.”

“A better way?” The old doctor was stunned.

“If we can’t harvest rice with a sickle, what else can we use?”

Grandpa Zhang and the others were even more confused.

“Use this,”

Lu Qing said with a faint smile. He removed the Qiankun Yiqi bag from his waist and tossed it forward into the air.

With his mind urging it, the Qiankun Yiqi bag in mid-air grew in the wind, soon reaching the size of half a room.

Then the bag’s opening turned downward, and a beam of green light emerged from the opening, illuminating the spiritual field.

Wherever the green light passed, the spiritual grains in the spiritual field fell from their ears, floated upward, and were absorbed into the Qiankun Qi Bag.

The green light continued to move, sucking away the spiritual grains wherever it passed.

Before long, the spiritual field, covering over two acres, was illuminated and all the spiritual grains were collected into the Qiankun Qi Bag.

Once all the spiritual grains were collected, Lu Qing performed another magic spell, and azure wind blades suddenly flew out from the Qiankun Qi Bag and flew towards the spiritual field.

Swish, swish, swish…

The wind blades flashed, and in almost an instant, the rice stalks that had once stood upright in the field were cut cleanly at their roots, falling neatly to the ground.

After this, Lu Qing waved his hand, and the Qiankun Qi Bag rapidly shrank and fell into his hands.

The entire process took only a few dozen breaths.

This scene naturally stunned Grandpa Zhang and the others.

They had never imagined that Lu Qing could harvest rice with such miraculous means.

And the speed was so fast that it completely exceeded their imagination.

You know, normally, when they harvest rice, the whole family would go out and it would take several days to finish harvesting two acres of rice fields.

After all, harvesting rice is not an easy task.

Besides cutting it, there is also threshing, transporting it, and then drying it in the sun.

Each step is very hard work.

Who would have thought that there would be such a convenient and fast harvesting method as Lu Qing in the world.

All of a sudden, all the elderly people looked at the Qiankun Yiqi Bag in Lu Qing’s hand with heated eyes.

“Ah Qing, what kind of magic weapon is this? It’s so magical that it can automatically harvest rice?”

Looking at the eager eyes of Grandpa Zhang and the others, Lu Qing understood what they were thinking.

He laughed and said, “Grandpa Zhang, this magic weapon is called Qiankun Yiqi Bag. It is a treasure I found by chance. It contains space and can hold everything.”

“What a treasure, what a treasure!”

After hearing this, the elderly people were even more amazed.

“Oh, Grandpa Zhang, when I returned from my last trip, I said I’d treat the villagers to a meal.

But I never found a good opportunity.

Now that the spiritual rice is ripe, I’ll treat everyone to a meal of spiritual rice tomorrow,”

Lu Qing said with a smile.

“You’re going to use this spiritual rice to treat everyone in the village?” Grandpa Zhang’s eyes widened.

Although he didn’t know the specific properties of the spiritual rice Lu Qing was growing

, he had seen Lu Qing use magic to irrigate the spiritual fields every morning over the past few months.

Rice cultivated and irrigated with this magic was undoubtedly precious.

“Well, the seeds for this batch of spiritual rice were provided by the villagers.

Now that the spiritual rice is ripe, it’s only right that everyone tastes it,”

Lu Qing nodded.

“That’s right. In that case, I’ll tell everyone about it when we get back.”

Grandpa Zhang thought for a moment and didn’t object.

Seeing Grandpa Zhang’s agreement, the other elders naturally agreed.

They were also very curious about the taste of the spiritual rice.

After all, they had seen what the spiritual rice looked like before.

Having been farmers all their lives, they had never seen rice of such good quality.

The plump grains looked very tempting.

I wonder what the cooked rice would taste like.

“By the way, Ah Qing, are you going to use these rice stalks and platycodon as firewood after cutting them?”

an old man suddenly asked.

“No.” Lu Qing smiled, “These rice stalks and platycodon are still very useful. It would be a waste to burn them directly.

Grandpa Mu, are you interested in them?”

The old man said a little embarrassedly, “I just think it would be a pity to burn such good rice stalks and platycodon.”

I know Grandpa Mu is very good at weaving, and I also have something I want to ask you for help. “

Grandpa Mu was stunned: “What is it?”

“I want to ask Grandpa Mu to weave these rice stalks and platycodon into straw mats or pillows.”

“That’s easy, leave it to me!”

Upon hearing this, Grandpa Mu patted his chest and said that it was no problem.

He was very confident in his craftsmanship. No one in the surrounding area had a better weaving technique than him.

“Then I’ll have to trouble Grandpa Mu. Lu

Qing smiled.

These rice and platycodon plants grew by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. They possessed a spiritual aura of their own and could be considered spiritual objects.

If they could be woven into a straw mat or futon, and used for long periods of sleep, the spiritual aura within would nourish the body and calm the mind.

It would be a valuable treasure, so he didn’t want to waste it.

(End of this chapter)