Cultivation: I have an omnipotent land

Chapter 28 Brother Xiao Ming, is cultivating immortality really that good?

The two sides reached a stalemate in the market. As more and more people gathered and law enforcement teams appeared in the distance, the two finally wavered.

"Let's go." The two quickly left before the law enforcement team arrived.

After the girl finished her transaction with Xiao Ming, she immediately prepared to pack up her stall. Although the other party couldn't make a move in the market, if she delayed any longer, he would gather his men and she would be trapped like a turtle in a jar.

"Fellow Daoist Yan, the wound on your face is stained with the venom of a rove beetle," Xiao Ming said casually, putting away his talisman brush and glancing at the woman's face.

The girl surnamed Yan paused for a moment before calmly replying, "So what if it is?"

Rove beetles are considered insidious and venomous insects; even a tiny bit of their venom would cause excruciating pain. Yet, this woman remained calm, demonstrating her resilient character.

"I have a folk remedy here that can help with the poison of rove beetles, and it won't leave a scar after the wound heals." Xiao Ming took out a small bottle and tossed it to Yan Yuxue. This was the ointment that Old Mo had given her before.

"Is what you say true, fellow Daoist?" The girl happily accepted the small bottle. What woman doesn't love beauty? How could she be willing to have an unhealable scar on her face?

"You'll know once you go back and try it."

"I believe what Fellow Daoist Miao said. How much is this bottle of medicine?" Yan Yuxue carefully put the bottle of medicine into her storage bag.

"It's not worth much, fellow Daoist, just accept it." Xiao Ming waved his hand casually.

Upon hearing this, Yan Yuxue hesitated slightly. After thinking for a while, she took out another jade bottle.

"I, Yan Yuxue, am not one to take advantage of others. This medicine may be useless to you, fellow Daoist, but it is no less than a precious healing elixir for me. There is still a little less than half a bottle of spiritual water left, so I will give it all to you."

"Fellow Daoist, you're so generous." Xiao Ming smiled as he accepted the small jade bottle.

"Until we meet again." Yan Yuxue cupped her hands in greeting and put her bamboo hat back on.

Xiao Ming wandered around the market street, bought some mineral spirit sand, and then returned home.

Xiao Ming entered the omnipotent space and took out two bottles of spiritual water.

As he poured the small bottle of spiritual water onto the Spirit Gathering Pill plant, the plant was nourished and immediately began to glow. It advanced at a visible speed, evolving towards the fourth-order shrub stage.

[Name]: Spirit Gathering Pill

[Growth Status]: Shrub stage (1%)

Current Status: Good

A rich fragrance of elixir wafted over, and Xiao Ming leaned closer to examine a cyan elixir, clearly sensing that its quality had improved.

If the previous Spirit Gathering Pills were of ordinary quality, then the current Spirit Gathering Pills can be considered high-grade or even top-grade, and their medicinal properties are much stronger.

Looking at the remaining bottle of spiritual water, Xiao Ming dug a hole on the spot without hesitation.

As an old farmer, how could he bear to drink this spiritual water that could enhance his cultivation directly? Naturally, he would bury it and wait for it to bloom and bear fruit for a great harvest.

So after planting the beast fire, Xiao Ming started planting the spirit water.

After doing all this, Xiao Ming exited the omnipotent space, went to the table, and took out a talisman pen.

After playing with the plants in his hands for a while, Xiao Ming went out into the yard and looked at the various plants growing in the ground.

Xiao Ming hardly ever took care of these crops, but recently Cui'er has been coming over often to help with them. These crops have also benefited from Xiao Ming's help, receiving a wave of spiritual energy, so they are growing very well.

In this way, Xiao Ming did not want to waste these spiritual plants that could be used to make talismans, and after reading a bunch of books on talisman making, he was also itching to try it.

So Xiao Ming harvested some spiritual plants from the ground and returned to his room to begin making talisman ink.

After posing as a talisman master for so long, Xiao Ming finally began to make talismans properly.

A few days later, Xiao Ming threw down the talisman brush, looked at the mess in the room, and shook his head with a wry smile.

He originally thought that after studying theoretical knowledge for so long, he would be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort when actually learning it. He even harbored a little fantasy that he might have a hidden talent for making talismans.

Reality slapped him in the face; he was mediocre at all in the field of talisman making.

Fortunately, after wasting more than ten times the resources of an ordinary talisman-making apprentice, Xiao Ming still managed to gain something.

He now held a fire-avoidance talisman. The patterns on the talisman were crooked and its spiritual energy was dissipated. Its quality was such that it would be considered garbage on the market.

"At least this is the first talisman I've ever made." Xiao Ming carefully put the talisman away.

After tidying up the scene, Xiao Ming took out a bottle of pills and began meditating and cultivating.

As far as Xiao Ming knew, with his current strength, passing the sect's assessment would not be easy.

Therefore, for the next period of time, Xiao Ming devoted himself wholeheartedly to cultivation.

In his spare time, Xiao Ming would refine talismans and set up a stall once a month. At first, he didn't dare to sell the fire-avoiding talismans he refined because the quality was too poor.

But gradually, as Xiao Ming's skills improved, he was able to refine qualified fire-avoidance talismans.

Although he is occasionally criticized for having someone else write his work, saying it's not up to his usual standard.

Time flies when you're cultivating, and more than a year has passed quickly.

Xiao Ming sat cross-legged on the bed cultivating, with a bottle of pills and a bottle of spiritual water placed in front of him.

Judging from the fluctuations of spiritual energy emanating from him, his strength has reached the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Half a year ago, he cultivated the Spirit Eye Water. With the dual blessing of the Spirit Water and the Spirit Gathering Pill, Xiao Ming's progress was incredibly rapid. He broke through to the sixth level of Qi Refining in just a few months.

After finishing his cultivation for the day, Xiao Ming got out of bed, stood up, stretched, and then opened the door.

In the courtyard, a girl in green was watering the plants. Hearing the door open, she immediately turned around.

"Brother Xiao Ming, your seclusion is over."

Xiao Ming smiled and nodded.

"You come here every day, aren't you afraid Yuanbaoge will fire you?" Xiao Ming joked.

"No, the Pavilion Master takes good care of me," Cui'er said with a smile.

"And I'm here on a mission," Cui'er said, taking out an envelope.

"This was given to me by the sect leader. He told me to give it to you after you go into seclusion."

Xiao Ming took the envelope, opened it, and immediately became serious.

Three months later, the sect trial will begin, and the location will be Qingzhuo Valley Market in Qingshui County.

The sect entry trial is finally here.

"Brother Xiao Ming, what did the letter say?" Cui'er asked curiously as she leaned closer.

She was a little worried that the letter might contain ambiguous words between the Pavilion Master and Xiao Ming, which made her nervous. But then she thought that she was just a mortal girl and had no right to think about such things.

So the tension in my heart turned into disappointment.

Cui'er had been suffering from this conflicted emotion for several days.

"Cui'er, I may have to leave Wuyifang." Xiao Ming put away the letter and looked at the girl.

These words were like a thunderclap, shattering all the conflicting emotions in Cui'er's heart, leaving only tension and fear.

"Where is Brother Xiao Ming going?"

"A very far place."

"When will Brother Xiao Ming be back?" Cui'er's voice trembled slightly.

She thought of her father, and now he had become Xiao Ming.

"I don't know." Xiao Ming shook his head.

"Brother Xiao Ming, are you going to cultivate immortality too...? Is cultivating immortality really that good?"

If they hadn't cultivated immortality, my mother wouldn't have died from a cultivation deviation, and my father wouldn't have died while exploring the secret realm.

Ordinary cultivators who pursue the so-called path to immortality, what do they ultimately gain? Mortals can live peacefully for over sixty years, while those who seek immortality and the Dao become piles of bones long ago.

Xiao Ming opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. In the end, he just reached out and patted the girl's head.

"take care of yourself."

Whether it's seeking revenge or pursuing immortality, he is destined to cultivate immortality; this is an unchangeable fact.

After comforting Cui'er for a while, they took her home.

The next morning, Xiao Ming left without saying goodbye and quietly departed from Wuyi Market.