Immortality: Raising an Ant Queen to Cultivate by increasing stat points

Chapter 501: Chapter 493 Housekeeper Xu

After his practice of the Medicine King Sutra reached the Spirit Qi Realm, Qin Niu had gained the ability to directly refine the energy and medicinal essence of plants into cultivation power. After advancing to the mid-stage of the Spirit Qi Realm, he acquired a new skill— the ability to directly absorb the stored energy of plants within a hundred-meter radius, quickly replenishing his depleted True Qi.

Don’t underestimate the limited energy storage of an ordinary plant; the combined energy stored by plants within a hundred meters can be quite astonishing.

Moreover, he could keep moving and absorbing the energy storage from new plants.

With this ability, as long as he was in the forest, he hardly had to worry about running out of internal cultivation power.

This was somewhat like being the King of the Earth; as long as one’s feet stood on the ground, one could continuously draw strength from the earth.

Initially, he practiced the Medicine King Sutra simply to better identify medicinal herbs and plants; he had never imagined that cultivating this technique to the mid-stage of the Spirit Qi Realm would grant him such an incredible ability.

Besides the Medicine King Sutra, the special abilities that came with his Everlasting Spring Technique also saw a significant boost after advancing to the early stage of the Spirit Qi Realm.

Injecting the same amount of Everlasting Spring Technique power into medicinal herbs, their growth rate was visibly faster.

Another, even more intriguing matter caught Qin Niu’s deep thought.

In the backyard, there was a clump of Dogtail Grass that he had infused with some Everlasting Spring Technique power five days ago.

As a result, when he sat down last night in the backyard to practice the Everlasting Spring Technique, he discovered this morning that the Dogtail Grass’s leaves were now facing him.

It is natural for plants to lean towards the sun; this is not unusual.

The most typical example is the sunflower, which turns with the sun after blooming. Other plants’ leaves also grow towards the sunnier side.

But why did that clump of Dogtail Grass face Qin Niu?

Could it be that it saw Qin Niu as the sun?

Now, there were a total of over two hundred medicinal herbs planted in the backyard; Qin Niu only noticed the Dogtail Grass leaning towards him, while the other herbs seemed not to have this pattern. He was certain that the Dogtail Grass had never done this before.

Five days ago, just as his Everlasting Spring Technique advanced to the Spirit Qi Realm, he came back home and, feeling grateful to the clump of Dogtail Grass that had helped him understand the cultivation method of the Everlasting Spring Technique, gave it exceptional care by infusing it with the Everlasting Spring Technique power until it reached its limit.

Could it be that by infusing it with enough Everlasting Spring Technique power, he caused it to mutate?

To verify his hypothesis, Qin Niu chose another two medicinal herbs and infused them with the Everlasting Spring Technique power to their limit.

These herbs were basically low-growing, so even if he filled their stems with Everlasting Spring Technique power, it wouldn’t take much.

After doing all of this, Qin Niu prepared to observe their changes in a few days.

The Water and Land Dharma Assembly was drawing nearer by the day, with less than a month left; Qin Niu had already started preparing to attend. He needed to set out for it no later than ten days from now.

Some of the stronger members of the Black Tiger Gang had already set off for Elixir City.

However, Qin Niu learned that the true Water and Land Dharma Assembly would be held in Myriad Immortal City, a city directly governed by the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect.

Elixir City might just be the preliminary meeting place.

The Black Tiger Gang and the Nine Insect Gang had not waged any wars since signing the ceasefire agreement, but both sides still stationed heavy forces on their borders, maintaining a tense atmosphere.

The Water and Land Dharma Assembly, which occurs only once every ten years, represents an opportunity for all Spirit Qi Realm experts to strive for their immortal fate.

Therefore, these two factions, hostile as fire and water, maintained an unusual tacit understanding; their leaders cast aside faction affairs and formed teams to rush to Elixir City.

Gang Leader Xue Qiuhe, Deputy Gang Leader Gongsun Jin, and others had already specially sent an invitation to Qin Niu nine days ago to join them on their journey to Elixir City. However, at that time, Qin Niu had not yet broken through to the Spirit Qi Realm with his Everlasting Spring Technique, so he declined their invitation.

In his opinion, both of the cultivation techniques he practiced were non-combative in nature, which inherently placed him at a disadvantage.

If his Everlasting Spring Technique remained at the peak of the Innate Realm, even if he rushed over, he would probably just be making up the numbers.

It was very likely that he would be eliminated in the first round.

One must know that there were over a thousand sects, big and small, within the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect. Among them were super sects like Fire Cloud Tunnel.

By then, it would certainly be a gathering of mighty experts, with geniuses swarming like ants.

“Wan Yan, for the next few days, hand over the important family affairs to Cai Xian, and bid farewell to your father. I plan to set out with you and Xiao Qing to Elixir City to attend the Water and Land Dharma Assembly seven days from now. Your cultivation has just broken through to the early stage of the Innate Realm. You’re a bit weak now, but it’s still good to go and broaden your horizons.

Xiao Qing, your cultivation is currently at the late stage of the Innate Realm, which is quite good.

However, the minimum cultivation requirement for the Water and Land Dharma Assembly is to reach the Spirit Qi Realm. If there’s a chance to seize fortune from the immortals, you must give it your all. If there’s no chance to participate, take it as familiarizing yourself with the procedures, and it won’t be too late to participate in the next one in ten years’ time.

After all, you are still young, and even in ten years, you will only be eighteen, still extremely young.

Moreover, I estimate that with your growth rate, plus the boost from the Ancient Banyan Tree, your cultivation could very possibly break through directly to the Immortal Scholar Realm in ten years. At that time, your chances of seizing fortune from the immortals will be much greater.”

Qin Niu began to make arrangements for the departure.

There were over seven thousand mu of good farmland and more than a hundred shops at home that needed management.

As for the farmland, there was already a manager, which was Xu Zhenchang.

To have Xu Zhenchang become the manager of the Qin Residence, Qin Niu really went through a lot of trouble. That time when Xu Zhenchang was pressed by creditors to pay off debts, trying to borrow money everywhere, Qin Niu lent five taels of silver to his wife.

Li Shuixiang ran to the Yan Family again hoping to borrow money, but she was turned away once more.

The Yan Family usually seemed quite righteous, but this time, it was not known whether they were tight on funds or simply adhering to the principle of helping only in emergencies, not in poverty, so they refused to lend money to Xu Zhenchang.

Li Shuixiang had tried to borrow from everyone she could, and as one could imagine, she was still far short.

After all, the area had suffered from continuous pest infestations last year, making life difficult for everyone, each of them barely scraping by.

Besides, Xu Zhenchang was only a wealthy farmer, and the significant figures he could associate with were only the likes of Yan Da, the young master of the Yan Family, and the stewards of the Yan Family. As for Qin Niu, if it were not for the fact that they were from the same village, Xu Zhenchang would have had no chance of encountering him.

In a desperate situation, Li Shuixiang, the woman, made a foolish move.

Listening to the nonsense of some relative, she actually borrowed high-interest loans in the city.

Though she managed to clear her husband’s previous debt, the new high-interest loan was not something to be trifled with.

The proper course of action would have been to cut losses decisively, selling a few mu of their land to pay off the debt, even if the price of land was very low at the time. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Such a decision might seem somewhat disadvantageous, but it wouldn’t have led to unbearable loss.

Borrowing money at high interest, the daily interest was a terrifying number.

If she couldn’t repay on time, there was a high likelihood that she would be forced to sell her children or even Li Shuixiang herself. If it came to that, it would undoubtedly be a devastating outcome for the family.