Chapter 29: Returning to the Mountain

Thus, Fang Lin said, "Clan leader, if you really want to keep these innate martial artists, then you must keep a close watch on the Black Widow. If she has any ideas, our Fang family will be in trouble!"

Fang Yun looked at the Black Widow and said, "She should not dare to, but I might not have time to keep an eye on her. Fang Ming, could you help me watch her? Poison and medicine are essentially the same; perhaps you can discuss with her."

Fang Ming, upon hearing Fang Yun's decision, glanced at the beautiful woman kneeling in the seawater. His face turned red, and he repeatedly waved his hands in refusal, saying, "Clan leader, this isn't very appropriate; medicine and poison are fundamentally different!"

Fang Yun shook his head, saying, "Let's do it this way. I am usually busy cultivating and can't watch her. You can't expect me to bring her up the mountain, right? Don't worry; I won't stay on the mountain the whole time. After I come down, I will help keep an eye on her!"

After saying this, Fang Yun turned to the Black Widow. "In that case, you can distribute your poison to your subordinates! I'm sure they won't refuse!"

As Fang Yun said this, he glanced at the remaining four innate martial artists. They quickly shook their heads in response, saying, "We dare not!"

After they all consumed the poison from the Black Widow, Fang Yun looked at Fang Ming and said, "Elder, go check on the ones who were blasted away earlier. See if any are still alive; if they can be rescued, do so! If not, then it's fine!"

"Understood, clan leader!"

"Alright, since the matter is settled, let's go back!"

Fang Ming and Fang Yong were left to deal with the remaining issues.

Fang Yun and the other elders began to return to the Fang family's residence. From a distance at the town gate, he saw Fang Jianting waiting there with a cane.

Upon seeing this scene, Fang Yun felt a warmth in his heart. This heavy affection made him feel somewhat undeserving. Perhaps it was because he hadn't fully accepted his current identity.

When they reached the town gate, Fang Yun stopped and walked up to pat Fang Jianting's thin, dry hand. "Rest assured, Ancestor. With our ancestors' blessings, this time, the Fang family has won! Not a single elder died, and we captured thousands of pirates, including several innate martial artists! It's a great victory!"

Fang Jianting, upon hearing this, looked at Fang Yun, then at Fang Lin and the others behind him. After receiving an affirmative response, he nodded happily, "Good, good, good! I knew that with you as the clan leader, these pirates wouldn't be our match! I'll have the clan members prepare a feast to celebrate this victory!"

Fang Yun didn't want to dampen Fang Jianting's spirits, but this matter had already delayed him for quite a while. The spiritual rice on the mountain and the crops in the valley hadn't been tended to for many days. Continuing to leave them unattended made him uneasy.

Thus, Fang Yun could only look at Fang Lin and say, 

"Elder Fang Lin, you represent me and celebrate properly with the Ancestor and everyone else. I have many things left to handle on the mountain, and I have already delayed for too long. I can't put it off any longer. Also, I've used up some magical power and need to return to recover it. After the pirates return, Elder Fang Lin, please help me settle them down. Once I'm done with matters on the mountain, I'll come down and arrange things for them."

Fang Lin quickly nodded in agreement, "Rest assured, clan leader; I will take care of it!"

At this time, Fang Jianting added, "Clan leader, you go take care of your affairs first. There's no rush for our celebration. Whenever you have time to come down from the mountain, we'll begin!"

Fang Yun smiled wryly at this, "Ancestor, there's really no need to wait for me. You can organize everyone to celebrate together!"

Fang Jianting shook his head, "That won't do. Without you, our celebration wouldn't have any meaning. But you can rest assured that your matters are the most important. Go back and handle your things first. No matter how long it takes—one month, two months, one year, or two years—we can wait!"

Fang Yun shook his head helplessly. Since Fang Jianting said so, he didn't feel like persuading him further, so he nodded, "If that's the case, I'll head back up the mountain now. As for the celebration, you all can make some preparations, and we'll start once I come down!"

"Okay, clan leader, you can rest assured!"

Fang Yun then turned and headed toward the mountain.

While channeling his magical power toward the mountain, Fang Yun opened his panel to check his remaining magical power. Although he could sense the remaining magical power in his dantian, it was still not as intuitive as looking at the panel.

Cultivation Level: Qi Training Stage 2

Magical Power: 18

Vital Energy: 20

Control of Plants: Spiritual Rice (320), Astragalus (2536)…

Spells: Earth Force Technique (6% proficiency), Spiritual Rain Technique (30% entry level)

Ultimately, several days had been wasted, and the values on the panel hadn't changed much. The magical power had decreased by 14 points, but that wasn't a big deal. In fact, this consumption was surprisingly low.

After all, during a major battle, he had used his powers quite a bit, but most of it was through spiritual talismans, which didn't consume much magical power. When he returned to the mountain, he could recover it with the spiritual energy from the spring. Although the spring water had all been used to irrigate the spiritual rice, some spiritual energy still drifted out from the spring daily.

Not using that spiritual energy would be a waste, and using it to recover his magical power would be just right. That way, he wouldn't have to waste his vital energy to restore his magical power. 

His vital energy was ultimately limited, and if it was used to increase his cultivation, Fang Yun wouldn't feel too pained. But using it to restore magical power was something he couldn't afford to waste unless it was an emergency.

In no time, Fang Yun returned to the mountain and arrived beside the spiritual field. Looking at the overgrown weeds in the spiritual field and feeling an intense discomfort from the spiritual rice, his heart ached, and he suddenly felt a sharp pain.

In just a few days without care, so many weeds had grown in the spiritual field. The vitality of these weeds was indeed terrifying.

I hope it won't have too much impact on the spiritual rice.

Fang Yun didn't hesitate and hurried down into the spiritual field to start clearing the weeds. At the same time, he checked for any new pests on the spiritual rice. Fortunately, no pests had appeared on the spiritual rice. 

This relieved Fang Yun; after all, the weeds only siphoned off the spiritual energy from the rice, and a short-term lack of spiritual energy shouldn't have too much impact. However, if there were pests, they would directly harm the spiritual rice itself, which Fang Yun couldn't accept.

After several hours, he cleared all the weeds, even those just sprouting from the soil. Once he finished, he double-checked and sensed the emotions of the spiritual rice, discovering that they no longer felt uncomfortable, which put him at ease.