Chapter 21 Demon Osamu

In the blink of an eye, it was July. The green duckweed had matured after seven months. After harvesting and laying it aside to dry, Aunt came again.

"The contribution for planting this green duckweed was prepaid by the clan leader, so you won't receive any further payment," Wang Xiangxiu said, collecting the duckweed.

"Here are the next batch of green duckweed seeds. Continue planting!"

"Aunt, is there any news from the outside world?" Seeing that she was about to leave, Wang Nannan quickly asked. She had been too busy cultivating during this period and hadn't paid attention to other information.

"News, you say!"

"The Qingfeng Mountain Range has already begun its defenses, with the three major Golden Core sects each responsible for a region, and other affiliated families and rogue cultivators cooperating. Our Wang family's demon hunting team has been temporarily conscripted."

"Is there any danger now?" Wang Nannan's heart tightened, as her father was in the demon hunting team.

"There's definitely danger, after all, the Qingfeng Mountain Range is a place where demon beasts gather, but there are Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators stationed there, so there shouldn't be any major problems."

"Currently, it's all in the defensive deployment phase, so you don't need to worry."

Wang Xiangxiu naturally knew what Wang Nannan was worried about and could only comfort her like this. In fact, she had one more thing she hadn't told Wang Nannan, which was that small-scale beast tides had already begun from time to time.

These beast tides were all probes, testing how much the strength of both sides had grown in the past hundred years.

Waving her hand, Wang Xiangxiu left the spirit field. She had many things to do and couldn't waste time here with Wang Nannan.

As the time they spent together increased, Sixi wasn't afraid of the Eighteen Star Glass Gourd anymore, so Wang Nannan could naturally continue to ride Sixi around.

Sitting on Sixi's back to return to the valley to retrieve some spirit fertilizer, Wang Nannan's attention was focused on her golden finger.

After seven months of accumulation, her lifespan reached 274 years.

Consuming 165 years allowed her to bring the 'Withering Wood Spring Sutra' directly to Minor Accomplishment, and the Birth speed also reached sixty percent. Her cultivation realm naturally broke through to the seventh level of Qi Refining, entering the late stage of Qi Refining.

Then, continuously adding points to 'Soul Technique' until consuming thirty years of lifespan, 'Soul Technique' reached Perfection. The spiritual power in her mind transformed into divine sense, which could be released dozens of meters away. The surrounding environment was clearly imprinted in her mind, like a God's-eye view.

The reason for first bringing 'Soul Technique' to Perfection was mainly because, in the process of cultivation, she discovered that the strength of the soul had a great impact on alchemy. Moreover, Wang Nannan had privately inquired with Wang Dingru and the others and learned that, not only alchemy, but also puppet-making, talisman-making, formation-laying, and other immortal cultivation arts required considerable soul support.

Now that 'Soul Technique' had reached Perfection, Wang Nannan possessed divine sense, and her soul strength was comparable to some newly Foundation Establishment cultivators, far surpassing ordinary Qi Refining cultivators.

Moreover, many things about alchemy became clear and interconnected.

"It feels great! Much clearer," Wang Nannan exclaimed. However, when her divine sense swept over the Eighteen Star Glass Gourd in the Beast Taming Pouch, she found that she still couldn't see through its realm.

"Could it be that the Eighteen Star Glass Gourd is a Foundation Establishment spirit beast?" Wang Nannan trembled all over. What virtue or ability did she have to have a Foundation Establishment spirit beast protecting her?

Changing her thinking, if the Eighteen Star Glass Gourd was really a Foundation Establishment spirit beast, then how much was the Wang family actually hiding?

Calming her mind and looking at the panel again, she had seventy-nine years of lifespan left.

Consuming fifteen years of lifespan to push 'One Qi Transforms into Three Purities' to Minor Accomplishment, she didn't plan to continue consuming it.

"Let's hold on to the rest for now!"

Name: Wang Nannan

Age: 14 / 64

Realm: Qi Refining Seventh Level +

Cultivation Method: 'Withering Wood Spring Sutra' (First Layer) (Minor Accomplishment 1%) +

'Turtle Breath Concealment Art', 'Soul Technique' (Perfection)

'Spirit Rain Technique' (Entry 92%) +

'Golden Geng Sword Art' (Entry 91%) +

'Spirit Rhinoceros Palm Technique' (Entry 67%) +

'Vajra Buddha Body Technique' (Entry 82%) +

'Falling Leaf Footwork' (Entry 84%) +

'One Qi Transforms into Three Purities' (First Layer) (Minor Accomplishment 1%) +

Inheritance: First-Grade Spirit Planter (Skilled 6%) +

First-Grade Alchemist (Entry 22%) +

The proficiency of spells and inheritance has increased a lot, which is a good sign.

In a cheerful mood, she retrieved the spirit fertilizer from the valley and scattered it into the spirit field, starting to fertilize the field again.

Now that the Birth speed has reached sixty percent, the growth time of the green duckweed has also been shortened to less than five months. She can harvest two batches a year, equivalent to three thousand contribution points, which is simply wonderful!

The proficiency of spells also saves a lot of effort. Full of energy, Wang Nannan even wanted to expand the scale.

… …

Qingfeng Mountain Range.

In the area responsible by the Shennong Sect, the Sect Leader subdivided the area, with three Foundation Establishment families under its jurisdiction each guarding a piece of land. The Wang family was assigned to a location close to the outer sect disciples of the Shennong Sect.

To be honest, this place wasn't good. It was located at the foot of the Qingfeng Mountain Range, with no natural defenses, and could only rely on a large number of formations.

At this time, the clan leader, Wang Ming'ai, stood on a flying sword, looking at the many busy cultivators below, as formations were being set up, evoking many memories.

As the "front line," the role of these formations was crucial, able to effectively resist low-level demon beasts and protect our clansmen.

However, what Wang Ming'ai was most worried about wasn't the demon beast tide, but… …

Wang Ming'ai cast his gaze deeper into the Qingfeng Mountain Range.

Since the last beast tide ended, the young Wang Ming'ai had specially consulted various records about beast tides. Among them, a piece of news he saw in the Shennong Sect made Wang Ming'ai's back chill.

First of all, according to the Shennong Sect's records, this kind of beast tide has been going on for thousands of years. Although both the human race and the demon beasts suffer great losses each time, it doesn't reach the point of crippling them.

Secondly, the last beast tide was the most severe one, not only on the human race's side, but the demon beasts were also very miserable. In particular, many kinds of demon beasts directly perished and were never seen again.

The reason for such severe consequences, the Shennong Sect speculated, was the result of ghost cultivators secretly participating.

"Ghost cultivators! What a strange name," Wang Ming'ai's tone was cold, even with a hint of trembling.

Although anything could happen in the immortal cultivation world, the term ghost cultivator was indeed rarely heard.

The conditions for becoming a ghost cultivator were very harsh, so the number of ghost cultivators was extremely small and unknown.

Wang Ming'ai continued to investigate ghost cultivators and found that there were very few things recorded, but some experts had guessed that there was indeed a gathering place for ghost cultivators in this immortal cultivation world.

To fight against ghost cultivators, ordinary methods were useless and one had to rely on powerful divine sense / soul power.

For this reason, Wang Ming'ai had never given up on collecting information about cultivation methods for soul power / divine sense. Unfortunately, in a hundred years, he had only managed to collect two books. One Qi Refining Stage cultivation method was called 'Soul Technique' and was placed in the library.

The other Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation method was called 'Blazing Fire Meditation' and was passed on to every Foundation Establishment cultivator in the clan.

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