Red Moon Sea Region, Silver Serpent Island.
On Emerald Peak, there was a three-mu courtyard.
To the left of the courtyard stood one mu of Spirit Peach Trees. Each tree was laden with dozens of pale yellow peaches, their fragrance wafting through the air.
Beside the Spirit Peach Trees was a one-mu lake, where a large school of pale golden Spirit Fish swam across the surface. To the right lay over one mu of Spirit Fields, blanketed in golden wheat. Every grain was plump and brightly colored. A stone house, roughly one zhang in length, width, and height, stood right beside the courtyard gate, with dozens of green radishes planted atop its roof.
A large patch of Spirit Flowers grew beneath the Spirit Peach Trees, where a swarm of crimson Spirit Bees gathered nectar. A beehive the size of a door panel hung beneath one of the peach trees.
The stone house was simply furnished. There was a stone bed half a zhang long, and a spell formation half a zhang wide in the corner. Other than that, there was no extra space.
A Green-Shirted Youth in his early twenties sat cross-legged on the stone bed, shrouded in a layer of pale azure spiritual light.
The Green-Shirted Youth had ordinary features and somewhat dark skin.
After a while, the Green-Shirted Youth opened his eyes, delight appearing on his face as he muttered to himself, "Blessings from the ancestors—I've finally reached the Qi Refining Sixth Layer."
The Green-Shirted Youth was named Wang Yingjie. He was a descendant of Wang Qingling, a cultivator with Five Spiritual Roots. He was twenty-two years old this year and at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.
Wang Yingjie's parents had died young, devoured by Demon Beasts. He had been only eight when they met their end. Fortunately,