Creak!
The courtyard gate swung wide open, and Wang Chen walked out from within.
He wore a simple set of cloth clothes, straw sandals on his feet, a gourd hanging from his waist, and a long hoe slung over his shoulder.
He looked every bit the farmer.
Even the aura Wang Chen gave off was no different from that of an ordinary mortal.
All his sharpness and presence had been completely concealed!
Dawn had only just broken. A thin mist still shrouded the valley, and a pebble-paved path led from the courtyard gate all the way out of the valley.
Following this path, Wang Chen arrived at a stream not far from the mouth of the valley.
More than a dozen mu of medicinal fields, newly reclaimed not long ago, stretched out before his eyes!
Half a month earlier, Wang Chen had joined the Azure Cloud Alliance and moved into this secluded dwelling in the valley.
Unlike other cultivators, who spent most of their time cultivating, he had purchased a batch of farming tools and medicinal seeds in Taiwu City, then reclaimed and planted these medicinal fields.
Wang Chen was growing Solomon's seal.
Solomon's seal was one of the cultivators' everyday foods in this world. This medicinal herb replenished qi and nourished yin, strengthened the spleen, moistened the lungs, and benefited the kidneys. It could also dispel the foul qi produced by eating ferocious beast meat, making it highly beneficial to technique cultivation.
Some cultivators even ate nothing but Solomon's seal.
Carrying his hoe, he stepped into the medicinal fields and began clearing the weeds.
The newly planted Solomon's seal had already sprouted, lush and verdant enough to delight the eye. But removing the weeds was rather difficult; a moment's carelessness could damage the medicinal roots, rendering all the effort