Harvest

Chapter 47: Harvest

[Earth Essence Stone]

[High-grade Magic Tool]

[After refinement, slightly increases Earth Spiritual Power absorption speed. Can store a portion of Earth Spiritual Power within the stone, which can flow into the body when needed.]

The most valuable item on Xiang Pichi was naturally the [Earth Essence Stone] embedded in his chest.

"A High-grade Magic Tool! That's a relief! Too bad Jiang Xiaobai is a Wood Cultivator and can't use it. But I can keep it for Yang Fu and let him walk the Earth Cultivator path."

In the fight just now, Xiang Pichi's strength was undeniably formidable.

His several Earth-element spells also opened Yang Genshuo's eyes, making him sigh that this was what a true cultivator looked like.

The Fetal Breath stage. Like children playing house.

You toss a fireball at me, I throw an Ice Arrow at you.

Yang Genshuo watched as Huzi pulled out spoils one by one, his eyes constantly scanning for his Earth-element cultivation technique.

Unfortunately, even after everything was turned out, he still couldn't find Xiang Pichi's "Earth Venerable Spirit Art" cultivation technique jade slip.

He didn't even find many spirit stones.

But thinking about it, it made sense.

Who in their right mind brings their cultivation technique and spirit stones along on a short trip?

They'd definitely leave them at home!

Still, Huzi did find some good stuff.

"Brother Shi, look! These four bottles of pills. They seem like immortal pills!"

The small bottles were made of jade. Generally, such expensive materials were used to store cultivator pills, preventing spiritual power loss.

[Foundation Nurturing Pill] 10 pills, [Spirit Replenishing Pill] 5 pills, [Bone Strengthening and Muscle Regenerating Pill] 3 pills, [Earth Origin Spirit Replenishing Pill] 1 pill.

Foundation Nurturing Pills were Grade 1 Pills, used by Qi Refinement stage cultivators to increase cultivation speed.

Spirit Replenishing Pills were also Grade 1 Pills, taken to quickly replenish spiritual power.

Bone Strengthening and Muscle Regenerating Pills were Grade 1 healing pills. Xiang Pichi had just eaten one earlier.

As for the last pill, after Yang Genshuo read its description, he couldn't help but take a deep gulp of his cola.

"Burp~~~ There's even a Grade 2 Pill. This thing is valuable."

The price of Grade 2 Pills was generally about ten times that of Grade 1 Pills, starting at 100 Low-grade Spirit Stones.

They were usually only affordable by cultivators above the Qi Refinement stage.

And the effect of this [Earth Origin Spirit Replenishing Pill] was quite outstanding.

[After taking, it can slightly improve Earth Spiritual Root Aptitude. Only one pill can be used in a lifetime.]

"It can actually directionally improve spiritual root aptitude. Awesome!"

Yang Fu's spiritual root aptitude was already naturally outstanding. Adding more aptitude to that—his cultivation speed would be unimaginable.

Seeing Yang Shi holding the four bottles of pills, looking left and right with a puzzled expression, Yang Genshuo performed a Divine Manifestation and told him their functions.

"Oh~ so that's it! Which pills does the Old Ancestor need? I'll offer them to you during this year's sacrifice."

"Keep one Bone Strengthening and Muscle Regenerating Pill for me."

Foundation Nurturing Pills and Spirit Replenishing Pills were both for cultivators; he couldn't use them now.

This [Bone Strengthening and Muscle Regenerating Pill], which could quickly heal external injuries, was worth keeping one on him. If he ever ran into good fortune outside, it could save his life.

Besides the [Earth Essence Stone] and the four bottles of pills, there was also one magic tool.

On Xiang Pichi's hands—a pair of transparent gloves as thin as cicada wings.

[Ice Chi Gloves]

[Mid-grade Magic Tool]

[Impervious to water and fire. Can increase Spell Power.]

"Not bad either. At least it's versatile and not picky about the user. I can give it to Jiang Xiaobai."

Two magic tools, four bottles of pills, ten Low-grade Spirit Stones, and one shattered Demonic Artifact—that was everything on Xiang Pichi.

The overall value was very high!

This was Yang Shi's first time seeing a High-grade Magic Tool.

In the Rogue Cultivator Market, there were only Mid-grade Magic Tools, all starting at 50 Low-grade Spirit Stones.

This High-grade Magic Tool, the Earth Essence Stone, would cost at least 200 spirit stones to acquire.

The Ice Chi Gloves could be used by anyone. Jiang Xiaobai gave them a try.

"Wow~ The range of my Spirit Rain Technique and All Things Growth Technique has increased so much. It feels like my strength has jumped up a whole level."

Jiang Xiaobai was at the sixth layer of the Fetal Breath stage, and the spells he cast could rival those of a seventh-layer Fetal Breath cultivator.

"Our Yang Family gladly accepts all of this."

Yang Shi smiled faintly, feeling that his Spirit Stones had not been spent in vain.

"This corpse is truly horrifying. Husband Brother has a kind heart and can't bear to look at it. Little Fire, take it farther away and burn it to ashes."

Jiang Xiaobai let out a whistle, and the Blazing Tiger went off on its own to dispose of the evidence.

"It's a good thing we were kind enough to take in Little Fire back then. He's helped us a lot. Kindness begets kindness," Yang Shi remarked with emotion.

The Black Ghosts: "!!!"

Wait, is this how you two interpret "kindness"?

What terrible people!

"The Old Ancestor said this Demonic Artifact is made from human bones, absorbing souls—extremely cruel. Let's find a place to bury it, and hope those poor souls can enter reincarnation."

After handling that, Yang Shi and Jiang Xiaobai mounted the Spirit Horse and Little Tiger and headed back the way they came.

Huzi and Cang Wolf stayed behind on guard. Yang Shi also left them some passively triggered Array Stones that required no spiritual power to use.

Huzi gripped the Leather Whip, casting a sinister smile at the scattered Black Ghosts.

"You! Now! Immediately get to the Spirit Field and weed! The slowest worker gets a 10 Consecutive Draws! With a chance to double it to 20 draws!"

The forty-one Black Ghosts jolted in shock, scrambling on all fours to the naturally overgrown Spirit Field to start working.

Hash stood beside Huzi, puffing up his chest like a fox borrowing a tiger's might, shouting, "Put some effort into it! Use the strength you'd use to tear beasts apart for pulling weeds! Me and Brother Tiger are watching you!"

Crack!

"Who said you don't have to work?"

Hash took a lash of the whip and slunk off to join the weeding crew.

On the small hill behind them, a wisp of black smoke quietly drifted up from the ground where the shattered White Bone Disk had been buried, shooting off in the opposite direction of Qingshi County.

After returning to Qingshi County, Yang Shi went straight to the tavern outside Xiang Manor.

Through his 150-meter field of vision, Yang Genshuo scanned part of Xiang Manor and found no information unfavorable to the Yang Family. The people inside seemed to have no idea where Xiang Pichi had gone.

But even if they did know he went to the Demon Wind Forest, it wouldn't matter.

Xiang Pichi was the strongest cultivator in Xiang Manor. If he couldn't walk out alive, none of these Fetal Breath stage farmers would dare go looking for him in the Demon Wind Forest.

Unless the Xiang Family sent other experts. But by then, Yang Genshuo would naturally find a way to keep the Yang Family out of it.

Yang Shi stared at Xiang Manor, so close he could touch it, killing intent flickering in his eyes.

Xiang Pichi was dead. According to the Old Ancestor's intel, the strongest cultivator inside now was at most at the Fetal Breath stage. He still had over ninety Talismans of various kinds.

He could wipe out the Qingshi County Xiang Manor right now!

After downing two jugs of wine, Yang Shi suppressed his killing intent and silently returned to the Yang Family Manor.

The Xiang Manor in Qingshi County wasn't the real threat. His true enemy was the Xiang Family of the Da Nai Dynasty—the one with a Foundation Establishment Realm elder in the Xuan Shi Sect.

He needed to keep enduring. Until he had the strength to completely overturn the Xiang Family.

But the thought of that Foundation Establishment elder only deepened the confusion in Yang Shi's eyes.

"Killing Xiang Pichi at Qi Refinement Layer 1 took everything I had. Even if I become an Innate Grandmaster, how am I supposed to deal with a Foundation Establishment Realm powerhouse?"

Hearing Yang Shi's muttering, Jiang Xiaobai came over to comfort him.

"Husband Brother, don't worry. The Old Ancestor said Fu'er has exceptional talent and will surely reach Foundation Establishment in the future. Then Fu'er and I will avenge our Yang Family together!"

"No!" Yang Shi shook his head with firm resolve. "The Yang Family's blood debt must be avenged by me. Let Fu'er... cultivate well. Even if I'm gone one day, he can continue to lead our Yang Family forward."

"Don't say that! We're a family—we should bear this together! I won't let Husband Brother face it alone."

"Xiaobai, don't worry about me. The Old Ancestor's cultivation is heaven-defying. He'll surely find a way for me."

Yang Genshuo curled his lip. What good plan could I possibly come up with?

It's not like I can just smuggle a Dongfeng Express in there and blow the entire Xiang Family to bits in one shot.

That's not realistic.

Still, Yang Shi's lament struck a chord with Yang Genshuo.

"All paths are inferior; only the Immortal Path is supreme. I'm nothing but a mortal. How am I supposed to step onto the path of cultivation?"

After watching today's battle, Yang Genshuo wanted to cultivate even more!

"The Great Dao has fifty paths, and Heaven's Derivation takes forty-nine. The one that escapes is the variable."

"Even mortals have a thread of hope for cultivation—the legendary Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that can birth a spiritual root!"

"Yang Shi, keep pushing forward. Find us the Immortal Path!"

Just as Yang Shi and Jiang Xiaobai were holding hands and cooing in the courtyard, a strange sound came from Yang Fu's room.

Crack!

"Ah!" Yang Fu's small voice rang out.

The couple stood up alertly and rushed together toward Yang Fu's room.