Maternal Grandfather Enters the Dao

"Good. With these resources, I have enough to cultivate for a while!"

After Shen Changchuan finished taking stock of all his gains, a look of joy could not help appearing on his face.

"And with this True Explanation of Spells, I can solve the biggest problem I'm facing right now—my lack of methods!"

The problems he had encountered before

were solved with ease in the face of these gains.

Shen Changchuan was in excellent spirits.

The path of cultivation ahead could not be called perfectly smooth, but at least it would no longer be so difficult.

As for the road to come, Shen Changchuan already had a rough plan.

There were still almost two months until the autumn harvest, and he intended to use the aid of these many Spirit Stones, spirit pills, and spirit medicines during this period to break through and raise his cultivation to the fifth level of the Qi Induction Realm as quickly as possible.

If this had been in the past, Shen Changchuan would never have dared entertain such a thought.

But after taking the Green Origin Water Grass, improving his own physical aptitude, and increasing the strength of his soul, with enough cultivation resources on top of that, breaking through to the fifth level of Qi Induction in a short time was not entirely a vain hope.

After going through this ordeal, Shen Changchuan felt rather urgent about raising his own strength and cultivation realm.

Aside from improving his cultivation realm, Shen Changchuan also planned, while cultivating in seclusion, to practice as many of the spells in the True Explanation of Spells as possible and strengthen his methods against enemies by a few more measures.

At the same time, he also wanted to see whether having enough traits would bring about any new changes.

Once he had made up his mind, Shen Changchuan no longer wanted to remain in Zhao Family Village.

He prepared to return to Dawan Village to enter seclusion and cultivate, but just then, he realized a new problem.

That was the matter of guarding Zhao Family Village!

Generally speaking, villages that possessed spirit fields were basically guarded by forces of immortal cultivators.

This was absolutely necessary, because mortals, even Xiantian martial artists, had virtually no ability to resist before immortal cultivators.

If there were no immortal cultivators holding the fort, then leaving aside the possibility that Demon Beasts might be drawn over to attack and destroy the Spirit Grain during the period just before the Spirit Grain was harvested, even the wandering rogue cultivators outside would not let such a good opportunity pass. They would surely attack the village and harvest every last bit of Spirit Grain from the spirit fields.

Then that would be a major problem!

But the reality now was

that under Shen Changchuan's command, there were no immortal cultivators capable of standing alone and taking charge!

And he did not know any cloning technique, which meant

that once he returned to Dawan Village, there would be no one left to guard Zhao Family Village!

This undoubtedly made Shen Changchuan feel that things had become extremely troublesome.

"Troublesome!"

Shen Changchuan let out a long breath.

Previously, he had smoothly received the property of Zhao Family Village's two mu of spirit fields, and he had been so busy being pleased that he had forgotten about the follow-up work of guarding and managing them.

There was no way he could give up this property.

After thinking it over and over, Shen Changchuan finally came up with a solution that was barely a solution.

That was to have cultivators under him!

And the target, naturally, was his grandfather Han Qinhu, who had always been busy at his side, helping him handle all sorts of miscellaneous affairs!

So Shen Changchuan summoned Han Qinhu over, and told him the situation.

Han Qinhu froze for a moment. He had not expected Shen Changchuan to suddenly bring up such an idea.

After he came back to his senses, his heart could not help pounding violently.

An immortal opportunity—

for mortals, the immortal opportunity to step onto the path of cultivation, something they might chase all their lives and still never reach, was right before his eyes!

Ever since he had roamed the jianghu in his youth and experienced a certain incident, Han Qinhu had grown even more obsessed with cultivation. At this moment, he only felt some immense sensation battering his mind and spirit.

Han Qinhu was somewhat dazed.

Back then, in Tiannan City, he had resolutely sold off more than half his family property and followed his grandson to this remote garrison land.

He had once thought that by relying on his grandson's connection, perhaps he might have a chance to walk the path of cultivation.

But he had never imagined that this long-dreamed-of day would come so quickly!

Han Qinhu's mind surged.

For a time, he was actually unable to speak.

Shen Changchuan did not urge him either, but quietly waited for his response.

After a long while, Han Qinhu took several deep breaths, only then barely suppressing his violently turbulent emotions.

"Changchuan, I've thought it over carefully. I'm already old now. Even if I succeed in awakening my spirit and inducing qi, with these old bones of mine, I may not be able to live much longer in the future, and my accomplishments would be limited. This would be a complete waste of resources."

A bitter look appeared on Han Qinhu's face. He opened his mouth and said in a hoarse voice, "If that's the case, don't waste this opportunity."

"Let Dayong have it. Last time, he told me that after taking the Spirit Ginseng root fibers you gave him, he faintly felt as if he was about to break through, and he also had a premonition that he might succeed in drawing in spirit energy."

"Only giving it to him wouldn't be a waste."

In the end, reason still made Han Qinhu suppress the thought of becoming a cultivator himself, wanting to leave the opportunity to Han Dayong.

"Grandfather, you don't need to worry about Eldest Uncle's side. I'd originally planned to send his share over as well."

Before speaking, Shen Changchuan flipped his palm and took out a jade pill bottle. Inside the bottle were two round pills the size of thumbs.

"These two are Essence Pills, refined from Spirit Grain. They were originally pills used by early-stage Qi Induction Realm cultivators to strengthen their foundation and nurture their essence, build up energy, and refine their magic power."

"If ordinary mortal martial artists take them, they can greatly increase their essence and thus draw qi into their bodies."

"Grandfather, you and Eldest Uncle can each take one. That should be enough for both of you to successfully step onto the path of cultivation."

Three days later, Han Qinhu and Han Dayong, who had taken the Essence Pills, both succeeded in inducing qi and advanced to the first level of Qi Induction.

Afterward, Shen Changchuan gave them some guidance and left them various cultivation experiences.

Then, not long after, Shen Changchuan prepared to leave.

After all, Dawan Village had a full twelve mu of spirit fields, far more important than the two mu of spirit fields in Zhao Family Village.

Shen Changchuan could not remain outside for long.

However, before leaving, Shen Changchuan also handed over the Lost Two-Forms Formation that he had seized from the Four Evils of He Mountain to them.

This formation had already been refined into a formation plate and formation flags.

Even people who did not understand formations

could successfully set it up through foolproof operation.

In this way, if foreign enemies invaded, the two of them could cooperate, deploy the formation, and it would be enough to hold out until Shen Changchuan set off from Dawan Village and came to reinforce them.

After making arrangements for Zhao Family Village, Shen Changchuan set off and returned to Dawan Village.

Fortunately, during the time he had been away, nothing unexpected had happened in Dawan Village.

Everything had developed smoothly.

Shen Changchuan also let out a slight breath of relief.

After that, he briefly looked over the village's situation from top to bottom, and after confirming that no problems would arise, he handed the specific affairs over to the steward Han Qinhu had brought, who was highly capable in management, while he himself entered the Spirit Spring Secret Chamber, began secluding himself, and worked hard at his cultivation.

This seclusion

lasted a full two months.