Dao Master Pinches Pills to Break Realms, Qin Maiden Rushes the Lake to Ascend

North of Jiang Prefecture, Green Mountain Lake.

The warm winter sun hung high in the firmament, the lake surface smooth as a mirror and clear as jade, entirely unfrozen.

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The grass and trees on both banks were lush and verdant, old trees sprouting fresh buds with tender green intermingling, not resembling the twelfth lunar month at all. A school of fish gathered in the shallow water, leaping out from time to time to swallow and breathe, their scales reflecting the sun and scattering fragments of silver ripples.

Qin Xian had been sitting squarely on the surface of the lake center for a full two years.

She sat cross-legged, her hair fastened casually with a wooden hairpin, the hem of her robe immersed in the water yet remaining completely dry, precisely as if gently supported by the water surface and floating steadily.

Anyone who saw it would have to utter a remark: physics had ceased to exist.

Whenever anyone from the Qin household observed and scrutinized from afar, she would close her eyes, gather her focus, and put on the appearance of wholehearted breakthrough cultivation. Yet only she and the siblings Qin Yi knew that the lass down below was the one truly breaking realm, while she was purely putting up a facade.

For two years, she had grown accustomed to meditating in the center of the lake and spacing out with closed eyes.

Naturally, she felt anxious in her heart as well; she no longer farmed, leaving all family affairs to Qin Yi and a few seasoned Field Steward to handle. She acted precisely like a hands-off household head, yet for the sake of her daughter she could endure sitting for another two years.

Fortunately, recently she faintly sensed that the fluctuations beneath the water were becoming increasingly dense.

The fish school, initially scattering and wandering, was now revolving around the center in a very orderly fashion, with faint agricultural path Dao charm ripples hidden within, latent and unreleased.

Soon.

She was about to break realms!

Qin Xian closed her eyes, quietly nurturing her spirit.

Suddenly—

Puchi!

A muffled sound came abruptly from beneath the water, as if heavy objects had fiercely smashed open the clear ripples. Following closely, a deep and thick agricultural path Dao charm rose from the bottom of the lake, rushing forth imperiously like a surging spring tide, supporting the entire surface of the water from bottom to top as waves surged outward.

The water at the lake center first sank downward fiercely, the lake surface compressing and shrinking along with it, dropping by half a fraction. After a mere moment, it rebounded fiercely and dramatically, concentric circles of intense ripples spreading outward and undulating toward the banks.

Splash! Splish-splash-splash—!

Qin Xian opened her eyes abruptly.

The next moment, not only the lake surface, but the surrounding earth shook violently!

The entire perimeter of Green Mountain Lake hummed endlessly, the vegetation shaking in rustling flurries, tree roots and crops all squeezed so that they bulged out of the earth. At a single glance, the entire patch of land seemed to be breathing and panting in unison with that subaquatic aura, swallowing mountains and rivers.

Two hundred and forty-two agricultural path cultivators of the Qin household sensed the tremor at the exact same instant, rushing out one after another to spread the news everywhere.

Overhead from a bird's-eye view, streams of people could be seen like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, gathering together by the lakeside.

"There's movement on the household head's side! Heaven have mercy! Two years, it's finally here!"

"Could the very first Third Realm agricultural cultivator in the history of the agricultural path be about to be born?! Is she truly going to break through?!"

"Ha! I've long known that following the household head vastly surpasses those absurd and bizarre Daoist Sect. No matter how those Daoist priests of the Daoist Sect develop, they have yet to breach the boundaries of the Field Steward; it still has to be the household head!"

"I wonder what kind of profound and marvelous spell that Third Realm agricultural cultivator... will possess?"

"Look at the lake surface—!"

The crowd gathered close, each of them inexplicably nervous, whispering among themselves and shouting aloud.

Qin Yi stood at the very front of the crowd, his gaze locked fixedly on the lake center. Hearing this, he raised a hand and made a downward-pressing gesture to signal the crowd not to disturb the household head's breakthrough, whereupon the commotion of the crowd briefly subsided.

Behind him, fourth younger sister Qin An was tightly clutching her collar with her small hands, breathing rapidly in nervousness as her chest rose and fell.

At the very moment when everyone held their breath and concentrated—

Boom—!

The lake surface exploded with a crash, kicking up a sky full of water spray!

Puff-puff-puff-puff!

Thousands upon thousands of water pillars rushed straight into the sky, resembling silver-white flood dragons rising furiously from the bottom of the lake, carrying snow-white churning waves as they soared straight up into the clouds!

Water droplets flew across the sky, refracting countless tiny specks of light under the sunlight.

Layers upon layers of water mist gathered into large clouds over the lake surface, auspicious vapors steaming!

Following closely, a rainbow resembled a bridge of the Dao, spanning out from the water mist, originating at the lake center and landing on distant mountains with distinct seven colors, gentle and solemn.

Huralala! Huralalala!

Schools of fish shot forth from the lake bottom, tens of thousands of swimming fish leaping out of the water in the wake of the water pillars, pattering as they took to the air in a flash, tracing eye-catching arcs in midair before falling back down one after another. The scene resembled a waterfall flowing backward and the Heavenly River hanging upside down!

Large swathes of green ripples undulated, shaking the four directions, and the surrounding vegetation went wild with growth under this resonance!

"Fish rain—! It's fish rain!"

"This, this is the auspicious phenomenon of the household head breaking realms?!"

"Auspicious omens descending from heaven! This is truly a sign of the agricultural path flourishing!!"

Almost simultaneously, numerous insect spirits in the distant fertile fields chirped in unison with fluttering wings, while snake spirits coiled and wound about.

And several new spiritual objects that had only appeared in the fields recently—pure white and resembling small rabbits, [Rabbit Spirit]—were actually squatting by the lakeside at this moment, pricking up their ears and gazing at the fish rain in the sky.

This [Rabbit Spirit] was the third kind of land spirit of Green Mountain Lake.

Naturally timid, it was never seen by people and always loved to dig pits and drill tunnels in the earth. The saying "a cunning rabbit has three burrows" precisely referred to this; the caves it dug could only be entered by children under ten years of age, allowing the children to obtain gifts from the [Rabbit Spirit]—either fine seeds or fruits imbued with spirituality, each with special properties, and thus it was deeply loved by the children of the Qin household.

Even such timid spiritual spirits emerged all at once and crowded close, which was rather novel.

In the center of the vast lake.

Qin Xian finally breathed a long sigh of relief as she watched the sky-full of steaming water mist, gathered rainbow clouds, and interwoven wonders of fish rain.

It succeeded!

Yet just as she was about to set her mind at ease, she suddenly sensed some anomalies: the aura beneath the water began to vibrate violently after breaking through the realm, as if its foundation were unsteady, teetering and ready to drop back down at any moment?

Her brow furrowed sharply.

What was happening? Why would there be such a sudden change?!

On the lakeside, Qin Yi also sensed the anomaly, his expression changing drastically and thinking to himself that it was bad.

Chishi-chishi-chishi—chishi-chishi-chishi—

Extremely unstable fluctuations came from beneath the lake surface, and the Dao charm that had just risen became disordered.

Qin Yi, Qin An, and the others were so anxious they nearly jumped into the water, but the land spirits on the bank took action in unison a step ahead of them.

The first to move were the insect spirits; hundreds of emerald-green little grasshoppers opened their mouths simultaneously, spitting out wisps of green light as fine as hair. The green light gathered into a murmuring trickle in the air, crossing the lake surface and sinking beneath the water.

Following closely, the snake spirits also raised their heads one after another, spitting out strands of pale azure spiritual light from their mouths that merged into the torrent.

In the end, even the timid-as-a-mouse rabbit spirits hopped over to crowd the lakeside, merely spitting out extremely fine wisps of spiritual Qi.

Accumulating bit by bit to gather sand into a pagoda, the green stirred and spiritualities converged like rain, scattering in a flurry down into the lake!

The fish schools drifting down from the sky also grew quiet in an instant, no longer leaping, but instead sinking beneath the water in unison, gathering around that aura and opening their mouths to spit out water droplets. Faint, extremely faint spiritual lusters seemed to be contained within them, merging into the long stream!

A single thought of all living beings, ten thousand spiritualities gathered in one body!

Finally, the disordered fluctuations gradually subsided, no longer repeatedly jumping up and down erratically, but instead being supported and reinforced by the spiritual light surging from all directions!

Shua!

The lake surface returned to serenity, the water color clear and deep as jade, where the lively swimming fish all seemed to swim idly in the empty air with nothing to rely on.

Qin Xian slowly stood up from the water surface, her long hair hanging down, her robes fluttering along with the water vapor, her bare feet stepping on the water as she walked step by step toward the bank. Step by step, lotuses bloomed beneath her feet, pointing straight to the broad avenue.

On the bank, the members of the Qin household were briefly stunned, then knelt in unison—

"We, the members of the Qin household, congratulate the household head on breaking realms and leaving seclusion! Ten thousand li of fertile fields, and the agricultural path flourishes—!"

"Ten thousand li of fertile fields! The agricultural path flourishes!!"

The surging and passionate cries shook the surroundings, startling a flock of waterbirds.

In the crowd, no one noticed that the graceful maiden had quietly emerged from the water at some unknown time. With fair skin and a light frame, reborn and cleansed of the slightest speck of dust across her entire body... she quietly squeezed into the crowd and imitated the others by kneeling on the ground.

"Mother! You broke through! Congratulations to Mother on becoming the world's very first Third Realm Farmer!"

Qin Xian stood on the bank, lowering her head to glance at the put-on-airs little lass in the crowd. The corners of her mouth curved upward without exposing her, merely raising a hand slightly to signal everyone to rise swiftly.

By the shores of Green Mountain Lake, the agricultural path Third Realm "Herbal Scholar" was achieved!

New Dajiang County.

Rumble, rumble, rumble—

The earth shook, water veins churned angrily, and even the entire surrounding expanse of the earth began to sway slightly, trembling unceasingly.

The county residents were all shaken and exceptionally strange, gathering together wondering why all living things were restless at this moment and why the earth suddenly transmitted tremors.

"This... could this be an earthquake!?"

"Quick! Leave your houses swiftly!! Do not linger long!!"

"Impossible! With the flourishing of our agricultural path here, and the Daoist priests of Lingjiang Temple suppressing it, how could there be an earthquake!?"

At this moment, many agricultural path cultivators glanced sideways one after another, seeing a surge of green light suddenly erupt from the earth like a surging spring tide!

The crops and medicinal herb fields on the terraced fields everywhere swelled violently against the wind in response, startling numerous agricultural path cultivators who found it hard to believe.

Ordinary people without any cultivation were also completely baffled and unable to comprehend the meaning, entirely uncomprehending of what had just happened.

Shua-shua-shua!

Figures manifested, flashing like floating light and sweeping shadows.

Strikingly, numerous Eighth Grade Field Stewards and the Daoist priests guarding this place manifested their forms one after another, looking around left and right, yet failing to perceive the origin of all these changes, each of them left in disarray in the wind.

"This... what on earth is the cause? Why is it like this?"

Three hundred zhang underground, deep within the water veins.

Jiang Tu had just broken open the gate of the Seventh Grade, and before he even had time to rejoice, he nearly suffered a deviation!

The agricultural path aura around his body was nearly like a pavilion in the air, teetering and extremely unstable, resembling a lone leaf boat amidst a raging storm. Even though he tried his utmost to stabilize his realm, he still felt somewhat exhausted in mind and strength, difficult to salvage.

The overturning of the Seventh Grade was a matter of a single instant!

"Not good!"

He steadied his mind as best he could, but his realm was still slowly dropping, difficult to reverse.

In a trance, his consciousness closely integrated with the earth, and his perception spread outward involuntarily. The earth suddenly brightened before his eyes, countless agricultural path Qi and spiritualities densely covering the four directions. In another daze, he saw that dot-like spiritual lusters had suddenly appeared within the earthy soil.

They were everywhere, dense and minute, like vast firefly light.

Jiang Tu's heart tightened!

Could this be the spirituality contained within the earth?

He sensed an indescribable desire and yearning, seeming as though as long as he absorbed these spiritualities, his realm could be completely filled and thoroughly steadied. Yet rashly absorbing them would undoubtedly bring about immense hidden dangers, and he did not know what kind of changes it would bring to New Dajiang County.

Endure! Endure!

He could not absorb them!

Yet the mishap occurred in the very next moment.

Before he could react, those dense spiritual lusters actively began to gather and surround him, transforming into stars clustered around the moon, rushing forth in a torrent to completely submerge him!

Murmuring trickles arrived at high speed, piercing through the water veins, filling his entire body, flashing and circling within the closed-door cultivation area where hazy mists intertwined.

Perhaps out of instinct, his insight blossomed and he actually took the initiative to pinch his fingers to guide those countless minute specks of spiritual light.

Shua!

A drop of emerald-green grass liquid condensed in his palm, followed by a second drop, a third drop, and then endless, continuous drops like a spring rain, scattering in a flurry and nearly completely filling the entire closed-door cultivation ground.

The Pill Pinching Technique operated on its own in an unimaginable manner!

He could not stop, nor could he stop at all!

Chishi-chishi-chishi!

The Pill Pinching demanded, numerous grass liquids condensed spiritual light, gathered medicinal properties, and transformed into premium-quality precious pills of exceptional grade that hovered and gathered in midair.

Suspended high in the air on all sides, they faintly vibrated and chimed in resonance!

His realm solidified rapidly during this period!

On the surface.

Numerous premium-quality crop medicinal herbs planted in fertile fields were actually withering, shriveling, and turning yellow at a speed visible to the naked eye, until finally they completely dissipated into dust, having all their vitality sucked dry without a sound!

"Look! The medicinal herbs have vanished!"

"It's the premium-quality fields! Something's happened to the premium-quality fields!! How could this be?!"

"This... impossible! Impossible!! Dozens of mu of premium-quality farmland vanished into ashes in the blink of an eye. What kind of miracle is this?! Why did heaven and earth suddenly manifest surging spring tides, followed by the silent demise of multiple premium-quality fields? What on earth happened—!?"

In the span of a mere moment, more than half of the over a hundred mu of premium-quality agricultural and medicinal fields above ground had silently perished!

What on earth... kind of terrifying upheaval was this?!

Ten years of cultivation destroyed between dawn and dusk?!

Deep underground.

The emerald-green spiritual lusters gathered more and more densely and spun faster and faster around Jiang Tu, and his realm likewise completely consolidated and stabilized accordingly.

Seventh Grade "Herbal Scholar" stabilized!

The Pill Pinching Technique was completed, integrated into instinct.

With a flick of his finger, thousands of premium-quality precious pills around him leaped in response to the tightening of his fingertips, bouncing up and down to form a profound and abstruse vortex of precious pills, each crystal-clear and containing a rich medicinal and herbal fragrance—