Harvest Can Increase, Lifespan Exceeds Immortals

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The realms in this book are: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Void Refinement, Body Integration, Mahayana, Tribulation Transcendence, and Ascension.

Each major realm has four sub-realms, namely: Early, Middle, Late, and Perfection.

Xu Changqing opened his eyes and looked at the scene before him, unable to help but freeze.

Then, fragmented memories surged forth like a tidal wave.

Heavenly Origin Realm... Dongting Immortal Sect... Outer Disciple...

This was an immortal-cultivating world called Heavenly Origin.

He was an outer disciple of the Dongting Immortal Sect.

Because he awakened his Wood Spirit Root, he was assigned to the spirit fields.

He never expected that after a long period of daze, he would finally untie the mystery in the womb and awaken his past-life innate wisdom.

Not a bad deal!

Reborn through reincarnation, and it is still a world of immortal cultivation!

Isn't this precisely what I yearned for?!

Xu Changqing climbed up from the hard wooden bed, his face filled with excitement.

He had a dream of cultivating immortals in his past life, and now he could finally realize it.

Thump, thump, thump!

At that very moment, a knock sounded suddenly from outside.

Xu Changqing did not open the door, nor did he speak, merely staring at it vigilantly.

He was still not quite accustomed to things yet, so being cautious was definitely the right move.

Outside the door, a slightly familiar voice rang out: "Xu Changqing, I am Senior Brother Zhang who handles the assessments."

"Zhang Er?" Xu Changqing recalled quickly, instinctively taking a step back.

Zhang Er continued: "I know you are inside. Failing the assessment is a severe blow to many outer disciples, not to mention that you have already failed twice consecutively."

Xu Changqing remembered instantly.

What assessment?

The regular-status assessment!

One mu of spirit rice must yield at least "one thousand catties of spirit rice"!

Three quarters.

Succeeding in even one quarter allows one to transition into a formal disciple.

Yet his former self, while awakening his spiritual root, had unraveled the mystery of the womb bit by bit, making him lucid at times and muddled at others, resulting in abysmal comprehension.

While others took a month, or ten days to half a month for the faster ones, to learn the Evergreen Formula.

Xu Changqing used a full two months just to step into the first layer.

This caused him to miss the first assessment and thus fail.

The second one started off alright, but midway through, trouble struck the spirit rice and the yield dropped.

In the end, it only reached nine hundred catties, falling short by a hundred catties, leading to another failure.

Moreover, the Dongting Immortal Sect had a rule: failing three times consecutively would not only bar one from becoming a formal disciple, but would also result in expulsion from the immortal sect.

Therefore, Xu Changqing had only one chance left.

Once he failed.

Either he joined some minor sect.

Or he became a rogue cultivator without any backing.

No matter what, Xu Changqing was utterly unwilling to leave.

The Dongting Immortal Sect was one of the three top immortal sects in the Heavenly Origin Realm.

Regardless of resources, spellcrafts, or even status and prestige.

No branch lineage, heterodox path, or immortal lineage could ever compare to it.

"You only have one last chance left. Think carefully about what I said earlier." Seeing no response from inside for a long time, Zhang Er turned and left after speaking.

After a long while, the wooden door emitted a creak and opened a crack.

Xu Changqing peeked out stealthily, seeing that the other party had indeed departed.

Only then did he push the door open and step outside.

The moment he stepped out of the cramped room, he immediately felt the visual impact brought by the Spirit Fields.

Looking out into the distance, there were plots of farmland everywhere.

He simply could not see the end of them.

Since the second quarter had already been harvested, there were no spiritual plants.

Yet a faint wood spiritual Qi still transformed into a refreshing breeze that rushed against his face.

Just standing outside for a few seconds made Xu Changqing feel refreshed all over.

After taking a few deep breaths, his thoughts gradually cleared up.

After pondering over it, he walked toward the Grade-One Spirit Field under his temporary management.

"Isn't that Xu Changqing who failed his assessment twice in a row?"

"If he fails one more time, he'll have to leave!"

"In immortal cultivation, spiritual roots are naturally important, but comprehension matters even more!"

Xu Changqing paid no mind to the remarks of the surrounding people.

Before long, he arrived at his destination.

The spirit field had been harvested entirely once, with three inferior spirit rice stalks still lingering in the corner.

Xu Changqing observed carefully.

Drooping and lacking uprightness.

Shriveled and lacking plumpness.

Normal spirit rice possessed a yellowish hue during harvest, yet these were blackened.

Xu Changqing circulated the Evergreen Formula.

His right hand emitted a thin layer of pale cyan spiritual power.

He immediately touched the inferior spirit rice before him.

Information fed back shortly.

[Malnourished]

Reaching the first layer of the Evergreen Formula allowed one to perceive the basic state of spiritual plants.

The situation matched Xu Changqing's conjecture.

He decided to snap one off to carry with him, then find someone to consult.

The moment he snapped it off, a "ding" sounded in his mind.

[Ding!]

[Harvested 1 stalk of "inferior spirit rice", lifespan +1 day]

[Detected that the host has unraveled the mystery of the womb and awakened past-life innate wisdom, meeting activation conditions, "Shennong System" is opening]

Instantly, the attribute panel unfolded before Xu Changqing's eyes.

[Xu Changqing]
[Male]
[18 years old]
[Wood Spirit Root]
(Effect 1: Flora Affinity)
[Early Qi Refining]
(Effect 1: Physical Strength Enhancement)
[Evergreen Formula (First Layer)↑]
(Effect 1: Cultivation Speed +10%)
(Effect 2: Touching plants can determine basic status)
[Remaining Lifespan: 1826 days]
(Caused by awakened innate wisdom and the system, will recover later)
[Consume 1066 days of lifespan to upgrade the Evergreen Formula from the first layer to the second?]

Xu Changqing's eyes lit up: This is my golden finger!

Aside from the one just snapped off, two stalks remained in front of him.

He attempted to snap off the remaining two stalks of inferior spirit rice.

[Harvested 1 stalk of "inferior spirit rice", lifespan +1 day]

[Harvested 1 stalk of "inferior spirit rice", lifespan +1 day]

Xu Changqing immediately looked at the attribute panel.

Sure enough, under the remaining lifespan row.

Increased from [1826] days to [1828] days.

Xu Changqing said in shock, Could the function of this golden finger be to harvest mature spiritual plants to gain lifespan, and then consume a certain number of days of lifespan to upgrade mastered cultivation techniques?

Wouldn't that mean constantly farming is constantly awesome, and farming every day is awesome every day?

With such a golden finger, he could even outlive immortals.

Just as he was letting his mind wander, a familiar voice sounded again: "Junior Brother Xu!"

"Hmm?" Xu Changqing snapped back to his senses, hearing the commotion and immediately looking over with vigilance.

A youth dressed in white, with a green rice seedling embroidered on his chest, was looking at him with a smiling expression.

In the Dongting Immortal Sect, only formal disciples wore white clothes.

Whereas outer sect disciples could only wear gray clothes.

"It's you again!" Xu Changqing quickly recognized him.

Zhang Er, the examining senior brother who had knocked on the door just now.

He had thought the other was gone, but didn't expect to run into him here.

Zhang Er asked with a smile that wasn't a smile: "Have you considered it?"

"The Spirit Fields?" Xu Changqing resolutely refused: "I won't hand them over!"

As long as he transitioned into a formal disciple, he would obtain the deed to one mu of Grade-Two Spirit Fields.

This represented obtaining a steady stream of resources in the future, so how could he easily give it up.

(Grade one is the lowest, grade nine is the highest)

Zhang Er felt deeply surprised: "Still not handing them over?"

"Correct." Xu Changqing nodded forcefully.

Zhang Er coaxed patiently: "With my help, you can become a formal disciple, and all you lose is one mu of low-quality spirit fields."

Xu Changqing questioned: "Is that really all?"

"Uh." Zhang Er fell silent without a word.

Xu Changqing couldn't help saying: "Spirit fields represent resources. Even if I become a formal disciple of the Dongting Immortal Sect with your help, what will I use to cultivate immortality without resources?"

According to the regulations of the Dongting Immortal Sect.

Formal disciples only needed to turn in five thousand catties of spirit rice or spirit plants of equivalent value every year.

Afterward, all remaining output belonged to the individual.

On the surface, what he lost was merely one mu of low-grade spirit fields.

But in reality, the other person was blatantly plundering cultivation resources.

Zhang Er raised an eyebrow, astonished in his heart that this person had become smarter, and then threatened: "Aren't you afraid of failing the third examination as well?"

Xu Changqing said earnestly: "Many thanks for Senior Brother's kind intentions, but I'd like to try again."

Try?

Hearing this, Zhang Er revealed a sneer, and couldn't help blurting out: "You can't possibly grow 1,000 catties of spirit rice out of these spirit fields!"

Perhaps realizing he had spoken out of turn.

He immediately clamped his mouth shut, but still sneered.

Xu Changqing was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly pressed: "How do you know?"

Zhang Er said somewhat perfunctorily: "Experience talking."

Xu Changqing wasn't stupid, and didn't believe the other's rhetoric.

"For the sake of you being pitiful, Senior Brother will show extra mercy.

As long as you agree, you can become my tenant farmer, and obtain the most basic cultivation resources.

Although little, for the Qi Refining Realm you, it is quite enough." Zhang Er felt he was very benevolent; if it were any other formal disciple, they wouldn't even give resources.

Xu Changqing's gaze was firm: "Still the same words, I want to try again."

Today is not what it used to be, now with the system here, he truly didn't worry.

Hearing this, Zhang Er's gaze grew slightly cold, but he didn't say much else and turned to leave.

The outer sect disciples targeted by him were not just one or two.

Xu Changqing calmly watched the other leave.

Right now, the status and strength between the two sides were far too disparate.

He could neither afford to provoke him nor beat him.

He could only endure for now.

Anyway, with the golden finger around, he would definitely outlive the other guy!