Eat First

Without waiting for Dong Que's reply, he raised his hand and cast a Dust Removal Technique, cleaning up all the dust in the entire room.

Seeing this scene, Dong Que, who was already in the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, was clearly stunned.

Lin Xiao was puzzled and asked him, "Isn't there Dust Removal Technique or a similar Law Technique in Great Wind Valley?"

Coming to his senses, Dong Que honestly shook his head and said, "No, we always clean here ourselves. There's no record of such Law Technique in the library."

Lin Xiao found it a bit strange.

Although his Dust Removal Technique was incredibly powerful in its later stages, there were many minor Law Technique in the Immortal Cultivation Realm with similar cleaning functions in their early stages. However, there were none in Great Wind Valley, and people still had to rely on manual labor to clean, just like ordinary people.

He had seen it by the stream at the village entrance earlier; all the villagers there were skilled in cultivation, except for some children. There were no ordinary people without any cultivation.

They were all washing clothes and bed sheets by the river, which made me wonder if they had some kind of DIY hobby.

It turns out the reason was the lack of a cleansing Law Technique.

Dong Que even offered to bring him bedding to make his bed, but Lin Xiao refused.

In front of Dong Que, he took out a complete set of bedding, sheets, and pillows from a Storage Bag at his waist.

"Don't worry about me, East Village, I brought all of these things with me."

Unexpectedly, Dong Que stared intently at the Storage Bag at his waist.

Lin Xiao:?

Lin Xiao took off the Storage Bag from his waist and slowly moved it to the left and then to the right. He noticed that Dong Que's eyes seemed glued to it, following the movement of the Storage Bag back and forth.

"Does East Village like this Storage Bag?" Lin Xiao looked down and saw that the Storage Bag seemed to be made from a batch of light blue fabric that Sun Yigao had taken from their house. The faint patterns on the fabric were indeed quite beautiful, and the color was dyed very evenly.

Dong Que nodded subconsciously, then, somewhat embarrassed, said, "I didn't expect you to have such a treasure that can hold so many things."

Lin Xiao:?

So you were staring at it intently because you'd never seen Storage Bag before?

This time, he was genuinely shocked.

It could be explained that people here don't adhere to minor cleaning Law Technique, which is understandable given their relaxed attitude towards such Law Technique. However, the fact that they don't even have Storage Bag, and seem to have never even seen Storage Bag before, is quite absurd.

Is this really a place where the entire village cultivates its Origin Qi?

Shocked, Lin Xiao thought for a moment, then took a small, empty Storage Bag from his waist—a bag he used to disguise himself as a poor, Rogue Cultivator —and handed it over, saying, "Consider this a thank you for my stay at the East Village's house these past few days."

Upon hearing this, Dong Que waved his hands repeatedly in refusal. "No, no, no, how can this be? Our family is only hosting you for temporary stay; we cannot accept such a valuable gift..."

"East Village, you may not know this, but these Storage Bag aren't anything special outside. You can buy one for a few Spirit Stone, and almost every cultivator outside has several. There's no need to be so polite with me," Lin Xiao insisted.

Upon hearing his words, Dong Que looked somewhat stunned and asked, "Is it really like that outside?"

Clearly, Dong Que was far more curious about the outside world than about the Storage Bag in front of him.

Lin Xiao nodded. "Really, why would I lie to you? You'll see for yourself when the time is right."

Dong Que looked uncertain and asked, "Are we really going to get out?"

"There will be an opportunity," Lin Xiao said.

"You said earlier that you had some ideas about how to get out. Could you explain in detail?" Dong Que asked again.

Lin Xiao, however, asked him in return, "I wonder what the highest cultivation level is among the people in Great Wind Valley?"

Speaking of this, Dong Que's eyes dimmed somewhat. "Our Great Wind Valley's library records that our ancestors had extremely high cultivation levels, but until the last few hundred years, almost no one has reached the Nascent Soul stage; the highest they've ever reached is the Golden Core Stage."

"In the last hundred years, the people in the valley haven't even reached the Golden Core."

What Dong Que didn't say was that he was currently the most promising person in the entire East Village to advance to the Golden Core Stage. If he failed in the future, it was feared that East Village would not produce another person with the potential to advance to the Golden Core stage for decades or even centuries.

Lin Xiao was somewhat surprised to hear this.

Logically speaking, Origin Qi should be cultivated much faster than Spiritual Qi, right? He himself is an example; ever since he was able to transform Spiritual Qi energy into primordial energy, his cultivation speed has increased significantly.

Moreover, he always felt that Origin Qi might be a better cultivation method, because Origin Qi could resist Execution Qi and could do many things that Spiritual Qi could not.

But no one could have imagined that in this Great Wind Valley, where there is Origin Qi, those who cultivate based on vital Origin Qi would find it so difficult to advance.

"Is cultivation in the valley always done using Origin Qi?" Lin Xiao asked.

Dong Que looked at him with some confusion. "Right, what else can you use to cultivate if you don't use Origin Qi? Don't you also cultivate using Origin Qi?"

Previously, Lin Xiao sensed that the place was filled with Origin Qi, and Dong Que also had the aura of Origin Cultivator. Therefore, when Lin Xiao used Law Technique, he used primordial Origin Qi instead of Spiritual Qi.

After a moment's thought, Lin Xiao asked, "Have you ever heard of Spiritual Qi?"

Dong Que shook his head. "What is Spiritual Qi? I've only heard of 'Execution Qi' and 'air'."

Lin Xiao then told him, "Actually, many cultivators outside use Spiritual Qi to cultivate; we call them spiritual cultivators. Those who cultivate using Origin Qi are relatively rare. I became Origin Cultivator because of some fortuitous opportunity circumstances."

"Will spiritual cultivation make you more powerful?" Dong Que asked curiously.

"No, it's hard to say who's more powerful, because I haven't met many Origin Cultivator, and there are very few records about Origin Cultivator and Origin Qi in the outside world. That's why I'm a little interested in your library and would like to learn more about it," Lin Xiao explained.

Upon hearing this, Dong Que didn't feel that their Great Wind Valley's library had suddenly become a rare and valuable resource. He simply nodded and said, "I see. Then I'll take you to the library first thing tomorrow morning."

As they were talking, Yingniang called out from the kitchen that the food was ready and they could eat.

"Let's eat first, and we can continue our conversation later," Dong Que said.

He turned and went to the yard to set up the dining table, then he and Yingniang brought out the food.

This was the first time Lin Xiao had tasted rice grown from Origin Qi. The taste was actually similar to rice grown from Spiritual Qi, but as someone who cultivated both primordial and spiritual energy, he could detect subtle differences in their aromas.

Although the variety of livestock in Great Wind Valley has decreased significantly, the remaining species are still well-raised by the people of East Village, so there are enough of them to ensure that every household in East Village can eat meat every day.

It should be lunchtime in the village now, and the aroma of home-cooked meals wafts from the neighboring houses as well as the host family.

Yingniang's cooking skills were naturally not as good as those of the Lingxian Sect's Spirit Cuisine Hall, but Lin Xiao still enjoyed the meal.