Longevity: Start by refreshing your entries through farming

After Qin Ming inspected the two jade slips, a look of joy appeared on his face.

One of the jade slips Su Yuqing sent him listed several spiritual substitutes for the Divine Wood Pill, and the other one recorded the complete refining method and insights of the Ningying Pill.

It only took Qin Ming a few days to digest and understand the contents thoroughly.

"Brother Su is indeed a genius. When it comes to alchemy, I'm afraid none of the old monsters from ancient times can match him."

Qin Ming was filled with emotion for a moment.

"The matter of the elixir has been settled. Next, we just need to collect the corresponding spiritual materials and start refining."

Within the territory of Xiaoling.

It has been several months since Qin Ming's three spiritual pets took the Beast King Pill, and Xuanshui Crocodile and Silver-Winged Frost Bee naturally broke through to the middle stage of the third level.

After the Sky Devouring Rat ate two Beast King Pills in a row, its demon power only increased a lot, but it did not make it break through to the later stage, which really made it depressed.

Originally, its cultivation level was far ahead, but now it is being caught up by the second and third eldest brother, and the sense of urgency in the Sky-eating Rat's heart is already full.

Qin Ming had just finished watering the spiritual field in Xiaoling's territory and saw it squatting alone next to the earth's spiritual spring, thinking about the life of rats in depression.

Qin Ming was quite amused by its appearance, so he stepped forward and said:

"Even your master and I are still cultivating hard in the middle stage of the Golden Elixir. Accumulation is the last word."

"You must also guard against arrogance and impetuosity and lay a solid foundation."

"You also saw that day, the scene when fellow Taoist Lingyan attacked the fourth-level transformed demon. The further you go in your cultivation, the less easy it is to break through."

"It not only relies on one's own efforts, but also requires great strength and luck."

"You still have to experience and grow on your own!"

Qin Ming patted it on the shoulder.

The Sky-eating Rat suddenly jumped up and said, as if it was stimulated, "Master taught you a great lesson! It really enlightened me!"

"I will go to the Beast Crying Mountains to practice again."

After saying that, the Sky-eating Rat picked up the black steel fork, left the Little Spirit Realm, and plunged into the Beast Crying Mountains.

Qin Ming: "."

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Qin Ming completed his daily practice exercises and came to the Five Elements Mountain Spiritual Field to check the growth of spiritual plants.

He was walking leisurely on the field ridge when he saw Li Lan walking towards him and bowed to him respectfully:

"I've met Shopkeeper Lu."

"Well, what's the matter with you?"

Li Lan looked hesitant and hesitated to speak.

"Speak directly if you have anything to say." Qin Ming said.

The next moment, Li Lan bowed to Qin Ming and said with great sincerity:

"Shop Manager Lu, Li admires your spiritual cultivation very much, so he wants to become your teacher, and I also kindly ask you to accept me as your disciple!"

"Ah? Accepting a disciple?" Qin Ming couldn't help but be startled when he heard this.

He came to Jin Dynasty just to find an opportunity to condense babies, and he didn't have much interest in accepting disciples.

Although Qin Ming also admired Li Lan, a casual cultivator who had worked his way up to the second level of high-grade spiritual planter by exploring on his own.

But it’s not as if he wants to take on a disciple.

"Ahem! I'm usually busy with work and don't have much time to teach you."

"Otherwise, I can give you some tips on planting third-level spiritual plants. Everything in the future will depend on your own self-study."

"But as a condition, if you break through to the third level of spiritual planting master, you have to grow spiritual rice under me for free for thirty years."

"And besides Jingxue Pavilion, you are not allowed to farm land for other forces."

"As for your free time, you can plant other spiritual plants on your own. I have no control over it. It's not within the scope of the conditions."

"What do you think?"

When Li Lan heard this, he agreed without even thinking about it.

"Li agreed."

"Then thank you so much, Shopkeeper Lu."

Qin Ming smiled slightly, and a jade slip appeared in his right hand and handed it to him.

After Li Lan took it respectfully, he withdrew as if he had found a treasure.

But he just left.

Jia Heyi was seen running towards Qin Ming with excitement on his face, holding something in his hand.

"Good news! Shopkeeper Lu, great news!"

Jia Heyi hurriedly walked to him and said excitedly.

Qin Ming frowned and couldn't help but ask: "Old Jia, what good thing makes you so happy?"

"Look, shopkeeper, this is a special invitation letter from the Wandao Merchant Alliance, inviting our Jingxue Pavilion to join the Wandao Merchant Alliance!" Jia Heyi handed the thing in his hand to Qin Ming.

After Qin Ming took it, he just glanced at it and asked nonchalantly: "Isn't it just to join a business alliance? Are you so happy?"

Jia Heyi was startled when he heard this, and explained with a dry smile:

"Shopkeeper Lu, you don't know something! There are so many businesses that are trying to join the Ten Thousand Daos Business Alliance but are unable to do so."

"In the Great Jin Dynasty, the Wandao Merchant Alliance is the third largest force after Lihuo Palace and Shendao Mountain, and its business even spreads all over the neighboring Dali and Dazhou Immortal Realms."

"After joining the Business Alliance, you will not only be able to enjoy reduced or reduced business rents and Immortal Dynasty taxes, but also enjoy various supports from the Business Alliance, which will be of great benefit to the future development of the business."

"Therefore, not all companies can join. The invitation must be issued after the ruling of the Wandao Merchant Alliance Elders Council."

“For a business, it is also a great recognition and honor.”

Qin Ming nodded, "That's it."

Immediately he asked another more confusing question:

"But in Dajin, in addition to the rent for opening a shop in the market, you actually have to pay taxes?"

Jia Heyi replied: "Yes, the actual controller of Dajin is Lihuo Palace, and the Xian Dynasty needs to pay a certain amount of taxes every year."

"But after joining the Wandao Merchant Alliance, you will enjoy some preferential policies, which is also one of the conditions for the two major forces to negotiate and cooperate."

"In addition, the top leaders of the Merchant Alliance would like to invite you to a chat."

Qin Ming thought about it and replied directly: "It seems that no matter where or when, even in a large-scale cultivation world like Dajin, the upper class can't avoid the exploitation of the lower class. In this case, then join."

"I won't go to sign the alliance and socialize, you can just take care of it."

Jia Heyi didn't expect that Qin Ming would be so calm in the face of such good news.

Even the top leaders of the Merchant Alliance didn't give him face, so he had to give up and go to work on his own.

Qin Ming's mind, except for his spiritual plants, seemed indifferent to other things.

But what he didn't expect was

The Sky-Devouring Rat, which was stimulated by the cultivation, returned from the Beast-Singing Mountains a few days later.

It returned with the little silver fox Yue'er.

The Sky-Devouring Rat was in high spirits.

The gloomy mood of the previous failure to break through was swept away, and he talked and laughed with the little silver fox along the way.

In order to avoid complications, Qin Ming quickly took the two beasts into the Little Spirit Realm.

What would happen if someone found out?

Then Qin Ming questioned the Sky-Eating Rat:

"You, I asked you to go out and gain experience, why did you bring her here?"

"You're itching again, aren't you?"

The Sky-Eating Rat smiled awkwardly and explained:

"Hehe! Master, I didn't ask her to come."

"She wanted to come by herself, and she just happened to meet me and was on her way."

The little silver fox on the side came forward and bowed to Qin Ming, and said crisply: "Senior Qin, it really has nothing to do with it. I am here to give you something on my mother's orders."

"We have received the great kindness of saving our lives from you before, and we have no way to repay you. When my mother killed our previous enemies a few days ago, she collected a lot of natural treasures from several tribes. She said that you should be able to use them."

Then she took out a storage bag and handed it to Qin Ming.

Qin Ming took it and opened it. "Wow, what a good thing."

It was filled with spiritual materials for refining elixirs. The materials for the Divine Wood Pill that he had painstakingly searched for but could not find were now instantly gathered.

Not only that, the materials needed to refine the Five Elements Flag were also complete.