Longevity: Start Farming with Entries-Chapter 426 - 385: Shifting Circumstances

The spirit plants in the field were still waiting for him to tend to them.

But when Qin Ming entered the Little Spirit Realm, he saw that the four spirit beasts inside were already thoroughly drunk.

Each one lay sprawled out on the grass, dead to the world.

A black line appeared on Qin Ming’s forehead, not expecting that the Heaven-Devouring Rat had even gotten the Little Silver Fox drunk.

How was he going to explain this to Yue Lingyan outside...

Qin Ming sighed helplessly, then took some Earth Spirit Spring from the side and fed it to the Little Silver Fox.

After that, he gave it a spirit pill to sober up.

"Hic~ Brother Mouse, I... can still drink some more..."

The Little Silver Fox groggily woke up.

The Jade Qilin Wine he brewed, although beneficial for improving cultivation, would make both cultivators and demon beasts drunk if they drank too much.

After all, it was high-tier spirit wine.

Qin Ming picked up the Little Silver Fox and returned it to Yue Lingyan’s hands, saying somewhat apologetically, "Fellow Daoist Lingyan, I’m really sorry, that Heaven-Devouring Rat, I don’t know how much spirit wine it made them drink."

"Hehehe! No matter, after all, it’s the grand day of the Heaven-Devouring Rat King advancing, a celebration is indeed in order." Yue Lingyan smiled while holding the Little Silver Fox, gently stroking its back.

"Then, I shall take my leave now. Thank you for your hospitality these days."

"Take care, Fellow Daoist Qin, let’s meet again another day."

"Certainly!"

Then, Qin Ming transformed into a Cyan Rainbow Escape Light and disappeared into the horizon.

Yue Lingyan watched Qin Ming depart.

She always had an inexplicable feeling, every time she saw this young cultivator of the human race, there was something different about him.

Judging by her insight, Qin Ming had extraordinary fortune, with his own efforts, in time, he might very well reach the same level as her.

It was also a good relationship to invest in for the future.

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Elsewhere.

After flying out of Muxia Mountain, Qin Ming entered the Little Spirit Realm again.

The Heaven-Devouring Rat was snoring away with its butt sticking up, still belching wine bubbles.

A snot bubble hung from its nose, a far cry from its Tier Three Late-stage Demon King dignity.

"Hic~"

Qin Ming walked over and kicked it on the butt, waking it up.

"How many days has it been, and you’re still not satisfied with sleep?"

"You little rascal, you even got the Little Silver Fox drunk."

The Heaven-Devouring Rat shivered with a start, jumped up from the ground, rubbed its butt with its hand, opened its bleary eyes, and instantly woke up completely.

Seeing it was Qin Ming, it sniffed and said with an embarrassed chuckle, "Hehe! Wasn’t it just a bit too joyful, Master, just a slight buzz, just slightly."

"I didn’t overdo it!" 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Hmm, it’s indeed not easy to break through to Tier Three Late-stage, so I’ll let you off this time, but it mustn’t happen again," Qin Ming said.

"This is someone else’s territory, if something had happened to the Little Silver Fox, Fellow Daoist Lingyan would have roasted you."

"By the way, now that you’ve progressed to Tier Three Late-stage, you should have a better grasp of that Five Elements Banner artifact, right?"

The Heaven-Devouring Rat saw that Qin Ming was only teasing and wasn’t blaming it, so it immediately exuded strong confidence and replied:

"That’s right, Master. After my cultivation broke through to Tier Three Late-stage, I can now unleash the true power of this Tier Three High-Grade Treasure, no less than incinerating the heavens and boiling the seas, haha!"

Having received the answer, Qin Ming nodded in satisfaction.

Generally speaking, a Tier Three Low-Grade Treasure is suitable for cultivators in the early stages of the Golden Core to wield and fully unleash its power.

Whereas a Tier Three Middle-Grade Treasure is suited for mid-stage and late-stage Golden Core users.

A Tier Three High-Grade Treasure requires a late-stage Golden Core cultivation to fully unleash all its power.

Firstly, activating the artifact imposes not only demands on a cultivator’s mana.

For instance, previously, when the Heaven-Devouring Rat, with his Tier Three Mid-Stage cultivation, tried to activate the complete set of Five Elements Banner, it would deplete its demonic power completely.

Now that it’s become a Tier Three Late-stage Demon King, its demon pill has increased significantly, providing ample demon essence to sustain the artifact’s operation.

Secondly, it concerns the time spent nurturing the artifact and the proficiency in controlling it.

The more formidable the artifact, the greater the energy cost to activate it.

For instance, the Hook Jade Golden Light Mirror that Qin Ming obtained, each use requires paying a life price...

Fortunately, he had the Golden Finger entry, allowing him to continuously cultivate longevity...

Seeing the Silver-winged Frost Bee still deep in a drunken sleep, Qin Ming didn’t disturb it and exited the Little Spirit Realm.

He once again cast the True Demon Illusion, transforming into the appearance of Shopkeeper Lu, and concealed his cultivation to late-stage Foundation Establishment.

He then traveled alone through the Beast Roar Mountain Range, heading back towards the spirit fields of Five Elements Mountain.

The Heaven-Devouring Rat scratched its head in confusion, feeling greatly puzzled, "Favoritism?!"

Just then.

In the sky above a dense forest hundreds of miles away from Qin Ming.

Two cultivators donned in Demon Pattern Blood Robes were speeding alongside each other with tremendous tunneling speed.

Their faces bore gloomy expressions.

"Brother Qiu, are we really just leaving like this?"

"That Old Ghost Cold Crow might very well be near Five Elements Mountain Market."

A slender Blood Refining Demon Sect disciple asked with some reluctance.

"No time to find that old ghost, even if we did, he’s not someone we two can easily deal with."

"We still need Junior Brother Jiang Yuan and Senior Sister Lan Bing to arrive before we can do anything."

"Junior Brother Meng, we have more important matters to attend to now."

"Let’s return to Great Li and regroup with the rest of our sect members."

"Not long ago, Junior Brother Qi sent me a message saying there’s news about the Cyan Origin Sect’s secret realm."

The rough-looking young demonic cultivator explained calmly.

"Ah?! Is the news genuine?"

"Wasn’t it said that opening the secret realm is quite challenging and it requires waiting for a Tier Four High-Grade treasure tree to bloom?"

Junior Brother Meng exclaimed in great joy upon hearing this.

Compared to the mountain gate secret realm of the Cyan Origin Sect, Old Man Cold Crow hardly seemed worth mentioning.

"The Supreme Elder of the Yin Demon Sect, Profound Yin Demon Monarch, seems to have found a way."

"Hehehe! That’s truly wonderful!"

The two said no more, flew away at full speed.

Suddenly!

The two true disciples of the Blood Refining Demon Sect were flying, when they sensed an isolated cultivator approaching them.

"Hehehe! Brother Qiu, I happen to need some essence blood to recover from my injuries, leave this person to me."

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