The incident of Fellow Daoist Long's demise.
It was like a layer of gloom, shrouding the slums, unable to disperse for a long time.
For several consecutive days, the doors of the houses nearby were tightly shut, the alleyways losing their usual bustle, appearing cold and desolate.
No one dared to go out at night.
Despite Spirit Feather Sect strengthening their patrols, the tenants would only venture out in groups.
Qin Ming was also like this, going to work in the spirit fields, always with the crowd.
These days, the spirit fields were actually safer than the outside.
The reason was that Steward Gue personally led disciples on patrols around the spirit fields.
Every three days, Steward Gue's massive Dharma Ship would hover above the spirit fields for half a day.
This gave Qin Ming quite a bit of peace of mind.
It seems like Spirit Feather Sect also doesn't wish for any more incidents within the spirit fields.
After all, it involves the supply for the frontline battle camp.
They had no choice but to care.
In the three-acre Yin Condensing Flower spirit field.
Qin Ming had used the 'Ripening' entry.
Two days later.
Green seedlings sprouted.
With a nervous heart, Qin Ming looked towards the spirit field.
Three dazzling golden entries were prominent!
[Name]: Yin Condensing Flower [Entry]: Bee Control Technique (Maturity 2%)
[Name]: Yin Condensing Flower [Entry]: Ripening X5 (Maturity 3%)
[Name]: Yin Condensing Flower [Entry]: Bloodline Ancestor X1 (Maturity 1%)
"Oh my gosh!"
Qin Ming stared incredulously at the entries in the spirit field, lost in thought for a long time before snapping back to reality.
"This is what true luck looks like!"
"Hahaha!"
"A direct hit to the soul!"
He laughed heartily in the spirit field.
[Bee Control Technique]: Spirit Plant Technique, casting this magic can guide spirit bees to pollinate spirit plants.
[Bloodline Ancestor]: Upon use, it can evolve the spirit plant into an ancestral form.
Although the 'Quality Enhancement' entry didn't refresh.
A sharper one did instead.
Qin Ming immediately took out a spirit plant book and flipped it open. The book was authored by the legendary spirit plant master 'Shio Yanong', titled "Spirit Plants and Wondrous Creatures".
It not only recorded rare spirit herbs and plants in the cultivation realm but also introduced the origins of various spirit grasses and plants.
Including Beast Fang Rice.
The ancestor of Beast Fang Rice is a Tier One Top-Grade Spirit Plant —
Blood Locust Rice!
Just a hair's breadth away from reaching the Tier Two Spirit Plant level!
One can imagine its rarity.
Blood Locust Rice, its appearance is like a blood leech, with grains as red as blood, thus named.
Its effect is straightforward:
When consumed, it can greatly enhance a cultivator's Qi Blood! Those whose Qi Blood is unrefined, beware!
This spirit rice is not only a dream for Body Refining Cultivators but also a holy product for cultivating Blood Dao Techniques, hard to come by.
According to the book, as early as several hundred years ago, Blood Locust Rice had almost vanished from the cultivation realm.
Only in a few unmanned regions can it be found occasionally.
Blood Locust Rice's growth conditions are extremely stringent, surpassing those of Beast Fang Rice. It requires continuous watering with demon beast essence blood and adequate spiritual energy.
The maturity period often takes ten years.
The longer the age, the stronger the blood-enhancing effect.
Qin Ming stared fixedly at the 'Bloodline Ancestor' entry, secretly feeling grateful: 'Master Su is truly my benefactor'.
However, currently, he no longer has the 'Ripening' entry, and can only wait for the new season of Golden Spirit Rice to refresh.
...
In anticipation.
Three months passed.
Perhaps luck was truly on Qin Ming's side.
The Golden Spirit Rice spirit field yielded another 'Ripening' entry.
Now, only the demon beast essence blood is missing.
"Where to get it?"
Qin Ming pondered deeply, pacing back and forth in his room.
'It's impossible to hunt demon beasts.'
'Can't afford to take risks.'
'Absolutely avoid impulsiveness.'
Thinking it over, he decided to purchase it with spirit stones.
Although the price is steep, if he can cultivate Blood Locust Rice, everything will be worth it.
Two days later.
Qin Ming visited the meat stall selling demon beast meat at Qingyang Market, spending a full one hundred and fifty spirit stones to buy ten pounds of Tier One demon beast essence blood.
"I suppose this should be enough?"
Next, he used the 'Ripening' entry refreshed from the Golden Spirit Rice spirit field to secretly ripen the three entry-bearing Yin Condensing Flowers.
In Qin Ming's sea of consciousness, instantly appeared three entry leaves: two green and one blue.
"To cause a spirit plant to exhibit ancestral phenomena, it truly deserves to be a blue entry." Qin Ming marveled.
To ensure absolute safety.
Qin Ming visited Juxuan Pavilion, spending more than a hundred spirit stones at Shopkeeper Liao to purchase a set of small concealment arrays.
This time, he was all in not only with spirit stones but with entries as well.
He planned to use the 'High-Level Spirit Rain Technique' too.
Good steel must be used on the blade.
With everything ready.
Qin Ming first began to ripen the Premium Beast Fang Rice.
Once this batch of Beast Fang Rice started sprouting, Qin Ming applied the 'Bloodline Ancestor' entry to it.
In an instant.
The spirit plants before Qin Ming's eyes began to grow wildly, and hundreds of strange plants appeared before him.
Moreover, a dazzling golden entry appeared:
[Name]: Blood Locust Rice [Entry]: Abundant Qi Blood (Maturity 30%)
The original leaves of Beast Fang Rice all withered, sprouting bamboo-like stems, producing long, leech-shaped scarlet spirit rice.
Qin Ming pressed on, using 'Ripening' entries continuously.
Blood Locust Rice truly deserves to be a Tier One Top-Grade Spirit Plant.
Qin Ming used three 'Ripening' entries consecutively to fully ripen this batch of Blood Locust Rice to ten years of maturity.
Afterward.
He applied the 'High-Level Spirit Rain Technique' entry and irrigated these Blood Locust Rice with demon beast essence blood.
As soon as the High-Level Spirit Rain Technique unfolded, Qin Ming's internal mana was half drained.
"Indeed, it's a spirit plant magic that can only be wielded in the middle to late Qi Cultivation stages." Qin Ming gritted his teeth, using two 'Weak Dharma Power' entries in succession.
Boom!
In mid-air, a cluster of dark clouds gathered, forming a whirlpool shape, crackling with thunder and lightning.
This was Qin Ming's deliberate attempt to reduce the scope of the magic; outside, its might would undoubtedly be much greater.
Fortunately, Shopkeeper Liao's concealment array had surprisingly effective results, fully concealing the situation within the courtyard.
Without intentional detection by a high-tier cultivator, it would be difficult to discover the hidden secrets.
With that, Qin Ming breathed a sigh of relief, feeling much more at ease.
The Blood Locust Rice spirit plants wriggled bizarrely under the Spiritual Rain formed by demon beast essence blood.
They seemed to come alive, frantically absorbing the essence blood.
The outer surface of the Blood Locust spiritual rice began to emit a bloody mist, intricately woven and persistent.
Under the High-Level Spirit Rain Technique, the surrounding air's spiritual energy was suddenly drained, transforming into powerful nutrients to nourish these hundreds of spirit plants.
At the branching points of Blood Locust Rice, it surprisingly bore abundant spirit grains again!
Qin Ming didn't forget to seize this rare opportunity to comprehend the casting sensations of the High-Level Spirit Rain Technique.
His Intermediate Spirit Rain Technique was already highly proficient, and the next step was to touch the threshold of the High-Level Spirit Rain Technique.
Half a month later.
Under Qin Ming's tireless irrigation.
All Blood Locust Rice completely matured!
In Qin Ming's sea of consciousness, all entries were spent, leaving only these:
Bee Control Technique
Weak Qi Blood x2
Abundant Qi Blood x1
After harvesting the spirit rice.
Qin Ming meticulously cleared and covered all planting traces in the courtyard.
This matter must not be discovered by anyone.
Finishing all this.
With his spiritual sense, Qin Ming gazed at the Blood Locust Rice in his storage pouch, his heart filled with excitement.
He licked his lips, smiled slightly, and said:
"Next, I'll taste this legendary Blood Locust Rice, and find out what it truly tastes like?"