Buzz!
The panel emitted a strong yellow light.
As the clan contribution points dropped to four, a box with a white base and dragon pattern appeared in his sleeve.
The box seemed small.
Inside, there seemed to be a chirping sound.
This time, the content of the box was actually a living creature.
Fu Changsheng, curious and expectant, opened the box.
"Chirp chirp chirp"
And saw.
Inside the box were two chicks the size of a child's fist, but unlike ordinary chicks, they had a fiery red comb on their heads.
"What are these creatures?"
Fu Changsheng frowned.
He caught the chicks in his hand.
After listening to the system prompt, he took a closer look and found that the chicks contained Demon Qi despite their small size, and indeed had cultivation at the Tier One Early-stage.
He examined both chicks and found that they were both male, meaning they could neither reproduce nor lay eggs:
"Could it be that these Fire Cloud Chickens can really treat Blood Spirit Insects as the system said?!"
Fu Changsheng hesitated for a moment.
He took them from the secret chamber to the Spirit Field.
"Chirp chirp chirp!"
The Fire Cloud Chickens, initially a bit languid, became instantly spirited upon reaching the Spirit Field, hopping down from Fu Changsheng's hand and quickly pecking at the Blood Spirit Insect eggs in the field:
"This….."
Fu Changsheng saw this scene.
He was stunned for a while.
Then he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
There were three reasons.
The first, of course, was that the Spirit Field crisis was resolved.
The second was that the appearance of the Fire Cloud Chickens confirmed his suspicion.
Most importantly, he saw a path to prosperity, and he could later hang a sign at the marketplace, specializing in treating Blood Spirit Insects in Spirit Fields!
Hearing the commotion, his eldest brother Fu Changren came to the Spirit Field and saw the Fire Cloud Chickens rapidly pecking at the Blood Spirit Insect eggs, and he was overjoyed.
At this time.
He suddenly understood.
No wonder the patriarch suddenly brought up this matter. It turned out that the patriarch had discovered the Blood Spirit Insect problem in the Spirit Field beforehand, and his trips in and out of Luofeng Mountain during this time were undoubtedly to solve it before mentioning it to him.
Such thoughtfulness and attention to detail.
Fu Changren, a robust man, was briefly moved to tears.
Fu Changsheng blinked, puzzled, and when he asked, he learned the reason, instantly feeling a surge of happiness in his heart, saving him from fabricating a reason.
In a matter of days, the Fire Cloud Chickens had pecked clean the Blood Spirit Insect eggs over fifty acres of Spirit Field.
At the same time,
that familiar voice sounded again in Fu Changsheng's mind:
"Ding"
"You have resolved the crisis in fifty acres of the Spirit Field for the clan, earning twelve contribution points!"
A satisfied smile instantly appeared on Fu Changsheng's face.
The original clan contribution points on the panel increased from four to sixteen, meaning he could exchange for eight pieces of intelligence.
"It's time to go into seclusion for cultivation."
Coincidentally, his fourth sister had also just broken through to the Qi Cultivation Third Layer and come out.
He needed to seize the time to cultivate.
Otherwise, in four months, if he still remained at the Qi Cultivation Third Layer, facing Li Changtai at the Middle Stage of Qi Cultivation would still be risky, even though intelligence indicated the opponent was severely injured.
Entering the Spiritual Spring Well.
Fu Changsheng placed the Warm Sun Jade on his knee.
As he operated his cultivation technique,
filaments of red Spiritual Qi rose from the Spiritual Spring Well, enveloping him. With each breath, the Spiritual Qi entered his body, circulating along the Heaven and Earth Bridge.
Cultivation knows no age.
In a blink of an eye.
Four months passed quickly.
In the secret chamber, Fu Changsheng suddenly opened his eyes.
With a flick of his index finger,
a Wind Blade shot out with a whoosh and hit the stone wall of the chamber with a ding, leaving a knife mark one-foot thick on the stone wall:
"Not bad. Instantly releasing, after almost a month's practice, the Wind Blade Technique has finally reached minor achievement."
In seclusion at the Spiritual Spring Well for three months,
with the Warm Sun Jade present,
he had successfully broken through to the Qi Cultivation Fourth Layer, entering the Middle Stage of Qi Cultivation.
Originally, he wanted to press his advantage.
But after reaching the Middle Stage, he discovered that to break through to the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer, the amount of Spiritual Qi needed to refine was twice as much as the previous three layers combined.
Given his cultivation speed,
without using Spirit Medicine,
it would probably take two years.
With the deadline to confront Li Changtai right ahead, continued cultivation didn't hold much significance for his strength, so he focused instead on diligently practicing the Tier One Middle-Grade Wind Blade Technique:
"It's time to come out of seclusion!"
After four months in seclusion,
he was unaware whether Molan, whom he brought back, had drawn Qi into her body.
He opened the door of the secret chamber.
"Hiss hiss hiss"
The Little Cyan Snake perched on the stone door flicked its tongue toward Fu Changsheng and made a few noises. After being purchased from the Spirit Pet Shop, the Little Cyan Snake had mostly been in a slumber due to injuries. Now, four months later, its injuries seemed to have improved considerably:
"Xiaoqing, you can come to Leimeng Mountain with me."
Observationally speaking,
although the Little Cyan Snake contained the Flood Dragon Bloodline, it may not have awakened, making it an ordinary Tier One Early-stage snake.
Going into the mountains once,
might awaken its bloodline.
Upon exiting the secret chamber,
he immediately saw a lush patch of Red Marrow Rice. Four months had passed, and the Red Marrow Rice had grown to human height, with his third brother Fu Changli weeding the fields.
Seeing Fu Changsheng out of seclusion,
he excitedly ran over:
"Patriarch!"
He initially intended to share good news.
Because two months ago,
he had successfully broken through to the Qi Cultivation Third Layer.
However, sweeping his gaze over Fu Changsheng, he paused for a moment, then quickly congratulated:
"Congratulations on breaking through to the Middle Stage of Qi Cultivation!"
The fourth sister, weeding in another field of the Tian family, heard the commotion and quickly came over to offer her congratulations.
However, Fu Changsheng did not see the figure of his eldest brother Fu Changren.
The third brother, Fu Changli, quickly explained:
"The Cui Family came for help five days ago, saying they had Blood Spirit Insects in their Spirit Field. Eldest brother took the Fire Cloud Chickens to exterminate the insects and should be back today."
Before going into seclusion,
Fu Changsheng had entrusted the Invisibility Cloak to his eldest brother,
telling him to drape the cloak over the Fire Cloud Chickens. If anyone requested their help in insect extermination, the condition was that no one should remain in the Spirit Field; only after everyone had left should they take the Fire Cloud Chickens out from under the cloak.
The fourth sister smiled and said:
"Counting the Cui Family, in these four months, eldest brother has gone out to help with pest control four times. Each time, the payment depends on the Spirit Field's area. Including the Cui Family, he has already received one hundred thirty Spirit Stones."
As she spoke,
the fourth sister took out a box from her sleeve, opened it, revealing one hundred thirty Spirit Stones neatly arranged:
"Patriarch, here you go."
Fu Changsheng accepted them without hesitation.
He planned to use these Spirit Stones to purchase a Talisman Brush, a batch of talisman paper, and talisman blood at the marketplace.
If one of their five could successfully create a talisman, it would also be another source of income.
However.
Before heading to the marketplace,
he needed to make a trip to Leimeng Mountain.
Fu Changsheng scanned the Spirit Field for any signs of Molan but found none.
His third brother, Fu Changli, acting like an overly proud mentor, puffed out his round belly, claiming credit:
"Patriarch, Molan took only fifteen days to draw Qi into her body. Instead of cultivating in the Spiritual Spring Well, she took less than three months to break through to the Qi Cultivation Second Layer, and now she's in seclusion consolidating her cultivation."
Molan's rapid progress in cultivation didn't surprise Fu Changsheng—after all, she was a prodigious figure who took only two hundred years to break through to become a Nascent Soul Great Cultivator.
With his eldest brother not back yet,
he lacked the Invisibility Cloak, leaving him without a crucial card to ambush Li Changtai.
Thus, Fu Changsheng decided to wait at home for a day. During his spare time, his gaze fell onto the panel, and with a thought:
"Exchange for daily intelligence!"