stood."And the one who sent people to pick you up in a car on Friday" Cao Ronghua asked.Hao Ren nodded."You little rascal! You've got yourself a wealthy and pretty girlfriend!" Zhou Liren wrapped his...Chapter 343: Farming! Alchemy!

"Zhao Yanzi is currently at the Tenth Layer of Qi Condensation. If she practices here, she should be able to enter the Foundation Establishment stage faster." Hao Ren glanced at Xie Yujia. "Do you want to try out your cave residence"

“Oh…” Unlike before, Xie Yujia was no longer excited. She was carried by Little White and slowly flew towards her new cave residence, which was about seven or eight meters away from Hao Ren's cave residence.

This cave residence was larger and deeper than Hao Ren’s. Especially the small bedroom that Hao Ren had carved out with his sword light.

Zhen Ciming, who had been leisurely wandering around the valley to check if Hao Ren had made any mistakes in setting up the array formation, suddenly appeared at Xie Yujia's cave residence and casually threw an item to her.

This was a golden base decorative item with a fist-sized night pearl embedded on top. When held by Xie Yujia, it instantly brightened up the bedroom hidden in a corner.

"Really rather simple…" Zhen Ciming tossed out this remark and flew outside to look around.

He had already sensed several small sects nearby. Since Hao Ren and Xie Yujia were going to stay here for some time, he decided to explore the area and perhaps get a little something from them.

Even if it's just a mosquito, Zhen Ciming would never look down on someone just because they are a small sect.

Xie Yujia smiled at the night pearl given by Zhen Ciming. This fist-sized night pearl emitted a gentle light that wasn't blinding but also not too dim. With its heavy golden base, it could stand steadily on the stone wall in her bedroom.

Although this guy usually acted arrogantly, his heart was actually not bad.

This item would definitely fetch a high price if auctioned in the city. Although she didn’t know where he had obtained it from, given his extremely stingy personality, him giving it away meant that he recognized her value.

Xie Yujia placed the night pearl on a protruding rock and walked out to the large stone room outside, sitting down in a spacious stone chair to meditate. Indeed, the spiritual energy here was much denser than on land. After slightly circulating the Qi Condensation technique, she felt it was smoother compared to when she practiced in her dormitory.

While Life Talismans could indeed attract celestial power, knowing its drawbacks from Zhen Ciming's information, Xie Yujia dared not use them casually and relied solely on the basic absorption of Qi Condensation techniques to obtain some spiritual energy from the valley.

In the neighboring cave residence, Hao Ren was also making full use of his time to practice. The Sword Shadows Technique formed hundreds of sword lights that swiftly surrounded Hao Ren's body like shadows, running through his pores.

At the 72 Orifices realm, it was far superior compared to when he had just opened up 40 orifices back then. Although the Sword Shadows Technique’s cultivation speed was slow, it was extremely effective in solidifying a cultivator's foundation, and as long as one practiced step by step, there would be no way of regressing.

Currently, Hao Ren could release 160 sword lights, which would equate to the number of students in four classes. If these students were standing on the playground, they would occupy a considerable area. Furthermore, if he reached the next level, releasing 320 sword lights would be equivalent to eight classes or almost an entire grade's worth of students. And even higher up...

When cultivating the Sword Shadows Technique to its advanced levels, it was indeed invincible in individual battles.

The sight of tens of thousands of soldiers resisting heavenly thunder during Zhao Kuo’s tribulation had given Hao Ren a glimpse into such grandiose scenes that could be achieved with the Sword Shadows Technique.

Crack...

Hao Ren's Dragon Pellet opened another orifice.

Dozens of fine sword lights entered the gaps within Dragon Dan, swiftly filling up this newly opened acupoint. At the same time, the previously silent Dragon Dan began to spin rapidly, while the spiritual energy accumulated in the cave was instantly absorbed by Hao Ren's body.

The feeling of his body expanding for a second immediately retreated under the suppression of the Splitting Light Sword Shadow Art surrounding him.

Having consecutively opened Dragon Dan within the Fifth Heavens, Hao Ren no longer felt surprised. Calming his mind, he allowed the spiritual energy outside the cave to flow in順勢蔓延進來.

Xie Yujia sensed signs of fluctuation in nearby spiritual energy but couldn't imagine that Hao Ren had made such a small breakthrough.

"He's back! He's back!"

Outside the cave, Zhen Cunming shouted loudly.

With a cloth bag in his arms, he landed on the flat ground outside the cave and called out, "Xie Yujia! Xie Yujia!"

Xie Yujia, who was diligently cultivating in her own cave, walked to the entrance and asked, "What's wrong"

"The nearby sects are too poor; they don't even have spirit herbs that are 200 years old or older. I only managed to dig up some seedlings..." Zhen Cunming muttered as he shouted again, "Hao Ren! Hao Ren!"

Hao Ren was stabilizing his realm and didn't bother with him, but when he heard Zhen Cunming call out, "Brother! Brother!"他直接叫成哥了，

he had no choice but to put away the sword light and walk to the entrance. "What is it"

"I dug up some seedlings; you clean up this valley and plant some flowers and grasses! It'll be useful for Xie Yujia later when she makes pills!" Zhen Cunming, holding the cloth bag, looked up at Hao Ren by the cave entrance and shouted.

"Yujia's name is one you can call Call her 'sister'!" Hao Ren frowned slightly.

He felt that this kid wasn't nice to anyone except Yujia, which made him feel a bit uneasy.豈料甄聰明猶豫半秒，立即改口說道，“你收拾收拾，培養出來的靈藥，給雨嘉姐煉丹！”

Unexpectedly, Zhen Cunming hesitated for half a second before immediately changing his words, "You clean up and cultivate the spirit herbs; give them to Sister Yujia for pill-making!"在煉丹大計麵前，要什麼麵子啊！甄聰明的本性，就跟小白一樣，隻要有切實的好處，裝裝可愛又如何！

In the face of the grand plan of making pills, what's a little dignity Zhen Cunming was like Bao Bei; as long as there was real benefit, why not be cute

Upon hearing Zhen Cunming address Xie Yujia as "sister," Hao Ren relaxed slightly and suddenly unleashed 16 earth element sword lights.

The sword lights cut into the ground of the valley, instantly carving out 16 deep grooves. With a light wave of his left hand, another set of 16 earth element sword qi shot towards the flat terrain of the valley.

Crossing and intersecting, they formed 225 neat squares in an instant! Any weeds or wildflowers swept by the sword qi were cleanly shorn off, exposing patches of brownish soil!

Hao Ren's skill was swift and efficient, even impressing Zhen Cunming.

One set of sword array techniques, one set of talisman methods; their cultivation methods were quite unique. The Five Elements and Yin-Yang seemed to complement each other perfectly.

Zhen Ciming tilted his head and thought for a moment but couldn't figure out the reason behind it. He then called out to Xie Yujia, "Sis! All the seedlings are here! Come over and plant them before they all die!"

Xie Yujia didn't expect Hao Ren to cultivate an entire mature field in just two seconds; she was surprised but took this opportunity to ride on the small flying white object back to the flat land of the valley.

The seedlings Zhen Ciming had dug up were plants that Xie Yujia had never seen before. Some had triangular leaves, some had red and green fruits, and others had colorful flower buds...

"This is a fracture bamboo shoot, this is the lantern grass, this is the wind-seeing blue herb, this is the life-restoring incense... These only need to be planted in places with high spiritual qi density so that they won’t easily die..." Zhen Ciming explained enthusiastically to Xie Yujia one by one. He then conjured a small spade and transplanted all of these seedlings into the soil.

While learning, Xie Yujia helped cover up the soil. Strangely enough, as soon as these spiritual herbs were planted in the soil, their previously withered vitality was restored, becoming even more vibrant than before.

"This Northern Dipper Constellation Formation of mine also has a function to gather spiritual qi. All spiritual medicinal plants, except for those at particularly high levels, will survive when planted here..." Zhen Ciming proudly said as he planted the different types of medicinal herbs according to their attributes in separate sections.

Back then, if given a choice, he wouldn't have wanted to deal with this troublesome matter. He would just sneak some back from the sixth or even seventh layer of sky and use them as materials for alchemy, and then simply proceed with making pills calmly.

However, his teacher Qiongnu was in seclusion within the Nine Dragons Palace, which wasn't an ordinary place; it was completely isolated from the outside world. Without his teacher’s protection, Zhen Ciming wouldn’t dare to act recklessly in the sixth or seventh layer of sky. Therefore, he could only stay in the fifth layer of sky and would have to be with Hao Ren.

Once a demon beast successfully transformed into human form, it had to cultivate as a cultivator according to their methods. Although his cultivation level barely reached the Dragon Clan's "Can" realm, Qiongnu didn’t want him to progress too quickly, so he didn't teach him any profound martial arts.

Being in the “Can” realm was at the bottom of the Dragon Clan cultivators' ranks, equivalent to the Foundation Establishment stage among human cultivators. Although he had a formidable magic treasure, it wasn’t entirely safe. If Zhen Ciming didn't want to stay confined within the East Sea Dragon Palace, he could only rely on Hao Ren as his backing.

Of course, if he really encountered danger, he could revert back into his demon beast form; however, that would make too much of a commotion...

Zhen Ciming and Xie Yujia happily arranged the flowers and grasses in the valley while the Seven Stars Sect, Qionghua Sect, and Qingyin Sect near Mystic Peak were all complaining.

The medicinal gardens of these three sects had their arrays broken and spiritual medicines stolen within half an hour. All the spiritual seedlings in the garden had been taken away; not a single one was left, whether it be from ten years or two hundred years old!

Although the medicinal garden wasn’t considered the sect’s restricted area, having all their medicinal herbs taken away still constituted a significant matter and quickly escalated to the level of the Sect Masters.

The three sects were not friendly with each other, but since they were roughly the same size and located in a mountain range, when faced with trouble, they had no choice but to unite. Now that their medicinal gardens had been completely emptied, the three sect masters rushed to meet.

In the cave dwelling within the valley, Hao Ren broke through two more acupuncture points at once before stopping for a moment and stepping out of the cave entrance to check on the situation.

On the flat land below the mountain peak, various medicinal herbs were planted in different areas. Hao Ren roughly counted over one hundred types of them.

Xie Yujia and Zhen Ciming had their hands full with soil as they dug up the last few medicinal herbs to plant them in the ground.

Hao Ren guessed that these fresh medicinal herbs came from an improper source, but since there was constant theft among sects above the fifth layer of sky anyway, he didn't feel like nagging at Zhen Ciming about it.

Dozens of cultivators were constantly flying around above the valley, seemingly busy investigating something.

Hao Ren knew that this valley was protected by an array formation and also knew that these cultivators couldn’t enter. He was just about to fly down to check on Xie Yujia and Zhen Ciming when he suddenly saw a transmission talisman flying towards the valley from outside.

The formation could block attacks and cultivators but would not defend against the transmission talisman, which only had a slight amount of mana.

Hao Ren stood in his spot and used his finger to activate the transmission talisman.

"Senior from Valley, this is Qingyun Sect, Qionghua Sect, and Qingyin Sect. We respectfully greet Senior! Our three sects are small cultivation sects that practice in seclusion around Medicine King Valley. Recently, our medicine gardens have been stolen, and we fear that the thieves will disturb your meditation. Please don’t take it to heart!"

Hao Ren pondered for a moment and understood the meaning behind this transmission talisman.

Firstly, the three sects around them were looking for an excuse to start a conversation, introduce themselves, and make a good impression; secondly, they suspected that Hao Ren might be involved in these theft cases and wanted to probe him; thirdly, they reported on the situation and hoped that if the thieves who stole their medicine gardens entered Medicine King Valley, Senior Hao Ren wouldn’t think it was them.

"Ridiculous! Could I possibly steal your medicinal herbs" Upon hearing the content from the transmission talisman, Zhen Cunming shouted loudly towards the valley with a hoarse voice, pretending to be accusing others of theft.

He was playing the part of a thief crying out for help, but the three sect masters waiting outside the valley were frightened. They never expected that this senior would actually be inside the valley and certainly didn't think that their carefully crafted transmission talisman would anger him.

"From now on! No one is allowed to approach my valley!" Zhen Cunming continued belligerently shouting.

He was slightly nervous, but his voice carried over the formation with a powerful resonance that made the three sect masters' ears ring.

The disciples patrolling near the valley quickly withdrew from the area.

Hao Ren looked at Zhen Cunming and smiled. This kid really knew how to use others’ authority to intimidate. But it was better this way, as there were always cultivators flying around in the sky above Medicine King Valley, which could be quite annoying even if they couldn't enter.

"However, considering that you respectfully addressed me as Senior, I will bestow medicine pills upon you three days from now at the entrance of the valley!" Zhen Cunming thought for a moment and then said this.

Outside the valley, the three sect masters who were hastily departing heard these words with great joy. The sixth-layer Sky Mountain Sect was adept not only in raising spiritual beasts but also cultivating medicinal herbs, and they certainly had the ability to refine pills as well. This senior from Sky Mountain Sect obviously knew how to refine them!

However, what they didn't know was that Zhen Cunming thought: since Xie Yujia would learn refining later on, there would inevitably be some lower-grade failed pills in the process which he wouldn’t throw away. Furthermore, even Bai Xiao wouldn’t eat any spirit pills below level three now.

Moreover, if these sects were truly frightened off, then stealing medicine herbs in the future would mean going further afield. But keeping them around might allow him to assign some miscellaneous tasks to them.

The three sect masters left after receiving Medicine King Valley's "Senior's" promise, expressing endless gratitude. The hardships faced by small fifth-layer cultivation sects were something Hao Ren, living on the first layer, could never comprehend.

If these three sects weren’t relatively united despite their conflicts and if this mountain range wasn't remote enough, and if they hadn’t been so low-key, another nearby sect would have wiped them out already. Even Bai Sapai Sect, which Zhao Yanzi had almost successfully impersonated last time, could match the strength of all three sects put together!

At this moment in Long Palace, Zhao Yanzi who was undergoing confinement read a physics book while his mind wandered back to when he would go and plunder Bai Sapai Sect's scripture repository again.sprint.The sweep of these giant birds caused these small ferocious beasts in the grassland to scatter, presenting the perfect moment for Hao Ren and Su Han to cross this entire field!Whizz!A sharp whi...