Chapter 44

This was the anti-theft badge.

Thinking about it carefully..,

He was really stupid.

Ever since he knew that he could purify spiritual energy, he had only thought about cultivating. He had never thought about it..,

Since he could purify spiritual energy and absorb it for cultivation..,

Then he would definitely be able to open his mansion.

Seeing the place he was most familiar with..,

Qin Jiao immediately relaxed.

Speaking of which, this mansion was built after she advanced in her cultivation..,

She opened it up.

At first, it was only a little big..,

Later, as she had the water spirit, her cultivation level continued to increase..,

With the help of the water spirit..,

It slowly expanded.

Qin Jiao was a demon cultivator..,

And he was a lone demon cultivator.

Therefore, every blade of grass and tree in here was slowly collected by her and the water spirit.

In the beginning, there were very few extremely precious items in here. Most of them were of average quality.

It was not until Qin Jiao accidentally obtained the water spirit that it became like this.

Speaking of which, it was strange. Qin Jiao had never heard of such a treasure before. However, based on the fact that it could upgrade the mansion and various treasures, it was enough to make cultivators go crazy.

Moreover, it could also cleanse the meridians..,

The heaven-defying function of improving one's physique.

All cultivators knew..,

The most important thing on the path of cultivation and Dao was not how hardworking you were..,

It was talent.

Talent could be innate..,

It could also be acquired.

Innate talent was very clear..,

They were born with it.

Acquired talent was basically piled up with heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

However, it was rare for a family to have one or two types of heavenly materials and earthly treasures. How could they be willing to give them to a junior to improve his talent?

Therefore, the higher the innate talent, the more favored the Heavenly Dao was. It was good enough for one to appear in thousands of years.

Moreover, this' genius' who was piled up with medicine also had a lot of hidden dangers. After all, all the pills that could improve cultivation had pill toxins. In a short time, the low cultivation level would not be obvious.

However, the higher the cultivation level, the more pill toxins accumulated, and the higher the chance of a backlash.

From this, it could be seen how precious this person with a strong aptitude was.

The difference between good and bad aptitude was the thickness of the meridians and the amount of blockage inside.

The thicker the meridians, the more spiritual energy could pass through. Naturally, it was beneficial for the growth of cultivation.

And this stagnation was closely related to the absorption of spiritual energy.

The more stagnant it was, the less spiritual Qi would pass through. Naturally, it was not beneficial to cultivation.

On the other hand, the less stagnation there was, the more he could absorb, and the faster his cultivation base would advance. Furthermore, his foundation would be stable, and it would be difficult for him to suffer a backlash.

The Water Spirit was able to widen the meridians and expel the blockages.

From this, it was obvious how heaven-defying this treasure was.

The reason why Qin Jiao was able to cultivate to the late stage of Divine Transformation was because the Water Spirit had been constantly improving his physique for thousands of years.

If it wasn't for the Water Spirit, with her background as a Demonic Cultivator, her aptitude was ordinary, and she didn't have the guidance of her clan's seniors, she wouldn't have been able to cultivate to this level in her entire life.

However, he didn't expect that incident to happen later on. What a pity …

Qin Jiao pulled back his thoughts and looked at the place he was most familiar with.

Over the past thousands of years, her residence had been constantly remodeled by the Water Spirit and herself. Before her accident, it had already expanded to over five thousand mu.

It sounded like a large area, but most of it was occupied by mountainous regions, and most of it was filled with spirit trees.

The area that could be used for other purposes was only about a thousand mu.

This thousand mu of land was roughly divided into three areas by her.

They were the Spirit Field, the Bamboo House, and the Spirit Spring.

In the Spirit Field, there were seven types of low-grade spirit rice, three types of mid-grade spirit rice, and one type of high-grade spirit rice.

There were also various types of spirit vegetables, spirit fruits, flower fields, and medicine fields.

It could be said that the Spirit Field alone took up two-thirds of the usable area.

From this, it could be seen how much Qin Jiao valued this area.

On one side of the Spirit Field was the Spirit Spring.

The Spirit Spring wasn't big, only about fifty meters in diameter.

Its shape was ordinary and round.

This Spirit Spring was formed by the Snow Pearls that she had collected in the Snow Region.

After cultivators reached the Nascent Soul realm, they would open up their own residences.

The Snow Region was a place where cultivators could collect the Spirit Spring for their residences.

There were Snow Pearls of all grades inside, and it depended on whether one had the ability to obtain a high-grade Snow Pearl.

Although she had reached the Nascent Soul realm back then, her talent was too poor, and her cultivation wasn't high among those of the same level.

Although she wanted to obtain mid-grade and high-grade Snow Pearls, she wasn't strong enough, and in the end, she only managed to obtain an upper-grade Snow Pearl.

Later on, when her strength increased, she was too lazy to search for another Snow Pearl, and could only slowly raise its grade with the Water Spirit.

The different grades of the Spirit Spring had different colors.

The low-grade Spirit Spring was white to milky white, the mid-grade Spirit Spring was light blue to azure blue, and the high-grade Spirit Spring was emerald green to dark green.

Within the same grade, the higher the quality, the more intense the color.

Its spirit spring changed from its initial light blue color to an azure blue color.

Wait, if her Spirit Spring was azure blue, then what was the emerald green spring in front of her?!

Qin Jiao didn't notice that as she approached, the spring water around the Snow Pearl in the center of the Spirit Spring began to boil more and more violently.

Suddenly, a blue light flashed past, and directly rushed towards Qin Jiao.

When it reached her side, it kept circling around her.

Upon seeing this thing, Qin Jiao immediately stretched out her hands. Upon closer inspection, her outstretched hands were actually trembling slightly.

When the little thing saw its master's outstretched hands, it immediately scurried over.

Seeing it scurrying over, Qin Jiao clasped her hands together and cupped them in front of her chest. She lowered her head and gently kissed it. "Thank you, Water Spirit."

Tears streamed down her cheeks.

It turned out that this little thing was the water spirit that had protected Qin Jiao from self-destruction and lured her here.

The Water Spirit looked like it had color, but it didn't have a physical form. It was impossible to touch it.

However, Qin Jiao still carefully "touched" it, and "touched" it again and again.

When Qin Jiao first woke up, she carefully searched every part of her soul, but she didn't feel the Water Spirit's existence. That was why she thought it had "disappeared".

She didn't expect it to be in her residence all this time.

"Are you okay?" Qin Jiao asked softly.

Hearing Qin Jiao's question, the Water Spirit's figure dissipated.

The blue stream of Qi slowly condensed, and finally condensed into Qin Jiao's former appearance.

No, it was her Spirit Nascent form!

Every cultivator who cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage would break their core and condense their Nascent Soul.

This Spirit Nascent was a miniature version of the cultivator's original body.

As one's cultivation level increased, the Nascent Soul would also become more solid and powerful.

This Spirit Nascent was also a cultivator's lifeline. That was why there was a saying, "As long as the Spirit Nascent is not destroyed, the cultivator will not die".

Unless they were discouraged and had no other way out, no cultivator would choose to self-destruct their Nascent Soul.

Although the eyes of the Spirit Nascent in front of her were tightly shut, from her exquisite facial features and beautiful figure, one could see how beautiful Qin Jiao's "true body" was.

Qin Jiao reached out and touched it, and the Little Nascent Soul immediately dispersed.

Finally, it condensed into the Water Spirit's "blue blob" form.

Qin Jiao immediately felt the Water Spirit's sadness.

She waved at it, and when the Water Spirit gathered in its hand, it gently stroked it and asked, "Do you feel sad and guilty because you didn't protect my Spirit Nascent well and let it disappear?"

The "blue blob" moved a little.

"Silly, you're already great. You saved me from self-destruction, sent me here, and protected me well. Don't you think you're great?" "Besides, I think that your survival is more important than anything else. Aren't you happy to see me?"

This time, the movement of the "blue blob" was very obvious.

"Then be happy, okay?

Let me see what you did while I was away. "Qin Jiao comforted it.

Speaking of what it did, the Water Spirit immediately regained its vitality.

It led Qin Jiao to look at the Spirit Spring.

"You advanced it again." It took a long time for it to advance from the Middle Stage to the Early Stage.

"How long have I been away?"

The Water Spirit spelled out a few words.

"Two hundred years!"

Qin Jiao didn't expect that in the two years she spent in the other world, two hundred years had already passed in her own residence.

Although he lamented the difference in time, Qin Jiao wasn't surprised when he thought about the difference in the spiritual energy in the outside world and in his mansion.

The most precious thing in Qin Jiao's mansion wasn't the Spirit Spring, Spirit Herbs, or Spirit Pills.

Instead, it was the two Spirit Veins.

On the Suo Ruo Continent, all the spiritual energy was produced by the Spirit Stones in the Spirit Veins.

Once the spiritual energy in the Spirit Stones was absorbed, they would become useless useless stones that couldn't even store spiritual energy.

However, Spirit Veins were different. Spirit Veins could continuously produce Spirit Stones over time. In other words, they could produce an endless supply of spiritual energy.

It could be said that with a High Level Spirit Vein, the spiritual energy a cultivator needed for cultivation would never be cut off. Naturally, cultivation would be much easier.

Qin Jiao's two Spirit Veins were Early Stage and Middle Stage Spirit Veins. They were both found by the Water Spirit.

Therefore, Qin Jiao was really puzzled. Why didn't anyone fight for such a heaven-defying treasure?

Could it be that they didn't know?

After he recovered from the great joy of reuniting with the Water Spirit, Qin Jiao brought it to the Bamboo Garden.

This "Bamboo Garden" was built by Qin Jiao himself using high-quality Spirit Bamboo. It contained almost all of her belongings over the years.

The Bamboo Garden was divided into three floors, and each floor had four rooms.

The first floor was used by Qin Jiao as the Pill Room. The four rooms were the Medicinal Materials Room, which was used to store the medicinal materials she collected.

One of the rooms was the Pill Concoction Room. Due to the special requirements of Pill Concoction, she reconstructed the walls with other materials. Otherwise, if a Pill Concoction Room exploded, this small building would also be destroyed.

The other two rooms were used to store the Pill Concoction Room and as a warehouse to store all kinds of fruits, vegetables, and spirit rice.

Although one didn't need to eat after reaching the Golden Core Realm, she saw that many of the Spirit Fields outside were idle. Therefore, she casually scattered many seeds of Spirit Rice and Spirit Vegetables.

These seeds ripened very quickly when they were below the Middle Stage. Therefore, she had no choice but to make room for them.

Fortunately, they didn't take up much space in the storage jar.

The second floor was where she meditated and cultivated daily.

Most of them were miscellaneous items.

On the third floor, the largest room was her living room.

Apart from that, there was a room dedicated to storing cloth, clothes, shoes, and the like. The other room stored all kinds of skincare and beauty products.

Don't say that "cultivators don't have ugly faces". That was purely a lie.

It was true that when one's cultivation level was high, one would be able to adjust one's physique and improve one's appearance. However, these were all carried out based on one's original foundation. No matter how powerful one was, they couldn't immediately turn a woman with no face into a Celestial Immortal.

In fact, it was more of a change in one's bearing.

Therefore, the pursuit of beauty had nothing to do with one's age or status.

As for Qin Jiao, she considered herself to be one of the best.

She used to regard beauty as the most important thing besides cultivation and the Water Spirit.

When she brought the Water Spirit to look through the rooms one by one, Qin Jiao finally felt confident.

With these things, she didn't need to work so hard to extract and purify the Spirit Qi from the outside. She only needed to cultivate inside.

As long as her cultivation level caught up, she had nothing to be afraid of.

Thinking of Old Madam Qin and the others, Qin Jiao calmed down and her eyes were filled with smiles.

"Water Spirit, did you know that I have a family now? Although they're all ordinary people, they're very good to me, very very good."

The little "blue ball" moved vigorously.

Qin Jiao could feel the Water Spirit's happiness. He smiled and continued to tell her about her experiences in the Other World. "That's how it was …"

"Then I came in and found you again." Qin Jiao finished telling her everything.

After they calmed down, Qin Jiao thought of the time difference between the outside world and the inside world. He decided to nourish his soul and cultivate it first. He would bring his body in the next time.

The Water Spirit knew.

Qin Jiao was cultivating. He didn't disturb her and only circled around her slowly.

Qin Jiao didn't expect that he would meditate for 50 years.

In the outside world, the Qin Family was in a mess.

Qin Jiao caressed the jade flower in her hand and replied to Old Madam, "En, I was just afraid that my grandfather wouldn't bear to part with it. Although it's not worth much, didn't you see how precious my grandfather is just now?" After she finished speaking, she looked up and smiled at Old Madam.

Qin Zhao and Old Master Qin looked at each other.

Old Master Qin knocked Qin Jiao's head and teased, "You're such a good boy. You're always full of nonsense. You want to own everything that's beautiful."

"Okay, okay, let's eat. If Jiaojiao likes it, then Jiaojiao should give it to her. Stop talking nonsense."

"Okay, okay, okay. You're the only one who cares about her."

Qin Zhao joked.

When Wang Chunhua saw how excited Qin Jiao was, she thought that the flower was some kind of treasure. She didn't expect that it was a 'cheap item' that wasn't even worth three or four yuan. If she hadn't come to this city in the past, she would have thought that something that could be sold for three or four yuan was precious.

However, after five or six years in the Qin Family, she had been eating and drinking with the Qin Family. She had saved up three hundred yuan herself. Now, she really didn't care about this money.

If the Qin Jiao was acting like this because she thought the flower was beautiful, Wang Chunhua really thought that she would do something like this.

Qin Jiao, this little girl, was the most vain person she had ever met.

She used to be better, but ever since she woke up, oh my god, she's become even worse.

If you said that she was vain, then so be it. At her age, which girl didn't want to be beautiful? But for the sake of being beautiful, she was even willing to wipe the face cream on her hands and neck.

That was such a precious thing. Almost no one in the countryside would be willing to buy it.

More importantly, there was only a small amount in a box. No matter how many times she did it, the box would be gone. Which girl would do that?

Every time she saw it, her heart would ache terribly.

With this incident, Wang Chunhua felt that Qin Jiao would really go to such lengths for a flower. Moreover, it wasn't an ordinary flower. No matter how cheap it was, it couldn't stop her from being beautiful.

Wang Chunhua actually felt that she was a little like how she used to be.

However, when she thought about how rich her family was and how she liked these 'cheap items' all the time, Wang Chunhua felt very disgusted.

When she thought of this, Wang Chunhua couldn't help but show a disgusted expression on her face.

It had to be said that when a person didn't like another person, no matter what that person did, even if it had nothing to do with her, she would still find fault with that person.

This was how Wang Chunhua felt about Qin Jiao.

Wang Chunhua thought that no one could pry into her secret thoughts, but she didn't think about it. Among the few people present, except for her, who wasn't a shrewd person? How could she compare to them?

When Old Madam Yang saw the expression on Wang Chunhua's face, how could she not know what she was thinking? She was so angry that her heart ached.

Her face also darkened.

She had long disliked Wang Chunhua. She was petty, scheming, and not clear-headed.

If it weren't for the fact that she hadn't made any big mistakes and was related to her youngest daughter-in-law, she would have chased her away long ago.

In the Qin Jiao Family, Wang Chunhua ate and stayed in her family. She ate well, wore good clothes, and even received a salary. Now, she actually dared to despise her granddaughter.

Old Madam Yang thought of her youngest daughter-in-law, who was also troublesome. She blamed her eldest daughter-in-law for finding an excuse to outsiders that "relatives don't need to pay for their help". Now, she was in a dilemma. At this moment, Old Madam Yang completely lost interest in eating.

Qin Jiao also had no appetite.

Qin Jiao casually ate two mouthfuls of rice and said to them, "I'm full. I'll go back to my room first."

In the past, Old Madam Yang and Qin Zhao would have been unwilling to see her eat so little. They would have coaxed her to eat more.

But now, both of them were not in a good mood. They could also see that Qin Jiao was acting strangely. Therefore, they didn't say anything and waved their hands to let her go back to her room.

As soon as Qin Jiao entered the room, he couldn't wait to take out the jade flower to study it.

It was real!

It really contained spiritual energy.

Just as Old Madam Yang had said, other than the carving, there was nothing special about this flower.

However, when he looked at the pure spiritual energy inside, Qin Jiao felt that it was more precious than anything else.

Qin Jiao closed his eyes and quietly sensed the spiritual energy. He guided the spiritual energy into his body.

Success!

Qin Jiao felt the vitality in his body. His eyes were full of joy.

After calming down, Qin Jiao carefully looked at the jade flower again. He found that it was not as beautiful as before.

Qin Jiao calmed down and thought carefully. He guessed that this jade flower was similar to a container that could temporarily remove the impurities in the spiritual energy.

It could purify the spiritual energy in the air and store it in the container.

However, he wasn't sure if this jade flower was the only one with this ability. Or if there were other things that could play this role as well.

Qin Jiao upstairs was extremely excited. However, the atmosphere downstairs was very strange. Qin Zhao slowly put down his chopsticks. He looked at Wang Chunhua and said slowly, "Aunt Wang, how many years have you been living in my house?"

"Ah, almost six years." Wang Chunhua didn't know how to react.

"How have you been living in my house all these years?"

"Pretty good. Everyone has been very good to me."

"Compared to when you were living in the countryside?"

"Of course, the countryside can't be compared to here." Wang Chunhua didn't know why Qin Zhao asked her this. However, looking at Qin Zhao, who was different from his usual cheeky self, Wang Chunhua didn't dare to fool him.

"You've been living here for a long time. I'm afraid you've forgotten your home in the countryside. I've never heard of anyone who can be so rude to their master. Have you heard of anyone?"

"No, I've never heard of anyone like that."

"That's good. I don't like people like that. I also believe that you're not that kind of person, right?"

"Yes, yes, no, no, I'm not." Wang Chunhua looked at Qin Zhao's face. She didn't know why, but when she heard his words, she shivered.

That afternoon, Wang Chunhua told the old lady that she wanted to go back to her home in the countryside.

The old lady happened to see that she was annoyed and immediately agreed.

Since ancient times, whether it was humans, demons, or devils, they had been fighting for it. In the end, it was nothing more than the hope that one day, they could step onto the path of immortality and become a god.

And Spirit Qi was the most essential thing on this long path of cultivation.

From this, it could be seen that this Lingxu Mountain was unique and powerful.

The Lingxu Mountain was full of Spirit Qi, but outsiders rarely entered.

Because of this, the mountain was full of danger. If there was no mountain demon leading the way, one would definitely suffer heavy losses.

The losses were equal to the gains. Thus, very few experts broke through the mountain and entered.

And on this Lingxu Mountain, the one that people talked about the most was the demon cultivator Lingyan.

This demon was a thousand-year-old bamboo spirit. Her cultivation was considered powerful among the female cultivators in the Sao Ruo Continent.

In addition, it had to be said that the female demon's appearance was also top-notch in this cultivation world where there were beauties everywhere. Especially her snow-white skin, which was moist and translucent, it was extremely alluring.

At this time, the usually peaceful Lingxu Mountain was extremely chaotic and noisy.

Why?

It was obviously because of the demon cultivator Lingyan.

If it was in the past, the demons would only focus on cultivation and continue to cultivate. Those who liked to watch a show would watch the show at the foot of the mountain.

But at this time, the demons on Lingxu Mountain were extremely surprised. In the past, there were many who were jealous of the Lingyan and fought, regardless of whether they were men or women.

But to be able to fight their way up to Lingxu Mountain and beat the female demon Lingyan into such a sorry state, this was really the first time.

No one knew why.

Why?

Because she came for her lover!

"Hmph, I didn't think that the Lingyan would have such a day and be beaten into such a sorry state by someone else," a demon cultivator in pink mocked.

But just as she finished speaking, a man next to her replied with a smile, "Hey, Fu Qu, who doesn't know that it was your lover who chased after the Lingyan? When did the Lingyan take the initiative to provoke him? Moreover, all these years, when did the Lingyan pay attention to him?"

But this man did not know that it was precisely because of this that she was even more furious.

Why was it that the Lingyan did not even look at him before she had the right to attack him?

Looking at the sorry figure of the Lingyan in the bamboo forest in front of her, she was extremely happy at this moment. She only wished that she could be that blue-clothed female cultivator and take the Lingyan's cheap life with a good sword.

"Bamboo Demon, you've always been shameless and dissolute, causing many male cultivators to fight you. Now, you've become even worse, daring to seduce a Buddhist cultivator. Today, I'll enforce justice on behalf of the heavens and take your demon life." Looking at the person on the ground who was in such a sorry state, Liu Linrou was extremely disdainful.

Thinking about how that gentle and handsome person was entangled with this little female demon, Liu Linrou was extremely embarrassed and angry.

At this moment, the Lingyan was also extremely angry.

She used her spiritual energy to resist and angrily said, "Liu Linrou, why do you have to speak so righteously? Even without me, that monk would definitely not do as you wish. Now that you want to break my cultivation, you're just relying on the fact that you're the reincarnation of a god.

Since that's the case, why do you have to speak so righteously? Today, either you die, or I die. "

After saying this, the Lingyan used the last bit of spiritual energy in her body to mobilize her inner core and pounced towards Liu Linrou.

With a loud sound, the two people who were fighting to the death just a moment ago disappeared, leaving behind only sand that filled the sky.

The Lingyan opened her eyes. Although her consciousness was being torn apart at this moment, her eyes were filled with unconcealable ecstasy.

Thinking back to that time, although she was a thousand-year-old demon, she was still unable to defeat the reincarnation of a god, Liu Linrou.

That Liu Linrou relied on the protection behind him to humiliate her.

The Lingyan only hated that her cultivation was so low.

In fact, according to the Lingyan's identity as a loose cultivator, without the guidance of family elders, and without the nourishment of heavenly treasures, who wouldn't secretly praise her for being able to cultivate to her current level of cultivation?

However, fate was often like this. No matter how much effort, no matter how much talent, it often couldn't compare to 'family' and 'background'.

As such, she could only sigh and say that the heavens were unfair.

The Lingyan clearly knew that she wouldn't be able to survive today's tribulation.

The 3,523 years of bitter cultivation would come to an end today.

However, the Lingyan was unwilling to accept this. She would rather die, and her soul would scatter, just so that she could perish together with Liu Linrou.

Moreover, she still had a trace of life.

No one knew that the Lingyan had a treasure.

This item was like mist, without a physical form. Its entire body was filled with a light blue color, and from afar, it actually looked like a blue spring.

Thus, the Lingyan named it the Water Spirit.

This item was obtained when she was 700 years old, when she explored a secret realm in the water.

Although she still didn't know the specific uses of this item, she was sure that her cultivation and even her appearance had improved greatly because of it.

In addition, the Water Spirit seemed to have the effect of cleansing one's meridians and nourishing one's spiritual sense.

Due to the fact that she was bound to lose, and the unwillingness in Lingyan's heart, she chose to self-destruct her inner core. When she died with Liu Linrou, she gambled that the Water Spirit would protect her spiritual sense, and thus obtain a trace of life.

From the moment she opened her eyes, the Lingyan knew that she had won the gamble.

The Lingyan didn't have the time to check her current environment, and hurriedly searched her sea of consciousness.

The process of searching caused the Lingyan, who currently had no spiritual energy, to feel unbearably painful. However, when she saw the mustard seed space in the corner of her sea of consciousness, the Lingyan felt that the pain was worth it.

She tried to circulate her spiritual energy to open the mustard seed space. As expected, there was no spiritual energy in her body, so she naturally couldn't open the space.

The Lingyan couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.

However, to tell the truth, the Lingyan actually didn't think that her mustard seed space could still exist in her sea of consciousness in perfect condition.

At the time when she self-destructed her inner core, she only had a bit of spiritual energy left in her body, let alone after that.

This result could be considered to be within her expectations. However, the Lingyan still felt that it was a pity for the items in her space, and her heart ached greatly.

Afterwards, the Lingyan examined her current situation.

In the blink of an eye, she discovered that there were things she had never heard of or seen before.