Steel Fir and Green Tree

Looking at Yue Shaohua's pitiful face covered in rice grains, how could Xu Yunxin bear to refuse?

Besides, didn't every single pill that Yue Shaohua refined end up in his pocket?

It would be an injustice not to pamper and spoil such a selfless alchemist who has his own alchemy furnace and works diligently!

Xu Yunxin nodded in agreement instinctively.

Yue Shaohua cheered, then buried himself in his rice again.

Looking at Yue Shaohua's innocent and carefree appearance, Yue Yinping shook her head while quickly shoveling rice into her mouth.

That evening, Xu Yunxin nurtured the spirit rice again. One-tenth of the two thousand spirit rice plants triggered the destiny [Plant Growth], and the plants became taller. The rest did not trigger it.

The "Azure Jade Ginseng" among the three spiritual plants triggered the destiny [Plant Growth], and the ginseng seedling became stronger.

The "Golden Sunflower" and "Jade Bowl Lotus" were not triggered, but the lotus seeds in the "Jade Bowl Lotus" lotus pod had already grown.

There are five lotus flowers, each bearing nine lotus seeds, for a total of forty-five seeds.

This "Jade Bowl Lotus" is next to the "Azure Jade Ginseng" and is nourished by Xu Yunxin's spiritual power, so all forty-five lotus seeds it produced are full of vitality.

Xu Yunxin dug a shallow ditch around the green pond and planted the forty-five "Jade Bowl Lotus" seeds one after the first "Jade Bowl Lotus".

Once these "Jade Bowl Lotus Seeds" sprout, the air and scenery in the cave will be even better.

After nurturing all the saxaul trees, tamarisk trees, and red mushrooms, Xu Yunxin returned to the town lord's mansion.

Uncle Fu and his two daughters from the Yue family had finished packing.

Uncle Fu handed the prepared storage bag to Xu Yunxin, which contained the "Red Mushrooms" they hadn't finished eating during this period, as well as some first-tier monster meat and monster materials.

Yue Shaohua, carrying a small bag, watched with anticipation as Xiao Qing exhaled smoke and rose into the clouds.

"Uncle Fu, Sister Ping, Shaohua and I will be right back. We're leaving the town in your care!"

Yue Yinping glanced at Xu Yunxin, then crossed her arms and remained silent.

Uncle Fu stepped forward and said, "Young Master, don't worry. More than ten days have passed since the winter month began, and the barbarians haven't come to retaliate. As long as the barbarians don't come, with me and Ping'er here, the town will definitely be fine!"

Xu Yunxin nodded. He had delayed returning to Wancheng until now, partly to unlock the Destiny [Plant Growth] skill, and partly to guard against the barbarians' sudden revenge.

Now that everything is settled, he should go back for a visit.

The parting between cultivators is not so sorrowful, especially since this is only a short separation.

With Xiao Qing, a second-tier high-grade spirit beast, the distance between Qingxi Town and Wancheng is no longer a problem.

Xu Yunxin and Yue Shaohua can be described as "going and coming back quickly".

Xiaoqing vanished into thin air with a cloud of mist, taking Xu Yunxin and Yue Shaohua with her.

On the cloud platform, Yue Shaohua looked around curiously.

This was the first time in her life that she had ever flown on a cloud. Although it wasn't her own cloud, the experience still thrilled her.

However, this excitement came and went quickly. After flying for half a day, all Xiaoqing could see was the vast Gobi Desert, with rough, yellowish-brown sand and stones everywhere.

Yue Shaohua lost interest and kept pestering Xu Yunxin with questions. With Xu Yunxin's permission, she even touched Xiaoqing, feeling that her relationship with Xiaoqing had taken another step forward.

Since advancing to the next level, Xiaoqing's speed in flying through the clouds has far surpassed before; she not only flies faster but also has better stealth capabilities.

What would normally be a journey of more than ten days on horseback was covered by Xiaoqing in less than two days. She flew across the dense forest and landed a little further away from Shuangmu Town.

Out of courtesy, Xu Yunxin decided to visit Lin Qingsheng in Shuangmu Town first.

Lin Qingsheng's reaction to Xu Yunxin's visit was a mixture of surprise and special emotion.

It was as if the sick horse he had bet on actually ran the entire race and miraculously won the honor.

When they met again, Lin Qingsheng was still the same, but Xu Yunxin had transformed from a naive young man into a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator with a profound aura.

"Nephew, you've advanced to the late stage of Qi Refining!?"

Lin Qingsheng stared wide-eyed in disbelief, his tone hesitant.

Xu Yunxin smiled modestly and said, "Uncle Lin has a good eye. With the help of my family, I was fortunate enough to get some opportunities and just broke through to the seventh level of Qi Refining."

A glint flashed in Lin Qingsheng's eyes as he considered many things in that instant. He forced a smile and said, "Very well! Since the family wants to help and my nephew is fortunate enough to have this opportunity, it's all a blessing from heaven!"

Xu Yunxin smiled and agreed, then reached into his storage bag and took out a crimson wooden box, handing it to Lin Qingsheng and saying, "I am grateful for Uncle Lin's generous help last time, and I have prepared a small gift to present to you. Please accept it, Uncle Lin."

Upon hearing this, Lin Qingsheng felt elated and smiled as he had the butler standing nearby accept the gift, without opening it on the spot.

Xu Yunxin then got straight to the point, asking Lin Qingsheng what kind of spiritual plants were used as town walls outside "Shuangmu Town" and whether he could sell seedlings.

Upon hearing that there was business to be done, Lin Qingsheng's smile widened, and he said frankly, "To be honest, my dear nephew, the spiritual plants outside the town are 'steel fir trees' that have been improved from 'hemlock wood'. Although their defensive power is not as good as 'talisman gold bricks', it is not far off."

Sitting next to Xu Yunxin, Yue Shaohua saw Lin Qingsheng comparing his own village wall to "talismanic gold bricks" and immediately knew that Lin Qingsheng was just bragging. So she quietly tugged at Xu Yunxin's sleeve.

Xu Yunxin had a good idea of ​​what was going on, and then asked Lin Qingsheng about the grade and price of this "steel fir and green tree".

The "Steel Fir Green Tree" is a mid-grade first-tier spiritual plant, which is not as high-grade as the first-tier superior Golden Buddha Tree that Xu Yunxin contracted. Its biggest feature is its hard bark and fast growth. Its value is between 150 and 200 spirit stones.

"Nephew, if you need any, you can order from Uncle Lin. I'll give you the lowest price: 149 spirit stones per plant, how about that?"

Xu Yunxin thanked him with a smile, saying that he still needed to go home and discuss it with his clan elder grandfather, and would come back to Lin Qingsheng to place an order once he had a result.

After discussing the spiritual plant, the two chatted for a while longer before Xu Yunxin got up to take his leave.

Lin Qingsheng didn't try to stop him. After Xu Yunxin led Yue Shaohua away, he ordered the butler to open the wooden box to see what kind of thank-you gift had been sent to him.

After the wooden box was opened, a layer of well-cut, yellowish-brown snakeskin was laid at the bottom, with ten pairs of snake fangs and a good-looking red mushroom on it.

Lin Qingsheng, a seasoned businessman, immediately recognized that the snake skin and fangs were from a top-grade first-tier "Crimson-tailed Roaring Serpent," worth around eight spirit stones.

Lin Qingsheng pondered for a moment, then turned to the butler standing beside him and asked, "Yuanfang, what do you think?"

The person in the distance bowed slightly and said, "These Crimson-tailed Roaring Serpents appear in the southernmost part of the land. Each one contains a deadly poison. Ordinary Qi Refining cultivators would never dare to provoke them. The young man from the Xu family took out ten pairs at once, which shows that his strength should not be underestimated."

Lin Qingsheng nodded slightly, then thought for a moment before asking uncertainly, "Then what do you think? Should we head the caravan a little further south?"