Longevity: Start Farming with Entries-Chapter 419 - 383: News of the Cold Crow Ascendant and an Encounter on the Road (2)

Chapter 419: Chapter 383: News of the Cold Crow Ascendant and an Encounter on the Road (2)

Li Lan hurriedly said, "It’s all thanks to Shopkeeper Lu’s excellent guidance, otherwise, I wouldn’t have today’s achievements."

"I certainly won’t let down Shopkeeper Lu’s expectations."

"Mm, it’s enough that you have this mindset." Qin Ming patted him on the shoulder, "Alright, I’m just looking around casually, you carry on with your work."

"By the way, the dozen or so Jade Emperor Spirit Rice plants at the corner of the Spirit Field on the right have developed a mutation insect disease, do I need to teach you how to handle it?"

Li Lan was taken aback upon hearing this and immediately clasped his hands, "Ah? Thank you for the reminder, Shopkeeper Lu!"

"I’ll go and treat them right away."

After Qin Ming left, Li Lan went to the place Qin Ming had pointed out earlier and carefully observed those few Jade Emperor Spirit Rice plants.

But after observing for most of the day, he couldn’t see any signs of the mutation insect disease.

Until he recalled Qin Ming’s insights on Spirit Plants, leafed through for a while, and finally found some thread-like thin green lines behind a few leaves.

These thin lines were very similar to the veins of the Spirit Plants, so much so that without careful observation, they were really hard to distinguish.

"To be able to find the diseased Spirit Plant among tens of thousands in just a short moment."

"Just this alone, Shopkeeper Lu’s Spirit Plant Mastery must have reached an extremely high realm."

Li Lan was even more convinced by Qin Ming, admitting that even after studying for decades more, he wouldn’t be able to achieve this.

This was no longer just simple planting of Spirit Plants, but had reached an astounding level of communication with the plants, as legends said.

...

Qin Ming exited the Spirit Field and headed again to the Five Elements Mountain Market to gather news.

Although he now had Hua Tianxiong under him to gather spiritual materials and intelligence, he still liked to personally take a stroll through the market during his cultivation breaks.

The Five Elements Mountain Market had quite a lot of information.

Due to its special geographical location and the various intelligence organizations scattered throughout the market, any minor disturbance in the Cultivation Realm would promptly appear here.

Moreover, Qin Ming faintly felt that the current situation was somehow intricately linked to the Secret Realm discovered at Divine Dao Mountain.

Even though so much time had passed, the information had not yet leaked out, but over the past few years, the cultivators heading to the Five Elements Mountain had noticeably increased.

There were quite a few unfamiliar cultivator faces.

Qin Ming even suspected that those Demonic Cultivators from the Blood Refining Demon Sect who had descended from the Blood Realm might have already infiltrated and lurked here.

After all, over three years came and went, and the Great Zhou Cultivation Realm collapsed like an avalanche, totally falling into the hands of the Great Li Demon Dao.

And Cold Crow Ascendant, the Nascent Soul True Monarch from Xuanqing Temple, fled without a fight, condemned and despised by all, completely nailed to the pillar of shame throughout history.

A Nascent Soul Stage cultivator with such a ruined reputation was unprecedented.

That day, Qin Ming also made an appointment with Han Yuan and the other two to gather at the Wind-Riding Tower to catch up and inquire about the situation.

The group gathered in a private room on the third floor to drink and eat.

"Fellow Daoist Lu surely is a busy man, only now thinking of us after such a long absence."

Liu Ye smilingly poured wine for Qin Ming.

"Busy with nothing, busy with nothing." Qin Ming replied modestly.

"Look at that, Fellow Daoist Lu is being modest again."

"Who doesn’t know that Fellow Daoist Lu’s Mirror Snow Pavilion is now a renowned existence in the Ten Thousand Dao Business Alliance."

"Speaking of which, the scene of Fellow Daoist Lu sailing with us from the Southern Wilderness to Great Jin years ago is still fresh in my memory."

"In just a few years, Fellow Daoist Lu has transformed the Mirror Snow Pavilion from an unknown small business in the Southern Border to a well-known entity."

"Such means and boldness truly make us feel ashamed!"

Han Yuan also sighed with emotion.

After three rounds of drinking.

The topic shifted to the current situation in the Cultivation Realm.

Han Yuan first set up a Soundproof Barrier in the private room, then said with a rather grave expression:

"Fellow Daoist Lu, do you know why the Great Zhou collapsed and was defeated so quickly this time?"

"Isn’t it said that it’s related to the Blood Refining Demon Sect from the Blood Realm and Cold Crow Ascendant’s flight without a fight?" Qin Ming asked with some doubt.

"Sigh! Fellow Daoist Lu, you know part of it, but not the whole story."

"Recently, more intelligence came back from Elder Jin Han at the top of the Commerce Alliance."

"The real inside story is not like what’s being spread outside."

"It is said that at the time, Cold Crow Ascendant of Xuanqing Temple didn’t flee without a fight right away; instead, he first had a major battle with the Blood Refining Demon Sect."

"Just that there were only a handful of cultivators who witnessed that magic fight firsthand."

"Elder Jin Han said that in that battle, Cold Crow Ascendant was defeated and fled, which led to the subsequent fleeing of Xuanqing Temple as a whole."

Upon hearing this, Qin Ming also asked with some surprise, "What? Is there such a thing? Even Cold Crow Ascendant, at the Nascent Soul Stage, couldn’t match them..."

"If that’s the case... could the Blood Refining Demon Sect’s means be so terrifying?"

"Exactly, the rumors say that among the Blood Refining Demon Sect from this descent realm, there are two extremely powerful Demon Sect Holy Son and Saintess, whose Cultivation Techniques and Divine Techniques are unfathomably mysterious, even surpassing Nascent Soul Great Powers."

"Cold Crow Ascendant likely lost to these two individuals."

"Fortunately, Cold Crow Ascendant, grievously injured, took all of Xuanqing Temple’s foundational treasures with him when he left, leaving the Demonic Cultivators empty-handed."

"I heard from Elder Jin Han that now the Blood Refining Demon Sect’s Demonic Cultivators are searching everywhere for Cold Crow Ascendant’s whereabouts."

"But he seems to have vanished into thin air, leaving the Demon Dao helpless."

"In my opinion, Cold Crow Ascendant is truly the real wise man hiding wisdom in simplicity!"