22: Chapter 22 Level 2 Farmland

The pale cyan light screen floating before Li Qing shimmered slightly, clearly listing the information for five Immortal Cave buildings. Each line of text exuded a Heaven-Defying effect capable of driving the entire Cultivation world into a frenzy.

【training room Lv1】

【Effect: Cultivation Technique and spell comprehension speed increased by 10%, with a 1% chance of an Epiphany!】

【Construction Requirements: Qi Refining Stage 1, Low-Grade Spirit Stone × 5.】

【Talisman Room Lv1】

【Effect: Success rate for Tier 1 Low Grade Talisman increased by 10%.】

【Construction Requirements: Qi Refining Stage 1, Low-Grade Spirit Stone × 5.】

【Pill Refining Room Lv1】

【Effect: Success rate for Tier 1 Low Grade Medicinal Pill increased by 10%.】

【Construction Requirements: Qi Refining Stage 1, Low-Grade Spirit Stone × 5.】

【Artifact Refining Room Lv1】

【Effect: Success rate for forging Low Grade Magical Artifact increased by 10%.】

【Construction Requirements: Qi Refining Stage 1, Low-Grade Spirit Stone × 5.】

【Formation Room Lv1】

【Effect: Success rate for creating Tier 1 Low Grade Formation increased by 10%.】

【Construction Requirements: Qi Refining Stage 1, Low-Grade Spirit Stone × 5.】

Five buildings, five types of abilities, covering the four most important skills in a Cultivator's cultivation and the hundred arts of immortality. Yet, the construction threshold was shockingly low, requiring only Qi Refining Stage 1 cultivation and five Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

If such an Opportunity were known to Loose Cultivators outside, they would likely spare no cost to come and seize it, and even Sect Disciples would be green with envy.

Yet, looking at these extremely tempting options, Li Qing merely shook his head lightly. There was no greed in his eyes to cloud his judgment; instead, he appeared exceptionally clear-headed and calm.

He understood the principle of "biting off more than one can chew" better than anyone.

Any single attribute of these buildings was a Treasure Trove capable of overturning the fate of a Loose Cultivator. But placed before him, with his low cultivation and lack of resources, they seemed flashy and impractical, or even temporarily useless.

The training room, first and foremost, could increase the speed of comprehending Cultivation Techniques and even trigger the incomparably precious Epiphany.

The word 'Epiphany' represented a Heaven-Defying Opportunity on the path of cultivation. Once triggered, one could instantly break through a Bottleneck and comprehend a Profound Truth. It was a stroke of fortune that countless Cultivators sought but could never obtain.

Yet for Li Qing, this path was completely unviable.

His path of Cultivation was already different from others. His Breakthroughs never relied on comprehension or insight, but were built up solid and real by Spirit Stones. The speed of comprehension meant almost nothing to him; no matter how strong the training room was, it could not help him directly increase his cultivation.

After all, he was just a Loose Cultivator with Mixed Spiritual Roots.

As for the Talisman Room, Pill Refining Room, Artifact Refining Room, and Formation Room—these four disciplines were each profound, bottomless pits that drained one's mental energy.

Entering them required not only the corresponding Legacy Secret Manuals but also vast amounts of Spiritual Plants, Materials, Talisman paper, Pill Furnaces, artifact embryos, and Formation Plates. Subsequent cultivation was like burning Spirit Stones; ordinary Cultivators might exhaust their entire lives without mastering even one of these.

The Immortal Cave unlocking all four buildings at once was clearly inducing him to Cultivate all four and become an omnipotent Cultivator.

But Li Qing understood that he was currently only at Qi Refining Stage 4, like an ant before true powerhouses.

Forget about comprehensive development in pills, Talismans, artifacts, and Formations; even just practicing his main Cultivation Technique solidly, without giving up halfway or stalling due to resource shortages, would already be the best result.

He knew his own position very well and understood his most important goal at the moment.

Without Foundation Establishment, one would always be an ant in the world of immortality.

No matter how high one reached in the Qi Refining Stage, it was merely a transitional phase above Mortals and below Cultivators. Only by stepping into Foundation Establishment could one truly enter the gate of immortality and possess the qualification to stand on one's own.

As for the side disciplines of pills, Talismans, artifacts, and Formations—perhaps when he became a Foundation Establishment Master one day, with stable cultivation and sufficient resources, he would have the leisure to slowly study them. But now, it was definitely not the time to be distracted.

Although he couldn't use these buildings for the time being, Li Qing still couldn't help but feel a bit of expectation.

These buildings were like a Treasure Trove buried deep within the Immortal Cave, just that he didn't have the ability to open them yet.

Suppressing the surging thoughts in his heart, Li Qing stopped looking at the light screen and ended the Immortal Cave upgrade.

Looking down at the remaining Spirit Stones, there were 182 Low-Grade Spirit Stones left.

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Qing decided to use all these Spirit Stones on the place that could bring him the most stable returns—the farmland and the Spirit Well.

Ever since he accidentally obtained this magical Immortal Cave, although the Spirit Well had helped him escape his predicament, the farmland was his greatest reliance and the source of all his Spirit Stones.

After all, Li Qing dared not sell spirit dew recklessly.

It could be said that without the farmland, there would be no Li Qing today. Calling it his foundation for making a fortune and his provider of food and clothing was not an exaggeration at all.

If the Lv1 farmland was like this, what kind of surprises would the upgraded farmland bring?

A strong sense of anticipation arose in Li Qing's heart. He tapped his finger lightly, choosing to upgrade the farmland.

"Do you wish to upgrade the farmland?"

The cold and clear prompt of the Immortal Cave sounded directly in the depths of his mind.

Li Qing did not hesitate in the slightest and immediately thought firmly in his heart:

"Yes, upgrade!"

The moment the words fell, fifty Low-Grade Spirit Stones vanished, as if drawn away by an invisible force, transforming into wisps of pure, gentle cyan Spiritual Qi that surged toward the farmland in the corner of the Immortal Cave.

Suddenly shrouded in a layer of soft, pale green halo, a rich aura rushed toward him.

The green light faded, and the farmland appeared. Like the Immortal Cave, it showed no changes.

Li Qing couldn't wait to open the attribute panel of the upgraded farmland.

【farmland Lv2】

【Effect: Spiritual Plant growth speed is four times that of the outside world.】

【farmland Lv3 Upgrade Conditions: Qi Refining Stage 7, Low-Grade Spirit Stone × 500.】

When he saw the text on the attribute panel, Li Qing's heart jumped violently, and a strong sense of pleasant surprise instantly rushed through his whole body!

He never expected that the benefit brought by upgrading the farmland was that the growth speed of Spiritual Plants was directly increased to four times that of the outside world!

What terrifying efficiency!

Li Qing counted on his fingers, carefully calculating:

Previously, with the Lv1 farmland, the growth speed was twice that of the outside world; he harvested a crop every three months. Now, he could harvest a crop of spirit rice in one and a half months.

This meant that in the three months it took before, Li Qing could harvest 1,200 catties of spirit rice, but now it would be 2,400 catties.

1,200 Low-Grade Spirit Stones!

This number exploded in Li Qing's mind. For him, currently at Qi Refining Stage 4, over a thousand Spirit Stones was a huge fortune capable of changing his destiny!

This was no mere farmland; this was clearly a golden road paved with Spirit Stones!