9: Planning for Immortal Destiny

“Lord Shen?”

“Hm?”

“Isn’t the success rate of a spell seal higher when it’s quieter?”

“That’s for ordinary people. Lord Shen, I am not an ordinary person.”

“Then those incantations you chanted, were they mysterious words used by ancient Arch-Wizards to communicate with heaven and earth?”

“No, they were just for show.”

“Ah? Why?”

“To bluff people.”

Shen Li took off his soaking wet clothes and wrung them dry.

He found he didn’t have much strength in his hands.

Qiu Ya took them, wrung out the water, and then placed them over the brazier to dry.

A total of forty Spirit Stones consumed, plus the Small Cloud Rain Technique, this rain would last for a full day and night.

So, outside, it was still pouring rain.

It was a bit damp overhead, and Shen Li shook his head.

He probably didn’t expect that such a long rain in the Yellow Sand Plains would cause the roof to leak.

Shen Li took a sip of tea, relaxed a bit, and said to Qiu Ya.

“We only brought a few dozen people from the Shen Family, which is just enough to handle the matters of the City Lord’s Mansion. Other affairs simply cannot be expanded.”

“So, we need prestige to control the mortal populace.”

Qiu Ya still didn’t understand.

“Mortal populace, just order them around. If they don’t obey, beat them. If they still don’t, kill them.”

Shen Li glanced at her and said.

“Barbarian.”

“This relates to mobilizing enthusiasm….” Shen Li casually said a sentence and then stopped talking.

It was like playing a lute to a cow to talk about these things with these martial artists whose muscles grew in their brains, and Cultivators whose Spiritual Qi had turned into mush in their brains.

How could forcing people to do things compare to people doing things wholeheartedly, doing more, and doing it seriously?

Making people wholeheartedly submit not only requires powerful martial force but sometimes also requires a carrot.

Shen Li dismissed Qiu Ya, then began to study the new Opportunity.

The first Opportunity seemed a bit dangerous, but that was before. The Yunmai Heshui Formation could deal with Cultivators at the high level of Qi Condensation, let alone these martial artists of the Black Horn Gang.

He had inquired about the Black Horn Gang before. It was said that their mysterious leader was a Grandmaster, but that was all.

He was not afraid.

Once they entered Black Ridge City, it was his territory.

That exotic treasure, the Living Spring Water Vein, was a rare and good item.

Especially for the Yellow Sand Plains, which was already short on water.

The ninth-rank heaven and earth treasure was not as good as Crescent Lake, but it could open up a water vein on the ground, connecting to the mysterious underground dark river.

Making Black Ridge City no longer short on water.

After all, frequently praying for rain was quite a drain on Spiritual Qi.

Black Ridge City had no Spiritual Vein, so Spiritual Qi replenishment could only rely on Spirit Stones, which was too slow and too extravagant for Spiritual Qi replenishment.

And the next item was somewhat related to the Living Spring Water Vein.

Profound Yellow Qi.

Profound Yellow Qi, like moon essence spirit water, was a consumable ninth-rank heaven and earth treasure.

It was just that the two had different focuses.

The ninth-rank Profound Yellow Qi could create one mu of Ninth Grade Spiritual Field, where spirit plants could be sown, and their growth rate accelerated.

For example, the sea buckthorn fruit he brought from the Shen Family could be planted in the Spiritual Field. The sea buckthorn fruit, which originally took three years to grow tall, three years to flower, and three years to bear fruit, could be reduced to one year.

You heard that right, the Spiritual Field was that abnormal.

Moreover, if planted in a Ninth Grade Spiritual Field for a long time, the unranked sea buckthorn fruit had a chance to transform into a ninth-rank heaven and earth treasure.

This was a truly good item, a True Immortal Opportunity.

Thinking of this, Shen Li’s breathing began to become hot.

Only two words were in his mind.

Farming!

Farming!

Still farming!

With a flash in his eyes, Shen Li called Qiu Ya and then whispered instructions.

“I have a small piece of news. That Zhou Ba is from the Black Horn Gang, and the news has probably already been sent back. Three days later, perhaps people from the Black Horn Gang will secretly come here.”

“You need to be vigilant.”

Qiu Ya tilted her head, a strange look flashing across her beautiful face. Her wheat-colored skin, combined with her agile physique, made this action look exactly like a big cat tilting its head and looking at you adorably.

“Lord Shen, did you sense something again?”

Shen Li naturally used another excuse for the Immortal Seedling matter.

Anyway, this was a cultivation world, and mysterious things were the most common.

He nodded and said.

“Yes, go and do it.”

“Understood.”

“Also, from now on, call me Young Master. Lord Shen sounds too old.”

That graceful figure paused for a moment, then nodded and said.

“Okay, Young Master.”

After leaving the room, Qiu Ya patted her rapidly beating heart and took a deep breath.

“Lord” was usually a respectful title used by Dao Protectors for Immortal Seedlings, which could not be overstepped or too intimate.

These martial artists seemed powerful in close combat, but in the eyes of those Immortal Seedlings and Cultivators, they were no different from slaves.

However, the title of “Young Master” sounded much more intimate.

This also meant that the Shen Family Immortal Seed behind her regarded her as one of his own.

How could this not make Qiu Ya happy?

After all, an Immortal Seedling was also an Immortal.

After giving instructions, Shen Li took out the saplings, Qing He Cow, and spirit water he had brought from the Shen Family.

Looking at the somewhat listless Water-Passing Pangolin Fish, Shen Li reluctantly took out spirit water and poured it into a largeCylinder.

Crescent Lake was a ninth-rank treasure, and this Water-Passing Pangolin Fish, which was almost at the ninth-rank, naturally had extremely high requirements for water quality. If it stayed in an ordinary environment for a long time, it might degenerate.

The ability of the Water-Passing Pangolin Fish was also to nourish water veins. After reaching the ninth-rank, it could also enhance the Spiritual Qi in the water veins, so it could not be neglected.

Now Shen Li could only do this. At worst, he would pay for spirit water to raise it.

In short, it could not regress!

The Qing He Cow looked blankly at the rain outside, then affectionately nudged Shen Li, and its big mouth was about to bite the sea buckthorn fruit sapling at its feet.

“Get lost! If you eat it, I’ll stew you!”

The Qing He Cow was crossbred from a type of Qing He Beast, and it had some human-like intelligence. It mooed, turning its tail towards Shen Li.

Shen Li snorted coldly and kicked it out of the courtyard.

“Get out!”

Standing at the doorway, watching the Qing He Cow chewing on the flowers and plants in the courtyard in the rain, looking at the pouring rain overhead, the heavy rain flowed down the eaves, like wine clinging to a glass.

At this moment, a sense of tranquility appeared in Shen Li’s heart. Looking at the rain curtain, he softly said.

“This will be my territory from now on.”

Unconsciously, Shen Li’s state of mind improved slightly.

Satisfied and proud!

This was also the true meaning of cultivation.

Hundreds of miles away, a group of people galloped under the sun, with sand rolling behind them. It was clear that some Yao Beast was chasing them!

The carriage was overturned, and immediately people and horses were thrown into disarray.

The battle erupted. Several Acquired martial artists and one Innate martial artist continuously smashed at the sand crabs that emerged.

After a long time, the battle ended, but with heavy casualties.

In front of the blood-soaked corpses, the Innate martial artist with a scar on his face picked up a miniature spring eye. Looking inside, it was full of water vapor.

He couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief.

“Good, good, the Restriction of this Living Spring Water Vein was not destroyed.”

“There’s still some distance to the gang. We need to find a closer place to replenish and rest.”

A member of the Black Horn Gang opened the map, then pointed in a direction and said.

“Hmm, there’s Black Ridge City here. Zhou Ba is stationed here, and I heard he has already become the chief clerk. It’s very safe.”

“Then let’s go there. It’s been a long time since I saw that fatass Zhou Ba. It’s a good Opportunity to catch up!”