Chapter 100 The Cangxuan Realm has been entered...

Autumn has arrived in the Cangxuan Realm, and the weather has become much cooler.

On Jiarong Mountain, the temperature is still as high as in summer from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

At 2 p.m., after planting a peach sapling, Li Chang'an straightened up and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his brow.

Li Xiaoguai, a little bigger than the palm of his hand, perched on his left shoulder, ignoring the large movements he made while planting the tree, and firmly hooked her claws onto the fabric of his clothes to make sure she didn't slip off.

Li Chang'an took out a water bottle from his storage bag, took a big gulp of water, then took out a small plate, took Li Xiaoguai off his shoulder, and placed her on the plate.

Li Xiaoguai glanced at Li Chang'an, let out a soft "meow" in her babyish voice, lowered her head, and casually licked the water a couple of times as a token gesture.

Li Chang'an chuckled, stroked Li Xiaoguai's fur with his index finger, and whispered, "Drink more, don't get heatstroke. Besides, kittens need to drink more of this water, it's very beneficial."

This is boiled water from the Ningjing River, which contains spiritual energy.

Li Xiaoguai is the only ordinary species in this Xuanling Immortal Mountain. Drinking more of this water will make you healthier and help you live longer.

It couldn't understand Li Chang'an's words, but it seemed to understand his meaning, so it lowered its head to drink water again.

Li Chang'an chuckled again, raised his head, and said to Jingjing and Golden Beard, "Take a rest, plant slowly, no rush."

During this period, he bought a lot of fruit tree seedlings, and in just a few days, he planted several hundred of them, including the golden-bearded ones.

He planned the orchard's location on the eastern side of Jiarong Mountain, where the sunlight was best, and where there was originally only a large patch of weeds. After several days of their efforts, a small area has been transformed into short, bare saplings.

Although there is less greenery now, it is easy to imagine that once these saplings grow up, this area will definitely become more lush.

Upon hearing Li Chang'an's words, the spirits all put down their shovels and went to the insulated metal buckets to drink the chilled milk tea and fruit tea.

After eating with Li Chang'an and the others every day, they also fell in love with the sweet water that the fungus spirits loved to drink.

When planting trees on Jiarong Mountain, the afternoon temperature rises. Having a cup of this sweet water, finding a corner to lie down, circulating spiritual energy to cool down and take a nap is simply too comfortable.

The spirits all went to take a nap, and Jingjing also went to the Ningjing River, where she transformed into her original form and soaked in the water.

Li Chang'an found a place to sit down, holding a small piece of clay in his left hand and a small drill bit in his right hand, drilling a hole in the clay.

After drilling several holes around the edge of the earth spirit, he took out several thin ropes of different colors from his storage bag, threaded them through the holes, and then braided the remaining threads together.

While Li Chang'an was busy, Li Xiaoguai darted around in the grass, occasionally chewing on the grass leaves around him before spitting them out.

The small black and white figure was swallowed up by the tall grass and could not be seen unless you looked closely.

It gradually ran away and saw the black bear spirit lying asleep under a stone wall, and then saw the white fox spirit in a pit that had just been dug nearby.

A snake spirit was coiled under a rock not far away, and in a small grove of trees further up, an owl spirit and a squirrel spirit each found a tree to sleep under.

Between two large trees, Golden Beard made a simple hammock out of cloth, lay on it, and leisurely swayed one leg out.

Li Xiaoguai jumped up and tried to reach the legs dangling in front of her, but couldn't reach them no matter how many times she tried.

Suddenly, the back of its neck was grabbed, the whole cat was lifted up, and placed in a pair of warm hands.

Li Chang'an stroked Li Xiaoguai's fur a couple of times, picked it up with both hands and left. Once they were a little further away, he said in a low voice, "Don't disturb their sleep."

As he spoke, he placed the earth spirit, strung together with colorful ropes, around Li Xiaoguai's neck.

The colorful ropes were woven into the shape of a collar, and the knot at one end could be inserted into the gap on the other side to adjust the size of the collar.

As soon as the collar was put on, Li Xiaoguai scratched at it with her paws, shook her head and rolled around, but she still couldn't get it off.

In the end, it had no choice but to retract its front paws and quiet down obediently.

Earth essence can make the body temperature more comfortable, and it has its own spiritual energy, making the wearer feel very comfortable.

The same goes for cats.

Before long, Li Xiaoguai couldn't help but nod her head, and the next second she lay down on the ground and fell into a deep sleep.

Li Chang'an watched the whole process of it falling asleep, chuckled, moved Li Xiaoguai, whose head was drooping, to a shady spot, and placed a few large leaves next to it to block the sunlight.

After the hottest part of the day passed, the spirits gradually woke up and continued planting trees.

At 4:30 pm, everyone finished work. Li Chang'an pulled Li Xiaoguai out of the water and they went home together.

During this time, Jingjing has become obsessed with studying cooking. In addition to learning from Li Chang'an, he would occasionally sit in a corner and watch food videos on his phone. Now, he is the second chef in Xuanling Immortal Mountain.

Li Chang'an and Jingjing divided the work.

Breakfast was prepared together, lunch was prepared by Li Chang'an, and dinner was prepared by Jingjing.

Right now, Jingjing is preparing food in the kitchen.

The Black Bear Spirit and Black Sword caught a few fish in the Ningjing River and carried them back in bamboo baskets.

As Li Chang'an passed by the courtyard, he glanced at it and noticed that there was another fish besides the black-scaled fish.

He went up to take a look and found that it was a grass carp.

However, the scales on this grass carp were darker and shinier than those of the grass carp in the Cangxuan Realm outside, and the fishy smell on it was not as strong.

"Huh?" Li Chang'an asked, puzzled.

Jingjing walked over while tying her apron on.

Seeing Li Chang'an's expression, he explained, "This is the effect of 'Abundant Life,' but I don't know the trigger conditions. You'll have to find out for yourself."

Life is abundant, a blessing from the mountain god of Jiarong Mountain.

Li Chang'an suddenly remembered the heavy rain that followed when he woke up on the bamboo raft after worshipping the mountain god.

After that heavy rain, bamboo shoots sprouted in the bamboo forest for the first time.

Now there are more grass carp in the river, and perhaps more than just grass carp, there are others as well.

Jingjing didn't say anything more and carried the bamboo basket back to the kitchen.

Li Chang'an stood up and went outside into the bamboo grove.

The bamboo shoots that had sprouted earlier have all grown up and become bamboos several meters tall.

Apart from that, there are no other new species at the moment.

Li Chang'an walked to the riverbank again and stood on the bank looking into the river.

He is currently unable to use spiritual power, let alone divine sense. Even though his eyesight has improved with his cultivation breakthrough, the ability to see thousands of miles away still relies on his soul, so he cannot use it now.

Therefore, he could not see what specific species had appeared in the Ningjing River.

As for the triggering conditions...

The bamboo shoots grew after the rain, and the grass carp in the river may be related to his other behaviors.

For example, the mulberry seedlings and fruit tree seedlings planted in Jiarong Mountain.

Although there is no concrete evidence, one thing is certain: if he continues according to his plan, he will meet the conditions for the abundance of life.

...

It's harvest time for ordinary vegetables again.

Li Chang'an first had the sword spirit harvest some garlic sprouts, then the next day he harvested the garlic scapes, and finally the garlic cloves, using spiritual power instead of drying them to remove some of the moisture.

The harvest of garlic sprouts and garlic was not large, but the garlic scapes produced the most, amounting to tens of thousands of kilograms.

As usual, the live stream was held in the morning to sell vegetables, and fans added the vegetables they wanted to buy to their carts in advance on the Xianshan Farm app.

This time, however, there was something different in the shopping cart.

[Huh? Why is there a new option at the top of my shopping cart asking if I need a toppings gift pack?]

What are the ingredients? Do I need to pay extra?

In the Xianshan Farm app, users are not allowed to checkout when they add vegetables to their shopping cart, so they cannot see the final price.

Li Chang'an had just started his broadcast and, after turning off the tipping function, was preparing the new dishes he would be introducing today.

Today's broadcast is taking place in the courtyard. The dishes are all placed in the pavilion in the corner of the courtyard, where there is a long table where people sometimes have lunch.

Li Chang'an would occasionally glance at the live chat and, seeing the fans' questions, he would take a bamboo basket from the table in front of him and show it to the camera.

"Good morning, everyone. This is the contents of the ingredient gift pack: scallions, chili peppers, ginger, garlic, garlic sprouts, cilantro, and chives, weighing a total of three pounds. In addition, there is also a huge onion."

Li Chang'an took out an onion that was slightly larger than his fist.

This onion is very fresh, with a color that is neither too dark nor too light, and it is very round and plump.

The Sichuan pepper trees haven't grown yet, otherwise we could have put some Sichuan peppers in the gift package.

He continued, "The ingredients in the gift pack are all bundled together, so you can't choose to omit any specific items. We've prepared a total of 200,000 packs. We'll let you know five minutes in advance if you want to add more, and you'll settle the bill along with the vegetables at the top of the hour."

After Li Chang'an finished speaking, he finally got to the point: "It was given away for free."

Free? Free?! Am I hearing things?!

[I can't believe it! This stingy guy is actually giving things away for free!]

[You've completely brainwashed me. I'm used to the vendors always giving me a little extra scallion when I buy vegetables, but with you, I suddenly feel like I'm getting a huge bargain.]

[That's a really good deal, considering how much stuff they have, including an onion.]

Wow, you were so generous this time! I won't call you a stingy person anymore.

Li Chang'an smiled and said, "Our shop has been running for so long, and everyone has been very supportive, so we should give you some benefits."

"Let's see how many people need the ingredients this time. If so, I'll add more."

[There will definitely be plenty, so be prepared to buy more.]

I don't like eating ginger, but I'd like some. I can give some to a friend or neighbor.

"Okay, let me first introduce the vegetables we're selling today, otherwise I won't be able to give you five minutes later."

After Li Chang'an finished speaking, he put down the bamboo basket, picked up the vegetables next to him, and began to introduce them.

Today's new vegetables for sale include bell peppers, two types of corn, cucumbers, lettuce, and garlic sprouts.

"The bell peppers come in these colors and will be randomly mixed. Each pepper weighs about 200 grams, and each person is limited to four."

The bell peppers were also placed in a bamboo basket, and the audience was surprised to find that there were seven colors: red, yellow, orange, dark purple, light purple, white, and green.

Each bell pepper was large and brightly colored, like a piece of crystal of the highest quality.

Seven different colored bell peppers were arranged in a bamboo basket, looking like a palette.

[Is this a real bell pepper? I'm not seeing things, am I? Did you secretly put paint on it?]

Li Chang'an chuckled and said, "Applying paint won't achieve this effect."

He put down the bell peppers and picked up two kinds of corn to introduce.

Before starting the live stream, he cooked one ear of sweet corn and one ear of glutinous corn. Now, when introducing the corn, he can describe not only what the raw corn looks like, but also what it tastes like after it's cooked.

The camera shifted, focusing on the white fox spirit at the table.

The white fox spirit was sitting upright in front of a tall chair, with a whole ear of corn in front of her, which she was eating with great relish.

When you bite into a cooked sweet corn cob, a burst of sweet juice will come out. You can even suck out the juice by putting your mouth close to the corn cob.

Li Chang'an stepped back a little while holding his phone, so that the camera could clearly capture the scene around the table.

Besides the white fox spirit, the black bear spirit, the golden-bearded spirit, and the squirrel spirit were also munching on corn.

Li Xiaoguai paced back and forth around the table, occasionally meowing.

A furry hand reached out from off-camera; it was a mandrill that plucked a kernel of corn and fed it to Li Xiaoguai.

Then, the mandrill took the opportunity to carry Li Xiaoguai away.

After eating that kernel of corn, Li Xiaoguai seemed to have opened the door to a new world, rubbing against the mandrill and meowing incessantly.

The mandrill then plucked a few more kernels of corn and fed them to it.

Li Chang'an only filmed the spirits eating corn at the table; the other members didn't like being in the shot and were all outside.

Are these new spirits from Xuanling Immortal Mountain? They even like to eat corn.

[I found this information on the Cultivation Alliance website; it was just updated a few days ago. The spirits featured are a black bear spirit, a white fox spirit, a weasel spirit, and a squirrel spirit. They are spirits, with kind and gentle personalities, unlike demons.]

The black bear spirit is called Black Wind, the white fox spirit is called White Jade, the weasel spirit is called Golden Beard, and there's also the Divine Tree Spirit Ox called Jingjing, and the Owl Spirit called Road Owl. Finally, there are the snake spirit and the squirrel spirit, who haven't given themselves names.

"Yes, they are new members of Xuanling Immortal Mountain. There are two varieties of corn: sweet corn and glutinous corn. Buy whichever you like."

That concludes the introduction to corn. Li Chang'an will now move on to cucumbers.

Each cucumber is about 20 centimeters long, is bright green, and still has fresh little prickles.

Li Chang'an broke one open, and a crisp "snap" sound rang out, revealing the milky white flesh with seeds wrapped in crystal-clear pulp in the middle.

"It tastes very sweet, not astringent, and the skin isn't bitter at all. You can eat it raw or make soup. If you're making soup, you can add some slices of ham, but it tastes even better with meatballs, and you can also add some glass noodles."

Li Chang'an explained as he finished eating half of the cucumber.

He then took out a bunch of garlic scapes to introduce them, saying that these garlic scapes were as thick as an index finger and had white roots.

Finally, there's lettuce.

Li Chang'an finished eating the other half of the cucumber and left the camera's view.

A moment later, he came over holding a lettuce in both hands.

This lettuce is a full 1.2 meters long, not even counting the leaves at the top.

My goodness! Such a long lettuce! I hope it won't be too tough to eat.

"No, she's quite young," Li Chang'an replied.

Whenever he harvests a new type of vegetable, he first tries it out with the members of Xuanling Immortal Mountain to check its taste and quality.

After peeling, this lettuce is very tender and glossy. It's great stir-fried or used in hot pot. It doesn't have any tough fibers, so it's not tough at all.

Even the leaves at the top taste great when boiled in plain water; the first bite is slightly bitter, but the aftertaste is sweet.

"This lettuce is limited to one per person."

A 1.2-meter-long lettuce is enough for three meals.

"These are the new vegetables we're launching today. They're all common vegetables, and the prices are the same as before. Besides these, there are also common vegetables that we've already stocked before."

After Li Chang'an finished his introduction, he took a boiled sweet corn and ate it, acting as a mukbang streamer.

With six minutes left until the hour, he reminded the audience that those who wanted the extra toppings should make their selection now.

The audience shouted that they had almost forgotten and hurriedly went to the Xianshan Farm software to keep watch.

At 55 minutes past the hour, someone clicked on the option above the shopping cart and was about to select "yes" when they found that both options had turned gray.

[Disappeared in seconds!]

[How come everyone's internet speed is so fast? I just clicked on it and watched it turn gray.]

[Make sure you get more! Your livestream gets millions of viewers, so you should prepare at least a million copies.]

Li Chang'an finished eating the corn, wiped his mouth clean, and said, "Okay, but we can't prepare a million servings in a short time. Let's take it slow."

He chatted with his fans for a while, answered some comments, and finally said, "Next time I'll be streaming, there will be spirit rice, spirit vegetables, and Mingyi bird eggs. See you next time!"

The live stream was then turned off.

This time, the vegetable sales reached hundreds of thousands of orders, approaching one million.

After shipping the goods the next day, Li Chang'an contacted Yao Guang again.

The number of orders sold is increasing, and as the terraced fields continue to be developed and the planting scale expands, more people will be able to buy them.

Therefore, it is time to forge a second spirit vessel and assemble a second delivery team.

...

Qi Miaosi is a food blogger named Miaomiao Sisi. She posts videos on various online platforms in Xia Country, and her main contracted website is Yinfu, where she has tens of millions of fans.

Her cooking is exquisite, mostly beautiful desserts, and full of ingenuity. Occasionally she will share some home-style recipes, but initially, the videos of these home-style dishes didn't get very good ratings.

Later, she would appear in her home cooking videos and also film her own home. Thanks to her fairytale-like beautiful home, the viewership of her home cooking videos gradually caught up with that of her dessert videos.

That noon, Qi Miaosi started a live broadcast.

She has been posting videos for so long, but she has never done a live stream, which surprised her fans.

[Meow Meow is streaming! Is something wrong?]

Qi Miaosi, with her long hair flowing, faced the camera and said, "Today I'm unpacking the groceries I finally managed to buy, and I also have to entertain a friend."

The fans were shocked when the sound came out.

The reason was simple: Qi Miaosi's voice was very hoarse and weak, and some words were even only breathy, as if he was seriously ill.

Is the cat's throat inflamed?

“No,” Qi Miaosi said with difficulty, “it’s a congenital vocal cord developmental abnormality.”

She was diagnosed with this problem at birth, but her family was poor and her parents didn't like her and were unwilling to take her for surgery, leaving her to remain partially mute.

As she grew up, she faced discrimination because of her vocal cord problems and had difficulty finding a job, so she resolutely returned to her maternal grandmother's house and became a food blogger.

Unexpectedly, this made him famous.

After making money, she renovated her grandmother's house and her home, planted all kinds of flowers in the yard, set up a grape trellis, and created the fairytale-like home that her fans love now.

A few words, but they left the fans stunned.

Qi Miaosi's videos are all voiced by her friends, and haters have attacked and insulted her because of this.

Unexpectedly, Qi Miaosi never did her own voice acting because of a congenital abnormality in her vocal cords.

[Hug my kitty.]

[Is surgery still an option for recovery? Meow Meow, should we go to Jinling City Hospital? There's a Dr. Zhang there who's an expert in this area.]

Qi Miaosi smiled gently at the fans' concern and wrote a sentence on the whiteboard:

"I've considered having surgery, but I haven't been able to muster the courage. Thank you."

As she finished speaking, she glimpsed a bluish shadow flying in through the wooden window frame.

Qi Miaoshun immediately stood up excitedly, took her phone and a small wreath and went into the yard.

That blue shadow was none other than the Spirit Kite.

Its graceful figure stood in the courtyard, surrounded by a blue light. All the flowers in the courtyard began to bloom, even those that were past their season roused themselves and slowly blossomed.

Qi Miaosi stepped forward and offered a wreath.

It was made by her using pipe cleaners, about the size of a palm, with pretty tassels hanging from the wreath.

Lingyuan glanced at Qi Miaosi, took the wreath, and then took out a large express delivery box from the small cloth bag.

It spread its wings and flew away quickly.

Qi Miaosi took the delivery box home and placed her phone next to it.

"I finally bought vegetables from Xianshan Farm, and today I'm going to unpack this." She waved at the camera.

Wow! I couldn't get any vegetables from Xianshan Farm this time.

Qi Miaosi took the whiteboard and wrote:

"I've heard that this restaurant has great food, but I thought it was too expensive before, so I never dared to order from them."

"I also managed to snag a free ingredient gift pack! I'm so excited, let me open it now."

After writing and displaying it in front of and behind the camera, Qi Miaosi began to unpack the box.

She bought all the vegetables Li Chang'an was selling this time. The delivery box containing the vegetables was huge, about the size of a freezer.

Upon opening the package, the first thing I saw was a gift pack of ingredients.

Qi Miaosi stared wide-eyed in surprise and picked up the gift package to show the live stream.

Wow! So many ingredients! I originally thought there would be so many varieties, and that each ingredient wouldn't be very plentiful.

Qi Miaosi took out the scale she usually used to weigh desserts and weighed each ingredient.

The scallions, cilantro, garlic sprouts, and chili peppers each weigh over 200 grams, the garlic and chives weigh over 300 grams, and the ginger weighs over 400 grams.

The total weight exceeded three jin (approximately 1.5 kg).

[The vegetables at Xianshan Farm are always plentiful, but I never expected so many! And there's such a huge onion! I'm so envious!]

[I didn't really understand the value of three kilograms before, but now that I see it, it's such a good deal! Oh no, I'm even more envious of those who managed to snag one.]

Qi Miaosi looked at the wailing in the comments, but couldn't help but smile.