Chapter 22 Mr. Li, save my life!

Two spirit stones were all it took to get the network set up.

If it weren't for the fact that they were still living in a simple bamboo house, Li Chang'an would have even considered installing solar photovoltaic panels.

He opted for a generator as a second choice, which would only be needed to charge his electrical appliances, thus relieving him of the burden on the Qingfeng Sect disciples.

On the first evening after the generator arrived, Li Chang'an finished dinner and comfortably lay down on the bed.

"Ah—" he sighed, holding his phone, tears welling in his eyes. "It's been so long, my modern life."

These days of lying in bed scrolling through my phone after dinner are just so wonderful.

The black sword floated over and patted Li Chang'an on the shoulder.

It's almost time for sword practice!

"Wait a little longer, I just finished dinner and haven't finished digesting yet." Li Chang'an nudged it.

Black Sword obediently waited to the side for a while.

Li Chang'an lay down and scrolled through videos for a while.

A moment later, he turned off his phone and put it aside, placed his hands on his stomach, and stared blankly at the roof of the bamboo house.

During this period, I worked in the fields during the day and practiced meditation at night, leading a very fulfilling life.

Perhaps he'd gotten used to this kind of lifestyle, but after just a few videos from marketing accounts on his short video app, he felt utterly bored.

While I was lost in thought, the door of the bamboo house was pushed open, and a tall figure in black appeared.

The sword spirit said coldly, "One cannot give up halfway through sword practice."

Li Chang'an smiled helplessly and sat up. "Who said I was going to give up halfway?"

He opened the music note app, then tossed the phone to the sword spirit, saying, "Senior, here, have some fun and experience what life is like for us humans now."

After saying that, he smiled slyly and waved to the black sword: "Let's go, let's go, time to practice swordsmanship."

Black Sword immediately flew up and followed him out of the bamboo house, seemingly excited.

Blade Spirit held his phone, listening to the music from the short video, and slowly frowned.

*

Ling'an City, Huandong Road.

Another monster-infested rift appeared in the empty street, and the patrolling police officers discovered it in time and threw out a cordon.

Before the Cultivation Alliance could be notified for assistance, several Qi Refining stage cultivators arrived.

A monster covered in purplish-red slime stretched out its claws and suddenly crawled out of the crack.

"Roar—" The monster roared to the sky, and the cracks beneath its feet grew wider and wider.

Its six eyes quickly locked onto the several cultivators in front of it.

Immediately, the demonic beast rushed out like lightning, but its body stopped three meters away from the cultivators.

Golden array patterns unfolded beneath its feet, their oppressive force binding it to its spot.

Its six eyes darted around, trying to find the person who set up the formation.

Looking at the ugly and ferocious face of the monster before him, a cultivator swallowed hard, took out a talisman, and poured all his spiritual power into it, aiming it at the monster.

"boom!"

A flame, shaped like a dragon, shot out and instantly engulfed the monster's entire body.

"Ah!" The monster screamed in agony, and soon vanished into thin air, leaving behind a purplish-red monster core.

The monk quickly stepped forward and picked it up.

Not far away, the cracks continued to widen, and more monsters were stirring.

Yuheng lightly leaped down from a telephone pole by the street, stepping onto a crack. The crack, along with the nearest monsters below, instantly turned into fragments.

"Lord Yuheng." Several cultivators bowed.

The police officers put away their cordon, saluted, and left.

The cultivator who used the fire talisman reported, "Star Lord, this talisman actually possesses the strength of a second-grade superior rank."

A mid-level talisman of superior second-grade strength is more than enough to deal with a pseudo-core stage demon beast.

Yuheng walked up to the group and nodded. "He could draw talismans out of thin air when he was in the Qi Refining stage. Now that his cultivation has increased, the level of the talismans he draws will naturally be high."

Everyone understood perfectly who "he" referred to.

The cultivator's eyes showed some regret.

The spirit stones were sold too cheaply. I should have asked Li Chang'an for fifty or five hundred.

Sigh, although it might make Li Chang'an so exhausted from drawing talismans.

"He is simple-minded. If the alliance provides him with more convenience in the future, there will be no shortage of opportunities to cooperate again."

After Yuheng finished speaking, he walked forward with his hands behind his back, and several cultivators quickly followed.

A cultivator, his voice trembling with worry, said, "Star Lord, in just over half a month, three demonic beast rifts have appeared. Is it...?"

Has the great demon that was sleeping awakened?

"I did not detect the aura of a great demon in the rift. The appearance of the three demonic beast rifts is consistent with the previous causes."

Upon discovering the spatial rift, the low-level demonic beasts, driven by hunger, rushed to the Cangxuan Realm, eager to fill their stomachs.

Upon hearing this, the cultivators breathed a slight sigh of relief.

With her fingers tucked behind her back, Yuheng lowered her eyes in deep thought.

Previously, the two rifts caused by demonic beasts appeared with at least several decades in between.

But the appearance of three monster rifts in such a short time must mean something is wrong.

Moreover, they all appeared in Ling'an City, unlike in the past when they would randomly appear in a town in the Cangxuan Realm.

Could it be due to the influence of Xuanling Immortal Mountain?

...

Although the internet has been connected to Xianshan, Li Chang'an is not in a hurry to start live streaming.

When he gets busy every day, he completely forgets about the live broadcast.

The second batch of Chinese cabbages has ripened, still totaling more than two thousand heads.

Li Chang'an kept the remainder, intending to sell the remaining two thousand trees.

The previous batch of Chinese cabbages was almost sold out, so Li Chang'an picked off the remaining two thousand cabbages and put them in the warehouse.

Two thousand cabbages were neatly stacked in the warehouse, so crowded that the small warehouse could hardly hold them all.

Li Chang'an wiped the sweat from his face.

He still has so much land; by the time the vegetables are ripe, this warehouse definitely won't be enough to hold them all.

We need to find time to build another one.

Li Chang'an pondered for a moment, then picked a few large cabbages from the field and returned to the yard.

He built two earthen stoves in the yard, one for his own cooking and the other with a huge iron pot for cooking pig feed.

Lately, the three piglets have been eating high-quality Chinese cabbage mixed with premium feed, and they've grown incredibly fast, already weighing over 100 pounds!

It weighs over 100 jin, which is very close to the 200 jin required for the sacrificial ceremony!

After some time, once the grains on the inferior spiritual soil have all become of spiritual grade, he can then find a Golden Core stage demon to perform a sacrifice.

Li Chang'an's eyes lit up, and he chopped pig feed faster and faster.

While cooking pig feed on the stove, Li Chang'an took out his phone and sent a WeChat message to Xie Kuling:

The new Chinese cabbages are ripe. Have you finished yours? Are you still supplying 30 heads as usual?

The message was sent, but Xie Kuling did not reply in time.

He figured Li Chang'an must be busy with something, so he put his phone away and went to the fields to water and weed.

With Black Sword watching over the pig feed in the pot, he wasn't worried about it burning.

When Black Sword came to inform him that the pig feed was ready, Li Chang'an straightened up and went to feed the pigs first.

Seeing the three little pigs—no, the three big pigs—eagerly eating their pig feed, Li Chang'an smiled with satisfaction.

He took out his phone to take a picture, but found that Xie Kuling still hadn't replied to his message.

Are you that busy?

Li Chang'an scratched his head.

Suddenly, the black sword floating beside him trembled violently, emitting an ancient and deep sword sound.

At the same time, an anxious voice came from the bamboo forest: "Mr. Li! Mr. Li, help!"