Chapter 19

However, there seems to be no need to rush. The dedicated cultivation and reading area hasn't even started construction yet, so it would be too early to start learning how to set up special formations now.

Besides, the reading area was something they both agreed to build together. He couldn't possibly build it by himself so quickly; he still had to wait for Mu Qingzhou's injuries to heal.

That's great. He doesn't want to start learning formations as soon as he gets back.

Yes, Shi Anxu's regrets about not seriously cultivating in the mortal realm were completely forgotten the moment he started thinking about how to earn resources.

Once the lazy genes in his body are activated, they become uncontrollable, and he doesn't want to touch anything related to cultivation anymore.

The best thing to do is to do what you are interested in; no matter how hard you try, it will be difficult to excel at something you don't like.

If he had the same talent as Mu Qingzhou, he thought he might also enjoy cultivation, since he found fighting with spiritual power to be quite cool.

In his youth, when he had no memories, he particularly envied those with good aptitude. He also wanted to be able to fly through the air on a sword like them and to receive praise from the elders and his master.

So he practiced diligently, but the final result was still unsatisfactory. Later, he gradually gave up and became the way he is now.

Only in youth can one possess the spiritedness and vigor that young people should have.

As we age, the sharp edges of our youth have been worn down, leaving only smooth curves.

He also envied the clean and clear eyes of the teenagers, thinking they were innocent and guileless. But that wasn't true; the fact that he had transmigrated from the modern world was undeniable, so he wasn't truly clean and pure.

However, he felt that his junior brother was still very clean and pure.

After all, he had watched Mu Qingzhou grow up, and after his master passed away, he had been taking care of Mu Qingzhou. He had nowhere to come into contact with evil things, so now his heart must be devoted to the Dao.

Once I have nurtured him into the number one cultivator in the world, he will also value the lives of the people more than his own, just like his master, and take it upon himself to save the world.

He might not live to see Mu Qingzhou being revered by thousands; he should have already returned home by then.

Here he was an orphan without parents, but now he has loving parents and a beautiful little cat he has raised. Everything seems so wonderful.

But why did he feel a slight reluctance in his heart?

Whenever he thought about going home, all he could think of was Mu Qingzhou's handsome face. He seemed to feel a little reluctant to part with Mu Qingzhou.

Shi Anxu shook his head.

What can he do if he's reluctant to leave? He definitely has to go home. It's a good place here, and life is quite comfortable, but he misses home.

This is not his home after all; he is an outsider who has simply taken the wrong path home.

Thinking of this, Shi Anxu's hands began to move.

He found a piece of paper and a pen, touched the pen tip with his finger, and the tip was instantly covered with ink.

He then wrote down the rules for the opening ceremony on paper and used magic to copy them one by one.

Shi Anxu nodded in satisfaction at his own masterpiece on the table, then casually picked up a sheet and left the library.

The road from the library back to the Spirit Abode passed through the Immortal Fruit Forest, where many more fruits had ripened since he had picked them last time.

Shi Anxu turned his palm upwards, and a fruit basket immediately appeared in his hand.

He released his divine sense and, after confirming that there was no trace of the demonic cultivator from last time, he entered the Immortal Fruit Forest.

This time, Shi Anxu stopped at the tree with the most fruit. As soon as he looked up, he noticed a fruit on the tree that was twice the size of the others.

Shi Anxu affectionately called this fruit the King of Immortal Fruits, believing it to contain all the remaining nutrients from the Immortal Fruit Tree and that eating it would definitely be very beneficial to one's health.

He kicked off with his back foot and leaped up the tree, wanting to pluck the King of Immortal Fruit.

The moment one hand touched the Immortal Fruit King, another hand suddenly reached out as well.

The outstretched hand was fair and slender. Shi Anxu followed the hand upwards to see who the owner was, and ended up meeting Jiang Linyu's gaze.

Jiang Linyu politely withdrew his hand. "Senior Brother Shi, you've come to pick immortal fruits again?"

Shi Anxu couldn't quite understand why Jiang Linyu, a disciple from another peak, kept coming to their peak to pick immortal fruits.

His tone was slightly somber, "Junior Brother Jiang, doesn't your peak have any immortal fruit trees? Why do you always come to Qinnian Peak to pick immortal fruits?"

Jiang Linyu paused for a moment, then smiled again, “Yes, we don’t have any immortal fruit trees on our peak, but our master likes to eat them, so he always comes to Qinnian Peak to pick them. If Senior Brother Shi thinks there’s anything wrong, I’ll go back and report to our master, and we’ll designate a piece of land on the peak to plant immortal fruit trees.”

Since Jiang Linyu had just given them Fuyuan Grass, they still owed Jiang Linyu a favor, so he couldn't just tell Jiang Linyu not to come and pick it next time.

Moreover, he brought it back for Immortal Venerable Yunyang to eat, which is equivalent to indirectly offending Immortal Venerable Yunyang, making their future situation very difficult.

Originally, some immortal venerables in the sect disliked their master. After their master's death, the resources allocated to their peak were suddenly reduced significantly, and they could no longer afford to offend other immortal venerables.

Shi Anxu replied, "Junior Brother Jiang, it's like this. The area planted with immortal fruits on our peak isn't very large, and the resources on our peak are already insufficient for the cultivation of just the two of us. So... we hope that you will pick immortal fruits in moderation and not keep picking them."

Jiang Linyu feigned surprise and said, "What?! I remember that Qin Nianfeng allocated a lot of resources before, how come it's like this now?"

Shi Anxu didn't want to say much about this matter; he just wanted to know if Jiang Linyu would agree to what he had said earlier. "This is a long story, and I can't explain it in a short time. Junior Brother Jiang, is what I said earlier acceptable?"

Jiang Linyu immediately replied, "Of course, I will report to my master when I get back. However, I probably can't help with the resource issue; my master never gets involved in such matters. You can talk to the sect leader yourselves; maybe we can get the resources back to their original allocation."

Shi Anxu bowed to Jiang Linyu, "Thank you for your understanding, Junior Brother Jiang. We will find time to talk to the Sect Master."

"You're welcome." Jiang Linyu spun around and landed, calling out to Shi Anxu in the tree, "I won't pick this giant immortal fruit. Master has given me little time, so I need to finish picking it as soon as possible and go back. See you later!"

Shi Anxu also called out to the tree below, "Okay, Junior Brother Jiang, see you later!"

He watched as Jiang Linyu's figure gradually disappeared under the tree before flicking his wrist to pick the Immortal Fruit King and put it in his basket.

Shi Anxu also plucked the smaller trees from the tree and threw them all into the basket.

The tree, which was originally covered with white fruit, suddenly became bare.

The fairy fruit tree produces a dense cluster of fruits, so some leaves fall off to allow the fruits enough space to grow. After the fruits mature and fall off, the leaves will slowly grow back.

Now that Shi Anxu has harvested them all at once, without giving the leaves time to grow, the whole tree looks terrible.

Shi Anxu couldn't bear to watch any longer. He had both water and wood spiritual roots, so he waved his hand and cast a spell to make the leaves of the immortal fruit tree grow back.

Seeing the full canopy of the tree, Shi Anxu nodded in satisfaction, then spun around and leaped down the tree back to the spirit residence.

Inside the spiritual abode, Mu Qingzhou had used spiritual power to repair most of the injuries in his body.

Mu Qingzhou opened her eyes the moment Shi Anxu pushed open the door.

Before Shi Anxu could hide the Immortal Fruit King behind his back, he quickly put his hands behind his back, raised his eyebrows slightly, and smiled slightly. "Junior brother, guess what good thing your senior brother brought back for you?"

In Mu Qingzhou's eyes, Shi Anxu was like something in slow motion; he had already clearly seen what Shi Anxu was holding.

However… if his senior brother likes to play, he will play with him. He pretended to think for a moment, then asked, “Is it your resource-earning plan?”

"You guessed wrong." Shi Anxu stretched out his index finger and waved it in front of Mu Qingzhou, his tone somewhat triumphant. Then he stretched his hand out from behind his back, palm up, revealing the Immortal Fruit King in his palm. "Look, I saw it when I was picking Immortal Fruits."

Mu Qingzhou picked up the Immortal Fruit King with the utmost care, examining it closely as if it were a rare treasure.

Seeing that Mu Qingzhou was only looking and not eating, Shi Anxu's smile widened.

My junior brother has probably never seen such a large immortal fruit before. He needs to study it carefully. He also really wants to know how this immortal fruit grew to be so big.

"Junior brother, have you figured out anything after watching for so long? How did this immortal fruit grow to such a large size?" Wanting to know, Shi Anxu asked.

"Senior brother, is this immortal fruit growing at the very top of the tree canopy?" Mu Qingzhou asked in return.

“Exactly,” Shi Anxu replied.

“That’s good. Trees rely on their trunks to transport water and nutrients, while this fairy fruit grows at the very top of the canopy and relies on the main trunk to transport nutrients. Naturally, it absorbs more nutrients than fairy fruits on other branches, and gradually it has become what it is today,” Mu Qingzhou explained.

Shi Anxu said he had learned something, "So that's how it is. Eating it should be very helpful for cultivation."

Mu Qingzhou understood the meaning behind Mu Qingzhou's words and took a bite of the immortal fruit.

Seeing that Mu Qingzhou had eaten, Shi Anxu began to talk to him about serious matters.

Shi Anxu handed the rules of the library to Mu Qingzhou, his tone expectant, "Take a look, how about we operate according to this model from now on?"

Mu Qingzhou quickly scanned the entire sheet of paper, nodded, and replied, "Yes, Senior Brother's method is very good."

Anxu was very happy to receive Mu Qingzhou's affirmation. He moved closer to Mu Qingzhou and leaned his head against Mu Qingzhou's chest, "Then, junior brother, do you think we should add anything else?"

Mu Qingzhou felt a surge of heat as he smelled the fragrance emanating from Shi Anxu. He tried to suppress the desire in his heart and said in a hoarse voice, "Senior brother's method is already very good. I have nothing to add."

Shi Anxu was completely unaware of how alluring he was to Mu Qingzhou. He leaned closer to Mu Qingzhou's chest, wanting to take a closer look at the rules he had written. "Then I'll check myself to see if there's anything missing or incomplete, so I can add it in time."

Mu Qingzhou swallowed hard and let out a suppressed "hmm".

Shi Anxu noticed Mu Qingzhou's unusual behavior and asked with concern, "Junior Brother, what's wrong? Is your injury hurting again?"