Chapter 57 The third day after the Lingmi was shipped...
On the third day after Lingmi was shipped, a wave of feedback appeared online, and this time even the hashtag "Xianshan Farm" became a trending topic.
The reason is simple: the effects of Lingmi are simply too exaggerated.
Now I truly believe that the people of Ling'an City aren't making false claims. My grandfather has emphysema and has been coughing every day for the past few years, always with thick phlegm in his throat. But after cooking ginger and perilla leaf porridge with Ling rice for two days, he hasn't coughed since last night, his condition has improved a lot, and he doesn't cough up phlegm as often.
Ginger and perilla leaf porridge itself has expectorant effects, but it usually doesn't work so quickly.
[This must be the effect of the lingzhi rice. My baby, who is only a few months old, always vomits and has diarrhea after eating it, but yesterday he drank some rice water cooked with lingzhi rice and got better.]
[I managed to snag some vegetables from Xianshan Farm last time, and after eating them, I felt much better because of the delicious taste, so I didn't post any feedback online. But this Lingmi rice is truly different! It helped me recover quickly from acute gastroenteritis.]
My grandmother, who is over eighty years old, also improved a lot after eating the spirit rice. My aunt is a cultivator, and she said this spirit rice is truly different and advised my grandmother to eat more of it. Now, those ten pounds of spirit rice belong to my grandmother, and no one is allowed to touch it.
There has been a lot of similar feedback, but no cultivator has come forward to say that this spirit rice is special. Of course, no cultivator has come forward to deny or refute it either.
Among those who managed to snatch the spirit rice this time were cultivators.
They all sensed the spiritual energy within the spirit rice and felt their cultivation progress. However, in the cultivation world, no cultivator would openly share their cultivation insights.
There is no obligation to share.
The cultivators who managed to buy the spirit rice considered it a great bargain.
...
In Ling'an City.
A rift in the firelight vanished, and a round demon core rolled to Yuheng's feet.
Yuheng picked up the demon core and handed it to the cultivator beside him, saying, "You killed this demon beast, so the demon core should rightfully belong to you."
The cultivator was Wu Hui.
The rift appeared near his fried rice stall, and he sensed it immediately, rushing over to restrain the monster.
He took a breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and accepted the demon core: "Thank you, Star Lord."
“No need,” Yuheng said in a deep voice.
Wu Hui left with the demon core, and Yu Heng turned around and returned to the branch.
After arriving in Ling'an City to investigate the monster rift, he never left Ling'an City.
He spent several days setting up a large array in Ling'an City. The array was connected to his spiritual power, so he could sense any monster rifts that appeared immediately.
As he expected, several more monster rifts appeared in Ling'an City recently, at an astonishing frequency.
Whenever he sensed the appearance of a monster rift, he would teleport to deal with it. To avoid causing panic, he did not announce the recent news about these monster rifts on his mobile device until he found out the reason for their frequent appearance.
Of course, no other cultivators were notified to come and assist each time a monster rift appeared.
Meeting Wu Hui this time was purely accidental.
Back at the Alliance branch, Yuheng went to the library and sat reading until dawn.
He arrived at the conference room at nine o'clock in the morning.
In the spacious conference room of the alliance, sat a dozen or so people with sour faces.
They are representatives of the three major sects of cultivation today—Linglan Sect, Liantian Sect, and Zixiao Sect—and are all figures above the level of hall master within their respective sects.
I was forcibly summoned here by Yuheng, and I've been here for over a month now.
As soon as Yuheng sat down in the head seat, the deputy sect leader of Linglan Sect snorted coldly and said, "How long does Star Lord intend to keep us old guys trapped in Ling'an City?"
A month ago, the Jade Balance Star Lord notified them to come to Ling'an City, saying that he had important matters to discuss.
They had thought the meeting was about Xuanling Immortal Mountain and Li Chang'an, but when they arrived, Yuheng Star Lord didn't say anything important. Every morning, he would call them to a meeting and ask them to talk about the situation of the disciples in the sect.
This kind of reporting is done every year, but it's always done by sending the documents directly to the Cultivation Alliance.
This was the first time that the Star Lord had summoned the elders of the three upper sects to personally report on the disciples' cultivation progress, down to the individual disciples.
The report was finally completed yesterday.
Yuheng smiled and said, "Please don't worry, everyone. I will let you go back after this matter is resolved."
"According to the data reported by everyone, there are 1486 disciples of Linglan Sect, 236 of whom are above the Foundation Establishment stage, and 151 disciples have advanced in cultivation this year."
"The Lian Tian Sect has 1,331 disciples, 231 of whom are at the Foundation Establishment stage or above. 147 disciples advanced in cultivation this year."
"The Zixiao Sect has 1291 disciples, 191 of whom are at the Foundation Establishment stage or above. Only 121 disciples advanced in cultivation this year."
Yuheng sighed, "The disciples who have advanced are all at the Qi Refining stage, and those who have advanced are only at the first level."
The people from the three sects looked at each other in bewilderment.
After a while, the Grand Elder of the Lian Tian Sect said, "Star Lord, although this data has not increased significantly, it is still within the normal range and is no different from previous years."
Yuheng added, "There are 1,458 rogue cultivators with registered cultivator certificates in the Cangxuan Realm, 423 of whom are above the Foundation Establishment stage. In the past year, 257 disciples have advanced in cultivation, of which 21 are cultivators above the Foundation Establishment stage."
The conference table fell silent.
How is that possible?! These rogue cultivators have no systematic cultivation methods, no powerful backers, and yet they cultivate faster than the disciples of the three major sects by relying solely on the cultivation materials publicly available by the alliance?!
"The alliance has never publicly disclosed the data between the various sects and independent cultivators, but what we have seen over the years is that independent cultivator disciples are progressing faster than disciples within sects."
Yuheng paused for a moment: "I have no intention of commenting on the teaching methods of various sects, but I think... sticking to the old ways is probably not advisable."
"With the Grand Cultivation Competition just around the corner, I'd like to involve rogue cultivators this time as well. The alliance will provide the spiritual items and magical artifacts for them."
The cultivation competition held every five years is actually a competition between various sects. The participating sects will offer spiritual items or magical artifacts as prizes to reward the disciples who perform well in the competition.
Since independent cultivators do not belong to any sect, they need to bring their own spiritual items or magical artifacts to participate in the competition, and they are not guaranteed to win any prizes. Therefore, most people would not do such a losing proposition.
But this time, the spiritual objects and magical artifacts are being provided by the Cultivation Alliance, so there will probably be quite a few rogue cultivators signing up.
The representatives of the three sects fell silent, exchanging bewildered glances, none of them able to utter a word.
If our own sect's disciples are defeated by rogue cultivators, that would be incredibly shameful...
The first to regain his composure was the deputy sect leader of the Linglan Sect.
He coughed lightly and said, "In that case, shouldn't we start preparing for the venue for next year's cultivation competition?"
Yuheng nodded: "You can all go back today. I'll be waiting for your plans."
The Cultivation Grand Competition is a major event, and the competition between disciples is highly entertaining. The sect hosting the competition can open the venue to the public and sell tickets, making a fortune. At the same time, it can also boost the country's tourism economy.
Before each major competition, sects interested in hosting the event would submit their plans, which would then be selected by the Jade Balance Star Lord.
Therefore, the people from the three major sects were somewhat excited.
That's a huge sum of money.
The atmosphere at the meeting had been peaceful just moments before, but now, the thought of competing for the hosting venue made the three major sects suddenly dislike each other.
Conflict is imminent.
*
Inside the Xuanling Immortal Mountain, Li Chang'an had just finished lunch when he heard that someone had come to visit.
The voice sounded familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere before, but I couldn't quite place it.
When he arrived at the entrance of Xuanling Immortal Mountain, he saw that the person standing outside was Wu Hui, the cultivator he had seen a few months ago when two monster rifts appeared in Ling'an City one night.
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