Having been away from Zhao Ziyi for a month, and with no one around to talk to, Song Chen felt like he was dying of loneliness.
I wonder if Zhao Ziyi misses him.
Song Chen touched his abs. In the past month, he had been mining every day, and his body had indeed become much stronger, especially his waist.
Song Chen had already developed eight-pack abs, and he was thinking about how to get Zhao Ziyi to see them.
Four hours later.
Song Chen finally arrived at the mountain peak of Jianchun Academy.
He arrived at the gate of Zhao Ziyi's small courtyard.
"Ziyi? Are you cultivating?"
Song Chen transmitted his voice through his sea of consciousness.
Zhao Ziyi's surprised voice came:
"Song Chen? You're finally back! I missed you so much! But we're too far apart, and even telepathic communication through our minds is failing. Where are you? I'm coming to find you!"
Upon hearing Song Chen's voice, Zhao Ziyi instantly transformed into a spoiled brat, boldly expressing her longing.
"Open the door and take a look."
As soon as Song Chen finished speaking, the wooden door of the small thatched hut in front of him was opened instantly.
With a bang, Zhao Ziyi crashed into his arms like a small cannonball.
"Ah! Song Chen! You've become even more handsome!"
Zhao Ziyi hadn't seen Song Chen for a long time, and now that he suddenly saw a tall, fair-skinned, handsome guy smiling at him, he instantly turned into a fanboy, rushed into Song Chen's arms, and rubbed his head against him.
He put his arm around Song Chen's waist and realized something was wrong; the sensation under his hand had changed.
"You've been exercising?"
"Hmm, those abs I got from mining, do you want to see them?"
"No, I don't have any. I'll be jealous."
Song Chen chuckled softly. Zhao Ziyi was still as adorable, bold, and direct as ever.
"Take me with you wherever you go from now on, otherwise I'll always feel uneasy while I'm cultivating at home."
During the days that Song Chen was away, Zhao Ziyi was always uneasy.
Both he and Song Chen are cannon fodder in the book. If they encounter any calamity, without the protagonist's halo, their fate is certain death.
If the two of them were together, they could look out for each other.
"Okay." Song Chen nodded in agreement, he thought so too, "No matter where we go in the future, we'll be together."
"Oh, right, I've got something good to show you." Song Chen took out two white jade boxes from his storage bag.
Song Chen opened one of the white jade boxes.
Inside was the Jianling Pill he had refined.
The quality of elixirs varies.
Low-grade elixirs, round and rough.
Intermediate-grade elixir, smooth and delicate.
High-grade elixirs, smooth and delicate, with a medicinal fragrance.
Top-grade elixir, smooth and delicate, with a medicinal fragrance and golden elixir patterns.
Inside this white jade box were top-grade pills, all bearing the marks of cinnabar.
Song Chen refines pills three times before producing a single top-grade pill.
"Here's a little gift for you, the Jianling Pill. Taking it will enhance the strength of your spiritual roots."
"Wow! The legendary top-grade pill? This is the first time I've ever seen a top-grade pill! Song Chen, you're so good at alchemy!"
Top-grade elixirs are extremely rare and their effects are several times greater than those of ordinary elixirs.
This was the first time Zhao Ziyi had met him.
Hearing Zhao Ziyi's cheers and praises, Song Chen felt that the pills he had prepared were worthwhile.
He smiled and promised:
"From now on, all the top-grade pills will be reserved for you."
After showing the pills, Song Chen opened another white jade box.
Because during the four hours on the road, the stone bee had already transformed from a cocoon into a bee.
At this moment, two white stone bees, resembling pebbles, lay quietly inside the jade box.
"These two stone bees don't have names yet. You should give them names, otherwise they'll just keep calling each other 'stone bee, stone bee,' and it'll be hard to tell which one is being called."
Zhao Ziyi's eyes widened. "You've successfully raised the stone bees?"
"Yes, the purpose of this trip to the mine is to hatch stone bees."
Song Chen told Zhao Ziyi about his experiences at the mine.
Song Chen told this story for a long time, until the sun set.
Zhao Ziyi looked at Song Chen with admiration, thinking that Song Chen was truly an omnipotent person.
"Let's call this female bee Little Stone and that male bee Little Bee."
Zhao Ziyi named the two stone bees.
Song Chen nodded. "Okay, you can come with me tomorrow to take care of the farmland."
"Is it to collect honey?"
“Yes, stone bees need to extract nectar. Let’s go to the spirit field and take a look. We can borrow the pollen from the spirit plants. Let’s test how much honey the stone bees produce each day.”
"Okay, let's do it together tomorrow."
...
The two chatted for a long time until the moon rose above the willow branches.
They stared at each other in silence, the atmosphere tense. In the quiet night, alone together, they could feel each other's breath.
Song Chen's Adam's apple bobbed. "It's too late, I should go back first."
Zhao Ziyi tugged at his sleeve, blushing slightly, "Didn't we agree to be together from now on?"
Song Chen secretly curled the corners of his lips, "Okay, then let's cultivate together."
Having someone accompany you in your cultivation makes a real difference.
All night long, Song Chen felt that cultivation was no longer boring.
The training I did in the mine was boring and tedious.
However, Song Chen still had one complaint: he simply couldn't kiss Zhao Ziyi.
It seems I need to find some time to go to the library and look for a way to avoid the lightning tribulation.
If all else fails, you can learn a body-refining technique to withstand lightning tribulations.
Song Chen secretly planned a trip to the school's library.
**
The next day, early morning.
Zhao Ziyi took Song Chen with him and flew to the Spirit Field on their swords.
Today, Song Chen's task is to water, remove pests, and fertilize the spirit field.
Zhao Ziyi's task was to watch the stone bees collect honey.
The two had a clear division of labor, and they started working as soon as they arrived at the spirit field.
Song Chen carried the spiritual spring water, riding on a banana leaf, and splashed the water along the way.
As he watered the plants, he searched for the two sacred fields that Zou Sheng had mortgaged to him.
During this time, he also wanted to go to other people's spiritual fields to see if there were any precious plants that were about to die, so that he could transplant them into his own spiritual field.
Unfortunately, these spirit fields are protected by arrays. Without verifying one's identity with a jade token, it is impossible to see what is actually inside the spirit fields; all one can see is a white mist.
Song Chen's face lit up with joy when he saw the formation.
He wanted to plant Yuelu grass in the spiritual field, but he was always worried about safety and feared that someone would steal it.
Now that he has this formation, he can plant with peace of mind.
Yuelu grass can enhance the strength of a cultivator's spiritual root, so it will never have trouble selling.
Moreover, he can refine Yuelu grass into Jianling pills.
Based on the price of Jianling Pills, a stable annual income of 40,000 gold coins is not a problem.
Without hesitation, Song Chen found his two spirit fields and took out the Yuelu grass seeds he had previously kept, scattering them on the soil.
This grass needs to grow close to the ground, just like treating small mounds of earth as mountains.
Therefore, to make the grass grow, a small mound of soil needs to be artificially created so that the grass can climb on it as it grows.
Next to each seed, Song Chen piled up a mound of soil.
It took him three hours to mound the soil and plant the seeds.
A spirit field is ten acres in size, which is ten times the size of the Song family's previous medicinal garden.
Previously in Rongcheng, Song Chen had not planted Yuelu grass on a large scale.
Because there is insufficient spiritual energy around their home, spiritual plants need to absorb spiritual energy to grow.
But now he is in Xianheyuan.
The cultivators here generate spiritual energy with their daily breaths, and the land here is fertile.
Song Chen was eagerly anticipating the day when the Yuelu grass would be harvested.
After finishing planting his own land, Song Chen rode on a banana leaf and began watering, weeding, and fertilizing.
One week later.
Song Chen took care of all 80 spirit fields.
Two stone bees have already produced enough honey for three hives.
The idea for these beehives was actually Zhao Ziyi's.
Song Chen had no experience in breeding bees, but he knew that stone bees would only start producing honey after building a nest.
But Zhao Ziyi waved his hand and directly ordered Song Chen to take out the white jade box that had previously contained the Yuelu grass.
Zhao Ziyi said:
"Even if two stone bees die from exhaustion building their own hives, it would still take a year."
On our planet Blue Star, we have artificial beehives. People melt beeswax, pour it into molds, and wait for the beeswax to solidify to create a complete beehive.
Bees don't need to build a nest; they can start collecting nectar immediately, saving a lot of time.
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