After slaying the Demon Queen, Qin Shou returned to the mountain and began his secluded cultivation.
He hadn't expected that such a small place as Yunzhou could produce three Nascent Soul Realm experts at the same time, which made him feel a little urgency.
Only by being invincible can I feel a sense of security.
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At this moment, hundreds of millions of miles away, beneath a pile of ruins, lies an ancient cave.
The cave is a world unto itself, and as far as the eye can see, there is a vast, blood-red ocean, in which floats the corpse of a colossal beast that is tens of thousands of meters long.
A figure sat cross-legged atop the corpse's head. It was a powerful and robust man, standing over three meters tall, with horns on its head, a full head of silver hair, and bright silver pupils that suddenly opened, revealing a brutal crimson hue.
"A mere human swordsman dared to sever my outer body, causing me to waste a hundred years of my cultivation in vain!"
"Hmph, once I have completely taken control of this cave and refined the corpse of this ancient demon lord, I will surely extract your soul and refine your spirit, making you wish you were dead."
Xue Yueqing spoke coldly, looking up at the blood-red dome above her head, her eyes filled with murderous intent.
"Yun Anran, just wait. Once my cultivation is complete, I will surely slay you with my sword and wipe away the humiliation of a hundred years ago."
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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, three years have passed.
Qin Shou's cultivation level improved day by day, but he found that he was still a long way from reaching the second level of the Nascent Soul stage.
"Sure enough, the further you go, the slower the progress in your cultivation level becomes."
Qin Shou sighed. At this rate, it would probably take him more than ten years, or even several decades, to break through to the next level.
This is already considered extremely fast for those who cultivate a single spiritual root, but for Qin Beast, it is still too slow.
Ancient alchemy records two types of pills: one called "Divine Sense Pill," which can enhance a cultivator's spiritual sense, that is, mental and soul power; and the other called "Nascent Soul Pill," which can enhance the physical body and accelerate and assist a cultivator's cultivation speed.
Unfortunately, the materials required for refining these two pills are all of the fourth grade. Although Qin Shou once rented a Lingbao Pavilion, this Lingbao Pavilion was only a branch in a remote city, of a lower grade, and contained only one fourth grade spiritual herb.
Grade 4 spiritual herbs are not considered expensive. In the outside world, a single one is only worth a few hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones, and even a better quality one would not exceed five hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones.
However, the Qin beast had spirit stones but no spirit medicine.
His spirit garden does have many spiritual herbs, some even of higher grade. However, even though Qin Shou buried a top-grade spirit stone mine beneath the spirit garden, many of the herbs still need some time to mature.
"Should we go down the mountain and buy another Lingbao Pavilion?"
Qin Shou stroked his chin and pondered, but quickly shook his head and gave up.
It's too dangerous outside, and those high-level spirit treasure pavilions must be located in places where great cultivators gather.
If Qin Shou were to directly purchase a Spirit Treasure Pavilion, it would be too ostentatious and would inevitably attract the attention of some ill-intentioned cultivators, or even some Nascent Soul or Void Realm experts.
Moreover, there is the uncertain factor of the Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing.
Because he had killed Xue Yueqing's clone, Qin Shou would specifically check his status in the [Friends List] every year and discovered that his true form was a seventh-level Nascent Soul cultivator.
Qin Shou immediately dragged him into the simulated trial space and found that even fully armed, it only took him three moves to kill him.
Qin Shou was deeply worried about this, feeling that things were not going very well.
Therefore, he would never come down the mountain.
What if we're ambushed?
What if he has a backup plan?
What if that guy is unethical and gets a group to beat me up?
"No, no, I'm invincible inside the great formation. So what if my cultivation is slower?"
"By the way, the wine I brewed three years ago should be ready by now, right?"
Thinking about it, Qin Shou got up from the bed, stretched, creaked open the bamboo door, walked to the eaves, looked at the vibrant courtyard, and smiled.
He then picked up a small hoe, walked to the old mulberry tree, gently dug away the soil, took out a wine jar, and then covered it with soil again.
The area under the mulberry tree was also filled with spirit stones buried by the Qin beast, or rather, the entire courtyard was filled with spirit stones buried by the Qin beast.
Today, the spiritual energy on Turtle Mountain is dozens of times greater than in other places.
Over the years, Qin Beast has also buried many of his own brewed spirit wines underground.
He might even forget where some of the wine was buried.
Two years ago, to show his respect to his senior brother and master, Qin Shou specially buried several jars of fine wine in front of their graves so that they could live day and night surrounded by the aroma of wine.
"Sister Yicheng, Sister Damei, wait for me!"
Three years have passed, and Xiao Si is now three years old, able to run all over the mountains and fields.
At this moment, he was dressed in a bright red outfit, chasing after Yi Cheng and Da Mei.
Yi Cheng swaggered ahead, carrying a spiked club, followed by Da Mei, Xiao Pang, and Black Rabbit with a machete at his waist.
Qin Shou thought to himself that they should be going to patrol the mountain again.
Perhaps Yicheng had listened to too many of Wenqing's stories before, because a couple of years ago, she even came over specifically to ask her to come up with a catchy name for her and Damei's gang.
Thus, the resounding name "The Four Scoundrels of Turtle Mountain," which would later sweep across the cultivation world, was born.
Yi Cheng and her friends also set themselves a small goal: to conquer the eighteen ditches and thirty-six small hills at the foot of Turtle Mountain.
Because of this small goal, the number of crayfish in those eighteen ditches decreased by half.
Over the years, Qin Shou would often take time to teach Yi Cheng how to cultivate, but Qin Shou discovered that Yi Cheng didn't need any teaching at all, because she couldn't understand the cultivation knowledge he taught her. She only knew how to cultivate by following the patterns formed by the tadpoles in her mind.
However, it must be mentioned that although Yi Cheng seems to be mentally challenged, her cultivation speed is not slow at all, and is even close to that of Wen Qing, who is working hard to cultivate.
This is even with her spending five hours sleeping, five hours cooking, and one hour patrolling the mountain each day.
Yes, it's already a miracle that this chubby kid can spend an hour a day cultivating.
She could often cultivate for half an hour, and Qin Shou would be so grateful and moved that he would be thankful for half a day.
Despite her laziness, she was his disciple, so Qin Shou would feed her pills every now and then and use dragon meat and the spiritual flesh of various other demonic beasts to help her strengthen her body.
During this process, Qin Shou also discovered that the "Overlord God Technique" cultivated by Yi Cheng was truly domineering; the energy that she swallowed was directly refined and absorbed by her little belly.
Although there were a few instances where Yi Cheng ate too much, resulting in some minor issues.
For example, once, Yi Cheng secretly took Xiao Pang into Qin Shou's alchemy room and ate all sorts of pills that Qin Shou had refined over the years, treating them like candy. Their bodies began to swell, heat up, and hissed out white mist, as if they had inexhaustible power...
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