"They moved to the back mountain?"
Qin Shou was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Wen Qing's cultivation level.
[Warmth: Foundation Building Level Three............]
Qin Shou understood that Chang Sheng must have been discouraged by Wen Qing's rapid cultivation speed, so he moved to the back mountain to cultivate alone.
Changsheng has been sensitive since childhood, perhaps because he feels that he lacks talent and that one day he will despise or be disappointed in himself.
Qin Shou shook his head and chuckled.
He is my apprentice, how could I possibly look down on him?
However, to be fair, Xiao Qing'er's talent and comprehension in cultivation far surpass those of Chang Sheng.
The back mountain.
A new bamboo house was built, and a shrine was created in front of it.
"Moo~"
When the blue ox saw the Qin beast arrive, it lay down under the bamboo house and bellowed.
"Master, you've arrived!"
Changsheng, who was carrying water to irrigate the spirit seed, turned around and smiled brightly.
"Um"
Qin Shou nodded, then rolled up his sleeves and joined Changsheng in irrigating and watering the spirit garden.
Qin Shou hadn't done farm work like this in a long time.
It seems that ever since Changsheng arrived at the mountain, he has been in charge of everything.
The sun was high in the sky, and the sunlight was scorching.
Qin Shou straightened up and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Having already reached the Golden Core stage, he was no longer affected by this solar term.
But at this moment, he just wanted to experience what it's like to be an ordinary person: digging the ground, planting vegetables, wiping away sweat when he was tired, and drinking some cool water...
As Qin Shou looked at Chang Sheng, who was still working in the garden, he suddenly felt that time was like water, gradually flowing away.
In the blink of an eye, the ten-year-old child has grown into a robust man in his thirties.
[Chang Sheng: 37 years old, Qi Refining Level 2.....]
"It wasn't easy, haha."
Qin Shou shook his head and chuckled.
"Master, what are you laughing at?"
"It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered something happy."
Qin Shou took out a pile of spirit stones from the system space, clenched his fist with his five fingers, and thousands of spirit stones were instantly ground into dust and scattered in the garden.
Splash—
In an instant, the garden was filled with spiritual energy and teeming with life.
......
"Master, senior brother, dinner's ready!"
"We have braised pork today!"
Around noon, Wenqing, carrying a lunchbox and humming a little tune, skipped and hopped from a distance.
Black Rabbit followed behind, mimicking Wenqing's mannerisms, hopping on its left foot and leaping on its right, its tongue twitching in mid-air, making quite a racket.
Qin Shou felt that since Wen Qing arrived, this rabbit had become more and more human-like.
"Chang Sheng, come and eat."
"Coming, sir, I'll be right there after I wash my hands."
There was a bamboo table under the eaves, where the master and his two apprentices sat side by side.
"Come on, Changsheng, have a piece of braised pork."
Qin Shou picked up a piece of braised pork and placed it in the Longevity Bowl.
"Thank you, Master."
"Squeak—squeak—"
At this moment, the black rabbit, seeing this, hopped onto the bamboo stool, raised its two little paws high, held its little bowl above its head, and squeaked.
The Qin beast understood; it also wanted to eat braised pork.
But don't rabbits eat grass?
"By the way, why are half of the Spirit Gathering Grasses that I planted by the Spirit Pool missing?"
Qin Shou suddenly put down his chopsticks and looked at Changsheng and Wenqing, asking them a question.
When he came out of seclusion earlier, he found that the area around the Spirit Pool, which was originally lush and green, had suddenly become barren.
"Squeak—squeak—"
Upon hearing this, Black Rabbit immediately jumped off the stool, grabbed her large belly, and ran away.
Snap!
Tripped on a protruding plank, tumbled down several steps, and then tumbled away...
Qin Beast: "??????"
"Did this rabbit eat that?"
The Qin beast looked at Wen Qing.
Wen Qing nodded.
Snap!
Qin Shou slammed down his bowl and chopsticks.
"Hey, watch me roast this rabbit!"
"Moo~"
Just then, the old ox under the eaves got anxious. Suddenly, it bellowed, broke free of its rope, and ran away into the distance.
"??????"
Qin Beast looked at Changsheng, "What is it doing?"
Changsheng scratched his head and chuckled, "The old ox is getting old. I discovered that eating Spirit Gathering Grass makes it more energetic, so I cut some for it to eat."
......
After lunch, Wenqing tidied up the dishes and skipped away.
"...φ(0￣*)lalala_φ(*￣0￣)＞lalala, I'm going to soak my feet in the Spirit Pool~~~"
Qin Shou and Chang Sheng stood under the eaves, watching the sea of clouds on the back mountain drift rapidly.
"Chang Sheng, don't be discouraged. Everyone has their own destiny. Xiao Qing'er's talent and comprehension are only slightly better than yours...that's all."
"Master, am I really that bad at talent?"
"Actually, yes..."
"Master, you don't need to comfort me, just get to the point."
"Very bad"
"╮(￣▽￣”)╭........So direct!"
Changsheng looked at Qin Shou with some resentment, "Master, you said at the beginning that my talent was very good, the best you had ever seen, and that it could even be compared with your senior brother, who is my uncle."
"Uh... well... let me put it this way, before I met you, your senior uncle was the least talented cultivator I had ever seen."
Longevity: .................
"Alright, Changsheng, don't think about those things. Cultivators rely not only on talent and comprehension, but also, and perhaps most importantly, on their character. If you are determined, even a first-order mortal body can defy the heavens and attain immortality."
"Really, Master?"
"Of course, I once saw someone who was born weak, even weaker than a mortal, but with unwavering will and extraordinary faith, he struggled in the cultivation world, defying the heavens all the way, and attained immortality." (From reading novels in my previous life)
"Understood, Master. I will also cultivate diligently and never give up."
Qin Shou's words rekindled a glimmer of hope in Changsheng.
"Haha, this is truly my good disciple!"
Qin Shou laughed and patted Changsheng on the shoulder, then took out a jar of pills from his pocket.
"Chang Sheng, this is a newly refined perfect Qi Gathering Pill. Take it and use it for cultivation."
"One...one can!!!"
Changsheng held a black jar, drooling as he laughed.
"Hey, it's not many, just a few hundred. That should be enough for you to cultivate to the ninth level of Qi Refining."
...If you can't even reach the ninth level of Qi Refining, then, Changsheng, you're not suited for cultivation...
"Oh, by the way, I also made a spirit bed for you."
"Look, this spirit bed is even bigger than your junior sister's. I've also inlaid a few spirit-gathering stones on it, which can effectively assist your cultivation."
Qin Shou took out a spirit bed from the system space and moved it into the Longevity House, replacing the original bamboo bed.
"Waaaaah... (tot)... Master, I'm so touched!"
Changsheng rubbed against Qin Shou's arm.
"Oh dear, get up! You're so ugly, you've gotten my clothes all dirty!"
Qin Shou slapped Changsheng's head open.
Changsheng stared at his master with a resentful expression.
Indeed, love can fade away.
But it disappeared a little too quickly.
I was still feeling touched just a second ago.
If Junior Sister were to rub against him like that, Master would definitely comfort her gently.
"Alright, keep cultivating diligently. Your master is leaving now, day after day..."
"And that cow in the distance, yes, you! Don't think I can't see you just because you're hiding behind a tree; your cow rear end is sticking out!"
"If you steal the Spirit Gathering Grass again, I'll make you eat a whole cow feast!"
Qin Shou left, rambling on and on.
Before leaving, he scattered seeds of spirit-gathering grass around the bamboo house of immortality.
"Moo~"
The old ox bellowed and quickly hid its rear end.
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