Step by Step Ascend to Immortality - Chapter 117 - 107 Growing Vegetables

Chapter 117: Chapter 107 Growing Vegetables

“Planting vegetables!”

Liu Suiyun’s earth-shattering statement immediately shocked everyone and overturned the tables on the spot.

“Cough, cough, cough…” Eldest Senior Brother Fang Mingyue was just drinking tea. Even though he was already a cultivator at the great accomplishment stage of Foundation Establishment, he was immediately choked and coughed repeatedly: “Cough, cough, cough…”

As for Second Senior Brother Chen Xingrui, it was even worse. He directly sprayed out a mouthful of tea, with tea leaves still on his face. He repeatedly said to the teacher’s wife: “Teacher’s wife, teacher’s wife, I really didn’t mean to waste your good tea. I really didn’t mean it!”

As for Guo Huijun, it wasn’t much better. She almost fell off the chair to the ground and asked in surprise: “Planting vegetables!”

Instead of learning excellent skills like alchemy, sword refining, and talisman-making, and even not choosing the extremely promising art of natural history, why learn planting vegetables!

Even Shen Yaqin’s expression became severe. She coldly shouted at Liu Suiyun: “Reason!”

As expected, the teacher’s wife is the teacher’s wife. Liu Suiyun only felt his hair stand on end. It was as if he was being stared at by some primordial beast. He was filled with fear but managed to answer Shen Yaqin’s question: “Teacher’s wife, when I was at home, I was a good hand at planting vegetables. I am an expert in planting vegetables!”

Seeing the fierce murderous aura from the teacher’s wife, who was like an invincible female demon king, Liu Suiyun quickly added: “Teacher’s wife, you said that no matter what cultivation method I choose, you will support me!”

It’s strange to believe this reason. Shen Yaqin glanced at Liu Suiyun but knew that there might be some big secret that couldn’t be told on Liu Suiyun: “Okay, this is your own choice. Do you want to learn about spiritual plants?”

Liu Suiyun immediately nodded repeatedly like a chick pecking at rice: “Teacher’s wife is wise. Teacher’s wife is wise. Disciples want to learn planting vegetables. No, no… I want to learn about spiritual plants! I hope teacher’s wife will成全 me!”

As he spoke, regardless of the fact that his mouth was still burning from the spiciness, Liu Suiyun immediately knelt down in front of Shen Yaqin: “Teacher’s wife, disciples want to learn planting vegetables. No, it’s spiritual plants. I hope you will成全 disciples!”

Shen Yaqin glanced at Liu Suiyun. Immediately, Liu Suiyun felt an extremely cool sensation in his mouth. No, it was because the teacher’s wife’s murderous intent was too intense! So terrifying!

Even Eldest Senior Brother Fang Mingyue and Second Senior Brother Chen Xingrui were unfortunately affected and knelt down together: “Teacher’s wife, teacher’s wife, forgive disciples! Forgive disciples!”

As for Guo Huijun, it wasn’t much better. She immediately knelt down following Liu Suiyun. But from beginning to end, she didn’t understand what was going on with Liu Suiyun. Why not choose the excellent art of natural history? And also not learning sword refining, alchemy, and talisman-making. Instead, going to learn planting vegetables. No, it’s spiritual plants.

Just when Liu Suiyun felt that the Fensheng Sword of the teacher’s wife was about to chop off his head with one strike, he saw Shen Yaqin happily laugh. Her whole body trembled with laughter. After a while, she said: “Interesting, interesting. You said you want to learn about spiritual plants?”

“Disciples want to learn about spiritual plants!” Liu Suiyun answered without hesitation: “I hope teacher’s wife will成全 me!”

“Get up!” Shen Yaqin held the Fensheng Sword and scolded: “Get up for me!”

“Yes!” Liu Suiyun obediently stood up and only then realized that his back was covered in cold sweat: “Thank you, teacher’s wife. Thank you, teacher’s wife!”

Shen Yaqin was still holding the Fensheng Sword. She scolded: “Learning about spiritual plants is not so easy. Although learning the art of natural history is extremely difficult, as long as you focus on it for thirty years, you will always achieve something. But if you learn about spiritual plants for thirty years, most likely you will achieve nothing and return empty-handed. Do you know this?”

Some spiritual medicines require hundreds or thousands of years to have sufficient potency. Some pills even require spiritual medicines that are exactly three thousand years old to be effective. Even if it is a few years short, it will be completely ineffective. Therefore, the art of spiritual plants can be said to be the easiest and also the most difficult minor cultivation method in immortal cultivation.

Saying it’s easy means just sowing seeds and waiting for the harvest. Saying it’s difficult means that one has to wait for at least several decades or even hundreds of years. Although there are many methods to accelerate the growth of spiritual medicines, without eighty or a hundred years, it is still impossible to grow a batch of real spiritual medicines.

But Liu Suiyun had astonishing determination: “Disciples know! Even if a hundred years are wasted, I will not regret it. Moreover, when I was farming at home, I was a good hand. I know how to plant vegetables. Sometimes there are three harvests in a year!”

Planting vegetables and cultivating spiritual plants are two different things. Now Guo Huijun saw that Shen Yaqin’s Fensheng Sword couldn’t help but tremble. If Shen Yaqin herself wasn’t at the late stage of Golden Core with the talent of a true immortal, perhaps this sword would not be able to be withdrawn in time and would directly chop down on Liu Suiyun.

“Do you really want to learn planting vegetables?” Shen Yaqin tightly held the Fensheng Sword and asked: “You should know that although teacher’s wife is proficient in natural history and is known for her extensive knowledge and understanding of ancient and modern times, she is weak in cultivating spiritual plants. For example, if teacher’s wife teaches you the methods of sword refining, talisman-making, and alchemy, you just need to follow the old ways and you will surely achieve some success within three to five years!”

Liu Suiyun listened attentively. Shen Yaqin continued: “If it’s the art of natural history, as long as you are diligent, in ten years, you will also gain something. But if you want to practice the art of cultivating spiritual plants, the help that teacher’s wife can provide you is very little. Most likely, it will be like when Yunpeng Shangren practiced the Extreme Yuanhuang Thunder Forging Divine Record at the Golden Core stage. Everything has to be explored by oneself. Let alone thirty years…”

“Even three hundred years may not lead to a way out. Maybe it will also delay your cultivation of skills. Are you still willing to focus on planting vegetables? No, it’s cultivating spiritual plants!”

With such an extremely extraordinary disciple, Shen Yaqin unconsciously was also led astray by Liu Suiyun. But Liu Suiyun had a smile on his face: “Teacher’s wife, rest assured. Disciples really like planting vegetables! Even if three hundred years can’t lead to a way out, spending three thousand or thirty thousand years will definitely lead to a way out!”

“Good!”

Liu Suiyun was almost knocked down by this sword strike from Shen Yaqin. His shoulder hurt so much. Fortunately, Shen Yaqin used the scabbard to strike down. Otherwise, Liu Suiyun would be cut in two on the spot. Shen Yaqin said with a smile: “Ambitious. Ambitious. This is my little apprentice Shen Yaqin. Ambitious. If you want to plant vegetables, then plant vegetables. Teacher’s wife supports you!”

Shen Huijun couldn’t help but add: “Teacher’s wife, it’s cultivating spiritual plants!”

“That’s right. It’s cultivating spiritual plants!” Shen Yaqin then corrected herself and said: “Since you want to learn about cultivating spiritual plants, teacher’s wife strongly supports you and tries her best to create conditions for you. However, teacher’s wife is really not good at this. Although she has read many Taoist books, in fact, she has never taken care of vegetable fields. No, it’s medicine fields. It’s medicine fields!”

Shen Yaqin continued: “Since you are determined to learn, then it’s easy. Teacher’s wife will go to an outer peak first to learn for a few days to practice. Then, while breaking through the Foundation Establishment stage, she will review the old and learn the new and solidify the foundation. After breaking through the Foundation Establishment stage, you can plant vegetables well for me!”

“Thank you, teacher’s wife! Thank you, teacher’s wife!” Having such a considerate teacher’s wife is truly a great blessing for Liu Suiyun. Liu Suiyun repeatedly said: “Disciples are extremely grateful. Disciples don’t know how to express their gratitude to teacher’s wife!”

“You don’t need to be grateful to teacher’s wife!” Shen Yaqin said casually: “Since you have become a disciple of Chonghua Peak, teacher’s wife will not treat you unfairly. But since you have learned farming, no, it’s the art of cultivating spiritual plants. How about doing some small tasks for teacher’s wife!”

“Teacher’s wife can just give instructions. Disciples will not hesitate to die!” Liu Suiyun was full of loyalty and determination: “Disciples are good at planting vegetables!”

“Good! Good! Good!” Shen Yaqin said lightly: “Teacher’s wife has opened up a tea plantation on the east side of Chonghua Peak. In the past two years, it has been abandoned because there is no one to take care of it. Can you go and take care of those few acres of tea leaves?”

“Good! Good! Good!” Liu Suiyun immediately said: “Please rest assured, teacher’s wife. Disciples will take care of these few acres of tea leaves meticulously and ensure that teacher’s wife drinks the best spiritual tea!”

“Good! Good! Good!” Shen Yaqin waved her hand, and several jade slips had already flown over outside Yaxin Pavilion at some point: “These are several spiritual cultivation Taoist books related to spiritual tea that I have treasured. I’ll give them to you! If you have any questions, you can come and ask teacher’s wife at any time!”

“Thank you, teacher’s wife! Thank you, teacher’s wife!” Liu Suiyun quickly took these jade slips but saw his two senior brothers desperately biting their lips but couldn’t hide their mischievous smiles at all. He couldn’t help but think: “Tea plantation? On the east side of Chonghua Peak?”

He had just arrived at Chonghua Peak not long ago. Chonghua Peak is hundreds of miles in circumference. Along with several small branch peaks under its jurisdiction. So far, Liu Suiyun only knows the situation near the peak. But he couldn’t remember there being such a tea plantation on the east side of Chonghua Peak at all. In his impression, it seemed to be a sea of clouds and fog. There was no tea plantation at all.

Perhaps it’s in the sea of clouds and fog. Perhaps that’s why the teacher’s wife opened up a tea plantation there. Only then can good tea be produced. So he casually asked: “Teacher’s wife, for those few acres of tea plantation, exactly how many acres are there? Disciples can make a plan!”

“It’s only seven thousand acres of tea plantation!” Shen Yaqin almost couldn’t hold back her laughter: “That’s right, just seven thousand acres. It’s just that it has been abandoned and no one has taken care of it these years! Don’t worry. In addition to the tea plantation, there is also a large abandoned medicine field there. You can just plant vegetables there!”

Seven thousand acres! Liu Suiyun almost fell to the ground. This is not seven acres, not seventy acres, not seven hundred acres, but seven thousand acres!

Even though he was already at the peak of the tenth level of Qi Refining plus the peak of Yuanlong, for an ordinary tea plantation, he could take care of seventy acres at most by himself. Not to mention this is a spiritual tea plantation that is a hundred or a thousand times more troublesome than an ordinary tea plantation. And there are a full seven thousand acres.

Liu Suiyun held on to a glimmer of hope and asked: “Teacher’s wife, who took care of the tea plantation before? Can I…”

Before he finished speaking, his two senior brothers were already shaking their heads and giving him hints with their eyes. Liu Suiyun already understood.

Naturally, it was Shen Yaqin who opened up this tea plantation. At first, it should also be Shen Yaqin who took care of these seven thousand acres of tea plantation. But for some reason, even though Shen Yaqin had the body of a true immortal, she couldn’t handle these seven thousand acres of spiritual tea plantation and could only let the tea fields be abandoned. So Liu Suiyun immediately changed his words: “Please rest assured, teacher’s wife. Disciples can take care of this tea plantation by themselves! Disciples alone are enough!”

Shen Yaqin was very satisfied: “You should learn well how to plant spiritual tea and take care of spiritual tea. As for the matters of picking and炒制, leave it to teacher’s wife. If you don’t understand anything in these jade slips, come and ask teacher’s wife. Teacher’s wife will definitely teach you wholeheartedly. If you learn well, there will be heavy rewards!”

Liu Suiyun happily asked: “If disciples really learn well how to plant tea, can teacher’s wife teach disciples a few skills in talisman-making, alchemy, sword refining, and natural history?”