Ye Linyuan murmured in his heart. After confirming that there were no other treasures, he did not linger and immediately followed the Underground Dark River back to the Valley.
After leaving the pool, Ye Linyuan looked back at the Underground Dark River. A decision instantly formed in his mind. “I should keep this Underground Dark River secret for now and use it as my private cultivation ground.”
After deciding to conceal the Underground Dark River, Ye Linyuan returned to that acre of Fertile Field.
This time, he carefully inspected it and discovered that the Jade Marrow Rice in the Spirit Field had decreased by nearly ten percent. Clearly, the losses were severe.
“Fortunately, I found the Cave Spirit Eye. Otherwise, I would have suffered a huge loss this time.”
Ye Linyuan murmured in his heart. Then he returned to the Bamboo House beside the Fertile Field and took out the Purple Scaled Snake to cut it up and process it.
In the Cang Ling Sea, the Purple Scaled Snake was one of the most common Demonic Snakes. This was because, in the deepest part of the Cang Ling Sea, there was an unfathomable True Dragon.
According to Legend, that unrivaled True Dragon had gradually cultivated from a Purple Scaled Snake.
The Purple Scaled Snake before him had probably only become a Demonic Beast recently. Its Cultivation Level could likely only Compare favorably with First Level Qi Refining, but every part of its body was still quite Precious to Ye Linyuan.
After processing it, Ye Linyuan Obtained a portion of Snake Venom, a piece of snake skin, two snake fangs, a gallbladder, and a portion of snake meat.
These Treasures could all be considered First-Order Spirit Materials. The snake skin could be tanned into three First-Order Low-Grade Talisman Papers, with a Value of approximately ten Broken Spirit Stones.
The Snake Venom could be used to prepare poison. Its Value was slightly higher and could also fetch more than ten Broken Spirit Stones.
The snake fangs could be used for Talisman Crafting. However, because their Spirituality was somewhat insufficient, Other Materials had to be added to refine them into a Magic Tool. Even so, they were worth more than ten Broken Spirit Stones.
The snake meat contained Spirituality. After being eaten, it could increase one’s Cultivation Level, and it could also be sold for more than ten Broken Spirit Stones.
The gallbladder had the highest Value. It could generally be sold for thirty pieces of Broken Spirit Stones, because Taking it could increase poison resistance. In The Future, it would grant immunity to First-Order Low-Grade Snake Venom and provide a certain degree of resistance to First-Order mid- and High-Grade Snake Venom.
Thus, the combined Value of these five First-Order Spirit Materials should Compare favorably with seventy or eighty Broken Spirit Stones.
“Demon Hunting really does bring in a great Harvest.”
Looking at the Materials before him, Ye Linyuan could not help but show an Expression of emotion.
Even a weak Demonic Snake was worth more than seventy or eighty Broken Spirit Stones. If it were a First-Order High-Grade Demonic Snake, its Value would probably start at ten Spirit Stones.
In his Previous Life, Ye Linyuan had been able to cultivate to Golden Core Great Perfection mainly because his Combat Power was Powerful. He could always Kill powerful enemies and Demonic Beasts of the Same Cultivation Level, obtaining extremely abundant Resources.
However, whether fighting people or battling Demonic Beasts, both were Dangerous and Unpredictable. With the slightest carelessness, one would become a dead soul beneath another’s blade.
Yet one’s life only came once. Therefore, the vast majority of Cultivators were cautious around powerful opponents of the Same Cultivation Level and would not easily fight others to the death. There were also not many Cultivators who enjoyed fiercely battling experts of the Same Realm.
More Cultivators preferred to Big bully small, happily exploiting low-level Cultivators and seizing Cultivation Resources from the weak.
“Fighting for dominance is Dangerous and Unpredictable. In this life, I should still Restrain myself as much as possible and focus mainly on cultivating through farming.”
“If I truly need to fight, I can also learn from those Old Monsters in my Previous Life who liked to Big bully small.”
Recalling the perilous situations he had repeatedly faced in his Previous Life for Cultivation Resources, Ye Linyuan could not help but wipe away a slight cold sweat.
In his Previous Life, the Nascent Soul Old Monsters he encountered were mostly harmonious with those of the Same Realm, maintaining at least a superficial cordiality. However, when it came to exploiting low-level Cultivators, each one was more ruthless than the last.
Wars between Nascent Soul Forces might not occur even once in several hundred years, and the Nascent Soul Ancestors of both sides would basically not easily Take action.
Since he had embarked on the path of a Water Cultivator in this life, Ye Linyuan had Decided that everything should prioritize stability. If he did not have ninety percent confidence, it would be better to value peace whenever possible.
He had already made up his mind. When encountering Seniors in this life, he would be submissive; when encountering Ants bold enough to provoke him, he would strike back with overwhelming force.
Of course, this applied only when they could be avoided. If there truly were nowhere to hide and no way to escape, he would likewise bravely draw his sword against powerful enemies, just as he had in his Previous Life.
“Plan everything before taking action. Since I have Obtained an Opportunity to Defy Heaven and Change Fate in this life, I must surpass my Previous Life one step at a time and Catch a glimpse of that supreme Realm that was untouchable in my Previous Life.”
Ye Linyuan made up his mind. Soon afterward, he swallowed the gallbladder and began to Refine its Medicinal Power, increasing his poison resistance.
Since he had placed preserving his life first on his Cultivation Path in this life, he naturally would not Give Up this opportunity to increase his poison resistance.
After refining the gallbladder, he spent the next few days tanning Talisman Paper and steaming and Taking the Demonic Snake’s meat.
The Purple Scaled Snake truly lived up to its status as a Demonic Snake. Its meat contained abundant Spiritual Energy, more than ten times as rich as Low-grade Spirit Rice.
There was more than a pound of snake meat. Ye Linyuan took three days to completely Refine it, ultimately gaining approximately thirty wisps of Spiritual Energy.
By then, the Spiritual Energy Within the body of Ye Linyuan had already exceeded a hundred wisps, and the True Qi of First Level Qi Refining had accumulated to one-third.
“At this Speed, by traveling back and forth to Refine the Spiritual Energy from the two Spirit Eyes, I will need only a little over three months to cultivate one strand of Spiritual Energy and then Breakthrough into the Second Layer of Qi Refining.”
Feeling the Spiritual Energy Within the body, Ye Linyuan murmured softly in his heart.
However, he shook his head and looked at the acre of Jade Marrow Rice before him. He could not help but smile and Said, “That’s not right. This acre of Spirit Rice is almost Mature. Cultivating with it should save me quite a bit of Cultivation Time.”
Based on Ye Linyuan’s experience, an Early Qi Refining Cultivator could Refine one pound of Spirit Rice each day, and one pound of Low-grade Spirit Rice should transform into three wisps of Spiritual Energy. This was equivalent to the fruits of three days of cultivation for a Three Spirit Root Cultivator.
In that case, once this acre of Spirit Rice Matured, it should save Ye Linyuan a considerable amount of Hard Cultivation Time.
Understanding this, Ye Linyuan immediately concentrated and began casting the Ripening Method to Mature the acre of Spirit Rice, hoping to make it Mature as soon as possible.
Time hurried by. Several more days passed, and just as the acre of Jade Marrow Rice was about to Mature, a lone boat suddenly drifted over from beyond Ye Family Island, breaking the tranquility of Ye Family Island.
On this day, Ye Linyuan was practicing closed-door cultivation at the Ye Family Spirit Eye when Ye Huaixue called him out of the Cultivation Chamber.
“Grandfather has returned. The old man is at death’s door.”
Ye Huaixue’s eyes were red. Choking back her tears, she anxiously delivered some bad News.
Ye Linyuan’s heart sank. Seeing Ye Huaixue’s gloomy Expression, he did not immediately Speak to ask questions.
He hurried to Old Man Ye’s residence, only to discover that Second Uncle Ye Qinyang, Third Uncle Ye Qin Chu, Fifth Aunt Ye Qinxin, and Ye Linze had already arrived some time ago.