Unlimited priesthood

Chapter 123 Ten Years
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, ten years have passed.

The Dongting Lake is shrouded in mist and clouds.

A lake island, hidden deep within.

The island is several miles in circumference, making it a large island in Dongting Lake.

Houses were built on the island, and fields were divided up. Even canals were dug to bring water, and a lotus pond was dug in the center of the lake island.

Inside the house, Shen He opened his eyes, sat up, and stretched his body. Immediately, his muscles and bones creaked, as if there were the thunderous roars of tigers and leopards.

"Ten years!"

Shen He murmured to himself, then turned to look at the bronze mirror. He saw a radiant face reflected in the mirror, with thick black hair, full of vitality, a high forehead, and a square jaw. He exuded the breath of life from the inside out, and there was no trace of the old and frail appearance he had once had.

It was through ten years of arduous training that he achieved mastery of the Qi and forged a third-tier martial art.

Therefore, lifespan is greatly increased, and youth is restored!

But the results of ten years of hard work are far more than this.

Shen He got up and went outside.

"Wow!!!"

A cry was heard, seemingly piercing the clouds, followed by a shadow falling and completely obscuring Shen He.

Shen He looked up and saw a raptor coming fiercely with its wings spread wide, more than three zhang (approximately 10 meters) wide. Its feathers were like steel, and its sharp claws were hooked, making people tremble with fear.

"Wow!"

Following the iron-feathered eagle, many other birds followed closely behind, landing around the wooden house.

Shen He glanced around, and activated his Eye of Spirit Control.

Iron Feather Eagle

Spirit Beast Rank: Tier 3 (Elite)
Mythical Beast Type: Birds (Eagles)

Spirit Beast Battle Skills: Refined Steel Feathers, Piercing Through Clouds and Sky, Feasting with Pleasure, Kingly Aura...

Seeing the Iron-feathered Eagle flying towards them, along with its harem of beauties, Shen He shook his head: "I haven't even opened mine yet, you open yours first!"

After saying this, he took out several bags of rice and poured them on the open ground in front of the wooden house for the eagle king and his beloved concubine to eat.

Dongting Lake is vast, stretching eight hundred miles in length and width, and is home to all kinds of rare and exotic animals.

Although most of them are not of high rank, they have great potential for development, and some even have the potential to become "kings".

The Iron-feathered Eagle is one of them. It grew up alone in Dongting Lake and became an extremely rare second-tier spirit beast. Moreover, it is an elite species with the potential to become a lord or even a king.

Therefore, Shen He captured it, formed a contract with it, and carefully nurtured it. Although it did not evolve into a lord or a king, it still reached the third rank, which can be considered the pinnacle in this mortal world.

In addition, it also abducted a group of ignorant young birds and built a large army of birds for Shenhe in the form of a "harem" to monitor the movements of all parties and ensure the safety of the lake island.

For such a meritorious person, there is naturally no reason not to treat him unfairly. A few bags of rice are just an appetizer. Shen He picked up a wooden bucket and went to the lakeside. He pulled up the fish traps and quickly filled two large buckets with fish and shrimp, along with a few treasure fish below the level of spirit fish. He returned to the threshing ground to feed the iron-feathered eagle.

"Goo!"

Upon seeing the treasure fish arrive, the Iron-feathered Eagle, having folded its wings, rushed to the front, even bumping past two of its beloved concubines, and monopolized a bucket of fish and shrimp, burying its head in it and feasting heartily.

Seeing its appearance, Shen He had no choice but to turn around and go to the edge of the field.

The lake island is not large, and there are not many cultivated fields, only about two or three acres.

But these two or three acres of land are a gathering place for many talents, with many exotic flowers and rare herbs growing there.

This is also one of the things Shenhe has accumulated over the past ten years.

Dongting Lake is vast, home not only to rare and exotic animals, but also to various rare and exotic plants. In addition, the spirit fishermen can fish for immortal opportunities and occasionally obtain some strange seeds. Over the years, Shen He has accumulated a lot of rare treasures, some of which have reached the level of "spiritual plants".

Shen He transplanted them all to the island, and now these three acres of land are filled with all kinds of exotic flowers and herbs, including rice, beans and grains, as well as flowers, grasses and fruit trees, and medicinal plants such as Solomon's seal and ginseng, each occupying a corner of the land.

Shen He came to the field, first watering and fertilizing the plants, then taking out several pieces of crystal-clear jade and burying them in the four corners of the field to form a small spiritual array to enhance the spiritual energy of these few acres of land.

There's no other way; these are spiritual plants, spiritual plants. How can you plant them without spirit?

Without sufficient spiritual energy, these exotic flowers and herbs cannot grow at all. Even if they do grow, they will be malnourished, producing flowers but no fruit, herbs but no medicine, a complete waste of effort.

However, Dongting Lake is a mortal place with scarce spiritual energy, and it is even more difficult to sustain these spiritual plants gathered in one place.

Therefore, Shen He had no choice but to use the spirit stones he had to set up a spirit-gathering array to maintain their growth.

What? Where do spirit stones come from?

It was a blessing from the immortals. The talent of the Fate Angler was no joke. Although Shen He had been developing in a low-key manner for the past ten years, avoiding various forces and the cultivators behind them, and had no chance to make a fortune overnight, he still gained a lot of immortal blessings through the power of Fate Angler, some of which were spirit stones.

Only in this way can these few acres of spiritual fields, along with the various rare and exotic plants within them, be maintained.

After inspecting the first few acres of spirit fields and confirming that these rare plants, especially the few spirit plants, were free from pests and diseases, Shen He came to the last acre of field and began harvesting this small half-acre of spirit rice.

Three years ago, when he was fishing, he caught a jade box. Inside the jade box was nothing but a small bag of rice seeds. After comparing them, Shen He discovered that it was a kind of spiritual rice, so he immediately cleared half an acre of land to plant it.

Now is the harvest season.

Shen He arrived at the field and saw that the rice stalks were bent over, already laden with fruit.

Shen He peeled it open and saw that the rice grains were plump, like pearls, or as translucent as jade. Even before it was steamed, it gave off a fragrant aroma, making one's mouth water.

"This must be pearl rice!"

Although he had already confirmed the species through comparison, Shen He was still very happy to see the real fruit. He then picked up his sickle and quickly harvested the small half-acre of spirit rice.

Then he returned to the front of the house and used a rice huller to husk the rice.

"Coo coo!?"

Upon seeing this, the Iron-feathered Eagle immediately approached, standing guard to the side, its eyes fixed on the extracted pearl spirit rice, its mouth watering. "Get lost!"

Shen He didn't indulge him. He scolded him, making him shrink back and leave, but he still looked back every few steps.

"That damn bird is a disgrace to the family!"

Looking at the Iron-feathered Eagle, which looked back every few steps and had no raptor-like temperament whatsoever, Shen He couldn't help but miss the Golden-winged Roc from the Spirit Master world.

Soon, all the spirit rice was husked, but the yield was small; after deducting the reserved rice seeds, there were only about 500 catties left.

But it's not bad, after all, you can't ask for too much in this mundane world.

He put the 500 catties of spirit rice and rice seeds into his storage bag, and then threw the husks of the spirit rice to the eager Iron-feathered Eagle and a group of birds, distributing them among themselves to prevent the Iron-feathered Eagle from eating alone.

After finishing all this, half the day had passed. Shen He then rushed to the center of the island to dig lotus roots in the lotus pond he had created.

This lotus root emerges from the mud unsullied, each root as white as jade, exuding a delicate fragrance; it is indeed a spiritual plant.

This was not obtained through divine intervention, but rather found by Shen He in Dongting Lake. After much effort, he transplanted it here and named it White Jade Lotus Root.

Although this white jade lotus root has not reached the level of a first-tier spiritual plant, it is still considered a rare treasure in this mortal world. It is refreshing to eat, can detoxify all poisons, and has a little bit of water spirit energy, which is very beneficial to water-type spiritual beasts.

Shen He dug up a basket of white jade lotus roots, ate one himself, and carried the rest to the lakeside. He struck a bronze gong, and then the water surface stirred. One after another, alligators crawled ashore, with a bronze-armored alligator several meters long being the most eye-catching.

Bronze-backed Alligator
Spirit Beast Rank: Tier 3 (Superior Species)
Spirit Beast Type: Crocodile (Dragon Blood)

Spirit Beast Battle Skills: Copper Skin and Iron Bones, Overturning Rivers and Seas, Divine Dragon Tail Swing, Water Manipulation Techniques...

Ten years later, this ordinary alligator leader was trained to the third tier and evolved into the superior bronze-backed alligator.

Without the professional bonus of a Spirit Master, the main reason it was able to evolve was the white jade lotus root plus the various beast pills and medicines made by Shen He.

"Hoohoo!"

The bronze-backed alligator dragon galloped ahead with its short legs, followed closely by dozens of alligator dragon underlings, who crawled up to Shen He and stared at him expectantly.

"Eat, eat!"

Shen He smiled, poured out the white jade lotus root from his basket, tossed a piece to each of the alligator dragons, and even had a whole copper-armored alligator dragon to himself, which he held in his arms and began to gnaw on.

Shen He put down his basket and turned to the other side, striking the gong again. Ripples appeared on the water's surface, and a dazzling array of colors emerged, extremely beautiful.

It was a huge school of carp!

The most eye-catching of them all is a golden dragon carp with seven star-shaped spots on its head, the rest of its body is entirely golden, its body is shimmering, and it has two long golden whiskers on its lips.

Seven-Star Dragon Carp
Spirit Beast Rank: Tier 3 (Superior Species)
Spirit Beast Type: Carp (Dragon Blood)

Spirit Beast Battle Skills: Dragon Bloodline, Overturning Rivers and Seas, Summoning Wind and Rain, Bringing Good Fortune and Wealth...

When the fish came to the shore, Shen He took out the half bag of spirit rice husks left over from feeding the birds, mixed in some pearl spirit rice, and then mixed it with several bags of ordinary rice. He poured it into the water as feed, which immediately caused the fish to scramble for it.

As the king of fish, the Seven-Star Dragon Carp received a white jade lotus root and several pounds of pearl spirit rice shaped into rice balls, which it happily devoured in the water.

As a dragon-type spirit beast, the Seven-Star Dragon Carp, like the Copper-Backed Crocodile Dragon, faces difficulties in advancing. Even at the third rank, it is still only a superior species, far inferior to the elite species Iron-Feathered Eagle.

However, the advantages of dragon blood are undeniable; it's just that resources are currently insufficient to support their evolution. Once resources become plentiful in the future, they are very likely to surpass the Iron-feathered Eagle.

After feeding the group of carp, Shen He was in no hurry to leave, and just watched the Seven-Star Dragon Carp and its little brother eat.

Rural life and the lives of fishermen, though busy, are also uniquely peaceful and leisurely.

Unfortunately, this kind of life cannot continue indefinitely.

This world, after all, is a world of people!

As human beings, we must strive, just as rowing against the current means either moving forward or falling behind.

and so……

Ten years have passed, the seasons have changed, and autumn harvest season has arrived once again.

Autumn on the ground brings abundant fruit; autumn in the lake brings plump fish.

Rows of small boats glide across the lake, and countless fishermen cast their nets to catch fish.

suddenly……

"boom!!!"

A loud bang shattered the surface of the water, and a dazzling golden light caught the eye.

Those around looked on in astonishment and saw a dazzling golden fish shadow darting about in the water, like a king inspecting his territory. Wherever it passed, the fish trembled and even turned their bellies up, all intimidated by the majestic dragon.

"This is……"

"Seven-Star Dragon Carp, Seven-Star Dragon Carp!?"

Fishermen cried out in alarm, which was followed by a chorus of horrified exclamations.

But soon they realized something was wrong.

"wrong!"

"This is not a Seven-Star Dragon Carp!"

"It's the Dragon King! It's the Dragon King!"

"Nine, nine, nine-star true dragon carp!?"

Someone's voice trembled, which was truly shocking.

(End of this chapter)