Chaos Spirit Field

After hearing Zhao Shanhe's affirmative answer, Tantai Mingyue's eyes flashed with guilt. She said, "Grandpa, I'm sorry, I misunderstood you. But you were also wrong. Knowing that Shanhe and Ouyang Bufan had a grudge, why did you give him the spiritual nourishing grass?"

Tan Tai Mieming said helplessly, "Mingyue, Tie Rumian lost a nephew in the beast tide attack on Wan Yao Mountain. After some investigation, he discovered that the culprit for this tragedy was Zhao Shanhe. To make up for the loss suffered by the Tie family, I sent two spiritual herbs as compensation. Who could have expected that he would give them to Ouyang Bufan?"

Zhao Shanhe said to Tantai Mieming with a guilty look on his face, "Grandpa, I've caused you trouble."

Tan Tai Mieming responded angrily, "Hmph! Stop trying to sow discord between Ming Yue and me. If you do it again, don't blame me for being rude to you."

At this time, Tan Tai Ming Yue started to persuade him, "Grandpa, since my husband has admitted his mistake, please stop pestering me, okay~"

"Girls really can't stay at home when they grow up!" Tan Tai Mieming couldn't help but sigh, then turned and left silently. Watching the old man's back gradually disappearing, Tan Tai Mingyue's heart was filled with emotion, and she said something unexpected: "Husband, my grandfather is really pretending to be so serious, and he even competes with you for favor."

After hearing this, Tantai Mieming's body trembled violently, and he almost fell off the flying sword! He couldn't help but yell, "This granddaughter is really unbearable!" Fortunately, he was flying high enough at this time, and no one noticed his embarrassed appearance.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a month had slipped by. Harvest season had arrived, and Zhao Shanhe's mind gradually sank into the Chaos Spiritual Fields. Gazing at the new patches of spiritual fields, he felt a surge of accomplishment. After two rounds of hard work and cultivation, there was little left to plant.

Zhao Shanhe first harvested all the ripe crops, then combined one hundred red-grade spiritual fields into one orange-quality high-grade spiritual field. He glanced at the spiritual field cultivating the Mountain River Blade and fell into deep thought before ultimately giving up. After all, it was too uneconomical, and the blue ox's dung had already been depleted. The great demon he had encountered in Ten Thousand Demons Mountain last time wasn't of a high enough rank; its dung was merely red.

After planting spiritual herbs in the empty space of the Chaos Spiritual Field, Zhao Shanhe's consciousness, already somewhat exhausted, withdrew from the spiritual field space, carrying this harvest with it. When his consciousness returned to his body, he suddenly noticed something unusual happening within his body. This feeling was quite strange, as if it was a sign of an impending breakthrough in his cultivation! He didn't dare to delay even a moment, immediately activating the Five Elements Technique, concentrating on directing the flow of his inner essence, fearing he would miss this hard-earned opportunity for a breakthrough.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhao Shanhe slowly opened his eyes. Although a trace of fatigue lingered on his face, he felt immense joy in his heart. He had successfully broken through to the sixth level of Qi Refining! This unexpected joy made him sigh, "True, planting flowers with care may not bloom, but planting willows by accident may yield a beautiful shade!"

Recalling this breakthrough, Zhao Shanhe secretly speculated that it might be related to the mysterious Chaos Spiritual Field. After all, his diligent work, sowing, and harvesting there had greatly tempered his spiritual awareness.

Glancing over the scattered items on the ground, Zhao Shanhe quickly stowed them away in his storage bag. Then, he collapsed onto the bed like a puddle of mud and quickly fell asleep. For a cultivator, even one possessing extraordinary powers still needs to sleep when tired.

When Zhao Shanhe awoke, he felt relaxed and refreshed, even his cultivation seemed to have improved. However, this was merely an illusion. He now had a deeper understanding of the hardships of cultivating the Five Elements Spiritual Roots.

Nearly six years had passed since he embarked on this path to immortality. For the first three or so years, he successfully cultivated to the fifth level of Qi Refining. But for the next two or so years, he was stuck at the sixth level, unable to advance. Meanwhile, Tan Tai Ming Yue, who was cultivating at the same time, had already reached the eighth level of Qi Refining and would be able to establish his foundation in just a few years. Thinking of this, Zhao Shanhe felt a surge of urgency; he had to come up with a solution.

There are many ways to improve one's cultivation. Many natural treasures have the effect of improving one's cultivation, such as Zhuguo, Xiantao, and Xianlingguo. Zhao Shanhe knows no less than ten kinds. He can sell the things he brought back from the big monster and exchange them for two Zhuguo, but that is just a drop in the bucket.

Take the Vermillion Fruit, for example. Consuming just one Heavenly Spiritual Root could elevate one from the sixth level of Qi Refining to the later stages, at least to the seventh level, and as high as the ninth level. This depended primarily on the growth of the Spiritual Root and the quality of the Vermillion Fruit. A cultivator like Zhao Shanhe, whose Five Elements Spiritual Roots had fully developed, would need five Vermillion Fruits to advance from the sixth to the seventh level of Qi Refining. If they were unlucky, they might even have to eat two more.

The real purpose of Zhao Shanhe's training in Wan Yao Mountain was to find the natural treasure tree that could be planted in the Chaos Spirit Field and achieve freedom of natural treasures. Unfortunately, he returned empty-handed because of the Liu Quan incident. Now he certainly doesn't dare to go there. This road is temporarily blocked. He doesn't dare to ask for help because he can't explain clearly and it is easy for people to see him.

There are many other ways to quickly improve one's cultivation, such as the soul-stealing technique of the formation master. Zhao Shanhe has the Falling Star Plate, so it is not difficult to find the spiritual veins. The difficulty lies in using spiritual consciousness to guide the spiritual veins. Spiritual consciousness is a product after the foundation is established, not to mention that becoming a formation master is not easy. It is basically impossible to do it in the Qi Refining Stage, and even if you encounter a formation book that can be planted, it is probably not possible.

There are many unorthodox methods that can quickly improve one's cultivation, such as the art of gathering Yin to replenish Yang. Even if Zhao Shanhe wanted to learn this, he wouldn't have the chance. It's not that he doesn't have the ability, but the secret techniques are hard to come by. Five hundred years ago, Hua Hudie, a true disciple of the top-tier Hehuan Sect, gathered the Yin energy of the granddaughter of the third elder of the superpowerful Dan League. As a result, the sect was destroyed, and the secret techniques of gathering Yin energy became taboo. However, there are secret techniques for dual cultivation, but they require the willing practice of female cultivators, such as the Xuan Yin Gong that Yang Xiaochan practices.

Zhao Shanhe placed all his hopes on the Book of Alchemy. As long as he could refine a top-grade elixir, his cultivation would be twice as effective with half the effort. He took out the Book of Alchemy and began to examine it. The Book had been cultivated in the Chaos Spirit Field, using the residual soul of a master alchemist as fertilizer. The results should be extraordinary. He hoped he wouldn't be disappointed.