Family Cultivation: My Ancestral Home Gets Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 73 Taking Stock of the Harvest (Thirteenth Update)

Next, Jiang Fu'an took out four small porcelain bottles from his storage bag and uncorked the first one.

A familiar, light medicinal fragrance wafted out.

Jiang Fu'an looked into the bottle and a smile immediately spread across his face.

It's a Qi-Nourishing Pill!

Moreover, the bottle was full of thirty pills, each one round and plump, clearly untouched.

"nice one!"

He happily put the porcelain bottle away: "If you use it sparingly, it'll be enough to support your cultivation for two months."

After putting away the bottle, he eagerly uncorked the second porcelain bottle.

This time, however, it surprised him slightly.

There was only one lone pill in the bottle, three times the size of a Qi-Nourishing Pill.

Bringing it close to my nose, a rich medicinal aroma wafts up, and just one breath makes me feel refreshed.

The surface of the pill has a subtle shimmering light, making it clear at a glance that it is no ordinary product.

As he was guessing, his gaze fell on the outside of the porcelain vase, and he noticed a few small characters engraved on it:

First-tier longevity pill.

Jiang Fu'an's eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

Longevity pills for those in the Qi Refining stage — these are extremely rare.

It is said that taking one of these pills can add twenty years to one's lifespan.

Moreover, he had a hunch that if he were to take it using his "devouring body," the life-extending effect would probably be more than twenty years.

"Would you like to try one now and see how it goes?"

The thought had barely crossed his mind when he suppressed it.

The Longevity Pill is as precious as the Spirit Gathering Pill used to break through bottlenecks.

The group of cultivators who were chasing that person were most likely after it.

Since it is so precious, it should naturally be reserved for those who need it most.

For example, that kid Shi Tou Yi also has a "devouring body," but his lifespan is far shorter than mine.

There's also Yue'er, and her two wives—none of them can cultivate, and their lifespans are limited.

After much thought, he realized that among his family members, he was the one who least needed to extend his lifespan.

Jiang Fu'an shook his head, put the pill back into the porcelain bottle, tightened the cork, and put it into his storage ring.

He only has one, and he hasn't decided who to give it to yet.

After all, both are flesh and blood.

He planned to reward the elixir to whoever needed it most or made a significant contribution to the family.

Jiang Fu'an snapped out of his thoughts and turned his gaze to the last two porcelain vases.

The two bottles were identical. When the stoppers were removed, they were filled with blood-red pills, emitting a strong smell of blood and qi.

Unfortunately, there were no words engraved on the bottle, so Jiang Fu'an couldn't guess what kind of pill it was, only that it was related to qi and blood.

The subsequent search of the storage bag left Jiang Fu'an somewhat disappointed.

There were no magical artifacts or talismans in the bag, and apart from a few books related to cultivation, there was nothing of value.

"It seems that the items related to the battle are still on that person."

Jiang Fu'an pulled on the reins and stopped the horse by the roadside.

He piled up the unimportant odds and ends, then focused his mind and made a hand seal, from which a fireball burst forth from his fingertips.

The fireball landed on the pile of debris and burst into flames with a "boom".

Black smoke billowed and crackled, and in no time it was reduced to ashes.

The methods in the cultivation world are incredibly diverse. For items like these that have no value, it's safest to just burn them.

If you keep it on your person, someone might come looking for you.

Jiang Fu'an didn't linger. He immediately mounted his horse, flicked the reins, and galloped off towards Qinglu Mountain.

late at night.

Jiang Fu'an stayed alone in the talisman room, flipping through the books he had obtained from the storage bag by candlelight.

Soon, his gaze was drawn to a book called "Dragon and Tiger Body Forging Technique".

This is actually a body-refining technique, with six levels in total, which can be cultivated from the Qi Refining stage all the way to the late Foundation Establishment stage.

He quickly flipped through it and found that this technique was more efficient to cultivate than the "Body Tempering Technique" he was currently using, and it also included several secret arts.

For example, "Crushing Mountain Fist" and "Shaking Mountain Leg".

These two techniques are not used to fight enemies, but rather to help practitioners quickly adapt to the new power and master the changes in their bodies after their physical strength has been enhanced.

What captivated him most was a secret technique called the "Blood Burning Curse".

The effect of this secret technique is very simple:

By burning the body's vital energy, one can rapidly increase their physical defense, speed, and strength.

If one truly masters this skill, defeating enemies of higher levels will be no mere fantasy.

But the cost was also extremely high:

After using it, the body will fall into extreme weakness, and will be left with irreparable damage, shortening lifespan.

After a moment's consideration, Jiang Fu'an decided that he could learn the "Burning Blood Curse" as a trump card to save his life.

Anyway, he has a long lifespan, so he's not afraid of losing it.

Even stones can learn; they can use longevity pills to make up for lost lifespans.

Under the effect of "devouring body", one can gain a considerable amount of extra lifespan.

After reading the manual and reflecting on everything that had happened during the day, Jiang Fu'an suddenly understood many things.

For example, the person being chased should be a body-refining cultivator who also practiced the "Blood Burning Curse".

The longevity pills on his body were probably bought specifically to make up for the lifespan lost by using the "Blood Burning Curse".

His ability to easily hide the storage bag among the tree branches high up during his escape was also thanks to his body tempering.

When he fought the Jie Xiu, he probably used the "Blood Burning Curse" to barely break through the encirclement and escape.

It was precisely because of his weakness after performing the secret technique, coupled with his inability to completely shake off the pursuers, that he chose to hide the storage bag first to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

As Jiang Fu'an pondered this, a cold sweat suddenly broke out on his back.

That person even used the "Blood Burning Curse," but still couldn't defeat them, which shows how terrifying the strength of that group of cultivators was.

Then I recalled the scene of that beautiful woman falling from the sky and lying motionless on the ground—

It's most likely a fake.

The purpose was to entice him to turn back.

"Luckily I wasn't greedy at the time, otherwise I might have died there."

"No wonder Fu Yuan hinted that as long as you ride the Half-Spirit Horse steadily, your chances of escaping are very high."

After feeling relieved, Jiang Fu'an secretly made up his mind:

In the future, if I encounter any "good fortune," I must strictly follow the instructions and never cause any complications due to greed.

He steadied himself, and with a slight thought, the two porcelain bottles containing red pills reappeared in his palm.

Since the original owner was a body-refining cultivator, this red pill is most likely a "body-tempering pill" used to assist in body refining.

As He Miao mentioned before, this kind of pill contains abundant qi and blood, and its benefits to body refinement are even better than those of demon beast meat.

She suggested buying some for her own cultivation, but Jiang Fu'an refused.

The Body Tempering Pill contains no spiritual energy, while the spirit beast meat he is currently eating can both temper his body and accelerate his cultivation by utilizing its spiritual energy.

Cultivation is the foundation of everything. Instead of spending money on Body Tempering Pills, it's more practical to buy Qi Nourishing Pills.

However, now that something is offered for free, there's no reason not to give it a try.

Jiang Fu'an immediately picked up a pill and put it in his mouth, sat cross-legged, and then opened the book "Dragon and Tiger Body Forging Technique" and tried to cultivate it according to the first level of the incantation.