No results found!

Chapter 28: Pressure is Motivation

Chapter 28: Pressure is Motivation

Bai Xiaochun gaped in shock at the commotion. Chen Zi’ang and Zhao Yiduo, apparently completely oblivious to the pain caused by Elder Zhou tossing them aside, rushed back toward the bamboo and knelt down to examine it.

Elder Zhou began to study the stalks of bamboo one by one, his expression that of shock and elation.

Everyone’s crazed reaction left Bai Xiaochun somewhat alarmed. In his mind, these people were acting like lunatics. It was just bamboo, after all, right? Besides, he had originally planned to grow it to a total of thirty meters before turning it in.

Bai Xiaochun took a few steps back and then tried to get the Elder’s attention.

“Elder….” he cried loudly.

“Wonderful! Amazing!” Elder Zhou said, laughing as he began to caress each and every inch of the bamboo. Apparently, he hadn’t even heard Bai Xiaochun speaking. “Spiritwinter Bamboo like this is extremely rare. Only by growing it to fifteen meters can it achieve such a deep green color. In fact, at this point, it’s not a medicinal plant, but rather, the primary ingredient to forge spirit bamboo swords. It can even be used to cast certain unique magical techniques!

“Listen up everyone. Take a deep breath.” Looking very excited, Elder Zhou closed his eyes and breathed in deeply through his nose. “Can you smell that fragrance? It smells like flesh and bone, right? That’s the unique aroma that appears after this type of bamboo reaches fifteen meters!”

Chen Zi’ang and Zhao Yiduo earnestly followed suit. The other disciples in the area also pressed forward to do the same.

Bai Xiaochun cleared his throat. He had noticed that same aroma as he was carrying the bamboo down the path. However, he was pretty sure that… it was actually the aroma of chicken bones. After all, he had buried several hundred Spirit Tail Chicken skeletons in the spirit field where he had grown the Spiritwinter Bamboo. Furthermore… those bones had all been stripped clean of their meat by none other than him.

By now, Bai Xiaochun was thoroughly convinced that these people were crazy.

“Elder….” he cried out again.

However, it was at this point that a violent tremor ran through Elder Zhou; flames of rage sprang up in his eyes, and his expression twisted with rage.

“Dammit! What the hell happened here? Someone actually bit a chunk out? Spiritwinter Bamboo is extremely bitter and can’t be eaten raw! What bastard actually bit a chunk out and ruined the quality!?” Elder Zhou seemed begrieved; to him, it was like discovering a perfect piece of beautiful jade, only to find one part that had been destroyed by pests. His head suddenly whipped up to look at Bai Xiaochun.

“It wasn’t me!” Bai Xiaochun blurted, backing up nervously. He suddenly thought back to the first time he had been struck by incredible hunger. In his desperation at not having anything to eat, he had taken a bite out of one of the stalks of bamboo. How could he ever have imagined this would be the terrifying scene that would result when he went to hand in the mission, or how that single bite would affect these lunatics?

When the surrounding disciples heard what Elder Zhou said, they peered over toward the last of the Spiritwinter Bamboo stalks, and sure enough, there was a big bite mark clearly visible.

Elder Zhou stared at the damaged portion of the bamboo, then let out a long sigh. After all, he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and was obsessed with the Dao of medicines. However, this bamboo that Bai Xiaochun had brought was so shocking, and so different from anything Elder Zhou had ever seen before, that he had lost his composure just now.

Finally, he took a deep look at Bai Xiaochun, then flicked his sleeve.

“This bamboo is extreme super-grade… no, wait, supreme-grade. Yes, list it as supreme-grade. The reward is 10,000 merit points!” The audience gasped in response. The usual reward for plant-growing missions was usually about 10 merit points. At the most, one might be able to get 100. But in this case, the reward was 10,000!

Off to the side, the assistant gaped in shock. For years and years, it had always been a rarity to have a spirit plant listed as supreme-grade.

In fact, this was the first one in hundreds of years.

Bai Xiaochun was very excited, and immediately walked over to the assistant and handed over his identity medallion. The assistant hesitated for a moment, then looked over at Elder Zhou, who was still studying the bamboo, then gritted his teeth and gave the merit points to Bai Xiaochun.

Having acquired his merit points, Bai Xiaochun quickly turned to leave, determined to never come back and deal with these lunatics ever again.

However, before he could leave, Elder Zhou suddenly called out. “Hey, what’s your name?”

“Bai Xiaochun,” was the immediate response. “I’m Bai Xiaochun, and my uncle is Li Qinghou!” Before coming here, he had been completely unaware that the bamboo would cause such a scene, and he was actually a bit worried about that, which was why he pulled out Li Qinghou’s name, as sort of a threat.

“Hmph.” Elder Zhou seemed to be irritated that Bai Xiaochun would resort to dropping Li Qinghou’s name. “You might think you’re pretty clever, but the Spirit Stream Sect is one of the great sects, with a long history. There are always disciples who come along with their secrets and their unique good fortune. I won’t lower myself to the level of asking for the specifics of how you grew this bamboo, but next time you grow something similar, you make sure to bring it all to me. I’ll make sure you get a nice reward of merit points!” Finally, he waved his hand to dismiss Bai Xiaochun, then went back to studying the bamboo. It was at this point that, because of the matter with the bamboo, the entire mission-handover event concluded.

Bai Xiaochun clutched his command medallion firmly in hand as he hurried away from the Missions Office and then headed directly toward Fragrant Cloud Peak’s Spirit Medicine Pharmacy, which was where disciples could acquire spirit medicines.

It was also where disciples could hand over spirit medicines that they had crafted, and thus earn merit points.

Bai Xiaochun sped over at top speed, then hurried around the Spirit Medicine Pharmacy trying to decide what to buy. Eventually he decided to purchase a bottle of medicinal pills suitable for the fifth level of Qi Condensation. These medicinal pills were by no means cheap. Bai Xiaochun had originally assumed that 10,000 merit points was a lot, but unexpectedly, the spirit medicines were actually very expensive.

“Greengod Spiritgathering Pills,” he murmured, looking at the medicinal pill bottle he held in his hand. Inside were three medicinal pills, which had cost him fully 4,000 merit points.

However, these were pills that ordinary Qi Condensation disciples would usually not have access to. They were quite extraordinary; not only was their medicinal efficacy greater than that of ordinary spirit medicine, they could provide purer spiritual energy.

Bai Xiaochun wasn’t convinced that merely stepping into the fifth level of Qi Condensation would be enough, so he planned to break through all the way to the great circle of the fifth level.

He had thought about aiming for the sixth level of Qi Condensation to avoid having to fight in the competition, but if he did that, he could well imagine how Li Qinghou would come up with some other method of punishing him.

As for the rest of his merit points, he didn’t let them go to waste. He traded them for some disposable defensive talismans. With those hidden in his robe, he felt much safer.

Unfortunately, he didn’t have enough merit points to go through with his plan of heading to the Treasure Pavilion to acquire a weapon or two suitable for the Qi Condensation stage. Instead, he headed back toward his residence. Once back in the courtyard, he sat down cross-legged in his log cabin, then pulled the medicinal pills out and studied them closely.

“I still have three months to go. It’s time for some secluded meditation!” Gritting his teeth, he looked around to make sure no one was watching, then performed an incantation gesture and pointed out. Instantly, the turtle-wok flew out, along with a bunch of Spirit Tails, which he used to start a three-colored flame.

One tail feather wasn’t enough to satisfy the turtle-wok. He had to feed in ten before the three designs on the wok lit up brightly. Then, he took a deep breath and put the three medicinal pills inside to perform a threefold spirit enhancement.

After the process was completed, the Greengod Spiritgathering Pills in his hand had three silver designs covering its surface. Finally, he placed one of them in his mouth.

The medicinal pill dissolved, and spiritual energy began to course through him explosively. Bai Xiaochun instantly began to utilize the breathing techniques and postures of the Violet Qi Cauldron Control Art, using them to manage the flow of the spiritual energy.

A few days later, rumbling sounds filled Bai Xiaochun’s log cabin, and numerous dust particles blasted out in a shockwave. Moments later, Bai Xiaochun’s laughter could be heard ringing out.

“Fifth level of Qi Condensation!” he said, panting, eyes shining brightly. After eating so many Spirit Tail Chickens recently, his cultivation base had already reached the great circle of the fourth level of Qi Condensation. By eating that one medicinal pill, he was able to easily break through into the fifth level.

More filth was expelled out from inside of him, but not as much as before. After washing up, he didn’t immediately take out another medicinal pill, but rather, took time to stabilize his cultivation base. After five days passed, he took out the second of his threefold spirit enhanced Greengod Spiritgathering Pills, and consumed it. As the spiritual energy coursed through him, the river that was his spirit meridian grew larger, and flowed faster, causing his cultivation base to climb higher at a rapid rate.

After stabilizing himself for a few more days, he consumed the third Greengod Spiritgathering Pill, and his cultivation base shot up to the great circle of the fifth level of Qi Condensation.

By this point, everything about him seemed different than before. His skin was fairer, and there was something unique about his energy.

Bai Xiaochun was quite happy, but also realized that, normally speaking, it would be impossible to use only three medicinal pills to break through from the great circle of the fourth level of Qi Condensation all the way to the great circle of the fifth level, and then be only a hair away from reaching the sixth level.

As far as he could tell, the only reason he was able to do so was the turtle-wok and its spirit enhancement ability.

The more Bai Xiaochun practiced cultivation, the more obvious it was to him how helpful the turtle-wok was. That in turn caused him to become even more curious about its origins.

Although it looked like a turtle shell, the more he studied it, the more it seemed that it wasn’t.

In recent days, he had looked more into the matter of spirit enhancement, and had learned that Violet Cauldron Peak was known for their spirit enhancement abilities. In fact, if you paid enough merit points, you could even acquire the services of the Elders there to perform spirit enhancements. Word had it that the Peak Lord of Violet Cauldron Peak was a grand master when it came to spirit enhancements.

Running his fingers along the designs that covered the turtle-wok, Bai Xiaochun’s eyes glittered. Finally, he shook his head. There were too many things he didn’t understand, and it wouldn’t do any good to waste time thinking about them. Reaching his hand out, he caused the green jade pendant and his wooden sword to appear.

These were the only magical devices he owned at the moment. Gritting his teeth, he produced some more Spirit Tails as he prepared to perform threefold spirit enhancements on them.

“I wonder what the wooden sword and jade pendant will look like after I do the threefold spirit enhancement.”

The wave of a hand caused the three designs on the turtle-wok to light up. When he sent the jade pendant flying inside, silver light shone, and rumbling sounds like that of thunder could be heard. Thankfully, they didn’t echo out very far, so nobody heard them.

When the silver light faded away, the green jade pendant had three silver designs on it, which flickered brightly for a moment before fading away. However, Bai Xiaochun could sense that the jade pendant’s aura was now as different from before as the Heavens were from the Earth.

In fact, it was even possible to see glowing violet speks within the green of the jade pendant. Even the shape of the pendant had changed; instead of being oval, it had now been flattened into a circular shape.

Bai Xiaochun poured some spiritual energy into it, causing rumbling sounds to echo out as a green shield sprang up around him, fully a meter thick and completely astonishing to behold.

Don't want to lose your reading progress

0 Comments

View All

Rated Novels

Ongoing
Simulation becomes reality, have I ever looked down upon the eternity?

Yu Ke, holding the 'Kunxu Ding' in his hand, awakens again in this bizarre world of cultivation.[Every reincarnation of a celestial being is a brand new beginning. ][Every choice you make represents a crossroads in life, please choose carefully. ]With the help of Kunxu Ding, one can deduce past years and simulate various identities.In his first life, he was of average talent and was the great-uncle of the Three True Masters. He eventually became a late bloomer and made great progress on the basis of martial arts in the human world. He was known as "the human world has been in ruins for three hundred years before this man appeared."In his next life, he was a son-in-law of a rich family, and suffered from bullying. From then on, he read books in a small courtyard for ten years, and then he stepped into the immortal realm on land and shattered the void. The great Confucian scholar praised him for his "writing that shocked the wind and rain, and his poems that made ghosts and gods weep."In his next life, he was a cowherd in the fields. At this time, war broke out all over the country. He put down his sickle and walked out of the fields, ending hundreds of years of chaos. He built a school and became a national teacher. Later generations called him "governing the country, cultivating himself, and pacifying the world. No one can be compared with him in a thousand years."In his next life, he is the Book Collection History of the Great Zhou Dynasty...In his next life, he ascended to heaven...As the life goes by, Yu Ke returns to the present.When he looked back suddenly, he was shocked.His relics were actually dug out from an ancient tomb.It turned out that his portrait was actually hung in the ancestral hall of the three major sects in the world.The maid in the simulated courtyard has become the empress of the ancient demon sect...When cause and effect come one by one.Yu Ke is numb!It was promised to be a simulation, and now it has become reality. Novel keywords: Simulation becomes reality, I once looked down on the eternity? No pop-up window, simulation becomes reality, I once looked down on the eternity? txt full download, simulation becomes reality, I once looked down on the eternity? latest chapter reading

Ongoing
I am a god in another world

This is Faerun.A world where countless intelligent races bloom the flower of life, and humans are just one of the newly rising ones.Elves, dwarves, gnomes, halflings, sea elves, and mermen all cling to their isolated island cities, and the wilderness is filled with goblins, hobgoblins, orcs, gnolls, kobolds, shark-like fishmen and various monster tribes.In order to survive and for the continuation of the race, each intelligent race is carefully managing.The Feywild, Shadow Plane, Ether Plane, and Astral Plane are entangled with the material plane and are difficult to distinguish from each other.In their own kingdoms, the gods plot private fights for their beliefs and use all living beings as pawns.Devils and demons whisper in the abyss of hell, spying on the souls of the world.Ancient evils are imprisoned and dormant, waiting for the world to fall into a new round of chaos.The Giant Empire still echoes in this ancient land.The shadow of the dragon still shrouds the sky of this world.Gavin, the legendary warrior, is reborn as a fate reshaper. He must use his foresight to find a shortcut in the cracks, step by step, to open up his own future and reverse the tragedy that tore the whole world apart.Gavin will start a different way of farming. The kobolds will help him mine, the goblins will help him farm, and the giants will help him charge into battle - magic farming is the kingly way.…The Lord's magic farming article is slow to heat up, please give a little patience and support.There are a lot of prepared materials, the writing speed is fast, there are a lot of manuscripts, and the character is guaranteed.

Ongoing
Abyss invasion? As a demon cultivator, I laughed.

In 2028, the abyss invaded, and extraordinary power descended, and Blue Star entered the era of universal awakening.The awakened can enter the abyss, collect the engulfed fire, and use it to master the power of destroying the world, but Blue Star is also facing the threat of abyss creatures at all times.Chu Xiu, who came through and inherited the Wuliang Shengdao Sect, fell into deep thought as he looked at the crazy magic secrets in front of him."It takes hundreds of mortals to sacrifice to refine the white bone banner. This... zombies should also be considered human, right?"And soon he discovered that those weird and terrifying abyss creatures, used to refine magic weapons, not only have surprisingly good effects, but also will not produce killing sins, and the most important thing is that their number is almost endless!So, one by one, magic weapons that no one has ever refined, and one by one, magical powers that no one has ever cultivated, were born in Chu Xiu's hands.Blood God Banner, Xuanyin Corpse King, Heavenly Demon Incarnation, Eight Desolate Six Directions Yin Sha Array...Several years later, the abyss invaded in force, and the old gods who had slept for endless years opened their eyes and gazed at the world from the bottom of the abyss. They found that a tiny human was also looking back at him, with shining eyes."Look at this thick and long tentacle! This beautiful eyeball! They are all top-grade materials!"

Ongoing
After I went crazy, I became the creator

I am trapped in a false story. The story cannot move forward but can only be reincarnated. The special soul makes me remember every reincarnation.After more than 30,000 reincarnations, I went crazy and became the creator who broke the reincarnation and refining the world.Create mythical species from scratch, open up mythical systems, and demand reality from nothingness!Author's Other NovelsSoul of NegaryOld ChaptersDeath Compensation

Ongoing
Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Zhang Yuanjing, a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building in Xuantian Sect, just wants to stay in the world of cultivation and live a peaceful and stable life. Even though he is called a "rat Taoist" and laughed at by his peers, he never goes to dangerous places or gets into dangerous situations.However, without immortality, everything will be in vain in the end.Seeing that the deadline was approaching and death was imminent, he had to take a gamble. As a result, he luckily passed the test and extended his life by twenty years.Twenty years is neither long nor short. Should we continue to live in mediocrity or make progress?The situation is changing, the storm is overwhelming, and the building is about to collapse. Without a big tree to shelter you, surviving is just a luxury.In this case, then we should take up the Xuantian banner and become a towering tree that protects all disciples!There is no golden finger, no time travel, no special talent.This is the cultivation of an ordinary person.Show more

Ongoing
In the end of the world, I become an immortal alone

This is a fragmented world. Human civilization is struggling to survive on the planet after the blade beast disaster. The flames of civilization in the underground fortress are flickering. The human elites in space are brewing the ultimate plan to counterattack the blade beasts, but the future of mankind is a little dim..."So."A Mahayana master who practiced hard for 125 years but failed to cross the calamity and came to this "weird" world with a wisp of residual soul sighed to the sky:"This has nothing to do with me."Show moreAuthor's Other NovelsThe Legend of Honghuang ErlangThe First Sword of the EarthMy Senior Brother is Too SteadyThe fairy fatherWalk alone in the abyss

Ongoing
Future Beast World: Pampered by beautiful women, many children and good fortune.

Ten thousand years after Sang Luo accidentally fell, pure humans have long been extinct, and genetically evolved orcs have dominated the world. They are brave and good at fighting, with a nearly perfect strong physique and extraordinary fighting power. The only drawback is that females are scarce.Male orcs will go into estrus when they reach adulthood, and will go crazy if there is no female to comfort them. When the only pure human girl with SSS-level guiding ability came to the future beast world, the whole continent went crazy.When they learned that she was born with a good physique for pregnancy and could breed top-level pure-blooded offspring for the extinct king beast, the bigwigs from all sides scrambled to flatter her and broke their heads, just to be able to get the favor of the beauty and have babies with her...[Sweet pet + strategy + childbirth + heroine growth system]Show more

Ongoing
The Evil Prince and his Precious Wife: The Sly Lady

A story of time-travel. Sly and cunning, she unexpectedly became a sickly noble lady whose fiancé is merciless and demotes her to a lowly concubine. She sneers and bravely breaks off the engagement. To hell with scumbags, marry heirs to lords, blind the courts with her brilliance.But, my Lord, we agreed that we are only partnering to scheme against others, when did you start to treat acting as real? Hey, hey, don’t touch me.The Lord smiled slyly, “Your hands are too cold, let me help you warm them… Your feet are cold too, let me help you warm them.” “Why don’t you just say that my whole body is cold and you need to warm it all up”, Murong Xue said indignantly.The Lord nodded, “Good idea!”Murong Xue – speechless. Hey hey hey, where, where are you putting your hands?

Completed
Master of the End Times

The age of darkness has arrived.When the rift to an unknown plane suddenly appeared on Earth, monsters invaded, beasts mutated while humans, the once-dominant species fell to the bottom of the food chain.A hundred years later, three of the greatest classes evolve amongst humans: ability users, ancient warriors, and gunslingers.Qin Feng, an orphan of this dark age was tormented just as he awakened his pinnacle level of special ability, barely surviving for ten years in the post-apocalyptic world.Hence, he was reborn…

Completed
Seeking the Flying Sword Path

This world has Fox Fairies, River Gods, Water Monsters, Great Demons and Cultivators who seek immortality. By activating their Dharma Eyes, cultivators can see all kinds of demons and ghosts. Refining a flying sword, they can kill enemies thousands of miles away. Their all-seeing eyes and all-hearing ears allow them to observe everything around them…The second young master of the Qin family, Qin Yun was one such cultivator…

Completed
Omnipotent Sage

Invincible fists, unrivaled hammers!Junior Leopard, who traveled through time and space, takes what he earns and does only what he needs to do, never undertaking too much responsibility nor being so chivalrous as to do every good deed. His so-called ambitions from his past life to change the world were cast aside.However, when a forbidden bloodline awakens in his body and his eternal eyes begin to shine once again, he discovers that his iron fists give him the power to force others to follow the truth and to reforge justice!This is a cultivation legend about a modern man that was thrust into an amazing martial arts world.Translator: Transn Editor: Transn

Completed
Heaven Official’s Blessing

Eight hundred years ago, Xie Lian was the Crown Prince of the Xian Le kingdom. He was loved by his citizens and was considered the darling of the world. He ascended to the Heavens at a young age; however, due to unfortunate circumstances, was quickly banished back to the mortal realm. Years later, he ascends again–only to be banished again a few minutes after his ascension.Now, eight hundred years later, Xie Lian ascends to the Heavens for the third time as the laughing stock among all three realms. On his first task as a god thrice ascended, he meets a mysterious demon who rules the ghosts and terrifies the Heavens, yet, unbeknownst to Xie Lian, this demon king has been paying attention to him for a very, very long time.