Chapter 11 The Old Man Returns Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and after confirming that there were no other treasures, he did not stay any longer and went straight back to the valley along the underground river. After leaving the pond, Ye Linyuan looked back at the underground river and instantly made a decision: "Let's keep this underground river secret for now and use it as my secret place for cultivation." After deciding to conceal this underground river, Ye Linyuan returned to the one acre of fertile farmland. This time he checked carefully and found that the amount of chalcedony rice in the spiritual field was reduced by nearly 10%, which was obviously a heavy loss. "Fortunately, we found the spiritual eye of the cave, otherwise we would have suffered a great loss this time." Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, then returned to the bamboo house beside the fertile field, took out the purple-scaled snake and began to cut it up. In the Cang Ling Sea, the purple-scaled snake is one of the most common snake monsters, because in the deepest part of the Cang Ling Sea, there is an unfathomable real dragon. According to the legend, the unrivaled true dragon was created through the step-by-step practice of the purple-scaled snake. The purple-scaled snake in front of him should have become a demon not long ago, and its cultivation level can probably only be compared to the first level of Qi training, but its materials are quite precious to Ye Linyuan. After some processing, Ye Linyuan obtained a portion of snake venom, a portion of snake skin, two snake fangs, a snake gall, and a portion of snake meat.
These treasures can all be considered first-grade spiritual objects. The snake skin can be used to tan three first-grade low-quality talisman papers, which are worth about ten broken spiritual stones. Snake venom can be used to make poison, which is slightly more valuable and can be equivalent to more than a dozen broken spirit stones. Snake fangs can be used to cultivate Qi, but because their spirituality is insufficient, other materials must be added to make them into magical tools, but their value is also as high as more than a dozen broken spirit stones. Snake meat contains spirituality. Eating it can increase one's cultivation level, and it can also be sold for more than a dozen broken spirit stones. Snake gallbladder has the highest value and can usually be sold for thirty Broken Spirit Stones, because after taking it, it can increase the resistance to poison. In the future, one can be immune to first-grade low-grade snake venom, and have a certain resistance to first-grade middle and upper-grade snake venom. The total value of these five first-level spiritual materials should be comparable to seventy or eighty broken spirit stones. "Monster hunting is still a big reward." Looking at the materials in front of him, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but feel emotional. A weak demon snake is worth more than seventy or eighty broken spirit stones. If it is a first-grade top-quality demon snake, its value may start from ten spirit stones. The main reason why Ye Linyuan was able to cultivate to the great perfection of the Golden Elixir in his previous life was because he had great combat power. He was always able to kill powerful enemies and monsters of the same level and obtain quite rich resources. However, whether fighting with people or fighting with monsters, it is extremely dangerous and unpredictable. If you are not careful, you will become a dead soul under the knife of others. But we only have one life, so most cultivators are cautious towards strong people of the same level and will not easily fight for life and death with others. There are not many cultivators who like to fight with strong people of the same level. Most cultivators like to bully the weak and are happy to exploit cultivators of lower levels and seize cultivation resources from the weak. "Fighting for power and strength is dangerous and unpredictable. In this life, I will try to be more restrained and focus on cultivation and farming." "If you really need to fight, you can also learn from those old monsters in your previous life who liked to bully the weak." Ye Linyuan recalled his past life, in which he had been in many dangerous situations in order to obtain cultivation resources, and he couldn't help but break into a cold sweat. In his previous life, most of the Yuanying old monsters he encountered were friendly with those at the same level, at least maintaining a superficial harmony, but they were more cruel than each other in oppressing low-level cultivators. The war between Yuanying forces might not be seen once every few hundred years, and the Yuanying ancestors of both sides would basically not take action easily. Since he has embarked on the path of water cultivation in this life, Ye Linyuan has decided to be cautious in everything. If he is not 90% sure about doing something, it is better to try to maintain peace. He has made up his mind that in this life, he will be submissive to his seniors, but he will strike hard at any ant who dares to provoke him.
Of course, this refers to situations where it can be avoided. If it is truly unavoidable and there is no escape, he will also be brave enough to draw his sword against the powerful enemy like he did in his previous life. "Everything should be planned before it is done. Since I have been given the opportunity to change my fate in this life, I must surpass my previous life step by step and get a glimpse of the supreme realm that was untouchable in my previous life." Ye Linyuan made up his mind and quickly swallowed the snake gall. He began to refine the medicinal power in it to improve his resistance to poison. Since he has put saving his life first on the path of cultivation in this life, he will naturally not give up this opportunity to improve his resistance to poison. After refining the snake gall, he began to tan talisman paper and steamed the snake meat of the demon snake for consumption in the next few days. The purple-scaled snake is indeed a demon snake. Its meat contains rich spiritual energy, which is more than ten times richer than low-grade spiritual rice. The snake meat weighed more than one pound. It took Ye Linyuan three days to refine it completely, and he eventually gained about thirty strands of spiritual energy. By this time, the spiritual energy in Ye Linyuan's body had exceeded hundreds of strands, and one third of the true energy of the first level of Qi training had been accumulated. "At this rate, I only need more than three months to refine the spiritual energy of the two spiritual eyes and then break through to the second level of Qi training." Feeling the spiritual energy in his body, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but whisper in his heart. But he shook his head again, looked at the acre of chalcedony rice in front of him, and couldn't help but smile and said: "No, this acre of spiritual rice is about to mature. Practicing with it should save me a lot of practice time." According to Ye Linyuan's experience, a cultivator in the early stage of Qi training can refine a pound of spiritual rice a day, and a pound of low-grade spiritual rice should be able to transform into three strands of spiritual Qi, which is equivalent to the three-day practice results of a cultivator with three spiritual roots. In this case, when this acre of spiritual rice matures, it should save Ye Linyuan a lot of time in hard practice. Knowing this, Ye Linyuan immediately focused his attention and began to cast a ripening spell to ripen the acre of spiritual rice, wanting to prepare it to mature as soon as possible. Time passed quickly, and after a few days, when this acre of chalcedony rice was about to mature, a lone boat suddenly drifted in from outside Yejia Island, breaking the tranquility of Yejia Island. On this day, Ye Linyuan was practicing in seclusion in the Ye family's spiritual eye when he was called out of the seclusion room by Ye Huaixue. "Grandfather is back, and the old man is in critical condition." Ye Huaixue's eyes were red, and he choked up and said a piece of bad news. Ye Linyuan's heart sank, but seeing Ye Huaixue's gloomy expression, he did not ask immediately. He hurried all the way to Old Man Ye's residence, only to find that his second uncle Ye Qinyang, third uncle Ye Qinchu, fifth aunt Ye Qinxin, and Ye Linze had already arrived a long time ago. (End of this chapter)