Spiritual Energy Rejuvenation: I Began Cultivating By Farming
Chapter 40 - 40 40 Mass Burial Mound Subduing the Qianji Fire 2

40: Chapter 40 Mass Burial Mound, Subduing the Qianji Fire (2) 40: Chapter 40 Mass Burial Mound, Subduing the Qianji Fire (2) The Heavenly Essence Stone is equivalent to those enhancement pills, only that the spiritual energy contained within is much richer; one Heavenly Essence Stone is equivalent to four or five pills.

Before entering meditation, Eryao couldn’t help but speak out in advice, “One step at a time.

Daddy, Eryao thinks that one should not take shortcuts, as establishing a strong foundation is the true path to strength.”

If one advances too rapidly in the early stages, causing the foundation to be unstable, it could limit one’s innate talent.

And when Daddy reaches the advanced stages later on, it would be extremely difficult to make any progress.

Daddy has, with great difficulty, undergone Body Refinement again, if he were to regress to his pre-liberation state, wouldn’t all this valuable time for cultivation be wasted for naught?

“Hmm, I will compress my cultivation,” said Eryao, which was a true enlightenment for Jiang Tang.

Initially planning to be lazy and quickly advance his cultivation, he quickly abandoned his joy upon realizing the consequences of taking shortcuts.

Indeed, it would be a loss not worth the gain.

Having made up his mind, Jiang Tang placed a talisman on each side and then began to meditate.

This session of cultivation lasted three days and nights.

When Jiang Tang opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath of foul air, he had already absorbed all of the Heavenly Essence Stone.

However, his cultivation had not advanced too rapidly, barely entering the Intermediate Realm of the seventh layer of Body Refinement.

But if he were to fight against Su Chenyi and the others again, he could defeat them at a much faster speed.

After roughly estimating, Jiang Tang felt that he could now withstand several full-strength blows from Spiritual Cultivators at the Initial Stage of Foundation Establishment.

After entering the Spirit Field Space, he noticed that Eryao and Niu had already turned over the entire Spirit Field, applied fertilizer, broken up the soil, and sown a batch of new seeds.

Jiang Tang touched his nose and walked to the storeroom to collect a batch of talismans that Eryao had put in the Qiankun Bag.

These talismans were his life-saving trump cards that he could bring to the table; he definitely needed to keep a good supply.

The more, the better.

As for the Exotic Flame…

After some thought, Jiang Tang decided to bring it out only in the face of life-threatening danger.

Speaking of the Exotic Flame, Jiang Tang realized that after regaining consciousness, the Xuanming Spiritual Fire, which had been quiet in his Dantian, suddenly showed signs of agitation.

Some excitement, and some…

fear?

Feeling the Qi of the Xuanming Spiritual Fire, Jiang Tang frowned slightly.

Only a peer, and a higher-order one at that, could instill fear in a flame like this.

Could it be that there was another Exotic Flame in this Mass Burial Mound?

After stuffing all the candies he had crafted into Eryao’s hands, Jiang Tang promptly left the space.

Eryao silently put away the candies and continued to farm with Niu, harvesting Spirit Plants.

These candies, all for sister Li.

As his Divine Sense withdrew from the Immeasurable Ancient Jade, Jiang Tang quickly opened his eyes and extended his Divine Sense to sense the surroundings.

Just as he expected, in the southeast, he sensed a trace of Exotic Flame—actually, it was not him sensing it, but the Xuanming Spiritual Fire that trembled excitedly.

This is probably, the resonance between Exotic Flames.

Picking up the talismans around him, Jiang Tang activated the Golden Body Spell and swiftly ran towards the location from where the Exotic Flame’s Qi was emanating.

Half an hour later, Jiang Tang stopped in front of a small hill piled up with bones.

A cold and gloomy Qi dispersed from the small hill, and the bone skulls with their empty eye sockets stared straight at him, causing Jiang Tang to break out in goosebumps.

Too freakin’ intense.

At that moment, Jiang Tang felt a burning sensation in his Dantian.

The Xuanming Spiritual Fire was undergoing a change!

He quickly flipped his wrist and summoned the Xuanming Spiritual Fire.

The small flame seedling emerged within the palm and, after a series of movements, the dark red blaze actually grew slightly larger.

Jiang Tang’s eyes widened.

What’s happening here?

“Master, Xuanming has reached the initial stage of formation; thank you for your additional nurturing,” a childlike voice suddenly rang out in Jiang Tang’s mind.

It turned out that exotic flames were divided into five stages of growth: seedling, initial, intermediate, mature, and Great Perfection.

The seedling stage was the nascent state, with consciousness yet to awaken.

Upon reaching the initial stage, divine sense is enlightened, enabling spiritual sense communication with the contractor; after reaching maturity, it can transform into a human form.

When the Great Perfection stage is reached, the exotic flame become sentient, possessing an independent consciousness, no longer controlled by its master—unless it voluntarily follows, most contractors cannot control a Great Perfection exotic flame.

However, in today’s world, aside from the first-ranked deity fire of the Jia Xiang rank, there seemed to be no other flames that had achieved Great Perfection.

Having understood, Jiang Tang looked up at the pile of bones.

The bone pile trembled slightly and then suddenly exploded into a cloud of black mist.

The black mist slowly condensed into a pale black flame that hovered in mid-air, floating up and down in front of Jiang Tang.

“Senior Qianji, I am Xuanming,” Xuanming bowed slightly to the pale black flame.

“It is because of me that you have reached the initial stage and awakened your spiritual intelligence?” The pale black flame slowly parted its lips, emitting a deep voice.

“Yes, yes, thank you, Senior Qianji,” Xuanming quickly nodded.

It turned out that this flame was called Qianji Fire, ranked eighteenth within Ding Xiang, and was already at the intermediate realm.

It was also because of his divine sense that it had influenced the Xuanming Spiritual Fire, causing the seedling to enlighten and advance to the initial stage of development.

“The Xuanming Spiritual Fire lineage, once ranked among the Jia Xiang ranks in ancient times, has now declined to the point where descendants rely on Exotic Flame Grass to be born.

The world is indeed cold and harsh,” Qianji let out a slow sigh.

“Aren’t exotic flames supposed to be one of a kind for each lineage?” Jiang Tang frowned.

“Not so.

In this world, not all things are unique; exotic flames can naturally produce offspring, with one generating two, two giving birth to three, and three producing countless others.

There are innate exotic flames born from natural forces, as well as those like the Xuanming flame in your hand that are cultivated and born later.

However, since the decline of spiritual energy, most exotic flames have ascended to The Upper Realm.

Those left behind are seedlings born of later times,” Qianji sighed again.

It was the last remaining innate exotic flame of the Qianji lineage.

Because the spiritual energy had waned, it had hidden itself in this Mass Burial Mound to hibernate, waiting only for the revival of spiritual energy before returning to the world.

“Spiritual energy has been revived, Senior Qianji,” Xuanming quietly said.

“Already…

revived?” Qianji was stunned for a moment, and the pale black flame seemed to brighten slightly.

Xuanming repeated, “It’s already revived, Senior.”

“Good, very good,” Qianji murmured in appreciation before scrutinizing Jiang Tang.

“Marvelous.

Your heart is pure, without a single speck of darkness for me to glimpse.

In this world, there is still one with a crystal-clear conscience,” Qianji expressed in surprise, and then proposed, “Youngster, would you form a bond with me, protect you for life and elevate you to the highest heights?”

Although it was now ranked eighteenth in Ding Xiang, it too had once been a top-tier flame among the ranks of Jia Xiang.

If it were not for the falling of its seniors, it would not have been relegated to the lower tiers by the Heavenly Book.

Just like the Xuanming.

Jiang Tang, feeling Xuanming Spiritual Fire’s eager mood, agreed without hesitation.

He wondered if pills refined with Qianji Fire would have even better effects than those refined with Xuanming Spiritual Fire.

Qianji Fire slowly condensed into a cluster of black flames, merging into Jiang Tang’s forehead.

An array suddenly appeared at Jiang Tang’s feet.