Family Cultivation: I Farm and Raise Fish under the Sea

Chapter 64: Chapter 64 Qi Refinement Level 12

Time passed, and over half a year later.

In the secret chamber within the Spirit Turtle Basin cave,

Lu Li was seated on the cushion, feeling the surging mana expanding his meridians to the point of slight swelling.

He circulated his cultivation technique with all his might, as spiritual energy from outside the cave flocked to him, forming a vortex as his own aura grew stronger and stronger.

“Breakthrough!”

After an unknown period, Lu Li emerged from deep concentration and shouted in his heart.

His momentum suddenly increased, sensing the mana in his body increase by several folds and a smile appeared on his face.

“At last, I’ve broken through to the twelfth level of Qi Refinement.”

His divine sense slowly sank into his body, only to see ninety drops of potent essence blood flowing within the depths of his chest—several times more than that of an ordinary cultivator.

Even the range of his divine sense far exceeded that of a regular cultivator.

While ordinary cultivators at the peak of Qi Refinement had a divine sense range of about one mile, his stretched to a full two miles.

It seemed that the long-term consumption of Spirit Rice and spiritual materials had also greatly enhanced his divine sense.

It goes without saying that the unique cultivation technique played a role as well, with the Moonlight Body Refinement strengthening his physical foundation daily.

The three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit are interconnected; with the nurturing of essence blood and mana, the divine sense also significantly strengthened.

Lu Li finished surveying his own condition and estimated that he would still need some time to reach the limit of essence, energy, and spirit.

After all, enhancing the divine sense was exceedingly difficult, and no method for its improvement was known throughout the Cultivation World.

The soul often touched upon the very origin of a cultivator, making enhancement extremely arduous, requiring slow and steady cultivation.

Lu Li rose and walked out of the cave.

He came to the edge of the Central Spiritual Field.

The top-grade Spirit Rice was lush and filled the entire field with vitality.

Not far away, the Void Spirit Grass was also thriving.

Its verdant leaves shimmered with a lustrous glow.

During this time, he had already begun harvesting Void Spirit Grass to incubate insect eggs.

At that moment, a group of snow-white chicks ran towards Lu Li from afar, pecked at his feet a few times upon getting closer, and already showed a hint of aggression. @@novelbin@@

Lu Li smiled; the two Snow Cloud Chickens, nourished by a large amount of Spiritual Liquid, had already begun hatching their chicks.

It seemed it wouldn’t be long before he could taste the flavor of Snow Cloud Chicken.

He walked over to the edge of the Central Cold Pond.

A snow-white python was coiling near the pond, eagerly eyeing the spirit fish inside, with a trickle of fluid at the corner of its mouth.

Had it not been for the restrictions Lu Li had placed, the fish would have probably been eaten by the python long ago.

Feeling the presence of its master, Iron Pillar excitedly crawled over and affectionately rubbed against Lu Li’s chest.

Over the past half year, with the nourishing of abundant Spiritual Liquid, Iron Pillar had reached the limit of Qi Refinement, standing just a step away from becoming a Foundation Establishment Demon Beast—in this span, some Loose Cultivators’ spirit beasts on the island also contributed a considerable amount of Spiritual Liquid.

However, ever since its breakthrough, it had become somewhat restless and anxious.

Lu Li guessed it might be due to the Dragon Transformation Heavenly Tribulation, which made it sense tremendous pressure in its destiny.

Lu Li stroked the head of Iron Pillar, soothing its restless heart slightly.

Seeing its increasingly flattened head and more delicate scales, Lu Li felt a sense of amazement.

He wondered what it would look like after it passed the Heavenly Tribulation.

An expectant feeling arose within Lu Li’s heart.

Then, he walked towards the southeast corner of the cave.

And not long after, he arrived in front of a small hut.

The modest construction was just big enough for one person to enter, entirely built from a type of spiritual wood known as Iron Wood.

This little hut was specially constructed for hatching insect eggs.

Lu Li entered the hut.

In the center of the cramped space, there was a platform.

Atop the platform lay a small nest made from numerous strands of Void Spirit Grass, with two freshly hatched larvae lying quietly inside.

The larvae were snow-white, radiating spiritual light, and had a pair of wings on their backs as thin as cicada wings, giving them an extremely lively appearance.

Sensing the presence of their master, the two little creatures frantically flapped their wings, very lively, but because they had just been born not long ago, they were still unable to fly.

During this time, Lu Li had focused on cultivation as well as inscribing Blood Sacrificial Runes on the two insect eggs, and now that they had hatched, he felt quite a close connection to them.

He walked forward and dripped a few drops of Spiritual Liquid onto the bodies of the two larvae.

Watching the Spiritual Liquid slowly seep into the bodies of the larvae, he then placed a few stalks of Demon Attraction Grass around their nest and, after doing all this, he withdrew.

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In the blink of an eye, several months passed.

When Lu Li returned to the Insect Room, the sight in front of him was rather astonishing.

He saw a large swarm of small insects buzzing around the two Insect kings, emitting waves of humming sounds.

The original two Insect kings were now Demon Beasts at the initial stage of Qi Refinement, while the other small insects had just touched upon a trace of Demon Energy.

With Lu Li’s generous feeding, it likely wouldn’t be long before the number of spiritual insects would multiply several times over, reaching tens of thousands, and their cultivation levels would also rise.

At that moment, he took out a low-grade Flying Sword and placed it on a stone platform.

His Divine Sense began commanding the two Insect kings to attack the Flying Sword.

Under the control of the two Insect kings, a swarm of small insects fiercely pounced on the Flying Sword, beginning to gnaw at it furiously.

“Szzzz…”

The grating sound echoed through the air, the Flying Sword’s glow rapidly dimmed, followed by cracks appearing on the blade, and soon it vanished without a trace.

“How powerful!”

Lu Li was truly surprised.

These were merely larvae that hadn’t completely stepped into the Qi Refinement Realm, yet their might was already so formidable. It seemed that soon there would be another major consumer of Spiritual Liquid to account for.

After the verification was complete, he placed some Demon Attraction Grass on the stone platform and then withdrew.

Lu Li went to the depths of the secret chamber and began his daily cultivation.

The following days were exceedingly tranquil.

Apart from feeding the spiritual insects and meditation, a daily serving of Spirit Rice was indispensable.

Iron Pillar was occasionally let out to hunt Demon Beasts to replenish the supply of Spiritual Liquid, and everything had gotten on the right track.

This batch of Spirit Rice had been harvested, amounting to roughly two thousand pounds, which would last him for a very long time.

Such leisurely days went by in a flash, and a month had passed.

That day, as Lu Li was sitting in meditation refining Qi, he suddenly felt the Communication Jade Token vibrate.

He left the secret chamber and went to the edge of the Cold Pond, stowing the sleeping Iron Pillar into the Spiritual Beast Bag, then he exited the Array and made his way towards Mystic Moon Island.

Several hours later, the entirety of Mystic Moon Island came into view.

Lu Li suppressed his aura to the ninth layer of Qi Refinement and then leaped into the air, flying towards Qingling Peak.

Almost another year had gone by, and there was no noticeable change on the island. Some mortals were catching various fish and shrimp along the seaside, and Cultivators of low aptitudes were still guarding the Spirit Boats at the dock.

They all looked enviously at Lu Li’s tunneling light.

Before long, Lu Li had passed through the Array and arrived at the mountainside.

He made his way into the Household Affairs Hall as if he knew it well and then saw Lu Yuting looking at him with a slight smile on her face.

“You’ve arrived quite quickly this time.”

Lu Li smiled, “The ancestor gave early instructions, how dare I delay? Is it that those demon brats have shown up again?”

“Indeed, this time the four families are acting separately to sweep out any Demon Cultivators lurking within their own territories.”

Lu Yuting’s eyes held a murderous look.

Lu Li’s expression was calm, “How many family Cultivators will be going out to battle this time?”

“For now, I can’t reveal any information.”

Lu Yuting appeared quite mysterious.

“You should stay on Qingling Peak for these few days.”

“I understand.”

Lu Li nodded with a smile.

Important missions often couldn’t reveal any information in advance.

If the slightest hint of information were to leak, it might well lead to catastrophic disaster.