Mortal Alchemy

“The next time the large treasure ship comes to Azurewater Island will be in two years.”

Chen Ping asked:

“Grandpa, how can I board the Tao family's large treasure ship?”

Azurewater Island is a very remote and backward island. According to the old man, he has never seen a flying immortal in his life.

That is to say, he has never even seen a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and his ancestors have been spiritual farmers on Azurewater Island.

Helping the Tao family plant spiritual rice only earns them mortal gold and silver as俸禄, and even then, the俸禄is frighteningly low.

If Chen Ping didn't have designs on the Tao family, he might not be able to leave Azurewater Island for the rest of his life.

Therefore, if Chen Ping wants to restore his cultivation, he can only go to Shattered Star Square City to find Nan Yun, Fang Xing, and Luo Chongzhi.

How to board the Tao family's treasure ship and successfully arrive at Shattered Star Square City has become Chen Ping's current problem.

Moreover, Chen Ping's time is tight.

There is less than five years left until the Nascent Soul Seed battle.

Chen Ping's heart was heavy, filled with stifled anger and murderous intent.

His Golden Core path was clear.

Being severely injured by the Golden Core of the Immortal Merchant Guild has caused further setbacks in Chen Ping's Golden Core path, making his future uncertain.

Moreover, that Golden Core is still dispatching subordinates to search for his whereabouts. The crisis of death lingers in Chen Ping's heart and cannot be dispelled.

The old man said:

“If you want to board that treasure ship, you either have to work as a handyman in the Tao family for decades.”

“Or, you can send Tang'er to the Tao family. With Tang'er's beauty, it won't take a few years for you to have a chance to board that ship.”

He carefully observed Chen Ping's expression, eyes, and other subtle movements, and found that Chen Ping had no reaction or waves when he mentioned these things.

He vaguely guessed that Chen Ping's identity might be extraordinary.

Chen Ping was silent for a moment, and then asked:

“How can I get Tang'er into the Tao family?”

The old man took a puff of his self-rolled dry tobacco pipe and said meaningfully, “Son-in-law, that depends on what you can offer.”

Chen Ping has completely lost his mana, and there are many good things in several space rings, but without mana, he can't open them at all.

Chen Ping looked remotely at the densely packed spiritual fields on the island:

“If Tang'er is talented in farming, she should be able to enter the Tao family smoothly and be valued by the Tao family, right?”

The old man's eyes were astonished.

……

Two months later, thirteen-year-old Yue Tang took over her grandfather's spiritual field and began to take on the responsibility of supporting the family. This caused many spiritual farmers on the island to laugh at Yue Tang's family, saying that two grown men in the family needed a little girl to support them and be the master.

Two months later, a first-grade high-quality spiritual seedling appeared in the spiritual field managed by Yue Tang.

This directly alarmed everyone in the Tao family on Azurewater Island. The price of this spiritual rice is also graded. For hundreds of years, they have been planting the same kind of spiritual rice. Now, luck has struck them, and they have unexpectedly cultivated a first-grade high-quality spiritual rice. As long as they take care of it, the entire island can plant first-grade high-quality spiritual rice.

And the Tao family's income can directly double in place.

They studied it left and right, but couldn't figure it out. In the end, they still invited Yue Tang over.

This Yue Tang seemed to have a lot of talent as a spiritual farmer. After managing the spiritual field for another two months, several more first-grade high-quality spiritual seedlings appeared.

This time, the people of the Tao family couldn't sit still and directly invited Yue Tang to the Tao family as a distinguished guest, letting her be specially responsible for a spiritual field, specializing in cultivating this first-grade high-quality spiritual seedling. Not only that, the Tao family detected that Yue Tang had spiritual roots and even taught her cultivation methods.

The Yue family, who had been spiritual farmers on Azurewater Island for generations, turned over a new leaf in Yue Tang's body.

The old man Yue was even more unrivaled on Azurewater Island for a time. More people wanted to take advantage of Yue Tang, but after learning that Yue Tang already had a live-in son-in-law, they all lost interest.

But the old man Yue and the live-in son-in-law named Chen Ping still lived in a thatched hut by the sea, and did not live in a pavilion mansion like Yue Tang.

All of this seemed so natural that no one felt there was a problem.

Chen Ping sat by the sea fishing, his eyes gleaming:

“...I didn't expect that the methods of a spiritual planter would become the key to saving lives and turning things around in this situation.”

He taught Yue Tang some of the methods of a spiritual planter, and easily cultivated first-grade high-quality spiritual rice seedlings, standing out among the tens of thousands of mortals on Azurewater Island.

“Next, I just need to wait for the fruit to grow and let Tang'er further gain power, so that I can successfully board that treasure ship in a year and a half.”

If Yue Tang's spiritual roots are good enough, and she can cultivate to the fifth level of Qi Refining in two or three years, and release her mana, she can also help Chen Ping heal his injuries.

But Yue Tang is only a three-attribute low-grade spiritual root. Back then, Mu Luofei and others had three-attribute middle-grade spiritual roots, and they spent four or five years cultivating to the fifth level of Qi Refining with enough resources from the immortal clan.

Chen Ping carried a few fish home by the sea. Along the way, many people greeted him.

Most people's eyes were full of jealousy and envy.

Everyone has been a mud-legged spiritual farmer for hundreds of years, how did Yue Tang turn over and become an immortal cultivator in one fell swoop?

And Chen Ping, this live-in son-in-law, has directly lived a good life by sheer luck. How can people not be envious?

Back in the thatched hut, the grandfather and granddaughter were sadly eating grilled fish here.

Gradually, there were voices saying that Yue Tang had become an immortal and couldn't take care of her poor relatives, and didn't even care about her own grandfather and husband.

The voices became louder and louder, but Chen Ping and the old man were happy to see it happen.

Half a year later, the Tao family seemed to care about the emotions of the spiritual farmers and let Yue Tang return home once.

Fourteen-year-old Yue Tang was already graceful and slender, wearing an expensive long dress, and her temperament was vastly different from that of the previous country girl.

The old man Yue was quite excited: “My Yue family can be considered to have a descendant who has come to the fore.”

Yue Tang came to Chen Ping and said:

“Brother Ping, the plan is very effective. The Tao family has shown mercy and given me a spot to work outside.”

“In fact, they are targeting this girl, taking the opportunity to transfer Brother Ping, this live-in son-in-law, away, and then wait for the opportunity to mature in a few years before talking to me about marriage.”

Chen Ping responded lightly, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes.

So far, everything is within his calculations.

The hand holding the dry tobacco pipe trembled slightly. What kind of person did he pick up by the sea? He is really a monstrous genius.

Chen Ping said, “Tang'er, then you should reply to the Tao family according to their wishes and arrange for me to work on that big ship next year.”

“Next, you can dress up more beautifully on weekdays, and interact with the direct descendants of the Tao family to ensure that everything is seamless.”

In the eyes of the Tao family, the lives of ordinary mud-legged people like Chen Ping are insignificant, but the Tao family will not directly eliminate him, which would chill Yue Tang's heart and damage the overall interests of the Tao family.

“Yes, Brother Ping.” Yue Tang grew rapidly with enough nutritional support.

Chen Ping said with a smile:

“It's not easy for you to come back once, I'll teach you more spiritual planter skills...”

The Tao family must naturally want Chen Ping and Yue Tang to meet as little as possible.

This also fits Chen Ping's idea.

Don't really let Yue Tang fall in love with him, then Chen Ping will be even more troubled.

But now this kind of relationship is more like a master and apprentice, and it is relatively harmonious.