FreeBooksOnline Chapter 268 - 212: Modifying the Immortal Mansion
Chapter 268 - 212: Modifying the Immortal Mansion
After all this, Fang Qingyuan never expected he would still have to raise fish. These Purple Spirit Crystal Fish were a rare treasure of the second rank, high-grade, and were extremely difficult to cultivate. Only Zongshan was capable of raising them.
And Lechuan had hatched the fish eggs; it seemed he had his eye on his Talent from the very beginning.
Seeing the dazed look on Fang Qingyuan’s face, Lechuan gave a mischievous smile and explained:
"The Purple Spirit Crystal Fish are born chasing primordial qi. Their food isn’t ordinary meat. In the territory of that Golden Core Demon Beast, these Purple Spirit Crystal Fish survived in a spring in an earth-aperture rich with primordial qi. Our Celestial Gate Mountain doesn’t have such a place, but don’t worry. With you here, you’re better than any primordial qi spring."
Listening to Lechuan, Fang Qingyuan had a bad feeling. ’Why does it sound like I’m about to be worked like an animal?’
As if sensing Fang Qingyuan’s resistance, Lechuan’s expression grew serious, and he said:
"Do you think I’m just making you help raise fish? The *Profound Truth Qi Eating Technique*, combined with your ’Innate Qi’ Divine Technique, can effectively refine your current Magical True Essence, making it purer.
By raising these Spirit Fish, you can accelerate this process. After all, feeding these Spirit Fish well takes a lot of effort. This is also a trial from your master. You must work hard."
Finally, Fang Qingyuan had a chance to voice his own opinion:
"But what about my duties at the Miscellaneous Affairs Peak? They’re still waiting for me."
"That’s no problem. These Spirit Fish only need to be fed once every seven days. You just need to come once a week. For the remaining six days, you can handle your trivial matters as you please."
Fang Qingyuan felt his vision go dark. ’This is worse than the grind in my past life! I thought working from nine to nine, six days a week was bad, but who would’ve thought I’d now be working every single day of the year?’
It takes ten years for Purple Spirit Crystal Fish fry to mature. The process for them to be able to absorb Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi on their own takes a full ten years. By that time, the Expansion War would have long since started.
Fang Qingyuan voiced his concern, but Lechuan just laughed and continued:
"That’s not a problem either. When the time comes, I’ll move these Spirit Fish. If that doesn’t work, we can just sell them."
Hearing how thoroughly Lechuan had considered everything, Fang Qingyuan could only resign himself to it.
Afterward, Lechuan demonstrated to Fang Qingyuan how to draw primordial qi from the void and informed him of the important points for raising Purple Spirit Crystal Fish, then gracefully departed.
Leaving Fang Qingyuan alone, staring at the translucent little purple fish in the pool, lost in thought.
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On a large, exposed green stone beneath the waterfall, Fang Qingyuan sat cross-legged. Mist sprayed over him, but it was blocked by his Spirit Shield, unable to penetrate in the slightest.
Fang Qingyuan’s eyes were closed, seemingly regulating his breath and circulating his qi. In reality, he had immersed his Divine Sense into his Immortal Mansion to chat with the Bee Queen, Fang Ruoxi, inside.
"Can you talk to these little fish? Ask them what kind of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi they like to eat."
Hearing Fang Qingyuan’s words, a look of great confusion appeared on the little Bee Queen’s face. She couldn’t understand what he was saying.
Seeing the Bee Queen’s confused look, Fang Qingyuan’s soul, which had already become quite solid, sighed and said:
"Forget it. These little fish were just born; they don’t even have brains yet. It would be useless to ask. We should focus on planning out the land here instead."
From the time Fang Qingyuan reached Foundation Establishment to when he ate the Spirit Fish and raised his cultivation to the Third-Layer Foundation Establishment, not much time had passed, but the Immortal Mansion had already become very large.
Two hundred mu of land already looked like a huge area, but half of it was still the dark Black Land.
’I need to dig a big pond first. What if the Purple Spirit Crystal Fish I leave outside get eaten by birds or beasts? Even with the Array for protection, I’m still not at ease. I have to move a hundred or two hundred of them into the Immortal Mansion before I can feel secure.’
Fang Qingyuan muttered to himself, finding a perfect excuse for his actions. To protect the Purple Spirit Crystal Fish fry from being completely wiped out, he decided to move a few hundred of them into the Immortal Mansion.
Of course, he couldn’t just move hundreds of Purple Spirit Crystal Fish fry into the Immortal Mansion from the start. He would just take seven or eight at a time, consistent with normal losses.
Thinking about the future environment for the Spirit Fish, Fang Qingyuan drew upon a large amount of his Soul Power. He pointed at the original pool, and in an instant, masses of black soil flew up, crossing a long distance to land on a small hill.
Covered by the soil, the local Earth Bear Spirit poked its head out from the hill. Seeing it was Fang Qingyuan, it retracted its head and went back to sleep.
Only after he had raised the hillock by another seven or eight meters did Fang Qingyuan stop. Sensing the drain on his Soul Power, he felt a little tired.
Fortunately, he was inside the Immortal Mansion. The cost of using Soul Power to reshape the land was extremely low compared to the outside world. Otherwise, moving so much earth back and forth would have long since exhausted Fang Qingyuan.
And on the original Black Land, following Fang Qingyuan’s work, a pit of over twenty mu in size was revealed.
Seeing his handiwork, Fang Qingyuan nodded in satisfaction. He then summoned the Water Spirit Xuanwu from the original pool and had it spit out a round, pitch-black object.
This object was the very same Profound Yuan Heavy Water that Fang Qingyuan had purchased on Sea Gate Island all those years ago. Originally, he had wanted to release all of it into the Immortal Mansion, but he later discovered that if he released the entire bead of Profound Yuan Heavy Water, his Immortal Mansion would become a swamp.
In addition, after his own Water Spirit Root successfully broke through to the high-grade, he had put away the Profound Yuan Heavy Water. Later, when the Water Spirit Xuanwu took shape, he gave it to the creature for safekeeping.
Now that a new area of land had appeared, the Immortal Mansion could hold much more water, so Fang Qingyuan’s thoughts turned back to the Profound Yuan Heavy Water.
Holding the Profound Yuan Heavy Water, Fang Qingyuan casually tossed it into the sky. The next moment, a torrent gushed forth from mid-air, pouring into the pit he had dug below.
Only after the Profound Yuan Heavy Water had spewed out a large amount of fresh water, filling the pit, did Fang Qingyuan make a gesture to stop the flow. He then threw the slightly smaller bead of Profound Yuan Heavy Water back to the Water Spirit Xuanwu.
Seeing the pit that was just a patch of black mud now rippling with water, Fang Qingyuan smiled faintly. He then waved his hand to break open the remaining dam, connecting the previous pool with the new one.
After the two merged, they became indistinguishable in an instant. With the addition of this twenty-something-mu area, the pool before him had become a veritable lake.
The Water Spirit Xuanwu also swam contentedly into the new lake, splashing around from time to time and kicking up huge waves.
With the lake’s transformation complete, Fang Qingyuan turned his attention to the Purple Bamboo Forest where the Bee Queen resided.
He had noticed that recently, many of the purple bamboo stalks in the forest had mutated one after another. Occasionally, a clear, chime-like sound would ring out from the bamboo, which seemed extremely unusual.
Previously, Fang Qingyuan had focused all his attention on improving his cultivation and had no time to investigate these changes. Now that he had some free time, his interest was piqued.
So, Fang Qingyuan brought the Bee Queen to the front of the Purple Bamboo Forest. He looked at the deep and serene ten-or-so mu of bamboo grove before him and felt a little emotional. All of this had evolved from the ten purple bamboo shoots he had bought for ten Spirit Stones back then.
Now, this bamboo forest seemed to have a life of its own, still expanding and growing with abandon!