Chapter 478

Chapter 478: Expansion

Hearing that familiar voice, Ji Yang paused, then turned around.

He saw that Ye Wuchen, who had already left, was back again without him noticing.

When Ye Wuchen spotted the familiar stone tablet, a black line appeared on his forehead.

Just as Ji Yang wondered how to explain himself, Xuan Qing, still immersed in Ji Yang’s earlier words, failed to notice Ye Wuchen returning.

Twenty pills may be a little less, but words are dead while it is alive.

As long as it cried earnestly, truly feeling the moment, wouldn’t Ji Yang give it a few more pills?

With this thought, Xuan Qing escalated its performance, imagining itself as the last turtle of the Xuanwu clan, the only survivor after a great enemy had destroyed its clan.

With such feelings, Xuan Qing immediately wailed:

“Master, why did you leave like this? I will definitely avenge you!”

At this moment, Ji Yang thought that Ye Wuchen had just returned and might not have heard, but Xuan Qing’s cries were undoubtedly the last straw for Ji Yang.

Seeing Ye Wuchen’s expression darken, Ji Yang decisively kicked Xuan Qing away!

This prompted Little Black, who was about to imitate, to quickly dodge.

“Uh, Master, in my hometown, this is the proper way to send someone off.”

Ji Yang’s explanation added another layer of black line to Ye Wuchen’s face:

“I’m just leaving; I’m not dead!”

“Cough, Master, did you forget to bring something?”

Ji Yang quickly changed the subject.

Ye Wuchen didn’t dwell on it either; instead, he tossed a paper crane to Ji Yang:

“This journey will take some time; use this to send messages. Take good care of it.”

With that, Ye Wuchen transformed into a beam of Sword Light and left again, reminding Ji Yang,

“Don’t dismantle my wooden house!”

This made Ji Yang smirk; he wasn’t the type to tear down a house just for a little more spiritual field.

However, when Ji Yang turned to look at the wooden house, he felt that the space it occupied seemed indeed a bit large.

But Ji Yang quickly brushed off that thought; the risks and rewards were not proportional, and it wasn’t worth it.

As Ji Yang looked at the paper crane in his hand, his previous sadness and worries dissipated significantly.

With Ye Wuchen’s strength, he should come back.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have left that behind.

Seeing it this way, he realized that he had cried a bit too early, and regarding the stone tablet, it seemed it would remain buried for now.

Ji Yang did not intend to destroy the stone tablet; he believed there would eventually be a day it would be useful, and he wouldn’t have to carve it again.

After burying the stone tablet, Ji Yang reached out with his primordial spirit energy, confirming that Ye Wuchen had really left this time.

Now, Jingtan Peak was under his command.

Thinking this way, Ji Yang felt quite excited; in a sense, he had driven Ye Wuchen away.

As the new Peak Master of Jingtan Peak, he wondered if there would be any coronation ceremony from the sect.

Ji Yang didn’t dwell on it; although he now had Jingtan Peak, it was not his ultimate goal. He still wished to break through to the True Immortal Realm.

He had previously worried about the area of Jingtan Peak being insufficient, but now that he was its master, wasn’t it reasonable for him to contribute to expanding Jingtan Peak?

With a hoe in hand, Ji Yang flew down the mountain.

Today he claimed one land, tomorrow he would aim for ten; looking around, all that he saw would belong to Jingtan Peak.

As Ji Yang descended, Little Black and Xuan Qing followed closely behind.

The two beasts had just put in a lot of effort crying, and Ji Yang did not hold back on the rewards he had promised. For the expansion of Jingtan Peak, they would need to pitch in.

Reaching the foot of the mountain, Ji Yang surveyed the surroundings.

According to the territory defined by the sect, the boundaries of Jingtan Peak had not changed, but there were no other sect buildings nearby, and it was relatively far from other peaks.

In fact, there were very few cultivators who passed by this area. The reputation of Jingtan Peak was so resounding that even without formations covering it, few cultivators dared to fly over.

This was exactly what Ji Yang needed to slowly expand Jingtan Peak.

Ji Yang then examined the ground. Although the spiritual energy was not as strong as that in the core area of Jingtan Peak, it was still marginally sufficient for creating a spiritual field.

However, the ground was somewhat barren and needed to be cleared again.

Yet, Ji Yang was familiar with this process and immediately began to cultivate a new spiritual field from the original edge of Jingtan Peak.

As long as he planted enough spiritual fields, his strength would grow faster.

He didn’t let the two beasts rest either; using pills as bait, he got them involved in the process.

Once they heard about the pill rewards, the two beasts clawed at the ground swiftly, moving faster than Ji Yang.

However, the spiritual fields they opened still needed further improvement.

Seeing this, Ji Yang shook his head slightly; he couldn’t rely on them too much.

…

Under the reflection of the sunset, a figure bathed in light, tirelessly wielding the hoe in hand, occasionally gazing around with a satisfied smile.

From a distance, it resembled a beautiful agricultural scene, aside from the two oddly moving spiritual beasts.

Every time Ji Yang developed a new spiritual field, he sowed seeds into the ground and then summoned some rain.

This way, the growth of the spiritual grains would be accelerated.

As the area of Jingtan Peak expanded, Ji Yang changed the time for cultivating spiritual fields from day to night to avoid drawing attention.

During the day, Ji Yang first collected the Light Points produced by the spiritual plants, then moved through the paths of the spiritual fields, gathering the Light Points one by one. Although most were White Light Points, those were exactly what Ji Yang needed.

In the spiritual fields he had opened up first, after he planted the seeds of spiritual grains, the seedlings also gradually sprouted.

However, due to the slightly weaker spiritual energy and the lack of fertile soil, these spiritual grains grew at a speed more than twice as slow compared to other spiritual grains in Jingtan Peak.

Ji Yang didn’t mind too much; after all, the spiritual grains outside Jingtan Peak were just for collecting White Light Points to strengthen his body. For cultivation points, without any new spiritual grains, he still had to rely on those few top-tier spiritual plants.

With the expansion of the spiritual fields, Ji Yang needed an entire morning to collect the Light Points each time after that, but he didn’t find it tiring.

His bodily strength gradually increased; although the change was slight, Ji Yang could feel it.

Time flew by, and half a month passed.

During this half month, Ji Yang had expanded the area of Jingtan Peak by two or three times.

To hide his activities, Ji Yang used magical techniques to plant many barley seeds throughout the spiritual fields.

Through his experiments, Ji Yang found that his magical techniques could produce different effects depending on what he planted, but the performance of the spiritual grains was the best.

Additionally, different spiritual grains had different attributes, but for the same kind of spiritual grain, the effects were quite similar.

Among all the spiritual grains, only barley seeds were able to create illusions.

After planting enough barley seeds, Ji Yang then used the Breathing Technique of All Things to communicate and made illusions show the previous state of his cultivated spiritual fields.

This way, he wouldn’t have to worry about the sect discovering anything in the short term.

As for the long term?

Haha, that would belong to Jingtan Peak.