The Little Ginseng Spirit

Had it arrived in heaven? Before, whenever it wanted to expand its patch, some demon beasts would ruin it, or humans would discover it, forcing it to curl up in that tiny corner, not daring to move around.

But the light orb above actually said this entire area belonged to it!

All of it!

It could plant spiritual plants wherever it wanted!

It could cultivate as much as it pleased!

This was exactly the divine life of immortals in the upper realm that its elders used to talk about!

How could it be so lucky? Its voice carried disbelief and extreme caution as it asked:

“Senior, is this true? All of this is mine to plant?”

Linglong nodded, looking at its pathetic, easily satisfied state. Hehehe~

Another day of easing the master's worries.

Receiving confirmation, it jumped out of the soil in excitement. Taking strides with its short little legs, it looked outward, growing more and more pleased the more it looked. Although it was bare, with only a small pond and a single spiritual plant, it was confident that it could eventually plant spiritual plants all over this place.

It absolutely loved this task!

That human was so nice to bring it here.

“What is your name?”

Linglong asked. They couldn't keep calling it “little thing” forever.

“I don't have a name. I only know I am a ginseng.”

“Then you shall be called Ling Xi.” Linglong gave it a name directly.

Ling Xi~

Ling Xi~

The little ginseng spirit silently repeated its name and nodded excitedly. It had a name! Then it looked at Linglong with burning admiration. Big boss was so nice, allowing it to grow spiritual plants and even giving it a name!

Jiang Lu sensed that Linglong had everything arranged, so she stopped paying attention and left.

Inside the pouch, Chi Li and Cang Chen saw the little ginseng spirit disappear before their eyes in the blink of an eye. Clutching their spirit stones, they exchanged a look.

When Jiang Lu was harvesting the spiritual plants earlier, they had found it strange, but they had assumed it was just due to a spatial storage bag.

Now, it seemed she harbored a secret!

However, the stronger she was, the greater their chances of returning to the upper realm. Besides, even the Chaos Spiritual Body had appeared on her. What did it matter if she had a secret related to space?

It was a good thing anyway. Chi Li shook its head at Cang Chen. They would just pretend they didn't know. After all, they were bound by a Master-Servant Contract, and there was still a layer of trust between them to build.

But in the future, they might truly open their hearts to each other.

As Jiang Lu walked, she collaborated with Chi Li and Cang Chen to slay quite a few demon beasts. These could be sold outside to earn a decent amount of spirit stones, which would easily cover the cost of a low-grade storage bag and an elixir cauldron.

Indeed, once one's strength went up, the opportunities to earn spirit stones multiplied.

Other rogue cultivators: Are you even speaking human?

Jiang Lu was full of confidence. Only a quarter of the time in the secret realm had passed, so having this much harvest was already quite good.

Just as she was feeling pleased with herself, she heard the sounds of fighting ahead.

She carefully hid behind a tree and saw two teams facing off. There were five or six people in total, and looking at their appearance, they seemed to be rogue cultivators.

But their strength was extraordinary. This was the second time she had encountered cultivators since entering the secret realm, and they were quite powerful ones at that.

Among these six, there was one cultivator at the late stage of Qi Condensation, and the rest were at least at the mid stage of Qi Condensation. At this moment, they had already fought until their eyes were bloodshot.

She carefully concealed her aura. She was absolutely no match for them, so she must not make a sound.

Even Cang Chen and Chi Li stayed quietly inside the pouch. Jiang Lu's strength was low, and they currently needed to grow. As grasshoppers on the same rope, they naturally couldn't screw each other over.

As for stirring up trouble, at her current rate, it wouldn't take more than a few years for her to walk sideways. When the time came, there would be plenty of opportunities to turn the cultivation world upside down!

One human and two beasts hid quietly in the dark. Jiang Lu had never fought anyone before, so she carefully watched their fighting moves, which were fierce and ruthless.

A cultivator's moves are related to their personality. These guys were not good people.

She didn't dare to stare too closely at them either. After all, cultivators' perception was very powerful. If they felt a gaze from the shadows, she could easily be discovered.

Soon, one side crushed the other with overwhelming strength, leaving three cultivators collapsed on the ground, unable to get up.

The remaining three victors took their storage bags, swept their eyes over the contents, and revealed satisfied smiles.

Then, they cast contemptuous glances at the three corpses, sneered mockingly, and turned to leave.

With such weak strength, they had actually been tailed for several days. Fortunately, the resources acquired this time were plentiful, so it wasn't a loss.

Jiang Lu watched them leave and continued to hide in the shadows, her eyes fixed on a spiritual sword that had dropped not far away.

It had been dropped by one of the fallen cultivators during the fight. Perhaps because it was too far away, the three victors hadn't noticed it, or perhaps they noticed but didn't care.

They didn't care, but she did! Even though that spiritual sword was the most common type on the market, it still cost a hundred medium-grade spirit stones.

After an hour, she finally came out and walked carefully toward the spiritual sword. Seeing a massive crack on it, her lips twitched speechlessly.

It was already ruined. No wonder they didn't want it. She didn't want it either; there was absolutely no point in taking such a damaged spiritual sword for repair. The cost of spirit stones to fix it would be enough to buy a new one.

It was just a hundred spirit stones, not like she didn't have any.

She grit her teeth and turned to leave.

Damn it!

Failed to scavenge anything!

After walking forward for a short while, she heard a roar accompanied by fighting.

She stopped. No way.

She ran into cultivators again?

Had she accidentally wandered into a nest of cultivators?

She saw a cultivator up ahead running rapidly in her direction, followed by several demon beasts with bloodshot eyes, looking as if they wanted to tear that person into ten thousand pieces.

When the person saw Jiang Lu, their eyes lit up. They immediately threw the egg in their hands into her arms and ran past her without stopping.

Jiang Lu froze on the spot. Seeing something thrown at her, she habitually opened her hands and caught it. Looking at the egg in her arms, she had a very bad feeling.

Sure enough, she saw the demon beasts turn and charge toward her, with only two continuing to chase after that cultivator.

She cursed that bastard in her heart.

She threw the egg back at the demon beasts, turned, and bolted.

She wouldn't be stupid enough to run away with the egg in her arms. What difference was that from marking her location? Although a demon beast egg was a good thing, she had to be alive to enjoy it.

Better not let her meet that dog of a person again, or she would definitely make them pay. How dare they scheme against her!

Seeing the egg flying toward them, the demon beasts immediately stopped to catch it. Protecting the egg in their arms, they glared hatefully in the direction Jiang Lu had fled.

Seeing that the egg was unharmed, the other demon beasts continued to chase after Jiang Lu.

Watching the relentlessly pursuing demon beasts, Jiang Lu panted heavily. That bastard!

Better not let her run into them again!

After running for a good while, she seemed to have reached the territory of another demon beast. They stopped, lingered nearby for a moment, and finally tossed their necks and left.

Jiang Lu leaned against a tree trunk, panting heavily. Her legs were somewhat weak. Just as she was about to collapse onto the ground to rest, her eyelids jumped!