129: Meeting Uncle Seventeen

Chen Jiancang had reached a state of perfection in refining Qinghe Qi Cultivation Pill, almost producing nine pills in every batch, and he had compressed the time it took to refine a batch to the extreme.

In just one night, he refined a full 20 batches of Qinghe Qi Cultivation Pill.

One must know that other First Order Alchemists would become mentally exhausted after refining at most 3 batches in a night, unlike Chen Jiancang, who had grasped the essence of refining Qinghe Qi Cultivation Pill; even after a full 20 batches, he showed no sign of fatigue.

The next day, the morning sun rose in the east, its rays illuminating the mountains of Xiao Yun Mountain, like clouds and mist.

Chen Jiancang got up early, stepping through the cool breeze, and walked towards the Spirit Field.

At this time, between the paths, members of the Chen Clan were heading towards their own Spirit Fields in twos and threes.

"Oh, Jiancang, are you going to the fields today?" When the clan members saw Chen Jiancang dressed in short, simple clothes, they asked in surprise.

In their view, Chen Jiancang had already become a high and mighty Alchemist in the Dan Hall; the income from casually refining a batch of pills was much more than what could be earned from a day of hard labor in the fields. Why bother working in the fields? After all, the position of Alchemist was so glamorous.

If they could become Alchemists, they would absolutely never touch such difficult and tiring work again.

They couldn't understand why Chen Jiancang still personally cultivated the Spirit Fields. Even if he couldn't bear to part with the Spirit Fields left by his parents, he could completely rent them out or hire spirit farmers to help cultivate them.

Chen Jiancang smiled and greeted the clan members, not becoming arrogant because of his status as an Alchemist.

Chen Jiancang smiled gently, nodding towards everyone: "Those few mu of Spirit Field at my home were just harvested some time ago and are currently empty. I'm going to take a look today, thinking of trying to plant some spiritual herbs."

All of Chen Jiancang's Spirit Fields were arranged with formations; the Formation barrier was shrouded in mist, so others didn't know the situation inside. Therefore, Chen Jiancang was just casually responding at this time.

As they spoke, an old man with entirely white hair and beard, carrying a basket on his back and a spirit hoe on his shoulder, slowly walked over from not far away.

"Seventeenth Uncle-Grandfather!"

Chen Jiancang saw the person approaching and greeted him with a smile.

The Spirit Fields that Chen Yinzhang originally cultivated were purchased by Chen Jiancang, and now he had re-rented two mu of Spirit Field.

It was just that the location of those two mu of Spirit Field was quite far, almost reaching the edge of the Little Cloud Mountain Spiritual Vein.

That area was on the edge of the Spiritual Vein, spiritual energy was scattered, and the quality of the Spirit Field was not as good as the previous two plots. Fortunately, using it to plant qinghe rice didn't have much impact.

Thinking of this, Chen Jiancang couldn't help but feel a wave of guilt. He was still too inexperienced at the time and didn't handle the matter of purchasing the Spirit Fields well.

This resulted in Chen Jianshen being imprisoned in the Ice Hell, and now even Seventeenth Uncle-Grandfather has to trek nearly ten li every day to work in the fields.

However, Seventeenth Uncle-Grandfather had long since stopped minding this matter and even felt gratitude towards Jiancang.

Two days ago, he went to the Ice Hell to visit Chen Jianshen and found that Chen Jianshen's changes were significant. He was no longer as unreasonable, troublesome, and reckless as before, as if he had grown up a lot in an instant.

"Oh, it's Chen Jiancang." Chen Yinzhang looked up at Chen Jiancang and asked with a smile: "I heard you're getting married soon. I haven't seen you these past few days. Did you go to propose? Which family's daughter is so lucky?"

Chen Jiancang's cheeks flushed slightly. He scratched his head and said with a simple smile: "Seventeenth Uncle-Grandfather, your news is really well-informed! I did go to propose two days ago. It's Meng Qingwan from the Meng Family of Small Jade Mountain. She has a gentle nature, is educated and sensible, and we are quite compatible."

When the surrounding clan members heard this, they instantly became interested and gathered around.

One person said regretfully: "Jiancang, I know Meng Wanqing! Although she is born with a handsome appearance, she is a Five Elements Mixed Spiritual Root. You are now a famous Alchemist in our Xiao Yun Mountain Dan Hall. Regarding a major marriage matter, don't be too anxious. I'll find you another Dao Companion; that way, the possibility of your descendants being born with excellent Spiritual Roots will be higher."

"That's right, Chen Jiancang, you are still young. Why be so anxious about marriage? Among my wife's relatives, there is a suitable young woman who has Four Spiritual Root talent. If you are interested, I can speak on your behalf."

Although Chen Jiancang had Five Elements Mixed Spiritual Root, now that he had become an Alchemist, he naturally became a popular figure in everyone's eyes. Everyone wanted to get closer to Chen Jiancang.

When Chen Jiancang first transmigrated, he also thought about having three wives and four concubines, embracing left and right, enjoying all the beauties of the cultivation world.

But a person's emotions are, after all, limited. Chen Jiancang's emotions are already stretched thin by dividing them between Chen Jianyun and Meng Qingwan.

In Chen Jiancang's view, the dream of embracing left and right in the past was ultimately a bit ridiculous.

Jiancang also knew that everyone's intentions were not malicious. The smile on his face remained, but his gaze swept firmly across the crowd as he said: "I appreciate the kind intentions of all the uncles and elders, but in my opinion, the quality of one's Spiritual Root doesn't represent anything."

"Qingwan is kind and intelligent, and we are in sync. This is more important than anything. Moreover, I am also just a Five Elements Mixed Spiritual Root. What right do I have to dislike others?"

Upon hearing this, a trace of relief flashed in Chen Yinzhang's eyes. He gently patted Chen Jiancang's shoulder: "Chen Jiancang, it is truly rare that you can think this way. Matters of affection are inherently precious because of sincerity."

The other clan members also nodded in agreement.

They originally thought that as an Alchemist, Chen Jiancang should seek a more excellent partner, but since Chen Jiancang himself didn't mind, they had no reason to force him.

Chen Jiancang smiled, his gaze shifted, and with a look of concern, he asked: "Uncle-Grandfather, how is my cousin Chen Jianshen doing now? I have some Qinghe Qi Cultivation Pill that I refined myself. Please take them to him for me."

Although Chen Jiancang couldn't stand Chen Jianshen's previous behavior, in order to compensate for his guilt towards Seventeenth Uncle-Grandfather, he could only use his own method to ease the rift between himself and Chen Jianshen.

"No need, Jiancang. Chen Jianshen hasn't finished using the Qi Gathering Pills you gave him last time," Chen Yinzhang quickly waved his hand in refusal.

In his view, Chen Jiancang was not at fault. Instead, Chen Jianshen had been somewhat reckless because of his own doting. Now Chen Jianshen had received the punishment he deserved and had also grown a lot from the punishment.

Chen Jiancang nodded slightly, but still insisted: "Seventeenth Uncle-Grandfather, please accept them. After all, I am an Alchemist; these pills are nothing to me. But the Ice Hell is a bitter cold place with scarce spiritual energy. These pills can, firstly, help cousin Chen Jianshen resist the cold, and secondly, they can be used for his cultivation."

After speaking, Chen Jiancang took out an exquisite jade box from his embrace and handed it to Chen Yinzhang.

Seeing this, Chen Yinzhang's eyes reddened slightly. Unable to refuse, he accepted the jade box and said emotionally: "Jiancang, you are thoughtful. When he gets out of prison, I will definitely make him come and apologize to you."