70: Chapter 70 A Wonderful Life

"I remember when this ox first appeared in Xiao Ji Village, you wanted to eat it."

"Why?"

"There are so many Spirit Beasts in the Xuan Sect, why do you always fixate on this one?"

"Besides, all these years, it has been through thick and thin with me, and it has put in real effort plowing the spiritual fields."

"Moo."

Zhao Mo gestured for Ding Xin to look at the thirty-six mu of spiritual fields in front of them.

"If it weren't for it, I don't know how long it would have taken me to finish all this work."

Ding Xin said, "Hmph, this Dead Ox, the first time I saw it, its eyes were lecherous. I suspect it saw through my true form."

"This shows it's not a simple character at all. We should just kill it and eat the meat."

"Besides, for such a small spiritual field, wouldn't using a Spell be as easy as pie?"

Zhao Mo retorted, "Use a Spell? As easy as pie?"

"Come, come, beauty, you try one and let me see."

Ding Xin: "Fine, I'll try."

"Heaven-Turning and Earth-Overturning."

A white light shot from her hand and entered the spiritual field, but the soil in the spiritual field didn't move in the slightest.

"Hiss~ A Forbidden Law zone?"

"No, I think it should be because there is too much metal-attribute Spiritual Qi," Zhao Mo said.

"So it's better not to eat this ox. Besides, it's been decades, I'm used to it. Like you, if it wanted to harm me, it would have done so long ago."

There was another thing Zhao Mo didn't say: he didn't know what method Ox Martial cultivated, but it was becoming increasingly closely linked to the ox tether rewarded by the System. Now, Zhao Mo even had the illusion that with a single thought, he could take its life.

In that case, isn't it good to keep a helper by his side?

"Fine."

"Then I'll listen to you."

Ding Xin glanced at Ox Martial with regret, looking unwilling.

She turned to look at Zhao Mo.

"Not eating the ox, are you capable enough?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"I mean exactly what I said."

Ding Xin slightly raised her chin, a hint of cunning in her eyes.

Zhao Mo was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to respond.

He could only sigh inwardly, realizing he was always defenseless in front of Ding Xin.

A moment later.

Zhao Mo's complexion was pale. He drained his blood during the day and didn't sleep at night; it would be strange if his complexion were good.

As for why he drained his blood during the day, it was his innate Divine Ability, Blood Drop Rebirth.

This Blood Drop Rebirth didn't mean he could be reborn with just a single drop of blood.

Rather, it involved extracting his own essence blood in advance and refining it daily with his innate Divine Ability until the essence blood turned white; only then could it be considered a Minor Achievement.

Then came the effort of water dripping through stone: injecting magic power into this drop of white essence blood every day.

After continuously injecting it for eighty-one days, the blood for Blood Drop Rebirth would finally be refined.

When the time came, if he died, he could be reborn with the help of this drop of essence blood.

Simply put, this gave Zhao Mo a second life. One must know that Zhao Mo was currently only at the Golden Core Stage; this Divine Ability of Blood Drop Rebirth looked like something that could only be cast by those above the Soul Transformation stage.

"With such a Heaven-Defying Divine Ability, who exactly is this Ding Xin?"

The only thing that made Zhao Mo regretful was that at the Golden Core Stage, Blood Drop Rebirth could only be cast once every ten years, which severely limited Zhao Mo's ability to take off.

Outside Leisurely Residence, snow was falling heavily again.

Ding Xin was skillfully marinating the ox leg.

This was contributed by Zhao Mo's disciples.

And it was specifically the hind leg of an ox. Looking at Ding Xin's technique, this roasting of the ox leg probably wasn't something she had started just a day or two ago.

Ox Martial in the cowshed was shivering.

It was very familiar with the aura inside; it was definitely one of its descendants from outside.

It wasn't that it blamed Ding Xin for eating its descendants, but it was afraid that if Ding Xin got too excited while eating, she might come over and cut it a couple of times.

"Come, come, taste my craftsmanship."

This ox leg was roasted by Ding Xin using a yellow flame, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and marinated perfectly. Added to that was the spirit rice porridge on the side.

Paired with the enlightenment spirit wine.

Zhao Mo could only say it was superb.

A beauty by his side, spiritual food before him.

Outside, everything was white with snow.

In days like these, Zhao Mo felt he wouldn't trade them even for immortality.

...

In the spiritual field, Zhao Mo was piling up the ridges with an Iron Shovel, shovel by shovel. This year, Tianfeng Valley was much quieter than last year.

It made sense; Nascent Soul True Lords who wanted to plant golden marrow fruit already knew how to plant them, so why come to Tianfeng Valley?

However, outside Tianfeng Valley, there were always one or two figures sneaking around. Zhao Mo didn't go to drive them away; people had curiosity, and he could understand that.

While Zhao Mo was piling up ridges for the spiritual field here, Ding Xin wasn't idle either.

She was seen burying jade stones throughout Tianfeng Valley.

She had buried countless large and small Formation Plates.

"Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch Foundation-Solidifying Formation."

"Rise!"

A cloud of mist swept over, covering the entire Tianfeng Valley.

"Alright, now we're free."

Ding Xin returned to her female form.

Zhao Mo rolled up his trouser legs and looked at the sky.

"This is the great Formation you spoke of?"

"It can block the probing of Mahayana powerhouses and withstand a strike from a Soul Transformation Ancestor?"

"I don't see anything different about it."

Ding Xin couldn't be bothered to deal with this straight man, Zhao Mo. If she didn't set up a Formation, how could she hide their privacy?

Didn't she see the Nascent Soul True Lord who wandered around outside Tianfeng Valley every day? She didn't want to be broadcasted while she was Cultivating with Zhao Mo.

"Hurry up and come over to scan your face."

Zhao Mo was pressed by Ding Xin in front of a Formation Plate to input magic power and perform the so-called face scan.

"Fancy and useless," Zhao Mo complained, and then received a little punch from Ding Xin.

【You completed the spiritual field ridging, Experience +20.】

In front of Leisurely Residence.

Ding Xin was helping Zhao Mo cook the golden marrow fruit. The System didn't give experience points for this step, and Zhao Mo was happy to have someone help.

【You completed the golden marrow fruit planting, Experience +20.】

It could only be said that when men and women work together, it's less tiring. In the blink of an eye, Zhao Mo had planted the golden marrow fruit.

After the golden marrow fruit was planted, Ding Xin went to Heavenly Phoenix Grotto-Heaven to go into seclusion. She should have gone into seclusion after passing her tribulation.

However, having tasted the sweetness, those who understand, understand.

Secondly, her Lightning Tribulation had alarmed half of the Xuan Sect. Although True Monarch Feng Ling and others helped cover it up, it was not advisable to be high-profile.

The Xuan Sect didn't even know yet that there was another female Immortal Master surnamed Ding.

...

Zhao Mo wore a large straw hat; Ding Xin had made it for him by hand before going into seclusion.

Leaning on his Iron Shovel, he looked at the lush spiritual field.

These golden marrow fruit plants were already over a person's height, and some seedlings already had flower buds on them.

"I suppose those Demon Worms will be coming soon, right? I wonder if Ding Xin's Formation can stop these Demon Worms?"

Three days later.

Buzz, buzz, buzz~

"Shit!"

Zhao Mo cursed as he watched the Demon Worms rampaging through the spiritual field.

"I really admire you ancestors; you actually ignored the Formation?"

"Go to hell."

Zhao Mo took an iron stake and started stabbing directly.

【You completed the spiritual field pest removal, Experience +20.】

【You completed the spiritual field pest removal, Experience +20.】

...

During the ten-odd days of the flowering period, Zhao Mo had gained another two hundred and sixty experience points.

"System."

【Farmer: Zhao Mo】

【Cultivation: Golden Core Stage Level 4 (Insufficient experience, cannot upgrade.)】

【Experience: 920 / 2000】

【Rewards: None.】

This year there was no skeleton of a Three-Colored Deer, so Zhao Mo didn't plan to fertilize the spiritual field.

As a result, the next day, Li Feng gave Zhao Mo a surprise.

"What is this?"

Zhao Mo looked at the things in front of him, his eyes went dark, and he almost fainted.

Two skeletons of Three-Colored Deer.

"Damn it, those old women tormented me so miserably last year, I have to take revenge, don't I?"

"Don't worry, I've cleaned up the tracks."

"You just grind the skeletons into ash to fertilize the field; that's called leaving no corpse and no evidence."

"Hurry up, be quick."

"I'm leaving first."

"By the way, your Formation is not bad."

Li Feng praised him and left gracefully.

Zhao Mo looked at his retreating back and could only say he was a real man. After being tormented so miserably last year, he still hadn't learned his lesson.

In Zhao Mo's opinion, this Sword Cultivator, known as the most talented in the Xuan Sect, would sooner or later fall into the hands of those female Nascent Soul True Lords of Heartless Valley.