26: Guarding the Medicine Garden

Since the Cultivation Technique had arrived… Tang Tian flipped through these two Cultivation Techniques for disguise and concealing cultivation a few times, and quickly got started…

“Breath Concealing Art” could maintain his cultivation at Qi Refining stage, 1st level; as long as he didn’t make a move, others wouldn’t discover him.

Tang Tian maintained his cultivation at the Great Perfection of Lian Qi Second Layer.

“Earth Sculpting Art” was a Cultivation Technique to change one’s appearance. Tang Tian changed his appearance to that of a middle-aged man.

Although short, he exuded heroic spirit. Then he changed back to his original appearance. Although it was useless against those above Foundation Establishment.

But for those not yet at Foundation Establishment, this Cultivation Technique was indeed useful; it was basically impossible to tell your true age.

Over the next few days… Tang Tian had been condensing Evil Qi, and at night, he used Spirit Medicine for Body Refining. His cultivation remained at Qi Refining Fourth Layer Middle Stage…

But Tang Tian’s physical strength had increased quite a bit.

A tremendous wind came from outside—it turned out to be Second Senior Brother Chi Liuzi, flapping his wings back. The sound was like a roaring tiger, and he brought back two people with a gloomy expression—

Chi Liuzi was the only one among these Senior Brothers and Junior Brothers who could fly. Chi Daizi’s mountain was a thousand zhang high, and his ability to fly up like that showed his strength was not low.

The two new Junior Brothers below, Crimson Guzi and Crimson Bozi, would have died long ago if they hadn’t been protected by him.

Chi Liuzi expressionlessly threw them down, and they knelt on the ground with pained expressions.

Their faces showed terror; clearly, Chi Liuzi had also “invited” them back in Chi Daizi’s manner.

These two Junior Brothers were not old, fifteen or sixteen years old. Clearly, Chi Liuzi had not traveled far.

Chi Liuzi said hoarsely:

“Go find Revered Master to collect your Medicinal Pills.”

He did not intend to take them there.

He first gave all the Medicinal Pills refined by Chi Daizi to Seventh Junior Brother Crimson Guzi.

Crimson Guzi swallowed the Medicinal Pill with a terrified expression; clearly, he had eaten it on the way, making him wish he were dead.

Beside him, Crimson Bozi was afraid, and at the same time, relieved that he hadn’t received any. At this moment, Senior Brother’s Puppet came out and gave all the Medicinal Pills to Eighth Junior Brother Crimson Bozi.

He forcibly fed Crimson Bozi a few pills, and Crimson Bozi shrieked on the ground.

Seeing Chi Liuzi enter his room.

Tang Tian only remembered that he hadn’t given the Poison Pill after hearing Chi Liuzi speak.

After going out, he saw that Crimson Guzi and Crimson Bozi had already walked far away.

Tang Tian swallowed a breath—and knocked on Second Senior Brother’s door—

Tang Tian said:

“Second Senior Brother, there’s still one Spirit Life Pill left that Revered Master refined.”

Crimson Bozi said:

“Give me the Gecko Pill Mark.”

Tang Tian handed over the Gecko Pill Mark. Crimson Bozi’s cultivation had actually reached Qi Refinement stage eight.

Crimson Bozi said:

“If you kill Seventh Junior Brother and Eighth Junior Brother, Crimson Guzi and Crimson Bozi, again, I will kill you.”

After taking the Gecko Pill Mark, Crimson Bozi’s complexion improved slightly.

Tang Tian said:

“I wouldn’t dare.”

Only after seeing Crimson Bozi close the door did Tang Tian breathe a sigh of relief.

The oppressive feeling was too strong, mainly because his own cultivation was too low.

Returning to his room… Tang Tian planned to practice “Frost Palm” in a few days, mainly because he had been Body Refining and condensing Evil Qi these past few days…

Now he had fifteen strands of Evil Qi. He originally thought he was confident enough, but he still needed to prepare more countermeasures.

Crimson Bozi gave Tang Tian a subconscious feeling of extreme danger.

Everyone said Body Refining was strong, but Crimson Bozi’s flashy wings were even more imposing than Body Refining.

Crimson Bozi’s cultivation was just not enough; if it were, he would definitely be stronger than the three Senior Brothers.

After Crimson Bozi returned, Tang Tian didn’t dare to enter the Medicine Venerable Space and meditated in his room all night.

At dawn the next day, Tang Tian was dragged out by Crimson Bozi. Fortunately, he hadn’t entered the Medicine Venerable Space yesterday.

All four Senior Brothers were present.

Tang Tian asked:

“May I ask, Senior Brothers, what is the matter?”

The Senior Brother, who had been unseen for a while, rarely came out and said:

“Fifth Shidi, for the next few days… it’s your turn to guard the Medicinal Garden…”

Senior Brother looked at Liu Ru Shi with a half-smile and said gently:

“Sixth Sister, please don’t kill fellow Junior Brothers again.”

Liu Ru Shi glanced at Fourth Senior Sister Chi Fanzi—then nodded with her permission—

Tang Tian noticed this scene. Could it be that Chi Fanzi and Liu Ru Shi had a relationship? Or were they both women who got along well?

Chi Fanzi said:

“Senior Brother, you’ve scared Junior Sister. Junior Sister, why don’t you quickly compensate Senior Brother?”

Liu Ru Shi took out five hundred Spirit Stones, and Senior Brother no longer questioned her.

Chi Fanzi laughed beside them.

Tang Tian sighed in his heart:

“The Liu family is so rich; they can just take out five hundred Spirit Stones like that.”

Senior Brother said:

“Sixth Junior Brother… you must achieve Major Achievement in the “Cloud Rain Technique” by morning…”

Senior Brother had a very good impression of Tang Tian; after all, Tang Tian had become his black glove.

He explained the “Cloud Rain Technique,” throwing out jade slips one by one.

Tang Tian formed hand seals, and a huge dark cloud appeared, raining down heavily.

It only covered a small area, barely covering the courtyard, but it was still good.

Tang Tian only felt his Spiritual Qi rapidly depleting, and the dark cloud dissipated after ten minutes.

Senior Brother said:

“Not bad, you lasted ten minutes. Barely Major Achievement.”

Although lasting fifteen minutes and covering five mu of land was considered Major Achievement, Senior Brother did not want to increase his workload.

Liu Ru Shi also barely managed to last ten minutes with the help of Gathering Qi Pill before the dark cloud dissipated.

This was also considered passing. Everyone felt Chi Daizi’s Divine Sense looking over here disappear.

The “Cloud Rain Technique” was indeed simple… both of them learned it in just half a quarter of an hour…

Second Senior Brother Crimson Bozi said:

“Next, I’ll teach you “Tool Transformation Art.””

He just wanted to finish teaching quickly and go back to refine Medicinal Pills. He didn’t even explain, just directly threw two jade slips.

He placed two very hard pieces of mud on the ground.

For Tool Transformation Art, a small sword flying out from the fingertip, capable of stirring up sand and stones, was considered getting started.

Being able to break the hard earth in front was considered Major Achievement.

When cultivated to the end, it could even transform Spiritual Qi into a strong wind.

Tang Tian had no Spiritual Qi left now. He took out Spirit Stones and absorbed them with great reluctance.

Lasting ten minutes just now had nearly taken Tang Tian’s life.

In Tang Tian’s hand, a small sword appeared and shot towards the hard earth in front, stirring up sand and stones, and it indeed broke.

This could also be considered an offensive technique, already at Major Achievement.

But it was not a mainstream one. For Cultivators above Qi Refining Two Level, cultivating such a non-mainstream technique was very simple.

However, the effect of this was not as good as the Evil Qi of Earthly Fiend Fist, but Tang Tian wouldn’t be foolish enough to display his Evil Qi.

The advantage of this Cultivation Technique was its low Spiritual Qi consumption, making it convenient for farming.

Both of them easily broke the hard earth in front.

However, this earth was truly hard, harder than iron, and could even be used as a brick.

It mainly depended on the purity and quantity of Spiritual Qi; if there was a lot of Spiritual Qi, it could be shattered; if not, it couldn’t.

Tang Tian felt that Chi Daizi wanted each of them to teach four types of techniques, but they divided it into four, as no one wanted to suffer more losses.

Next, it was Senior Brother Chi Qingzi’s turn.

Senior Brother Chi Qingzi took out “Hundred Vultures Soul-Guiding Art” from his storage ring and said:

“Cultivate it well… This is for defending against vultures…”

Each one was more perfunctory than the last.

It had no offensive power; it just stunned vultures, making it easy to escape. It only worked on winged creatures.

Indeed, he saw Second Senior Brother Crimson Bozi looking at Senior Brother Chi Qingzi with anger. No wonder Crimson Bozi, at Qi Refinement stage eight, didn’t capture them for Alchemy.

There were no animals to test it, so after taking it, just forming the hand seals was considered a success.

Finally, it was Fourth Senior Sister’s turn… These Cultivation Techniques were one more ordinary than the last… Tang Tian was furious in his heart, “Where is the Puppet Art I want?!”

As a result, Fourth Senior Sister took out two hoes.

Tang Tian and Liu Ru Shi were visibly speechless. Indeed, good Cultivation Techniques still had to be found by oneself.

Fourth Senior Sister laughed:

“Hehe, these are fine iron hoes for you to use for tilling the land.”

She handed over the two Spirit Hoes.

Then she gave a large bag of seeds.

Fourth Senior Sister said:

“You must Cultivate well. There are thirty types of Spirit Medicine seeds inside, ten of each. You must ensure that at least one of each type grows out.

“If you cannot produce thirty types of Spirit Medicine by then, Revered Master will be displeased, and the consequences are not something you can bear.”

Fourth Senior Sister gave them a special Spirit Medicine bag. The scent of the Spirit Medicine did not leak out at all, and the Spirit Medicine seeds looked very large.

Fourth Senior Sister said:

“Go, and remember to come back every night.”

The four Senior Brothers left. Senior Brother’s body “bang” turned into a paper man… Good heavens, it turned out Senior Brother was never here in person all along…