Chapter 77 - Chapter 77: Chapter 72 Fishingi (1/2)

Chapter 77: Chapter 72 Fishingi

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“Could it be that All Niu, going up the mountain every day, is indeed bewitched?”

Someone saw Ah Niu carrying a basket passing by and couldn’t help but ask with concern.

“What do you know? Don’t look at how young Ah Niu is, he’s sharp! The mountain soil he came up with sells for fifty Wen Money a basket, worth several days of your wages.”

“Really? For real?”

“Could this be fake? The Yan Family’s Seventh Steward himself came in a horse-drawn carriage to buy a basketful. 1 heard he paid in cash.”

“That mountain soil is everywhere in the hills, how can it be worth so much? Quickly, tell us.”

“If 1 knew, wouldn’t I be rich by now? You should go ask Ah Niu about that.”

“Tomorrow, 1 must ask him. If there’s such a great way to get rich, let’s all get rich together!”

“Don’t even mention it, the corn Ah Niu planted this year is indeed growing very well.”

These villagers, having had their dinner, didn’t have much to entertain themselves and gathered together, most keen on discussing the long and short of other people’s affairs.

The entire village basically knew about Qin Niu’s sale of a basket of mountain soil for fifty Wen Money.

So what?

Even someone like the village bully Wang Haikun had no recourse— at most, he could forcibly demand a few baskets of the mountain soil.

To ask Qin Niu for the formula of the mountain soil is wishful thinking.

Back home, he closed his door.

Qin Niu left a portion of the Banyan Tree Blood for cultivating the Termites and the soon-to-hatch Worker Bees.

He would still need to wait at least ten days for the first batch of eggs laid by the Queen Bee to successfully hatch into adult Worker Bees.

He went to the backyard and cleaned out the clear liquid in the stone trough.

It probably was of no use anymore.

The energy inside had long been completely absorbed by the Treasured Sword.

He poured a jar of Banyan Tree Blood into it, while the other jars were tucked away in a concealed corner of the backyard, kept for future use.

The Treasured Sword soaked in the stone trough became excited once again.

It even trembled slightly.

The nurturing of a divine weapon involves several steps; a good divine weapon from the moment it is forged has its own life, filled with spirituality.

Even some weapons need a blood sacrifice after being made.

Typically, this requires killing a person to fulfill the sacrificial rites.

Such weapons become even more ferocious.

So, nurturing a weapon to bestow it with special abilities is only the first step.

The real success is when it gains a hint of spirituality.

Not just a lifeless object anymore.

What Qin Niu bought was just a common thick-backed Chopping Knife cast from fine iron, with a layer of Hundred-Tempering Fine Steel folded within.

In the eyes of a true expert, such a knife would hardly be noteworthy.

Yet, he used the Banyan Tree Blood to nourish it until it emitted a wisp of Blade Qi.

Now, as it soaked in the Banyan Tree Blood, it trembled slightly in extreme excitement, indicating that it had already conceived a hint of spirituality.

When this trace of spirituality stabilizes, it would become a true divine weapon.

Banyan Tree Blood is really something!

I wonder what it would be classified as right now? Tree Demon? Spirit? Or is it simply ancient, having absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon, evolved to possess some special abilities?

Unraveling this mystery would have to wait until Qin Niu’s cultivation becomes stronger.

Even now, with his current Threefold cultivation of ordinary humans, he’s still as insignificant as a speck of dust in front of the Ancient Banyan Tree.

This indicates it is even more powerful than imagined.

At first, when he was trapped by it, Qin Niu thought about cutting it down, but now the thought seems naively adorable.

It’s estimated even a Tenfold expert among ordinary humans would find it difficult to cut it down.

The night’s cultivation goes without saying.

Next day, he did not rush into the mountains.

Because Fourth was still evolving, without it, Qin Niu would enter the Ancient Banyan Tree but wouldn’t be able to leave. Going up the mountain without being able to cultivate would be a waste of time, right?

He planned to look after the corn in the fields today.

This season, flooding has devastated the fields; for the most part, half a year’s harvest has been lost to the waters.