Cultivation : I'm an Ancient Giant Bear-Chapter 524 - 496: The Self-Reliant Farming Model

After Qu Shenglian left, Wang Wu was still deep in thought. Over there, her little sister Qingluo had already rapidly inflated like a balloon, leaving him dumbfounded.

"What are you looking at? You go or I go?"

"What?"

"Don’t pretend to be innocent, you old bachelor. Aren’t you just hesitant to say what you want? My sister has already promised me as a concubine. I ask you, are you going or am I going? Or should I show my true form?"

"Stop! Stop it, I just want to discuss business now!" Wang Wu found it a bit overwhelming. What is this? You’re so bold; does your sister know? You seemed so well-behaved and pure just now, and now you’re like a tyrannosaurus?

"Talk business, then, I’m listening!"

The puffed-up milk dragon suddenly shrank back into a spiritual little dragon. Who knows where she got a grass stalk from, which she held in her mouth, put her hands in her pockets, tilted her messy head, and a little tail automatically stretched out behind her, piercing the ground just right as a stool.

This image, it’s beyond words.

However, Wang Wu wouldn’t argue with her. He straight away asked, "Can you guarantee you guys won’t cause trouble?"

To which the spiritual little dragon rolled her eyes, "We can stay on this ship until we die of old age without ever causing trouble, but you, sir, we can’t guarantee anything!"

"Oh, tell me more about that."

"What’s there to say? With us here, this Spirit-Catching Ship will never sink, never lack power, it’s self-sufficient, and can even help you upgrade and maintain the immortal array. But if you mess around and drag us down, then there’s nothing we can do."

Ha! Quite confident.

Wang Wu thought for a moment and asked again, "Can you help me catch some Cold-Crying Birds?"

"No! I’d suggest, sir, that you use your brain. The hardest part of chasing the Twenty-four Solar Terms is not having a stable, safe foothold. We are responsible for the foothold part, and we also provide remote rescue services. If we did everything, what would you be good for, sir!"

"Okay, I get it, so how many people can I still command on this Spirit-Catching Ship?"

"Twenty more, five of which are newly arrived Taiyi First Tier, and fifteen are Earth Immortals, just brought by my sister. But in the next thousand years, they won’t have the ability to go to the front line, so don’t expect others, sir, you have to rely on yourself."

"Why are you so irritable?"

"Can’t help it, orphaned since childhood, wandering around, living under others’ roofs, had to work hard, be a wet nurse, be a concubine, poor me, I just have a bad temper, if you’re not satisfied go ahead and hit me. Shuang Liuyun, that bitch, whips me with her thunder whip and I don’t even blink, if you dare use your whip on me, scream that it hurts, and I’ll call you dad!"

Wang Wu was speechless, defeated, so he had to change the subject,

"How much Spiritual Qi do I need to capture every year to pay enough Spirit Tax?"

"Sir, there are two mistakes in your question. First, ordinary Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi doesn’t need to be captured, the Spirit-Catching Ship can absorb it itself. The annual maximum absorption is five trillion, of which three and a half trillion are automatically transmitted to the Hidden Origin Association, that’s the first part of the Spirit Tax. The remaining five hundred billion is the Spirit-Catching Ship’s daily consumption, and one trillion will be automatically returned to Cyan Frost City, which nobody can change."

"Second, the real challenge is capturing Special Spiritual Qi, which is the part that Shuang Liuyun, that bitch, has been withholding over the past fifty years. Special Spiritual Qi is like the Cold-Crying Bird or Cold Roar Beast that appears during the Great Cold and Minor Cold Solar Terms, or like the Fire Spirit Guard or Fire Roar Beast during the Great Heat and Minor Heat Solar Terms!"

"In the past, before Frost Monarch became a Second-Grade Elder, the Frost Domain’s trait spirit tax was about three hundred large Cold-Crying Birds or three hundred large Fire Spirit Guards annually."

"But now, this Trait Spirit Tax has risen to five hundred per year. From this perspective, it’s understandable why Shuang Liuyun, that bitch, would throw in the towel."

"How could it be so much?"

Wang Wu was shocked, "Even as a Second-Grade Elder you have to collect taxes? Where’s the justice in that!"

Qingluo rolled her eyes at him, "So, sir, you haven’t figured out what kind of organization the Hidden Origin Association is, right? Its essence is a protection organization formed by a Half-step Daluo. You pay enough Spirit Tax, I give you a title, and provide protection. Of course, that’s not what we’d say publicly. Additionally, the structure, rules, etc., within the Hidden Origin Association are quite misleading, understand?"

"Those in the mid to low levels of the Hidden Origin Association genuinely believe it is permanently neutral, but at higher levels, you realize that because your family is big, you need the title of the Hidden Origin Association for protection, then you have to provide more benefits annually."

"Five hundred per year is just the passing line. The best way is to pay extra, like contributing significantly to the restoration of the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower. If it wasn’t for our Frost Monarch’s huge contribution, how could they become a Second-Grade Elder of the Hidden Origin Elder Council?"

"So there’s nothing surprising about it. Even in the mortal world, there’s the saying, ’learn martial arts, sell them to the emperor’s house’, and it’s the same for cultivators."

"I see, thank you. Please return to your post, if anything comes up, I’ll call you." Wang Wu nodded and dismissed this non-mainstream spiritual little dragon, and began to ponder. Capturing five hundred large Cold-Crying Birds a year doesn’t seem too difficult.

However, in the Twenty-four Solar Terms, there are busy and slow seasons. The most valuable are the Cold-Crying Birds and Fire Spirit Guards, so it’s necessary to hunt as many Cold-Crying Birds and Fire Spirit Guards as possible during the Great Cold, Minor Cold, Great Heat, and Minor Heat, or else in the slow seasons, the Spirit Tax won’t be met.

These are described in detail in the travel notes of Lu Tong and the other three.

"Eh, why haven’t you left yet?"

Wang Wu looked up and saw that the spiritual little dragon had returned again.

"I have something I’m curious about, and also want to remind you. You don’t seem anxious at all, how do you plan to counter the Shuang Family’s retaliation?"

This spiritual little dragon is rather nice.

"I suggest you mind your own business and take care of your affairs, or you should be careful not to let the Shuang Family destroy this Spirit-Catching Ship, that’s what you should be worried about."

Wang Wu waved his hand impatiently, shooing away the Spiritual Little Dragon.

Then, with a casual gesture to the sky, a golden immortal light lit up at the topmost mast of the Spirit-Catching Ship, quickly descended, circled around him, and turned into a small light spot on his wrist.

This is the Guardian Immortal Talisman that comes with the Spirit-Catching Ship, also known as the multifunctional comprehensive logistics support integrated Immortal Talisman.

Its functions include location teleportation, critical rescue, double attack power enhancement, Spiritual Qi feeding, remote reconnaissance, real-time counseling, etc. Overall, it’s like a variant of the Hidden Origin Bell. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

At this moment, under the light spot, the Vermilion Bird Array Soul quickly aligned with it, and in no time, Wang Wu saw the giant tower illusion of the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower faintly standing on this Spirit-Catching Ship.

This illusion cannot be seen by others.

This is the power projection from the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Tower.

But it needs the Spirit-Catching Ship as a signal relay station, thus becoming a mobile Hidden Origin Bell.

"The signal is a bit weak and very unstable."

After assessing for a moment, Wang Wu couldn’t help but feel helpless. The current giant tower illusion kept flickering, and lasting steadily for ten seconds was impressive enough. With this status, he didn’t dare to pin his life and wealth on it.

Moreover, the Azure Sea Cold Qi outside is currently at a trough, so the signal interference is minimal. When the Azure Sea Cold Qi reaches the next peak, the signal will 100% be interrupted.

It’s truly a case of the chain breaking at a critical moment and high spirits when there’s nothing to do.

"Better than nothing, just treat it as an extra insurance."

Thinking this way, Wang Wu leaped out of the Spirit-Catching Ship, with the astonished eyes of the twenty-four Cricket Dragons behind him.

His humble concubine Qingluo shouted, "Why are you going out now? It’s the low tide of the Azure Sea Cold Qi, a close season. The Cold-calling Insect is brewing, and very few Cold-Crying Birds are hatched. Silence must be maintained now; you’re violating the fishing agreement of the Nine Alliances, Three Conferences, and Two Sects!"

But Wang Wu turned a deaf ear. He had memorized travel notes of Lu Tong and the others by heart. Did he not know that Azure Sea Cold Qi had peaks and troughs?

During the low tide, the Azure Sea Cold Qi is relatively stable, and it’s the stage where Cold-calling Insects form abundantly, like seedlings, so violent disruption is prohibited as it would cause local variables, leading to overall changes.

During the high tide, Azure Sea Cold Qi fluctuates intensely, and it’s the mass hatching stage of Cold-Crying Birds. That’s the time for a hunting harvesting period, with hundreds and even thousands of Spirit-Catching Ships charging in mighty waves.

Over time, the rules were thus formed.

However, Wang Wu wasn’t going to destroy anything; he wanted to capture some Cold-calling Insects, cultivate them himself, and farm for himself; why bother fighting over them?

If I just stay on the Spirit-Catching Ship, what can you do to me?

At that moment he jumped out, he activated Level 27 Passive Concealment + Level 3 Forgetfulness, and also activated the Third Sequence Little Ice Spirit Pill simultaneously, not very powerful but better than nothing.

At the same time, within the Second Sequence, under the overall operation of the Five Elements Cat Array, the water Spiritual Qi silently supplied to the Third Sequence’s Little Ice Spirit Pill by the already First Grade Water Spirit Pill.

It’s worth mentioning that the Water Spirit Pill was once an Ice Spirit Pill. Wang Wu, to better match logistic support roles, upgraded it to a Water Spirit Pill for higher compatibility and mildness.

But Ice Spirit Pills are too aggressive, unsuitable for logistics.

Overall, Wang Wu’s current comprehensive power status is very twisted and abnormal.

In his own words, it has roughly three characteristics.

First, his solo combat skills are mediocre because his combat experience is limited; if he doesn’t fight, it’s nothing, but once he engages, it’s like holes dropping from the sky sieve, even he finds it unbearable to watch, though Xu Taiping once tutored him, he can barely pose as a king among Earth Immortals.

Second, the overall structural framework is robust, whether it’s a preemptive response mechanism or a reactive response mechanism, both are incredibly strong. Not to mention his allegedly Tier Four Five Elements Cat Array or his mind-blowing logistics capability of the Second Sequence, just the layout structure of the three major sequences is enough to overwhelm some Taiyi True Immortals.

Even Feng Muhai doesn’t compare.

He may be unable to win fights, but in terms of foundational framework, he can shout, "Who else?"

Third, his Realm is low; he’s stuck at Tier Nine Earth Immortal. Is it because he can’t advance? No, it’s because his path isn’t stable or complete yet, so he doesn’t dare to advance. Those three First Grade Ruyi Spirit Pills in the Second Sequence could all be elevated to Ninth Grade Creation Spirit Pills with a thought, plus the five Spirit Pills in the acquired Third Sequence, all can be delayed.

Also, the Heart of the Earth given by Lu Tong, he doesn’t want to touch it, because his Realm is stuck here, haste makes waste.

This is also why he came here to train, truly.

He needs to find a path.

Through real, higher difficulty challenges to determine everything.