As he looked at Spirit Circle, he also thought about the inherited ability he gained through him -

[Spirit Gathering Spell]

An active skill that can quickly gather the spiritual power in the surrounding environment.

Once, he used it in conjunction with the Spiritual Absorption spell and he was surprised that the efficacy of the spell was increased by 50% -

It had already been increased by 100% because of his inspiration, and now it was 2.5 times better than what he had used prior to the inspiration.

He effectively reduced the time he spent using this spell by 5 times, and also reduced the total time spent by over 20% -

Adding the fact that everything was already reduced by half, the total time he spent caring for his ducks was reduced by a lot.

Suddenly from one day to another, he suddenly lost so many obligations and the strain he felt disappeared right away!

He was even able to go up from 40 egg-laying ducks to 50!

His cultivation progress took another small boost, and so did his income.

Based on the spirit stones he got this time and the one he got for the treatment, he was basically sure that he could pay off the totem.

A feeling of relief washed over him - for such a long time, it was actually a bit of a burden. The problem wasn’t that he bought it, for it was definitely worth it. The issue was that he had bought it prematurely, not giving him time to prepare for it at all.

Now that he seemed to have found a solution, he slowly calmed down and his mind focused on another matter -

"The Beast Tide is only a short few years away. It would be no surprise if it started early, so I should have prepared for it... well, that would have been six years ago..." he sighed for a moment but chose not to dwell on it, "I will have to protect this field to the best of my ability.

The largest benefit of all isn’t having this field nor the income - with my citizenship in the Inner City, I am basically sure to be able to rent a field in the eastern region. But the problem would be I would be delegated to the north-eastern part rather than the southeastern part.

But even that isn’t as important as the issue ahead - advancing to the next stage!" Fengyu’s eyes gleamed as he thought about the wish countless cultivators had.

Reach the Foundation Building stage!

Only once you go beyond the Qi Refining stage, the first stage, can you truly say you have entered the world of cultivation!

And a requirement for a smooth breakthrough was to have a place with a sufficient degree of spiritual power.

He had checked out the renting prices of a second-stage breakthrough room, and he was shocked to see that... there was no option for him!

That was the first time he saw that for Inner Citizen, there was a restriction!

He went to the library, the only place he had a connection to, and asked the senior of last time the reason for this.

That was when he realised that while there were mostly benefits, the expectations by the city were also immense.

While other cultivators could take the ’easy’ way and rent from the city, he, a talented young man, should find his own way.

Apparently it was a training path that was similar to the way ancient cultivators cultivated, hoping to push geniuses and talented people further. They refused to allow them to enjoy the privileges and become greenhouse flowers -

At that time, Fengyu could only sigh that this was, after all, a city built right at the edge of the beast mountain range, extremely hostile to him.

He could only accept the arrangement and think about how to advance further.

In the end he realised that the field was not only the easiest but also pretty much the only method for him to break through smoothly.

No cultivator would usually allow you to break through in their place, and if you wanted to purchase it somehow, then the city would investigate and even revoke his citizenship.

This truly pushed Fengyu to become locked to this place!

"Quack, Fengyu, didn’t we want to go out by now? Why are you dwelling so much lately?" Zimu walked over and jumped into his arms, asking him why he was still standing here.

"Just thinking of a few things..."

"Brother, why are you always thinking and planning and considering? How can you plan life? Having peace at heart is the way, when you’re peaceful, there is nothing that can cause you to lose your balance and path." Zimu explained deeply.

"Zimu, be honest, you are still reading those Buddhist books I brought last time, right?" Fengyu asked with suspicion.

"What’s wrong with reading? And I’m not just reading Buddhist books, I am also reading Taoist and human dao books! Isn’t it good?" Zimu refuted, defending his own love of reading these ethereal books containing wisdom of the ages.

"Because every time after you read them, you seem to be preaching the path of peace to me..." Fengyu complained as he looked at Zimu.

He somehow felt that Zimu was losing his focus - instead of becoming the clan head of the ducks and all the beasts as he had intended, somehow Zimu became a preacher of peace.

One time he jokingly asked what his cult would be called if he made one, and Zimu actually told him that it would be called the Purple Peace cult...

At that time, Fengyu couldn’t stop laughing about the ’PP’ cult...

Men are so simple, even when you become old and have experienced life, you still can’t help but laugh at stupid jokes.

Zimu didn’t get it at that time, continuing to preach to him about peace. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Fengyu wasn’t against it entirely, but he felt that such preaching actually had an effect on him, which was why he had told him to stop reading...

Now it seems like the path Zimu has taken can no longer be rewritten...