Chapter 514: Chapter 514

"You’re here to slay monsters again, Sir?" Qingfeng and Bright Moon, the two Sword Spirits, appeared once more, clearly more substantial than the previous silhouettes thanks to the nourishment from Immortal Jade.

But Jiang Yuan still had trouble distinguishing between the two.

Last time at Bamboo Show Pavilion, when Jiang Yuan planned to trick Zhao Wuji, he stored them in the Storage Bag to "block the signal".

So Qingfeng and Bright Moon only knew that Sir went to deal with the Evil Cultivators, but weren’t sure how he managed to slay them.

Today, being summoned out unexpectedly, they looked around, not knowing where they were. The eerie cave, mixed with the occasional moaning wind of malevolent aura, wasn’t a good place, for sure.

"Sure is. Sometimes silent monsters appear here, and I get ambushed while clearing other monsters. So I need your help to slay them together!" Jiang Yuan replied confidently.

As he was speaking, a gust blew in, and a nearly two-meter tall ghost, human-shaped with a long neck supporting four red lanterns, emerged.

[Wandering Lantern Ghost: Intermediate monster, inherent damage reduction buff, drops large rewards randomly upon death. Be cautious in battle. Also: If you can’t defeat it, you can flee first; wandering monsters will disappear after a while.]

"Lantern Ghost?" Upon seeing this, Bright Moon Sword Spirit immediately merged sword and spirit, launching a powerful attack.

Qingfeng Sword wasn’t to be outdone, despite having weaker tactics without a master controlling it. Yet, being an intelligent top-grade Spirit Sword, it cooperated seamlessly with Bright Moon Sword, quickly stabbing the Wandering Lantern Ghost to death with chaotic strikes.

[Gold Coins +1000; Spirit Stones +50; Candle Spirit +1...]

Jiang Yuan glanced at the loot, seeing common and rare materials, but Candle Spirit was an unusual item.

The Candle Spirit automatically picked up into the Storage Bag looked like a small candle emitting a warm glow. He clicked to view the details and couldn’t help but smile.

[Candle Spirit: One-time item. A unique product from the Wandering Lantern Ghost in the Mysterious Cave, a candle flower with magical effects, burning itself to warm others.

Click to use, increases all workshop processing speed five times during the effective time. Disappears after the countdown ends.]

"This is a treasure!" Jiang Yuan felt joyful inside, lavishly praising the Mandarin Duck Swords for their tacit understanding and strong combat ability.

This praise got the honest Sword Spirits’ blood boiling, their enthusiasm soaring!

He remembered he had to deliver Jade Marrow Pills to Seventh Girl at night, so he temporarily exited the Mysterious Cave dungeon, immediately using the still-warm Candle Spirit.

[All workshop processing speed increased fivefold, countdown: 04:59:59]

"It’s awesome that five hours can accomplish twenty-five hours of work! Having a prop is fantastic!" Jiang Yuan came and went swiftly. Lingti just smelled his scent, preparing to run over and see what the master was doing, only for him to disappear again.

"Woof woof? Teleported away?" It scratched its ear with its back foot, sniffing hard with its nose, confirming no Spiritual Power fluctuation, drooped its ears in disappointment, and lay back, dazed.

The small courtyard was rich in Spiritual Energy, with thriving crops. Across the river, the Spirit Fruit in the fields was not yet ripe, with faint aromas of fruit and flowers wafting over.

But Lingti found nothing, not even an ant nest, with no ants to count to kill time. It decided to patiently close its eyes to cultivate, striving to break free from the shackles and see the hope of advancement.

Jiang Yuan didn’t rush to the monster in the cave but approached the Exchange Shop instead, taking out an Exchange Coupon to swap the super special construction materials package worth one million points.

[Celestial Purity Wood +10; Five-Colored Stone Crystal +10; Immortal Vine Jade +10...]

"Awesome! Now I can upgrade the Tea Workshop!"

After exiting the dungeon again, he went to the Tea Workshop, clicked the gear, and upgraded without hesitation.

[Tea Workshop upgraded to Level Three!]

As the progress bar finished, the gray mist dispersed, revealing a brand-new Tea Workshop.

Jiang Yuan couldn’t bother to take a closer look and clicked to upgrade again...

After consuming a large amount of basic and special construction materials, the Tea Workshop became the first six-grade building in the courtyard to reach the standard!

"There’s still some Immortal Vine Jade left, can upgrade the well." He planned in his mind while pushing the door to the refined Tea Workshop.

The Level Six Tea Workshop exterior showcased more class than other buildings. Inside, though still the original assembly line mode, everything from the tea roasting cauldron to the tea-making platform looked much better!

"Finally, the harvested Spirit Tea can be made into products, providing unlimited refills for the Gilded White Jade Pot!" Spirit Tea Trees planted in Level Three fields mature and can be harvested once every three days, but will wither after six harvests needing replanting.

During this time Jiang Yuan collected quite a lot of Spirit Tea, but the Tea Workshop was stuck, unable to upgrade. Even though there were plenty of raw materials, he could only stockpile them without processing.

Seeing the Spirit Tea supply in the Gilded White Jade Pot dwindling, he didn’t dare as freely offer tea to the courtyard members.

After an unexpected visit to Ruiyun Palace, Jiang Yuan received a surprise by obtaining Meteorites to upgrade the Divine Mountain Statue, rapidly advancing to Level Six within a day using the Mysterious Cave!

No longer need to worry about refill issues, plus high-grade Spirit Tea is a valuable currency in the Cultivation Realm, loved by both Mermaid Race and Sect leaders and Advanced monsters.

Be it selling or trading, the Tea Workshop now extends Spirit Stone production, no more wasted time!

Setting the Tea Workshop to commence work, Jiang Yuan walked to the low-profile well, clicked the gear to begin its upgrade.

Besides Spirit Tea, the Gilded White Jade Pot infinite refill requires water rich in Spiritual Energy, with no other water available to use, naturally the well level should also rise.

Good tea complements good water, and when there’s time to drink tea with courtyard members, wouldn’t they be entranced?

Though construction materials were in short supply, fortunately, the well needed the least resources compared to other buildings. In his eagerness to complete the main quest upgrading all buildings to Level Six, he spent over a million Spirit Stones to supplement lacking materials, finally upgrading the well to Level Six.

[Level Six Well: Water sweet and rich in Spiritual Energy, mortals can drink and not thirst or hunger for three days with energized spirit; irrigating fields raises yield by 30%; used for food increases Physical Strength properties by 30% and raises flavor by 20%]

"All set! Next to upgrade the relatively easy barns, sheds, warehouse, and slaughterhouse to Level Six first, push back higher-demand places like Alchemy Room, Treasure Forging Workshop, and Floating Market..."

With the Mysterious Cave available for point farming and package exchanges, Jiang Yuan felt increasingly confident in early main quest completion, planning swiftly before rushing into the dungeon again. Follow current novels on novel·fiɾe·net

"Strange, what’s the master actually doing?" The old dog was stunned yet amazed.

It watched the master merely stand before the simplest hut, not moving his hands at all, a gray mist abruptly descended enveloping it.

Moments pass, as the gray mist dispersed, the hut transformed completely! Each change made it look better, more grand!

The corner’s well, too, mirrored this. Unsure how the master managed it, after the gray mist fades, thick Spiritual Energy surged from the well, inconspicuous water turned into actual Spiritual Spring water!

"Could this be the legendary ’turning decay into magic’?"

Lingti gazed astonishingly at the Furong Spirit Pool, Divine Wood, and caverns, swallowed frightfully exclaiming: "These abundant Spiritual Energy divine objects, were they cultivated gradually by the master from ordinary items?

Then... if the miraculous method were used on me, could I truly have a chance to evolve into a Divine Beast?!"