While Others are Levelling Up, I Alone Will Cultivate Until Mahayana Before Making My Move

Chapter 11: Entering the Azure Cloud Spiritual Field Dungeon, Mysterious Elder!

Translator: yikaii Editor: yikaii

【With an idea in mind, you decide to follow Jin Congxue, as you believe following her might lead you to the Dungeon entrance.】

【Jin Congxue becomes wary of you but, after confirming that your strength poses no threat to her, she pays you no further attention.】

【You follow her all the way, only to realize that she just wants to return to Nanjing City.】

【Jin Congxue chooses a small path to return to the city. Your heart stirs, thinking she might have discovered the Dungeon entrance on this path.】

【With a sudden turn, Jin Congxue disappears. You’re alarmed, thinking she has already entered the Dungeon.】

【At that moment, a cold voice sounds from behind you: “Who are you? Why are you following me?”】

【Facing the slightly angry beauty before you, you muster up the courage to say that you are very fond of Buddhism and have heard that Jin Congxue is well-versed in it, hence you wish to seek her advice.】

【Jin Congxue expresses her disbelief and asks you some common knowledge and questions about Buddhism.】

【Fortunately, you had studied some Buddhist teachings beforehand. Though your answers are stammered, they barely convince her.】

【Jin Congxue asks what questions you have for her. You ask about the “Ten Great Problems of Buddhist Verses” you had seen online, which she cannot answer.】

【Jin Congxue says she will answer you in a few days. You take the opportunity to express your wish to return to the city with her.】

【Jin Congxue reluctantly agrees, and you walk together on the small path outside the city.】

【After walking for a while, you notice a strange light suddenly glowing under a willow tree not far away.】

【Jin Congxue is both surprised and delighted, stating that it should be a temporary Dungeon and she wants to explore it.】

【You hurriedly express your desire to explore as well, but Jin Congxue says your strength is too low and she cannot protect you.】

【You insist on entering. She thinks you are courting death but does not refuse.】

【You enter the “Azure Cloud Spiritual Field” Dungeon.】

Su Xing is overjoyed to see this, success!

The Azure Cloud Spiritual Field is evidently a cultivation-type Dungeon, with secrets unknown to Su Xing for now, but certainly of great use to him.

Excitedly, Su Xing continues to simulate.

【You arrive in a strange environment, atop a mountain with clear water and green hills. In the distance, there is a thatched cottage.】

【You are ecstatic, sensing the rich spiritual energy in the surroundings. This is indeed a cultivator’s abode!】

【Jin Congxue heads towards the thatched cottage, and you follow her.】

【You knock on the door of the thatched cottage, and an elder with white hair and a youthful face emerges.】

【The elder is surprised by your arrival, saying that this is a secret realm of the immortals, and only those with great fortune can enter.】

【The elder reveals that you both have fortuitous destinies and offers you an opportunity if you are willing to complete his task.】

【You accept the task, which is to manage a piece of spiritual field for a week.】

【You and Jin Congxue each receive an acre of spiritual field, planted with many spiritual grains. Your task is to make the grains grow better.】

【You and Jin Congxue exchange glances, understanding that this is likely a significant opportunity, so you carefully manage the spiritual field.】

【Having grown up in the countryside, you have a good understanding of farming and quickly get the hang of it.】

【Jin Congxue, having never farmed before, is clumsy and spoils many spiritual grains.】

【Jin Congxue asks for your guidance, and you gladly agree, teaching her much about farming.】

【Jin Congxue’s goodwill towards you increases, and you become friends.】

【During the management of the spiritual field, you discover that spiritual energy can promote the growth of the field, especially your wood-attribute technique, the Everlasting Spring Technique, which is particularly effective for growing the spiritual field!】

【You cherish this task’s opportunity and spend eight hours a day managing the spiritual field, infusing it with spiritual energy.】

【Under your meticulous care, the spiritual grains grew very well.】

【Soon, seven days passed. During these seven days, apart from managing the spiritual field, you spent your free time cultivating, breaking through to the fifth level of the Qi Refining stage.】

【On the day of task submission, the elder came out of the cottage to inspect your farming results.】

【The elder first inspected Jin Congxue’s field. After making a round in the field, his expression remained calm.】

【He quickly arrived at your field. Seeing the exuberant growth of the spiritual grains in your field, the elder showed a look of surprise.】

【After inspecting the fields, the elder called you aside to distribute the task rewards.】

【The elder gave Jin Congxue ten spirit stones and a small bag of spiritual rice.】

Su Xing was surprised to see this.

If he remembered correctly, Jin Congxue’s previous reward should have been three spirit stones and a small bag of spiritual rice.

But now the reward was seven more spirit stones, and the reason was clear…

With Su Xing’s help, the growth of the spiritual grains in Jin Congxue’s field had improved!

And since Su Xing’s spiritual grains grew much better than Jin Congxue’s, what kind of reward would he receive?

Su Xing felt a bit expectant.

【After giving Jin Congxue her reward, the elder waved his hand, and Jin Congxue was transported out of the Dungeon.】

【Then the elder took out a transparent stone and asked you to place your hand on it.】

【You placed your hand on it, and soon a faint five-colored light flashed on the stone.】

【The elder sighed slightly, saying that you have a Five Elements Mixed Spirit Root, which means you have cultivation talent but no hope to reach Immortality.】

Su Xing was not surprised to see this. After all, his talent was classified as white-grade, having a Five Elements Mixed Spirit Root was quite normal.

【The elder hesitated for a moment, then finally took out a small bag of spirit stones and a large bag of spiritual rice for you, containing 30 spirit stones and about 30 pounds of spiritual rice.】

【The elder waved his hand and expelled you from the Dungeon.】

【After leaving the Dungeon, you met Jin Congxue, who asked about your reward.】

【You took out some spirit stones and spiritual rice, saying that your reward was the same as hers, just in larger quantities.】

【Jin Congxue nodded slightly and did not make things difficult for you.】

【You stayed in Nanjing City for a few more days, getting along well with Jin Congxue, then returned to Beijing Awakened University.】

【After returning to Beijing Awakened University, you continued selling equipment as usual and established the Tarot Club.】

【You were quite wealthy. Wang Qingxuan found you, and understanding her intentions, you tried some new positions that you had never attempted before.】

【As expected, Wang Qingxuan disappeared afterwards, and you continued running your business.】

【You did not use the spirit stones obtained from the Dungeon, but you would cook a bowl of spiritual rice every few days to satisfy your cravings.】

【The spiritual rice was sweet and delicious, one bowl was enough to last you three days without food, nourishing your body as well.】

【A year passed, and you found that your physical cultivation had unknowingly broken through to the Bone Refining stage!】

【You understood that this was likely the result of the spiritual rice and your fitness routine.】

【By the fifth year, you were expelled from school, as expected, and continued your old business of selling second-hand equipment.】

【During these five years, your physical cultivation kept improving, and you became a fifth-level Bone Refining stage cultivator.】

(End of the chapter)