Master of Strange Dao

The development of Jinlan Mountain was proceeding in an orderly manner. Yu Ziqing just instructed An History Book on which seals to activate and then stopped getting involved.

Those who needed to go out for training did so, while those who opted to stay at home and work on quests remained there.

As for Yu Ziqing, he headed to Dadui, as it had been several years since his last visit.

Everyone had actually grown accustomed to him acting as a hands-off shopkeeper.

Fortunately, the strategies set each time only began to show initial results after ten years, so the impact was minimal.

Yu Ziqing himself didn't manage the detailed issues; he didn't have the energy to oversee everything, leaving it to the professionals instead.

He used to somewhat disagree with the saying that time is not perceived during cultivation.

He just thought that with more time, naturally, there are more things one could do, and even if you slacked off, there would come a day when you got bored of it. With enough time, anything could be accomplished.

Now, as his strength increased, he finally personally understood why those powerful beings could remain in seclusion for decades or centuries without feeling bored.

Perhaps to them, seclusion for hundreds of years might feel like only a few days.

Returning to Dadui, Yu Ziqing brought the ministers some beef to taste.

The people here seemed hardly surprised at his appearance, probably already used to him showing up once every few or even ten years.

The development of Dadui had no unexpected changes and followed an orderly path as well—starting with farming to make the initial accumulation, as having enough food naturally led to population growth.

Once the fundamental resources were sufficient, every village had jade tablets for various educational and informational purposes.

With enough resources at hand, they began undertaking significant endeavors from the top down, aiming to develop more resources.

The number of cultivators began to rise steadily, becoming more plentiful. Even ordinary people started to slightly condition themselves to fewer illnesses and disasters, as avoiding sickness meant gaining.

Yu Ziqing wandered around various places, stealthily integrating into the populace to investigate, and found everything thriving. Although there were flaws, the situation was better than he had imagined.

Yu Ziqing didn't interfere randomly, he just observed.

Back in Dingmao City, after distributing the beef, Yu Ziqing turned to find Yang.

Yang was at ease here, with access to numerous classics, gaining more benefits by comparing the ancient and modern.

After passing the remaining devil blood to Yang, Yu Ziqing sat opposite him.

"Oh, I suddenly remembered there's something I traded from Number 6 earlier."

Yu Ziqing took out a portion of Nine Heavens Breath Soil, and as Yang glanced at it, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

"There is still some Nine Heavens Breath Soil; the Dragon Clan indeed has good things."

"How did you know it was from the Dragon Clan?"

"Over in the East Sea, apart from the Dragon Clan, the other Alien Clans don't have this kind of heritage."

"I gave half of it to Juice and kept a little for myself. The rest I'll give to you; keeping too much is useless for me."

"You gave Juice that? You really went all out." Yang was somewhat speechless.

Immortal Herbs are generally something even powerful beings wouldn't meddle with.

For what reason? The loss of information is significant, but it doesn't matter because anything related to Immortal Herbs, there will be people risking their lives to verify it.

The story of Lightspeed Time Travel is one of the rare instances that people could utilize.

But the restriction of being usable as Spiritual Medicine couldn't be enjoyed easily within a single lifetime.

No matter how much Yu Ziqing spent, he was unlikely to live long enough to see Juice bloom.

Yu Ziqing chuckled, unconcerned.

"I never expected to see the day Juice blooms, nor did I hope to use its flowers as Spiritual Medicine."

From the very beginning, he hadn't anticipated it. Later, unexpectedly acquiring the Immortal Grass Old Stump was already a pleasant surprise.

He just tended to it like an ordinary plant, considering it a practice of self-cultivation and nature appreciation.

After contemplating, Yu Ziqing took out the wooden rod formed from the Immortal Grass Old Stump.

"This is enough; have a look."

Yang looked at it for a while and shook his head.

"I can't see anything special either; in my eyes, it's just an ordinary wooden rod carved into a duster pole.

Anything related to Immortal Herbs, asking anyone is futile.

Records existing today barely count how many have truly benefited from Immortal Herbs.

Just take care of it, regarding it as a treasure to suppress your destiny."

Yet, using Nine Heavens Breath Soil to grow Immortal Herbs, and then telling a bunch of nonsensical stories, aren't you afraid of causing trouble?"

Yu Ziqing grinned impishly.

"I'm uncultured; I don't understand."

"The story of the passage of time; its blooms have not seldomly been recorded.

The stories it absorbs are what it uses to bloom.

And you used the Nine Heavens Breath Soil for planting, inevitably leading to other changes."

"Do you know why Nine Heavens Breath Soil, clearly soil, is called Nine Heavens?"

"I'm uncultured; I don't understand." Yu Ziqing continued to grin impishly.

Yang looked at Yu Ziqing's dog-like expression and couldn't resist jumping up to head-butt Yu Ziqing.

Only then did he realize this dog-fool dared to mess around precisely because of his ignorance.

If he understood, the nature of what he messes with would change.

In ignorance, any occurrence is natural, without any intentionality, and its evolution is pure and flawless.

After taking the hit, Yu Ziqing merely held his face.

Once Yang sat down again, Yu Ziqing sulkily asked.

"After using Nine Heavens Breath Soil, what did you tell Juice?"

Yu Ziqing recounted his trip to the East Sea, meeting the Dragon Woman, seeing the Old Dragon King, discussing the Moon God, and the matters related to Senior Shi, all of which he explained.