Shen An transmigrates to the world of cultivation, where he becomes the lowest-ranking Qi Refining servant of the Xuanqing Sect.
From the start, all he has is a plot of land, a drafty thatched hut, a glowing speckled-feather chicken, and the news that both his parents are dead.
Just as he thinks he’s going to starve to death in this cruel world of cultivation, a translucent panel appears before his eyes:
[Building Upgrade System activated]
[Spirit Field lv0 → lv1: Crop growth time reduced by 10%; harvest contains trace amounts of spiritual energy]
[System note: Bonuses only take effect when the Host personally uses the building. No slacking off, no hiring others. Accept it.]
Shen An falls silent for three seconds, then picks up his hoe.
Fine. He’ll farm.
From then on, a strange cultivator appears in the Xuanqing Sect’s servant quarters. While others meditate in seclusion, he crouches in his fields watering the crops. While others venture out on trials, he stands guard by the chicken coop waiting for eggs. While others fight over opportunities, he figures out how to upgrade the dust-repelling formation in his thatched hut. When the steward comes to collect rent, he lowers his head and pretends to be poor. When fellow disciples invite him out, he turns them down three times in a row.
It’s not cowardice. It’s following his instincts.
While the prodigies of his generation fight and perish in secret realms, Shen An’s spirit field reaches lv5, his chicken coop produces phoenix-blood spirit eggs, and his thatched hut evolves into a blessed grotto-heaven. When a thousand-year calamity descends and the great sacred lands fall one after another, Shen An’s immortal city quietly takes to the sky, impervious to every technique.
Only then do people realize: How did that farming servant who never caused trouble become the one person nobody in the cultivation world can afford to offend?
Shen An crouches on the field ridge, stroking the speckled-feather chicken. His voice is calm. “There’s no secret to it. Living long is the greatest skill of all.”
