Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant

[Target Lifespan: 149.7 years]

Wang Ba withdrew his hand from the head of the upper-grade Spirit Chicken, nodding in satisfaction.

Medium-grade Spirit Chickens usually lived up to around 120 years, whereas upper-grade ones could live nearly 150 years.

This meant that an upper-grade Spirit Chicken could provide him 15 years of additional lifespan.

However, the real value of upper-grade Spirit Chickens lied not in their longevity, but in their capacity for breeding.

Despite Wang Ba’s current struggle to find a stable method of artificially bestowing Qi onto the Spirit Chickens, he believed that given a sufficient baseline, even if the breeding process is arduous, there was still a chance through natural probability to create a naturally upper-grade, fourth-generation Spirit Chicken.

The only regret Wang Ba had was that none of the four upper-grade chicks that Jia 9 had laid, one male and three females, inherited its unparalleled beauty. Although more attractive than the middle-grade Spirit Chickens, they were still recognizably Precious Chickens.

“It seems … like Jia 9 may have also mutated, similar to Jia 7.”

“Except, while Jia 7 gained combat abilities, Jia 9 gained an exceptional physical appearance.”

“Unfortunately, both Jia 7 and Jia 9 are hens.”

“And for now, it is still impossible to verify if this acquired mutation can be inherited. It seems like Jia 9 must not be allowed to rest!”

Strictly speaking, Jia 9’s value was no less than that of Jia 7.

After all, with its massive charm, it guaranteed a continuous hatching of fertilized eggs.

All of which, could potentially become upper-grade Spirit Chickens!

Wang Ba glanced at Jia 9 leisurely strolling inside the coop and noticed another male Spirit Chicken eyeing its rear, eager to try their luck.

Even the male Spirit Chicken among the four upper-grade ones looked at Jia 9 somewhat unusually.

“You guys are violating the laws of nature!”

“But since you guys are just chickens, I guess it doesn’t matter…”

Wang Ba felt satisfied with the developments.

He was indeed hoping for the upper-grade Spirit Chicken to mate with Jia 9. The higher the mother chicken’s grade, the better foundation their offspring will have.

And after achieving a lifespan breakthrough, they could perform even better.

Nevertheless, Wang Ba carefully concluded:

Two first-generation lower-grade Spirit Chickens mating result in a second-generation lower-grade Spirit Chicken, which, after achieving a lifespan breakthrough to become middle-grade, breeds with a chicken of the same grade. Then, the third-generation chicks, following another lifespan breakthrough, finally become upper-grade Spirit Chickens, after this complex process.

At last, he successfully bred the upper-grade Spirit Chickens.

Wang Ba also roughly figured out the reason why Jia 7 did not transform into an upper-grade Spirit Chicken.

It was probably due to the parents of Jia 7 not being two Spirit Chickens, but instead, a male Spirit Chicken and a female Precious Chicken.

The insufficiency in the innate bloodline limited the potential of Jia 5 and Jia 7.

Specially for Jia 7, if both its parents were typical middle-grade Spirit Chickens, it might have been an upper-grade chicken now.

Unfortunately, such matters were beyond his control.

After staying in the coop for a while, Shen Fu and the others hurried over.

“Senior Brother Wang, you’re still here? The merit rankings for this mandatory mission are out, aren’t you curious to take a look?”

“Merit rankings?”

Wang Ba was intrigued. Because he had been consuming a significant amount of Spirit Stones lately and completing missions, his accumulated merit points had reached 140.

He had now advanced to rank II privileges. When buying things in the market, he could enjoy a discount.

Even though the initial price increase and subsequent discount still make things quite expensive, he would save wherever he could.

However, moving from rank II to rank III required a total of 800 points. Wang Ba estimated that if he continued at his current pace, it would take at least five to six years.

“You guys should go. I’m not interested.”

Wang Ba thought for a moment and decided not to follow the crowd.

Seeing this, Shen Fu and the others didn’t insist and left.

However, not long after, they returned to the entrance of the coop, handing over a paper filled with many names.

Having keen senses, Wang Ba’s eyes swiftly landed on his name.

“A name list? Why did you guys bring this back?”

Wang Ba asked with incredulity.

Speaking of which, he redirected his gaze to the names at the top of the letter.

In the ranks, the name Jing Kuang caught his eye. His merits unbelievably amounted to 980 points!

He had astonishingly managed to reach rank 111.

To accumulate such an amount of merit in half a year, it was clear that this ruthless individual had killed a good number of his peers during this time.

What surprised Wang Ba even further was that in spite of Jing Kuang’s merits, he was only ranked third.

The name in first place was unfamiliar to him, ‘Dong Qiyu’.

His merit points had reached a horrifying 2860 points!

Even though he still hadn’t made it to rank IV, his staggering merit points had thrown everyone else far behind.

As for the name in second place, Wang Ba found it somewhat familiar.

Meng Randao!

With 1235 merit points.

“He’s still alive, too?! And has even become a Heresy Cultivator?”

Wang Ba was quite surprised.

As the only one of the top ten outer disciples to have been promoted from a servant, Meng Randao held a unique status in East Saint Sect.

While being admired and worshipped by the servants, he was also subconsciously neglected and marginalized by the other Sect disciples.

Nevertheless, he proved his exceptional talent and unwavering spirit with his achievements.

Wang Ba had assumed that he would have been taken by the Sect or died that tragic night, but surprisingly, he was alive and well.

It was shocking that such a person, of all people, was not chosen and accepted into the Tianmen Cult by its cultivators.

After all, even a useless disciple like Lin Yu, who had been assigned to raise chickens, was chosen, and Meng Randao’s talents were undeniably much superior compared to his.

However, it’s also possible that the people at Tianmen Cult didn’t trust him, and deliberately left him outside their institution.

Wang Ba didn’t think too much about it and quickly found his ranking, which was in the two hundred plus range, neither close to the top nor the rear.

Shen Fu, on the other hand, was in the six hundred plus range, quite close to the back.

At the end, however, there were some cultivators with negative merit.

The names of the three women, Bu Chan, were among them.

“We didn’t tear off the list ourselves, it’s something that everyone in the market has a copy of, so I got one for you.”

Shen Fu explained.

“Everyone has one?”

Upon hearing Shen Fu’s words, Wang Ba quietly admired the ruthlessness of the Tianmen Cult.

On the surface it’s about ranking, but in actuality, it completely cuts off the possibility for many heresy cultivators to return to the East Saint Sect.

After all, who can turn back after their hands are covered in the blood of their own sect members?

Even if one relies on spending spirit stones to earn merit, do you think the people of the East Saint Sect would believe you are innocent once these lists reach them?

Wang Ba didn’t mind, but for those who still harbored feelings for the East Saint Sect, it was bound to be a terribly agonizing process.

“By the way, Senior Brother Wang, I heard that after the first mandatory task is completed, the Heavenly Gate Order will open free tasks. We can also earn spirit stones by completing tasks released by the cultivators of the Tianmen Sect.”

Shen Fu said with some excitement.

Upon hearing this, Wang Ba was somewhat surprised and also somewhat enlightened.

Indeed, the exploitation of heresy cultivators by the Tianmen Cult was far from over.

Presumably, even if these heresy cultivators could complete the tasks, the spirit stones given would be very few.

But the heresy cultivators would have to try their best to earn those little spirit stones and serve the real cultivators of the Tianmen Cult.

In this regard, there was only a limited difference between the heresy cultivators and the menial workers of the East Saint Sect.

But the three women, Bu Chan, were somewhat disheartened. They failed to complete the task, so they could not even accept the free tasks that were exploiting them.

It was only then that Shen Fu noticed the trio’s low spirits and quickly assured them, saying:

“Don’t worry, I can help you accept tasks. The spirit stones you earn after completion will be given to you. When the next mandatory task comes, I will help you complete it. By then, you can accept tasks on your own.”

The three of them nodded slightly, and their mood improved a bit.

The matter of the list was just a small episode in Wang Ba’s cultivation life.

A few more days passed.

Yu Changchun came to the chicken farm again, followed by a human puppet with a rigid face.

“My friend, come and see.”

Yu Changchun pointed to the human puppet and laughed.

“This is…”

Wang Ba glanced at the human puppet and found it unfamiliar.

“It’s the guy who used the human puppet to spy on the chicken farm. Heh, I finally found his purchase record from our Puppet Dao brothers, identified his identity, reported to the elders in the sect, and directly turned him into a human puppet. Tsk, at the Qi refining stage VIII, it took me a lot of effort!”

Wang Ba was taken aback, and then his face showed surprise: “Senior has made a breakthrough?!”

“Thanks to you! In the past half a year, I have been practicing the Blood Bone Dao along with my other practices. With the help of spirit chickens each month, 1 finally reached stage X not long ago…”

Yu Changchun’s face showed a smug expression.

Wang Ba was inwardly amazed.

He remembered that when he first became a heresy cultivator, Yu Changchun seemed to be at the Qi refining stage VIII.

He didn’t expect that in such a short period, he had broken through two stages.

This was not comparable to his leap from Qi refining stage 1 to stage III.

In fact, the difficulty of going from stage VIII to stage IX alone is enough to hold back many cultivators for a lifetime.

“Senior Yu is indeed a cultivation prodigy!”

Wang Ba said sincerely.

Compared to Yu Changchun, he, a person with a clear panel, seemed to be doing nothing remarkable.

However, upon hearing this, Yu Changchun felt somewhat embarrassed, shook his head and said:

“You do not know, my friend, the path of the Blood Bone Dao is one that is easy at first and difficult later. Once you get started, as long as the corresponding resources are sufficient, you can improve rapidly, at least without any obstacles at the Qi refining stage.”

“But to establish a foundation, besides needing a Foundation Establishment Pill, a large amount of resources are also needed.”

“Of course, the biggest problem with Blood Bone Dao is that after the foundation is established, if you want to form the core, it is much more difficult than for ordinary cultivators who have established foundations. Not only does it require talent, but also a huge amount of resources!”

“Anyway, I don’t have such hopes. I am already 74 years old. If I go by the normal path, establishing a foundation is hopeless. If I can establish a foundation with the help of Blood Bone Dao and prolong my lifespan by a hundred years, 1 am satisfied.”

As he spoke, he gently lifted his sleeve to reveal his arm.

Wang Ba was shocked to find that there was no flesh or blood left on the arm, only blood-colored bones!

“When 1 refine my body into blood bones, I will be able to establish a foundation.”

Yu Changchun sighed.

Initially, he only had a mindset of utilizing Wang when he befriended him.

However, as the frequency of their interactions increased, he found a rare sense of peace on Wang, something seldom seen in those who cultivate the Demon Dao.

This sometimes made him forget Wang’s identity and simply regarded him as an equal conversational partner.

Surprisingly, he did feel a bit relieved after their chats.

After all, the process of refining the essence of flesh and blood into bones in practicing Blood Bone Dao is simple to say, but the pain is enough to generate countless negative emotions in the heart.

If they are not released in time, they may become heartless and mad, like some in the sect.

He certainly did not want to be like that.

All in all, although he was a cultivator of the Demon Dao, he still had the psychological needs of a normal person.

After chatting casually for a while, Yu Changchun finally left slowly.

Wang Ba’s days returned to peace again.

In the blink of an eye, three years passed..