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Chapter 1398: Chapter 1025: New Alliance

[Side Quest Triggered: Gambling God Returns to His Seat]

[Due to an error in Netherworld reincarnation, the Gambling God Mist Dragon, who should have been reborn as a mortal, was mistakenly cast into a demon body. Please complete the quest to help the Gambling God Mist Dragon regain his divine seat and obtain generous rewards]

[Quest 1: Take Mist Dragon in as a Guest. Reward: Netherworld Map +1]

Just as Mist Dragon revealed his true form and looked back reluctantly, a new side quest popped up in Jiang Yuan’s field of vision.

In the past, he would have been wracking his brains for this Gambling God who’d reincarnated wrong. But with Qu Luming’s shining example already in front, this was just a matter of 200 points of Life Origin—kill the demon body once and he can become a Ghost Cultivator!

On top of that, both Qu Luming and He Miancun could teach him the orthodox Ghost Immortal Scripture; the rest was nothing more than figuring out ways to find him cultivation resources.

"Let’s go. Once that new alliance gets wiped out in one go, Qihan Mountain is still yours." Jiang Yuan took out a Teleportation Scroll, motioning for them to hurry.

Dawn was about to break, and they couldn’t slack off on the farming over on Conch Island.

"Whoosh!"

One second he was still on the icy, snowy edge of the Extreme North Realm; the next second, Mist Dragon found himself standing in a courtyard so dense with Spiritual Energy it was nearly tangible. Though it held the particular bleakness of winter, a closer look showed that every blade of grass and every tree was extraordinary.

Especially the thriving farmland below, neatly divided according to different crops. The plots were arrayed in perfectly ordered squares—anyone with OCD would feel their whole body relax just looking at it.

"Whoa! Daoist You is far too modest, actually calling a feng shui treasure like this a ’little courtyard’?" Mist Dragon’s eyes were dazzled. Just then, the Menghua Treasure Ship drifted by leisurely overhead; he followed it with a lift of his head and, the moment he saw the Aerial Pavilion, his eyes lit up!

There were silhouettes moving back and forth in those jade pavilions; from afar, it looked like Immortals wandering freely through an Immortal Realm, enough to make anyone envious.

He’d hit the jackpot!

He’d originally thought that befriending Jiang Yuan would at best be a second-best choice, finding somewhere to safely ride out the chaos. He’d even prepared himself to go into seclusion in a thatched hut. Never imagined that this so-called "little courtyard" would turn out to be a true hidden paradise rarely seen in the mundane world!

"Mountain Master, you flatter me." Jiang Yuan swept his gaze around, then remembered that the chief steward Hu Zhile was training in the Time Pavilion, so he waved and explained, "The ones restoring the city ruins in the mountains are the Ancient Ten Great Sects. They’re all busy right now—once they’re free, I’ll introduce you. There’s another kind of scenery in the Aerial Pavilion; I’ll take Mountain Master for a stroll, and you can get familiar with the Guests living in the courtyard."

Mist Dragon had only awakened to his past-life memories; he didn’t remember a thing about the Celestial Realm’s sights. What he saw now stirred up a unique kind of feeling in him.

Of course, if one really looked at this from the perspective of the Celestial Realm’s palaces, this place could indeed only be called a "little courtyard." After all, even if he didn’t remember clearly, he still knew what counted as a "realm."

"Sir, you’re back!" Leng Yutang happened to be coming out of the courtyard, and said excitedly, "If you have time, could I trouble you to take a look at the Magical Artifact I’ve been working on recently?

I heard that more and more refugees are being taken in at East Lake Port, yet the farmland that can actually be cultivated there is scarce. I was inspired by your crystal greenhouse, so I specially created a... uh, I’m not even sure what to call it. It’s a Magical Artifact that doesn’t take up much space and can be placed right in one’s own courtyard, with three layers of farmland inside..."

As he spoke, he was already tugging Jiang Yuan toward his own small courtyard. "You’ll understand once you see it!"

Mist Dragon listened, completely baffled. But after being cooped up on Qihan Mountain for so long, he’d finally gotten out for a walk, and now that he’d heard there was a rare item to see, he naturally wanted to join in the fun. Besides, no matter how he cultivated in this demon body, there was no way he could regain his Ghost Immortal Gambling God seat, so he wasn’t all that invested in cultivation.

The moment he stepped into the courtyard, he understood this guy had to be an Artifact Refiner—the place was piled high with Refining Materials, and there were even Flood Dragon Scales!

[Magical Artifact refined by the Genius Refiner Leng Yutang, usable even by mortals. It is divided into upper, middle, and lower three layers, connected by wooden ladders. Each layer contains roughly five mu of farmland, for a total of fifteen mu, with simulated sunlight and irrigation devices inside, providing an excellent growth environment for plants...]

"This is only a prototype. Previously I heard your explanation of the crystal greenhouse’s effects and thought that if I could regulate the temperature inside the Magical Artifact, then even in winter the common folk at East Lake Port could grow grain, vegetables, and fruit!" Leng Yutang’s cheeks flushed with excitement. He’d managed to handcraft this farmland Magical Artifact relying on one single idea, and he was so thrilled he could hardly put it into words.

Jiang Yuan carefully examined the farmland Magical Artifact that had been recognized by the system. Its exterior looked like a rough, scaled-down version of the system’s greenhouse, with a diameter of about one meter and a height of two meters. The whole body was silver-white, looking very sturdy.

Open the door and enter, and it contained worlds within!

In a five-mu patch of farmland, there were sparse plantings of vegetables and grain. On one side was a wooden ladder; climb it and you reached the Second Layer, and above that was yet another layer. The temperature control hadn’t been completed yet, but there was fresh air coming in from who knew where, so it wasn’t stuffy.

"I was worried the planting results inside the Magical Artifact would be poor, so I transplanted some vegetables and crops. Turns out they all survived!"

"You really thought this through, and the forging of this Magical Artifact is excellent. It can solve the problem the people of East Lake Port have with farmland—it’s truly an act of great merit!" Jiang Yuan praised him without reservation, then turned and introduced, "This is Mountain Master Mist Dragon. Mountain Master, this is my Guest and Artifact Refiner Leng Yutang."

After their greetings, Mist Dragon asked curiously, "Daoist Leng, this Magical Artifact you forged—is it actually meant for mortals to use?"

Leng Yutang nodded and replied, "That’s right. East Lake Port is a place where Sir shelters mortals. The common folk living there don’t have enough farmland to cultivate and their sources of income are too limited, so I thought I should use what I’m good at to do something within my power for them."

Tsk, tsk—this was the first time he’d ever heard of a Demon Cultivator Artifact Refiner creating Magical Artifacts for mortals.