Chapter 2617 - 1508: Cultivation and Stealth

If you hand your kindness over to others, it’ll definitely be exposed.

Since Jiang Congtang didn’t open the door, those people had no way to deal with him.

The Immortal Sect gives everyone absolute freedom; aside from providing food and drink for free in the first year, during that year it will also give them cultivation resources. After that, they will only earn money by doing missions inside the Immortal Sect or going out to do missions.

To earn resources.

Whether Jiang Congtang stays inside or goes out, he doesn’t need to report to anyone.

Right now he’s already someone at the Foundation Establishment Stage, and that’s quite powerful.

Besides, there are still duels going on right now.

Only the people from those nearby courtyards with lower cultivation come to visit him, to keep an eye on him.

The strongest ancestor of the Spirit Immortal Sect is already a Great Power.

Someone as small as Jiang Congtang only draws that little bit of attention.

Once he stops opening the door and keeps hiding, he will gradually be forgotten by others.

Still, the people in the same courtyard as him remain concerned about him.

Jiang Congtang now has no worries about food or drink; he doesn’t need to go out to do missions or buy food.

Not going out on missions lets him use more time on cultivation, on practicing minor skills.

His skills are shooting up rapidly.

His abilities too are rising little by little.

Jiang Congtang practices according to the Secret Manual given by the Deity, and his cultivation speed is already fast enough.

He just doesn’t know that this so‑called "fast enough" is only because Jiang Tang hasn’t given him any more powerful Secret Manuals to cultivate.

Right now Jiang Congtang is still only in his growth phase.

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Jiang Tang doesn’t want Jiang Congtang to practice his most formidable Star-absorbing Spell, nor has he thought of letting him cultivate Buddhist Law skills.

If even a little of that leaked from his hands, it would be enough for Jiang Congtang to shine brilliantly within the Immortal Sect.

Jiang Congtang can also keep his composure; while he keeps accepting different Secret Manuals, he studies them and spends large amounts of time and effort going from first learning them to mastering them.

If not for the time blessing inside the Planting Space, he wouldn’t be progressing this quickly.

After all, Jiang Congtang still needs to plant and raise livestock in the Planting Space.

Managing a Planting Space requires expenditure of spiritual power.

Jiang Congtang has obtained some of Jiang Tang’s growth experience.

According to what he said, since he possesses this Planting Space and has so many things, if it were someone else, they would definitely take their finished products out to sell.

Jiang Tang’s own growth experience told him that now, within the Planting Treasure, whether Medicinal Herbs or Pills, or finished items produced by practicing minor skills—anything he takes out to sell will fetch money.

But he has long since gotten used to keeping a low profile; if he takes things out to sell, he will definitely be noticed.

A cultivator with no strength, even backed by the Spirit Immortal Sect—the Spirit Immortal Sect also has some evildoers who kill for treasures.

When a man has nothing, he won’t be paid attention to; though others may ostracize and bully him,

no one will decide to kill him for his treasures because he possesses something.

Jiang Congtang now possesses the Planting Space, and that itself is a treasure.

For ordinary cultivators at the same level, the Planting Space is a treasure.

Common folk being able to own a Storage Bag is already pretty good.

Cultivating like them, they use Storage Bags to hold supplies.

It’s just that they can’t create supplies, and their Storage Bags can’t hold that much.

After Jiang Congtang refines finished products from the supplies gifted to him, and harvests grain and Medicinal Herbs from the Planting Space, and produces Pills,

any one of these, taken out and sold, would earn him money.

But if he takes these things out to sell and is discovered, it will be dangerous.

Jiang Tang once paid with blood, and now Jiang Congtang still has a blood‑deep hatred he has yet to avenge; he must not throw himself into danger.

Jiang Congtang’s virtue is that he listens; although his mind can still run thoughts, his body also obeys commands.

Jiang Tang’s ideas will shift and make him obedient.

Though he can’t completely transplant all the thoughts and cultivation abilities in Jiang Congtang’s mind.

Jiang Congtang must cultivate by himself to obtain results.

And even with a Deity present, he still has to personally toil in the Planting Space, in the buildings, to gain harvests.

Jiang Congtang once asked whether he couldn’t just use his mind to harvest everything in the Planting Space with one thought.

Jiang Tang’s answer was no.

Unless the Planting Space upgrades; back then when he possessed another Magic Treasure Space, he also had to toil away for several years before he could harvest treasures within that Planting Space and obtain more treasures and resources.

For Jiang Congtang to receive his gifts in the past was like picking up a treasure for free.

Thinking of reaping without working is impossible now.

Jiang Congtang can only obediently farm every day without stopping; the harvest times of grain and Medicinal Herbs are different.

The cattle, sheep, and horses he raises also need to be fed.

The grain stalks, wheat sprouts, and other seedlings he grows—the harvested grain seedlings can be used to feed the cattle, sheep, and horses.

Ever since Jiang Congtang obtained the Planting Space and received the Deity’s guidance, he has been cultivating and working every day, not stopping for even a moment.

He spends his days in ceaseless toil, and every single day he has no time to sleep; even his food and drink are prepared in haste.

Jiang Congtang doesn’t feel troubled because of his busyness.

He instead feels that this constant busyness will raise his strength and fill his days, which makes him happy.

Jiang Congtang entered closed‑door cultivation in the courtyard for another month, going from the Foundation Establishment Initial Stage to the Mid Foundation Establishment.

That’s still far from enough.

Jiang Congtang doesn’t feel proud or complacent just because he raised his strength; he never relaxes.

He has discovered the Deity’s secret: as long as he improves a bit more, works a bit harder, he will be given more Secret Manuals.

If he gets lazy, that means his strength will stay forever at this level, and he will forever have only this many Secret Manuals.

All the Secret Manuals he’s learned now are from beginner to intermediate level.

Jiang Congtang believes that one day there will be advanced or top‑grade, Heavenly Extreme manuals.

According to what the Deity said, the Deity’s ability is limitless; as long as he reaches that height, Jiang Congtang himself may also become a Deity.

From the abilities he’s studied, he knows at least this much now: even without a Spiritual Root, one can still cultivate.

But Jiang Congtang doesn’t have any other family now, and he certainly won’t risk himself for some mortals, returning to that small village.

Perhaps one day, once his great hatred is avenged and he finds people from his clan, then he will go back to that village to repay his debt.

By the time he goes back, many of those people may already be gone, right?

In Jiang Congtang’s courtyard, his door is covered with many Talismans, mostly Sound Transmission Talismans.

Jiang Congtang has discovered that previously he never needed these things; no one contacted him before, so why are so many people suddenly paying attention now?

Some people truly are paying attention; Jiang Congtang’s name has already been listed among those at the Foundation Establishment Stage, and with this level of strength, he can go to the Mission Hall to lecture.

But whether anyone goes to lecture is up to their own preference.

Those people are only doing it for the reward, nothing more.

Jiang Congtang’s name doesn’t draw much attention inside the Immortal Sect.

Because he was defeated in his very first brawl; though a few people paid attention to him, more people ignored him.

Those who won have already received rewards, and recently the hottest topics within the Immortal Sect are those who have already gained fame.

This time, those ranked can go to an Immortal Sect Secret Realm.

Even though it’s just a small Secret Realm, all those without resources who want to seek resources are itching to go and search.

The reason Jiang Congtang decided not to go in the first place was also because Jiang Tang said that Secret Realm didn’t have any good items.

It would be better to use his time on planting.

Jiang Congtang discovered that after planting several batches of herbs, he could plant even more herbs.

Because with prescriptions appearing continuously, there will be more herb seeds.

After Jiang Congtang kept diligently planting for a month, the Planting Space and the livestock area both expanded.

He knows this is an upgrade‑type space.

Jiang Congtang works even harder and more diligently.

He stores away all the results he has obtained; don’t think he’s being stingy—he has already understood how sinister people’s hearts can be.

He doesn’t want to trade away his own things.

He even more doesn’t want to expose that he has good stuff.

If others think he’s a very poor Cultivator, then there will be no danger, and he can keep lying low and surviving.

Jiang Congtang’s approach is indeed sound; despite being already at Mid Foundation Establishment, no one says anything about him not taking missions.

Maybe because he used to work several jobs a day, and now he hasn’t worked for some time, yet still no one says anything.