Chen Xia's medicinal fields were indeed grown very well.
But after all, it was just a way to pass the boring time, equivalent to changing the location of staring blankly from the chair to the medicinal fields.
During this time, no one came looking for him either.
It was probably because the Realm Middle Layer was still in a state of chaos, otherwise with him being such a master alchemist, there was no reason for cultivators of the Realm Middle Layer not to come looking for him.
The first acre of herbs he planted were sprouting, so he didn't need to worry too much afterwards. Just look at which ones were growing slower and go over to threaten them with a slap.
He relied on his own martial power to manage the medicinal fields.
This was the law of the jungle.
He explained to Zhang DaoMing.
But Zhang DaoMing was still unwilling to believe that the medicinal materials would understand this principle. He felt that the herbs should not know this logic.
Chen Xia just smiled lightly and shook his head, thinking that Zhang DaoMing underestimated the medicinal materials. He opened his mouth to explain again.
"If the herbs refuse to grow, then keep beating them until they start growing."
Zhang DaoMing was stunned, still puzzled, and asked, "Can it really work?"
"Is farming really such an inconvenient thing?" Chen Xia asked back.
Zhang DaoMing had nothing more to say. He shook his head and went out to get some wine again.
That was three years ago.
Chen Xia had been taking care of the medicinal fields all this time. Things changed a bit in the fourth year.
He let the medicinal materials take good care of themselves, inspecting them every evening at dusk. Those that did not take good care of themselves would get a slap.
Under the stick comes filial offspring, and good medicine comes from under the palm.
Chen Xia believed in this principle. After all, it was genuinely effective.
It might also have something to do with his luck.
His luck now was already at 700 points, nearing 1,000. He just didn't know if there would be any substantial changes after reaching 1,000, such as unlocking some new functions.
His strength points were the highest. Adding in the points brought back by his mini-world avatars, it totaled 4,600 points, equivalent to a Sea Inversing Realm 6-layer cultivator.
And combined with his own cultivation at the Sea Inversing Realm 6-layer, it would be the power of double Sea Inversing 6-layers.
He also wondered if these two six layers could offset a twelve layer.
It should work. After all, Chen Xia could now fight and match a Heaven Mending Realm 3-Heaven cultivator, although he couldn't win. But he also wouldn't lose and could escape freely if he wanted.
Anything above Heaven Mending Realm 3-Heavens wouldn't work. He would clearly show fatigue.
After all, the gap between each Heaven in the Heaven Mending Realm was equal to adding nine layers of the Sea Inversing Realm.
The Emperor species might be able to cross realms to fight the Ancient Races in the Heaven Mending Realm, but would definitely not be able to fight the Supreme Races.
And as one progressed further, realm became more important than bloodline.
To give a simple example.
A Heaven Mending Realm Great Emperor of the Ancient Races could casually slap a Heaven Mending Realm Zhun Di of the Emperor species. This was strict level suppression.
Currently, Chen Xia with a Sea Inversing Realm 6-layer could fight a Heaven Mending Realm 3-Heaven. But when he reached Heaven Mending Realm 3-Heavens, he would definitely not be able to fight a Quasi-Saint.
With his current techniques, perhaps he had some chance using the Past and Future Method.
But the backlash of the Past and Future Method was also very serious. This technique depended not only on who was summoned, but also on who the opponent was.
Last time when Chen Xia drew out the future Chen Xia to fight the Heaven Mending Realm’s Chen Jiu, he became lame in one leg, taking decades to recover.
At that time, Chen Jiu was only at Heaven Mending Realm 3-Heavens. Since Chen Xia could fight him for a few moves, the heavens’ retaliation was not enormous.
If he really wanted to rely on the Past and Future Method to kill a Quasi-Saint, Chen Xia would probably have to sacrifice half his life. And this was under the premise that Chen Xia was already at Heaven Mending Realm.
If Chen Xia at Sea Inversing Realm wanted to use the Past and Future Method to kill a Quasi-Saint, he himself would probably die first.
These were the restrictions of the Past and Future Method.
Aside from the climatic Past and Future Method, Chen Xia also had the Heavenly Dragon Qi, his signature skill for one-on-one duels. Only after activating the Heavenly Dragon Qi would it be considered Chen Xia fighting seriously.
Naturally, the strength of battling with Heavenly Dragon Qi need not be elaborated on. At Sea Inversing Realm, it could at least give Chen Xia the combat power of three additional realms. Estimated that at Heaven Mending Realm, it could also add one realm.
Much stronger than the average sword cultivator.
But this was also normal. The Heavenly Dragon Qi was originally an extremely rare and overbearing bloodline. In the Star Region, it was even rarer than the Quasi-Saints, so its power was surely formidable.
Chen Xia calculated again that he also had the means of three million flying swords and Absolute Boundary Reincarnation. The three hundred thousand flying swords were his most commonly used battling method. Mainly because they were very convenient to use.
The lowest grade Spirit Swords were smooth and easy to wield. The higher grade Dao Swords guaranteed strength. And the top grade Bronze Swords were his ace flying swords.
There was no need to elaborate on the Immortal Sword tips. As the most powerful slaughtering flying sword, Chen Xia currently couldn't control it. If he forced it, the one getting killed might not be the enemy but himself instead.
He probably wouldn’t be able to use the Immortal Sword tips before reaching Heaven Mending Realm. The backlash was too terrifying.
The Absolute Boundary Reincarnation was an arcane skill Chen Xia had been studying for thousands of years. Its strength might be somewhat lacking now because its version could hardly keep up. But its main advantage was convenience.
It allowed instant large space rooms anytime, anywhere, and even for two people.
He learned this from the Profound Chaos Dao Chapters. Over these thousands of years, this was the only Dao Chapter he managed to learn and the only one he focused on mastering.
He didn’t find the other Dao Chapters interesting. And the interesting Dao Chapters depended on affinity.
Each cultivator could have their own unique Dao Chapter.
What Chen Xia obtained was the Absolute Boundary Reincarnation, which could still be improved later on if he continued studying it diligently.
The last battle arcane skill was his comprehension towards the Great Dao of Time. With Chen Xia’s current understanding, he was invincible in the Sea Inversing Realm.
Time stopping, hitting you twice, how would you resist?
Even with six Divine Equipment tanks you couldn’t resist damage like this!
Chen Xia was now the top warrior template – high damage, able to attack first, good resilience, could steal opponents’ attributes, and force 1-on-1 duels.
He now had some hints of invincibility among peers of the same realm.
If the Heavenly Dragon Qi increased again in the future, and he obtained a whole set of Immortal Swords, then he would truly be on the path to invincibility.
There was also still the final trump card of powering up.
Tens of millions of years later, Chen Xia would surely become invincible. And he would only grow stronger and stronger, just that the upper limit was unknown.
Chen Xia estimated that the upper limit should be under the Way of Heaven. This could be inferred from his luck.
Because one’s fortune was determined according to the Way of Heaven, it also belonged to the Way of Heaven.
He couldn’t understand it clearly now, but would probably know after a few tens of millions of years.
Chen Xia now did not fear death. He still had an out-of-body avatar in the Dead Star Region as his final lifeboat. Even if his main body died, his divine soul could still reincarnate from his out-of-body avatar. It was just unknown whether the power points could be inherited.
At present, he still couldn’t connect with his out-of-body avatar. Probably the barriers of this Realm were too powerful. Occasionally he would sense vague connections that quickly got cut off again.
He could now obtain one piece of information about his out-of-body avatar.
And that was: his out-of-body avatar seemed to have almost absorbed the entire Dead Star Region. Its realm even exceeded his own. Just because there was no main divine soul controlling it, it was still muddling along obliviously in the Dead Star Region waiting to die.
Chen Xia thought that in the future he could use the Dead Star Region out-of-body avatar to return to Blue Sky Sword Sea and bring back that other half of the Immortal Sword. He could take the chance to see what a scene of destruction the current Blue Sky Sword Sea had become.
It could also be considered revisiting his old grounds!
Chen Xia shook his head. His eyes glanced sideways at a slow growing medicinal herb sprout and he slapped it.
"Grow faster, stop slacking!"
The sprout grew a full inch taller extremely quickly.
Chen Xia nodded with satisfaction.
Perhaps this was a medicinal farmer’s sense of achievement?
In the future, he should be able to publish a book called - "Farming: From Beginner to Taming"