Chen Xu was shocked.

Cui Yunqi said that life's encounters are amazingly wonderful, and now Chen Xu deeply agrees with this statement.

What does it mean to search high and low, only to find it effortlessly?

Isn't it exactly right in front of me?

The marvel of cause and effect has reached this extent.

The Food Cauldron Celestial Book beside him opened, and a prompt appeared:

[You impressed your peers with literary grace and demeanor, causing their path to awaken. The Sea of Literature shed tears, and you obtained one ounce of Tears of the Sea of Literature and Ink Pool.]

[Unlocked new spiritual material, gained +300 Fireworks Value.]

Wow, [Tears of the Sea of Literature and Ink Pool], here they come!

In fact, what accompanied Cui Yunqi's enlightenment-like words at this moment was more than just this.

At the same time, in Chen Xu's Sea of Literature, the old farmer standing at the stern of the rushing ink ship suddenly moved.

This half-real, half-illusory old farmer gripped his hoe tightly at the stern and suddenly stared intently at the dragon bone waterwheel at the ship's bow.

Then, the ever-spinning dragon bone waterwheel suddenly extended its dragon tail and dipped it into the Sea of Literature!

And then, next to the dragon bone waterwheel on the ink ship, a piece of farmland faintly appeared.

Yes, it was a small piece of farmland, barely three feet square, manifesting on the ink ship.

The ink ship was now ten feet long, its broad hull rushing through the Sea of Literature, with an ink pool in the center of the deck, where Chen Xu's Literary Qi swirled around in clear light.

Besides that, the dragon bone waterwheel and the old farmer stood at the bow and stern, respectively.

There was also a Wu Hook floating at the bow, and a thin mist lingering over the hull, which need no further mention.

In short, most of the deck of the ink ship was actually empty.

Now a piece of farmland appeared next to the dragon bone waterwheel. Even though it seemed strange, the ink ship was large enough, so the appearance of the farmland didn't seem crowded.

What was truly marvelous was this:

The waterwheel kept spinning, and after a while, clear water actually flowed along the wheel's turn into the farmland.

At the stern, the old farmer gripped his hoe tightly, walking step by step along the side path of the deck to the farmland, and raised his hoe.

He was tilling the land!

Even though the farmland seemed illusory and unreal, the old farmer was actually turning the soil.

After the waterwheel spun for a while, the old farmer manually stopped it.

He carefully tilled the soil, meticulously sowing, with practiced movements and a serious expression.

Moments later, the old farmer raised his head.

Two streams of turbid tears slipped from the corners of his eyes, and the old farmer was actually crying!

The Poetry Spirit wept, causing Chen Xu to suddenly feel an ache in his heart, too.

He was still sitting in his original position, yet in the Sea of Literature, a phantom of himself also shed two streams of clear tears.

[You comprehended another path in the Sea of Literature, nourished by countless Literary Qi from the red dust, causing the Poetry Spirit to weep, the Ink Pool to ripple, obtaining three liang of Top Scholar Tears of the Ink Pool.]

[Top Scholar Tears of the Ink Pool: The Poetry Spirit weeps, the Ink Pool ripples, and the Top Scholar Tears of the Ink Pool are several times more potent than usual, suitable for harmonizing strange Spiritual Food in the world.

Can increase the original power of Spiritual Food by more than fifty percent, greatly enhancing the harmonizing effect.]

This is yet another unexpected joy.

Amidst his surprise and delight, Chen Xu saw Cui Yunqi opposite him still wiping away tears. Recalling Cui Yunqi's words of enlightenment, he suddenly gained another layer of thought about this world.

He said, "Brother Cui, you say you once viewed the sky from the bottom of a well, but now you see the vastness of heaven and earth.

But have you ever thought that perhaps we are simply frogs viewing the sky?"

These words were somewhat too profound, clouded with mystery.

Cui Yunqi was stunned, unable to help but say, "What?"

But Cui Yunqi wasn't foolish. After saying this, he quickly reacted and added, "Brother Chen, are you implying there's always a mountain beyond the mountain and a sky beyond the sky?"

Chen Xu said, "Great Li is vast, but Great Li is by no means the entirety of this world.

I also once thought I had seen much, but in reality, perhaps I have seen far too little."

He thought of the Micro Dust Country and the various Ghost Markets scattered across different places.

Cui Yunqi said he once viewed the sky from the bottom of a well, and wasn't Chen Xu doing the same?

Chen Xu recalled all he had learned, especially encountering Mr. Zhou in Jichuan County.

For some reason, he always felt that Mr. Zhou's strength might be beyond the reach of even the Great Scholars still existing in Great Li.

Although Chen Xu didn't really know what a true Great Scholar should look like.

The vastness of the world was still revealing only the tip of the iceberg to Chen Xu.

In his heart, he pondered these things while chatting from time to time with Cui Yunqi.

They toasted and drank together, and after several rounds, Cui Yunqi's previously heated mind gradually calmed.

He collected his excitement, realizing that his visit to disturb Chen Xu was indeed impudent and reckless.

Cui Yunqi promptly stood up and bid Chen Xu farewell.

He hurriedly added, "Brother Chen, I've bet on you becoming the Top Scholar in all the major gambling houses in Pingyang City, so now it's time to collect my winnings and profits.

Once I have the silver coins, I must bring half to you, Brother Chen.

Brother Chen, please don't refuse!"

Without waiting for Chen Xu to respond, Cui Yunqi quickly turned and left in a rush.

He feared Chen Xu's refusal, so he ran quickly.

Chen Xu put down his wine cup and smiled slightly.

Two Little Demons came out of the room and leaped onto the small table under the tree together.

Ah Shi dashed over, looking up at Chen Xu, gleefully saying, "Scholar, that Cui family boy is a good friend, isn't he? Is he going to give you a lot of silver coins?"

Chen Xu gently patted its little head and said, "No rush."

Ah Shi didn't understand what Chen Xu meant by no rush because, after Chen Xu cleaned up the table, he returned to his room to practice in closed seclusion.

Dragon Soaring Pill, Chen Xu had been waiting for a long time.

Thus, the setting sun gradually sank into the earth.

When night enveloped the sky, Chen Xu had already entered and exited the Fire and Smoke Kitchen three times.

In other words, he had spent three whole days in the Fire and Smoke Kitchen to refine the Dragon Soaring Pill.

[Dragon Soaring Pill, made from Fake River God's Karma Fire Ash, Midnight Rootless Water, Tears of the Sea of Literature and Ink Pool, Deer Roar Top Scholar Blood, blended using the Spirit Roasting Eight Techniques.

After consumption, cultivation greatly increases, granting the Power of Binding Dragon and Returning Wave for a quarter of an hour. Once the medicinal effect dissipates, divine power vanishes, and under specific conditions, cultivation may increase by a small realm.]

Never before had Chen Xu spent such time and effort in refining Spiritual Food as this time.

Fortunately, the challenges in refining the Dragon Soaring Pill lay mainly in collecting the auxiliary materials and needing to be extraordinarily careful throughout the process.

The other aspects were generally not problematic.

Thus, when the moon reached its crest in the sky, Chen Xu's entire Divine Soul in the Fire and Smoke Kitchen suddenly trembled.

In the next instant, a pill with a faint golden glow completely formed in the palm of his hand!

The pill hovered in his hand, seemingly suspended in mid-air with wisps of cloud-like mist surrounding it.

More miraculously, Chen Xu seemed to hear the sound of a dragon's roar.

Roar—

Suddenly, Chen Xu's eyebrows twitched slightly once again.

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