Chapter 45: Chapter 45: Sudden Promotion
With this interlude, both of them felt much more vigorous as they worked.
It was the best season for pond maintenance, the sediment in the pond frozen to just the right consistency that it could be steadily scooped out with an iron shovel.
The accumulated trash on top was also cleared out in the process.
Excessive sediment could deteriorate the water quality and cause various diseases in the pond fish.
However, it couldn’t be completely cleared away either, since the sediment also had the capability to fertilize, retain nutrients, and regulate the nutrient level of the water.
The Yue Family also planned to plant some aquatic plants in the pond to enrich its environment.
Yue Jiandong had a farmer’s knack for relying on nature for sustenance. The amount of sediment left was neither too much nor too little, carefully measured with knotted cords.
The cleared sediment was piled to the side, to be carted away in a wheelbarrow once it was all clean.
The two worked with great enthusiasm, soon sweating profusely in the spring day that still carried a hint of chill.
While they worked, Yue Qingqing was left to amuse herself in the wheelbarrow nearby.
At first, Yue Jiandong was quite worried, occasionally checking his daughter’s little nose to see if it was cold, and then pouring some water for her from a small cup.
After a while, he realized that Yue Qingqing was quite content, neither crying nor fussing, sometimes even closing her eyes to rest.
Then Yue Jiandong felt relieved and continued to work hard.
In such an open area, Yue Qingqing discovered that she could sense stronger spiritual energy.
Although this intensity was only relative, it was still a pleasant surprise for Yue Qingqing.
According to the divisions of the Cultivation World, her current cultivation base was nothing but the second level of the Qi Refinement Realm, barely beyond the stage of an ordinary person.
She couldn’t fast or even perform telekinesis.
However, Yue Qingqing was already quite satisfied, considering she was known as the foremost waste of the Cultivation World in her previous life.
With four talented senior brothers and an enigmatic master above her, she always appeared to remain in the Qi Refinement Realm in the eyes of outsiders.
But nobody knew that Yue Qingqing’s cultivation speed wasn’t slow at all; at a young age, she had reached the Golden Core Stage.
This achievement, if disclosed, would certainly qualify her as a genius.
Yet, altering one’s fate, comparable to defying the Heavenly Dao, was feared by the Heavenly Dao itself, and every alteration led to demotion in realm or even regression to being a mortal.
Yue Qingqing had taken action only a few times, but each time left her vitality severely damaged and forced her to start over from the Qi Refinement Realm.
This was the origin of her being called a waste.
Having come to the Different World, Yue Qingqing was no longer constrained by the Heavenly Dao, but due to the scarcity of spiritual energy, her path to cultivation was not much easier than before.
Yet, considering her current age, this realm was rather frightening.
Perhaps this was the cause of her previous life and the fruit of the present.
In her previous life, the Heavenly Dao couldn’t accommodate her rapid progress and would knock her down to her original state. Although she advanced with difficulty in this life, she no longer had to endure such suppression.
Indeed, misfortune leans on fortune and fortune hides within misfortune.
A profound and mysterious sensation emerged in her mind, and Yue Qingqing closed her eyes like an old monk entering meditation.
If another cultivator were present, they would see the thin spiritual energy in the area gather and swirl around her.
Like a reverse tornado enveloping Yue Qingqing, she was at the very eye of the storm.
Large beads of sweat dropped from her forehead, impurities within her body expelled with the sweat through her pores.
Soon Yue Qingqing was drenched in sweat, her clothes sticking clammily to her body.
But she felt refreshed and invigorated, involuntarily exhaling a breath of turbid air.
In such a state, she unexpectedly ascended two levels in realm consecutively.
Her current cultivation base was now the fourth level of the Qi Refinement Realm, an unimaginable feat in this spiritual environment.