My Golden Core is a Star, do you call this cultivating?

Chapter 178: A New Addition to the Logistics Team

Qi Qi ignored what Qi Yuan said. For things she didn’t understand, she chalked it up to a generation gap between her and her ancient godfather—it was normal not to understand everything.

"Why don’t I go to Feihuang City and see if I can find a solution? There are many cultivators there who are skilled in agriculture," Qi Qi suggested.

Qi Yuan’s eyes lit up at this, "I’ve got it! Leave it to me!"

If cultivators were skilled in agriculture, why not visualize a deity who governs agriculture? If Qi Yuan remembered correctly, Hou Ji and Shennong were gods of agriculture.

According to ancient texts, Hou Ji was the ancestor of the Zhou dynasty, the son of the Supreme God, and served as a minister during the reigns of Yao and Shun. He was the first to store grain in state granaries and establish agricultural methods, providing seeds to the common people and teaching them farming. He was revered as the God of Millet and the God of Agriculture.

As for Shennong, he was even more renowned—who on Blue Star hadn’t heard of Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs?

But thinking of the high levels of these two gods, Qi Yuan felt that his current evil god power might not be enough to visualize them.

He had to lower his sights a bit.

Returning to the temple, he once again entered the visualization chat group.

The group was lively.

"Sigh, I just visualized a rare divine technique. Seems like someone else failed again," said Venerable Shen Miao in the group, seemingly dissing the group leader, Dong Jianghe.

"Hmph, a bunch of old men looking down on the Young Heavenly Emperor, aren’t you?" Dong Jianghe retorted.

"You, a Young Heavenly Emperor? The Origin Heaven Sovereign seems more deserving of that title," added Venerable Black Dragon in the group.

Dong Jianghe noticed something and cautiously asked, "Origin Heaven Sovereign, are you preparing to visualize again?"

"Yes," Qi Yuan replied.

"Which true god are you planning to visualize this time?" Dong Jianghe asked tentatively, trying to gauge Qi Yuan’s intentions. If this continued, more group members would surpass him, and he would lose his right to bark orders.

"This time, I originally wanted to visualize a powerful one, but unfortunately, my evil god power is too limited. So, I plan to visualize a... somewhat weaker one," Qi Yuan answered.

In his understanding, the god he was referring to was indeed rather weak.

Dong Jianghe immediately smiled widely. Finally, it wasn’t going to be a powerful visualization! His title of Young Heavenly Emperor was safe!

"It’s okay. Visualizing an ordinary one-star deity is still good," Dong Jianghe said, unable to resist adding, "After all, not everyone can be like Venerable Bai Xi, who has one epic and three rare ones. And I... am destined to surpass Venerable Bai Xi!"

The group members immediately started teasing Dong Jianghe: "Oh, Dong Heavenly Emperor, when are you going to visualize another rare one?"

Qi Yuan greeted the group and then entered the visualization realm again.

A towering mountain of visualization stood before him.

In his mind, he immediately pictured the deity he wanted to visualize.

"An old man with the appearance of a sage, holding a staff. White beard, white hair, and a kindly smile."

Suddenly, the image of a white-bearded old man appeared in a small temple.

Sometimes, a monkey with a thunderous mouth would suddenly strike the ground, and the little old man would quickly emerge from the earth.

The mountain of visualization asked two soul-searching questions again.

Qi Yuan followed the same process, using the stellar gold elixir to illuminate himself.

After a few breaths, the mountain of visualization suddenly burst into light.

A divine technique appeared in Qi Yuan’s hand.

To his surprise, all three of his evil god powers disappeared, including one at the Purple Mansion level.

Qi Yuan’s eyes flashed with astonishment, "It’s even stronger than the Howling Celestial Dog?"

But then he thought, considering the incense offerings the other deity received, it was only natural that it was stronger than the Howling Celestial Dog.

Holding the divine technique, Qi Yuan left the mountain of visualization.

Meanwhile, the group was still buzzing with activity.

"Just now, the mountain of visualization flashed with golden light. Did someone get an epic? Origin Heaven Sovereign just went in—could it be him?" Venerable Shen Miao asked in the group.

Dong Jianghe quickly replied, "He said the one he was visualizing was very ordinary—how could it be an epic? Besides, I see Origin Heaven Sovereign as having the potential of a three-step ladder, not someone who would know so many rare true gods."

"Dong Heavenly Emperor, don’t be so sure!"

"Let’s wait and see!"

"Hey, Origin Heaven Sovereign is back. Tell us, what did you visualize this time?"

Qi Yuan looked at the group messages and smiled wryly, "I got lucky this time and visualized... an epic one-star."

"What? Origin Heaven Sovereign, that’s not a funny joke!" Dong Jianghe exclaimed.

"I’m not lying. It really is an epic one-star. This time, I visualized the Earth God," Qi Yuan replied.

The Earth God also managed part of agriculture.

According to some ancient texts, the Earth God was associated with Hou Tu.

However, the Earth God Qi Yuan visualized was based on the Earth God in his memory.

"Earth God? What kind of true god is that? Never heard of it!"

"Did such a great deity really exist in ancient times?"

"Dong Heavenly Emperor, I’m about to visualize now—give me a good word!"

"Get lost!"

"I think there’s no more Dong Heavenly Emperor, only Dong the Dead. The Origin Heavenly Emperor is the true leader now!"

The group was buzzing with messages, with everyone praising Qi Yuan.

Even Venerable Bai Xi appeared to join in the praise and advised Qi Yuan to leave the fallen area.

"Origin Heaven Sovereign, you visualized an epic one-star? Your future is bright!" Venerable Tianbao commented in the group. "I happen to have some treasures that can help one break through to a true god. I might not need them—how about I give them to you?"

Qi Yuan immediately felt that there were still many good people in the group.

"No need, no need, Venerable Tianbao. Keep them for yourself. Maybe in a while, I’ll invite you to a feast!"

"Alright..."

"If you don’t want them, Venerable Tianbao, I do!"

"Venerable Tianbao, adopt me!"

Qi Yuan exited the chat group.

In his hand, he held a divine technique from the Earth God.

"Who should I give this divine technique to?" Qi Yuan thought of Qi Qi.

But then he realized that having Qi Qi, a girl, as the Earth God might be too incongruous.

"Xiaoxue would be perfect!"

Qi Yuan immediately made up his mind.

...

"Miss, I’m hungry! I want some pork!" Xiaoxue, the maid, rolled up her pant legs, working hard in the fields.

"Don’t slack off! Finish the work, then go tend to the pigs—there’ll be plenty of pork to eat!" Qi Qi had long since dropped her lady-like demeanor and was working in the fields.

"What do you think the solution Lord God spoke of is?" Xiaoxue asked curiously.

Qi Qi was also curious, "I’m not sure about that either."

The longer she spent with her godfather, the more she felt how mysterious he was.

"Miss, that crazy old woman is here again," Xiaoxue said, pointing to an old woman standing on the field’s edge.

Qi Qi frowned upon seeing the old woman.

The old woman mumbled, "You’re born noble—why do such menial tasks? Miss, leave with me, leave this remote mountain village!"

Qi Qi frowned even deeper, "First, farming is about feeding the people of the world—it’s not menial. Second, I’m not your miss, and I won’t go with you. If you keep talking nonsense, I’ll have the big black dog chase you away."

The crazy old woman sighed at Qi Qi’s words, "Fine, fine." She muttered to herself as she ran off, eventually disappearing.

"Don’t pay attention to that crazy old woman!" Qi Qi ordered.

"But what if she’s telling the truth? What if you’re from a noble background with powerful bloodlines?" Xiaoxue asked.

"What’s the use of that?" Qi Qi replied without thinking.

Now, she was immersed in the joy of nurturing her godfather, finding great pleasure in it.

"Even if I have noble bloodlines, I still have to cultivate and work hard myself, right? That’s tough work—might as well nurture my godfather. I think he has the potential to become a great deity!" Qi Qi said.

Xiaoxue nodded, feeling that her mistress made a lot of sense.

At that moment, a voice transmission entered her ears.

Xiaoxue’s eyes showed a strange expression, "Miss, the master is calling me."

"Let’s go together," Qi Qi said, curious about why her godfather would call for Xiaoxue. Could it be that Xiaoxue had messed up the pig farming?

The two of them arrived at the temple and immediately saw Qi Yuan sitting on a stone bench.

"Sit down, Xiaoxue. I have a divine technique here—do you want to cultivate it?" Qi Yuan got straight to the point.

Qi Qi was stunned.

She hadn’t expected her godfather to come up with another divine technique so quickly, and for Xiaoxue instead of her.

She thought about it—surely it was because this divine technique was lower in grade than the one given to the big black dog, so her godfather was saving the better one for her.

Giving it to Xiaoxue was a sign of trust.

"Yes!" Xiaoxue hadn’t expected such a great opportunity to come her way.

"But cultivating this divine technique might have a tiny side effect," Qi Yuan said.

"What kind of side effect?" Xiaoxue didn’t mind.

"It might make you shorter." This was Qi Yuan’s guess—he wasn’t sure but thought it best to mention it. Otherwise, Xiaoxue might resent it if she ended up shorter.

"That side effect is nothing. Xiaoxue, you can always use magic to make yourself taller again," Qi Qi said generously.

An ordinary divine technique, after all, was not something to worry about giving away.

Xiaoxue nodded eagerly, "I want it!"

"Alright, here’s the divine technique. Take a look!" Qi Yuan handed the glowing golden divine technique to Xiaoxue.

Qi Qi’s eyes widened, "Golden light... an epic one-star?"

She couldn’t stay calm!

She had assumed it was just an ordinary divine technique.

But it turned out to be an epic one-star, even more valuable than the one given to the big black dog!

"Godfather, this is such a waste! Actually, I’d like to be short too, so I can snuggle back into your arms!" Qi Qi couldn’t stay calm at all.

An epic one-star divine technique could certainly create a true god, as long as there were the right breakthrough treasures.

As she spoke, she even transformed into a childlike form, her height only reaching Qi Yuan’s waist, looking incredibly cute.

Qi Yuan chuckled, "There’ll be one for you in the future, but this one is perfect for Xiaoxue."

Qi Qi’s face fell, "Godfather..."

An epic one-star divine technique was incredibly rare!

She couldn’t help but feel unbalanced.

It was as if her divine technique had been given to someone else.

After all, she was helping her godfather grow stronger. She had a sense that her godfather’s things were her things.

Xiaoxue was indeed her maid, but a pig farmer didn’t seem worthy of an epic one-star.

"It’s okay," Qi Yuan laughed, "Xiaoxue, give it a try."

Xiaoxue glanced at her mistress, then couldn’t resist the temptation and accepted the divine technique.

She immediately entered a meditative state.

"Godfather, you can’t feed fine flour to wild boars!" Qi Qi said helplessly.

After all, it was her godfather’s divine technique, and it was his choice who to give it to—she had no right to object. But she still felt uneasy.

"Don’t worry. Just kill more evil gods, and there will be more divine techniques," Qi Yuan reassured her.

"Godfather, I’m just afraid you’ll run out of stock!" Qi Qi said.

After all, in ancient times, there were only so many gods who received incense offerings.

The most powerful ones had almost all been visualized.

There were few left at the epic level.

As for legendary ones, they were even rarer.

And mythical ones? Those hadn’t appeared in centuries.

The night passed without a word, and Qi Qi looked at Xiaoxue with a mixture of emotions.

As for Qi Yuan, he held his little bride and went to sleep in their pit.

The next day, blood-red light once again illuminated the earth, and Qi Yuan felt refreshed.

Because he had leveled up again.

He looked at Xiaoxue with satisfaction, "Not bad, you’ve reached the Purple Mansion stage!"

The divine technique was really fast for leveling up.

In Qi Yuan’s small territory, there were now two people at the Purple Mansion stage.

Xiaoxue opened her eyes, a look of joy in them, "Thank you, Master! Thank you, Miss!"

Qi Qi still looked forlorn, "Sigh, Xiaoxue, it seems you’ll be going off to battle in other villages, while I can only watch from behind."

Xiaoxue had reached the Purple Mansion stage—she was now a formidable force.

"Xiaoxue’s awakened primordial divine power might be different from others. Her combat ability is average, but she excels in guarding the land and agriculture," Qi Yuan explained.

The Earth God wasn’t a combat deity.

And he noticed that Xiaoxue’s awakened primordial divine power was also related to agriculture.

"What?" Qi Qi’s eyes widened, "Xiaoxue visualized a deity with a divine role? And it’s related to agriculture? How is that possible? Isn’t agriculture the domain of Venerable Youlong?"

But Venerable Youlong had been visualized countless times, and no one could use him to reach the Purple Mansion stage or awaken an agricultural-related primordial divine power.

Qi Qi was confused.

Now she was being told that there was another deity overseeing agriculture?

What did this mean?
Where did it come from?