The Eternal Farmer: I Trade My Harvest for Immortality

Chapter 214: Max Level Scorching Sun Finger
As the ground finally ceased its rhythmic trembling, the fourth mu of the Second-Grade Spirit Farm was officially cleared.
Wu Guangman and his team were exhausted, panting in the freezing air, but their faces were flushed with excitement.
Knowing a Foundation Establishment stage Spirit Farmer—one who possessed four mu of high-grade land—was a connection that promised endless benefits.
Moreover, this Senior Brother Jiang was surprisingly decent to work for.
As for Lin An’s housing, it was situated on the vacant lot about 200 meters to the right of Jiang Chen’s stone mansion. However, the structure they built was a simple earthen house.
Originally, there was plenty of leftover stone, and the team had offered to build him a stone cottage.
But Lin An had adamantly refused. He insisted that his dwelling could not be confused with Jiang Chen’s residence.
No matter what, he had to clearly establish his identity and status. He was a subordinate, not an equal.
An earthen house, while inferior to stone, was still miles better than a drafty wooden shack.
As long as he had a place to shelter from wind and rain, Lin An was perfectly content.
“Since Senior Brother Jiang is resting, we’ll take our leave now!”
“Excellent work today. I’ll treat everyone to a meal next time!” Lin An promised.
Wu Guangman and the others, learning that Jiang Chen was asleep, didn’t dare disturb him. After receiving their Spirit Stones from Lin An, they tactfully left the mountain.
On the large nanmu bed, Jiang Chen slowly opened his eyes.
The room was dim. The glazed lamps remained unlit, leaving the space in shadow.
Subconsciously, he reached out his right hand, patting the empty space beside him.
Cool sheets.
Only then did he fully wake up.
Yu Caiqing was staying at the Pill Tower for a few days. For the near future, he would be sleeping and cultivating alone.
Jiang Chen sat up and stretched, his joints popping satisfyingly. He pushed open the window beside the bed and peered outside.
To his surprise, the sky was already dark.
It seemed the marathon artifact refinement session had consumed more physical strength, mental energy, and spiritual power than he realized. He hadn’t slept for this many hours straight in a long time.
The snow had stopped falling.
The wind, too, had weakened considerably, no longer howling against the eaves.
Jiang Chen’s gaze swept across his domain. Seeing that the fourth mu of Spirit Farm had been successfully reclaimed, a satisfied smile touched his lips.
To the right of his stone house, he spotted the newly built earthen hut. That must be Lin An’s new home.
Everything was settled.
Seeing that it was still early in the night, he didn’t feel like going downstairs. In fact, he didn’t even want to get out of bed.
Indulging in a rare moment of laziness, he leaned back against the headboard and decided to continue studying the [Scorching Sun Finger].
He had been on the verge of learning it before.
But then… the dual cultivation sessions with Yu Caiqing had distracted him.
Now, taking advantage of the quiet night, he could finally delve into it properly.
Currently, Jiang Chen possessed two fire-attribute cultivation techniques.
The first was the [Blazing Oil Technique], which he had learned at the very beginning.
Later, as his needs outgrew it, he switched to the second one, the [Nine Flames Mystic Art].
However, there was a significant difference between a Cultivation Art and a Technique.
A Cultivation Art was primarily for self-improvement—gathering Qi, refining the body, and stacking passive buffs.
If he mastered the [Scorching Sun Finger], he would finally possess a dedicated fire-attribute offensive method.
Time quietly slipped away as he studied the manual.
Because Jiang Chen hadn’t closed the window, the sounds of the night drifted in.
In the middle of the night, Da Huang crawled out of his doghouse, likely needing to relieve himself.
The yellow dog trotted towards the poplar tree, intending to mark his territory. But after taking only a few steps, he froze.
In the shadows, the Fortress puppet sat motionless. Its previously dim eyes suddenly flared to life, glowing like two terrifying emerald jewels.
Apart from fish—which he hated for their bones—the thing Da Huang feared most was this puppet.
It radiated a cold, lifeless aura that terrified him.
Seeing the metal monster wake up, Da Huang yelped silently, turned tail, and sprinted in the opposite direction, dashing towards the far ridge and leaving a frantic trail of paw prints in the snow.
The Fortress watched the dog silently for a moment before lowering its mechanical head, resuming its resting posture.
Jiang Chen withdrew his gaze from the window, shaking his head with a light chuckle, and returned his attention to the technique manual.
About a minute later, his heart suddenly stirred.
He looked at the attribute panel.
[Scorching Sun Finger: First Layer] [Effect 1: Penetrates the protective defense of a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator; deals greater damage to metal-attribute Spirit Weapons.] [Effect 2: The wound continuously burns for 3 breaths, with damage increasing each breath.]
Jiang Chen nodded slightly. “So this is the incomplete Scorching Sun Finger. Even in its damaged state, its power isn’t weak.”
[Consume 9 years of Lifespan to repair the Scorching Sun Finger to completion?]
Jiang Chen didn’t hesitate.
Instantly, his entire consciousness entered a mysterious and profound state.
Using his current understanding, experience, and techniques regarding fire-attribute arts, his mind began to fill in the blanks. He adjusted the flow of Qi, corrected the incomplete mantras, and rebuilt the technique structure.
Finally, the high-level fire technique was restored to its original glory.
The attribute panel shimmered and changed.
[Scorching Sun Finger: First Layer] [Effect 1: Deals armor-piercing damage to metal-attribute Spirit Weapons or cultivators; flames can melt through defenses.] [Effect 2: When hitting a Wood Spirit Root cultivator, flames will follow the opponent’s Meridians to burn their internal organs.] [Effect 3: The wound continuously burns for 3 breaths, each breath consuming a small amount of the target’s spiritual power.]
Jiang Chen wasn’t surprised.
Basically, every time he repaired a fragment, the content evolved.
Sometimes the change was massive, sometimes minor. It depended on how much of the original intent had been lost.
Incomplete arts were dangerous because they lacked crucial circulation pathways, especially for higher levels of cultivation.
Now, using his nearly infinite lifespan, he had perfected it.
[Consume 12 years of Lifespan to raise the Scorching Sun Finger to Max Level?]
The system prompt appeared again.
Jiang Chen smiled. “Yes.”
The world dissolved again.
It was as if he were reliving the training of a lifetime in a single second.
The experience, techniques, and insights he had just mastered were refined further. He saw the technique not as a rigid structure, but as a living extension of his will.
What once belonged to mastery now reached the pinnacle of perfection.
[Scorching Sun Finger: Max Level] [Effect 1: Gold Melting Finger. Deals massive damage to Metal and Wood attributes.] [Effect 2: Piercing Two Suns. Can unleash two consecutive Gold Melting Fingers with stacked power.] [Effect 3: Prairie Fire Palm. Gathers a vortex of flames in the palm; can ignite flames within a wide area.] [Effect 4: Burning Heaven’s Secret. Flames possess a penetration effect; the same target continues to burn internally after being hit.] [Effect 5: Finger Force Turning into Rainbow. Fires a golden beam of light through the air; range depends on cultivation realm; can penetrate Golden Core early-stage defense.] [Special Effect 1: Red Sun Piercing the Sun. Condenses golden flames that fall from the sky, forming a pillar of fire with a diameter of 1 zhang.]
Jiang Chen sat up in bed, his eyes widening as he read the effects.
“Max level… it’s even more formidable than I imagined. [Finger Force Turning into Rainbow] can actually threaten a Golden Core early-stage cultivator?”
Sleep was no longer an option.
He immediately threw off the covers, walked to the balcony, and climbed onto the roof.
The winter night sprawled out before him.
Snow covered the fields like a thick quilt of soft cotton. Under the moonlight, the landscape shimmered with a faint, ghostly blue-white glow. The contours of the ridges were smoothed by the drifts, with only a few stubborn tips of withered grass poking through.
Everything seemed frozen in time.
Jiang Chen raised his right index finger.
He drew a tiny amount of Fire Spirit Power from his dantian. Instantly, his finger turned a brilliant, translucent gold, emitting a terrifying heat that warped the air around it.
He lightly traced a line in the air towards the snow at his feet.
Hiss.
The snow melted before his finger even touched it. The water didn’t even have time to pool; it evaporated instantly into steam.
Gold Melting Finger. If it could do this to snow, imagine what it would do to steel.
The power contained in this single digit was immense.
Jiang Chen felt an itch to test the range. He lifted his hand, aiming to unleash [Finger Force Turning into Rainbow].
His sights settled on the large poplar tree not far away.
But just as he was about to fire, he paused.
Even in the dead of winter, the tree was lush with branches and leaves. It stood green and vibrant against the white snow, defying the laws of nature.
He always felt that poplar tree was brewing something.
“I’ll let you off this time,” Jiang Chen muttered, shaking his head.