Yang Hong's method of brewing wine was truly unique, and Yang Zhong held no expectations whatsoever.
After leaving the winery, he took a stroll around the nearby vegetable garden, then returned to the winery with a worried expression. He grabbed Yang Hong, who was still directing things, and pulled him outside.
"Imperial Grandfather, if you have something to say, just say it. I'm busy over there."
Yang Hong had lost all respect for the old man now.
"Little Six, I see a lot of vegetables are starting to wither and die. Aren't you going to replant new ones?"
Coming to a row of vegetables not far from the winery, Yang Zhong pointed at a row of dried-up bok choy and said displeasedly.
"Imperial Grandfather~ Have you forgotten the date? It's already October, and winter is coming soon. It's not suitable for planting anymore. These were specially saved seeds."
Yang Hong rolled his eyes directly and was about to leave.
"Alas~ alas~ Little Six, I know you know how to build a warm shed, and you can grow cucumbers in winter. Why don't you tell me your warm shed technique, and I'll have the Ministry of Works build it for you."
Yang Zhong was truly desperate for Yang Hong's vegetables, directly involving the Ministry of Works.
However...
"Warm shed~"
Yang Hong's eyes lit up. If it were the Ministry of Works, then he could thoroughly renovate the entire [Cold Palace].
Water well, glass, greenhouse...
Yang Hong thought of more.
"Imperial Grandfather, please wait a moment, I'll go draw you a blueprint."
Yang Hong directly used the honorific "you" for the first time.
Returning to the study on the second floor of the small building, Yang Hong first wrote down the recipe and process for making glass.
As a science and engineering otaku in his previous life, how could he not have researched glass, a necessary black technology for a transmigrator?
In addition to the colorless glass he needed, he also wrote down some simple techniques for making colored glass.
Then came the simple hand-pump well technology.
This was essential. In winter, the imperial city of Da Xing often had more than two months of snow. Getting water at this time would be a problem. With a hand-pump well, it would be much more convenient for him and Xiao Cao.
Finally, there was the renovation blueprint for the entire Cold Palace.
Except for the small building he was currently living in and the courtyard of Concubine Zhou's small courtyard, all other areas were to be demolished and renovated.
He had already considered this renovation plan long ago.
But now, he was directly expanding and strengthening it, turning two-thirds of the space into a greenhouse structure, and it was a flexible, detachable greenhouse.
"Little Six~ You are truly a genius!"
Looking at the large stack of papers Yang Hong had produced, along with the ingenious designs and marvelous inventions, Yang Zhong sighed deeply.
Yang Hong was indeed a genius.
But because of this, he decided that in the future, when he sent books to Yang Hong, he must inspect them thoroughly.
Yang Hong was too clever. If Yang Hong accidentally read a book and learned some martial arts, it would not be good for Da Sui, let alone all living beings under heaven.
"Thank you for your praise, Imperial Grandfather."
Yang Hong did not become arrogant. If another transmigrator came, they might even do better than him.
"You go back to brewing your wine. The Ministry of Works will be here tomorrow. I'm leaving."
Yang Zhong suddenly felt annoyed and waved his hand, leaving directly.
Yang Hong looked a bit confused.
But he didn't care either. He shrugged, turned around, and went back to directing the winemaking.
However, he decided to go find the old man for some martial arts manuals that night.
He had already cultivated the six martial arts he had obtained before to the max level again, but there was no prompt for martial arts evolution.
It seemed something was missing.
...
"Young friend, you've come again. What business do you have today?"
Late at night, at the [Palace of Supreme Filial Piety].
Looking at Yang Hong knocking politely, Yang Zhong's legs trembled a little. He was afraid Yang Hong would retaliate.
He knew very well what those six manuals he had given Yang Hong before were.
They were pure deception.
"Give me six martial arts manuals, ten of each, low-level ones are fine."
Yang Hong was too lazy to waste time and stated his purpose directly.
"Low-level martial arts manuals? Are you sure?"
Yang Zhong was taken aback instead. He had already prepared intermediate level cultivation techniques, precisely to prevent Yang Hong from retaliating and to win him over.
He had even prepared various intermediate and advanced manuals to continue interacting with Yang Hong.
"Only low-level ones, ten of each. Hurry, I'm in a hurry."
Seeing that there were only a few guards in the [Palace of Supreme Filial Piety], Yang Hong knew that a fight wouldn't break out today.
A little disappointed,
He had wanted to fight again to consolidate his Qi Refining realm cultivation.
What a pity.
The Grand Supreme Emperor saw that Yang Hong was indeed a little impatient and dared not delay. He ordered the guards to fetch the manuals.
In his opinion, a master like Yang Hong should be using those low-level cultivation techniques as reference, wanting to break through to the Celestial Human realm.
Therefore, he tried again.
"Young friend, my royal family has secret methods for breaking through to the Celestial Human realm. Would you like to see them?"
"Old man, I don't want any secret methods, shut up, and I don't want your daughters or granddaughters either."
Seeing that Yang Zhong was about to say more, Yang Hong immediately interrupted.
After waiting for a few minutes, he received a small packet of manuals and disappeared immediately.
Just like last time, he left from the east gate.
Whether it was to mislead enemies was secondary; protecting his own secrets was primary.
It wasn't that the already invincible Yang Hong was cowardly; he just didn't want his peaceful life to be disturbed.
As a tech otaku in his previous life, Yang Hong stayed at home until he was thirty, living by taking orders online, with an extremely narrow social circle.
When he arrived in this world, he entered the Cold Palace, and his social life became even more nonexistent.
This also cultivated his preference for a peaceful life.
And a peaceful life was not only comfortable but also passed quickly.
Time reached the ninth day of November, and the first light snow of the year fell impatiently.
"Ding~ You channeled 20 days of True Qi into the Green Jade Grape, and received a 10-fold return, returning 200 days of True Qi cultivation."
"Ding~ Practiced 《Tree Spring Skill》 for 200 days, and Tree Spring Skill has advanced to level 100."
"Ding, your low-level martial arts have reached the standard for evolution. Do you wish to begin evolving?"
In just over a month, Yang Hong had cultivated ten internal martial arts, ten external martial arts, and ten internal and external combined martial arts to the max level.
With his Qi Refining realm cultivation, it was not too fast to practice these low-level martial arts.
As long as he received the direct impartation, and then practiced a little himself, he could cultivate a martial art to completion in almost one day.
Now, his martial arts could finally evolve again.
Just like the previous evolution, there were three options: fusion evolution and individual evolution.
Having experienced the pleasant surprise of evolving the basic body-tempering technique last time, Yang Hong chose to fuse it with the basic breathing technique for fusion.
"Low-level martial arts fusion with basic breathing technique evolution, beginning evolution~"
"Hiss~ This time~ so itchy~ hiss~ hiss~"
As soon as the breathing technique began to evolve, Yang Hong felt an itch all over his body, from the marrow of his bones to his blood.
The feeling made him want to tear himself apart.
Fortunately, Yang Hong's will was firm enough, and he endured it deeply.
"Hoo~ Is every martial arts evolution this troublesome? Fortunately, there's always a huge improvement."
[Yang Hong: Sixth Prince of Da Sui Dynasty.
Daily Impartation Count: 1/4
Lifespan: 20/150
Cultivation: 214 years of True Qi (Qi Refining Realm, 150,000 catties of strength)
Cultivation Techniques: Basic Breathing Technique Level 1, Basic Body Tempering Technique Level 18
Martial Skills: Ferocious Bull Fist Level 100, Crouching Tiger Fist Level 100...
Special Abilities: Eidetic Memory, Agricultural Mastery.]
His Basic Breathing Technique dropped from level 36 to level 1, and his strength, which was 110,000 catties, surged again, reaching 150,000 catties.
Moreover, Yang Hong felt that his body was more coordinated, and his spiritual senses had extended further.
And his daily impartation count had increased by one.
"This is true invincibility."