The immortals of the two worlds started from farming and refining pills.

Chapter 15 Planting Magic Rice, Exploring the Ocean

The next morning, Li Qing ordered people to drain the water from the fields until the soil was moist but not stagnant.

"Generally speaking, rice seeds need to go through many processes before planting, such as soaking and germination. It is best to grow the seedlings first, so that the success rate will be higher."

Li Qing spread out three kinds of spiritual rice seeds and casually explained the planting method: "Of course, if you use special spells, it will be much easier."

Ryan and his son skipped over the so-called "spell" and took notes carefully. After all, they had half of the harvest, and they couldn't count on Li Qing to help cast the spell when planting the second crop.

Seeing that they were listening attentively, Li Qing patiently taught them many tricks and answered some of their questions.

"Okay, that's all for today." Li Qing waved his hand, signaling the crowd to make way.

He slowly walked to the ridge of the field, waved his long sleeves, and three bags of magical rice seeds flew up in the wind: "Go!"

The sounds of "swoosh, swoosh, swoosh" breaking through the air came one after another.

Under the influence of Li Qing's magical power, densely packed rice seeds were sown evenly and rhythmically in the fields like flowers scattered by a fairy.

Li Qing chanted a spell and made finger gestures with both hands, and a turquoise light shot straight into the sky.

After a while, dark clouds gradually gathered in the sky, covering the fields. Soon, the slanting wind blew the drizzle slowly down.

The wind and rain are soaked with a faint spiritual energy, covering the earth mistily, nourishing the spiritual rice seeds in the soil.

But what sprouted before the rice seeds were the grass seeds and roots that had not been cleaned up in the ground.

They had never felt such rich spiritual energy before, and they grew wildly, trying to absorb all the nutrients in the soil.

"If we don't use magic, these weeds won't grow so fast." Li Qing still had the leisure to teach Ryan, "We can arrange manual weeding."

Ryan hurriedly wrote a few more lines in his notebook.

Li Qing smiled and made a few gestures with his fingers. A circle of green magic power ripples spread towards the farmland ahead.

"Swish, swish, swish..." The lush weeds were deprived of their vitality in an instant when they encountered the green halo. They quickly turned yellow, dehydrated, and shrank until they were turned into powder and scattered in the fields.

However, the spiritual rice seeds half-buried in the soil were not affected by this spell at all. Instead, the spiritual energy fluctuations within them became more active.

A quarter of an hour later, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped. The warm sunshine fell on the earth, and the fields were filled with the fragrance of the earth.

"This step just now is to use magic to replace the seed soaking step." Li Qing smiled and walked to the edge of the field and picked up a seed. "Look, their vitality has begun to sprout."

Rick took it curiously and observed it carefully for a long time, but found nothing, so he put it back into the field: "What's next?"

Li Qing looked around, and his spiritual sense took in all the spiritual rice seeds in the field: "Next, we can start germinating..."

Unlike soaking seeds evenly like rain and dew, germination is a relatively delicate job.

Li Qing looked solemn. He performed finger gestures along with oral incantations. Surging magic power surged out of his body and turned into a fist-sized ball of green light.

"Go!" Li Qing waved his hand lightly, and the ball of light flew into the air, shooting out thin threads that accurately tied to each seed.

Perhaps it was because of his extraordinary talent, or because he had lived two lives, Li Qing's spiritual awareness far exceeded that of his peers, allowing him to complete such a delicate task.

If it were any other cultivator at the peak of Qi training, there is a 99% chance that he would not be able to do this.

The gentle magic power flows along the thin thread, merges into the spirit seed, and stimulates the budding embryo bit by bit.

"Sizzle", "sizzle", "sizzle"...

The sound of the tender sprouts squeezing the husks is barely audible, but when they come together, even ordinary people nearby can faintly hear it if they prick up their ears.

Li Qing kept an eye on the growth of the spiritual grains at all times. Whenever a grain was about to break the skin, he would cut the corresponding silk thread.

Finally, when the germ of the last seed was awakened, Li Qing smiled, waved his hand, and threw the shrunken green light ball into the Qingling grass field. With a "pop", the light ball exploded, and the Qingling grass seeds sown yesterday also began to sprout slightly.

"Is this the end?" Rick squatted down to observe the seed, "It didn't sprout?"

Li Qing smiled and said, "It's just like hatching chicks. I'm just giving them support, not helping them break out of their shells. It's not okay to force things to grow."

After that, he clapped his hands and told Ryan on the other side: "Please arrange more manpower in the next few days to prevent birds from stealing the crops. When the seedlings grow to an inch high, it will be much better."

Ryan nodded seriously.

Li Qing knew that he was experienced in handling matters, so he didn't say much. He walked leisurely towards the beach with his hands behind his back.

Ryan needs to arrange various matters in the territory, and the task of accompanying still falls on Rick.

"What are you doing at the beach?" he asked curiously.

Li Qing pointed to the vast ocean ahead and said, "Didn't you say yesterday that elves can also be born in the ocean? Didn't anyone go down to the sea to look for them?"

Rick scratched his head: "That being said, even a water-based rune warrior cannot breathe underwater. It is too inefficient to just hold your breath and dive, or carry a fish bladder to find the elves..."

"I have been born for more than 20 years, and my family has only obtained one green algae fairy worm, which was traded to other nobles."

Li Qing asked, "What about wizards? Don't they have any diving potions or spells?"

Rick was a little confused: "I haven't heard of it. Maybe? Maybe not? We rarely deal with wizards."

Li Qing stopped struggling and said, "I have a pill called Water-Repelling Pill. After taking it, you can move freely in the water within a quarter of an hour. Are you willing to go down with me?"

Rick's eyes lit up: "I do!"

Li Qing took out a bottle of the recently refined Water-Repelling Pills, took one pill himself, and gave the rest to Rick: "One pill every quarter of an hour, pay attention to the time limit!"

He used telepathy again and instructed: "After entering the water, don't speak. If you want to say anything, just communicate with your mind."

After saying that, Li Qing changed into a first-grade top-quality robe woven from shark silk that could flexibly allow movement underwater, and jumped lightly into the sea.

Rick quickly swallowed a water-repellent pill, stripped himself down to his underwear, gritted his teeth, and jumped into the sea.

As soon as he entered the water, Rick subconsciously held his breath, but he found that a stream of fresh air flowed from his throat to his lungs, circulating in his body without any external help. There was no great restriction on movement in the water.

He couldn't help but exclaim in his heart: "This is really amazing!"

The waters of the Iris Islands are crystal clear.

Water plants of different shapes and forms sway luxuriantly in the water. Red, green and brown, their different colors compete with each other in beauty, in no way inferior to the colorful flowers on land.

Small fish of various gradient colors shuttled among them. There were also beautiful mantis shrimps, ferocious sea crabs, delicate conches, transparent jellyfish...

"I've only gone to the sea with my father to collect pearls and seaweed before." Rick stared intently, "This is the first time I have the leisure to appreciate such a beautiful scenery."

Li Qing had seen too many such scenes in the cultivation world. Apart from anything else, the scenery of Xuefeng Lake was unique in Qinghe Continent.

He looked around and scanned the surrounding sea with his spiritual sense. He found no danger, but he did sense some occasional fluctuations in spiritual energy.

"In this world, the resources in the sea are indeed richer than those on the islands and reefs." Li Qing nodded slightly, but was not in a hurry to be happy.

He waved to Rick, signaling him to follow and swim towards the nearest spiritual energy fluctuation.

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