Hybrid Spiritual Plant Cultivation

Chapter 1: Peace is always an illusion
The drizzle was as fluttering as floating catkins, dancing in disorder between heaven and earth.

The young men and ladies in the city, surrounded by servants and guards, went out to enjoy the scenery. It was lively and they enjoyed the rare spectacle of flying catkins thousands of miles away.

On Qingniu Mountain outside the city, Chen Jing, who was busy in the spiritual fields, also looked up at the sky, but there was no joy on his face.

"Although this world allows people to cultivate and seek the truth, it is also accompanied by some disasters that did not exist in the previous life... The eroding rain can easily cause old illnesses to relapse if mortals are exposed to it, but the more serious thing is that it erodes the spiritual energy of the land, causing a decrease in the production of spiritual plants."

Identify the source of this rain.

Chen Jing suddenly felt very unhappy.

After crossing over to this world, he was a spirit plant husband who took care of the spirit fields. As for why he had this identity, it was because his father was a spirit plant husband, his grandfather was a spirit plant husband, and his ancestors for generations were all spirit plant husbands.

In his heart, he was happy to accept this identity of his.

I was just an ordinary person in my previous life and had no ambitions. I can live another life in this life. Even if it is an ordinary life, as long as I live safely, it is a gain.

Seeing that the eroding spiritual rain was gaining momentum, Chen Jing picked up his hoe and walked towards the city.

Suizhou Anning Prefecture has not been affected by war for more than a hundred years. Due to the growth of population, the city has long been overcrowded. A large number of houses have been built outside the wall, extending for ten miles outward, which is considered the outer city area.

There are three grades of mansions in the city: upper, middle and lower. There are also four grades of areas outside the city: A, B, C and D.

The Chen family lives in the outer city's Class B district and has an independent three-courtyard house. Regardless of the location, it is also a good place to live.

As soon as Chen Jing arrived at his door, he saw a carriage parked outside. The horse pulling the carriage was tall and majestic, and the carriage was covered with white brocade. The coachman, servants and guards were all lined up at the door.

A middle-aged man who was as fat as a ball came out, got on a carriage and left leisurely.

Chen Jing exclaimed in his heart and quickened his pace back to the yard.

Facing me was my father's expression of suppressed anger.

"Dad, is that fat guy from the Duan family?" Chen Jing asked.

My father snorted, “You saw the eclipsing rain outside.”

"Ah."

"When the spiritual rain arrives, the spiritual fields will have a 30% reduction in yield at best, or even a total loss at worst. The Duan family came to ask our Chen family for the Yuan Pei rice in advance."

When my father said this, he slammed the table, his anger evident in his expression.

Chen Jing also traveled to this world since he was in his mother's womb, so he naturally knew why his father was angry.

The Chen family is just a small family living in the outer city. They sound like a practicing family, but in reality, they are just self-employed farmers who rely on the big landlords for their livelihood.

There is no room for free trade of the things grown in the land, but they are already determined in advance by the landlord.

The Duan family owns 70% of the output of the 100-mu spiritual farmland. It is nominally a business, but in reality there is no profit, which is tantamount to giving it away for free.

The remaining 30% is yours.

Now that the reduction in the production of Ling rice is a foregone conclusion, they are also required to deliver the grain in advance, which is equivalent to taking it all away and leaving nothing for the Chen family.

If the spiritual rice fails to produce any grains, the Duan family will have to pay the loss.

"How long does it take for the Duan family to need food?"

"The end of this month."

The father sighed helplessly, then raised his head, looked at his son, and comforted him, "Jing'er, don't worry about these things at home. There is plenty of food at home. I am just angry. My Chen family has cooperated with the Duan family for generations, but the Duan family does things without any consideration for others. It is disheartening."

Chen Jing said: "What else can we play with Palu?"

"Ok?"

"I heard there's a spirit called Palu that doesn't sleep, doesn't eat, and works day and night to farm and mine."

Chen Jing explained.

"..." The old father felt his blood pressure rising again. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, and then said, "Jing'er, you have been smart since childhood, and your talent for cultivation is higher than your brothers and sisters. Don't slack off in your cultivation. If you can enter the Qingnang Sect, our Chen family will not be destined to be Palu for generations!"

This old Deng, why did he start to push his kid around while talking?

Chen Jing wanted to complain, but suddenly lost interest.

He always felt that it was very unfair that he worked so hard but only got 30% of the profits.

But there are so many unfair things. I never resisted unpaid overtime in my previous life, and I don’t have the energy to fight against injustice in this life.

I always thought that life was not impossible, as long as I worked harder, life would slowly get better. However, a sudden eclipse rain easily shook this "peaceful life".

He suddenly realized that his life was not as stable as he had imagined.

"Don't worry, father. I feel that I will be able to break through the Soul Condensation Realm in the next few days."

There was a hint of seriousness in Chen Jing's tone that he didn't even notice.

"Well, among you guys, you are the one that worries me the least."

My father groped in his arms and took out a small box the size of a palm. He placed it on the table, pushed it forward, and said calmly, "Open it and take a look."

"Eh?" Chen Jing took it and opened it in confusion. His pupils changed and he raised his head in shock. "Sword Pill?!"

"When you were little, you often asked me about flying swords and stories about sword immortals. Now that you've grown up, you don't mention them anymore." His father looked at his shocked expression, feeling quite satisfied. "Today is your eighteenth birthday, and your cultivation is about to break through the soul-enriching stage. So I will give you a flying sword as a reward."

This is not cheap...

Chen Jing had mixed feelings.

This feeling.

It's like an old father who earns just over 3,000 yuan, buying his son who just got into college an Apple laptop worth 8,000 yuan and an Alienware laptop worth 20,000 yuan.

"You should return to the academy to practice and break through the realm. Your father will go to Qingniu Mountain to see the damage to the spiritual field."

His father patted his shoulder, and his broad figure disappeared around the corner.

Watching my father leave.

Chen Jing took a deep breath, returned to the bedroom, opened the sword pill, looked at it again and again, then closed the box and placed it on the bedside.

This sword pill is very valuable. In the past, I would have gritted my teeth and bought it.

But now that we have happened to be hit by a natural disaster, the situation at home is probably not as easy as my father makes it out to be.

"The Qing Nang Sect requires disciples to have all nine orifices opened before the age of twenty. I have only touched the threshold of opening all nine orifices."

Chen Jing felt anxious.

The practice of spiritual practice must go through three stages: "Yunling", "Tongqiao" and "Xuanyin".

Yunling is the entry level of spiritual practice. Practitioners intercept a ray of spiritual light and nourish it in their body. During this period, they need to constantly eat food with spiritual energy, or live in a blessed place with abundant spiritual energy. Only when the spiritual light is nourished into a spiritual seed can the practice be considered successful.

This stage, without considering the massive influx of resources, often takes three to five years, or even more than ten years.

"After three years of spiritual cultivation, it should be completed today."

Chen Jing felt that perhaps he had been touched by something today, and the spiritual light that had been nurtured for a long time was ready to move, with signs of condensing and sublimating in his body.

He immediately sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, guiding the spiritual light.

The whole process went smoothly without any accidents. The spiritual light shone brightly in his perception, and while it was concentrating his mind, it was also improving his body, making him feel comfortable all over.

Soon after, the spiritual light converged and turned into a round point at the dantian.

"Huh, only after the acupoints are condensed can it be considered as formal cultivation."

Chen Jing opened his eyes, feeling his body lighter, and felt very satisfied.

He raised his head and prepared to look into the distance, but he saw a book suddenly floating in front of him. He was so frightened that his hair stood on end and he jumped back suddenly.

However, the transparent floating pages still appeared in front of him and slowly opened.

[Spiritual Plant Illustrations, currently unlocked number: 1]

[Peking Rice (1 star): A basic spiritual plant that helps cultivators to cultivate their spiritual power and improve their cultivation. Long-term consumption can slightly increase lifespan.]

Label 1: Slow growth (white)
——The growth cycle of spiritual plants is long.

Tag 2: Delicate (white)
——Spiritual plants have weak vitality and are easily affected by external factors such as natural disasters.

Label 3: Fruitful (Green)
——Production has increased significantly.

[You can light up the corresponding spiritual plant illustrations by planting spiritual plants]

[You can hybridize the spiritual plants in the illustrations to obtain new hybrid spiritual plant seeds. The labels of the hybrid spiritual plants will be reset on the original basis.]

(End of this chapter)