Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 18: Spiritual Field Obtained
"Oh, what a pity!"

After retesting Gu Mo's spiritual roots, it was still inferior. Zhao Qiancheng couldn't help but let out a long sigh. He was able to practice the Cleansing Technique to perfection and master the Minor Cloud and Rain Technique in three months. His comprehension was definitely not worse than those geniuses in the inner sect.

However, Gu Mo's spiritual roots are only inferior, which means that Gu Mo has almost no possibility of building a foundation. It will be a big hurdle to go from the early stage of Qi Refining to the middle stage of Qi Refining.

Unless a large amount of resources are used to accumulate it, the Qi Refining Stage can still be reached with resources, but the cost-effectiveness is too low. The resources needed to improve one small realm with inferior spiritual roots are enough for those cultivators with middle and upper-grade spiritual roots to improve several small realms.

Precisely because of the low cost-effectiveness, even if Gu Mo's comprehension was known to others, he would never be able to be cultivated by the sect. In the early stages of a cultivator's life, the importance of spiritual roots is stronger than comprehension. Only in the later stages will the importance of comprehension become prominent.

And to use resources to cultivate an inferior spiritual root like Gu Mo to the later stage, the amount of resources required is enough to make one's scalp numb. So many resources can cultivate several cultivators of the same level.

However, it is still possible for Gu Mo to become an excellent spiritual farmer. With his understanding, there is definitely a great hope for him to master all five spiritual farmer spells.

A spiritual farmer who has mastered five spiritual farming spells has a higher status than ordinary outer disciples. There are now three old spiritual farmers who have mastered five spiritual farming spells in the Spiritual Planting Hall. Many outer disciples are polite when they see them. After all, if someone's spiritual field has an emergency, they will inevitably ask them for help.

It would definitely be a great thing if the Lingzhi Church could have one more spiritual farmer who mastered the five spiritual farmer spells.

Thinking of this, Zhao Qiancheng's eyes immediately became much friendlier when he looked at Gu Mo. In fact, now that Gu Mo had mastered the Little Cloud Rain Technique and passed the assessment, he could immediately publicize it.

Zhao Qiancheng brought Gu Mo to the menial disciples who were forced to come to the Lingzhi Hall and announced that Gu Mo would receive the benefits of an outer disciple. In addition, Zhao Qiancheng directly waived Gu Mo's rent for three years and provided him with first-level spirit seeds for free for three years.

As soon as the news came out, those menial disciples looked at Gu Mo with envy, and many of them regretted that they would have chosen to join the Spiritual Planting Hall if they had known earlier, so that they could also enjoy such treatment. As for the assessment of obtaining this benefit, it was ignored.

Looking at the annoyance on the faces of those menial disciples, Zhao Qiancheng nodded with satisfaction. These menial disciples in front of him were not Zhao Qiancheng's target, but the next batch of menial disciples were. When Gu Mo's case was spread, it would definitely be very attractive to the next batch of menial disciples.

After encouraging the chores of disciples present, Zhao Qiancheng left.

"Sure enough, it is good to show some talent." Looking at Zhao Qiancheng who was walking away, Gu Mo breathed a sigh of relief.

This was also part of his plan, exposing his understanding of magic practice and finding a very reasonable reason for his uniqueness, so as to reduce the attention of others, show his talent, and get more attention from the Spiritual Planting Church.

These three years of free rent and three years of spiritual seeds were the rewards for displaying his talent.

“Junior Brother Gu, these are spiritual fields that no one has cultivated. Please pick one.” In the archive room of the Lingzhi Hall, Mai Yunfa took out a map and pointed to the scattered green squares on it.

The spiritual fields that Gu Mo could rent were not one of the continuous spiritual fields in the valley, but some scattered small spiritual fields outside the valley.

The formation of spiritual fields depends entirely on the direction of the underground spiritual veins. The large spiritual fields in the valley are formed by the countless spiritual veins interweaving underneath, while the scattered spiritual fields outside the valley are caused by the extension of some tiny spiritual veins.

The scattered spiritual fields are not as easy to manage as the large ones, and they are the first to be abandoned when there is a shortage of staff. Therefore, the Lingzhi Hall plans to rent these scattered spiritual fields to menial disciples who voluntarily join the Lingzhi Hall.

As the first errand disciple to join the Spiritual Planting Hall after the introduction of this strategy, Gu Mo also got the first choice. "Brother Mai, I choose this one."

Gu Mo glanced at the spiritual fields and then pointed at one of the small squares.

According to the markings on the map, this spiritual field is only about one acre in size, which is considered to be a small area, but it is a 1st-level medium-quality spiritual field. There are more than one spiritual field of this grade, but Gu Mo chose the largest one. The higher the grade of the spiritual field, the faster the spiritual plants on it grow.

"Okay, I'll register you right away!"

Mai Yunfa was not surprised by Gu Mo's choice. After all, between the lower-grade 1st level and the middle-grade 1st level, even a fool would choose the middle-grade 1st level.

Unless there are other major unfavorable conditions, such as a very small area, insects and beasts often appearing nearby, etc., the spiritual field chosen by Gu Mo obviously does not have these unfavorable conditions.

"Come on, I'll take you to get some tools." Handing a spiritual field rental deed to Gu Mo, Mai Yunfa took Gu Mo to get some tools needed by spiritual farmers, such as hoes, sickles and the like.

Of course, if you can master the five spells of spiritual farmers, you don’t need these tools. The small earth dragon technique can completely replace the hoe to cultivate the land, and the effect will be better. The small Gengjin sword energy can not only kill insects, but also harvest spiritual plants.

The only tool that cannot be replaced by the spiritual farming spell is a magic tool hut. The spiritual field chosen by Gu Mo is located outside the valley. In order to take care of the spiritual field, Gu Mo cannot always go back and forth in and out of the valley.

Besides, Gu Mo planted sunflowers in the spiritual field, and he didn't dare to leave, so Gu Mo was destined to live near the spiritual field. Compared to building a rough hut by himself, it was obviously better to rent a magic tool hut from the Lingzhi Hall.

There are also formation restrictions on the magic weapon hut, which will make it safer to practice in seclusion in the future.

After packing his things, Mai Yunfa summoned his magic sword and carried Gu Mo to the land he had chosen. "Junior brother Gu, my mission is completed. If you have any questions, you can come to me." After sending Gu Mo there, Mai Yunfa waved goodbye to Gu Mo.

"Thank you, Brother Mai." Gu Mo bowed politely.

After Mai Yunfa left, Gu Mo's eyes swept to the spiritual field in front of him. It was not as barren as he had imagined. Even if it was a spiritual field that no one cultivated, the Spiritual Planting Hall would not let it go to waste. The most basic maintenance would still be done, which was also the responsibility of the Spiritual Planting Hall.

If the number of registered spiritual fields is insufficient, the sect will be held accountable.

After an inspection, Gu Mo placed the magic weapon hut beside the spiritual field. After injecting spiritual power into it, the magic weapon hut began to grow larger like Mai Yunfa's magic sword, and eventually turned into a small hut that could accommodate one person.

Gu Mo was a little jealous of such a convenient thing, but it was a pity that this thing was more expensive than the magic sword. Fortunately, Gu Mo was the first errand disciple to join the Lingzhi Hall on his own initiative, and he got a lot of benefits. In addition to free rent for the spiritual fields and free spiritual seeds, he also had the right to use the cottage for free for three years.

"Then, let's get started."

After decorating the hut, Gu Mo took out a hoe and prepared to plow the land. At this moment, Gu Mo regretted that he did not learn the Little Earth Dragon Technique first, so that he would not have to plow the land himself with a hoe.

(End of this chapter)