Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 22 Harvesting Spiritual Rice
After everything was packed up, Gu Mo went to the valley and walked towards the Lingzhi Hall. Along the way there were large tracts of ripe spiritual rice, and many menial disciples were harvesting with sickles.

The quality of the spiritual fields in the valley is not bad, and with the management of professional spiritual farmers, the maturity time is naturally no slower than that of Gu Mo, and some are even earlier.

What Gu Mo saw now were basically the first-grade lower-quality spiritual fields outside the valley. Even so, the time for the spiritual jade rice in these first-grade lower-quality spiritual fields to mature was similar to that of Gu Mo's, which was enough to show the strength of the professional spiritual farmers in the Spiritual Planting Hall. It was just that harvesting spiritual rice with a sickle lacked some of the fairy flavor.

"Senior, I'm here to hand over the spiritual rice!"

Arriving at the granary of Lingzhitang, Gu Mo handed over his identity token. This was the place to register for the purchase of spiritual rice. All the spiritual rice harvested in the valley would eventually gather here.

"Common servant disciple?"

The manager in charge of collecting grain was slightly stunned when he saw the token of the menial disciple handed over by Gu Mo, because those who came to hand in the spiritual rice were basically outer disciples, and only outer disciples who rented large tracts of spiritual fields would come to hand in the spiritual rice. The menial disciples were all laborers under the outer disciples, so naturally they had no spiritual rice to hand in.

"Oh, you are that Gu Mo."

After a moment of surprise, the manager quickly realized that this year a errand disciple of the Spiritual Planting Hall had rented a spiritual field. This matter was widely circulated in the Spiritual Planting Hall. It was not only that Gu Mo had rented a spiritual field, but also that he had inferior spiritual roots and amazing comprehension.

But isn't it a bit early to hand in the spiritual rice at this point? As a new errand disciple, this is the first time he has planted spiritual rice. He should be thankful that nothing went wrong. But it was so early. Could it be that the spiritual rice was harvested before it was mature?

Such things have happened in Lingzhitang before. Most of the disciples of the sect are recruited from the mortal world, but there are many mortals who don't know how to do farming.

But soon the manager's frown relaxed, because the spiritual rice that Gu Mo took out was of excellent quality, and he threw all the spiritual rice ears into a special instrument, which should be a shelling instrument. When the rice ears went in, grains of spiritual rice that looked like jade came out.

"Lingyu rice, 500 kilograms!"

The warehouse manager counted the spiritual rice and looked in disbelief. Gu Mo's one acre of land could actually produce 500 kilograms of spiritual rice. Although this yield was average in the Lingzhi Hall, it was definitely a high yield outside.

It was incredible that Gu Mo, a menial disciple, achieved such a high yield in his first planting.

"No wonder Deacon Zhao thinks so highly of it. This talent is indeed good." The steward nodded secretly, "What are you going to do with these spiritual rice?"

Zhao Qiancheng waived Gu Mo's rent for three years, so all the spiritual rice belonged to Gu Mo. Gu Mo now had three choices: hand over the spiritual rice to the sect to obtain sect contribution, take the spiritual rice to the market near the sect to sell it for spiritual stones, or keep it for himself.

Eating spiritual rice can also increase the speed of cultivation. Although this effect is not as strong as elixirs, it has no side effects, and elixirs cannot be taken for a long time.

Gu Mo already had plans for dealing with the spiritual rice. He handed over 300 kilograms of it to the sect in exchange for contributions. The sect's contributions could be exchanged for various skills, spells, magical instruments, elixirs, and talismans. Many of the fine products could not be bought with spiritual stones.

Therefore, the bulk of the harvest will be exchanged for contributions, and one kilogram of spiritual rice can be exchanged for one contribution.

Gu Mo planned to keep part of the remaining 200 kilograms of spiritual rice for himself. As a person with the essence of the sun, he did not pursue the spiritual rice's cultivation improvement effect, but for the taste of the spiritual rice. He was already a cultivator, and continuing to eat ordinary food would not taste like immortals. Gu Mo also planned to sell part of it in the market in exchange for some spiritual stones. In fact, spiritual rice can be directly exchanged for spiritual stones when handed over to the sect, but the price will be slightly lower.

Gu Mo obviously cannot ignore this price difference now, so he needs to make a trip to the market town, which can earn him dozens of more spirit stones.

After exchanging 300 kilograms of spiritual rice for 300 contributions, Gu Mo went straight to the Hall of Honor, ready to use his newly acquired contributions to exchange for a secret technique, a secret technique that could conceal his cultivation level.

As the number of Gu Mo's sunflowers reached three, he also had to prepare for the next practice. Once he started practicing, the blessing of the three sunflowers would be the practice speed of a superior spiritual root. If he didn't hide it, such a fast practice speed appearing in a menial disciple with inferior spiritual roots, wouldn't this tell others that there was something strange about him.

The Hall of Honor is a place where the sect uses contributions to exchange for various skills, secrets, and treasures. Such a place exists in every peak and hall. However, the skills, secrets, and treasures are not in the Hall of Honor. This Hall of Honor is just a window.

The treasury and library where skills, secret techniques, and treasures are stored are important places in the sect. Not everyone can enter or leave. However, there is a real need for disciples to exchange treasures with their contributions, so there is a place like the Hall of Honor. Sect disciples can choose the treasures they need in the Hall of Honor, which will then deliver them.

Arriving at the Hall of Honor, Gu Mo found an empty counter and took a thick booklet from a pretty senior sister. This was a catalog of techniques, secret arts, and spells that could be exchanged for sect contributions.

Opening the booklet, Gu Mo found a secret technique in the secret technique section that could conceal his cultivation level, the Hidden Qi Technique.

This secret technique is relatively common and its effect is relatively general. If one practices it to proficiency, one can block detection by cultivators of the same level. Only when one practices it to great success can one block detection by cultivators who are one major realm higher than oneself.

Even Gu Mo was not confident that he could master a secret technique, but there were very few techniques that could conceal one's cultivation level, and Gu Mo only found this one.

There should be stronger ones in the sect, but the sect obviously will not take out all its assets for exchange.

After taking a look at the exchange price of the Hidden Qi Art, which made him not very satisfied, Gu Mo's dissatisfaction was completely gone, because this very common Hidden Qi Art required 3000 contribution points.

This price was definitely beyond Gu Mo's expectations. You know, the price of exchanging a tier 1 spell was only one or two hundred. But secret arts and spells were obviously not the same thing. Secret arts were generally cultivation methods with special effects, while spells were one of the means of combat.

With Gu Mo's output of 500 kilograms of spiritual rice per season, he can harvest 1000 kilograms a year. To get 3000 contribution points, Gu Mo would need to farm for three years.

Three years is actually not a long time for Gu Mo. The life span of a cultivator is longer than that of a mortal, and as the level of cultivation improves, the life span will continue to increase. Three years is really nothing.

However, without the secret technique to conceal his cultivation level, Gu Mo was unable to practice with all his strength. Waiting for three years without practicing would be tantamount to cutting off his own future for other cultivators, but Gu Mo could accept it.

Because if he doesn't practice, the solar essence will not be consumed. Gu Mo can use the remaining solar essence to continue buying sunflowers and accumulate more solar essence. Then, Gu Mo can use a large amount of solar essence to quickly catch up with the progress of his cultivation.

But if possible, Gu Mo still didn't want to delay too long and improve his cultivation as soon as possible so that he could have the means to protect himself.

(End of this chapter)