After returning from my cultivation journey, I built a farm through fortune telling.

Chapter 54 Storage Talisman

A white egret angrily uproots a weeping willow!
No, it's a jujube tree!
The jujube tree, over three meters tall with well-developed branches, was uprooted, but because the egret protected it with its spiritual power, the entire tree, including its extensive root system, remained undamaged.

With a single sweeping motion, the egret cleaned away the mud and leaves from the roots, then wrapped its arm around the trunk of the jujube tree and walked into the yard.

Bai Wei's lips twitched: "Doesn't this look like a jujube tree pulling out its roots and running away?"

"It really does look like it!" After Bai Wei said that, Bai Chen looked at the upright jujube tree and it did indeed look like a tree that had come to life!

The egret threw the stripped jujube tree into the yard!
"Hey!" Bai Chen jumped in surprise, lowering his voice. "Big sister! Keep your voice down! You'll wake Mom and Dad up!"

“Just listen to Dad’s thunderous snoring, and you’ll know it’s absolutely impossible!” Bailu said, squatting down.

Bai Jiang and Qin Xiu have been sleeping incredibly well lately, and their complexions have improved significantly.

"As long as he's not awake, that's fine. Otherwise, it would be hard to explain the three of us acting so sneakily!"

Bai Chen also squatted down, and together with Bai Wei stared at the uprooted jujube tree, looking it over from all angles: "This is lightning-struck wood!"

Bai Lu said, "Lightning-struck jujube wood can be used to forge weapons, refine pills, and even set up formations!"

"Weapon crafting?!" Bai Wei's eyes lit up: "Can you craft things like those Qiankun bags and spatial rings from novels?"

"It's possible, but we don't have all the materials, and our cultivation level isn't high enough, so we can't do it for now."

"I'll refine it if I can, but I'm not in a hurry to use it! I always loved those spatial rings when I read novels!"

"We can try it once we've gathered all the materials."

As Bailu spoke, she peeled off the carbonized layers of bark, revealing solid wood covered with irregular, fine black lightning patterns. Her face lit up with joy: "I never expected that the lightning-struck wood I obtained through cheating would be of this quality!"

"What cheating?"

"I told you to put up lightning-attracting talismans and to channel spiritual energy into the jujube tree, isn't that cheating!"

The egret said, "The conditions for the formation of lightning-struck wood are quite demanding. It has to be in the rain, and it has to be struck by lightning. After being struck, it has to be able to continue to grow for a period of time. In addition, the type of tree must be jujube, peach, willow, poplar, etc. These are considered to be trees chosen by 'heaven' and endowed with extraordinary power. If there is ordinary human intervention, such as installing lightning rods on the tree, the power of lightning cannot be retained in the tree. Naturally, it is not a real lightning-struck wood."

This jujube tree naturally belongs to the latter category.

However, the egret used a lightning-summoning talisman, which contained certain laws of heaven and earth, so it was considered cheating, but the result was gratifying.

The lightning power of the entire jujube tree is evenly distributed, making it a superior quality and a rare find in the cultivation world.

Because in ordinary lightning-struck wood, only the part that is struck by lightning has energy, while the rest is just waste wood, but this is a whole tree, from the top to the roots.

Master Qingxu had no idea that the entire jujube tree contained energy. If he had known…

Even if he found out, he would only be envious; he couldn't just run up to someone's house and steal it!
"Hiss—this lightning-struck wood bites!"

Bai Chen immediately withdrew his outstretched hand as soon as it touched the lightning-struck wood.

"Serves you right for being so handy!" Bai Lu slapped his hand. "Lightning-struck wood, how can it be called lightning-struck wood if there's no lightning power inside!"

"It feels tingly, like an electric shock! Is this the energy of the lightning-struck wood?"

Having learned from Bai Chen's mistake, Bai Wei only extended one finger and carefully touched it.

The egret gently stroked the tree trunk, feeling the lingering power of the lightning.

Although this force is weak, it is unusually active, as if it could erupt again at any moment.

Suddenly, her hand stopped, and her gaze finally settled on the middle of the jujube tree.

There was a fist-sized lump of wood, its surface covered in cracks, yet it emitted a faint blue light. "What is this?"

Bai Chen and Bai Wei also noticed.

"A lightning core!" The egret's voice was filled with excitement. "The chance of a lightning core forming in lightning-struck wood is extremely low, less than one in ten thousand! We've struck gold!"

Although Bai Wei and Bai Chen didn't know what it was, they were happy nonetheless.

"The Thunder Core is the essence of the thunder power in the Thunderstruck Wood. It can be used to refine high-level magic weapons, or to assist in cultivation. If used properly, one can immediately form a core in the early stages of Foundation Establishment!" Bai Lu explained.

"Then can be used to establish a foundation now?"

"Using it now will cause problems; a mere Qi Refining cultivator isn't qualified to use it!"

Bai Chen: "..."

Bai Wei wasn't concerned about that right now. She pointed at the lightning-struck wood and said, "So what are we going to do with this lightning-struck wood? Refine weapons or pills? Or make bracelets? I just looked it up on Baidu. Real lightning-struck wood doesn't need to be refined. Just pierce a hole in it, put a rope through it, and hang it on your body to ward off evil spirits. How about we each break off a piece and put it in our pockets?"

Who would believe that, apart from Bai Lu, the orthodox source, Bai Chen and Bai Wei's cultivation knowledge mostly came from Baidu? To Bai Lu's surprise, many posts on Baidu claiming that cultivation is just a hoax are actually true.

Egret: "..."

What a unique way of thinking!

But that doesn't mean they have a problem!

After all, it is the lightning-struck wood itself that has energy, not its shape.

It's just that the market habitually aligns it with aesthetics.

Bai Wei and Bai Chen each carried a piece of lightning-struck wood, about the thickness of a little finger and a meter long. Bai Lu's lips twitched, but she didn't say anything and let them do as they pleased.

Bai Chen suddenly raised his hand and asked Bai Lu, "I want to ask, what are you planning to do with such a big tree? Where are you going to hide it? Under the bed? If you just leave it anywhere, Mom might just carry it away to burn as firewood."

"We don't need it for now, let's put it away." Bai Lu said, taking out a talisman and sticking it on the jujube wood. A faint white light swept across, and the jujube wood, which covered more than ten square meters, disappeared, leaving only a bright yellow talisman on the ground.

Bai Wei: "..."

"I think I just said that I really like Qiankun bags and spatial rings! You said you couldn't refine them, but you didn't say you had any talismans! Aren't they the same things!"

"You didn't even ask!" Bailu shrugged. "This storage talisman can't hold much. Once this one talisman is used up, there won't be much room left in the jujube tree!"

"This isn't enough?!" Bai Wei said speechlessly, "I want one! Draw me one!"

Bai Lu took out a card and gave it to her. It was ready-made and didn't need to be drawn. She also taught her the incantation for using the storage talisman.

So Bai Chen and Bai Wei happily took it upstairs to test it.

The next day, peanuts were planted.

The process is simple.

Simply plant the selected, unsprouted, and unspoiled peanuts one by one in the ground, spaced about 20 centimeters apart.

Before sowing, you still need to apply base fertilizer. Use a hoe to dig a trench, plant peanuts in it, then put your feet together, heels touching, toes apart, and kick the soil from both sides of the trench towards the middle to cover the peanuts.

Only one chapter today, I'm so sleepy, sob sob...

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