Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 2: Mastery (New book, please save it!)

[You managed to grow the first-level spiritual plant [Green Bud Rice] with crude techniques, experience +0.1...]
[You managed to grow a first-level spiritual plant with crude methods...]
[You use crude methods...]
More than thirty identical messages popped up one after another, and immediately afterwards a light curtain took shape in front of Li Ye's eyes.

[Name: Li Ye]

[Spiritual Roots: Low-grade Earth and Wood Spiritual Roots]

[Remaining lifespan: 71 years (overdrawing vitality reduces lifespan by 5 years)]

[Skills: Planting Level 69 Low Level (1000/2), Elixir Mastery (2000/)]

[Plant and Tree Spiritual Essence: None]

【Experience: 3.4】

"Um?!"

Li Ye's expression changed slightly, and his heartbeat in his chest suddenly accelerated.

He looked around subconsciously.

The spiritual farming disciples who were concentrating on their work nearby didn't seem to notice anything wrong. Even when someone saw Li Ye turning around to look at them, they just nodded without any other reaction.

From beginning to end, their eyes were not focused on Li Ye for a moment.

But when they glanced and saw the spiritual field under Li Ye's feet, they all looked strange and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

This craft...

By the time the spiritual rice matures, this fellow disciple might not even be able to meet the minimum requirements of the mission, and his contribution points will be deducted, right?

No one noticed, I'm the only one who can see the panel...

Li Ye didn't care about their gazes.

In other words, he was actually happy that others only noticed the situation in the spiritual field.

He bent down calmly, seemingly tending to the spiritual seedlings, but in fact his attention was already on the light screen panel.

The few lines of content were simple and clear, but the message they conveyed made Li Ye excited.

"I have a golden finger too!"

He was almost ecstatic.

Faced with such a mess left by his predecessor, even though he was in a relatively good mood, he still felt confused about the future.

But now it’s different!

Without hesitation, he directly added his only three experience points to the item of [Planting].

He wants to verify the effect of the panel.

As 69 turned into 72, a vague flash of inspiration emerged in Li Ye's mind, and he had some understanding of the implantation technique.

Although the actual improvement was almost non-existent, it miraculously made him familiar with the spiritual plant cultivation techniques that he had mastered in his memory. He could remember them vividly and all the unfamiliarity was gone.

Such intuitive feedback directly proves the effectiveness of the panel!

"It actually allowed me to instantly integrate everything my predecessor had learned. Is this effect... solidifying my realm?"

Li Ye thought subconsciously, his heart agitated.

"But these experience points... can only be obtained by tending to spiritual plants?"

"And what is the spiritual essence of plants and trees?"

After taking a few deep breaths and calming himself down, he couldn't help but have new questions.

Daydreaming is useless; the most effective way to verify doubts is practice.

Li Ye stood up and looked at the two acres of land that had been sown, but he felt that it was unsightly no matter how he looked at it.

This job is pretty rough...

Even though the scope of the Spring Breeze and Rain Spell was limited by his magical attainments and cultivation, with the help of this excellent spiritual field, only twenty or thirty seedlings survived and gave feedback on the spot, which was enough to explain the problem.

The evaluation words "crude technique" and "barely survived" in the panel prompts made Li Ye even more concerned.

If the spiritual plant is in better condition and the evaluation on the panel prompt is higher, will the experience gained also increase?

Even give feedback on the [Spiritual Essence of Plants and Trees]?

Start over! Must start over!
……

Light green raindrops fell one after another, and an abnormal red appeared on Li Ye's pale face.

Spiritual fields are different from ordinary lands and are not easy to cultivate. The various methods of cultivating rice seedlings also require considerable resources.

Even if you just work a few times, take a short break.

After rearranging and sowing the rice seedlings on the two plots of land, Li Ye's physical strength and magical power had reached their limits, and his hands, feet, and clothes were stained with a lot of half-dry, half-wet mud.

The whole person seemed to have rolled in the mud.

But he didn't care about these things at all, his eyes were filled with joy.

[You have cultivated and successfully grown the first-level spiritual plant [Green Bud Rice] with your skillful techniques. Experience +0.2...]
[......]
New prompts popped up one after another, and finally his total experience value was fixed at [234].

After a busy period of work, although not all the spiritual seedlings took root immediately and gave feedback.

However, this harvest, which far exceeded his previous achievements, was enough to prove the difference between Li Yeling's attainments as a plant farmer and the previous Niyun.

The remaining half of the seedlings seem to be in good condition. We should just need to wait for some time, maintain them carefully, and use the spring breeze and rain technique a few times, and then all of them will survive and take root without any problems.

However, even so, Li Ye still did not see any hints related to the spiritual essence of plants and trees.

"Is my skill still lacking, or is the Cuiya rice itself not high enough to provide feedback... or do I need to wait until the spiritual rice matures before it can trigger anything?"

As a time traveler, Li Ye naturally has no shortage of ideas.

He couldn't verify the latter two conjectures for the time being, but improving his skills was not difficult.

"One acre of first-level spiritual farmland can grow approximately ten thousand spiritual rice plants of the same level..."

"I'm currently in charge of five plots of spiritual farmland, which holds around five thousand plants. If I can grow and grow every plant and provide feedback, I'll earn about a thousand experience points... Raising my spiritual plant cultivation skills to the intermediate level shouldn't be a problem!"

From this aspect, the yield per mu and the density of seedlings of this spiritual rice are quite different from those of Li Ye’s hometown in his previous life.

This can only be said to be the special nature of spiritual plants and crops, and there is no need to worry too much about it.

Li Ye seemed to be lost in thought.
"Since planting and surviving will earn you experience points, there will also be daily cultivation and maintenance, and even a good harvest, which shouldn't be a problem..."

In this way, even if his skills are advanced and he still cannot obtain the spiritual essence of the plants from the green rice and understand its effects, it will not be a big deal.

Li Ye still has a continuous source of experience points and continues to improve his various skills.

Of course, this is just speculation for now and needs to be verified in the future.

But it doesn't stop Li Ye from imagining the future.

At this moment, his eyes could not help but fall on the [Medicine] item on the panel. This matter was quite vague in his previous incarnation's memory.

It was just that when his predecessor first started practicing, due to his low aptitude, his progress was extremely slow, so he began to think about finding another way out.

But he was resistant to spiritual plant cultivation. Although he learned the basics by working with his father, he was unwilling to waste time on it.

At his request, his father specially found some not-so-valuable fragments of introductory chapters on elixirs from the family collection.

But the art of making elixirs is extremely difficult. Just identifying the medicinal properties of herbs, trees, metals and stones in the introductory fragments is not something that ordinary people can master.

My previous incarnation was just temporarily interested in it. Faced with this boring, complicated and difficult to understand content, I didn't discover any talent, so naturally I gave up after a short while.

His enthusiasm was dampened, and his predecessor no longer had the motivation to delve into other arts of cultivation.

Instead, it turned into the pursuit of better cultivation power and environment.

But I didn't expect that the little bit of accumulation at that time could actually form a corresponding record in the panel.

"Times are different now... I now have a chance to get a glimpse of the art of making elixirs!"

Li Ye thought silently.

Those green seedlings became more and more lovely and precious in his eyes.

…………

With the panel, the Spirit Plant Husband mission, which was originally a helpless choice, now makes Li Ye devote his greatest enthusiasm.

Even though he is limited by his current injuries and magic power, he cannot work for too long and his efficiency is low.

He also completed the sowing of four mu of land with great care in the previous two days.

The sowing of the last remaining field can be completed today.

Li Ye got up early, adjusted his breathing, and was about to go out when he saw a beam of fire flying straight towards him.

"Telephone?"

He casually stretched out his hand and used the light green magic power to draw it over.

Then a clear and sweet voice came out from it,

"Has Senior Brother Li's injury improved? We've discovered a mission with a very generous contribution reward. Senior Brother Cai is interested in taking it. Please come to the Internal Affairs Hall for a chat."

Li Ye listened expressionlessly, then injected his magical power into the sound transmission talisman, brought it to his lips, and said calmly,
"Brother Cai, I appreciate your kindness. Please ask Junior Sister Tang to pass on the message that my injuries have not yet healed and I am currently unable to go out and fight. I truly have the will but not the strength. I hope you will all forgive me."

After saying that, he loosened his grip and let the sound transmission note fly away again.

Li Ye watched the fire fade away, a sneer appearing on the corner of his mouth.

After joining the Zixuan Sect, my predecessor felt that it was difficult to move forward alone. After several attempts at socializing, he finally joined the small group headed by Senior Brother Cai.

By forming cliques and factions, the predecessor also gained some advantages.

But during the mission, he was often instigated by Cai and Tang to take risks.

They often do the most difficult work, but their contribution is almost the same as that of others.

The real big share went to Senior Brother Cai!

However, as long as a few other people in the team praised him a few words, his predecessor would be very happy and no longer care about the gains and losses.

If Junior Sister Tang praises him a few more times, this brat will not even know his own last name and will dare to take the blame for everything!

His predecessor might have been happy with such treatment, but Li Ye scoffed at it.

"You caused me so much damage that I nearly died. I'm already lucky enough not to cause you any trouble. How dare you trick me into being your tool again?"

Even if the secret medicine saved his life, the loss of lifespan caused by the secret medicine overdrafting his vitality was still clearly written on the panel!

Li Ye was naturally dissatisfied because he suffered such a huge loss.

It was his business that he loved being a dog in his previous life.

As for now, no one can disturb him from farming!

Even if he gets the chance in the future, he will definitely find them to recover all his past losses!

…………

"...Please forgive me."

Inside the Internal Affairs Hall, several people looked at each other in bewilderment after hearing the calm words in the sound transmission note.

Cai Shiwei, who was in the lead, frowned slightly.

A slightly fat monk beside him immediately expressed his dissatisfaction.

"Li Ye is from a humble family after all, he's really useless!"

"Just because you suffered a minor injury, you're still making excuses. Could it be that you've been frightened by the robbery cultivator?!"

Another thin monk with a pointed mouth echoed this, quite angry.
"It's a rare opportunity for us to encounter such a lucrative mission. If he delays me... will Senior Brother Cai be able to take the Soul-Enriching Pill?"

"With his background and cultivation, if Senior Brother Cai hadn't looked after him in the past... humph!"

Tang Xiaohan listened to the two people talking back and forth, and felt a little unhappy.

Li Ye had never refused her request before, but he never expected that she would reject her so bluntly today!
"Brother Cai, look..."

Tang Xiaohan looked at Cai Shiwei with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

This man has a handsome appearance and eyes like black ink. His cultivation has reached the sixth level of Qi training and he is only one step away from breaking through to the late stage!
Seeing everyone looking at him, Cai Shiwei relaxed his frown and smiled faintly.

"Without Junior Brother Li, it would be much more difficult for us to complete the mission..."

"But we're only missing one person. With our strength, we still have a chance..."

At this time, he whispered a few words, and no one knew what he revealed, but Sister Tang and others immediately let out a low cry.

The sharp-mouthed monk said excitedly,

"So, Senior Brother has actually got such an opportunity. Now, even without Li Ye, it won't matter. We still have one less person to contribute... Perfect!"

With their confidence greatly increased, everyone immediately went forward to take on the task and hurried out of the Internal Affairs Hall.

Looking at the team that was missing one person, the old deacon named Luo, who had been eavesdropping in the corner, was secretly surprised.

I didn't actually take on the mission with this group of people...

Could it be that Li Ye has really changed his personality and is willing to work hard to protect the spiritual field?

still is……

He was indeed frightened by the robber cultivators, and now he doesn't even dare to leave the mountain gate?
The old deacon smiled playfully.

(End of this chapter)