Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 24: Wouldn’t it be wonderful to get a Beggar’s Edition Body Refining Package for free? (Please read on!)

"Indeed! The four of you are all outstanding in your skills and insights. You are truly top-notch among the Qi training disciples!"

"From this point of view alone, any one of you will be enough to take care of the spiritual field for me!"

The people below took advantage of the opportunity to daydream, and after checking the jade slip, Elder Ji suddenly smiled and praised loudly.

The sound was like thunder, startling Gu Daojin and the other three so much that they trembled and quickly controlled their expressions and demeanor.

Sure enough!

Li Ye really has some skills...

But if all four of them are qualified, don’t they still have to compete?

Thoughts flashed through their minds, and they subconsciously looked towards Elder Ji with anticipation.

But the latter only looked at the four deacons.

"You deacons have put in a lot of effort to find them..."

At this time, Elder Ji's expression softened considerably. With a wave of his hand, four small jade bottles flew into their hands.
"These pills are a reward for your hard work!"

"Thank you, Elder, for your generous gift!"

The four of them immediately bowed down excitedly and expressed their gratitude respectfully.

Elder Ji nodded, "Well... there's nothing for you to do next, so please leave!"

Old Man Luo and the other four deacons immediately stood up and respectfully took their leave.

After the four people left, Elder Ji looked at Li Ye and the others leisurely.

"As for the four of you... since your skills and understanding are all good, let me see your true performance in the spiritual field..."

"I've cultivated over five mu of spiritual fields in my back mountain. Of these, only the one mu near my cave's spiritual vein is at the second-level, while the rest are top-level first-level... but the concentration of spiritual energy here is even higher than that of the spiritual medicine garden."

"In the coming days, I will have you each be responsible for cultivating one acre of spiritual farmland, cultivating blood rice, and assisting me in cultivating the blazing sunflowers..."

"Whoever performs best will stay until my next long journey!"

Having said that, he simply stood up and walked towards the side door.

Li Ye followed quickly with excitement in his eyes, and the other three followed closely behind.

Although the candidate was not decided directly, it was not a loss at all for Li Ye.

Regardless of whether others are selected or not, they can only practice by absorbing the spiritual energy whose concentration is far higher than that of other places.

But he is different!
Even if the land he is responsible for is only one acre, as long as he can plant crops, he can continuously gain experience points and plant spiritual essence, and continue to improve himself.

As long as he's willing to invest, his planting skills will improve far beyond what these people imagine...

How could they compete with him!
Moreover... he can even get his hands on the second-level spiritual plant, the Fiery Sunflower!

"The blood rice is already very fragrant... I wonder how much experience points the Fiery Sunflower can give, and what effect the plant spirit essence will have..."

Thinking silently in his heart, Li Ye followed Elder Ji and quickly passed through pavilions and corridors and came to the back of the palace.

I saw a pond in the back that was as clear as a gem, and next to it was a spiritual field with red soil.

Further down, there are four acres of spiritual fields arranged in a stepped manner.

Walking in the front hall, I didn't feel it was an exaggeration.

But after arriving here, a strong spiritual energy rushed over, and Li Ye was caught off guard and some of his magic power was diverted.

But his magic power is still quite pure now, and he can immediately adjust to such a situation. However, if he stays there for too long, he will probably still be too weak to be replenished.

Gu, Yao and Xiong were hit by the spiritual energy, their faces suddenly turned red and they coughed continuously.

"Your cultivation is too low. The spiritual energy here will do more harm than good to you. You cannot stay here for long!"

Glancing at them, Elder Ji casually cast three spells of magic to help them calm down. Seeing that Li Ye had almost no reaction, he praised with some surprise,

"I didn't expect you to be so diligent in your cultivation and have such pure magic power. However, being at the fourth level of Qi training can withstand such spiritual energy... You can do more work in this second-level spiritual field in the future."

Upon hearing this, Gu, Yao, and Xiong became very anxious.
"Elder Ji, I will be able to adapt quickly!"

This is simply unreasonable!
How come Li Ye has already been praised by the elders so many times and is starting to take over their work before he even actually starts farming?

If this continues, we might as well stop competing!
"Hehe... If you try to force yourself, that's your business. But if you force yourself and end up damaging my Sunflower with your magic power, I won't be polite!"

Elder Ji didn't even look at their ugly faces and led the four people to the edge of the field.
"I specially found red sun soil to mix into this spiritual field to increase the fire element's yang energy and regulate the soil's fertility... When you tend to the scorching sunflowers, you must be careful not to damage this spiritual soil."

"As for the four acres of land below, each of you can take a piece and plant the blood rice... Once the beast blood needed for watering is used up, come find me for more."

"And when you finish sowing, you can come up and help me plant the Sunflowers!"

He waved his hand, and four sets of rice seeds, a jar with a lid, and a token appeared on the ground.

Each of these rice seeds is blood red and as big as soybeans. When piled up in such large quantities, they give off a strange bloody fragrance.

The qi and blood in the body were slightly floating, and there was a hint of acceleration in their circulation.

Li Ye was even happier.

In order to complete his foundation and ensure that all three stages of foundation building are complete, Li Ye has long been looking for and thinking about various ways to improve his qi, blood and spirit.

This blood rice is the only kind among the low-level spiritual rice that has some of the effects of monster meat when eaten, and its nature is milder. It can enhance qi and blood and replenish essence.

If we could harvest its blood and spiritual essence through cultivation, and then refine it, wouldn’t it be a great tonic for our qi and blood!

And now that he has made a contribution, he can barely exchange it for an introductory body-building technique in the sect's library.

The combination of the two should at least be able to lay a solid foundation for your qi and blood, while also increasing your combat power.

The monster meat, elixirs, and evil energy from the earth's veins are all more precious than each other, and Li Ye really can't afford them.

But wouldn’t it be better to get a basic version of the body training package for free?

Li Ye swallowed his saliva, but didn't care about others. He quickly stepped forward to collect his things, turned around and strode towards the spiritual field below.

Seeing how enthusiastic he was, the other three also did not slow down and each walked towards the spiritual field they favored.

Since Li Ye chose the leftmost field, Xiong Yinxiu simply took the rightmost field, leaving Gu Daojin and Yao Shaohui with only the two fields in the middle.

The four of them didn't say much at this time and got busy.

This blood rice is actually rice, and the water and soil ratio of the spiritual field needs to be adjusted with blood and water.

Not only is it filled with the smell of blood, but it is also much dirtier to work with than dry rice like Cuiya rice.

But at this time none of the four people cared.

This opportunity is related to future cultivation, so everyone, including Li Ye, is working hard.

Although he had never really come into contact with this magical rice, he was as familiar with it as an old farmer.

Preparing the blood and soil, germinating the seeds and sowing them... it was all done with ease, everything was just right.

The other people had long had doubts about the level of Li Ye's spiritual plant technique, and had been paying attention to him intentionally or unintentionally since he started.

Seeing this scene, everyone was secretly shocked and their expressions changed.

This level of skill... even a second-level spiritual plant master is no more than this!

This person is so amazing, yet they actually underestimated him before...

Now it seems that even if Li Ye didn't take the back door, the three of them might not be able to win!

(End of this chapter)