Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 48: Experience Points, [Absorb] Entry! (Please recommend!)
"The blood rice is now fully mature. If the elders are too busy to come out of seclusion, please ask fellow Taoists to preside over the harvest!"

Li Ye held the sickle and looked at Xiangyang Boy seriously.

"If I can complete this before I leave for the battlefield, I will have lived up to the elder's trust!"

After only one day, Li Ye had received feedback from all the blood rice.

All that was left was to complete the final harvest, to go through the entire process from birth to death of this spiritual plant, from planting it with one's own hands, nurturing it to maturity, to harvesting its fruit, in order to meet the conditions for triggering the panel's comprehension.

If he had waited for Elder Ji to come out of seclusion, he would have been transferred to the battlefield long ago. Wouldn't that mean he missed an opportunity to solidify the spiritual essence entry?

When Xiangyang Tongzi heard this, he felt a little moved and thought to himself that this person was really passionate about farmland matters, which was really rare.

Glancing at the sickle in Li Ye's hand, his face became serious.
"In that case... let me go and ask for your instructions."

With that, he immediately trotted back to the palace, and soon he came back excitedly with a storage bag in his hand.

"The elder has no intention of coming out of seclusion, so he asked me to preside over the harvest of spiritual rice..."

"Also, this is what the elders ordered me to pass on to you. It contains some gifts from the elders, and they told you to take the tokens with you to visit the foundation-building elders stationed at the front lines. Perhaps they can help you!"

Li Ye took the storage bag with a look of gratitude on his face.

"How could I, Li Ye, deserve such care from the elders..."

Xiangyang Boy smiled and said,

"The elder said that you have taken such good care of that acre of sunflowers that now they are about to bloom that every flower is still alive and not a single one has withered. You deserve a reward!"

"If you can come back, this spiritual field will still be in your care!"

"Elder, your kindness is immense. Li Ye is deeply grateful... I hope fellow Daoist can convey this to me."

Li Ye said seriously.

Xiangyang Boy nodded.
"I'll pass on the message to you, fellow Daoist... Time is of the essence, why not start harvesting right away?"

His face showed eagerness to try.

This is also the first time for him to host such an event!

"Then please have fellow Daoist preside over the witness."

Li Ye nodded, went back to the field and started harvesting.

As the rice stalks fell, the spiritual properties from the blood-soaked rice began to be absorbed.

Li Ye vaguely experienced again the entire process of the rice seedling from birth to death.

[......]
[You harvested the first-level spiritual plant [Blood Rice], your understanding deepened, and your spiritual essence solidified by +0.1%...]
You have harvested...
The spiritual energy in the panel accumulates bit by bit and improves rapidly.

[You harvested the first-level spiritual plant [Blood Rice], your understanding deepened, and your spiritual essence solidified by +0.1%...]
[[Blood Spirit Essence] solidified 100%, converted into the corresponding entry...]
[Your skill [Planting] gains the [Absorb] entry, which is enhanced by level one!]
[Absorb]: The spiritual plants you personally plant and care for will have a certain chance of breaking free from their original constraints and gaining the ability to absorb nutrients from a wider range of substances.]
Since practicing body cultivation, many of the work in the spiritual field has become much easier for Li Ye.

By the time he noticed that the blood spirit in the panel had completely solidified and transformed into new enhanced entries, he had already harvested two acres of land without stopping.

"Absorb..."

He rested for a while, and his heart was moved as he read the description.

This ability is probably derived from the blood rice's ability to directly absorb blood as nutrients for growth.

In terms of practicality, it may save certain planting costs.

Li Ye estimated that the types of fertilizers in his spiritual fields would be much richer in the future.

"I just don't know if the spiritual plant will mutate if it absorbs nutrients that are different from its usual habits for a long time..."

he thought to himself.

From this point of view, if this ability is used well, it seems that it can be used to try to cultivate some spiritual plants in a targeted manner and grow spiritual plants that are more suitable for one's own needs.

This is also a way before he actually obtains the enhanced entry that can guide the spiritual plants to mutate.

"But I don't even have a spiritual field where I can plant whatever I want. It seems a bit early to think about these things!" Sighing, Li Ye simply harvested all the remaining spiritual fields.

After removing the rice husks, each grain of spiritual rice was bagged and weighed. A total of nearly 2,400 kilograms of spiritual rice was harvested from the four mu of spiritual fields.

On average, one acre of spiritual field produces more than 590 kilograms, which is far beyond the upper limit of conventional per-acre yield.

The boy Xiangyang, who was presiding over the weighing, widened his eyes, and when he looked at Li Ye, he couldn't help but look at him with a little more admiration!

Li Ye was also a little surprised by this, and could only guess that this was probably the effect of the [vitality] entry.

Although it is not directly related to increased production, the vitality of spiritual plants is stronger, which will ultimately increase production to a certain extent.

"Fortunately, I live up to my fate!"

Li Ye collected the rice and straw that had piled up like a mountain, then bowed to the boy and took out the formation token and handed it to him.

Since I am leaving, I have to return the thing that can open the formation here.

Xiangyang boy took the token with red eyes.
"Brother Li, please take care of yourself when you go into battle this time!"

The Feiyu Clan came with great force, and the situation in the Huan Kingdom was in chaos and unpredictable.

Even Elder Ji, who was a powerful practitioner of both body and magic, returned seriously injured. In Xiangyang Tongzi's opinion, someone like Li Ye, who devoted himself to cultivating the spiritual field all day long, would probably have difficulty keeping his life on the battlefield.

He viewed Li Ye's insistence on completing the harvest of the spiritual rice as a way to leave fewer regrets before dying.

"Thank you, Junior Brother. I will be careful to survive and try to come back intact."

Li Ye said this jokingly, then said goodbye and left, going straight back to his residence.

He opened the panel.

[Name: Li Ye]

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

[Remaining lifespan: 72 years (overdrawing vitality reduces lifespan by 3 years)]

【技能：种植一阶上等（714/3000）、丹药一阶中等（233/5000）、炼器未入门（12/2000）、符箓一阶上等（123/4000）、蛊术一阶下等（141/2500）】

[Plant Spiritual Essence: Green Bud Spiritual Essence*122, Blood Spiritual Essence*2000, Fiery Sun Spiritual Essence*5]

[Spiritual Essence Entries: Vitality Level 1, Absorption Level 1]

【Experience: 21437】

……

The experience points and spiritual feedback provided by the four acres of blood-soaked rice can be described as a super harvest.

Li Ye looked at the numbers of 20,000 experience points and 2,000 blood spiritual essences, and his breathing became heavy for a moment.

This is probably enough to push me all the way to complete perfection of the Elephant Armor Power!
"But the situation is unclear right now, so it's better to spend it sparingly. At least half should be saved as a contingency..."

He thought silently.

The talisman is enhanced by the spiritual essence of the scorching sun, so a first-level talisman can have the power of a second-level talisman. There is no rush to upgrade it at this time.

Moreover, with Li Ye's current cultivation level, he might not be able to withstand the impact of the force after the failure of drawing the talisman, so it can be put on hold for the time being.

However, planting, medicine refining and witchcraft can all be improved.

The first two may be able to open a relatively safe channel with the token given by Elder Ji after going to the front line.

Moreover, if he wants to break through the body refining realm, he needs higher quality Qi and blood pills. If his skills are further improved, the success rate of the pills will naturally be higher.

Improving the art of witchcraft, which would be reflected in the methods of refining and using witchcraft, would naturally enhance Li Ye's overall combat power... He was only at the lower level of the first rank now, just the beginning, and it was a little insufficient!
After his thoughts became clear, Li Ye had an idea.

Panel, upgrade it for me!
(End of this chapter)