Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 7: Fire Curse and Thick Earth Technique
“If weeds are not eradicated, they will continue to grow and compete with the spiritual energy in the spiritual valley.

If you learn the Fire Spell and reach the second level of mastery in the spell, you won't have to pull the weeds manually."

As Old Huang spoke, the seals in his hands changed, and the orange-red spiritual light was like the halo of the setting sun, covering a large area of ​​spiritual fields.

Ji An saw bursts of green smoke rising and the weeds turned into ashes.

He picked up a shovel and dug, and found that the grass roots had also been burned to ashes.

Damn, this is what it’s like to cultivate immortality. I can be this awesome in the future too!
"Brother, your magic skills are profound. I admire you."

There should be applause here. Ji An put down his hoe and clapped his hands hard, acting as a qualified supporting actor.

"After more than ten years of practice, my Fire Curse has not yet reached the Grand Mastery level. I am ashamed."

Although he said he was ashamed, there was a hint of pride on Lao Huang's face.

"The Fire Curse not only burns the roots of weeds, but also kills the insects in the spiritual field and turns them into fertilizer, killing two birds with one stone.

Of course, the Fire Curse has other wonderful uses, which you will gradually discover in the future."

“Once the weed problem is solved, we will face another problem.

In the spiritual field, the distribution of spiritual energy is not uniform. In some places, the spiritual energy accumulates too much and forms lumps, while other places become barren.

In either case, it is not conducive to the Linggu herbs absorbing spiritual energy.

This requires the use of a spirit-vibrating hoe and a spirit-combing rake to vibrate the spiritual energy and evenly distribute it."

"The Thick Soil Technique can solve this dilemma. If you can practice the Thick Soil Technique to a great level, it can also improve soil fertility.

With time, the lower-grade spiritual field can be cultivated into a first-grade spiritual field.

Of my ten acres of spiritual fields, one acre was cultivated into a first-level spiritual field, and the sect rewarded me with two small merits for this."

Old Huang cast his spell again, and an ochre-colored light shone on the spiritual field, as if it had been plowed and then raked by an invisible tool.

He took out the grain seeds from the cloth bag and sprinkled them gently. The grain seeds were neatly and evenly spread on the soil.

Old Huang chuckled and said proudly:
"This little trick, the art of controlling objects, is perfect for sowing seeds over a large area. However, you need to enter the middle stage of Qi Refining to learn it, and you still have to sow seeds honestly.

After sowing the seeds, release the Thick Soil Technique again."

Old Huang clapped his hands calmly and said as if he didn't care:
"Okay, the planting of this acre of spiritual farmland is complete."

Ji An saw the exposed grain seeds slowly sinking into the soil, which was truly miraculous.

"Brother, you are so talented. You are truly a role model for us. I don't know how long it will take me to be half as good as you."

This is what it’s like to cultivate immortality!
"Xiao An, I won't hide it from you. Although I am only at the seventh level of Qi Refining, there are only a handful of spiritual farmers in the entire sect who have reached my level of Qi Refining."

“What a pity!”

A look of sorrow suddenly appeared on Old Huang's face. "I'm fifty-six years old this year. I can only stay in the sect for four years at most, and then I have to leave."

The lifespan of a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage is not much longer than that of ordinary people. Generally speaking, the maximum they can live to is a hundred years old.

If one can advance to the foundation-building stage, his lifespan can reach two hundred years. Therefore, in the eyes of the sect, it is ultimately of no use if he does not build the foundation.

After the age of sixty, a person's body begins to decline, and it becomes extremely difficult to advance to the foundation-building stage at that time.

Even if there are conditions for advancement, it is very likely that one will be destroyed during the advancement process.

"Brother, you have such skills. The sect should keep you."

Spiritual farmers are considered skilled workers. Although Senior Brother Huang has lost the possibility of advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage, he can still cultivate spiritual grains and make a difference. At least his skills are better than most spiritual farmers. "The sect has considered this issue and has a special rule that if a disciple is over sixty but has a skill that can be used, they can continue to stay in the sect.

Spiritual Farming requires three planting spells to reach the Great Completion level, and I only have the Small Cloud Rain Technique and Thick Earth Technique to reach that level."

Ji An said sincerely:
"There are still four years left. If you persist, there might be a glimmer of hope."

"Xiao An, there are some things you just can't learn. It took me seven or eight years to finally understand this."

There was disappointment in Old Huang's eyes, but he quickly adjusted himself and raised his eyebrows slightly:

"I completely gave up cultivation a few years ago. I knew that my career as an immortal cultivator had come to an end, but my grandson Huang Feihu would definitely surpass me.

He just turned twelve this year and entered Huangya Taoist Temple to study. With me as his grandfather to help him, his path to becoming an immortal will definitely be much smoother.

We don't ask him to be very successful, as long as he can successfully build his foundation, the Huang family will be able to branch out and establish a family of immortal cultivators."

Huang Feihu?
Ji An raised the corner of his mouth and smiled:
"What a great name! Your grandson will surely have a smooth journey on the path to becoming an immortal, and help your senior brother fulfill his long-cherished wish."

"Thanks to my good wishes, if Feihu enters the sect, I will ask for your help."

"Brother, I'm sorry for embarrassing you. If you need me in the future, please don't hesitate to ask."

Ji An agreed readily. No matter what happens in the future, he must speak frankly now!

"Brother, I see there are quite a few barren spiritual fields here. Since you have given up practicing to earn spiritual crystals, why don't you plant a few more acres of spiritual fields?

With your current skills, it's easy!"

It takes less than a minute to cultivate an acre of spiritual field. If he has this efficiency, he would be doing a disservice to his skills if he doesn't cultivate a hundred acres or so.

"Xiao An, are you saying this just because you see that I'm so relaxed now?"

Old Huang laughed and explained:

"Take spiritual grain as an example. It matures every three months. In the first month, you don't really need to devote much energy to managing it. But as the grain grows, the demand for spiritual rain begins to gradually increase.

If it rains once a day on ten mu of spiritual fields, half of the magic power of a seventh-level Qi Refining cultivator will be consumed.

If you want a good harvest, you need to use the Withering and Flourishing Technique to plunder the wood element spiritual power from other plants and trees to nourish your own spiritual fields.

When the spiritual grain gradually matures, various insects and birds will fly over to peck at it. Other spells must be released every day to kill or drive them away in order to preserve the harvest.

I have confirmed repeatedly that ten acres of spiritual fields is the limit of my ability."

Doesn’t he want to plant more spiritual fields?

Of course I want to, but if the harvest is not good after planting, I will lose money.

If you want a good harvest, you need to buy the spiritual grain seeds cultivated by the sect’s Lingnong Pavilion. You cannot save on this.

Are the sect's spiritual fields cultivated for free? Sufficient spiritual grains must be paid to the General Affairs Hall on time as rent.

In addition, disciples above the fourth level of Qi Refining are required to complete a certain number of sect tasks every year.

Various things limited the number of acres of spiritual fields he could cultivate.

Ji An nodded thoughtfully.

He understood that no matter what kind of world it was, there would be situations where "the way of heaven is to reduce the surplus and make up for the deficiency; the way of man is to reduce the deficiency and increase the surplus."

Only when there are more cattle and horses can we provide sufficient supplies to the monks at higher levels, so that the monks can practice wholeheartedly.

(End of this chapter)