Cultivation begins with harvest.

After closing the door, Chen Guangxian untied a reward orb of Jade Heart Grass.

"Harvested one Jade Heart Grass (four-leaf common), gained ten days of cultivation."

"Harvested one Jade Heart Grass (five excellent leaves), gained twenty days of cultivation."

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The series of rewards caused a powerful, refreshing sensation to flow through Chen Guang's meridians. This time, Chen Guang only dared to accept a portion of the ten Jade Heart Grass reward orbs.

If he accepted it all, that would be 1440 hours of cultivation, and he would break through on the spot. But this point in time was still too early, so Chen Guang forced himself to hold back.

After all, I am only of weaker aptitude, so waiting another month or two would be more acceptable, although it will be soon.

Even though he had explained to other spirit farmers the Ice Mist Array, the acquisition of a considerable number of Qi Nourishing Pills, and the influence of the Pure Spirit Qi that was not publicly acknowledged but was understood by everyone, many spirit farmers still guessed that Chen Guang would not break through until around summer next year.

In the early stages of Qi Refining, as long as you get rid of the mundane energy, cultivation is very fast. Even at the third level of Qi Refining, you only need a pot of magic power, which is not much. The main obstacle is the mundane energy.

However, even with so many favorable factors, it will take time to digest them, because Chen Guang is of weak constitution and his efficiency in converting spiritual energy into magical power is relatively low.

It shouldn't be too fast; at least nine days is not suitable.

Chen Guang estimated that he would only leave himself a little over a hundred hours of cultivation space and temporarily give up the reward orbs of Jade Heart Grass.

As long as Chen Guang comes into contact with the reward orb, it will count as a gain. Unfortunately, the reward orb can only last for nine days. Only when the reward orb is taken away will it be counted in the statistics, but it can only last for a maximum of nine days before it naturally dissipates. How it is generated and how it disappears are beyond Chen Guang's ability to investigate.

However, as long as you don't pick the spirit plant or take the light orb, the reward light orb can stay on the spirit plant indefinitely. It can be said that as long as the spirit plant doesn't die, the light orb will not disappear.

Conversely, taking away the reward orb has no effect on the spirit plant.

"I judged the Jade Heart Grass according to the previous reward standards for light clusters, but I didn't know that a Jade Heart Grass of acceptable quality would give ten days' worth of cultivation. This is the most basic reward for Jade Heart Grass, and I've wasted so much cultivation."

Chen Guang was somewhat discouraged, yet also somewhat helpless.

Some costly trials are within one's capabilities; it's good to understand the reward mechanism of Jade Heart Grass.

Jade Heart Grass only rewards cultivation, unlike the rewards of other spiritual plants. For other spiritual plants, the rewards of inferior and qualified light orbs should be of the same level, but only the latter will be included in the "cumulative" statistics, while the former will not.

Having noted this down, Chen Guang felt a pang of heartache. There were still 75 Jade Heart Grass plants in the field. He had picked one earlier, and the remaining 38 plants would be harvested by the branch building in three days. They were destined to be wasted, as those 38 Jade Heart Grass plants represented ten days of cultivation!

This time, he even took away the only two Five-Leaf Jade Heart Grass reward orbs, which was a painful lesson.

Chen Guang took a deep breath, aimed at the reward light orb of the red peony, and began to release the reward light orb.

Harvested one common red peony and obtained one Crimson Melting Pill.

Harvested one common red peony and obtained one copy of the cultivation manual "Flame Control Technique".

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Harvested one Red Peony (Excellent), obtained two copies of the Secret Technique "Five Visceral Flames: Azure Demon Flame".

Chen Guang held his breath and concentrated, absorbing information one piece of information after another into his mind.

The first one is naturally the Flame Control Technique, a guide to manipulating spiritual fire. It doesn't directly increase cultivation, but it indirectly enhances Chen Guang's abilities. This kind of experience, which can only be obtained through continuous practice and summarization, is extremely valuable anywhere. Only the spell jade slips in the Scripture Pavilion come with some insights to accelerate a cultivator's mastery of advanced spells. Even then, one still needs to understand them on their own. This one, however, directly infuses the understanding into the soul.

The second one is naturally the secret technique Five Visceral Flames. This is a unique secret technique that gathers the five basic spiritual fires of the acquired five elements and stores them in the five internal organs to nourish and strengthen them. It can fuse the five spiritual fires into one, reaching the realm of the five elements rotating endlessly. Once the technique is completed, it claims that no one below the Foundation Establishment stage can stop it. Foundation Establishment cultivators must treat it with utmost respect. However, Chen Guang only has one-fifth of it, which is the cultivation method of the Azure Flame.

The reason it's called Azure Flame is because it's different from ordinary Flame, which cannot be directly absorbed into the body. Azure Flame is a specially refined spiritual fire that can be absorbed into the liver. In essence, they are the same kind of spiritual fire, but as one-fifth of the secret technique, it has a slightly unique feature.

"I obtained five copies of the Flame Control Technique, which truly allowed me to enter the realm of mastery; I obtained two copies of the Five Visceral Flames, which only allows me to understand it, leaving me standing at the threshold; the five Crimson Fusion Pills were a pure gain."

The reward of ten red peony orbs greatly encouraged Chen Guang.

Regarding cultivation techniques, secret arts, and spells that require comprehension, the first reward only tells you the method, but each subsequent appearance truly increases your understanding.

The Crimson Melting Pill is highly effective; a single pill requires over two hundred catties of spirit rice.

After storing the Crimson Fusion Pill in his storage artifact, Chen Guang pondered for a moment, then put on thick clothes, picked up his spirit hoe, and went into the ice mist array.

There are only two things to do today.

First, we need to continue digging a sufficiently large pond. Second, we need to observe the changes in temperature and light within the ice fog array and ensure that the ice pine trees get enough sunlight. This requires continuous observation and adjustments.

The fog in the Ice Mist Array is a necessary factor in maintaining the low-temperature environment, but it also makes it difficult for sunlight to penetrate. Although the light inside is relatively bright, it is only enough for Concentration Flower and Frostweed, not enough for Ice Ruson.

Cutting off the mist in one go is not advisable, as it will raise the internal temperature and deprive cold-resistant plants of their environment for survival.

The only solution is to adjust the flow of the mist inside. It's really not easy to make the mist at the top flow quickly and thinly without changing the internal environment or excessively increasing the consumption of spirit stones.

Setting up a formation is difficult, operating it is simple, but operating it with finesse, without any omissions, and with smooth response requires time and practice.

This can be considered an opportunity; practicing formations in advance will be helpful for getting familiar with other formations later.

While digging the pond, they also adjusted the formation. Apart from providing necessary farm work, food, water, and sanitation, they spent the entire day on this project, and the pond construction was not yet finished.

On one hand, they have to be distracted by the changes in the ice mist array, and on the other hand, the location of the pond and the distribution of the Concentration Flower are somewhat troublesome.

Simply setting up a pond requires frequent, personal watering, and if the two are too far apart, this task becomes extremely troublesome; if the Concentration Plant is planted too close to the pond, it is prone to rotting.

While digging, they took out seeds of Concentration Flower and Frostweed Grass and used the interaction between soil and wood to plan the specific distribution of the ponds and seeds. After a day, they only came up with a framework. To complete it completely, they would need to devote one or two more days of full time.

Speaking of Concentration Flower, it can be considered a delicate spiritual plant. It is also rare to find that wild varieties are mostly inferior, unlike the typical cultivated spiritual plants that are suitable for home cultivation. In the wild, the "watering with cold spiritual liquid" operation cannot be met. Most Concentration Flowers grow on high places by the cold pool, and their roots absorb some cold spiritual liquid. They rot while maintaining growth, barely surviving. How can we talk about any quality?

Logically speaking, the Concentration Flower should have evolved the ability to not rely on the cold spiritual liquid or be afraid of abundant water. But this is the world of cultivation. Over the long years, the Concentration Flower has remained the same awkward Concentration Flower.

"That's what it means to stay true to your original aspiration." Chen Guang shook his head as he walked under the moonlight, his inner shirt soaked with sweat.