Cultivation begins with harvest.

The Ice Armor Turtle is an ordinary first-tier spirit beast, possessing the innate spells [Ice Armor] and [Mirror Refraction], whose combined defensive capabilities are extremely formidable.

Its tortoise shell is an excellent material for defensive magical artifacts, and its blood is rich and pure. Among many demonic beasts and spirit beasts, the quantity and quality of spiritual energy contained in the blood of snakes, tortoises, and horseshoe crabs are the best.

Chen Guang still needs to plant some He Shou Wu in the future. Although there is still one and a half jars left, it is a good thing to be able to increase the source of income.

If there is enough flower spirit energy, combined with cold and yin attribute spirit blood, it is possible for Yue Ni Chang to evolve into the second-tier [Blue River Rainbow Dress]. Yue Ni Chang will change into three colors of light: red glow, blue river, and white stone, which actually correspond to three evolution paths: light glow attribute, cold and yin attribute, and no attribute.

The second-tier Blue River Rainbow Robe possesses the ability to condense spiritual energy and transform it into a cold, yin attribute, which even Foundation Establishment cultivators would value.

The Ice Armored Turtle was a way for Chen Guang to pave the way for his future development and evolution of Blue River Rainbow, and it was also an attempt to raise spirit beasts. This kind of spirit beast, apart from not liking people, is a gentle species. In addition, it does not like to move and is easy to raise, which is why Chen Guang seriously considered it.

"Ice-armored turtles can also eat white mist duckweed. One duckweed can support two beasts, hehehe. That's what we do all the time. We just need to give them some monster meat and other spiritual plant stems and leaves occasionally to improve the taste," the stall owner encouraged.

Chen Guang seemed genuinely hesitant, and the stall owner added fuel to the fire: "If you buy some ice-tailed shrimp and white duckweed now, I'm willing to take a loss on the ice turtles and give you one male and one female. If you buy more, I promise I'll try my best to balance the sexes."

"I want to see if the ice turtle is docile first. I don't want to have to outsmart it when I raise it," Chen Guang said, his voice quickening.

"Watch closely," the stall owner said, reaching into the tank of the white-blue ice-armored turtle. As soon as he got close, the turtle reluctantly condensed a smooth but thick layer of ice on its body, reflecting bright light in the water. Then it tucked its head and legs in, letting the ice cover its entire body, making it easy for the stall owner to catch. He handed the palm-sized ice-armored turtle to Chen Guang, saying, "Be slow, don't use magic. If it determines you're not a big threat, it'd rather you back down like this. Otherwise, it'll defend itself while trying to escape."

Chen Guang took the ice-armored turtle, which was two sizes smaller than his palm. It was icy cold to the touch and a little hard to hold. It wasn't slippery, but rather that the force he applied inexplicably weakened, causing Chen Guang to unconsciously increase his strength.

Ice Armor enhances defense; Mirror Reflection deflects the force of attacks, which is the culprit behind this.

A surge of magical power caused a ethereal light screen to open.

Spirit Beast: [Ice Armor Turtle]

Grade: Mid-grade, Tier 1 (Mid-stage Qi Refining)

Type: Spirit Beast

Attribute: Cold (Ice)

Innate spells: Ice Armor, Mirror Refraction

Hidden spell: Ice Barbarian Curse

Lifespan: Up to sixty years under normal conditions

Description: They mature in six years in suitable cold environments, but their reproductive desire and ability are low. After adulthood, the temperature of their blood changes more drastically with environmental changes, and they have almost no desire to reproduce. Only by providing a long-term warm environment, about six months or more, before maturity can they be encouraged to mate. Female turtles can also store sperm, allowing them to remain fertile for decades after adulthood. If the conditions are not met, aphrodisiac drugs can be used to force them to reproduce, but this is inefficient and easily arouses fighting desires between males and females, increasing the risk of injury. The offspring will remember this aversion to reproduction. A suitable environment can revive their reproductive instincts.

It is suitable for living in sandy soil environments and is not particularly picky, but it needs to be spiritual soil; it needs sufficient light or a warm environment to live in, and it needs to be in a non-dormant state for more than seven months of the year in order to grow normally.

By feeding it small, intelligent creatures over a long period of time, and supplementing it with [Ice Silk Algae], it can be encouraged to comprehend hidden spells, improve its bloodline purity and comprehension, and increase its lifespan by about thirty years. Under these circumstances, its magical power can be increased from a maximum of three pots to nine pots.

Related description (Ice Barbarian Curse): It causes runes to be gradually engraved on the body surface, which can greatly enhance physical strength, defense and explosive power. When fully engraved, it can form an ice attribute mana ribbon to slightly enhance the power of ice attribute spells in this state. Monsters or spirit beasts with Ice Barbarian Curse will slowly increase the quantity and quality of spiritual energy in their blood, giving them a slight possibility of growing into a second-tier spirit beast.

Unlock the next level of training content: 0/50 (Number of mature Ice Armored Turtles)

Chen Guang looked into the tank again. Many of the ice turtles, about the size of a washbasin, on display had scars on their bodies, indicating that they had been bred directly with drugs. There were also quite a few baby turtles, some of which were probably not bred by the stall owner using drugs, but rather came from the wild.

The relationship between spirit beasts and cultivators is indeed close, but they also exist in the wild. However, they develop in a different direction than demon beasts. They also have choices like body cultivation and qi cultivation, just like humans. The choice between demon beasts and spirit beasts is determined innately.

"They've hidden their ulterior motives here. If they really bring back a male and a female, without knowing the details, it'll be easy to lose their lineage. We'll have to buy them from him again."

Although the knowledge in the Scripture Pavilion has made much information public, it is all at the beginner level. For example, as a spiritual farmer, some advanced cultivation knowledge related to spiritual plants can only be learned in the "school" of the Earth Hall, Chunyuan Residence. Cultivators who are not from the Life Hall may not know these characteristics of the Ice Armor Turtle, and even cultivators from the Life Hall may not know them.

Because the Ice Armor Turtle is clearly not very suitable for training as a combat beast, its defensive ability only applies to itself and cannot help its master provide high-quality tactical value. In addition, it is only a mid-grade first-level beast. At least a high-grade first-level (late-stage Qi Refining) spirit beast or demon beast is worth investing in training.

The library is like a public lecture hall.

The majority of power and profit at Ziling Peak are concentrated in the Eight Halls. The Hall of Virtue is aloof, but each has its own strengths and unique features. They are all open to their own people. Disciples of the Hall of Qi cannot enter Chunyuan Residence, and disciples of the Hall of Earth cannot enter Wangqi Tower.

"How much is one?" Chen Guang asked.

"Two thousand six hundred catties of spirit rice for one ice-shelled turtle. They're really small, and you have to go far north to find them. They're also very difficult to breed. This price is already very fair," the stall owner said. "We also have experience in raising ice-shelled turtles. It's very cheap, only two thousand catties of spirit rice. It's like buying another one, but the value it generates is more than just one."

"I want two, but I have to choose them myself. I also need three hundred ice-tailed shrimp and ninety female white-fuzzy duckweed," Chen Guang said to himself.

"Okay." The stall owner simply agreed and gave up his spot, allowing another stall owner who had been quiet all along to help Chen Guang choose.

Soon, three water tanks of different sizes were handed to Chen Guang. Except for the white floating duckweed, which was slightly processed and placed in a storage artifact, the others could only be taken with him as they were for the time being. When they arrived at the inn, they could ask the innkeeper for something to cover them up.

The acquisition cost Chen Guanghua 12480 jin of Lingmi rice.

In the end, only 4090 jin of Lingmi remained.

They earn a lot of money, and they spend it lavishly.

"There are still some things we need to buy. How much of the four thousand catties of spirit rice will be left?"

Chen Guang took his belongings and left Yanmian Market directly.