Cultivation begins with harvest.

He returned to his room, changed his clothes, and ordered the waiter to bring him some cloth.

The Xingfeng Market has ordinary people, all sent by the powerful families behind them. Some of them are trying to take advantage of the market's abundant spiritual energy to cultivate. However, they can only be replaced every ten years, and the number is limited. This is the bottom line of the Qingheng Sect.

Covering the water tank with a cloth, Chen Guang was too lazy to sleep, so he simply started studying "Basic Formations" in his room. Even after a day or two without sleep, he was still full of energy. Moreover, his cultivation was aided by the Jade Heart Grass. For others, it was normal to take time to absorb spiritual energy and refine magic power, but Chen Guang didn't think it was worth spending his time on such things anymore.

As soon as it was light, after having breakfast and covering the water tank with a cloth, Chen Guang went to Fanglin Hall.

They purchased some materials and tools for making divination items, and spent more than 3,000 catties of spirit rice. They were only satisfied when they had only 600 catties of spirit rice left.

Now, both my hands and the Black Serpent Belt are overflowing with items.

For a long time to come, Chen Guang will be holed up in his courtyard, tinkering with these things.

Upon returning home, he first took out the potted Fire Blood Tortoise Shell Tree and placed it in the yard. Then, he hurriedly took the Yin-cold attribute spiritual plants and spiritual beasts to the Ice Mist Array.

Placing the Ice-Armored Turtle in the ice mist array immediately revitalized it. Then, the Ice-Tailed Shrimp was placed in one of the pools, and some filters were installed at the inlet and outlet of the pools to prevent the Ice-Tailed Shrimp from escaping. The White Duckweed was also placed in a separate pool and treated in the same way.

Chen Guang inspected the area, tossed about thirty dead ice-tailed shrimp to the ice-armored turtle, and then focused his attention on a small patch of land in a corner that had not yet been planned.

The white duckweed has another hidden function—the more of it there is, the greater its influence on the cold environment, allowing these cold energies to circulate and release more effectively.

In an ice fog formation, if the white floating duckweed can reach a certain quantity, it can reduce the thickness of the fog while ensuring that the temperature is not lost and the air is not stuffy.

This has many benefits for reducing the consumption of spirit stones and increasing the lighting environment within the ice mist array. Moreover, the gas flow has a significant effect on spirit plants and spirit beasts. Chen Guang plans to turn the remaining space, which was originally used to plant other cold spirit plants, into ponds, and then plant all of the largest pond with white mist duckweed.

Otherwise, with too many types of spiritual plants, management would be very time-consuming and chaotic.

But looking at it this way, even a small area of ​​one acre has become somewhat crowded.

"That's all we can do. It's crowded, but prosperous. Wei Donglai and the others will be satisfied. As for the Ice Flower Phoenix Tree, it will take at least four years. By then, I might be able to solve some of the problems with the cold environment myself, no longer taking up space in the Ice Mist Array. Who knows, that might even help with the planting of the Ice Flower Phoenix Tree."

Even if the level is not high enough, spiritual energy arrays are still useful. This time, Chen Guang brought back three sets of spiritual energy arrays. One set was prepared to build a warm nest for the Ice Armor Turtle. In the words of his previous life, these cold-blooded animals are too easily affected by the environment. They simply cannot withstand long-term low temperature environments. Even spirit beasts can only survive by hibernating. However, if the frequency of hibernation is high, the growth rate will be limited, and even survival may be a problem.

The other two sets of spiritual energy formations can be used to improve the production of spiritual rice, which can increase the yield to some extent. The most important aspect is to reduce the labor intensity for Chen Guang.

Next year, I'll definitely have seven acres of spirit fields. If I don't free up some of my time, the array formation books I buy will just gather dust. Since I have money, I might as well use it to solve some of the problems.

Once the Linquan pumpkins are sold, I'll get a few more sets of spiritual energy arrays. A mere 500 catties of spiritual rice can buy one set, and the help it provides for spiritual field cultivation is incredibly direct. I'd be happy to spend the money.

Seven acres of spiritual land, one set per acre!

Chen Guang immediately had a third goal: one day, all his spirit fields would be equipped with real formations!

The spiritual energy array is just a beginning and a transition.

After a moment of excitement, Chen Guang checked the ice mist array and, finding no major problems, left. His main task was to teach the ice-armored turtles some rules. As spirit beasts, they were quite intelligent. After a while, the two ice-armored turtles understood that they couldn't go into the pool to catch and eat the ice-tailed shrimp. However, to prevent any accidents, Chen Guang took out some of his own monster meat and fed them first.

There's plenty of time; we can teach it a few more times. The spirit beasts learn simple commands quickly.

Escape is even more impossible. The ice mist array has a decent self-isolation effect. Its defensive capabilities are not outstanding, but they are not zero either. These two young ice-armored turtles, who are not good at attacking, are left to their own devices. They have no chance of getting out.

There's no need to worry about them eating the Ice Pine or the White Mist Duckweed. Even demonic beasts have the instinct to wait until the spiritual plants have grown to a certain size before consuming them. The status of spiritual plants is equivalent to "wild elixirs" in the beast world. For seedlings, the Ice Armor Turtle will instinctively act as a "guardian," investing in the future.

After confirming that everything was correct, Chen Guang set off for Cao Fang's house in the morning sunlight.

"Why are you so late?"

Cao Fang sat on the steps by the door, propping her head up with her hands. When she saw Chen Guang, she immediately jumped up, grabbed his arm, and led him into the field: "Let's go to the field first. I was planning to tell you more, but I don't know if it's too late. I was planning to leave tonight."

Chen Guang suddenly became alert: "Senior sister, didn't we agree that we'd just loosen the soil and water it?"

"Would you have come if I hadn't said that?" Cao Fang said matter-of-factly. "And I didn't lie to you. It really is just a matter of watering and loosening the soil, but the process wasn't that simple; there were a few twists and turns."

"Then you only give me six catties of spirit rice a day. If you go for a month, you'll only get one hundred and eighty yuan. And it will take you a month to go to Fanglin and come back?" Chen Guang asked rhetorically.

"I'll send you some of the first batch of fire peaches next year. I'm short on money right now, so how about I give you 200 catties a month? I'll definitely give you more fire peaches next year," Cao Fang said, her face slightly flushed. She coughed quickly and said, "Take a look first. If it really doesn't work, I'll find someone else to take care of the fire peach trees. As for Fang Lin, we can just re-form a team."

"Don't make it sound so pitiful, look at your tree first." Chen Guang shook his head.

Cao Fang chuckled and pointed ahead, saying, "That's the Fire Peach Tree."

Chen Guang looked over and saw that it was as red as jujube wood. Because of the arrival of winter, it was bare with only clean branches. Even in winter, it still had a distinct feeling of warmth. When the cold wind reached this place, it turned into a slight warmth.

Ten fire peach trees were planted neatly in the middle of the spirit field, occupying almost half of the area. This was top-grade first-level purple spirit soil, which could provide more spiritual energy and earth energy. If it were ordinary first-level spirit soil, ten fire peach trees could not be planted per acre.

The value of spiritual plants isn't necessarily determined by the amount of space they occupy, but rather by their need for spiritual energy and earth energy. If they're too densely packed, no one will be able to get enough to eat.

"Senior Sister, the density of your Fire Peach Trees is a bit higher than I imagined." Chen Guang stared at the base of the Fire Peach Tree and saw a square brick made of red clay piled up next to the Fire Peach Tree, emitting some smoke.

Cao Fang explained, "These are special fire bricks, made from spirit charcoal mixed with long and tough spirit grass fibers and ordinary first-tier rare earth. One or two spells are also used to help solidify and stabilize them. With these fire bricks, the heat from the Fire Peach Tree itself will ignite them. The burning speed is very slow, but the released temperature is very stable, which in turn forms the heat needed by the Fire Peach Tree. What do you think? I put a lot of effort into making this."

"Did you come up with this fire brick yourself?" Chen Guang asked, somewhat surprised.

"Yes, the normal way to provide heat for the fire peach tree is to make a 'fire trench' around it, but the cost and daily expenses are too high, so I settled for fire bricks instead. However, there is still one drawback that has not been solved, which is that the temperature is not high enough, which limits the growth rate of the fire peach tree. Otherwise, it should have matured long ago. This is the seventh year that I have been planting fire peach trees, and it has already fallen behind the normal fruiting time." Cao Fang said helplessly.