"【Minor Rejuvenation Pill】, a first-grade low-level pill, three pills. It is ineffective for those in the late stage of Qi Refining or above. One pill in the mid-stage of Qi Refining can repair 30% of injuries, one pill in the early stage of Qi Refining can repair 50% of injuries, and one-tenth of a pill for ordinary people can repair 90% of injuries. Taking more is ineffective."

This is yet another life-saving artifact. Considering how small the amount the system is willing to provide, especially compared to the previous [Beauty Pill], you can understand how precious this kind of pill with instant healing effects is.

Fortunately, she was just a mortal. Three pills could be used thirty times, which was almost equivalent to thirty lives!

Thirty lives might sound like a lot, but when she thought of her family and friends, she suddenly realized it wasn't enough.

"Smack!"

Cheng Ruyi slapped her cheeks hard with both hands. "Stop! Thirty lives aren't enough! You can't be too greedy! Besides, you can't use such miraculous pills indiscriminately. Human hearts are unpredictable. Reject the saintly!"

Although her family and friends seem very reliable at the moment, human nature is often unpredictable, and she doesn't want to see herself stabbed in the back by her closest and most trusted people in the future. In short, she needs to use this method with caution.

The [Mysterious Iron Blade], [Purple Pattern Bamboo], and [Spirit Gathering Array] are all incredibly powerful.

"【Mysterious Iron Blade】, a first-tier low-grade spiritual weapon, is forged from century-old Mysterious Iron Ore produced in the Myriad Blade Tomb. It is extremely sharp and has an 'armor-piercing' effect, capable of cutting through anything of first-tier low-grade quality or lower."

Note: Prolonged use may cause 'confusion' or 'irritability'; please use with caution.

"【Purple-Veined Bamboo】, a first-grade low-level spiritual plant, with ten seedlings, comes from the Sacred Realm of No Calamity. It contains extremely small amounts of thunder spiritual energy. The bamboo is hard yet light, making it very suitable for making various containers."

Note: If the spiritual energy is abundant, a purple lightning pattern will appear on the bamboo every hundred years, accompanied by a lightning strike effect.

"【Spirit Gathering Array】, a low-grade first-tier array plate, can collect spiritual energy within a radius of a hundred miles and seal it within the array plate, using the principle of mutual generation of the five elements to make the spiritual energy within the array continuously generate.

Usage: Place the four array flags in the four corners of the target that needs to be concealed, and the central array eye will be activated to take effect.

Note: Once activated, the array plate and array flags cannot be moved; moving them will immediately disable the array.

Range: one to ten zhang.

Duration: Depends on the amount of spiritual energy.

Purple-veined bamboo is an excellent raw material. Its hardness and lightness make it perfect for making armor, and the first thing that comes to her mind is to use it to make carriages!

Since commoners cannot buy horses, and neither mules nor donkeys are strong enough, and oxen are strong but slow, if purple-veined bamboo is used to make the carriage, even if it is large, it will not be too heavy. Donkeys will not have to exert too much effort to pull it, and it also has a strong defensive function, which is a win-win situation.

As for the added lightning strike effect, it's good, but the problem is she won't live that long... so it can be completely ignored.

Cheng Ruyi estimated that mortal weapons and tools would not be able to cut through the purple-veined bamboo, so the Xuan Tie sword would be needed at this time.

The simultaneous appearance of these two spiritual objects is a perfect match. Although it would be a bit of a waste to use the Xuan Tie Blade only for splitting bamboo, she is not an assassin after all. A blade that is too sharp has no other use in normal times, and it cannot be used for a long time. So using it to split bamboo is a good use of its resources.

Of course, the most important thing is that she has at least one decent and powerful weapon.

Peach Wood Sword: ...Who are you looking down on?

If the Purple-Veined Bamboo and the Black Iron Blade are a perfect match, then the Spirit Gathering Array is a perfect match for all of Ruyi's spiritual plants!

How can you cultivate spirit fields without a spirit-gathering array?

Ten zhang is about thirty meters, which is just right since her spiritual field isn't very big either, so it should be enough.

With the boost from the Spirit Gathering Array, I believe her spirit field will soon yield a bumper harvest. Just imagining it makes me feel incredibly happy!

It seems she needs to replan the allocation of space in the villa's breeding area. She needs to plant spirit rice, spirit flowers, and spirit bamboo, and also reserve space for any spirit plants that may appear later. Her secret experimental field requires more space than originally planned...

Looking to the future, Cheng Ruyi believed that her farming and business ventures were still full of potential!

Of the twelve gifts, only one remained unexamined, and this last one was the one she couldn't understand or figure out the most.

"【Qi Observation Technique】, a high-grade mortal-level spell that allows one to observe 'qi' after mastering it."

So this is a spell? But it's a mortal-level spell? Spells exist in the mortal realm? Is this really a world of low-level magic and low-level martial arts?

Ruyi thought about it for a while, but still felt it was unlikely.

The White Lotus Holy Sect already has the Imperial Preceptor as its backer, which proves that it must be the most powerful Taoist sect in the Great Yue Kingdom. However, instead of properly cultivating any magic or spells, they want to refine some unreliable and heretical things to extend their lifespan.

Moreover, a close examination of the description of the Qi observation technique reveals that it only states that one can observe "Qi," but it does not explain what happens after observation, nor does it explain what this "Qi" actually is.

It doesn't look like a spell with any offensive or defensive effects.

Forget it, if you can't figure it out, don't think about it anymore. Things will work themselves out, and you'll find out when the time is right.

Spring came earlier than usual this year. By mid-February, the temperature had become very pleasant, and people were taking off their heavy winter clothes to enjoy the warm sunshine.

A spring rain gently fell on the earth, and the wet land exuded the unique fragrance of the earth. Even the branches on the trees sprouted tender new buds overnight, swaying slowly in the gentle breeze.

Old Ding's family has been busy since early morning. Spring is the most important time of the year for farmers.

Although the Cheng family only had ten mu of paddy fields, ten mu of dry land, and thirty mu of undeveloped woodland, they not only did not slack off at all, but took even better care of it than they would their own fields.

Old Man Ding had asked about the process beforehand and learned that the paddy fields were to be planted with rice, the dry land with soybeans, the woodlands with fruit trees, and fish ponds to be dug for raising fish and growing lotus roots. The workload was considerable.

He originally planned for the whole family to participate, but the landlord insisted on a division of labor. The men were responsible for heavy work such as farming, while the women were responsible for raising poultry, cooking, and cleaning. In their village, spring planting and autumn harvesting required the whole family, young and old, to participate. The women usually got up in the middle of the night to cook enough food for the whole family before going to the fields with them. There were no such formalities!

Although he didn't understand, he would still obey the master's orders.

After all, for the past month, his family had been able to eat meat and rice every day, their lives were no longer filled with uncertainty, and everyone had visibly gained weight. As the head of the Ding family, he naturally had immense faith in and gratitude towards his employer.

The average yield of medium-sized paddy fields in Lishan Village is about 200 to 300 jin per mu. After deducting taxes, ten mu of land can only yield less than 2,000 jin of rice per year.

If the Cheng family ate rice three times a day, it could barely feed them for a year.

Such pitiful output! Such terrible taxes!

Therefore, it is basically impossible for ordinary people to make money solely by farming; farming can only barely provide for their basic needs.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Cheng Ruyi. She doesn't farm to make money; it's purely a personal hobby and also to satisfy the genetic needs of her Chinese heritage.

As the saying goes, "A year's plan starts in spring," and her plans were proceeding in full swing.

First, there's the remaining work on the villa, such as some landscaping and planting of ornamental plants. These were temporarily postponed due to insufficient time or unsuitability, and now it's time to finish up the remaining work.

The move-in was too rushed, and there weren't many daily necessities and furniture in the villa, which will need to be replenished later.

Then we need to adjust the zoning of the plantation.

She divided the rectangular five-acre plot into six areas: the original Wind Chaser Rabbit breeding area and Phoenix Tail Chicken breeding area, as well as the newly added pond area, secret experimental field area, general planting area, and other animal breeding area.

According to her plan, she will buy two more donkeys next, which she will use to push the millstone or occasionally switch to pull the cart. Then she will buy the cows and sheep that she has always wanted to buy.

Buying cattle is simply to make plowing more efficient. Although it cannot achieve mechanized planting, the use of tools is the key to the progress of human civilization. Since it can improve efficiency, why not do it?

As for buying sheep, it was because she wanted to achieve the freedom to drink milk. There is cow milk and sheep milk for sale in the county, but the quantity is not large. After raising sheep herself, she would have a stable source of milk.

Moreover, goat milk is actually better than cow milk, especially in terms of the content of various substances such as protein, fat and milk solids. Goat milk is also warm in nature and less likely to cause internal heat. In addition, goat milk is an alkaline dairy product, which helps maintain the acid-base balance in the body, and it is also richer in a variety of nutrients.

In general, drinking more milk and eating more meat will help you grow taller and healthier!

As the weather gradually warms up, the Cheng family's villa is bustling with activity again, with various tasks proceeding in an orderly and efficient manner. The villa, which was previously somewhat empty and desolate, is slowly becoming complete and vibrant.

Cheng Ruyi has been living in the villa almost all these days, and rarely goes back to her old house in the county town.

It wasn't until mid-February that a notice was finally posted in the county government office, and Ruyi made a special trip back to take a look.

The official notice was very simple: it stated that the mastermind behind the incident was the Fang family of Chongzhou Prefecture, and that all the male members of the Fang family had been sentenced to be executed in the autumn, while the female members had been exiled. That was all.

As for who the Fang family is, why they did this, and the situation of the victimized children, the notice makes no explanation whatsoever.

Alright, anyway, she never thought she could find out anything important from government notices. Luckily, she had already arranged to meet Guo Qinglan and the others at Zhiwei Restaurant tonight.

Unexpectedly, her long-awaited return to her old house brought her a huge surprise.