Chapter 104 Ordinary Vegetables in the Hands of Mandrills and...

With the combined effects of mandrills and superior spiritual soil, ordinary vegetables can fully mature in seven days.

Vegetables like tender pumpkins and pea shoots, which need to be harvested before the main crop matures, can be picked in three or four days. They won't spoil if stored in a fresh-keeping container. They can be taken out and sold together with other common vegetables once they have matured.

Spiritual crops, on the other hand, take about two weeks to mature.

On the terraced fields, the tea trees have grown taller again, and when we sell vegetables for the second time at the beginning of the year, we can sell another batch of tea.

The owner of the porcelain factory that partnered with Li Chang'an was grinning from ear to ear.

Since partnering with Xianshan Farm last year, many people have become aware of their small factory, and some people even come to their factory to order just a few pieces of porcelain.

In less than a year, the factory's orders had increased several times over.

Now that Xianshan Farm sells more tea, it needs more ceramic jars.

The boss woke up laughing twice in his sleep. The next day, he personally went to the factory, called in the workshop manager and quality inspectors, and repeatedly instructed them to ensure the quality of every piece of porcelain and not to ruin their reputation.

If she can't hold onto this wealth and status, then she's incompetent!

In early February, Li Chang'an posted an announcement on WeDove:

[The Fairy Mountain Farm's monthly live-stream vegetable sales events are held on the 3rd, 10th, 18th, and 25th of the lunar calendar. The 10th and 25th will feature spirit rice and spirit vegetables. Vegetable sales will be temporarily suspended during the Lunar New Year period. Please remember these dates; no further announcements will be made afterward.]

Since the catastrophe six thousand years ago, the Cangxuan Realm has updated its time system. The new calendar is fixed at 365 days a year, with a leap year every four years adding one day. Months are also divided into long and short months.

Unlike the Gregorian calendar, the old calendar sometimes includes a leap month, and each month is fixed at thirty days.

The fixed live broadcast time based on the lunar calendar perfectly matches the harvest time of all crops at Xianshan Farm.

The announcement wasn't just posted on WeGe; it was also on the Xianshan Farm app, scrolling at the top of the homepage to ensure every user who clicked in could see it.

In the past, fans would check Li Chang'an's Weibo every few days to see if he had sent any live stream notifications.

Now that the time is fixed, it's much more convenient for them.

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March in the Gregorian calendar marks the beginning of spring.

After drinking the sixth bowl of nectar, Li Chang'an felt a sensation deep within his soul, as if he were being enveloped by gentle flowing water.

That was the spiritual power brought by the nectar and dew, flowing and soothing the tiny wounds on his soul.

The soul that had been throbbing slightly before now felt incredibly comfortable. Then, Li Chang'an felt that all the meridians in his body were being cleansed by that gentle spiritual energy, which finally flowed into his dantian.

He circulated his spiritual energy for the first time in a long time and found that the spiritual energy in his dantian was exceptionally abundant.

Suddenly, Li Chang'an realized that his cultivation had broken through to the third stage of the Nascent Soul stage!

When he was injured in the battle with the spider demon, he had just broken through to the Nascent Soul stage. For the past six months, he has been unable to use spiritual power due to the injury to his soul, and naturally, he has been unable to cultivate.

Unexpectedly, after healing the injury to his soul, his cultivation level also improved.

This nectar is truly an exceptionally fine thing.

Li Chang'an silently expressed his gratitude to the mountain god once more.

Now that his injury had healed, Jingjing no longer used the small bowl to collect the nectar.

The nectar gathered right above the little Jiarong tree. Without a bowl to catch it, the nectar slowly dripped down, landing in the soil at the base of the tree.

The young Jia Rong tree shook itself and stretched out its leaves.

Li Chang'an looked at it, smiled, and turned to leave.

During dinner time, the sword spirit discovered that Li Chang'an's soul had been healed.

He paused in his eating, looking at Li Chang'an thoughtfully.

Li Chang'an felt a little confused as he was being stared at, and his eyes were filled with doubt.

The sword spirit didn't say anything and quickly looked away.

After the meal, Li Chang'an drew a cleansing talisman to wash the dishes. When Tianxuan and Chajing saw this, they immediately knew that he had recovered.

The fungi and mandrills were visibly delighted.

The sword spirit watched them for a while, then strolled back into the room and stood ramrod straight in front of the bookshelf.

His sharp, cold gaze swept across the books, finally picking out "The Gods, Volume One".

This is a long novel with a male protagonist who is constantly leveling up. There are eight volumes in total, and he just collected them all recently.

Only after confirming that the published version was completed did I feel comfortable starting to read Blade & Soul.

Moreover, now that Li Chang'an has recovered, he no longer needs his help with farming, so he can comfortably lie in his room reading books and watching TV.

Although his face showed no emotion, the sword spirit actually felt very relaxed.

He took the book and sat down on the chair by the window, slowly turning to page 3, his gaze falling on the first line of text.

"Knock knock." However, a knocking sound suddenly came from the door.

The sword spirit paused, let out a barely perceptible sigh, and said in a low voice, "Go in."

It was Li Chang'an who knocked on the door.

He opened the door, chuckled, and walked to the sword spirit's side, his tone somewhat embarrassed: "Senior, can I discuss something with you?"

Surprisingly, I used honorifics again after a long time.

"Hmm, what is it?" The sword spirit replied without looking up.

Li Chang'an cleared his throat: "Although my injuries have healed and I can continue to work and farm, my efficiency is definitely not as good as when you were here."

"So, could you please lend a hand a little more when the time is right? For example, we're harvesting a new batch of vegetables tomorrow, right? Counting the quantity, packing the packages, drawing talismans, planting the next crop of vegetables, etc..."

The sword spirit paused in his flipping of the page, then looked up at Li Chang'an.

Li Chang'an's eyes were sincere. "The mushroom spirits really like you. Senior Xuan Tang Tree told me not long ago that when the mushroom spirits went back one time, they kept praising you for being so amazing. You can do a lot of work with just a wave of your hand. They all want to be as amazing as you."

Li Chang'an gave a thumbs up: "Not only the mushroom spirits, but also all of us and other spirits, with you by our side, our Xuanling Immortal Mountain has a backbone!"

Blade & Soul: ...

Although he took over farming during this period, Li Chang'an did not become lazy. Instead, he was busy with the restoration of planting on Jiarong Mountain, as well as growing and selling vegetables and cooking.

Therefore, Li Chang'an made this request not because he wanted to shirk his responsibilities.

Why is that? Is it because those innocent fungus spirits like him?

The sword spirit looked at Li Chang'an's face, but couldn't come up with an answer at all.

He had very little contact with people and knew very little about the emotions and feelings of humans and spirits.

Sword Spirit had no choice but to look away and return his gaze to the novel in his hand: "Understood."

It is said that there are many characters in this novel, and after reading it, he may be able to better understand the complex thoughts in the human mind.

Upon hearing the sword spirit's agreement, Li Chang'an breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Alright, then I won't bother you anymore."

He quickly walked out of the room and gently closed the door.

During the six months he was recuperating, the other members of Xuanling Immortal Mountain finally became familiar with the sword spirit and were no longer afraid of or distant from it.

Even the mandrill no longer avoids the sword spirit when it sees it. Sometimes it will even talk to the sword spirit alone, and it will subconsciously follow the sword spirit when it goes out.

For example, from the first to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month this year, the members of Xuanling Immortal Mountain went on their usual trip. At that time, the mountain demon closely followed the sword spirit, clinging to its trouser leg, going wherever the sword spirit went.

With the Blade Spirit present, it feels safe.

Li Chang'an didn't want his sword spirit to revert to its previous "stay-at-home life" just because his injuries had healed, causing everyone to become unfamiliar with him again because they didn't see him often.

Therefore, it is best to let the Blade & Soul seniors participate in their activities appropriately at certain times.

Seeing each other every day makes us more familiar with each other.

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Six months later, there were more than 5,000 mu of spiritual fields on Mount Wolu. With the help of the demon beast pills, the inferior spiritual soil was transformed into high-quality spiritual soil.

On the terraced fields, the variety of crops has expanded to include rapeseed, sorghum, sunflowers, peanuts, as well as watermelons and strawberries.

Rapeseed is planted below the terraces, covering a large area, while sunflowers and peanuts are planted in smaller quantities.

From this point on, Li Chang'an decided not to plant any new crops for the time being. He planned to gradually expand the planting scale of each crop and plant the spiritual seeds of existing crops.

He pinned the inquiry section on the WeDove and Xianshan Farm apps, allowing fans to leave comments if they have any specific food requests.

He'll then set aside a few acres of land to grow the vegetables his fans requested, and sell them in small quantities to give them a taste.

Watermelons and strawberries grown in excellent soil ripen very quickly.

The grapes planted at the foot of Jiarong Mountain have only sprouted vines and need to be nurtured for a while before they can bear fruit.

In the sweltering heat of the Cangxuan Realm, Li Chang'an harvested a batch of vegetables, strawberries, and watermelons, and started a live stream.

Fans have been waiting impatiently.

[They're here! I absolutely have to get some cucumbers and tomatoes this time. It's so hot in the summer, I don't have much of an appetite, and I'm counting on the vegetables from Xianshan Farm to save my life.]

It's so hot this year. It hasn't gotten below 37 degrees Celsius here. If you don't prepare for going out, you'll be dried out completely.

[If only I could go on vacation to Iceland, but then I wouldn't be able to buy vegetables from the Fairy Mountain Farm there. Sigh, you really can't have your cake and eat it too.]

I was really looking forward to summer, imagining myself enjoying watermelon in air-conditioned comfort while binge-watching TV shows – it sounded so great! But after buying a watermelon, I lost my appetite because of the heat; I didn't even want to eat it.

Li Chang'an introduced the vegetables he was going to sell today while watching the live chat comments.

He put down the rapeseed shoots he had just introduced.

These rapeseed shoots are picked from rapeseed plants; they are very tender, and even the stems are sweet when eaten raw after peeling off the outer skin.

Even when cooked in clear broth, it tastes great, and the broth itself becomes sweet and refreshing.

Then, Li Chang'an bent down and took a green object out of the camera's view.

It was an oval-shaped object about 30 centimeters long, dark green with black stripes, and topped with a curved, light green stem.

【watermelon! ! ! 】

Wow, Xianshan Farm finally has fruit!

【Huh? Didn't we have water chestnuts, premium tomatoes, and jicama before? Those count as fruits too, right?】

[That's not the point, look at the watermelon!]

Li Chang'an held up the large watermelon, smiled, and began to introduce it: "This is a seedless watermelon, very sweet, not cloying. There are only 120,000 in total, and each person is limited to one. Each one weighs more than 15 jin (7.5 catties), and each watermelon costs 28 yuan."

[I just went out today and saw seedless watermelons on the street for 10 yuan for three jin (1.5 kg). The price the streamer is offering seems like a great deal.]

This area is a watermelon producing region, and watermelons are very cheap, only 80 cents a pound. Sometimes on market days, you can buy four for ten yuan... 28 yuan a watermelon is quite expensive for me.

[But these are watermelons from Xianshan Farm. Everyone knows how good the previous vegetables were, so these watermelons must be excellent too.]

Looking at the comments, Li Chang'an added, "Just buy what you need, and don't blindly trust me."

He put down the watermelon, used his spiritual power to cut it open, and held up a slice to show the camera.

It was a crisp-fleshed melon with red flesh, firm texture, and a skin only a few millimeters thin. It had no seeds, and you could almost taste its sweet flavor through the screen.

After Li Chang'an finished his demonstration, he devoured the slice of watermelon in just a few bites.

The moment the first bite was taken, the viewers in the live stream heard the crisp and juicy sound.

"...Now I have no choice but to buy it. Hopefully, fewer people will try to take the watermelon from me."

I've never bought such a good watermelon as a token of gratitude anywhere else. I'm willing to lose ten pounds of fat just to buy it!

After Li Chang'an finished eating, he threw the melon rinds into the trash can. These rinds could be used for composting or to feed pigs.

He then brought out a plate of strawberries.

Each strawberry was almost the size of a goose egg, and lying on the white porcelain plate, it looked even redder. Under the sunlight, it seemed to be translucent, like a fine ruby.

The viewers in the live stream went wild once again.

What is this?! A strawberry?!

Such a big strawberry must be very sweet, right?

[Oh my god! We already have watermelons and strawberries, how far behind are the other fruits?!]

Li Chang'an picked up a strawberry and introduced it: "There are a total of 300,000 catties of strawberries. Each person is limited to two catties. The unit price is the same as other premium vegetables, which is 18.8 yuan per catty."

[This price is clearly expensive, but why do I damn well feel it's so cheap? Why? Li Chang'an, did you give me some kind of mind-altering potion?]

[Hahaha, maybe it's because everyone's used to buying groceries this way.]

[Hurry up and put it on sale! My wallet is itching to buy! Internet connection ready, time to test my luck!]

Li Chang'an was eating the strawberry he had just taken out to introduce.

The strawberries have a strong and fragrant flavor that you can smell as soon as they are placed in front of you. When you bite into them, the juice bursts out and tastes as sweet as honey. The slight tartness only lingers on the tip of your tongue for a moment, so you only feel the sweetness. Moreover, the tartness balances it out and you don't feel cloying at all. You'll want to eat another one after you've eaten one.

After finishing the last bite of the strawberry, Li Chang'an used his spiritual power to remove the strawberry stem.

He glanced at the time and said, "Alright, everyone remember to grab the ingredient gift pack first, and then grab the vegetables and fruits at the top of the hour."

Even without his reminder, the fans were already itching to grab the tickets.

Just a few seconds after 55 minutes, a million servings of the ingredient gift pack were gone.

Right on the hour, all the chickens, ducks, shrimps, crabs, vegetables, and fruits in the Xianshan Farm app disappeared.

The comments section erupted in wailing once again.

These are all old programs from Li Chang'an's live broadcast room.