Chapter 95 Picking Spiritual Fruit

It was already bright outside, and the bright white light shone through the window onto Ye Zhen who was meditating on the bed. The yard was opened by Ye's mother, and Ye's father started to light the fire and cook in the kitchen. Grandpa and grandmother Ye were washing and scrubbing in the yard, and packing up the things Ye Zhen had brought back.

Looking out the window, I saw green mountains and a winding river. In the village, smoke was curling up and the roosters had stopped crowing.

The mountain village in June was shrouded in mist, with water drops hanging on the green grass. The early-rising villagers had returned from working in the fields, the hardworking housewives had prepared meals, cocks crowed and dogs barked, and the Shanbei Village, which had been silent all night, began to become lively.

Ye Zhen opened his eyes, and the spiritual energy lost its attraction and gradually dispersed everywhere. This was because Ye Zhen had set up a small spiritual formation in the entire yard, with Ye Zhen's home as the formation point and the various fruit trees inside the yard as the foundation. When Ye Zhen practiced and absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the spiritual energy could only enter but not exit, and was trapped in the small courtyard. However, the vitality that Ye Zhen gave back could be integrated into the mountains and forests through the formation, nourishing the earth.

The Taoist tradition of this world is cut off, and the spiritual energy has little effect on the present. The rich vitality is more suitable for the current world. Ye Zhen achieves the balance of this world through cultivation and every sip and bite.

Of course, this is not a long-term solution. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is limited. If it only takes in and does not go out, it will be a complete waste of resources, which will be very detrimental to Ye Zhen's future practice.

Aura is generated from naturally formed mineral veins and spiritual objects, of course the prerequisite is sufficient aura circulation environment.

For example, in the world of cultivating immortals, there are sufficient spiritual veins, spiritual crystals, and spiritual sources of various attributes. As long as there is a spiritual source, spiritual stone veins can be generated. Over time, spiritual crystals will be generated in the spiritual stone veins, and spiritual crystals can evolve into spiritual essences. After tens of millions of years of growth, new spiritual sources will be formed...

Spiritual objects, however, are relatively simple. Most of the spiritual objects in the world of immortal cultivation are magical flowers and rare medicines that are naturally grown, as well as some special demons and exotic species.

The method by which spiritual plants produce spiritual energy is similar to Ye Zhen's method of cultivation, except that spiritual plants absorb all kinds of air, such as the turbid air of heaven and earth, and maintain the spiritual world like a cleaner in the world of cultivation, while Ye Zhen simply absorbs spiritual energy and exhales the air of vitality.

These can all produce some spiritual energy, but compared to mineral veins, the amount of spiritual energy produced is just less.

But in this world, when Ye Zhen returns, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is so thin that there is no possibility of any mineral veins existing.

Ye Zhen finally figured out where this thin spiritual energy came from, and he gave up.

When I went to visit my uncle, I found out that some wealthy people and some big jewelry stores had a faint aura. When Ye Zhen checked quietly, he found that the purer the color of the jade, the more aura it had, and the price was ridiculously expensive!

Ye Zhen: “…”

If you don’t have some money these days, you are not worthy of practicing Taoism!

Either he finds a mine and starts mining himself, but Ye Zhen currently doesn't have that ability and doesn't want to attract the attention of relevant personnel.

Moreover, there is not much spiritual energy in the jade mine. It is not necessary for Ye Zhen to go to so much trouble for that pitiful amount of spiritual energy.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhen sighed.

She was not destined to lie down and do nothing. In the world of cultivating immortals, she had no big family to support her, so she had to earn the spirit stones on her own.

I finally have the chance to practice after returning, but the source of spiritual energy is extremely expensive.

Fortunately, her cultivation method was special and she chose a farming business. Although the spiritual energy she obtained from plants was less and it was more difficult to cultivate plants with spiritual energy, at least she could still practice.

Otherwise, I can only be an honest mortal.

There is no use thinking too much, just focus on the present!

She got out of bed quickly and planned to see what happened to yesterday's strawberries.

Shake your body, and the impurities will form a film on the surface of the skin, and even form a crust in some places.

Ye Zhen tried to circulate his spiritual energy. After one night's work, all the impurities that he had attracted from wandering outside in the past two days were eliminated. His spiritual roots also grew a little stronger, and the speed at which he absorbed and exhaled spiritual energy also increased.

He used a dust-cleansing spell to clean the sheets on his body, then rolled the dirty things into a ball and threw them under the fruit tree outside the window.

It’s like fertilizing the fruit trees!

After saying hello to Grandma Ye, he entered the kitchen and saw Mother Ye cooking porridge. The aroma of rice filled the air. Ye Zhen went up to the pot and took a look.

"Mom, what kind of porridge is this? It smells so good." The white rice boiled, and yellow and green things were swirling inside. Ye Zhen could only recognize the green vegetables and couldn't see the rest.

"Seafood porridge, add some prawns, fish fillets and sprinkle some green vegetables." Ye's mother stirred it and added some fine salt to taste it for saltiness.

"Oh, it looks delicious. What else is there to have with porridge in the morning? Let's change the taste!" Ye Zhen looked at the table near the chopping board and put some green onions and some remaining ginger slices.

Eating porridge is too monotonous! At home, we either eat white porridge or noodles. We have also eaten seafood porridge for a few days. No matter how delicious it is, it is still porridge. She wants to change the taste.

"Cut some pickled radish strips, or make some fried rice noodles with plums?" Seeing that Ye Zhen looked uninterested, Ye's father, who was sitting by the fire, interrupted.

What else could Ye Ma do? She could only take the buns she had originally planned to eat tomorrow out of the refrigerator.

"You are such a landlady. It's not enough to have this delicious food. What other delicacies do you want to eat?" There are fish and shrimps. Isn't this better than the previous breakfast?

While mumbling, he added water to the steamer, put a few big buns in it and steamed them.

Ye Zhen smiled and said, "Mom, there are a lot of fruits ripe in the backyard. We didn't plant many fruits this time, so Sister Qian should bring some back for her."

Ye Ma had no objection and nodded in agreement, but:

"They don't lack any fruits there, so I picked some dried vegetables and mushrooms. I still have a lot of dried bamboo shoots at home, and I also took some dried bean paste and other things for them to take away."

Then he slapped his thigh and told Ye's father:

"Let's go buy some food in town and invite the third brother's family and Dongzi's aunt to come over for dinner."

Dad Ye nodded to show that he understood.

Seeing that nothing was wrong, Ye Zhen took a vegetable basket and ran to the backyard.

Mother Ye planted some onions, ginger and pepper trees in the backyard, and Grandma Ye dug up a few chrysanthemums and planted them on the side. As the years passed, it has become a large patch of lush, glossy dark green leaves, even though it is not yet the chrysanthemum blooming season.

The few fruit trees that Ye Zhen brought back were planted here. Cherries were out of season, and Ye Zhen did not violate the laws of nature to allow them to bear fruit again, so the trees were left with full green leaves.

However, many of the other fruits planted have matured. Fig Yezhen searched for many varieties on the Internet. In addition to the few varieties he brought back, he also planted other varieties.

During these days, the yard has been surrounded by spiritual energy. The soil has become shiny and nutritious due to the vitality fed back by Ye Zhen. The fruits have also grown full and big. Honey has oozed out of the cracked fruits, attracting many bees and insects.

Each blueberry is as big as a thumb and is crowded together in clusters. They look juicy and seem like they will burst if you squeeze them.

…

But these were not Ye Zhen’s goals; the two trees of red and white strawberries were her purpose.

Ye Zhen picked a red strawberry and observed it carefully. It had little spiritual energy and was not as easily broken as ordinary strawberries. Its skin was smoother and the seeds had fallen off.

Not only does it feel heavy in your hand, but when you take a bite, you'll find that the fruit is more delicate and thicker than ordinary strawberries. It not only has a strong strawberry aroma, but also a blueberry aroma.

After entering the mouth, subtle spiritual energy flows along the esophagus into the whole body. Although it is little, it is enough for nourishment for ordinary people.

This time the optimization direction of the strawberry fruit is good, the yield is decent, the taste is more delicious, it is good for the human body, and the effect is not too exaggerated, making it suitable for people to eat.

It also means that they can be upgraded and the next batch of strawberries can be planted directly from these two strawberry plants.

Ye Zhen was very satisfied. With spiritual fruits, her spiritual plants would gradually increase, and she would not have to work hard to attract spiritual energy for cultivation.

After collecting the seeds on the ground, Ye Zhen planned to pick all the strawberries.