Chapter 33 Sprouting

Everyone toasted and drank, enjoying themselves immensely.

Ji An put down his wine cup and said:

"Senior Brother Zhang is currently cultivating at Mount Moya. I wonder how advanced his cultivation has become."

Mount Moya is a first-grade high-quality spiritual vein, and it must be rich in spiritual energy. Cultivators can quickly improve their cultivation level simply by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Cultivating immortality requires proper methods, companions, resources, and location. Having a place with abundant spiritual energy can greatly accelerate the speed of cultivation.

Chu He swallowed the meat in his mouth and laughed:

"Senior Brother Zhang advanced to the sixth level of Qi Refining in just two months after arriving at Moya Mountain, and is now preparing to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining."

His tone lowered, and he sighed:

"I haven't been at the fifth level of Qi Refining for long, so I have no hope of catching up with my senior brother in this lifetime."

"Congratulations on Senior Sister Zhao's advancement to the sixth level of Qi Refining!"

Zhao Mengyao smiled and said modestly:

"It was just a lucky advancement."

Chu He scratched his head and said with a wry smile:

"My talent for weapon crafting is average. Perhaps when the sect's three-year assessment comes, I will have to leave the weapon crafting hall and become a combat cultivator who makes a living by hunting demonic beasts."

I feel I have failed my family in raising me, and I don't know how I can repay them in the future.

Everyone fell silent; this topic was too harsh.

The three-year assessment for new disciples is very important, especially for new disciples in the Weapon Forging Hall and Beast Taming Hall. If they fail the assessment, they will have to leave the hall.

Cultivators who engage in combat do not engage in production; they can only obtain contribution points for their cultivation by accepting sect missions or hunting demonic beasts.

In terms of safety, it is far less safe than staying in the sect to cultivate peacefully.

Wei Songnian chuckled, and seeing that everyone's attention had been drawn, he said:

"Junior brother, I have something to say, please listen to me."

Chu River bows in respect:

"Please teach me, senior brother."

“Refining weapons requires talent. If you have already confirmed that your talent is not good, then give up as soon as possible and avoid being indecisive.”

There are still two years until the sect assessment. During this time, I will only complete the tasks assigned to me and use all the remaining time to improve my cultivation and practice attack and defense spells.

I was also assigned to the weapon-refining hall by my family. After half a year in the sect, I accepted the fact that I wasn't particularly talented and chose a path that suited me better. Now I'm doing quite well."

These words were somewhat presumptuous, but Wei Songnian, thinking that having more friends meant having more options, still said them.

A weapon refiner with poor talent needs more practice to catch up with everyone else, but their growth potential is very low. Many weapon refiners, even after years of refinement, are still no match for spirit farmers.

Switching to a different track might make things easier.

"Thank you for your frankness, senior brother. I will think about it carefully when I get back."

Chu He nodded slightly. He had been considering whether it was worth continuing the relationship, but after hearing what the other party said today, his wavering heart made a decision.

Zhao Mengyao changed the subject, and everyone began to discuss cultivation.

Although everyone's cultivation methods are different, the exchange of ideas has benefited everyone present.

This is the "companion" in the Dharma, Companionship, Wealth, and Land. A person's thinking is more or less limited. By exchanging ideas and learning from each other with like-minded people, listening to the guidance of teachers and elders, and drawing inferences from one instance to another, perhaps in an unexpected moment, the problem that has troubled you for many days will suddenly become clear.

After drinking, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves immensely.

Ji An gestured for Wei Songnian to stay, and then saw the others off.

"Junior brother, is there anything else?"

Ji An took out two spirit stones and 40 spirit crystals, and pushed them to the other party:

"Give me eight more Jade Pills."

As I said before, spirit stones are worthless if you hoard them. Unless you have a special need, you should spend every single spirit crystal.

"Junior brother, you don't even save a single spirit stone? What if an emergency happens?"

Wei Songnian chuckled, but still deftly produced the pills; it wasn't his style to pass up crystals.

"If you encounter any emergencies, ask your senior brother for a loan. Don't refuse him when the time comes."

"Haha, no problem," Wei Songnian nodded.

After receiving the elixir, Ji An rode a talisman bird to the Hall of General Affairs.

Upon arriving at the General Affairs Hall, he found Li Changfeng on duty. He stepped forward and greeted him warmly.

"Senior Brother Li, I'm sorry to bother you."

I've come to exchange for some spirit grain seeds and talisman grass seeds, as well as the cultivation technique for the mid-stage of the Qingyuan Scripture's Qi Refining realm.

Li Changfeng's eyes lit up, and he smiled:

"Junior Brother Ji is a rare guest; it's a rare occasion to see you."

"Congratulations, Junior Brother! You've broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining in just one year. You're truly outstanding among this batch of Lingnong disciples."

You haven't seen Senior Brother Liu Yu yet; he should be close to reaching the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Ji An chuckled, handed over the jade token, and said:

"Four mu of spirit grain seeds, one mu of talisman grass seeds."

Li Changfeng took the jade token, found the corresponding jade slip and grain seeds, weighed them, and then swiped them on the spirit plate:

“Spirit Valley Seed: 16 contribution points, Talisman Grass Seed: 8 contribution points, Qingyuan Scripture Technique: 50 contribution points, Junior Brother has 6 contribution points available.”

"Thank you, senior brother."

Ji An took the jade slip and the grain seeds, and then asked:

"Senior brother, I'm curious, how many contribution points are needed to exchange for the incantation of a perfect-level planting spell?"

Although magic is divided into five levels: beginner, proficient, minor mastery, major mastery, and perfection, perfection is not the end.

The Tao is boundless. The concept of perfection is simply a way of saying that one's understanding of magic has entered a completely new realm.

Li Changfeng chuckled and shook his head.

"The sect has no techniques for the perfect level, at least I haven't seen them."

If the advanced level of magic techniques still falls within the category of spells, then the perfect level of magic techniques is a skill that approaches the Dao.

The secrets of perfect enlightenment can only be understood intuitively and cannot be explained in words; one's insights cannot be stored in jade slips.

However, I have heard of a kind of jade slip that can record insights, but I don't know if it's true or not.

Even if such a jade slip existed, it wouldn't record planting spells, would it?

There were no more techniques to refer to, and Ji An was quite disappointed.

This means he can only improve by using more spiritual energy and spending more time and magic power.

After planting the Spirit Valley Talisman Grass, Ji An practiced magic and prepared talisman ink, leading a simple yet fulfilling life.

In the courtyard, the spiritual energy contained in the vegetables is increasing, and one day, this place will be cultivated into a first-tier spiritual field.

He took a Jade Pill every four days, and his cultivation level improved rapidly in two months.

However, with the stone tortoise as a tenant who would take advantage of anyone who passed by, his progress was barely considered average among the fourth-level Qi Refining disciples.

Three months later.

They harvested the spirit grain talisman grass and made it into talisman paper.

Ji An went to the General Affairs Hall to pay the land rent and taxes. The tax on the talisman grass was the same as that on the spirit grain, and he also exchanged it for seeds to plant in the next season.

After so many days of hard work, all he had left was 200 catties of yellow sprout rice, 3 spirit stones and 10 spirit crystals, and some talisman paper and ink.

These gains barely gave him enough crystals to buy pills for cultivation, and he still needed to save 200 contribution points to buy spell jade slips, which now seemed like a long way off.

Sow the seeds, release the thick soil magic, and the seeds fall into the soil.

Ji An normally activated the Lesser Cloud Rain Technique, and he felt as if he had entered a mysterious and ethereal state.

Wisps of white mist gathered wildly in front of him, and in the blink of an eye, a cloud of mist, along with excess mist, formed that enveloped the entire spirit field, and spirit rain poured down.

The rain carries a unique scent, unconsciously immersing one's mind in the silvery rain threads, as if sinking into a beautiful dream.

As the clouds and mist dissipated, Ji An's mind returned to the present, and he saw tender green shoots emerging from the newly planted spiritual field.

Holy crap, it used to take a day or two to sprout!

(End of this chapter)