Chapter 75, Immortal Rice, Discussion
Li Chang'an stood there, stunned.
He had planted several rounds of spirit rice on this acre, and even put three water spirits in, but he still couldn't cultivate it to the quality of a celestial plant. He was almost ready to give up.
As a result, after he calmed down, all the spiritual rice in this round turned into immortal rice.
When cultivating spiritual vegetables on inferior spiritual soil, ordinary seeds have a chance to sprout a few spiritual plants in the second round of planting after two rounds.
But rice is different. From the very beginning, when it's soaked in the Ningjing River, it all transforms into a spiritual quality. Now, the spiritual rice in this field has all become a celestial quality.
Li Chang'an was a little excited. He turned the live stream camera back on and hurriedly said to the viewers, "I have something to do now, I'm going offline first."
He turned off the live stream, then took out the Mountain God Deer Antler to test it. All the immortal rice was harvested, and the harvest doubled. However, the Mountain God Deer Antler kept absorbing his spiritual power. In the end, after harvesting one acre of immortal rice, it almost drained Li Chang'an's spiritual power.
A faint pain came from his dantian, and Li Chang'an broke out in a cold sweat.
He chuckled and stepped forward to gather the rice stalks that had been harvested by the mountain god's antlers.
Noticing the commotion, the tea spirit came over and was somewhat surprised when it saw the rice stalks on the ground. "You actually managed to cultivate it."
"Yes," Li Chang'an said happily, "I also want to thank you for providing the land."
The tea spirit grunted twice and agreed without any hesitation.
He glanced at the soil beneath his feet and said with a hint of envy, "The spiritual energy in this place is almost as good as that of premium spiritual soil."
The superior spiritual soil absorbed the spiritual power of the water essence, and the spiritual energy it contained became increasingly abundant.
The tea essence was very envious and wished it could move its own form here.
"However, the difference between good spiritual soil and high-quality spiritual soil is not just the content of spiritual energy. These good spiritual soils are still missing something for them to become high-quality spiritual soils." Saying this, the tea spirit felt a little more at ease.
Li Chang'an was tying up rice stalks when he heard this and casually asked, "Is something still missing?"
"Six thousand years ago, high-quality spiritual soil was used to grow immortal plants, and it contained the five elements of spiritual power. So if you want to upgrade good spiritual soil to the level of high-quality spiritual soil, you will need four other kinds of spiritual essence."
"My spiritual essence tree branch can barely replace wood essence, but spiritual essence of the other three attributes will be hard to find."
Li Chang'an was not disappointed upon hearing this, and smiled, saying, "I already have enough high-quality spiritual soil. I've already grown the immortal rice, and it's only a matter of time before I can grow wheat, soybeans, millet, and yellow millet as well."
He was already very satisfied with the high-quality soil.
Tea Essence looked at Li Chang'an for a while, crossed her arms, and said, "That's right."
After tying up the rice stalks and putting them into his storage bag, Li Chang'an said goodbye to the tea spirit and left Wolushan to return home.
He replenished his spiritual energy and worked with Tianxuan to husk and dry the immortal rice.
A handful of jade-like rice, gleaming with golden light, lay in her palm. Tianxuan was slightly surprised: "This batch of rice is a bit different... Could this be celestial rice?"
“Yes.” Li Chang’an nodded.
Tianxuan was unusually excited. "The spiritual energy in the Immortal Rice is several times that of the Spirit Rice. Eating ten catties of it would probably allow a cultivator at the mid or low level of Qi Refining to increase their cultivation level by one level."
Cultivators have large appetites; ten catties of immortal rice can be cooked into about ten meals.
Just by eating ten meals of immortal rice, one can increase their cultivation level by one rank. If those cultivators knew this, it would probably cause a great sensation.
"They're really that amazing," Li Chang'an remarked with some emotion.
The two quickly produced two thousand catties of immortal rice.
Li Chang'an found two snakeskin bags, packed the contents, and put them into his storage bag.
The next morning, Li Chang'an went to the Spirit Iris Tree and scattered about fifty catties of fairy rice in the vicinity.
The Golden Feathered Spirit Kite came out when he arrived, and its eyes widened when it saw Xianmi.
"You, you actually managed to grow Immortal Rice..." The Golden Feathered Spirit Kite was somewhat surprised.
Li Chang'an said apologetically, "But the quantity is not large."
The golden-feathered spirit bird recovered from its shock and said, "It's alright, it's good enough that we have it."
They all knew how scarce spiritual energy was in the Cangxuan Realm, and the spiritual rice that Li Chang'an usually fed them was already a rare treat, so they didn't even dare to ask for immortal rice.
Unexpectedly, Li Chang'an actually managed to grow the Immortal Rice.
Seeing that the Golden Feathered Spirit Kite was satisfied, Li Chang'an breathed a sigh of relief. "Then can I sprinkle fifty catties of immortal rice for you every day? I currently only have two thousand catties, which can last you about forty days."
The golden-feathered spirit bird nodded.
Having delivered packages during this period, he has a rough idea of how much fifty kilograms is.
"Okay, thank you."
The golden-feathered spirit bird thanked him reservedly, and after Li Chang'an left, it quickly lowered its head and pecked at a few grains of immortal rice.
Mmm~ This delicious taste is so long-lost!
It squinted its eyes, then spread its wings and cried out to the sky.
A moment later, the leaves of the Spirit Kite Tree shimmered with golden light, the leaves trembled, and a flock of Spirit Kite birds flew out, ate some fairy rice, and returned to the leaves, so that the next flock could come out to eat.
...
Li Chang'an left the top of Wolu Mountain and went to Lingxu Fish, where he sprinkled a small handful of cooked immortal rice into the pool.
There aren't many Spirit Void Fish, so this is enough for them to eat.
Then Li Chang'an took a newly condensed water essence and left, returning to the East Floating Sky Island. He then plowed the rice stalks back into the field and soaked them in the Ningjing River water, intending to continue planting the rice.
The first batch of the miraculous rice was saved for seeds, and there is hope for planting a second, third, and so on.
However, immortal rice is still a low-level immortal plant. Although this acre of high-quality spiritual soil has become rich in spiritual energy with the help of water essence, the spiritual energy will be almost completely absorbed after two rounds of immortal rice are planted.
After the tea spirit screamed, "This land is about to degenerate into inferior spiritual soil," Li Chang'an was shocked and buried half of the monster pills he collected every night in this acre of land.
At least some of the spiritual energy was preserved.
The rice seedlings planted in fields with high-quality spiritual soil will take about two months to harvest.
Although it was slow, Li Chang'an was very satisfied, and the spirit kites were also very satisfied.
Four months later, when Li Chang'an was preparing to ship vegetables via livestream again, he discovered that there were several thousand more Spirit Kites, although these several thousand were not as big as the other Spirit Kites.
The Golden Feathered Spirit Kite explained, "These extra birds are actually the young spirit kites that have grown up."
The young spirit kites had low cultivation levels and had always lived inside the spirit kite tree without coming out. Now that Li Chang'an has grown immortal rice, they can only grow up after eating the immortal rice.
The extra few thousand spirit kites are currently in their adolescence.
"Furthermore, with the arrival of the Immortal Rice and improved conditions, the clansmen are more enthusiastic about reproducing. I estimate that many more eggs will be added to the clan soon," the Golden Feathered Spirit Kite said happily.
Li Chang'an immediately felt immense pressure.
That's thousands upon thousands of mouths to feed!
well.
However, those are things to consider later. The most urgent task is to make storage bags for the extra six thousand spirit kites.
In a way, these small storage pouches are like the work clothes of the spirit kites.
After finishing this batch of deliveries, Li Chang'an continued his live stream, heading to the pigsty.
Nineteen pregnant sows gave birth to piglets one after another ten days ago, with each litter typically containing twelve piglets.
Now there are more than 200 piglets in the pigsty, including 104 male piglets.
Li Chang'an set up his phone on the side and used his spiritual power to scoop a male piglet out of the pigpen.
[Such a clean little pig! Baby animals are so cute!]
Wait! Li Chang'an, could it be that you're trying to... with that move?
[Ahhh! Male audience members, run!]
Some viewers in the live chat noticed something was wrong.
Li Chang'an smiled as he looked at his phone screen, then picked up a cotton ball soaked in disinfectant and disinfected it before swiftly cutting it open!
A male piglet has been sterilized.
The piglet didn't utter a single cry of pain from beginning to end, because Li Chang'an was constantly using his spiritual power to soothe and heal it, preventing it from feeling any pain.
[…I'm speechless. You really don't treat us like family; you're even broadcasting this live.]
[Ouch, I can feel the pain even through the screen. But this is the fastest and quietest sterilization I've ever seen; the piglet didn't even squeal.]
Wow, that's a really professional technique! Did you go and learn it?
Li Chang'an picked up the next boar piglet, glanced casually at the comments, and said, "I used spiritual power to heal and soothe it from the moment the knife was cut, so the piglet didn't feel any pain. Spiritual power has a healing effect."
"Yes, I went to other pig farms to learn specifically."
So, are we, the audience, the only ones feeling the pain?
[Could you please give us some spiritual healing through the screen? I'm so grateful.]
"...I'm scared, I'll leave now and come back in after the sterilization is done."
Li Chang'an chuckled and continued to strike with his knife.
It took more than two hours to sterilize 104 male piglets.
Li Chang'an fed the sows some more broadleaf fern, washed his hands, and then picked up his phone and left the pigpen.
[By the way, Li Chang'an, do you take other spaying/neutering orders? I'd like you to spay/neuter my cat so it will experience less pain, right?]
Li Chang'an said, "I've never spayed or neutered a cat before, so I might not be able to do it. I used spiritual energy to relieve the piglet's pain. Could you see if you could ask a cultivator to help by giving the cat some spiritual energy after the spaying or neutering surgery? That way, the cat won't feel any pain after the anesthesia wears off."
It's so hard to hire cultivators; they don't need much money, but I don't have any spiritual items.
[Speaking of which, my sister had a C-section two days ago, and she's been in a lot of pain these past few days. Could I ask a cultivator to give her some spiritual energy?]
The live stream chat was flooded with comments, all saying that their family members or pets had undergone surgery or contracted some illness, and asking if the cultivators could use their spiritual power to treat them.
Other cultivators in the live chat offered their help: "Spiritual energy is the source of life and does indeed have the function of healing diseases. However, using spiritual energy to heal is going against the natural order and requires bearing the consequences. The more serious the illness, the higher the cultivator's cultivation level must be, and the more likely they are to suffer backlash and pay a heavy price."
There was even a cultivator certified by the Cultivation Alliance explaining: "You may not have noticed, but although Li Chang'an gave the piglet some spiritual energy for treatment, the sterilization wound didn't disappear immediately. The spiritual energy only alleviated the pain during this process and might even promote recovery later. So, it's feasible for a cultivator to give spiritual energy to reduce post-operative pain. However, to eliminate the pain immediately is almost impossible, and it also depends on the severity of the surgery."
Li Chang'an watched the comments section quietly.
Although he had crammed on cultivation knowledge at Fangcun, he was unable to answer questions that were too specific.
Fortunately, the explanations from the cultivators and staff of the Cultivation Alliance in the comments were very clear.
[Speaking of which, I always thought cultivators were too far removed from our lives, but seeing Li Chang'an use the purification talisman, and seeing how spiritual energy alleviated his pain today, I suddenly have a strange feeling.]
I understand you; it's the feeling that the lives of monks can actually be closely related to our lives.
[If you can't get a cultivator to use their spiritual power, you can try the vegetables sold by Li Chang'an. I think they're quite good for your health. Although they're not as effective as spiritual power, they're still useful.]
[That's right, so when are you going to expand your planting scale, Li Chang'an? I didn't buy any of the vegetables you ordered yesterday!]
Li Chang'an chuckled and replied to the last comment: "We'll be able to expand the planting scale again in a couple of days. That's all for today's live stream, goodbye everyone."
He then waved at the camera and ended the live stream.
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