Opening Up Spirit Fields with Spirit Stones

Because of the Swift Travel Hawk, even without refining it and only being able to unleash 70% of Law Artifact power, it is still enough to travel more than 3,000 miles a day.

At noon the following day, Ling Pengyun returned to the Lingyun Mountain.

Upon arriving at the Lingyun Mountain, Ling Pengyun felt much more at ease.

During his three-day trip to Cloudwater Market Town, while he was not stationed in Lingyun Mountain, the Transformed Defense Light Screen the Azure Leaf Array still enveloped Lingyun Mountain and did not break.

These signs also indicate that the Spirit Plant in the mountains have not been plundered.

More than ten years ago, when Devil Cultivator Devil Cultivator ran rampant in Cloudwater County, many of them would plunder the mature Spirit Plant on the Spirit Vein of various places in the county at the end of the year.

However, with the rampant Old Devil Li leading his disciples away from Cloudwater County, Cloudwater County became somewhat more peaceful.

After jumping off the Swift Travel Hawk, Ling Pengyun waved his hand and cast a Law Seals that merged into the cyan light screen formed by the magic array.

"Withdraw."

The cyan light screen trembled slightly, and in an instant, it turned into specks of spiritual light and dissipated.

The light screen disappeared, and Ling Pengyun stepped into Lingyun Mountain.

Upon entering the mountain, Ling Pengyun went straight to the Lingyun Mountain and settled in the eleven acres of Spirit Field on the summit to check on the condition of the four acres of water-loving Azure Jade Spirit Rice, two acres of First-Tier Superior-Grade White Jade Spirit Rice, two acres of First-Tier Superior-Grade Azure Spirit Grass, and one acre of Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Gathering Grass.

"These nine acres of water-loving Spirit Plant are indeed suffering from water shortage, and their leaves have begun to turn yellow."

"Fortunately, the yellowing of the leaves of these Spirit Plant is not widespread. It is estimated that after watering them with Spirit Rain for one or two days, these Spirit Plant will return to normal."

Seeing the condition of the nine acres of Spirit Plant, Ling Pengyun secretly breathed a sigh of relief and felt fortunate.

If the leaves of the Spirit Plant in these nine acres of Spirit Field turn yellow on a large scale, then the time required for these Spirit Plant to recover will not be just three or four days. It may even damage the medicinal properties of these Spirit Plant.

After watering the nine acres of Spirit Plant and the other two acres of first-grade medium and high-quality Azure Spirit Bamboo with Spirit Rain, Ling Pengyun went to the ten acres of Spirit Field halfway up the mountain where five hundred Azure Spirit Bamboo were planted and watered the ten acres of Azure Spirit Bamboo with Spirit Rain.

The twelve acres of Azure Spirit Bamboo of all grades in the mountains did not experience any water shortage. The bamboo tubes of these Azure Spirit Bamboo would store water on their own. Not to mention not watering these Azure Spirit Bamboo with Spirit Rain for three days, even if they were not watered with Spirit Rain for ten days or half a month, the Azure Spirit Bamboo Azure Spirit Bamboo would not experience any water shortage.

After finishing watering the Spirit Plant, Ling Pengyun walked to the chicken coop on the mountaintop where seven Pineflower Chicken were kept, which was built with earthen walls.

Ling Pengyun looked up into the chicken coop and saw that the seven Songhua Spirit Chicken were still as well-behaved as they had been when they left three days ago. Whenever they wanted to make a "clucking" sound, they had to look at the Wind Shadow Peng circling in the sky above Lingyun Mountain. Once they realized that the Wind Shadow Peng was watching them, they dared not make any noise.

Upon seeing this, Ling Pengyun's expression brightened slightly.

Raising his head, he gazed at the Wind Shadow Peng soaring freely in the sky, a smile spreading across his face as he muttered to himself.

"Including my three-day trip to Cloudwater Market Town, these seven Songhua Spirit Chicken have been quiet for nearly ten days. Wind Shadow Peng deserves a lot of credit for this."

Since Ling Pengyun officially took over Ling Rucong's post on this mountain last December, he has dispatched Wind Shadow Peng, a Early-Stage Qi Training Spirit Beast of the entry-level rank, to circle around the chicken coop every day to deter the seven mischievous Songhua Spirit Chicken.

If these Songhua Spirit Chicken try to escape by crashing into the wall again, they will be threatened with death by Wind Shadow Peng.

At this moment, Wind Shadow Peng, which was soaring in the sky above Lingyun Mountain, also sensed Ling Pengyun's return and landed on the ground in front of Ling Pengyun.

Ling Pengyun did not bring the Wind Shadow Peng with him on his trip to Cloudwater Market Town, but left it to guard Lingyun Mountain.

"You've done a good job managing this Songhua Spirit Chicken." Ling Pengyun activated the Recognition of Ownership Restriction within the Sky Soaring Wind Shadow Peng and praised it.

After saying that, Ling Pengyun took out a First Rank Low Grade spirit fruit from his Storage Bag and tossed it to Wind Shadow Peng, who was standing on the ground in front of him.

Upon seeing this, Wind Shadow Peng's eyes flashed with two sharp glints. He quickly flapped his wings and snatched the spiritual fruit in his mouth to eat.

Once the spiritual fruit entered his stomach, Wind Shadow Peng could clearly feel the pure spiritual energy contained within the fruit filling his body.

Feeling the benefits, Wind Shadow Peng was overjoyed, his eyes filled with gratitude, and he cried out to Ling Pengyun.

Through the Recognition of Ownership Restriction, Ling Pengyun also understood the meaning of Wind Shadow Peng.

Ling Pengyun squatted down, patted Wind Shadow Peng's head, and said with a smile.

"Quickly return to your lair and refine the fruit inside your belly. From now on, all your Cultivation Resources will be converted into spirit fruits. Focus on your stealthy cultivation."

Upon hearing this, Wind Shadow Peng's eyes lit up with even more joy. He lowered his head and rubbed against Ling Pengyun's leg twice to show his loyalty before returning to a huge bird's nest atop a Bamboo House on the mountaintop and falling into a deep sleep.

Seeing this, Ling Pengyun was quite satisfied.

"From now on, Wind Shadow Peng will eat spirit fruits as his food and use them as Cultivation Resources. He should be able to enter the Qi Training Middle Stage within two years."

"By then, Wind Shadow Peng will have grown larger, large enough to carry me in flight."

Ling Pengyun gazed at the top of the Bamboo House, at the nest of the Wind Shadow Peng, a hint of anticipation flickering in his eyes.

From beginning to end, in Ling Pengyun's mind, the most important function of the Wind Shadow Peng was as a vehicle, and only secondarily as a combat aid.

His thoughts returned to the present moment. He scattered a handful of Yellow Jade Spirit Rice on the seven Songhua Spirit Chicken in the coop that had not been fed for three days before returning to the only Bamboo House on the mountaintop.

Upon returning to the Bamboo House, Ling Pengyun sat cross-legged on a Meditation Mat placed Spirit Field in the first-floor hall. He took out a First Rank Middle Grade spirit fruit from his Storage Bag at his waist, swallowed it, and circulated his Cultivation Method to refine the Spiritual Qi contained in the fruit's flesh, replenishing the spiritual power in his Dantian that had been consumed during his journey.

He cultivated for several hours until his Dantian was full of spiritual energy, then he stopped cultivating.

He opened his eyes, turned his head to look at the millstone-sized Spirit Field beside him where the ancestor of Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice had previously planted. His expression shifted slightly, and he muttered to himself.

"The Secret Method for stabilizing and improving the Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice also been created. In the future, I will not need to watch over the growth of the Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice. I also left behind a lot of Spirit Stone from this trip to Cloudwater Market Town. It is time to cultivate an acre of Spirit Field and test the yield of the Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice per acre."

With this idea in mind, Ling Pengyun took out the array plate of the Azure Leaf Array, the Mountain Protection Formation of this mountain, Hand Seals a Law Seals into the array plate to remove the Spiritual Qi from the millstone-sized Spirit Field next to him, turning the Spirit Field back into ordinary soil.

Afterwards, Ling Pengyun walked out of the Bamboo House and stepped to the eleven acres of Spirit Field outside the Bamboo House. He took out the Spirit Hoe he used in his early years from his Storage Bag and cleared a piece of wasteland about an acre in size on the land next to these Spirit Field.

He then took out the last five hundred or so Spirit Stone remaining in his Storage Bag and summoned them all, piling them up beside the barren field.

Once the Spirit Stone were taken out, Ling Pengyun quickly Hand Seals and used Secret Method called "Spirit Plant Spirit Nurturing Art" to extract the vast Spiritual Qi contained within the five hundred Spirit Stone and inject it into the barren field beside him. He used the "Secret Method" to cleanse the mortal soil in that field, transforming it into spiritual energy.

The Spiritual Qi washed over the mortal land for nearly two hours, consuming all the Spiritual Qi within the more than three hundred and ten Spirit Stone. Only then did the mortal land in that acre of barren land become spiritual, with each grain of soil containing wisps of Spiritual Qi, undergoing a tremendous change in its essence.

Seeing this, Ling Pengyun's face also lit up with joy.

"The Spirit Field cultivated with Spirit Stone contain the same amount of Spirit Field Spiritual Qi as those cultivated with Spirit Vein and Spiritual Qi; there is not much difference between the two."

After finishing his explanation, Ling Pengyun glanced at the Spirit Stone, now mostly gone, next to the newly cultivated acre of Spirit Field, and felt a pang of heartache.

"While it is convenient to use Spirit Stone to cultivate Spirit Field, the amount of Spirit Stone consumed is far too much. No wonder the Lineage is unwilling to use Spirit Stone to cultivate Spirit Field."

It took more than 310 Spirit Stone to cultivate this one acre of Spirit Field.

This sum of Spirit Stone is equivalent to the offerings he would receive from his Lineage while stationed at Lingyun Mountain for two or three years.

However, it will take at least three years to recoup the investment from this Spirit Field field.

With his thoughts returning to normal, Ling Pengyun patted the Storage Bag at his waist, summoning the array plate of the Azure Leaf Array, the mountain's Mountain Protection Formation. Using this array plate to connect with the Spirit Vein beneath the mountain, he drew upon the meager Spiritual Qi within the mountain and poured it into the newly cultivated Spirit Field.

The array plate was used to lock the faint Spiritual Qi within this Spirit Field, so as to sustain the Spiritual Qi consumed during the future planting of Spirit Plant in this Spirit Field.

Spirit Field cultivated with Spirit Stone is like a key to a door. If no Spiritual Qi is subsequently injected into the Spirit Field, the Spirit Soil Spirit Field will be reverted to ordinary soil because the Spirit Plant Spirit Plant absorb the Spiritual Qi contained within the Spirit Soil during the planting process.

"Although there isn't much Spiritual Qi left in the mountains, it should be enough to keep this Spirit Field field from falling into the status of ordinary soil."

After putting away the array plate, Ling Pengyun looked at the newly cultivated Spirit Field and muttered to himself.

Coming to his senses, Ling Pengyun took the Spirit Hoe and entered the newly cultivated Spirit Hoe Spirit Field, using it to dig fifty small pits in the Spirit Field.

Afterwards, Ling Pengyun sat cross-legged beside the Spirit Field, took out many Water Spirit Rice and Golden Marrow Spirit Rice Spirit Rice left over from his early years, and used the Autumn Cloud Secret Method to steadily improve them into Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice seeds.

Because of the Autumn Cloud Secret Method, the speed at which the seeds of Water Spirit Rice and Golden Marrow Spirit Rice were improved into Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice was extremely fast.

In less than half an incense stick's time, Ling Pengyun had improved fifty Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice seeds.

Once the seeds were formed, Ling Pengyun buried them in the small pit he had dug in the newly cultivated Spirit Field using Spirit Hoe.

After planting the seeds, Ling Pengyun used his Cloud Rain Technique to irrigate the acre of Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice seeds with Spirit Rain, hoping to nourish them and help them germinate quickly.

"Once this acre of Spirit Rice matures in a few months, we should be able to determine the yield per acre of the Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice."

Ling Pengyun looked at the Spirit Field in front of him where the Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice was planted and muttered to himself.

Although the original Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice seed produced a considerable amount of Spirit Rice, it was difficult to determine the true yield of Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice. Only through large-scale planting could a definitive conclusion be drawn.

With a conclusion reached, we will have more confidence when selling Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice in the future.

This is precisely why he spent three hundred Spirit Stone to cultivate this acre of Spirit Field.

By the time this task was completed, the sun had already set.

Ling Pengyun returned to the Bamboo House and first sat cross-legged on the Meditation Mat to absorb a mouthful of Moonlight Power. Then he took out a Early-Stage Qi Training Demon Serpent, four catties of First Rank Low Grade Xuan Gold, as well as the Black Flame Refining Furnace and Blazing Firewood that he had purchased during his trip to Cloudwater Market Town, and began to refine First Rank Low Grade Golden Scale Inner Armor.

Having already crafted this Law Artifact thirty times before, Ling Pengyun was quite adept at crafting the Golden Scale Inner Armor this time. In addition, his luck was quite good today, and the crafting process was successfully completed.

Looking at the dazzling spiritual patterns on the Golden Scale Inner Armor in his hand, Ling Pengyun's expression showed a hint of approval.

"Using Xuanjin as an auxiliary material to refine this Law Artifact is indeed better than using the bones of Demon Beast as an auxiliary material to refine the Golden Scale Inner Armor."

After sighing and cleaning up the mess from refining the weapon, he closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and circulated his cultivation Cultivation Method to refine the Spiritual Qi contained within the remaining spiritual fruit pulp in his stomach, thus improving his cultivation level.

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