The Clan's Plans for the Lingyun Mountain Spirit Fields

A dozen or so days after the Spring Festival the following year, in mid-February.

Ling Yunqian, who was delivering offerings to Ling Pengyun, once again rode Immortal Spirit Crane to Lingyun Mountain.

As soon as he jumped off the Immortal Spirit Crane, he looked at Ling Pengyun, who was already waiting there, with a happy expression and praised him.

"Peng Yun, I already know about Zhu Wen. Your parents have also told me about his background. Bringing Zhu Wen to the Clan Mountain to draw Spirit Talisman Cave for the Lineage is indeed better than killing him directly. Your choice is excellent."

"Eighteenth Great-Grandfather, you flatter me," Ling Pengyun said with a smile.

"I've checked the batch of Law Artifact you put in your parents' general store a few days ago. They're all of good quality and there's a lot of them. I suppose your success rate in forging the Azure Bamboo Sword and the Round Iron Shield Law Artifact already quite good. I've also heard that you're trying to forge the Golden Scale Inner Armor."

"After I return to my clan, I will inform my Eleventh Uncle Eleventh Uncle about this matter and ask him to allocate some materials for you to refine First Rank Middle Grade Golden Scale Inner Armor and First Rank Middle Grade Azure Spirit Sword. Although the First Rank Middle Grade Azure Spirit Sword is weaker than other First Rank Middle Grade flying swords and the market is not good, the Lineage already cultivates First Rank Middle Grade Azure Spirit Bamboo. It is not a bad thing for you to master the crafting of First Rank Middle Grade Azure Spirit Sword."

"Furthermore, your success rate in refining First Rank Low Grade Azure Spirit Sword is already quite high. I imagine you can easily master refining First Rank Middle Grade Azure Spirit Sword as well, since they are the same type of Law Artifact," Ling Yunqian said.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Eleventh Uncle." Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun's expression brightened, and he quickly expressed his gratitude.

"Hey, Peng Yun, how come there's an extra acre of Spirit Field on the Lingyun Mountain? Did you cultivate that extra acre of Spirit Field? What kind of Spirit Rice is planted on that acre of spiritual Spirit Field?" Ling Yunqian glanced at the eleven acres of Spirit Field beside him and noticed that there was now an extra acre of Spirit Field, and that a type of Spirit Rice that he had never seen before was being planted on that acre of Spirit Field. He asked with a slightly puzzled expression.

Upon hearing the question and answer, Ling Pengyun followed Ling Yunqian's gaze and immediately understood.

He had planned to report to his Lineage after the Autumn Cloud Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice matured and the yield was confirmed, and then sell the Autumn Cloud Secret Method that improved the Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice through his Lineage. Therefore, he did not hide it.

He directly revealed everything about the newly developed Spirit Field and the Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice.

"Eighteenth Grandfather, that extra acre of Spirit Field was opened up by me with Spirit Stone a few days ago. As for that acre of Spirit Field, it is planted with New Type Spirit Rice that I have improved in recent years, which I named Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice. The purpose of planting that acre of Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice is to test how much the yield of that acre of Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice is."

"You've developed a New Type Spirit Rice?" Ling Xiaohua exclaimed in surprise.

Although he was not Spirit Planter, he came from the Ling Clan, which relied on Spirit Plant for its foundation, and he was somewhat aware of the difficulties in improving a New Type Spirit Rice.

The Ling Clan clan has been established for over two hundred years and has produced dozens of Spirit Planter. However, only the Ling Clan ancestor with extraordinary comprehension created three improved Spirit Rice varieties in the Jade Series. The other Spirit Planter did not achieve such success and simply lived their lives in a conventional manner.

Under these circumstances, Ling Pengyun's ability to improve the Spirit Rice was astonishing, akin to breaking through the Foundation Establishment stage.

Ling Pengyun replied earnestly, "Exactly."

Upon hearing Ling Pengyun's response, Ling Yunqian thousand horses were galloping through his heart, and he was unable to calm down for a moment. He thought to himself.

"Peng Yun is known throughout the clan for his exceptional comprehension and kind nature; he is not the kind of person who would lie."

"Although I am not Spirit Planter, I have traveled all over the country over the years and have seen more than 99% of the Spirit Rice varieties within the territory of the Hundred Spirits Sect. I have never seen the Spirit Rice variety on the newly developed Spirit Field of Peng Yun."

"Thinking about it this way, the matter of improving the Spirit Rice is probably true."

It took Ling Yunqian quite a while to come to his senses.

"Peng Yun, could you tell me about the information regarding your improved Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice?"

Ling Pengyun nodded slightly and began to explain. "Of course, this Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice is made by fusing the Yi Wood Essence from two kinds of Spirit Rice seeds: Water Spirit Rice and Golden Marrow Spirit Rice. This Spirit Rice is of the First Rank Low Grade and ripens once a year. Judging from the Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice ancestor that I cultivated before, the Spiritual Qi contained in the spirit rice produced by Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice is not strong, only the same as Spiritual Qi contained in ordinary Water Spirit Rice."

"However, the Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice produced a large number of grains. With the blessing of my Secret Method, the ancestral Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice plant produced a total of sixty-seven grains of spirit rice. This number of grains is at least 30% stronger than that of the Water Spirit Rice."

"This is just my information on the ancestor of the Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice. If we want to verify the exact efficacy of the Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice, we need to wait until the acre of Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice I planted matures before we can truly confirm it."

Upon hearing this, Ling Yunqian was overjoyed and praised him.

"According to what you said, although the Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice you improved is not comparable to the three types of Jade Series spirit rice improved by our ancestors, it is better than the best and worse than the worst. Although this Spirit Rice is not a superior variety, it is still good enough to be called a good variety."

"You are truly a great talent. No wonder Eleventh Uncle chose you as his successor so early on."

"If Eleventh Uncle knew this news, he would be extremely happy."

The "Eleventh Uncle" mentioned by Ling Yunqian is none other than Ling Ruda Great Elder of the Ling Clan.

Hearing such praise, Ling Pengyun couldn't help but feel a little proud, and a smile appeared on his face.

Seeing that Ling Pengyun didn't intend to talk more about improving the Spirit Rice, Ling Yunqian tactfully changed the subject. After suppressing his joy, he took out three Glass Bottle containing green spirit liquid from his Storage Bag and handed them to Ling Pengyun.

"Peng Yun, these three bottles of Cloud Forest Spirit Water are cultivation-grade Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water that you entrusted me to purchase last year."

"It was bought by Third Brother on January 1st this year at the West Yang Small Gathering held by the Hundred Spirits Sect in the newly established West Yang County West Yang Market Town. There were also two bottles of Cloud Forest Spirit Water at that meeting, but too many people were vying for them, and the price soared to over 350 Spirit Stone. The premium was too high, so Third Brother did not auction them off."

"You'll need to pay for these three items yourself with Spirit Stone. Each bottle costs three hundred Spirit Stone. This Spirit Stone is too large. You can pay it back slowly after you return to your clan. There's no need to rush."

The Third Brother he mentioned was Ling Yunhong, who was the third in the Yun Generation.

"Thank you for your trouble, Eighteenth Great-Grandfather." Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun's expression brightened, and he quickly accepted the three bottles of Cloud Forest Spirit Water offered to him, expressing his gratitude.

Ling Yunqian waved his hand, indicating that he understood. "There is another important matter to tell you. Third Brother is now First Rank High-Grade Alchemist, and he is probably not far from becoming a second-grade Alchemist. According to discussions among the clan's higher-ups, the clan plans to convert five acres of the ten acres of First Rank Low Grade Spirit Field halfway up Lingyun Mountain into fields for planting Qi Refining Grass, the main ingredient for First Rank Low Grade Qi Refining Pill Qi Training Grass. As for the five acres of Azure Spirit Bamboo that were originally planted there, they will all be cut down."

"These five acres of First Rank Low Grade Azure Spirit Bamboo that need to be completely cut down should yield a thousand four-foot-long Azure Spirit Bamboo. In addition, the other five acres of Azure Spirit Bamboo that need to be preserved will yield one stalk of Azure Spirit Bamboo that grew last year, for a total of one thousand two hundred and fifty stalks of Azure Spirit Bamboo."

"These 1,250 sections of Azure Spirit Bamboo that have been cut down will lose their Spiritual Qi if left for too long, and will gradually become ordinary. Under such circumstances, the Lineage plans to entrust all of these Azure Spirit Bamboo to you so that you can forge them into Azure Spirit Sword."

"You shouldn't be interested in this either. My Eighth Brother, who is also Artifact Refiner in the Lineage, became First-Tier Superior-Grade Artifact Refiner a year ago. Now, my Eighth Brother mainly focuses on refining first-grade mid-grade and high-grade Law Artifact, so he doesn't have time to refine these First Rank Low Grade Azure Spirit Sword. So, I can only trouble you."

"Of course, you will also receive a reward for crafting this batch of Law Artifact. However, because there are so many spiritual materials for this batch of Azure Bamboo Sword, your success rate in crafting the Azure Spirit Sword will definitely increase with the help of these massive spiritual materials."

"Therefore, the Lineage plans to increase your success rate in submitting the Azure Spirit Sword from 50% to 60%, which means you will definitely need to forge 750 Azure Spirit Sword. For each Azure Spirit Sword you forge, the Lineage will give you five Spirit Stone."

"If the number of Azure Spirit Sword exceeds this amount, the Lineage will still purchase them at 25 Spirit Stone each."

"Would you be willing to accept such a request?"

The "Eighth Brother" that Ling Yunqian mentioned was actually Ling Yun'an.

Ling Pengyun was happy to hear that Ling Yun'an had become First-Tier Superior-Grade Artifact Refiner.

Ling Yun'an treated him very well; back then, he directly gifted him a Higher Vehicle- quality First-Tier Superior-Grade Mystic Water Shield, which would be worth at least 250 Spirit Stone on the market.

As for the large number of Azure Spirit Sword that the Lineage commissioned to be forged, Ling Pengyun answered without hesitation.

"I'll take it."

Refining this batch of Law Artifact will not only earn Spirit Stone, but also alleviate the burden on the Lineage, achieving two goals at once.

As for the success rate of submission increasing from 50% to 60%, Ling Pengyun didn't seem to care.

After all, the Lineage provided a large quantity of materials for refining the Azure Spirit Sword. With such a large quantity of materials, his success rate in refining the Azure Spirit Sword would definitely increase significantly, and the profits would be substantial.

"That's good. I was really afraid you'd be scared off by the large number of Azure Spirit Sword that need to be forged. Considering the large quantity of Azure Spirit Sword the Lineage has entrusted you to forge, you can finish forging them within the last three years while you're stationed at Lingyun Mountain." Ling Yunqian breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Ling Pengyun's response and joked.

"Eighteenth Grandfather, you jest. I was trained as Artifact Refiner for the Lineage, and it is my duty to refine magical Law Artifact for the Lineage," Ling Pengyun said.

"That's a good understanding." Ling Yunqian was quite satisfied with the answer, and his smile widened. He took out a bulging Storage Bag from his pocket, handed it to Ling Pengyun, and said.

"This Storage Bag contains the seeds of five acres of Qi Training Grass that will be planted halfway up this mountain, your offerings for the next year, and 1,250 catties of Azure Spirit Bamboo Profound Azure Profound Iron needed to forge the Azure Spirit Sword using the 1,250 sections of Azure Spirit Bamboo that will be cut down."

"When I offer you the Azure Spirit Sword each year, you can hand it over to me and I will transport it back to the Lineage."

"As for the batch of Law Artifact you have crafted, the quantity is so large that it will be difficult to sell them in a short time. Once you finish crafting this batch of Law Artifact within three years, the Lineage will probably not be able to come up with so many Spirit Stone as payment for your crafting of these magical Law Artifact."

"Therefore, the Lineage has agreed to postpone the settlement of payment until ten years later, so that you can be paid for crafting this batch of Law Artifact within ten years. Is that acceptable?"

"Okay," Ling Pengyun nodded.

He also understood the Lineage's difficulties. Based on his success rate in forging Azure Spirit Sword, the reward for forging that large number of Azure Spirit Sword would probably be at least five thousand Spirit Stone, which was a considerable amount of Spirit Stone.

"Alright, let's not chat any longer. Let's go and chop down those First Rank Low Grade Azure Spirit Bamboo halfway up this mountain," Ling Yunqian said.

Apart from the First Rank Low Grade Azure Spirit Bamboo, which ripens once a year, no other Spirit Plant have matured in Lingyun Mountain this year.