Successfully Improving a New Strain of Spirit Rice

Ling Xiaoying said helplessly, "Mother, I understand this matter, and Fellow Daoist Zhu is indeed quite good."

"But this Fellow Daoist Zhu did, after all, intercept and kill Peng Yun in his early years."

"I used to be quite close to Peng Yun's mother, Sister Qiuyun. If I marry Zhu Wen, how will I face Sister Qiuyun and Peng Yun in the future?"

When Ling Yunhan heard her daughter Ling Xiaoying say these words, a smile appeared on her face.

"You silly girl, if Peng Yun really held a grudge against Zhu Wen, he would have killed Zhu Wen long ago. Why would he have kept Zhu Wen alive until today?"

"Since you still have this concern, send two letters, one to Peng Yun's mother and one to Peng Yun, to inquire Peng Yun their attitudes toward Peng Yun Zhu Wen."

"If Peng Yun's mother and Peng Yun feel disgusted with Zhu Wen, then let's drop this matter."

"If neither Peng Yun's mother nor Peng Yun cares about your marriage to Zhu Wen, then it's not too late for you to take your relationship with Zhu Wen a step further."

Upon hearing this, Ling Xiaoying's expression immediately brightened.

"Okay, let's do it that way."

Upon hearing this, Ling Yunhan, an elderly woman nearing the end of her life, looked at Ling Xiaoying with a beaming smile.

Ling Xiaoying blushed slightly when she saw her mother's gaze, realizing that she had lost her composure.

"Alright, you can continue feeding the Demon Beast in this Spirit Beast Garden. I'm going to rest now." Ling Yunhan smiled and returned to the treehouse inside the giant tree.

Ling Xiaoying gazed at the jade box in her hand, her cheeks flushing even more.

After a long moment of stunned silence, she came to her senses and continued feeding the Demon Beast in the Spirit Beast Garden with flesh and blood.

Three months later.

Ling Pengyun and Yang Qiuyun also received messages from Ling Xiaoying, and replied to each other, expressing their approval of her marriage to Zhu Wen.

Ling Xiaoying, who already had a slight liking for Zhu Wen Zhu Wen, no longer hid her feelings for him.

Zhu Wen then took advantage of the situation, and his relationship with Ling Xiaoying deepened day by day.

Less than three months later, the two got together.

After this matter spread within the Ling Clan, the higher-ups of the Ling Clan also sought out Zhu Wen and Ling Xiaoying separately, using illusion magic to inquire about their true feelings.

When they realized they were truly in love, the Ling Clan executives took the opportunity to arrange a wedding for the two.

From then on, Zhu Wen became the son-in-law of the Ling Clan, and the Ling Clan's higher-ups removed the Bewildering Formation and the Image Recording Formation that had been set up around Zhu Wen's courtyard.

Zhu Wen's offerings were also distributed according to the standards for the Ling Clan clan members in the Qi Training Late Stage.

His commission for drawing Spirit Talisman Cave has also increased somewhat.

And this is what Zhu Wen wanted to see.

Of course, Zhu Wen also genuinely liked Ling Xiaoying.

With Ling Xiaoying as his beautiful wife and his improved treatment, Zhu Wen gradually felt a sense of belonging to the Ling Clan, and everything was developing in a positive direction.

Time passed slowly.

In the blink of an eye, another six months have passed.

During the past six months, the five male and female cultivators from the Ling Clan Ling Clan and Wen Clan families who were seeking marriage partners also came together thanks to the encouragement and assistance of both Wen Clan.

This also led to a closer relationship between the Wen Clan and Ling Clan.

Two years ago, the Ling Clan began recruiting sons-in-law and wives and concubines, which resulted in a surge of more than ten cultivators within the Ling Clan.

However, the higher-ups of the Ling Clan considered that these dozen or so male and female Rogue Cultivator had just married into the Ling Clan or were married into the family might not have much of a sense of belonging to the Ling Clan.

Instead of sending these male and female Rogue Cultivator cultivators to work for the Lineage, they were simply assigned simple tasks such as refining Sand Soil Ore.

According to the Ling Clan's higher-ups, the plan was to let these cultivators stay in the Ling Clan for several years to see how things went.

Those who perform well are assigned to lucrative jobs.

Those who perform poorly can be used as reproductive tools.

However, this move by the Ling Clan had no effect on the male and female Rogue Cultivator who had married into the family or joined the Ling Clan.

These Rogue Cultivator joined the Ling Clan simply seeking stability and a decent monthly salary—why wouldn't they be happy with that?

This also allowed those Rogue Cultivator to quickly integrate into the Ling Clan.

After the matter of the Sand Soil Mine was resolved, Ling Pengxing, the Supreme Elder of the Ling Clan who had been in seclusion, successfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment Third Layer two months ago.

Once his cultivation had stabilized, Ling Pengxing once again proposed to the Clan Head, Ling Yunhong, that he planned to go to the Serpent Dragon Lake area to kill Foundation Establishment Demon Beast to earn Spirit Stone.

Ling Clan Head Ling Yunhong did not offer much advice on this matter.

After all, Ling Pengxing's cultivation level was already at the Foundation Establishment Third Layer, and as a sword cultivator, his combat strength was no weaker than that of an ordinary Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, so he already had the ability to protect himself.

Furthermore, several years have passed since the Demon Beast Uprising, and the massive Demon Beast horde surrounding the Serpent Dragon Lake area has retreated into the depths, greatly reducing the danger for Ling Pengxing to enter the Serpent Dragon Lake area and kill the Demon Beast.

Ling Yunhong then agreed to Ling Pengxing to go to the Serpent Dragon Lake area to kill the Demon Beast.

Furthermore, to prevent Ling Pengxing from encountering the Luo Clan's Foundation Establishment Cultivator on Lineage journey to the Serpent Dragon Lake region, Ling Pengxing was personally escorted by them.

As for the Luo Clan, who had a feud with the Ling Clan two years ago over a dispute over Sand Soil Mine, they haven't made any other major moves.

It was as if the two families had never been enemies.

However, the Ling Clan's top management has never dared to lower their guard against the Luo Clan.

This day.

Inside the Rock Scale Snake Den.

Ling Pengyun gazed at the mature Yellow Sprout Grass in the fifteen acres of First Rank Middle Grade -level Spirit Field Spirit Field him, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

"The second batch of Yellow Sprout Grass planted in these three years has finally matured."

"As agreed with the Third Grandfather, I will sell it to the Lineage at half the market price. From these fifteen acres of Yellow Sprout Grass, I can earn 1,875 Spirit Stone."

"In addition, I have nearly 3,000 Spirit Stone stones in my Storage Bag, which I have earned from refining Law Artifact in the past two years, as well as the 500 Spirit Stone Spirit Stone I earned from selling a thousand catties of Foundation Establishment Demon Beast flesh to Fairy Yan."

"In another six or seven years, I will be able to obtain two more batches of these fifteen acres of Yellow Sprout Grass, and I will also be able to obtain a batch of the First-Tier Superior-Grade Azure Spirit Grass planted in those fifteen acres of First-Tier Superior-Grade Spirit Field."

"At that time, relying on these three batches of Spirit Plant, as well as the Spirit Stone I will earn from refining Law Artifact in the future, I should be able to raise enough to buy the eighty catties of Mystic Yuan Heavy Iron in Brother-in-law Wu Yan's possession, and the eight thousand Spirit Stone I need to pay for it."

"However, given the Lineage's current financial situation, it is estimated that they will be unable to come up with the funds to help me purchase the Mystic Yuan Heavy Iron, as well as the other eight thousand Spirit Stone."

"I'll have to figure out the other half, the eight thousand Spirit Stone, myself."

"Fortunately, this treasure land exists. My Spirit Plant has broken through to the second level. Earning Spirit Stone is not difficult. At most, I should be able to gather enough Spirit Stone in fifteen years."

The Spirit Plant currently planted in the vast Spirit Field fields of the Snake Cave were all planted three years ago, after the Demon Beast Uprising ended.

The 15 mu of Yellow Sprout Grass only matured once every three years. However, because Ling Pengyun's Spirit Plant plant cultivation had reached the second level, the Yellow Sprout Grass, which usually matured once every three years, could now mature twice every three years with the help of Ling Pengyun's Spirit Plant Secret Method.

Apart from the first batch of mature Yellow Sprout Grass, all of it was handed over to the Yang Clan and their Lineage.

Ling Pengyun had already agreed with his Lineage to keep this second batch of mature Yellow Sprout Grass for themselves, and sold it to his Lineage at half the price without telling the Yang Clan family.

This is also because there is a large quantity of Yellow Sprout Grass on fifteen acres of land.

Furthermore, he also needs the Lineage's connections to sell the Yellow Sprout Grass, so that the Lineage can also benefit from the Spirit Vein of this place.

If the Lineage is legitimate, they can receive a share of the benefits.

Yang Clan, who also owned a share of the Second Rank Spirit Vein beneath this treasure land, had no idea that his Spirit Plant cultivation had broken through to the second tier, nor did he expect that Ling Pengyun could find a loophole and discover this clever way to earn Spirit Stone stones by exploiting loopholes.

As for why this treasure land can yield so many Spirit Stone, there are two main factors.

Firstly, this treasure land possesses a Second Rank Spirit Vein. Even the Ling Clan, a Foundation Establishment family, only has this one. Generally, there are only five or six such veins in a prefecture, making it extremely rare.

Secondly, it is because Ling Pengyun is a second-tier Spirit Planter.

Overjoyed, Ling Pengyun stepped into the fifteen acres of First Rank Middle Grade Yellow Sprout Grass and carefully plucked the mature Yellow Sprout Grass.

After spending several hours plucking all the Yellow Sprout Grass and placing it into Spirit-Locking Jade Box to prevent the leakage of Spiritual Qi, the process was completed.

Ling Pengyun followed suit, taking out some Yellow Sprout Grass seeds from his Storage Bag and planting them one by one in the fifteen acres of empty First Rank Middle Grade Spirit Field.

Then Cloud Rain Technique to send down drops of Spirit Rain to irrigate the newly planted seeds so they could grow faster.

Having finished this task, Ling Pengyun stopped, walked out of the Spirit Field area, and sat cross-legged on a Meditation Mat on the ground.

He closed his eyes, circulated his Cultivation Method to absorb the Spiritual Qi of the place, and recovered the spiritual power consumed in watering the Spirit Plant before opening his eyes.

As usual, he took out the seeds of Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice and Azure Jade Spirit Rice from his Storage Bag, quickly Hand Seals, and used Secret Method that could stabilize and improve the seeds of Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice and Azure Jade Spirit Rice to inject them into the two seeds respectively, strengthening the Yi Wood Power within these two seeds.

Having completed the preparations for improving the Spirit Rice, Ling Pengyun then used his pure Wood Spiritual Energy to condense two spirit power Law Seals, which he then implanted into the two Spirit Rice seeds.

Subsequently, Ling Pengyun used his Divine Sense to mobilize the Yi Wood Essence within the Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice and injected it into the Azure Jade Spirit Rice seed.

However, the Yi Wood Essence wood in Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice was rejected by the Yi Wood Essence in Azure Jade Spirit Rice Azure Jade Spirit Rice as soon as it entered the seed.

The Azure Jade Spirit Rice seed also developed cracks on its surface due to a conflict between the two types of Yi Wood Essence within it.

Ling Pengyun had already anticipated this scene.

He first relied on the immense pure Wood Spiritual Energy he infused into the seed to repair the cracks that appeared on the surface of the Azure Jade Spirit Rice seed.

Immediately afterwards, he summoned the Thorn Vine, his Natal Spirit Plant, which was attached to his Dantian.

At Ling Pengyun's signal, the Thorn Vine quickly transferred a trace of Yi Wood Essence into the Azure Jade Spirit Rice seed.

Under the soothing influence of the Yi Wood Essence introduced by the Thorn Vine, the two conflicting Yi Wood Essence within the Azure Jade Spirit Rice seed gradually calmed down.

Ling Pengyun seized this opportunity and, relying on his Divine Sense, controlled the Yi Wood Essence of the two different Spirit Rice seeds, Yi Wood, to merge together.

Along the way, although there was some minor repulsion between the two types of Yi Wood Essence, it did not cause much trouble.

About half an incense stick later, the two types of Yi Wood Essence merged into one under Ling Pengyun's control.

The Azure Jade Spirit Rice seed flashed with green light, and the Yi Wood Essence within the seed underwent a transformation at that moment.

Once the metamorphosis was complete, the color on the surface of the seed turned green.

Upon seeing this, Ling Pengyun mobilized his Divine Sense and scanned the green seed. He discovered that although the Yi Wood Essence within the seed was still somewhat unstable, it was not a major problem. His expression immediately lit up with joy.

"After more than ten years, I have finally managed to improve a new type of Spirit Rice seed by relying on the Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice and the Azure Jade Spirit Rice seeds."

"Today is a Double Happiness."

"The second batch of Yellow Sprout Grass has matured, and at the same time, a New Type Spirit Rice has been developed."

"Judging from the aura of this Spirit Rice seed, it should be similar to the Autumn Cloud Spirit Rice and Azure Jade Spirit Rice seeds that improved this Spirit Rice seed. The Spirit Rice grown from these seeds is all at the First Rank Low Grade level."

With his thoughts returning to normal, Ling Pengyun quickly used the excess Spiritual Qi within the Rock Scale Snake Den to cultivate a small Spirit Field the size of a millstone. He then planted the newly improved cyan seed in the Spirit Field and carefully nurtured it.

About a month later, Ling Yunhong arrived on time to collect the second batch of mature Yellow Sprout Grass from the Snake Cave, as agreed with Ling Pengyun.

After taking the batch of Yellow Sprout Grass, Ling Yunhong left Ling Pengyun Ling Pengyun with two thousand Spirit Stone and gave him the Lineage's annual offering of six Spirit Gathering Pill before hurriedly leaving to return to the Lineage.

In order to quickly refine the batch of Yellow Sprout Grass he had obtained into pills so that he could sell them and earn Spirit Stone.