Cultivating the Clan: Starting as a Spirit Plant Farmer
Chapter 295

Crafting a Second-Rank Windriding Daoist Robe

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"Since you've said so, I won't say any more about Pill Refining. However, to increase the success rate of refining the Spirit Gathering Pill, I plan to refine the pill using the Gather Fire Array set up in my Great Fortune Cave Residence after returning to my clan."

After Ling Yunhong nodded in agreement, he looked at the large Spirit Field deep inside the Snake Cave, specifically at a acre of green Spirit Rice seedlings.

He had never seen the appearance of this acre of green Spirit Rice before.

It should be noted that he entered the second level of Spirit Plant cultivation earlier than Ling Pengyun, and he had seen most of the Spirit Rice varieties in the entire Cultivation World.

A look of doubt appeared on his face, but then he was startled and quickly asked Ling Pengyun.

"Peng Yun, I've never seen the variety of Spirit Rice planted in that one acre of Spirit Field before. Did you improve it?"

When Ling Pengyun saw Ling Yunhong asking a question, he followed his gaze and nodded in response.

"That's right. I named that acre of green Spirit Rice Azure Cloud Spirit Rice. It was an improvement I made six months ago."

"I originally planned to report to the Lineage after this acre of Azure Cloud Spirit Rice Azure Cloud Spirit Rice and I knew the approximate yield per acre."

Ling Yunhong was overjoyed to see Ling Pengyun's affirmation.

In his mind, Ling Pengyun, this genius of Spirit Plant, was the only one in the Ling Clan whose achievements in the field of Spirit Plant were expected to surpass those of their ancestors.

He then inquired.

"This is good news, Peng Yun. May I ask about the situation of this Azure Cloud Spirit Rice?"

"Naturally, judging from the condition after the first Azure Cloud Spirit Rice I improved matured, the yield per mu can reach about 1,300 to 1,400 jin with the help of a Spirit Planter. The Spiritual Qi contained in Azure Cloud Spirit Rice is not much different from that of the Azure Jade Spirit Rice of the same grade in the Lineage."

"However, this is only based on the condition of that ancestral Spirit Rice. If we want to be sure, we can only wait for this acre of Azure Cloud Spirit Rice to mature," Ling Pengyun said in detail.

"So, judging from the ancestor of Azure Cloud Spirit Rice alone, is Azure Cloud Spirit Rice comparable to our Lineage's Azure Jade Spirit Rice? And even better in terms of harvest?" Ling Yunhong's expression gradually became excited.

"Exactly," Ling Pengyun nodded.

"Once this acre of Azure Cloud Spirit Rice has ripened, you must immediately report Spirit Rice condition back to the Lineage. If the yield of this acre of Azure Cloud Spirit Rice is the same as that of the Ancestor, you will have made a great contribution."

Ling Yunhong said happily.

"Okay," Ling Pengyun nodded.

After chatting for a few more minutes, the two closed their eyes and sat down to meditate, waiting for Wind Shadow Peng to Foundation Establishment.

Half a month later.

Wind Shadow Peng successfully used spiritual power to condense a cone-shaped inner core, unique to Demon Beast Demon Beast, within his body, triggering the Qi Infusion.

Whether it's Demon Beast or a cultivator, both will trigger the Qi Infusion they reach the Foundation Establishment Foundation Establishment. However, cultivators rely on the Qi Infusion to break through the bottleneck of Foundation Establishment.

The reason why Demon Beast rely on Qi Infusion is to consolidate and nurture the cone-shaped inner core, and to condense it into a complete form.

However, on the third day after Wind Shadow Peng began to channel Qi Infusion, his spiritual power went out of control when he was condensing his inner core into a cone shape due to insufficient Divine Sense, resulting in the failure of his Foundation Establishment.

Fortunately, it has Meridian Protecting Pill to strengthen the resilience of its meridians throughout its body.

This meant that even if it failed to Foundation Establishment, its meridians were not severed by the out-of-control spiritual power.

Demon Beast also have meridians, Meridian Protecting Pill is also beneficial for Demon Beast during their Foundation Establishment.

Of course, although Wind Shadow Peng failed in his Foundation Establishment this time, he did not come away empty-handed.

This breakthrough to Foundation Establishment resulted in the condensation of an inner core cone, making its spiritual power several times stronger than that of an ordinary Qi Training Completion Demon Beast.

This not only slightly improved its combat power, but also made it easier for it to Foundation Establishment in the future, indirectly increasing Foundation Establishment success rate.

This is, to put it mildly, a good thing for it.

For nearly half a month, Ling Pengyun and Ling Yunhong, who had been protecting Wind Shadow Peng during his breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, saw that the phenomenon of Qi Infusion into Wind Shadow Peng's body suddenly stopped, and no Foundation Establishment pressure was generated on Wind Shadow Peng's body. They understood that Wind Shadow Peng had failed to Foundation Establishment.

"Judging from the situation of your Spirit Beast beast's breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment stage, if it had another bottle of Hundred Spirits Water to help it, or even a Small Hundred Spirits Water, it would probably be able to successfully Foundation Establishment."

"Unfortunately, this Peng's good fortune has not yet arrived," Ling Yunhong sighed.

"Sigh." Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun felt a pang of guilt and sighed helplessly.

If he had earned Spirit Stone faster and prepared Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object for Wind Shadow Peng earlier, Wind Shadow Peng would probably have entered the Foundation Establishment Realm much sooner.

How could Wind Shadow Peng have ended up in such a predicament?

Ling Yunhong saw what Ling Pengyun was thinking, patted Ling Pengyun on the shoulder, and offered a word of comfort.

"Peng Yun, the Foundation Establishment process is inherently unpredictable. Even our Lineage's Immortal Spirit Crane King failed to Foundation Establishment the first time, and only succeeded on its second Foundation Establishment."

"Our Lineage still has a share of the Peace Cloud Yang Clan that can be used to purchase Meridian Protecting Pill at a low price of three thousand Spirit Stone. This share of the Meridian Protecting Pill is yours."

"If you have Spirit Stone in the future, you can use your Lineage's name to buy them from the Yang Clan. This will also help you, the Wind Shadow Peng Foundation Establishment."

Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun was pleased, but then he thought of someone and spoke up.

"Third Grandfather, Peng Liang, the cousin who is in charge of the Affairs Hall, has recovered from his first failed Foundation Establishment Foundation Establishment attempt and should try again."

"I, Wind Shadow Peng, have already taken one of the Lineage's Meridian Protecting Pill for free. If I were to take another one that belongs to the Lineage and can be purchased at a low price, it would probably cause resentment among my cousin Peng Liang Meridian Protecting Pill, which would be detrimental to the Lineage."

"After all, the Lineage's finances have only just started to improve, so being able to save some Spirit Stone to buy Meridian Protecting Pill at a lower price is a good thing."

"I'll figure out a way to get my Wind Shadow Peng to the Foundation Establishment myself."

Ling Yunhong was quite pleased to hear this. "It's very good that you think this way, child. Since you've done Peng Liang this favor, I won't say anything more about it."

"Your breakthrough with Wind Shadow Peng is now complete, so I'll return to my clan to Pill Refining and cultivate in seclusion."

After saying this, Ling Yunhong stepped away from the place.

Ling Pengyun followed closely behind, escorting Ling Yunhong out of the Rock Scale Snake Den. After watching him leave, he returned to the Rock Scale Snake Den to comfort Wind Shadow Peng, who was quite depressed about failing to Foundation Establishment.

After finishing the task, he meditated for a while to restore himself to his best condition before opening his eyes again.

He waved his hand and patted the Storage Bag at his waist, taking out sixty portions of spiritual materials for refining First Rank Middle Grade Law Artifact such as flying knives, gourds, Daoist robes, magic shields, flying swords, inner armor, and magic shoes, as well as twenty portions of spiritual materials for refining First-Tier Superior-Grade Sand Soil Shield.

Looking at this huge pile of refining materials, Ling Pengyun's eyes gleamed, and he muttered to himself.

"I wonder how many magical Law Artifact I can forge using these eighty materials."

These eighty sets of refining materials were obtained by Ling Yunfu from Ling Pengyun Yunfu, the Third Elder of the Gathering Treasure Pavilion Lineage, during his trip to the Tu Yuan Market Town some time ago. They were materials given to him by the Lineage when they commissioned him to refine Law Artifact.

If he could refine one more Law Artifact, he could earn a few more Spirit Stone.

As for the abundance of spiritual materials needed to refine First-Tier Superior-Grade Sand Soil Shield, it was also due to the Sand Soil Mine in Huai River County, which the Ling Clan owned a share of, from which they obtained a large amount of Sand Soil Ore.

After a moment of distraction, Ling Pengyun decided not to waste any more time. He patted the Storage Bag at his waist and summoned a Refining Furnace and a small pile of Blazing Firewood, and began refining the weapon.

He has been back from Tu Yuan Market Town for over a month, and he only has four or five months left to refine this batch of Law Artifact.

Since the Sand Soil Mine incident ended two years ago, the Lineage shifted its focus of entrusting clansmen with weapon crafting from Ling Yun'an First-Tier Superior-Grade Artifact Refiner with little lifespan remaining, to Ling Pengyun, another Artifact Refiner.

The Third Elder, Ling Yunfu, who was in charge of the Gathering Treasure Pavilion, made an agreement with him that Ling Pengyun would have to go to the Gathering Treasure Pavilion every six months to collect a batch of Weapon Refinement Materials.

The Weapon Refinement Materials Law Artifact crafted from these materials will be sold in the Lineage's shops in various markets and marketplaces.

For the next month, Ling Pengyun practiced his Law Artifact diligently.

On this day, Ling Pengyun finished refining the last batch of Sand Soil Shield materials. He took out the newly refined Sand Soil Shield from the Refining Furnace and also took out all the Law Artifact he had refined over the past month from his Storage Bag.

There are a total of twenty-five First Rank Middle Grade Law Artifact and seven First-Tier Superior-Grade Sand Soil Shield.

Looking at this batch of Law Artifact, Ling Pengyun's face immediately lit up with joy.

"I've crafted several more magical Law Artifact for the Lineage than I did six months ago, so it seems my crafting success rate has improved."

He then carefully considered the value of these Law Artifact.

According to the rules set by his Lineage, as long as the success rate of refining various types of first-grade mid-to-high-grade Law Artifact reaches 30%, Ling Pengyun will receive a reward of ten Spirit Stone Spirit Stone each of these first-grade mid-to-high-grade Law Artifact.

For Law Artifact with a success rate of less than 30%, the Lineage can purchase them at 25 Spirit Stone for a First Rank Middle Grade Law Artifact and 75 Spirit Stone for a First-Tier Superior-Grade Law Artifact.

They were all purchased at a price five Spirit Stone lower than the market price for mid-to-high-grade first-tier Law Artifact.

"After all this calculation, I can earn as much as 520 Spirit Stone from this weapon refining."

"It only takes a year to complete the task of crafting magical Law Artifact for the Lineage and earn as much as a thousand Spirit Stone."

"In this way, I can raise the Spirit Stone needed to purchase the Mystic Yuan Heavy Iron more quickly."

"After this is done, I will have to thank the Lineage for entrusting me with more than 70% of Lineage weapon-forging commissions."

Ling Pengyun always remembered the kindness of his Lineage.

As his thoughts returned, Ling Pengyun's expression shifted slightly, as he thought of something.

"Thanks to the training I received from my Lineage in weapon crafting over the past two years, my current weapon crafting skills are probably even better than those of veteran First-Tier Superior-Grade Artifact Refiner."

"It's time to try refining a Second Grade Magic Tool to prepare for buying Mystic Yuan Heavy Iron and refining my Lifebound Magic Item."

"At the same time, if I can increase the success rate of refining a Second Grade Magic Tool to 30%, I can also earn more Spirit Stone."

The thought of earning Spirit Stone filled Ling Pengyun with utter helplessness.

A month ago, Wind Shadow Peng's Foundation Establishment process was delayed because he didn't have enough Spirit Stone, and he hadn't prepared the necessary Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object for Wind Shadow Peng's Wind Shadow Peng - Foundation Establishment.

It should be noted that if Wind Shadow Peng had had another Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object to help him during his Foundation Establishment journey, he would have been able to enter the Foundation Establishment Realm in eight or nine out of ten times.

If he were richer, Wind Shadow Peng would probably have reached the Foundation Establishment by now, and he would have another powerful helper.

Ling Pengyun sighed and waved his hand to take out the three Gray Feathered Eagle corpses, along with the Azure Steel Mother-Child Flying Swords, which he had obtained two months ago during his trip to Storage Bag Serpent Dragon Lake area with Qin Shi and the others.

He used his Divine Sense to control the two flying swords and carefully peeled the fur off the three Gray Feathered Eagle.

These three gray- Gray Feathered Eagle Gray Feathered Eagle all possessed the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment in their lifetimes. The reason they have been kept until today, instead of being sold directly, is that the purpose is to use their fur to attempt to refine Second Rank Low Grade Daoist robe.

The Daoist Law Artifact is one of the three types of Law Artifact that Ling Pengyun is most proficient in. The other two are flying swords and inner armor-type magical Law Artifact.

Of course, this is also because he refined quite a few of these three Law Artifact in his early years; after all, practice makes perfect.

As for keeping the flesh and blood of these three Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Gray Feathered Eagle, it's because the Gray Feathered Eagle clan isn't very large, and selling them wouldn't earn much Spirit Stone.

Ling Pengyun kept it as food to increase his cultivation speed.

Ling Pengyun waved his hand and put the three bloody corpses of the Gray Feathered Eagle back into his Storage Bag. After meditating for a while to restore his body to its best condition, he took out a book from his Storage Bag.

This book was written by Wen Xianyun, the patriarch of the Yunwu Wen clan in Huaishui County. It records nearly half of the weapon-refining insights of Wen Xianyun, a second-tier low-grade weapon refiner.

Ling Pengyun carefully examined the notes in the book on the precautions to take when refining a second-tier "wind attribute" Daoist robe and made them down.

He then took out another essential type of wind-attribute second-tier Spirit Silk from his Storage Bag to refine the wind attribute.

This Spirit Silk weighs three jin (approximately 1.5 kg), which Ling Pengyun purchased at the Tu Yuan Market Town. On the market, one jin of Second Rank Low Grade wind-attribute Spirit Silk is worth one hundred Spirit Stone.

After all the spiritual items were taken out, he waved his hand and cast a Object Manipulation Technique to Refining Furnace in front of him.

Then, he formed hand Hand Seals and used the method of condensing Foundation Establishment spiritual fire that he had been comprehending for the past few years to condense a strange blue ghostly fire.

The blue flame was extremely hot, flickering in the air, causing the surrounding temperature to rise rapidly.

Ling Pengyun wasted no time and quickly struck the blue ghostly flame at the bottom of the Refining Furnace, using it to heat the Refining Furnace.

When the temperature inside the Refining Furnace reached a certain level, Ling Pengyun waved his hand and used his Object Manipulation Technique to lift the Refining Furnace lid.

He threw the Gray Feathered Eagle skin from the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment and three catties of second-tier Spirit Silk into the Refining Furnace, and then closed the furnace lid again.

Ling Pengyun also relied on the weapon-refining method to control the high temperature inside the Refining Furnace, which swept over the Gray Feathered Eagle skin and silkworm silk in the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment, tempering the impurities in these two items.

However, the Gray Feathered Eagle pelt and silk were of extremely high quality and extremely resistant to high temperatures. They were refined in the Refining Furnace for nearly half a day before the impurities in the pelt and silk were gradually removed by the high temperature.

And with each impurity removed, the shimmering luster of the fur and the Spirit Silk will shine even brighter.

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