Willing to Be a Laborer

After flying around Crimson Flame Peak once, Ji An returned to Cold Pool.

This place had become a temporary mission handover center. Zhang Yi, Qin Yan, the master of the Labor-Study Hall, and the others were all busy.

They were assessing the value of the Spiritual Items handed in, working themselves to the bone.

Liu Yu led the Enforcement Hall disciples in maintaining order. There was also a hidden purpose: using special methods to check whether anyone had secretly kept anything for themselves.

Most of the gains were Spiritual Items of the third tier and above. One could not rule out someone being tempted by greed.

Ji An sat down nearby and chatted with Senior Brother.

"Now that the Spirit Vein grade has risen, the grade of the Spirit Fields will rise over the next few years.

"The Department of Agriculture will be the first hall to enjoy the benefits. The Pill Cauldron Institute, Artifact Refining Hall, Puppet Hall, Beast Taming Hall, and the rest will also benefit indirectly.

"Those super sects in Central Continent with Spirit Veins of fourth-grade middle-grade or higher can maintain nearly double-digit numbers of Nascent Soul cultivators for a reason."

His tone was full of feeling. At that moment, he deeply realized that the cultivation world was actually an "agricultural society." High-grade Spirit Veins were the lifeblood of the cultivation world.

The earth bore all things. Rivers flowed across its surface, while lakes and seas lay scattered like stars; countless trees flourished, living creatures multiplied, and beneath the earth, ores were nurtured while magma was contained.

*Water is Greater Yin, metal is Lesser Yin, fire is Greater Yang, wood is Lesser Yang, while earth is the union of Yin and Yang, young and old—the product formed from the clashing qi of wood, fire, metal, and