Spirit Land, Water Fragrance Rice, and Settlement

There are two mu of spirit land in total, and it's a bit of a distance from the Jade Bone Sect's mountain gate.

It's already planted with Postnatal low-grade spirit plants, and some have already sprouted.

"When sowing, these areas were also tilled and planted. Tasks like weeding and fertilizing are regularly posted, and outer disciples are brought in to help."

"But without a dedicated Spirit Planter to tend to them, the output has never improved."

"From now on, this place will be yours to cultivate."

"According to the branch's rules, ninety percent of the spirit plants grown will be handed over, and ten percent will belong to the Spirit Planter personally."

"Of course, after handing it over to you, the branch will provide a certain amount of seeds and spirit fertilizer each year, and there will be requirements for the annual output. If the target is not met, this spirit land will be reclaimed."

"If you cultivate well, you can also be responsible for more mu of spirit land, or better spirit land, and cultivate higher-grade spirit plants."

The receptionist at the Dust Bone Fourth Branch explained all the rules to Zhang Wan.

After confirming Zhang Wan had no objections, he took out a small jade booklet, which was a simple magic tool. He wrote Zhang Wan's name and the spirit land Zhang Wan was responsible for on the booklet.

"Alright, this place is yours from now on."

"Every June and December, the branch will come to collect the spirit plants."

"If you want to plant other special spirit plants or change the submission time, remember to come to the branch to register in advance."

After speaking, the receptionist took out the tools and spirit fertilizer needed for planting spirit plants, which were issued by the branch from his storage bag, and handed them to Zhang Wan.

"If you have any questions in the future, you can go to the Fourth Branch to ask, or you can ask other Spirit Planters at the Fourth Branch."

"Of course, you can also try to befriend Spirit Planters from other branches."

"The Spirit Planters in our Spirit Planter Hall help each other."

"Thank you, senior brother, for your guidance." Zhang Wan accepted the tools and spirit fertilizer, cupped his hands, and thanked him.

He had already learned some of these things from Li Sanjian and Wan Xing'er, but there were also some things he didn't know. Although it was this senior brother's duty to tell him, if he didn't say it, Zhang Wan wouldn't have much of a choice. He still had to thank him.

After finishing his explanation, the senior brother from the branch left.

Zhang Wan then walked around the spirit land he was responsible for.

"June just passed, and it's the beginning of July. These Postnatal low-grade spirit plants have just been planted, and there's still a long time until the next submission."

"However, what's planted here is Water Fragrance Rice?"

Zhang Wan identified it carefully. All the Postnatal low-grade spirit plants planted in the two mu of spirit land were Water Fragrance Rice.

This rice was a common spirit rice with Five Elements attributes.

And the Water attribute was the gentlest, suitable for all martial artists to consume.

He looked at the surrounding spirit land, and many of them were also planted with Water Fragrance Rice.

"Large-scale cultivation? The annual output must be huge! And the soil, humidity, and spiritual energy concentration are indeed very suitable for cultivating Water attribute spirit plants." Zhang Wan marveled inwardly. As expected of a Sect, their scale was grand. The mu of spirit land he had rented in the academy before was simply child's play.

"Two mu of Water Fragrance Rice, it's really a bit of pressure," Zhang Wan murmured.

Although he had planted Postnatal low-grade spirit plants before, it was only on a small scale, less than a quarter of a mu.

Most of what he planted were pseudo spirit plants.

Now, switching to two mu of Postnatal low-grade spirit plants, it wouldn't be easy to cultivate them well.

However, for him, who had mastered the extreme cultivation method, it wasn't too difficult, it would just take more time and energy.

"But it's not bad to get ten percent after the harvest."

Zhang Wan was quite satisfied with getting ten percent.

These weren't pseudo spirit plants, they were all Postnatal low-grade spirit plants! Getting ten percent of the output would be a good reward!

Coupled with the cultivation resources the Sect would still issue every six months, the cultivation resources he would receive annually would be considerable.

Of course, if calculated strictly, the profit would be slightly lower than when he was in the academy, as he got sixty percent from the mu of spirit land in the academy!

But that was the Sect and the academy's care for their disciples. Once they left the academy, that kind of benefit would naturally disappear.

However, the spiritual energy concentration here at the mountain gate was also much denser than at the academy.

The spiritual energy concentration in the outer disciple residential area was much higher than in the independent courtyards where Postnatal martial artists lived at the academy.

He could completely plant some spirit plants in the courtyard of his own house in the outer disciple residential area.

Moreover, during his time at the academy, he had been restraining himself and had not fully utilized his cultivation abilities.

Now that he was at the mountain gate, he could slightly relax the restrictions and use more of the methods of an Extreme Spirit Planter in cultivating spirit plants.

At that time, the final profit should exceed that of his academy days.

After walking around the two mu of spirit land he was responsible for, Zhang Wan left.

He had participated in the graduation ceremony early in the morning and then took a rune carriage to the mountain gate. After that, he went to the Outer Gate Management Department, then to the Spirit Planter Hall, and then to the Fourth Spirit Garden. By now, it was already dusk, and it was time for him to go to the outer disciple residential area to choose a house to serve as his residence and cave dwelling at the mountain gate.

Zhang Wan hadn't chosen a place right away because he wanted to determine his destination first, so he could choose a residence closer to the spirit land.

When he went to look, he found that those houses had already been taken by his fellow disciples from the Spirit Planter Hall.

Clearly, everyone had the same idea.

Zhang Wan, left speechless, could only choose a house nearby that he found satisfactory and move in.

After placing his disciple token on the small formation within the house and gaining control of it, he activated all of its functions.

Immediately, the spiritual energy around the house was gathered, the dust that had accumulated from the house being uninhabited for a long time was swept away, and a light barrier enveloped the entire house and courtyard. If anyone passed through the barrier, the formation would automatically alert them and leave a record.

After taking his luggage out of the storage talisman and putting it away, Zhang Wan began to cook his dinner in the house's kitchen.

"I already brought some pseudo-spiritual items and Postnatal low-grade spirit items. When I reported to the Outer Gate Management Department, they also gave me the cultivation resources for the second half of the year, which included quite a few pseudo-spiritual items. I don't have to worry about not having enough pseudo-spiritual items to eat for now."

In the past, the Sect would distribute pseudo-spiritual items to the academy, and the academy's exclusive cafeteria would then distribute them to the Postnatal students in their three daily meals.

Now that he had graduated, all the distributed pseudo-spiritual items were given directly to Zhang Wan and the others themselves.

It wasn't that this was impossible, but making his own meals was still not as convenient as eating directly at the exclusive cafeteria.

In the outer disciple residential area, although some outer disciples used pseudo-spirit plants and even spirit plants to make spirit meals and sell them to their fellow disciples, buying them was certainly not as cheap as making them himself.

"Although it's not as delicious as what a professional spirit chef would make, and the medicinal properties of the spirit items aren't fully utilized, it's still acceptable."

Zhang Wan didn't hold back and made a large portion.

Although this way of eating would quickly deplete the pseudo-spirit plants and spirit plants he had, it wasn't a big problem.

As a Spirit Planter, he could just plant more once he ate them.

He planned to start planting spirit plants in his own courtyard tomorrow to meet his needs!