Harvesting Spirit Wheat

Several more days passed in Qingyang County Town. The matter of the Meng and Lin families competing for market share with their new talismans was quickly forgotten.

After all, Qingyang County Town was a melting pot of various factions, and the only powers that truly dictated life and death were the seven Ninth-Rank Cultivation Families residing within the county town. Families like the Meng Family, a fringe cultivation family, could only survive by the grace of these seven.

They were not the main players in Qingyang County Town, so the spotlight naturally wouldn't remain on them for long.

This was because incidents like the Meng and Lin families vying for their respective markets happened frequently.

It was even an unspoken agreement among the seven Ninth-Rank Cultivation Families.

In the meantime, the Meng Family's new talisman, the Spirit Taming Talisman, had already devoured most of the Lin Family's original market share.

Lin Qingshan, located in the Xinghua Lin Pavilion, had, with the approval of the Lin Family Patriarch, once again lowered the price of the Five Elements Defensive Talisman to just three Spirit Stones each.

This had only managed to slightly stabilize the Lin Family's dwindling market share for talismans.

If not for this, it would have been extremely difficult for the Lin Family to even get a small taste of the talisman market in a few more days!

As for Meng Haoran, after advancing to the fifth level of the Qi Refining Realm, he had been keeping a low profile to consolidate his cultivation and heed the advice of Meng Luohai.

Whether leaving Xinghua Village or entering Qingyang County Town, he was extremely discreet and never drew attention to himself.

Therefore, he was even more unaware of the secret deal struck between Lin Qingbai, who had lost his position as the pavilion master of Xinghua Lin Pavilion because of him, and Chen Jinmeng of the Chen Family.

In the Meng Family's backyard in Xinghua Village.

Various junior members of the Meng Family personally cast the Daoist Magic "Condensing Sickle Technique," carefully harvesting a large patch of mature Second-Tier Spirit Plants, the Six-Pattern Wheat.

Although they were drenched in sweat, their faces were filled with happy smiles.

Every stalk of Six-Pattern Wheat they harvested was equivalent to a significant Spirit Stone income for the Meng Family!

In the future, these Spirit Stones would be converted into monthly stipends for the clan members, distributed to each of them.

Beside them, Meng Haoran stood to the left of a large stone scale, watching as clan members placed sacks filled with Six-Pattern Wheat onto it for weighing, meticulously recording each weight.

Meng Bohai stood on a pavilion in the rear, chatting and laughing with the Meng Family Patriarch, Meng Jingshan.

Currently, the Xinghua Meng Pavilion's Spirit Taming Talisman in Qingyang County Town was gradually getting on track, and now the Second-Tier Spirit Plants, Six-Pattern Wheat, in the Meng Family's backyard had all matured and were being harvested.

Both of these would bring astonishing Spirit Stone income to the Meng Family!

Thus, during these days, Meng Jingshan, who rarely left the Spirit Spring area due to an old ailment, was happily moving among the various branches of the Meng Family.

Clink, clink, clink!

Meng Haoran finished weighing the last sack of Six-Pattern Wheat and turned to walk up to the pavilion, handing the small booklet containing all the weight records to Meng Bohai.

Meng Bohai turned to look at Patriarch Meng Jingshan.

Meng Jingshan felt a slight surge of excitement. This was the first time in the several hundred years since the Meng Family had arrived in Xinghua Village that they had cultivated Spirit Plants above the Second-Tier.

He wondered how much Spirit Stone income this harvest of Six-Pattern Wheat would bring to their Meng Family?

Meng Jingshan forcefully suppressed his inner agitation and said in a deep voice, "Bohai, read it out!"

"Yes!"

With that, Meng Bohai took a deep breath and slowly opened the booklet. He didn't look at the weight of each sack of Six-Pattern Wheat but focused on the final total, replying solemnly, "The spirit herb land for this cultivation of Six-Pattern Wheat is five mu. Today's harvest is as follows: the A-type spirit herb land yielded eight hundred and fifty-three jin of Six-Pattern Wheat, the B-type spirit herb land yielded nine hundred and thirty-seven jin, the C-type spirit herb land yielded one thousand and sixty-four jin, the D-type spirit herb land yielded one thousand one hundred and forty-eight jin, and the E-type spirit herb land yielded one thousand two hundred and twenty-one jin."

Meng Bohai swallowed slightly and continued, announcing, "Today, the five mu of spirit herb land yielded a total of five thousand two hundred and twenty-three jin of Six-Pattern Wheat!"

Even though Meng Bohai was a cultivator at the tenth level of the Qi Refining Realm, in his several decades of cultivation, he had never seen so much Second-Tier Spirit Plant, Six-Pattern Wheat, harvested at once in the Meng Family!

"We're rich! We're rich! My Meng Family is going to be rich!"

Meng Bohai's mind was filled with only this thought.

Patriarch Meng Jingshan, standing beside him, was also slightly shocked after hearing the last number Meng Bohai read out!

"Good, good, good!"

Meng Jingshan praised repeatedly.

In Meng Jingshan's opinion, one mu of Yellow Tier spirit herb land could at most yield eight hundred jin of Second-Tier Spirit Plant, Six-Pattern Wheat, which was already beyond the limit.

He never expected that these five mu of spirit herb land would all exceed his expectations, surpassing the eight-hundred-jin limit!

And the E-type spirit herb land had even yielded one thousand two hundred and twenty-one jin of Six-Pattern Wheat!

This was completely unexpected!

Meng Bohai suppressed his inner joy, put down the booklet recording the weights, and looked up at Meng Haoran, saying solemnly, "Haoran, you've worked hard these past few days. These five mu of spirit herb land for the Six-Pattern Wheat have been under your sole care for the past two months. Your contributions have not gone unnoticed by myself and Patriarch Jingshan!"

Patriarch Meng Jingshan also looked at Meng Haoran and praised, "A tiger father has no dog son! When your father, Meng Liuhai, embarked on the path of cultivation, he completely suppressed the younger generation of the Lin and Chen Families. Now, you are also beginning to show your prowess in our Meng Family!"

Meng Haoran cupped his fists and said, "Haoran is untalented and unworthy of Patriarch Jingshan's and Clan Uncle Bohai's praise!"

Meng Bohai liked Meng Haoran's composed demeanor. He stood up and looked at Meng Jingshan, asking, "Patriarch, there's no time to delay. Since this batch of Six-Pattern Wheat has matured and been harvested, we should hurry and send it to the Black Market to sell to Gray Robe Jiang Lao. What do you think?"

"I agree. However, when you go to the Black Market in Chiyang County, besides taking Haoran, let Luo Hai accompany you as well."

Meng Jingshan nodded and replied, "We are taking a large quantity of Six-Pattern Wheat to the Black Market in Chiyang County this time. I worry that Gray Robe Jiang Lao might harbor ill intentions upon seeing so much Six-Pattern Wheat. So, just in case, let Luo Hai go along."

With that, Meng Luohai came up from below the pavilion and nodded slightly to Meng Haoran and Meng Bohai.

Meng Haoran looked at Meng Luohai and thought to himself, "Clan Uncle Bohai is a cultivator at the tenth level of the Qi Refining Realm, and Clan Uncle Luo Hai is at the eighth level. If the three of us go to the Black Market in Chiyang County together, even if Gray Robe Jiang Lao wants to rob us of our wealth and take our lives, he'll have to weigh it carefully in his mind!"

Meng Bohai cupped his fists and said, "Patriarch Jingshan, since everyone is here, let's set off immediately to exchange the Six-Pattern Wheat for Spirit Stones!"

Meng Jingshan nodded, "Safety is paramount. Go!"

The three of them, Meng Haoran, Meng Bohai, and Meng Luohai, bowed in unison and turned to leave, heading towards Chiyang County.