Harvest

"Junior Brother Chen, have you studied the inheritance of the Spirit Planter?"

"No, I've just been interested in farming since I was a child."

Beside a Spirit Field on Giant Wood Ridge, Chen Mobai was talking with two disciples from the Spiritual Plant Department of the Divine Wood Sect. In front of them were three acres of fully mature Jade Sprout Spirit Rice.

The air was filled with the refreshing fragrance of rice.

As far as the eye can see, there is a vast expanse of golden rice paddies.

The plump ears of rice, like grains of gold, hang down naturally, with the most perfect arc, swaying constantly in the breeze of the forest, like golden waves rising and falling.

This bountiful harvest scene greatly pleased the two disciples from the Divine Wood Sect Spiritual Plant Department who came to inspect the Spirit Field's yield.

One of the disciples picked a rice stalk, held it in his hand, and felt the fullness of the husk, a smile involuntarily appearing on his lips.

"Senior Brother Chen, would you be willing to join my Spiritual Plant Department?"

"Well, I enjoy farming, and the Jade Sprout Spirit Rice in these seven acres of Spirit Field is about to ripen. To prevent pests, I can't leave."

Chen Mobai's only remaining goal in joining the Divine Wood Sect is to obtain the Foundation Establishment; he has no intention of wasting time on anything else.

"Don't worry, Junior Brother Chen. There are no such check-in duties in my Spiritual Plant Department. You'll have a lot of freedom once you join."

"Moreover, any disciple of my Spiritual Plant Department can go to the Scripture Pavilion to obtain the inheritance of the Spirit Planter for free."

"There is also an annual offering of one hundred Spirit Stone, which can be added to the sect's benefits."

After listening to what his senior brother Lu Jun said, Chen Mobai was somewhat tempted. He had no interest in the inheritance of the Spirit Planter, Immortal Sect had better options.

The key is that there is an extra income of one hundred Spirit Stone every year.

Although he now possesses a considerable fortune, with over a thousand Spirit Stone, no one would complain about having too much of that.

"Senior Brother Lu, besides the benefits, does the Spiritual Plant Department have any other tasks?"

Chen Mobai decided it was better to ask first, after all, there's no such thing as a free lunch.

"If there are occasional problems with the Spirit Field and medicinal fields in the sect, we disciples from the Spiritual Plant Department will need to step in to solve them. Junior Brother, I dare say that your farming skills are the best in the entire Spiritual Plant Department."

Lu Jun's words were very clear: he had taken a liking to Chen Mobai's farming skills and wanted him to instruct other disciples in the sect who were also engaged in farming, to see if they could increase their yields.

"Well, I've reached a crucial moment in my cultivation, and I might not be able to concentrate."

Chen Mobai could accept being instructed by just one or two people, but if he were asked to travel throughout the entire Divine Wood Sect, he would rather decline.

"Junior Brother Chen, please think it over."

Lu Jun only mentioned it casually, and since Chen Mobai wasn't interested, he didn't say anything more.

"Junior Brother Teng, let's harvest these three acres of Jade Sprout Spirit Rice."

Lu Jun and another junior brother from the Spiritual Plant Department took out two Sickle and began to harvest the three acres of mature Spirit Field by wielding their Magic Artifact.

Disciples of the Divine Wood Sect can claim Spirit Field to plant and receive rice seeds and Array Formation, but when it comes to the final harvest, the Spiritual Plant Department needs to come and harvest the crops.

At that time, the people from the Spiritual Plant Department will settle the Sect Contribution points on the spot based on the harvest yield.

Lu Jun and his companion seemed to do this often, and they were very quick, finishing in just two hours.

However, Chen Mobai still thought to himself that it was too slow. If he could use the harvester from Earth Origin Star, he could harvest all three acres of Spirit Field by himself in half an hour.

"A total of 458 jin of Spirit Rice, with a yield of 150 jin per mu, has already broken the sect's record."

After the weighing was completed, another disciple from the Spiritual Plant Department named Teng Jie looked shocked.

The price of this Jade Sprout Spirit Rice on the market is 10 catties for one Low-grade Spirit Stone. That means the three mu harvested here, plus the seven mu of Spirit Field that are about to ripen, will be 150 Spirit Stone worth of crops.

What did the Divine Wood Sect give up? Only some worthless rice seeds and a set of Grade 1 Low Rank Green Light Formation.

The Green Light Formation is worth 50 Spirit Stone, but the ownership of it still belongs to the Spiritual Plant Department, and they can take it back at any time.

In other words, they only paid the cost of rice seeds equivalent to a few Spirit Stone.

This person is a natural fit for their Spiritual Plant Department.

The two exchanged a glance. Lu Jun, who had only casually invited Chen Mobai to join the Spiritual Plant Department, felt that his attitude might have been a little insincere.

"Junior brother, did you cultivate these seven acres of Spirit Field yourself?"

Since the adoption procedures only cover three mu, theoretically, the crops in the remaining seven mu of Spirit Field belong to Chen Mobai himself.

Lu Jun remembered this clearly because he was the one who harvested the three mu of Spirit Field here last time they were ripe, but the yield was only 80 jin per mu.

"That's right. Farming is only busy when sowing seeds. The rest of the time, I just use my Spirit Needle Technique to kill insects and water the plants. In my spare time from cultivation, I pick up a hoe and clear some wasteland nearby, which can be considered as a supplement to my cultivation."

Chen Mobai answered truthfully.

The Divine Wood Sect's Spiritual Plant Department controls thousands of acres of medicinal fields on Giant Wood Ridge, so why would they care about his small seven acres of Spirit Field?

However, he did not realize that while the Spiritual Plant Department managed thousands of acres of medicinal fields and devoted most of its energy to the spiritual herbs, it also neglected hundreds of acres of Spirit Field due to a shortage of manpower.

If these barren Spirit Field could be managed by Junior Brother Chen, even if he only planted the most basic Jade Sprout Spirit Rice, he could still harvest several thousand Spirit Stone a year.

After deducting the amount handed over to the Three Great Halls of the sect, their Spiritual Plant Department can still get half.

Even after going through layers of exploitation, these disciples would still be able to get at least a few dozen yuan.

This farming genius must be in their Spiritual Plant Department.

"Junior Brother Chen, we've been harvesting for half a day and we're a bit thirsty. Would you mind having a drink of water?"

Just as Chen Mobai was wondering why the two hadn't left yet, Lu Jun suddenly touched his forehead, pretended to be sweating, and asked for a drink of water.

"Please."

Chen Mobai immediately scooped two large bowls of water from the big water vat at the door and gave them to them.

"Junior Brother Chen, let me be frank. Someone as talented as you definitely deserves to join our Spiritual Plant Department. Otherwise, if the Sect Leader finds out, he will surely blame our Minister for abandoning such a talented person."

"Tell me what you need, and I'll do my best to fulfill it."

"If I can't agree to it, I can apply to the Minister."

Hearing Lu Jun's sincere words, Chen Mobai was a little puzzled. Was he so popular just because he was good at farming?

But since they've already said that, he'll just casually make a request.

"I want the Foundation Establishment."

Upon hearing this, Lu Jun nearly suffocated.

This request is something that even the three Foundation Establishment Elder of the Spiritual Plant Department probably couldn't agree to, let alone him.

"Junior Brother Chen, if you want the Foundation Establishment Pill, then you should definitely join our Spiritual Plant Department."

Just as Lu Jun shook his head and was about to leave, Teng Jie suddenly spoke up.