Sowing

Three days later, Meng Hong arrived with Mu Yuan.

"The two patriarchs greatly admire your ideas, but if we follow your plan completely, the changes will be too great, and the sect may face another great battle soon. Therefore, they do not intend to disturb the Mountain Protecting Great Formation."

Chen Mobai wanted to cultivate the entire Giant Wood Ridge, which would inevitably cause changes in the earth's veins, thus rendering part of the Myriad Wood Great Formation, which had been stable for decades, ineffective.

Even if the two patriarchs thought highly of Chen Mobai, they would never do such a thing at such a critical moment.

After all, when Meng Hong Core Formation, the Divine Wood Sect had exposed quite a few enemies.

At this critical juncture, stability should be the priority.

"This is something that will benefit future generations, and the sooner it is done, the better."

Chen Mobai sighed, but he understood the concerns of the two elders.

After all, Ji Zhenshi and Nan Shidao had recently come to put pressure on him, and two Core Formation Ghost Cultivators were secretly coveting his position. If he were in the position of the two patriarchs, he would have made the same choice.

"I said that too, so I tried to get it done for you."

As he spoke, Meng Hong took out the map of Giant Wood Ridge again and circled a square centered on Little South Mountain with his finger.

"There are about 500 acres of Spirit Land here, but it is separated by four spiritual mountains."

"I have already discussed this with the Minister of the four departments, including the Array Formation. This place will be used as a testing ground for you for now. The Array Department will make minor adjustments to the Mountain Protecting Great Formation around here, the Spiritual Plant Department will supply you with the various crop seeds you need, and the Spirit Beast Department will also take away the spirit beasts that are kept here."

"If you can complete the reclamation here and connect it into one area, then once the external forces of the sect are stabilized, it will be natural to extend it to the entire Giant Wood Ridge, or even the entire sect."

Meng Hong's three days of running errands were not without results. With no explicit objection from the two elders, he used his influence to smooth things over with the four departments of Array Formation, securing the right to use 500 acres of Spirit Land for Chen Mobai.

"Thank you, Elder Meng."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai immediately thanked Meng Hong.

It's important to know that the sect's core Great Plain medicinal fields only amount to 1,700 acres. Although much of Chen Mobai's 500 acres are uncultivated wasteland, having the right to use so much Spirit Land is already quite remarkable.

"Little Chen, you don't have to work so hard. With your talent, you can cultivate diligently like Hong He and form your Core Formation as soon as possible, which would be a great help to the sect."

Meng Hong had watched Chen Mobai grow up. He had been in the sect for eight years, from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, and then to receiving the inheritance of the Longevity Sect. He believed that the young man in front of him was a true genius who could surpass him and become Core Formation Cultivator.

Therefore, although they supported Chen Mobai's farming for the future development of the entire clan, they were still reluctant to delay Chen Mobai's opportunity to advance to a higher level.

After all, in the Eastern Wasteland, people like Chen Mobai, who sacrifice their own cultivation time to seek benefits for the sect and its members, are truly rare.

"Don't worry, Elder Meng, even if I farm every day and make Puppetry, no one in the sect will be able to catch up with my cultivation speed."

Chen Mobai said this with a confident expression.

Meng Hong was at a loss for words when faced with this situation.

"If you need anything in the future, just come to me. If you're short-handed, I'll have Xiaoyuan help you out."

In the end, all Meng Hong could do was point at Mu Yuan and leave those words.

He currently holds no official position within the sect, and the only people he can command are his disciples. With E Yun gone, only Mu Yuan remains.

"Elder Meng, please rest assured and recuperate. You have already gone to great lengths for us."

Chen Mobai, holding the land use rights document for 500 mu of Spirit Land, respectfully saw Meng Hong out the door.

In the following time, his true body was in Divine Wood City directing Li Yixian and the other two to make Agricultural Puppet, while the clone of the Formless Puppet was surveying the four spiritual mountains and five hundred acres of Spirit Land that they had just acquired with Zhuo Ming.

Since they were all areas near Little South Mountain, it was relatively easy for the master and apprentice to compare and explore the land.

During this time, a cultivator from the Array Department came to Chen Mobai's door to discuss changing the earth vein array of the four spiritual mountains.

To cultivate Spirit Field, the condensed Spirit Vein energy needs to be dispersed and evenly distributed across every inch of land. This will inevitably weaken or even disable the Array Formation that rely on the Spirit Vein.

"Are there any Array Formation that use Spirit Field as array flags?"

Chen Mobai thought that if he were to actually cultivate the entire Giant Wood Ridge into Spirit Field in the future, it would mean that the core of the Divine Wood Sect Myriad Wood Great Formation, would become completely ineffective. He couldn't help but ask his senior brother from the Spiritual Vein Department about this issue.

"This requires Array Formation master to come and help re-explore and redesign. Our Divine Wood Sect's Myriad Wood Great Formation was set up by Master Xie from Kong Sang Valley."

The Myriad Wood Great Formation is actually an upgraded version of the Heavenly Wood Divine Light Array. It is essentially a combination of several Heavenly Wood Divine Light Array, with three Fourth Grade Longevity Wood as the core, reorganized into a huge Fourth Tier Great Formation.

The Divine Wood Sect did not have any Fourth Grade Formation Master. It was only after Old Ancestor Zhou spent a lot of money to hire people from the Eastern Yi Region to complete this Mountain Protecting Great Formation.

"This time, Senior Brother Duan will have to work hard."

The person leading the team from the Array Department was named Duan Shaojiu. He was also a veteran Foundation Establishment Cultivator, with a cultivation level of only the early Foundation Establishment, but he was one of only four Third Grade Formation Master in the sect.

The other three were the Minister, Deputy Minister, and Inspector of the Array Department.

He was just unlucky and had the lowest cultivation level, so he usually had to handle all sorts of things.

Chen Mobai wanted to transform the Spirit Vein into Spirit Land, and since two of the array flags of the Myriad Wood Great Formation happened to be near Little South Mountain, they needed to be moved to other places, which was quite a difficult task.

"Junior Brother Chen is doing this for the sect; my little bit of hardship is nothing."

Duan Shaojiu is old and has virtually no chance of advancing further, but he has a son and a daughter who possess Spiritual Root, so he is currently working to earn resources for his children.

After Chen Mobai described the general situation to him, Duan Shaojiu asked him if he wanted to move one of the battle flags to the top of Little South Mountain.

The array flag of this Myriad Wood Great Formation is the Azure Sun Spirit Tree.

Planted on the top of Little South Mountain, with occasional pruning of branches and leaves, the sect turns a blind eye as long as it doesn't affect the operation of the Grand Array.

Chen Mobai was slightly tempted by this, but after thinking about it carefully, he shook his head.

First of all, he values his privacy very much. He doesn't know if planting this flag on his own mountain will expose his secret of traveling between the two worlds. In addition, he has the Divine Tree Secret Realm, so he doesn't care much for the Azure Sun Spirit Tree.

Furthermore, if he were to cultivate Third Tier Spirit Rice in the future, he would need to dissolve the core of the Spirit Vein of Little South Mountain and create some Third Grade Spirit Land.

Then the flags will need to be moved again, which will be even more troublesome.

It's better to simply remove it from their jurisdiction and get it over with once and for all.

After hearing Chen Mobai's words, Duan Shaojiu acted decisively and transplanted the two Azure Sun Spirit Tree to two nearby mountain peaks in just two days.

This Azure Sun Spirit Tree is Second Grade spirit tree, which can be nurtured with Second Tier Spiritual Vein.

Sun Gaochang also came to help during the transplant. As an inspector of the Spiritual Plant Department, he was Third Grade Spirit Planter. He was not required to take action personally, but Chen Mobai had a close relationship with him, so he took the initiative to help in order to avoid any accidents.

With the combined efforts of Duan Shaojiu and Sun Gaochang, the transplantation of the two Azure Sun Spirit Tree proceeded smoothly without any unexpected incidents.

Without the Mountain Protecting Great Formation hindering him, Chen Mobai could finally cultivate the Spirit Field in peace.

"Master, Miao Mountain and Ting Mountain are both near- Third Grade Spirit Vein, and the terrain is relatively flat. However, Yi Mountain and Shuyang Mountain are surrounded by hills and slopes, which are not easy to cultivate."

That day, Chen Mobai and his two disciples looked down from the air at the 500-acre Spirit Land centered on Little South Mountain. Zhuo Ming pointed to the undulating terrain below, looking worried.

Although it is indeed 500 acres of Spirit Land, most of it is actually wasteland. High-quality Spirit Field like Little South Mountain, which have already been cultivated and can be used with just a little loosening of the soil, probably only amount to about 100 acres.

The remaining 300-plus acres of land all need to be cultivated on the hillsides.

If an ordinary person were to do this, it would probably take three generations of their descendants to cultivate the Spirit Field into a suitable place for planting.

"Ming'er, if you were to do it, how long would it take approximately?"

Chen Mobai stood atop the Crimson Cloud Mist Silk, pointing to the undulating terrain below, specifically Yi Mountain and Shuyang Mountain.

Below Shuyang Mountain is a hill called Little Sun Ridge, which is where he made his fortune and is still under Chen Mobai's name.

"Reporting to Master, it will probably take about ten years."

After hearing Chen Mobai's words, Zhuo Ming actually started counting on her fingers and did it seriously.

With her cultivation level and the addition of various spiritual tools, it would be considered fast if she could complete the reclamation of more than 300 acres of Terraced Fields in ten years.

"Master, I will help Senior Sister."

Hearing this, Luo Yixuan thought that Chen Mobai was really going to hand over this difficult task to Zhuo Ming. After thinking for a moment, she also stood up and patted her chest to show her sisterly loyalty.

"Haha, if Ming'er goes to Wilderness Opening, won't I have to personally take care of the planting and harvesting every year?"

Chen Mobai laughed a few times, indicating that he had other plans, but he was very pleased with his two apprentices' willingness to endure hardship.

Cultivators who are willing to Wilderness Opening like farmers are extremely rare, at least within the Divine Wood Sect.

"Master, if all five hundred acres of land are planted with Spirit Rice, wouldn't we have to build a huge warehouse to store the harvest?"

Zhuo Ming, however, was already worried about the fact that the warehouses at the foot of Little South Mountain were not enough to hold all the goods.

"You don't need to worry about this."

Chen Mobai intended to benefit the entire Divine Wood Sect. Although 500 acres of Spirit Rice seemed like a lot, when distributed among the entire sect, it was actually not much.

"First, we need to clear out the Spirit Field in those flat areas. The Fire Spirit Rice for the second half of the year is still in the planting season, so we can't let it go to waste."

There are about 100 acres of Spirit Land. All that's needed is to clear away the weeds and pebbles and drive away some wild animals before planting and using it.

Zhuo Ming is an expert in this field.

However, for the sake of efficiency, Chen Mobai still personally led her to burn wild grass and trees. While fertilizing, they also worked to open up the Spirit Vein hidden in the hills and create acres of Spirit Field.

"Master, if the three of us are the only ones sowing the seeds, there won't be enough time."

After all the flat Spirit Field were fenced off, Zhuo Ming discovered a new problem.

"I have already asked the Spiritual Plant Department to help me with it."

Compared to the scarcity of Puppetry, the Divine Wood Sect has an abundance of Spirit Planter. Chen Mobai and Sun Gaochang are close friends despite their age difference, and the sect has always supported the cultivation of Spirit Rice.

Therefore, Chen Mobai asked the Spiritual Plant Department to help cultivate seedlings of 100 acres of Fire Spirit Rice.

If he and Zhuo Ming were to come, it would definitely be too late.

The Spiritual Plant Department provided these 100 mu of seedlings free of charge. The only requirement was that Chen Mobai's Spirit Field must yield at least 80 mu of Spirit Rice next year.

If the harvest is insufficient, then the sect will be penalized with Spirit Stone and Sect Contribution.

Of course, the harvest of Spirit Rice belongs to Chen Mobai. He can sell it to the sect, which will buy it back at ten times the contribution, or he can keep it to sell or brew wine.

The seedlings are cultivated for free, but the people in the Spiritual Plant Department will not help; Chen Mobai will have to do it himself.

"Master, how about we go to the Spirit Treasure Pavilion and recruit some Spirit Planter to help us?"

Although Zhuo Ming was not afraid of hardship or fatigue, she simply couldn't finish planting the seedlings of the hundred acres of Fire Spirit Rice in just a few days. So, she asked Chen Mobai for help for the first time.

"Haha, don't worry, your master has already made all the preparations."

The next day, Chen Mobai arrived with Li Yixian and the other two, bringing the newly debugged Seeding Puppet.

This Puppetry has two large wheels with long tracks between them. The tracks have holes in them, which can be used to insert seedlings one by one to secure them.

Chen Mobai possessed powerful Spiritual Sense, and in a short while, he selected a thousand seedlings from the Spiritual Plant Department and inserted them into the track holes. He then placed a Spirit Stone inside to activate the system.

Before long, to the disbelief of Zhuo Ming and the others, the Puppetry began to spin its wheels and roll back and forth over the Spirit Field.

The width of the tracks was exactly the same as that of the Spirit Field. After rolling over the land, the seedlings, one after another, were arranged neatly and squarely in the soil, as if they had been measured with the most precise ruler.

After thirty rounds, one acre of land has been sown.

In just one day, fifteen acres of seedlings were planted.

"Master, this Puppetry is too powerful!"

Zhuo Ming, who farms every day, immediately recognized the power of the Seeding Puppet. With this, an old farmer could easily sow seeds in hundreds of acres of Spirit Field with just an old farmer watching over them.

"This is flat land, so planting is quick. If it were on hilly Terraced Fields, the speed would be reduced by more than half."

Chen Mobai pointed out the flaws of the Seeding Puppet, but even so, Zhuo Ming felt it was very impressive.

"My three junior disciples, please do your best to make another one of these Puppetry for me."

Chen Mobai still has over a hundred acres of land that need to be sown, and one machine is not enough.

"Uncle Chen, it will take at least seven days."

To be Li Yixian, although under Chen Mobai's guidance they had mastered the method of making Seeding Puppet, the speed was simply not fast enough.

"If the goods can be delivered within two days, I am willing to give you a piece of Green Sun Spirit Wood as payment."

Chen Mobai said something that excited Li Yixian and the other two.

"Is what you say true, Uncle-Master?"

"A contract can be made at the Spirit Treasure Pavilion."

"Mission accomplished!"

Li Yixian and the other two did not say anything more. They directly asked Chen Mobai to take them back to Divine Wood City, where they planned to gather their friends from the Puppet Department to earn that piece of Green Sun Spirit Wood together.