Settlement After Core Formation

"Junior Brother Chen, we still need your help with this matter."

Jin Shanping, the Deputy Minister of the Spiritual Plant Department, saw Chen Mobai out with a kind expression. The latter nodded and then went to Sun Gaochang's place.

"Senior Brother Sun, what do you think we should do about this?"

Chen Mobai sat down in the seat opposite him, Sun Gaochang brought him a cup of tea. After hearing this, he gave a helpless and bitter smile.

"Junior Brother Chen, the annual budget approved by the sect for the Spiritual Plant Department is only 100,000 Spirit Stone and 100,000 Sect Contribution. After your hundred acres of Fire Spirit Rice mature, if the Spiritual Plant Department were to purchase them all, with a tenfold subsidy, it would require 200,000 Sect Contribution. Even if I approve it and it gets submitted to the Reward Hall, I doubt Deputy Hall Master Luo would agree. He would then report it to the Sect Leader, making things difficult for the Sect Leader."

Today, it was actually Sun Gaochang who invited Chen Mobai over, but it was Sun Gaochang, as the Deputy Minister of the Spiritual Plant Department, who spoke first.

Six months ago, through Meng Hong's connections, Chen Mobai obtained 500 acres of Spirit Land to grow Spirit Rice, something everyone thought was impossible.

Because both manpower and Spirit Field are far from sufficient.

Little did they know that Chen Mobai had obtained the Puppetry Technique inherited from the Longevity Sect, and actually used the Green Sun Spirit Wood to have the Puppet Department make many Agricultural Puppet, thus solving the two most critical problems at once.

Subsequently, through the major Cultivating Family established after the Jian Country, a large number of the Cultivating Family without Spiritual Root were relocated to the vicinity of Little South Mountain, thus solving the manpower problem.

A few days ago, nearly 200 acres of Spirit Rice under Chen Mobai's name were ripe, so he invited people from the Spiritual Plant Department to come and inspect them in advance in preparation for the harvest at the end of the year.

Of these, Chen Mobai planned to keep the Sixty Mu Spirit Field crops on Little South Mountain for himself.

As for the remaining Little Sun Ridge and the hundred acres of Spirit Rice distributed in the other four spirit mountains, he reported to the Spiritual Plant Department and sold them to the sect.

When the people from the Spiritual Plant Department first came to inspect the harvest, they were full of praise for the harvest from the more than 100 acres of Spirit Field, praising the Little South Mountain Lineage as truly worthy of being the most skilled in cultivating Spirit Rice in the Divine Wood Sect.

However, after returning and calculating the Sect Contribution required to acquire these Spirit Rice, the three leaders of the Spiritual Plant Department began to look worried.

Fire Spirit Rice is a hybrid Spirit Rice developed by Chen Mobai. It has a dry and hard texture, but the spiritual energy and nutrients it contains are almost the same as Jade Sprout Spirit Rice. Moreover, it can be harvested twice a year.

This kind of Spirit Rice can yield up to 150 jin per mu. If Chen Mobai sells all 130 mu of Spirit Rice to the Spiritual Plant Department, the latter will need to pay 200,000 Sect Contribution to consume it.

This expenditure is so large that it far exceeds the annual budget of the Spiritual Plant Department.

Even if Sun Gaochang, as the inspector, were to approve it, the Deputy Minister and the Minister above him would definitely disagree. If they really did that, their Spiritual Plant Department would be starving for the next two or three years.

So after discussing it internally, they invited Chen Mobai over and mentioned the matter.

This means that the Spiritual Plant Department can only purchase a maximum of thirty acres of Jade Sprout Spirit Rice from Little Sun Ridge. As there is no precedent for this in the sect, Chen Mobai can only keep the remaining Fire Spirit Rice for himself.

If the Spirit Plant Spiritual Plant Department wants to purchase the plants, they will send people to harvest them and count the quantity and yield on the spot.

Chen Mobai originally thought he could save himself some effort.

Little Dao Seed too many, and the Spiritual Plant Department dared not accept them.

"Does the sect Sect Leader know about this?"

After listening to Sun Gaochang's complaints, Chen Mobai asked him a question. The latter shook his head slightly, indicating that he had not yet reported the matter to Chu Zuoshu.

"I should still say something."

Chen Mobai thought for a moment and said something that surprised Sun Gaochang, but the latter immediately understood what Chen Mobai meant.

As a subordinate, sometimes you have to know how to cry.

Divine Wood Hall.

After hearing Chen Mobai's request, Chu Zuoshu couldn't help but feel a headache.

This should have been a good thing, but the problem is that Chen Mobai planted far too much Spirit Rice. If it were purchased at market price, the sect could easily consume it all.

However, in order to support the cultivation of Spirit Rice, when the sect was first established, Old Ancestor Zhou set a policy of providing tenfold support.

Because the effort and reward of cultivating Spirit Rice are disproportionate, even with this support policy, the sect's own Spirit Rice production is always insufficient, and it still needs to purchase it from other Cultivating Family every year.

But who would have thought that Chen Mobai, a genius at farming, would appear and suddenly increase the yield of Spirit Rice to a level that even the sect could not afford.

"Junior Brother Chen, since you've brought this up, I can approve this year's supply of Spirit Rice. But if it's the same amount next year, I'm afraid I'll need to report to the two elders."

Chu Zuoshu thought about it and felt that he still couldn't let Chen Mobai, his Direct Lineage, feel disheartened, so he put forward a suggestion.

This year, the sect can make this huge contribution, but if it continues every year, he, as the Sect Leader, will not be able to sit still. In that case, he will have no choice but to escalate the matter further and ask the two patriarchs to abolish this policy themselves.

"Sect Leader, I have a suggestion."

Chen Mobai, however, felt that there was a solution that would satisfy both sides.

This allows the sect to purchase Spirit Rice at ten times the contribution amount without causing them financial pain.

"Junior brother, please speak."

"The sect will continue to purchase as usual. Since my Fire Spirit Rice is a new variety, this contribution will be held in the sect's account as a quality guarantee deposit. After a few years, once it is confirmed that there are no problems with the Spirit Rice, this contribution will be slowly released into my account."

"Junior brother, isn't that still the same?"

Chu Zuoshu didn't understand the meaning of Chen Mobai's suggestion. Even if the Sect Contribution was not used for several years, it would still need to be spent eventually.

"Sect Leader, I can sign another agreement with the sect, allowing me to take up to one-tenth of the Sect Contribution income each year."

In this way, although the Divine Wood Sect nominally contributes ten times more to support the cultivation of Spirit Rice, in reality, they only need to pay the normal market price.

"Junior brother, wouldn't you be at a loss then?"

"Sect Leader, if I Core Formation, will the Contribution Points held in the sect's account become real?"

Chen Mobai smiled and said something that made Chu Zuoshu realize something.

Indeed, if Chen Mobai were to Core Formation, the Divine Wood Sect would certainly acknowledge the remaining nine-tenths of his contribution, which would otherwise have been impossible to retrieve.

"Junior brother, why don't you just focus on your cultivation and strive to form your Core Formation? Why go through all this trouble?"

Chu Zuoshu, the Chu Zuoshu Sect Leader, had heard about Chen Mobai's dedication to farming over the years. He shared Meng Hong's view: why not use that time to cultivate?

After Core Formation stage, you can take whatever you want from the sect at any time.

"Sect Leader, my strength alone cannot compare to the overall strength of the Divine Wood Sect. This Spirit Rice is mainly for strengthening the physique of our Qi Cultivation Disciple."

Chen Mobai then spoke about his ideals. He had a clear understanding of the situation: if the Divine Wood Sect were to purchase his Spirit Rice at ten times the contribution every year, the two patriarchs would have to step in and abolish the policy within two years at most.

It would be better to agree with Chu Zuoshu that the sect would actually buy his Spirit Rice at market price, and the remaining 90% would be temporarily held in the sect's account. This would become a reality once he Core Formation his core. If he did not Core Formation, then it would be as if there was no such debt.

After a moment's thought, Chu Zuoshu immediately nodded in agreement.

He then summoned Luo Xueer from the Reward Hall, as well as Shi Fengping, the Minister of the Spiritual Plant Department.

With the Sect Leader stepping forward, the two naturally had no objections and readily agreed.

In fact, the Spiritual Plant Department got a great deal because they can now buy Chen Mobai's Spirit Rice at the normal market price.

Finally, after counting the harvest from 130 acres of Spirit Field, Chen Mobai's account received an additional 20,000 Sect Contribution.

The Reward Hall, which manages the sect's accounts, also records the debt of 180,000 Sect Contribution points owed to Chen Mobai.

"Master, Miao Mountain and Ting Mountain have been almost fully cultivated. We can plant some simple Spirit Plant next spring."

While the Divine Wood Sect's Spiritual Plant Department was busy harvesting Spirit Rice, Chen Mobai brought Zhuo Ming to the Terraced Fields that had been reclaimed this year.

Of the four sacred mountains, the two with the best terrain have been leveled step by step over the past six months by Zhuo Ming and his mortals using Puppetry.

More than 100 acres of Spirit Land have been added.

However, these Terraced Fields are not fertile enough and the soil is not loose enough, so they need to be planted with a round of Spirit Oil Yellow Vegetable first.

This is the experience Zhuo Ming has gained from farming over the years. This crop is a Spirit Plant used by the sect to extract oil. It is easy to grow and can be used to extract a mild Spirit Oil after harvesting.

This Spirit Oil, when combined with the Red Sun Spirit Wood, is an excellent combination for low-level Alchemy of the Divine Wood Sect.

After the yellow vegetables are harvested and pressed for oil, the remaining stalks and other parts are left in the Terraced Fields to irrigate the land and make the Spirit Field fertile.

"I'm leaving this matter to you. Take your time with the rest. Strive to fill these 500 acres of Spirit Land with the fragrance of rice blossoms within five years."

Over the past six months, Chen Mobai and Zhuo Ming have been working hard, planting seeds and using Puppetry to cultivate wasteland.

However, once the apprentice is trained, he will be able to relax.

The three Agricultural Puppet are enough for now. In any case, the sect will arrange for people from the Spiritual Plant Department to do the harvesting. Their Little South Mountain Lineage only needs to be busy with sowing and cultivating.

"Master, I feel that my cultivation is about to break through. Farming and reclaiming wasteland seems to be very much in line with the cultivation of the Earth Mother Technique, but it also feels too fast. My foundation is not stable, and I am afraid it will affect my future Condensing Qi into Liquid."

Zhuo Ming hesitated for a moment before reporting the situation to Chen Mobai.

"Oh, stretch out your hand, let me take your pulse."

Chen Mobai reached out and placed his hand on Zhuo Ming's wrist. After checking his disciple's cultivation level, he discovered that she was indeed about to break through to the Qi Cultivation Level 8.

However, since Zhuo Ming had only just broken through to the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer last year, he was a little apprehensive about this speed of progress, so he suppressed it and dared not advance.

"Haha, this is a natural improvement and breakthrough for you. Don't worry, there's no problem at all."

Zhuo Ming thought his Spiritual Root talent was average, so he was a little uneasy about his progress of breaking through one level in a year. He even wondered if he had gone astray in his cultivation and something had gone wrong.

But Chen Mobai knew that this second disciple was the one with the most outstanding Heaven Spirit Root in his lineage.

Under one's own tutelage, there is no shortage of spiritual energy, the best environment for cultivating the Earth Mother Technique, and one eats Spirit Rice at every meal. It would be surprising if one did not make such rapid progress.

After hearing Chen Mobai's words, Zhuo Ming finally felt relieved.

As if on cue, she simply sat down, took out a Spirit Stone from her storage bag, and broke through to the next level right there in Ting Mountain.

This Ting Mountain is also Second Grade high-quality Spirit Vein, but most of it was dispersed and transformed into Spirit Field by Chen Mobai and his disciple Zhuo Ming. Now only Second Grade low-quality one remains, but it is still an excellent treasure land for Qi Cultivation Cultivator.

Chen Mobai also drew a Second Grade Spirit Gathering Talisman to help, and soon the spiritual energy on the mountaintop began to converge towards Zhuo Ming, who was sitting upright.

About half an hour later, Zhuo Ming, successfully broke through the bottleneck and advanced to the Qi Cultivation Level 8.

"Thank you for protecting me, Master."

After breaking through, Zhuo Ming opened her eyes and bowed deeply to Chen Mobai.

"Get up. This Ting Mountain is destined to be your place of cultivation from now on."

Chen Mobai waved his sleeve, and a gentle aura lifted Zhuo Ming up. He then pointed to the spiritual mountain beneath his feet, as a gift for Zhuo Ming's breakthrough.

"Thank you, Master. I will definitely manage the Spirit Field here well."

Zhuo Ming looked grateful. At this moment, Chen Mobai saw that Luo Yixuan on the side also looked envious. He decided to take advantage of the day to distribute the business to his three apprentices.

"Let's give the Miao Mountain next door to Xuan'er. It just so happens that you two sisters are close, and it will be convenient for you to visit each other in the future."

"Give Yi Mountain to Wen Bai. If he gets drunk and can't get back to Divine Wood City in the future, he'll have a place to stay."

The four members of the Little South Mountain Lineage, master and disciples, each received a sacred mountain.

However, although Luo Yixuan expressed her gratitude verbally, she still felt a little dissatisfied.

Because her Miao Mountain is the farthest from Little South Mountain.

But there was nothing she could do; once her master had spoken, she could only bow her head in gratitude.

"Seeing Ming'er's breakthrough, and having gained some insights myself, I need to go into seclusion for a while. I will not participate in this year's Sect Grand Competition. The three of you just need to do your best."

After finishing up the matters concerning the Divine Wood Sect, Chen Mobai realized that he hadn't been back to the Immortal Sect for half a year, so he decided to go back and deal with the backlog of issues from the Student Union and his own factory.

"Congratulations, Master."

Upon hearing this, Zhuo Ming and Luo Yixuan both showed expressions of admiration in their eyes. Their master's breakthroughs and comprehensions were as simple as eating and drinking.

Moreover, each time I emerge from seclusion, I have truly made a breakthrough.

Chen Mobai left his two apprentices on Ting Mountain and returned to the top of Little South Mountain.

After activating the Cloud Mist Formation, he left the Formless Puppet here, where it routinely condensed Pure Yang Purple Qi every day.

He himself returned to the Immortal Sect through the Turtle Treasure.

Unexpectedly, I received good news as soon as I returned.

Che Yucheng, through his connections at the Wuqi Dao Academy, worked for a long time and finally managed to get in touch with all the forces related to the Purple Lightning Sword.