Coiled Dragon Spirit Rice

Hua Country is located in the southern part of the Eastern Wasteland, where the climate is pleasant and spring-like all year round.

Although it is a mountainous area, it has large rivers flowing from Cloud Dream Marsh, and abundant rainfall, making it very suitable for cultivating all kinds of Spirit Plant and medicinal herbs.

When the Eastern Wasteland was first opened up, people from the Starry Skies Dao Sect also participated. After the opening was successful, they chose this place to cultivate some suitable Spirit Rice and Herb.

However, because the journey was too long, none of the elders and cultivators from the Starry Skies Dao Sect were willing to come and guard the area for a long time. So, the area was eventually left to be managed by the local forces in the Eastern Wasteland. They would send caravans over during each harvest to take away most of the resources.

Among them, the most famous is the Third Grade Coiled Dragon Spirit Rice.

This Spirit Rice is a treasure for cultivators who are practicing body tempering. If consumed over many years, it can not only refine the physical body and increase Qi and Blood, but also nourish the Spiritual Sense. It is known as the number one Spirit Rice in the Eastern Wasteland.

Every year during harvest season, the harvest is fiercely contested by the major factions of the Eastern Wasteland.

This Coiled Dragon Spirit Rice is planted on the only plain in the center of the Hua Country, a full 10,000 mu of Third Grade Spirit Field. In the past, the Starry Skies Dao Sect dispersed a Fourth Tier Spiritual Vein, which is why it has reached its current scale.

Although Returning Heaven Valley is nominally the ruler of the Hua Country, all forces in the Eastern Wasteland know that they are merely managing the Hua Country on behalf of the Starry Skies Dao Sect.

Coiled Dragon Spirit Rice ripens once every twenty years, yielding 100 jin per mu.

As long as there is abundant Water Spiritual Energy, and no calamities such as Locust Plague, Returning Heaven Valley can guarantee an annual output of 50,000 catties of Coiled Dragon Spirit Rice.

Of these, Starry Skies Dao Sect would take 70%, leaving only 30% for Returning Heaven Valley.

Moreover, this 30% is only allowed to be sold by Returning Heaven Valley in the Eastern Wasteland, because Coiled Dragon Spirit Rice is also one of the outstanding products of the Starry Skies Great Merchant Association, and it must be kept exclusively owned by Huitian Valley in the Eastern Lands.

Even a mere 30% is enough to make Returning Heaven Valley a fortune every year.

One piece of Coiled Dragon Spirit Rice weighs ten High-grade Spirit Stone (approximately 5 kg) and is equivalent to a harvest of 1500 High-grade Spirit Stone per year.

After deducting the costs of planting and maintaining the Spirit Field, Returning Heaven Valley can earn three to four hundred High-grade Spirit Stone every year through Coiled Dragon Spirit Rice.

"With a monopoly position, yet prices are within a reasonable range, your Returning Heaven Valley must have a very good reputation in the Eastern Wasteland."

Before Core Formation, Chen Mobai was a well-known hermit in the sect, not paying attention to anything other than cultivation and improvement. So this was the first time he had ever learned so much about Coiled Dragon Spirit Rice.

Upon hearing this, Ye Bogui gave an awkward smile, neither answering nor refuting.

"Sect Leader, before the Five Elements Sect split up, Returning Heaven Valley raised the price of Coiled Dragon Spirit Rice three or four times. Later, Old Ancestor Zhou and the others went to Eastern Yi to buy Golden Cloud Rice, Fire Crystal Rice, etc., and the Starry Skies Great Merchant Association came to sell Coiled Dragon Spirit Rice themselves, which brought down the price of Returning Heaven Valley. It has been stable ever since."

Gu Yan Telepathic Message to Chen Mobai, telling him about this secret matter.

She came from a Cultivation Clan in the Yu Country and was also skilled in cultivating Spirit Rice. She had a very deep impression of the famous Coiled Dragon Spirit Rice dumping incident in the history of the Eastern Wasteland.

Because the Returning Heaven Valley then was so disgusting that even Starry Skies Dao Sect couldn't stand it anymore.

After the Primordial Ancestor was no longer there to suppress him, Yan Shaoyin acted recklessly for a long time. When the Five Elements Sect split up, the pills he sold to both sides increased in price several times over.

However, later on, the Divine Wood Sect and the Five Elements Sect preferred to waste time buying the necessary pills and Spirit Rice from the Eastern Yi and Eastern Wu rather than Returning Heaven Valley, which suppressed Yan Shaoyin's momentum.

Moreover, because it is located at the pinnacle of Alchemy in the Eastern Wasteland, the pills produced by Returning Heaven Valley are always the most expensive, basically unaffordable for ordinary Rogue Cultivator.

Therefore, the reputation of Returning Heaven Valley in the Eastern Wasteland Cultivation World is actually quite negative.

However, Yan Shaoyin had one thing in mind: the quality of the pills produced by Returning Heaven Valley was indeed the best among the same type in the entire Eastern Wasteland.

The label of "good elixirs" is well-deserved for Returning Heaven Valley.

This is also the foundation upon which their Eastern Wasteland Great Sect stands.

On the way, Chen Mobai and Ye Bogui had a brief conversation about various aspects of Alchemy. The latter was surprised that Chen Mobai was so knowledgeable about Alchemy, and that some of the questions were ones that even with his knowledge as Third Grade Alchemy, he had to think about for a long time before he could understand.

As for an answer, that's even more impossible.

"Sect Master Chen is learned and talented, while I am ignorant and incompetent, and I am truly ashamed."

The cultivators in the Sky River Realm all admire versatility. After exchanging ideas with Chen Mobai, Ye Bogui believed that this Sect Master Chen's expertise in Alchemy was also quite high, at least no less than his own as Third Grade Alchemy.

Little did he know that Chen Mobai's knowledge of Alchemy came entirely from what he learned in high school and from his close friends Wang Xingyu and Qing Nü, which he absorbed through observation and learning.

This knowledge forms the foundation of Alchemy in the Immortal Sect sects and is also the basis of the entire system of various spiritual herbs Spiritual Water within the Immortal Sect.

Although Chen Mobai doesn't know how to Alchemy, his understanding of the Alchemy system is definitely superior to that of Ye Bogui and even Yan Shaoyin.

Because Alchemy in the Sky River Realm are trained by burning batches of pills, learning through trial and error, and growing through repeated failures.

Their understanding of Alchemy was limited to the specific formulas they were proficient in.

If you try a different formula and start over, you'll likely fail several times before you can succeed.

Unlike the Immortal Sect, who have turned all the techniques of Alchemy into universal basics, the alchemy of each medicine is a rearrangement and combination of these basic techniques. In addition, they have developed various Magic Artifact and magical artifacts specifically for Alchemy, as well as Spirit Essence to temper the poisons of Pill Toxin, which has minimized the possibility of accidental failure in Alchemy.

Therefore, when Immortal Sect from the Alchemy sects refine pills, the success rate is almost guaranteed.

If Returning Heaven Valley only possesses this level of strength, then Yan Shaoyin is probably not qualified to refine the Three Infant-Formation Spirit Medicines.

After talking with Ye Bogui, Chen Mobai thought to himself.

As the number one Alchemy sect in the Eastern Wasteland, Returning Heaven Valley has not only Yan Shaoyin, a Fourth Tier Alchemist, but also Ye Bogui, a top-notch Third Grade Alchemy. He often oversees the refining of Foundation Establishment. Zeng Woyou of the Divine Wood Sect is even less famous than him.

However, after Chen Mobai tested his Alchemy skills with words, he was greatly disappointed.

As Third Grade Alchemy in the Eastern Wasteland, his foundation in Alchemy is probably inferior to that of a Second Grade alchemist from an Immortal Sect sect.

This is understandable, since to become Third Grade Immortal Sect, one must master most of the principles of Third Grade medicines, while here one only needs to know one.

For example, Chen Mobai has not yet passed the Third-tier Talisman Master assessment of the Immortal Sect because he does not know how to make many Third Tier Talisman.

Of course, everyone in the Immortal Sect believed that Chen Mobai simply didn't have time to take the test.

After all, with his Potential for Spirit Transmutation, becoming Third-tier Talisman Master would be a piece of cake.

However, Yan Shaoyin was already the best Alchemy in the Eastern Wasteland. Even among the Eastern Yi and Eastern Wu, he was a top -Fourth Tier Alchemist.

If he himself cannot refine the Three Infant-Formation Spirit Medicines, then Chen Mobai will probably have no choice but to seek help from the Immortal Sect.

We can't exactly kidnap Qing Nü, can we?

Suddenly, this thought flashed through Chen Mobai's mind.

Although Qing Nü is only at the Foundation Establishment now, with her Heaven Spirit Root talent, Core Formation is only a matter of time, and besides, she has no more ties to the Immortal Sect...

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Mobai shook his head, realizing that he was being a bit delusional.

This is simply impossible.

"Sect Master Chen, we've arrived!"

At this moment, they had been teleported to the central area of Hua Country, Ye Bogui led them outwards.

As soon as you step out of the Teleportation Array, a fresh scent of rice wafts over you.

Looking around, all you see are plump ears of rice, each about the size of a little finger, with faint dragon patterns visible on the husks.

This must be the Third Grade Coiled Dragon Spirit Rice! Chen Mobai's instinctive love of farming made him walk onto the rice paddy and squat down to take a look.

Under his Void Glimpse Spiritual Eye, he saw the free spiritual energy and moisture in the air transform into wisps of spiritual mist, which were absorbed by the Spirit Rice through the dragon patterns on the rice husks. Each time the patterns lit up, it meant that the Spirit Plant had breathed and exhaled once.

"May I touch it?"

Chen Mobai turned to Ye Bogui, who was following behind him, and another cultivator from Returning Heaven Valley who was welcoming them, and asked. The two of them were obviously surprised that he, a Core Formation Cultivator, would consult them, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Even if he simply plucked a plant with his bare hands, they wouldn't dare say a word.

"Of course, please do as you wish, Sect Master Chen."

After receiving permission, Chen Mobai nodded.

As the Agriculture First graduate of the Wuqi Dao Academy, Chen Mobai held every Spirit Plant in high esteem.

Because it is very possible that a weed placed in the experimental field is a junior student's final assignment.

If you accidentally step on him and kill him, he can stare at you with resentful eyes until you graduate.

Although this is the Sky River Realm, Chen Mobai's habits, cultivated during his time studying Agriculture at the Dao Academy, remained unchanged. He even took out a pair of thin white gloves from his storage bag and put them on.

After reaching out and touching the rice stalk of the Coiled Dragon Spirit Rice, he used a spell from the Immortal Sect that resonated with Spirit Plant to sense the growth of this Spirit Plant.

Although it was not as Omniscient Connection as Zhuo Ming's All-Encompassing Spiritual Connection, it still managed to perceive some of the information thanks to Chen Mobai's Core Formation level cultivation.

The Earth Qi absorbed by the rice stalks of this Coiled Dragon Spirit Rice seems to be different from ordinary Earth Qi, filled with a different kind of profound energy. After the two combine, they combine with the spiritual mist absorbed by the dragon pattern on the rice husk, condensing into the purest primordial energy, providing each grain of Spirit Rice with the opportunity to settle and grow strong.

"Is this kind of Earth Qi unique to the Hua Country? Or was it cultivated by the Starry Skies Dao Sect through Array Formation?"

Chen Mobai personally leans towards the first conjecture, since after opening up the Eastern Wasteland, the Starry Skies Dao Sect specifically requested the territory of the Hua Country.

This place must be special, very suitable for the growth of Coiled Dragon Spirit Rice.

But to find out the truth, you should consult a professional.

Chen Mobai sensed two Core Formation auras flying from not far away and couldn't help but stand up.

"It was clearly Sect Master Chen who came to visit, but I didn't expect you to come to Hua Country instead. I'm really sorry."

The speaker was an elderly man with gray hair and a thin face. Chen Mobai had never met Yan Shaoyin, but he knew that this was the man.

Beside him stood a tall, ruddy-faced old man wearing a distinctive silver-gray star-studded Daoist robe; he was clearly Yu Shuji of the Starry Skies Dao Sect.

"Not at all, not at all. Preventing Locust Plague is everyone's responsibility in the entire Eastern Wasteland. Master Yan and Master Yu have worked hard. If there's anything I can help you with, please don't hesitate to ask."

Chen Mobai's words immediately enlivened the atmosphere.

No matter what, the Divine Wood Sect is now the number one power in the Eastern Wilderness. In recent years, it has twice shaken the mountain peak, killed the Core Formation cultivator of the Southern Profound Sect, and beheaded the Southern Master Dao of the Six Jia Mountain. Its fearsome reputation is so great that even several regions outside the Eastern Wilderness have heard of it.

Although the Starry Skies Dao Sect is not afraid, as businessmen, they always believe in making money through harmony. If they really fight with the Divine Wood Sect because of Returning Heaven Valley, Yu Shuji, the Vice President of the Starry Skies Great Merchant Association in charge of the Eastern Wasteland, will definitely not be able to escape responsibility.

So now that Chen Mobai is being friendly, he is the happiest person.

"Sect Master Chen a young talent. When I was in Eastern Peak, I heard my disciples say that you were a dragon among men. Today, I see that it is indeed true."

Yu Shuji responded proactively, Chen Mobai immediately struck up a conversation with him.

Upon inquiry, he learned that Lou Xuelong and Qu Xiuxian, who had interacted with him at the Sales Meeting, were actually Yu Shuji's disciples.

"What a coincidence! Are your two nephews there?"

"Xuelong failed to Core Formation and is still recuperating in the sect. Xiu Xian came with me and is directing the people of Returning Heaven Valley to search for and capture Earth Spirit Locust, trying not to miss a single one."

Chen Mobai and Yu Shuji chatted happily, while Yan Shaoyin, on the other hand, felt somewhat uneasy.

The most advantageous positions for Returning Heaven Valley are naturally held by the Divine Wood Sect and Starry Skies Dao Sect.

In order to ensure the supply of Spirit Rice and medicinal herbs in the Hua Country in the Eastern Wasteland, the Starry Skies Dao Sect will inevitably provide stronger support to the Returning Heaven Valley. Perhaps he will be able to obtain some things related to Nascent Formation through this opportunity. Even if it is not a miraculous elixir, a Nascent Soul Formation Experience would be good.

But this Sect Master Chen of the Divine Wood Sect, although young, is more worldly and sophisticated in his dealings with people than this old man.

He doesn't seem like a peerless swordsman who achieved early success at a young age at all!

Shouldn't Sword Cultivator be straightforward and unyielding? Yan Shaoyin, watching from the side, saw Chen Mobai and Yu Shuji chatting more and more happily, and could only chime in to prevent his biggest backer from being misled by the Divine Wood Sect.

But after talking for a while, Yan Shaoyin was shocked to find that his knowledge of Spirit Plant was actually a bit behind the two people's thinking.

Yu Shuji was a renowned Fourth Grade Spirit Planter, so it was understandable that Yan Shaoyin to him.

But how come Sect Master Chen of the Divine Wood Sect, who is famous in the Eastern Wasteland for his swordsmanship talent, also has such profound attainments in Spirit Plant?

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