After his physique improved to Good, Xian He's building-copying limit increased to two buildings.
So he built three granaries near the Spirit Field. Each second-level granary could hold one hundred tons of wheat, meaning the three of them could hold three hundred tons in total.
Wheat yielded five hundred kilograms per mu. Twenty mu yielded ten thousand kilograms, or ten tons per quarter and forty tons per year.
There were forty-six people in the family, including the children. Each person ate about one kilogram of wheat a day, so the family consumed roughly forty-six kilograms a day, or about seventeen tons a year.
The three Chicken Coops held six hundred chickens. Each chicken ate about one hundred grams of wheat a day, so all the chickens consumed roughly sixty kilograms of grain a day, or about twenty-two tons a year.
After accounting for what the people and chickens ate, the Inner World would have about one ton of wheat left over each year.
Therefore, the granaries had enough capacity to last for three hundred years.
The family had a total of twenty-four mu of Spirit Fields, twenty of which were used to grow wheat and four to grow flax.
However, now that he had Xiuwen Yellow Hemp seeds, Xian He decided to use them in place of the flax.
Under the natural conditions of the Inner World, Xiuwen Yellow Hemp and flax took the same amount of time to mature: one harvest per quarter, or four harvests a year.
He handed the seeds to Muyang and had her lead the maids in clearing out the flax and planting Xiuwen Yellow Hemp instead.
After giving the orders, Xian He left the Spirit Field and headed east.
He had designated the area east of the south bank of the wooden bridge as an agricultural zone, reserved for planting trees and crops.
The first-level achievement had rewarded him with one mu of orchard, which he planned to place south of the fields.
Fruit trees needed less water than crops, so it was fine to plant them farther from the Fairy River.
After using his copying ability, Xian He had a total of three mu of orchard.
The first-level achievement had also rewarded him with a wild fruit tree, which he planted in the empty orchard.
Fruit trees grew once a year. Planted now, they would not bear fruit until next year.
The wild fruit tree was a lower-grade spiritual plant, so its fruit was probably lower-grade as well. He just didn't know how it would taste.
After collecting his building and plant rewards, Xian He returned to the training room.
"System, use two Second-grade Enlightenment Pills to reach enlightenment in the Thirteen Grand Protectors Horizontal Training Technique!"
[ Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have reached enlightenment in the Thirteen Grand Protectors Horizontal Training Technique and attained the tenth level—Transcendent Saint! ] [ Host's strength has increased by twenty, reaching 951. ] [ Cumulative damage reduction has reached 100%! ] [ Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have cultivated the Thirteen Grand Protectors Horizontal Training Technique to Great Perfection and awakened a special effect! After being attacked, your physical damage increases by 10%, with a cumulative damage bonus cap of 100%. ]
"So I can deal up to double damage?"
[ Correct! ]
At first glance, the damage-reduction and damage-boost effects seemed symmetrical, but they weren't.
Damage reduction could lower the physical damage he took to zero, while the damage boost could only raise his physical attacks to twice their normal strength.
The damage-reduction effect was a little stronger.
Unfortunately, it only lasted for the time it took an incense stick to burn—thirty seconds less than his transformation into Ultraman Tiga.
"Three of my techniques have already reached Great Perfection. That leaves the Breathing Technique, Grand Ancestor Long Fist, Leaping Skill, Goddess Control Art, and Seal Mouth Solid Qi Method."
Xian He had a mild case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Regardless of the ultimate benefits, he intended to cultivate every technique to its limit.
However, he needed to change the order in which he cultivated them.
Before Yun Ling gave birth to Ping'an and Ruyi, he had been cultivating the Breathing Technique, which had already reached the eighth level, Peak Perfection.
He was only two levels away from maxing it out, but he decided to put it on hold and cultivate the Seal Mouth Solid Qi Method instead.
That was because the Seal Mouth Solid Qi Method could increase his true qi by ten points with each level.
He currently had only three hundred points of true qi. Without consuming miraculous food, he could easily have his acupoints sealed in the ring, leaving him with a weakness.
The amount of water a bucket could hold depended on its shortest stave.
To practice the Seal Mouth Solid Qi Method, he had to draw a deep breath and hold it in his chest and abdomen. Then, he would channel his strength to strike and break through his enemy's defenses.
The body was trained externally through sinew, bone, and skin, and internally through a single breath of qi.
The Seal Mouth Solid Qi Method must have been derived from that saying.
Three months passed.
The wheat harvest came in!
The Xiuwen Yellow Hemp harvest came in!
Xiao Xue and Chen Jingjing's bellies also gradually grew bigger.
At night, Xian He played games with his wives. During the day, he held his aching lower back and trained. After his tireless efforts, he finally cultivated the Seal Mouth Solid Qi Method to the ninth level, Return to Simplicity.
His true qi had increased by ninety points!
"System, use a first-grade Enlightenment Pill to reach enlightenment in the Seal Mouth Solid Qi Method!"
[ Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have reached enlightenment in the Seal Mouth Solid Qi Method and attained the tenth level—Transcendent Saint! ] [ Host's true qi has increased by ten, reaching 400. ] [ Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have cultivated the Seal Mouth Solid Qi Method to Great Perfection and awakened a special effect! You may enhance any lower ninth-grade technique at Great Perfection, transforming it into a more powerful new technique. The attributes gained from the original technique will not be lost. ]
"Uh... System, can I enhance the Seal Mouth Solid Qi Method?"
[ No! ]
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