Dao Foundation: Agricultural Bone

"Dao Foundation 1: Agricultural Bone"

"Affiliated Sequence: Agricultural Path"

"(Note: The current sequence currently only has 1 slot for a Dao Foundation. Cultivation within the same sequence can only add 1 type of Dao Foundation. Whenever the total number of cultivators in this sequence increases significantly in reality, an additional Dao Foundation slot will be acquired (4/1000).)"

"Source: Eighth Rank in the Womb, Qin Tuo Yun"

"Description: You experienced life and death in the womb, awakened with wisdom after surviving the ordeal, and later received inadvertent guidance, enlightenment, and civilizing influence from the Lord of the Great Dao, breaking the rules to promote to the Eighth Rank. You were innately born with an Agricultural Bone, and your birth was accompanied by auspicious portents. You can make the Agricultural Path flourish in a region, serving as a reversal of the desperate low point of the Agricultural Path. The land under your jurisdiction will experience a brief period of bountiful harvest, prosperity, and the weather being favorable for crops."

"--Innately possessing an agricultural bone, extraordinary from birth--"

"Effects: 1. The efficiency of all Agricultural Path occupational actions is doubled, and all transcendental abilities related to the Agricultural Path are moderately enhanced; 2. Personal cultivation and tilling and harvesting every year will yield a massive boost to occupational cultivation; 3. Your direct blood relatives will have a higher probability of acquiring an 'Agricultural Bone'."

Jiang Tu's attention bounced back and forth between the first two effects, his heartbeat speeding up a fraction.

Good stuff! Quite substantial indeed!

Doubled efficiency... meant being able to till more land and tend to more Premium Quality crops in the same amount of time... enhanced transcendental abilities, self-evident... and the once-a-year massive boost to cultivation from plowing and harvesting greatly alleviated his current predicament where his cultivation grew sluggishly without opening up civilizing influence.

As for the last item, direct blood relatives having a higher probability of acquiring an Agricultural Bone, it was temporarily useless... but it would have miraculous utility for the subsequent spread of the sequence, especially for the development branch of the Agricultural Path where Qin Tuo Yun was located.

This Dao Foundation comes from Xiao Tuyun, so whenever a child of destiny like her, someone bearing a Dao Foundation, is born within the sequence, can I equally transport it over and use it for myself? The effects this can bring are quite immense...

Although there is currently only 1 Dao Foundation slot and it takes a total of 1000 cultivators to unlock the 2nd slot, people bearing a Dao Foundation are probably uncommon, perhaps only seen once in a century. There's no rush, though; I can slowly wait for it to develop.

Xiao Tuyun's birth even carried heavenly portents, able to bring blessings to the surrounding lands? This further proves that the Agricultural Path sequence secretly aligns with a certain Dao of this world, pointing directly to the transcendental immortal path. The future is promising!

At this moment, Jiang Tu recalled the history books he had read in his past life.

When Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, was born, a horned dragon coiled above him; when First Emperor Ying Zheng came into the world, people saw five-colored clouds of vapor; outside the family gate of Zhaolie Emperor Liu Bei, there stood a large mulberry tree shaped like a canopy... These children of destiny were often destined to be extraordinary right from birth.

The child Qin Tuo Yun was an identical existence as well.

However... portents!

Jiang Tu frowned.

Just how grand were the portents at Qingshan Lakeside? Would they attract the attention of the Daoist Sect? The settlement chosen by Wang Congyun might hide things for a while, but could it continue to conceal them for long?

He hoped they wouldn't encounter any trouble...

"Total cultivators in this sequence: 4" (Important figures: 1)

"Sequence influence level: Lv0.5 (Portents at Qingshan Lakeside initially appear)"

"Harvestable karma value: 640"

A new... important figure?

He checked immediately!

"Name: Qin Tuo Yun"

"Brought lifespan: 0/74"

"Cultivation: Innately Extraordinary (Eighth Grade, Field Steward)"

"Triggered events"

"(New) Born with portents"

This was unexpectedly a complete character panel! It was also the first figure in the Agricultural Path sequence to be listed separately, equivalent to an exclusive file. All subsequent events related to her should unfold within this exclusive page.

Jiang Tu suddenly felt that it was somewhat wondrous.

A child who had no blood relation to him whatsoever and whom he had never even met had generated such a tight bond with him due to the karmic connection of the Sequence Golden Codex. Moreover, the character "Tuo" in her name was a form of invisible karma.

Observing her growth all the way through the Golden Codex gave him a unique sense of cultivation and nurturing; it was quite interesting.

He put away the Golden Codex, and drowsiness surged up. He hugged his little darling wife and rolled over, preparing to sleep.

Zhou Ning'e let out a soft cry, half-asleep and half-awake, and hammered him with her small pink fist.

"It's almost dawn, you reckless man..." she muttered vaguely, "Let's talk about it tomorrow... At worst, I'll let you be on top..."

Jiang Tu: "..."

What on earth is all this?

My wife, what kind of person do you take your husband for?!

Several days hurried by, and life seemed to return to normal.

During the day, he diligently farmed and harvested, and at night, he returned home to tend to the fine seeds. But life inevitably gained a few changes and a touch of romance after taking a wife.

The two lasses Xueli and Xianggua were chatty and very lively, and Ning'e was also a restless spirit, adding color to his life—not to mention the diligent cultivation late into the night. Cultivation without worries about the future paid even more attention to the joy of husband and wife.

This night, Jiang Tu burrowed into the underground farmland once again.

This year's autumn harvest yielded better results in the fields than in previous years, and the eight Premium Quality crops also ushered in a simultaneous harvest. Wind-Listening Lotus produced lotus pods that hung heavily over the water surface, and the patch of seedlings from earlier had also grown quite a bit taller, soon ready for harvest.

The batch of fine seeds he got from Big Household Zhou had also been sown by him. The new seedlings in the field were growing vigorously, a sight that made people happy.

Jiang Tu squatted by the edge of the field, calculating next year's plans.

Suddenly!

A strange sensation poured in from beneath his feet, and deep within the earth, something seemed to be calling out to him, inseparably close to him.

His body also seemed to be awakened. A unique Agricultural Path vital breath coursed through his whole body, and a warm heat traveled through his limbs and bones, surging along the meridians. A mild tingling sensation came from deep within his bones, and streams of warm currents were growing and taking root.

He closed his eyes, letting that power flow rapidly.

A moment later, he opened his eyes, a brilliant flash bursting within them!

His physique had improved considerably once more, and his control over the earth had advanced a step further compared to before.

He tried to urge the Earth Escape Technique—

Swish!

His figure vanished on the spot.

Underground, a shadow sprinted rapidly. This time it was much smoother than before; the mud and the earth all transformed into an extension of his body. He shuttled freely through the soil layers, and in the blink of an eye, he had already rushed out of the perimeter of the Jiang Family Courtyard. When he burst out of the earth, he found himself standing under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village.

Looking back, the lights of the Jiang Family Courtyard had shrunk into tiny specks of light.

This time he had escaped at least five miles in one go!

Jiang Tu stood under the moonlight, looking down at his hands, and grinned.

"Eighth Grade, Field Steward (764/2000) → (852/2000)"

A cultivation increase of nearly one hundred points!

Under the blessing of the "Agricultural Bone" Dao Foundation, the cultivation boost brought to him by this autumn harvest was worth more than a year and a half of diligent cultivation and sequence feedback in the past.

The gap between having a Dao Foundation and not having one was just too damn huge!

In a trance, his affinity with the earth grew even denser. He couldn't help but squat down, reaching his hand into the mud in an attempt to guide that sense of intimacy.

Rustle, rustle, rustle!

Rumble—

As his thoughts surged, the ground in front of him actually began to slightly rise and writhe. The soil layer was pushed and massaged as if by an invisible hand, rippling and swelling into a mound of dirt... The tree roots nearby shook along with it, and the mud rushed forth turbulently.

He tried to make the dirt mound continue to rise, but it only lasted for a few breaths before it lost momentum.

He collapsed, sitting on the ground, drenched in sweat.

This earth-moving method was something he could only barely attempt.

In the evolution, Luo Jin had possessed the ability to move earth, dig pits, block water, and open paths only when he reached the limit of the Eighth Grade. He still had a long way to go, but since he had the blessing of the Agricultural Bone to advance, he could cultivate even without opening up civilizing influence, and sooner or later he would break through!

Jiang Tu panted for a moment, patted his hands, stood up, and looked up at the night sky.

Xiao Tuyun, oh Xiao Tuyun, you really are my lucky star.

Under the moonlight, he strolled slowly back along the village path toward the small courtyard.

When he slipped into the room.

Zhou Ning'e was lying on her side with her back to him, slowly opening her eyes. She had heard the commotion but did not turn around.

Jiang Tu climbed onto the bed, and just as he lay down, the young girl turned over and burrowed into his embrace. Her little head rubbed against his chest, finding a comfortable position before she closed her eyes and continued to sleep.

Jiang Tu's heart stirred.

After a few days of getting along, he vaguely sensed that Zhou Ning'e seemed to have guessed that he had secrets, but she never pursued the matter nor inquired, even pretending not to notice when he stayed out all night.

This lass was much smarter than he imagined.

She knew when she should not see and when she should not hear... This was her expressing her trust in him in her own way.

Everyone had secrets, and even between husband and wife, they might not be completely candid. What Zhou Ning'e wanted to be was a capable and supportive wife, not a vase that asked about everything regardless of whether it mattered. She was willing to believe and willing to wait...

Waiting for trust to accumulate, waiting for the passage of time, waiting for the day when Jiang Tu might perhaps open his heart to her.

She also had this confidence, believing that even an iceberg could be melted! Look, didn't she know right now that her husband was quite greedy for her body~

Jiang Tu looked at his wife's sleeping face, his emotions in turmoil.

This wife of his truly hadn't been married in vain... Ning'e understood a sense of proportion even better than he thought.

North of the Spirit River, by Qingshan Lakeside.

A few earth-brick houses sat at the foot of the mountain, backing against the green mountains and facing the large lake. Autumn leaves covered the ground, paving the path in front of the houses.

Qin Niangzi sat by the door, holding the baby in her swaddling clothes. The infant's facial features had not yet fully opened, and her little face was wrinkled, yet she had a pair of exceptionally bright eyes rolling around, curiously sizing up the unfamiliar world.

Qin Niangzi poked the tip of her daughter's nose with her finger.

The baby girl chuckled, reached out her small hands to grasp her finger, and opened her little mouth to suck on it.

At the edge of the sky, the Milky Way spanned across the vast sky.

A rainbow emerged in the night, straddling the surface of the lake, extending from the heart of the lake to the distant mountains, radiating a seven-colored halo, peaceful and serene.