Yellow Spirit Earth-Thunder

Dong Lin no longer aimed too high. He first obediently bought one mu of Spirit Field.

Buying more would only mean losses. He would first buy one Spirit Field and build up some experience.

When he had more money on hand in the future, he could make further plans.

After spending thirty-two contribution points, Dong Lin successfully obtained ownership of this Spirit Field.

Looking at the deed in his hand, he nodded in satisfaction.

"Next, I need to prepare the preliminary work for farming.

Who would have thought that even after cultivating immortality, I'd still have to make a living by farming? What a bitter fate."

The Spirit Field he bought was located at the northeast corner of Heaven Hall. It was the closest Spirit Field Dong Lin could buy to the cultivation Spirit Chambers.

A round trip would take roughly one shichen.

"It would be nice if I could fly."

Dong Lin thought this as he walked toward the market.

At a stall specializing in miscellaneous books, he bought a copy of the Spirit Rice Basic Cultivation Manual for twelve Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

One jin of Shouyang No. 3 Spirit Rice seeds produced by Shouyang Spirit Agriculture Academy—roughly ten thousand seeds—cost Dong Lin thirty-nine Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

"Is the quality of these seeds really as good as you say?"

It was not as though Dong Lin had failed to research market prices beforehand. Spirit Rice seeds generally cost around twenty Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Thirty-nine was unquestionably far above market price.

"Junior Brother, rest assured. I'm an inner sect disciple too. If you're really worried,

Junior Brother, come here.

Let's add each other as friends. If you run into any problems while planting, come directly to me.

My name is Zhang Tao. I also serve as a Shouyang planting consultant."

Spirit Agriculture Academies were institutions founded by high-level spirit plant masters throughout the cultivation world to develop and promote various techniques for Spirit Field cultivation.

Spirit Agriculture Academies normally sustained their operations by selling cultivation experience, high-quality rice seeds, and spirit fertilizers.

Though they were called academies, most Spirit Agriculture Academies had actually become commercial organizations.

Large Spirit Agriculture Academies opened stores in the markets of various sects to sell their products.

And with Heaven Sect sealing off its mountain, most outsiders from these stores had gradually withdrawn, leaving only Heaven Sect disciples behind to maintain their normal operations.

This Shouyang Storehouse was one such place, and its selection of planting-related goods was rather comprehensive.

With his glib tongue, Zhang Tao had successfully sold these overpriced rice seeds to the complete novice Dong Lin.

There was a reason things were expensive, and there were also suckers willing to pay for them.

Dong Lin did not know that these much more expensive rice seeds actually produced returns not much different from ordinary Spirit Rice seeds.

Dong Lin had some suspicions himself, but that fat man's salesmanship was truly first-rate. He successfully talked Dong Lin into buying the bag of rice seeds.

The annual harvest of one mu of ordinary rice field was worth around three hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones, fluctuating somewhat above and below that amount.

Zhang Tao told Dong Lin that this variety of Spirit Rice had far stronger resistance to disease and insects than ordinary Spirit Rice, and that the spirit rice it produced also had slight effects in strengthening the body and solidifying one's foundation.

In short, after a whole torrent of extravagant praise, Dong Lin successfully bought the bag of Spirit Rice seeds.

"How can one not be fascinated by the art of language?"

Dong Lin could not help sighing afterward.

A year's worth of spirit fertilizer and farming tools cost Dong Lin another fifty Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

The preliminary preparations alone had already cost him one hundred and one Spirit Stones.

Dong Lin was now somewhat worried that he would not recoup his costs, not to mention that part of the harvest from this mu of land had to be handed over for sect missions.

It would probably amount to around half. If anything else had to be done for this Spirit Field, he would basically lose everything.

Since he had bought a ready-made Spirit Field, Dong Lin did not need to do any preliminary work himself.

He could deal with future maintenance later. For the time being, Dong Lin would not have to worry about that.

After reading through the manual once, Dong Lin moved on to practical application.

First, he controlled his spiritual power and turned over the entire mu of land.

Then he scattered the rice seeds evenly across the field and finally applied a round of fertilizer.

That completed the sowing. Compared with the cumbersome steps of mortal farming, it was far simpler.

Especially with the water-drawing formation in place, there was no need to flood-irrigate the fields with vast amounts of water, saving considerable effort.

After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the warning formation in the field, Dong Lin left.

This stretch of Spirit Fields covered more than a hundred mu. Some plots were already filled with crops, most of them planted with Spirit Rice.

There was no one in the fields at this time. Only several wooden puppets moved ceaselessly through a few plots, seemingly driving away rice-eating aberrant insects and spirit birds.

"Maybe it's some advanced application of spells."

This automated, unmanned puppet-control art made Dong Lin exceedingly envious.

Unfortunately, Dong Lin had no energy to study this field for now.

His most pressing task was to return and try learning the beginner Thunder Summoning Art.

Because once the rice seedlings grew, pest control would have to be put on the agenda.

The insect-repelling formations originally embedded by the sect beneath the Spirit Fields could not keep every aberrant insect that gnawed on the rice fields out.

And the Thunder Summoning Art was one of the great weapons for pest control.

Among the many spells, Lightning Arts could effectively kill those aberrant insects in the fields with hard chitinous shells, something spells of no other attribute could match.

Returning to his Spirit Chamber, Dong Lin took out the Thunder Summoning Art that had been "gathering dust" for months.

To cultivate this spell, he first had to sense Thunder Origin.

The necessary prerequisite for cultivating attribute spells was that the cultivator had to sense the existence of the elements and, through resonance with heaven and earth, transform ordinary spiritual energy into origin power bearing the corresponding attribute.

Thus, multi-attribute spells required the simultaneous conversion of several kinds of attribute origin power, making them extraordinarily difficult. Usually, only cultivators of exceptional comprehension could understand and wield them.

As a basic Lightning Art, the Thunder Summoning Art came with a formula for converting Thunder Origin.

Thunder Origin gathers qi, and all foul qi is cleansed. Divine Thunder shatters darkness, and heaven and earth shine bright.

It was as though he had been born knowing it. Dong Lin only needed to "review it for a moment," and Thunder Origin arose from his dantian.

Thunder Origin passed through the Thoroughfare Vessel, Yang Linking Vessel, and Yin Linking Vessel, and the Lightning Art burst forth at a single thrust.

Crackle, crackle.

A ball of lightning flashed out and vanished in an instant, illuminating the Spirit Chamber.

"That did it?"

Draw out Thunder Origin, gather qi into thunder.

That completed the first step of the Thunder Summoning Art.

The Thunder Summoning Art had two methods of casting.

One was the method Dong Lin had just used, relying entirely on the Thunder Origin within his body for activation.

This thunder was called Yellow Spirit Earth-Thunder. Guided by Thunder Origin, it could be released extremely quickly, but its power was limited, determined entirely by one's cultivation and the speed of Thunder Origin conversion.

The other method was to draw down Sky Thunder.

Sky Thunder was vast and mighty; the Heavenly Dao stood revealed.

Cultivators were precisely those who harmonized with heaven and earth, thereby proving the Dao and ascending.

The method of drawing down Sky Thunder was the core of the Thunder Summoning Art.

Combined with the Cloud-Swallowing Mist-Spitting Technique, it could forcibly summon thunder regardless of most weather conditions.

If it happened to be thunderstorm weather, its power would increase severalfold.

This was called Mystic Spirit Heavenly-Thunder.

Dong Lin's cultivation of the Thunder Summoning Art advanced a thousand li in a day.

Dong Lin cultivated tirelessly in the Spirit Chamber, and in merely three days, he had trained the Thunder Summoning Art to minor mastery.

He had already mastered Yellow Spirit Earth-Thunder to the point of consummate proficiency.

"It's time to go take a look at the fields."

The diligent farmer Dong Lin prepared to inspect the field he had left to grow untended for three days.