At the Spirit Field Core, the three parties gathered together.
Beside Xu Changqing stood Li Sancai and Zhang Su.
Yang Zhenyue had come from the Earth Vein, along with three Earth Spirit Root cultivators.
True Lord Mo of the Water-Control Pavilion had not come; Ruo Qunshuang had come instead.
Before them lay two adjoining mu of Grade-Two Spirit Fields.
Yet their conditions were utterly different.
The field on the left had been planted a day earlier, using the old system.
Loosening the soil, clearing the Earth Qi, sowing the seeds, and finally calling down rain.
To put it plainly, though all three parties had cooperated, they had not incorporated the seasonal terms.
But the field on the right was different. Today happened to be Rain Water, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
"Both Spirit Fields are planted with Dewdrop Grass!"
"Its sole advantage is that it takes only half a day to root and sprout!"
"Everyone, look at the left field first..."
Everyone turned their eyes toward it.
Within the left Spirit Field, the seeds had already rooted and sprouted.
Yet the leaves were yellowing, and the stalks were thin and weak.
At this rate of growth, their quality would be no better than mid-grade.
Xu Changqing smiled. "For fairness' sake, both fields were planted by Spirit Cultivator Zhang."
Zhang Su nodded in agreement. "That's right. I planted both of these Spirit Fields."
Yang Zhenyue frowned. "The left field was planted outside the seasonal term. Its Earth Qi is stagnant, and the soil has compacted.
Even with spirit rain, it cannot respond to the Earth Qi.
The disconnection in spiritual energy should be one of the main reasons."
Xu Changqing smiled faintly. "Now, everyone, look at the right field."
In the right Spirit Field, Dewdrop Grass had emerged from the