A Bountiful Spirit Grain Harvest

Not long after the [Spirit Plant Growth-Accelerating Bone Meal] was sprinkled, Lin Xiao saw the sixteen spirit grains in the field, which were still seedlings, growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It started to sprout ears of grain in no time.

To his delight, he discovered that these spirit grains had an extremely high yield!

One spirit grain plant actually produced a bunch of ears of grain!

After a while, the grains on these ears of grain began to grow and plump up. Lin Xiao only needed to make a slight estimate to know that the yield of this spirit grain was absolutely outrageous.

Once the spirit grain has fully matured, Lin Xiao plans to cultivate more fields with it!

Touching the large handful of plump rice ears in his hand, Lin Xiao felt very satisfied; his sect's future food and clothing problems were about to be solved.

Lin Xiao took out his sickle and began harvesting.

Sixteen spirit grains can be harvested in no time.

After harvesting all the spirit grains, Lin Xiao packed them into sacks and stored them in his private vault before taking them home.

After returning home, I pounded all the spirit grains, weighed them, and wow, sixteen catties!

In other words, one Spirit Valley plant yields one pound of rice!

Lin Dayou and Lin Yun watched in astonishment, especially Lin Dayou, a professional farmer who had been farming for over twenty years.

He quickly asked Lin Xiao:

"Erlang, did you save any seeds from this millet?"

Lin Xiao was stunned by the question; he was doomed, he hadn't expected this.

Seeing his bewildered expression, Lin Dayou knew without a doubt that the unlucky kid hadn't kept anything. He glared angrily at Lin Xiao.

"You rascal! You harvest the crops but don't save any seeds. I should have made you do more work for me!"

Lin Xiao scratched his head, looking quite embarrassed.

"I was just thinking of pounding it quickly so I could try it tomorrow..."

Seeing that Lin Dayou was about to lose his temper again, he immediately took out the four remaining spirit grain seeds from his private treasury and showed them to him.

"Dad, look! I had some leftover seeds from before!"

Seeing the four seeds in his hand, Lin Dayou said irritably:

"What can four seeds do? They might even all be mute seeds."

Lin Xiao leaned close to his ear and whispered to him:

"No, Father, this spirit grain is in the spirit field. Every single grain planted there survives without fail. It's true, I planted sixteen grains before, and they all survived!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Dayou greatly shocked, his eyes widening as he stared at Lin Xiao:

Are you telling the truth?

Lin Xiao nodded.

Lin Dayou grabbed the seed tightly from his hand and said:

"Give me these seeds, and I'll go up the mountain to your sacred field to plant them tomorrow! That way, you won't be so careless and neglectful!"

Lin Xiao thought this was perfect, so he simply said to his father:

"Why don't you and my brother just move in? Anyway, our sect has a defensive barrier, so no wild beasts from the mountains will get in. It's very safe. And with you watching over things, my brother won't have to worry about taking care of those spirit fields, so he can focus more on his cultivation."

Lin Dayou rolled his eyes at him:

"We don't only have these four grains of rice; we have several acres of land to tend to."

Lin Yun also said:

"That little plot of land, less than an acre, I finished it myself in no time. There was no need for Dad to go and supervise."

Lin Xiao could only sigh and give the Teleportation Talisman and Location Talisman to Lin Dayou, telling him that he was going to enter the secret realm soon.

Hearing his words, Lin Dayou frowned and asked:

"You absolutely must go to this secret realm?"

Lin Xiao then said:

"No, it's just that going might be more beneficial to the development of my sect. But don't worry, Father, I will definitely put my life first and come out immediately if things go wrong."

Hearing this, Lin Dayou was very worried, but he had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Even if a child is worried, he shouldn't actually stop him from doing something he's doing seriously, otherwise he won't be able to do anything in the future.

But the necessary instructions still need to be given:

"Let me tell you, scholars all say that our bodies and hair are gifts from our parents. Your mother and I raised you with such care. If you go to that so-called secret realm, don't hurt yourself here and there, or you'll be disrespectful to your mother and me, understand?"

Lin Xiao immediately assured him:

"Dad, don't worry! If there's any danger, I'll be the first to run away!"

Lin Yun nodded in agreement.

"If you ask me, Erlang, you don't necessarily need to go to that secret realm. Our sect is doing just fine as it is now, what more development do we need?"

Lin Xiao had no choice but to say to him:

"Brother, with our sect's current size, if we were to enter the real Immortal Cultivation Realm, we wouldn't even be a match for them. We need to take advantage of the fact that we haven't really entered that circle yet and quickly strengthen ourselves and our sect, so that we won't be afraid of being wiped out by someone else in the future."

Hearing him say that, Lin Dayou became uneasy again:

"If cultivating immortality is so dangerous, I'd say you should just give up and live your lives peacefully."

Lin Xiao scratched his face. Why did things seem to be going backwards?

"Father, sometimes, dangers won't just disappear because we don't cultivate. In the environment we're in now, trouble and danger won't stay away just because we lack strength. On the contrary, we have opportunities to improve ourselves, so of course we should seize them. That way, when we really encounter problems, we'll be able to handle them. Don't you agree?"

After much back and forth between the father and sons, Lin Xiao finally managed to get Lin Dayou to reach a preliminary agreement with him.

Then the father and his two sons went to the old house together to distribute Teleportation Talisman to everyone.

Of course, another explanation was inevitable.

By the time the three of them came out of the old house, the moon was already high in the sky.

But Lin Xiao still felt uneasy.

So on his way home, Lin Xiao stopped and said to Lin Dayou and Lin Yun:

"Dad, brother, you go back first. I suddenly remembered I have something to do, I'll be home in a bit."

Lin Dayou glanced at him and nodded:

"Okay, keep an eye on the time and come back early." Then he pulled Lin Yun away.

Lin Xiao turned and walked in another direction from the village.

The villagers in the village follow a very regular daily routine, working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

Now that night has fallen, most of the villagers have already gone to bed.

Du Liushui was no exception.

As the village chief, he was constantly approached by villagers during the day to resolve various matters, both big and small, and he was increasingly feeling his energy waning.

He was getting on in years and really wanted to hand over the position of village chief, but his son was a bit slow-witted, and he couldn't find a suitable candidate among the other young men in the village.

Therefore, he always goes to bed very early at night.

Even if I can't sleep, I just want to lie down and rest; spacing out can relieve a lot of fatigue.

Lin Xiao entered Village Chief Du's house silently.

He didn't disturb anyone in the Du family, not even the Du family's dog, which was sleeping soundly in the yard.