Only then did everyone else understand why Old Man Ye had been saved.
Although they were curious about the Snake Saliva Flowers, Ye Linyuan was, after all, a Spirit Planter of noble status, so they did not ask too many questions.
After all, a mere few Snake Saliva Flowers were worth far less than one percent of a Spirit Planter's value.
Old Man Ye took the Snake Saliva Flowers and handed them to Ye Qinyang and Ye Qin Chu, saying, “Second and Third, deliver these Snake Saliva Flowers to the Zhang and Qian Families together. You must personally place them in the hands of Zhang Daoyang and Qian Boran.”
“Remember, as the condition for treating them, they need to give us the two Spirit Stones promised by the Lin Family.”
Ye Qin Chu smiled, then spoke: “I believe the two of them will certainly be willing to make this transaction.”
Old Man Ye nodded and said no more. He simply waved his hand and said, “Go on. This old man needs to rest quietly for a few days.”
Soon after, Ye Qinyang and Ye Qin Chu quickly left Ye Family Island, steering a Small Boat toward the Zhang and Qian Families.
Ye Linyuan chatted with Old Man Ye for a while, then returned to the one-acre Fertile Field and guarded it, waiting for the day it matured.
Because the Jade Marrow Rice was about to mature, Ye Linyuan began guarding the Spirit Field day and night in the days that followed, to prevent any accidents from appearing at the final moment.
After another two days passed, the Jade Marrow Rice began turning golden, and the day of its maturity finally arrived.
On this day, Old Man Ye, whose complexion had greatly improved, could not contain himself and arrived in the Valley with a hint of surprise.
Looking at this one-acre Spirit Field, Old Man Ye could not help but excitedly mutter to himself, “Jade Marrow Rice, it really is Jade Marrow Rice.”
“Turning Miscellaneous Spirit Rice into True Spirit Rice—is this the power of a Spirit Planter?”
Ye Linze, standing nearby, could not help but speak, his face filled with disbelief.
Ye Qinyang, Ye Qin Chu, and the others nearby were also incomparably excited, and their final trace of doubt about Ye Linyuan completely vanished.
Ye Linyuan smiled. The Ye Clan Immortal Clan was, after all, only a small clan and had no profound understanding of the Hundred Arts of Cultivation.
Cultivating Low-grade Spirit Rice in a Fertile Field was far beyond what a First-Order Low-Grade Spirit Planter could accomplish. It was something that at least a First-Order High-grade Spirit Planter could achieve.
Moreover, this First-Order High-grade Spirit Planter would also need to have Mastered both the Great Ascension Spirit Rain Technique and the Great Ascension Spirit Nurturing Art.
Naturally, Ye Linyuan would not Inform them of too much at this time. By the time their Cultivation Levels reached Late Qi Refining or even the Foundation Establishment Realm, Ye Linyuan would probably have already Become the pillar of the Clan.
By that time, even if they noticed these Anomalies, they likely would not say anything more.
For some matters, it was beneficial to everyone to understand them tacitly yet remain silent and refrain from interfering.
“Yuan'er, can this Spirit Rice be harvested?”
After circling the one-acre Fertile Field for a long while, Old Man Ye could not help but look at Ye Linyuan and ask.
Ye Linyuan examined the Fertile Field. Only after a moment did he speak: “The Spirit Rice has completely matured. I will trouble Grandfather and several uncles and Elder Brothers to help harvest it.”
“Easy, easy.”
Old Man Ye laughed heartily and immediately called for Everyone to help with the harvest.
As True Low-grade Spirit Rice, the Jade Marrow Rice stalks were far more resilient than ordinary Miscellaneous Spirit Rice and could not be compared with them.
The group worked for most of the day before finally harvesting all the Spirit Rice from the one-acre field.
“These stalks are resilient. It seems we will have to Purchase a sickle Magic Tool later.”
Old Man Ye wiped away his sweat, then picked up the scale and weighed the Jade Marrow Rice. He discovered that the rice and husks together weighed exactly thirty pounds.
Looking at the Spirit Rice, Old Man Ye revealed an excited expression and then spoke: “After removing the husks, there should be twenty-eight or twenty-nine pounds of Spirit Rice, barely enough for one Cultivator to Cultivate for a month.”
After saying this, he looked at Everyone again and said decisively, “The most urgent matter is still to prioritize Linyuan's Cultivation.”
“There is not much Spirit Rice right now, so all of it must be used by Linyuan alone. None of you may have any objections.”
Everyone nodded. Ye Qin Chu could not help but say with a smile: “The most urgent matter is still to raise Linyuan's Cultivation Level. We all understand this Reason.”
Ye Linyuan smiled, selected one pound of the most Vigorous rice grains, and carefully placed them to one side. “These Spirit Seeds can be used as rice seeds. If we replant them this way, the yield should increase considerably.”
“I think that within a year or two, Everyone will be able to eat Spirit Rice.”
Upon hearing this, Everyone else revealed joyful smiles and immediately felt that their future had become bright.
Seeing this, Ye Linyuan spoke again: “I will trouble several uncles to work a little harder and burn all the rice straw into ash, then spread it evenly throughout that one-acre Spirit Field.”
Everyone nodded. Although they had never been Spirit Planters, they understood that Ye Linyuan was replenishing nutrients for the Fertile Field.
Otherwise, if the nutrients were insufficient next time, the yield of this Fertile Field would certainly be greatly lower.
Seeing this, Old Man Ye could not help but ask: “Is relying on this Spirit Rice alone still Not quite enough?”
“Indeed, it is somewhat insufficient.”
Ye Linyuan nodded, then spoke: “Spirit Rice can generally only grow in a Spirit Field. I continuously use the Spirit Rain Technique to replenish its Spiritual Energy, but it is still far from sufficient, so the yield is less than Thirty Percent of that in a Spirit Field.”
“Moreover, over time, this High-grade Fertile Field will also become barren land.”
Seeing this, Ye Linze could not help but ask: “Is there any way to turn these Fertile Fields into Spirit Fields?”
“Difficult.” Ye Linyuan shook his head, then spoke: “To cultivate a Spirit Field, one must first set up a Spirit Gathering Array within it, then add a Spirit Locking Array to lock in the Spiritual Energy.”
“Then fill it with Large Quantities of rare minerals, Nurture it with the ash of Spirit Rice straw, and finally irrigate it continuously with the Spirit Rain Technique every day. Only after continuing this for Three Years can it succeed.”
Upon saying this, Ye Linyuan could not help but shake his head slightly.
As the most crucial link in the means of production, cultivating a Spirit Field had an extremely expensive Cost. The investment in one acre of Spirit Field was often no less than seventy or eighty Spirit Stones, and it also required continuously consuming Resources for maintenance.
Even a Foundation Establishment level immortal sect, after several hundred years of Accumulation, often possessed only around a hundred acres of Low-grade Spirit Fields. These were basically ancestral Industries.
In fact, anyone who possessed a hundred acres of Low-grade Spirit Fields could be considered an Outstanding Individual among Foundation Establishment immortal sects. Relying on the output of a hundred acres of Spirit Fields, such a force would often produce powerful individuals one after another, and a gap in Foundation Establishment Cultivators was unlikely to appear.
It could be said that Spirit Fields were the Core Assets of forces above Foundation Establishment, as well as their most indispensable Core Assets.
Naturally, Qi Refining Immortal Clans lacked sufficient Foundation. Once they invested in Spirit Fields, they might very well end up benefiting others. Therefore, few Qi Refining Immortal Clans cultivated Spirit Fields.
Unless the Clan was a top-tier Qi Refining Family with a First-Order High-grade Spirit Planter and a Qi Refining Perfection expert guarding it in every generation, only then would it possibly be able to pay the enormous Price to cultivate one or two acres of Spirit Fields.
Let me tell Everyone something. After discussing it with the editor, we discovered that the Clan content of this book is Not its Core. Moreover, there are too many books called Immortal Clan now, so I may consider changing the book's title over the next couple of days.