“Let’s go take a look at the Spirit Ear Rice first.”
Ye Linyuan murmured in his heart, then stepped into the Fertile Fields in the Valley.
This Valley lay at the Center of the Island of Ye Family Island. It was shrouded in Clouds and Mist all year round, making it difficult for outsiders to see its true nature. It could also gather the water vapor of the Vast Sea, truly making it an excellent place to grow Spirit Medicine.
Unfortunately, despite such excellent geographic conditions, the Spirituality and Spiritual Energy of the Spirit Vein were insufficient, preventing it from transforming into a Spirit Field. This made Ye Linyuan feel somewhat Regretful.
“If Not For the Spirit Vein of Ye Family Island undergoing Promotion to Second Order, and a Grand Formation that nurtures the Earth Vein being set up, these Hundred Mu of Fertile Fields could all be transformed into Spirit Fields. They would be more than enough to serve as the foundation for the Ye Clan.”
Ye Linyuan murmured in his heart, then slightly shook his head. Cultivating a Hundred Mu of Spirit Fields was far from easy. It would Consume a Massive Amount of Spirit Stones and even various Rare Treasures.
Although he possessed sufficient Means and methods, he lacked sufficient Strength and Resources, so he could only proceed one step at a time.
Upon entering the Valley again, Ye Linyuan looked around at the vast fields of Spirit Ear Rice and discovered that most of the Spirit Ear Rice here was barely alive. Only a tiny portion could produce Spirit Rice, and even the yield was frighteningly low.
“With Insufficient Spiritual Energy, no Spirit Nurturing Method to nourish it, and Demonic Insects Devouring the Spirit Ear Rice, being able to produce three to five hundred jin of Spirit Ear Rice each year already counts as relying on the heavens for food.”
Ye Linyuan made this assessment in his heart, and soon came up with a definite plan.
Among the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, farming is the foundation.
Among the Hundred Arts of Cultivation in this world, the Status and importance of the Spirit Planter had ranked first since ancient times, because it was the foundation and source of most production Resources in the Cultivation World.
After all, the Quantity of Spirit Treasures and Marvelous Items Nurtured by nature was Limited, and the vast majority of Spirit Medicines and Immortal Treasures required extremely Harsh Conditions to be successfully cultivated.
Spirit Planters, however, could use Spells and Various Means to artificially create an environment suitable for Spirit Medicine to survive. They could Even greatly increase the yield of Spirit Plants and accelerate the Mature speed of Spirit Medicine through Ripening Methods.
Take planting Spirit Ear Rice as an example. If these Hundred Mu of Fertile Fields of Spirit Ear Rice were entrusted to a First-order Low-grade Spirit Planter, the annual yield would increase by At Least threefold.
If this Spirit Planter also Mastered a Ripening Spell and could eliminate pests, they could turn Spirit Ear Rice that ripened once a year into rice that ripened once every six months, causing the yield to increase Several Times again.
This was only a First-order Spirit Planter. If a Second-grade Spirit Planter cultivated it, increasing the yield several dozen times would be nothing difficult.
Of course, even a First-order Spirit Planter already possessed an incomparably exalted Status and would never grow such low-Value Spirit Ear Rice, much less those incomparably precious Second-grade Spirit Planters.
They took Care of Spirit Fields, meticulously cultivating Rare Spirit Medicines or high-level Spirit Wood and other Materials for Artifact Refining, Talisman Crafting, and Puppet Crafting.
The Spirit Medicines or Spirit Wood cultivated by many outstanding Spirit Planters were Treasures frantically sought after by Countless High-level Cultivators.
Because as long as one had sufficient medicinal Materials to practice with and a sufficient Cultivation Level, then no matter how dull one’s innate aptitude was, Even a pig demon could be fed into becoming a High-level Alchemist.
However, without sufficient Superior medicinal Materials for practice, relying only on empty speculation and painstakingly trying to Comprehend, with insufficient opportunities for practice, then no matter how Astonishing one’s innate Potential was, it would be impossible to Breakthrough the Bottleneck of the Alchemy Technique.
The development of the Hundred Arts of Cultivation was, in essence, also a process of refining what existed on the basis of available Materials.
Artifact Refining, Talisman Crafting, and Puppet Crafting were the same. If there were no Materials, it was fundamentally impossible to achieve much.
It could be said that a High-level Spirit Planter could completely Cultivate several Artifact Refining, Alchemy, Talisman Crafting, and even Puppet Crafting masters for a Clan or Sect.
Even Formation Masters required various Rare Materials cultivated by Spirit Planters.
“Among the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, farming comes first. Spirit Planters are the foundation of all the Hundred Arts of Cultivation.”
Ye Linyuan murmured in his heart, then recalled the four Core Spells of a First-order Spirit Planter: the Spirit Rain Technique, Ripening Method, Geng Metal Needle, and Spirit Nurturing Art.
Among these four Spells, the Spirit Rain Technique could gather Spirit Rain to irrigate Spirit Fields and was the most Core Dharma Gate of a Spirit Planter.
Spells had four Realms: Initial Glimpse, Minor Accomplishment, Mahayana, and Near Dao.
Generally speaking, cultivating the Spirit Rain Technique to Initial Glimpse counted as being a Quasi-Spirit Planter. However, to Become a True Spirit Planter, one had to Master at least the Minor Accomplishment Spirit Rain Technique.
Although the Spirit Rain Technique was of a relatively low Grade, it was a Profound mystery Spell that controlled celestial phenomena, making it extremely difficult to Cultivate. Even many mid-to-late Qi Refining Cultivators might not be able to cultivate it to the Minor Accomplishment Realm.
As for the Spirit Rain Technique of the Mahayana Realm, it was even more Rare. Generally speaking, those who Mastered the Great Ascension Spirit Rain Technique were all First-order High-grade Spirit Planters. Even in the Azure Crane Immortal Sect, such figures would be honored guests.
As for Spells at the Near-Dao Level, only Peerless Prodigies from Legend could cultivate them. Once the Spirit Rain Technique reached the Near-Dao Level, its Power could Even Compare favorably with a Second-order Spirit Plant Spell, and its Status was even more exalted.
Because the Near-Dao Spirit Rain Technique had a certain effect on Second-order Spirit Plants, even Foundation Establishment Cultivators had to carefully attend to such figures.
Aside from the Spirit Rain Technique, the Ripening Method, Geng Metal Needle, and Spirit Nurturing Art were also highly advanced First-Tier Spells.
The Ripening Method could ripen Spirit Medicine, the Geng Metal Needle could exterminate pests, and the Spirit Nurturing Art could raise the upper limit of a Spirit Plant’s Potential, increasing the Medicinal Power of its fruit and even causing it to mutate into higher-Grade Spirit Medicine.
Moreover, depending on the Cultivation Realm of the Spell, its effects also differed greatly.
At the Initial Glimpse Level, the Ripening Method could only increase the Mature speed of First-order Spirit Medicine by ten percent. However, upon reaching Minor Accomplishment or Mahayana, it would increase the Mature speed by double or even threefold.
Upon reaching the Realm Approaching Dao, it could Even increase the growth Speed of First-order Spirit Medicine by more than tenfold, and could even affect Second-order Spirit Medicine.
The Geng Metal Needle was the same. This Method had been created based on harmful Demonic Insects.
Because Demonic Insects clung to Spirit Medicine and could even be hidden within it, killing them with ordinary Spells would inevitably destroy the Spirit Medicine.
A Spirit Planter’s Geng Metal Needle was incomparably fine and could stab pests and Demonic Insects to death without damaging the Spirit Medicine. It was one of the key Spells that every Spirit Planter had to Cultivate.
At first, this Method could only release several Geng Metal Needles. However, upon reaching the Near-Dao Level, one could release three thousand Geng Metal Needle rays with a single thought.
The three thousand Geng Metal Needles could gather and disperse at will, and when united, their Power could easily Suppress and Kill a First-Order High-Grade Demonic Insect. This was also the only Combat Method available to a Spirit Planter, and it was not at all weak even when used against enemies.
The Spirit Nurturing Art could increase the Medicinal Power of Spirit Plants by ten percent, Fifty Percent, double, or even threefold, depending on the Realm.
The minimum Condition for becoming a First-order Spirit Planter was to Master the Minor Accomplishment Spirit Rain Technique. A First-order Mid-grade Spirit Planter, meanwhile, had to Master all four Minor Accomplishment Spirit Plant Spells.
A First-order High-grade Spirit Planter needed to Master the Mahayana Spirit Rain Technique on this foundation.
It was said that someone who Mastered all four Mahayana Spirit Plant Spells could be considered a Quasi-Second Order Spirit Planter. Their Status and standing were sufficient for a Foundation Establishment Ancestor to treat them as an equal.