And on this foundation, if one cultivates Spirit Plant Spells to the Near-Dao Level, one becomes the legendary Super Grade Spirit Planter.
Super Grade Spirit Planters possessed extraordinary status. Even a First-order Super Grade Spirit Planter was an existence worthy of respect from even a Foundation Establishment Ancestor, and their identity and status were considerably higher than those of a Grade 2 Low Spirit Planter.
This was because although Second-order Spirit Planters were rare, cultivating Spirit Plant Spells to the Near-Dao Level was even more difficult.
“Four First-Tier Spirit Plant Spells.”
Ye Linyuan murmured slowly, unable to stop a smile from appearing.
In his Previous Life, as a Third-order Spirit Planter, he had naturally cultivated these four First-Tier Spirit Plant Spells. He had cultivated all of them beyond the Mahayana Level, and the Geng Metal Needle had even been cultivated to the Near-Dao Level.
Unfortunately, because his Spirit Root in his Previous Life was unsuitable, the other three Spells had a certain degree of rejection toward him. Therefore, he had never cultivated them to the Realm Approaching Dao.
However, regardless of the circumstances, with the Foundation he had accumulated in his Previous Life, Re-cultivating in this life was naturally incomparably simple.
Ye Linyuan sat cross-legged where he was and Re-cultivated. Before long, he had restored the four Spirit Plant Spells to the Realm he had reached in his Previous Life.
“Ding—”
After cultivating the Spells, Ye Linyuan immediately Activated a Golden Needle Ray, sending it from his fingertip.
The Golden Needle Ray instantly transformed into three thousand Golden Needle Rays that flew crisscrossing through the air, killing all the numerous pests in the Fertile Field before him. It then transformed back into a streak of golden light and flew into Ye Linyuan’s fingertip.
Ye Linyuan came back to his senses and looked toward his fingertip. A bloodstain had pierced through the Meridians there, but under the nurturing of the Vast Sea Bright Moon Art, it instantly healed and vanished without a trace.
“Metal-type Spells have their Sharp Edge Revealed. Activating them for a long time damages the Meridians. Fortunately, the Vast Sea Bright Moon Art excels at Healing Injuries.”
Thinking this, Ye Linyuan sensed the True Qi Within the body once more and discovered that it had only consumed ten percent. He could not help but nod slightly.
Actually, with his current True Qi, Activating a First-Tier Spell should have been extremely strenuous. At most, he could Activate it once or twice before his True Qi was exhausted.
Fortunately, Spells at the Near-Dao Level could use a relatively small amount of Power to draw upon the Power of Heaven and Earth, greatly lowering the consumption of one’s True Qi. They could also Exert Power far beyond the Mahayana Level.
Therefore, Even If Ye Linyuan’s Cultivation Level was insufficient, he could still Exert the full Power of the three thousand Geng Metal Needles. Even the consumption of True Qi was not particularly great.
“The Power of this Geng Metal Needle is extraordinary. With my current Cultivation Level, Activating it for a Sneak attack would be enough to threaten someone in the Qi Refining Mid-stage.”
Ye Linyuan murmured in his heart. He then withdrew his thoughts and continued looking over the Hundred Mu of Spirit Fields before him. After Pondering for a long while, he began Activating the Spirit Rain Technique, drawing down Spirit Rain from Heaven and Earth to irrigate the Spirit Fields.
His Cultivation Level was insufficient. After casting it only once, his True Qi was exhausted, and he had irrigated merely one mu of Spirit Field.
Yet it could be Seen with the naked eye that the originally withered and yellow Spirit Ear Rice had begun to Recover its Vitality, with each grain of rice beginning to emit faint Spiritual Light.
“My True Qi is insufficient now. I can only Activate the Spirit Rain Technique once a day. Irrigating each mu of Fertile Field once every ten days means I can only take care of ten mu of Fertile Field.”
“Even with the Geng Metal Needle driving away pests and the wonders of the Ripening Method, at most I can only increase the yield of these ten mu of Spirit Fields tenfold. I cannot quickly change the situation of the Ye Family.”
“The most urgent and crucial matter is still to find Spirit Seeds and cultivate True Spirit Medicine.”
Ye Linyuan murmured in his heart, then began to Ponder.
Although he could already be considered a Quasi-Second Order Spirit Planter, with only First Level Qi Refining True Qi, he simply could not care for the Hundred Mu of Fertile Field. The best method was to concentrate his Energy on cultivating a small portion of Spirit Medicine.
However, Spirit Seeds were extraordinarily Precious. Even the cheapest First-order Spirit Seed started at ten Broken Spirit Stones, and the Ye Clan’s current assets could not bear the cost.
Thus, after Pondering for a moment, Ye Linyuan could only look at the Fertile Field before him. Finally, he spoke after Pondering, “We can only proceed with Selection and Breeding.”
The so-called Selection and Breeding meant choosing high-quality Spirit Ear Rice stalks, gathering them into one mu of Spirit Field, and then concentrating one’s Energy on nurturing and cultivating them, using the Spirit Nurturing Art at the Mahayana Realm to increase the Spiritual Energy content of the Spirit Ear Rice.
In this way, if the Spiritual Energy of the Spirit Ear Rice reached a certain Extreme, it might advance to become Low-grade Spirit Rice—Jade Marrow Rice.
There was only one character’s difference between Spirit Ear Rice and Jade Marrow Rice, but the Spiritual Energy they contained differed by more than tenfold, and their Value differed by dozens of times.
One Spirit Stone could buy three thousand jin of Spirit Ear Rice, but if exchanged for Jade Marrow Rice, it could buy only one hundred jin. The market price differed by at least thirty times.
Because only Spirit Planters could cultivate Spirit Rice, and it generally needed to take root in Spirit Fields to Mature, Even within a Foundation Establishment immortal sect, only disciples of the inner sect or above were qualified to enjoy it.
Among Qi Refining Clans, only those large Clans possessing Late Qi Refining experts could barely afford to purchase some for cultivating Core Clan Members.
If Ye Linyuan could cultivate enough Spirit Rice, his Cultivation Speed would increase by Several Times at least in the future.
After making up his mind, Ye Linyuan began the Selection and Breeding of Spirit Ear Rice.
For a High-level Spirit Planter, crossbreeding, grafting, Selection and Breeding, intensive cultivation, and Spirit Nurturing were all basic skills. Ye Linyuan had naturally Mastered these abilities as well.
He selected the rice stalks with the most Vigorous Spirituality from among the Hundred Mu of Fertile Field and gathered them into that one mu of Fertile Field. It took three days to Gather enough rice seeds to fill one mu.
“...”
On the third day of Ye Linyuan’s management of the Spirit Fields, Old Man Ye finally Decided to head to Red Star Island to participate in the Demon Hunting expedition.
Ye Linyuan, Ye Qinyang, Ye Qin Chu, and the others escorted him down the mountain. In addition, Ye Linze and Ye Huaixue, his Elder Brother and Clan Sister, respectively, also Exited Closed-door Cultivation to see him off.
Old Man Ye boarded the Small Boat. Before departing, he looked at Ye Qinyang and the others and said, “Remember This Old Man’s instructions. Linyuan is the hope of our Ye Clan. You must support him with all your strength.”
Ye Qinyang and Ye Qin Chu exchanged glances, and both nodded. Ye Qinyang said with a solemn Expression, “We understand. Everything is for the sake of the Clan.”
Ye Linze and Ye Huaixue remained silent for a while, but still cupped their hands toward Old Man Ye and said, “Your grandson understands.”
Ye Linyuan watched all of this from the side and naturally Understood Old Man Ye’s intentions.
Ever since he achieved a Breakthrough into the Qi Refining Stage, the Clan’s Spirit Eye had Become his personal place of Cultivation, while the Clan’s Spirit Eye could produce approximately one wisp of Spiritual Energy per day.
Upon reaching Perfection at First Level Qi Refining, one could cultivate a Complete stream of True Qi, whose amount was approximately equivalent to one Complete Spirit Stone.
The Spiritual Energy between Heaven and Earth could be divided into various levels, from minute to Vigorous: particles, wisps, streams, and so on.
Among them, 108,000 Spiritual Energy particles combined into one wisp, and 365 wisps of Spiritual Energy could combine into one stream. The difference in Spiritual Energy content Between Each Other was enormous, often constituting a qualitative difference.
One stream of Spiritual Energy was formed from 365 wisps of Spiritual Energy. Ye Linyuan’s Three Spirit Root gave him a decent Cultivation Speed, allowing him to Refine approximately one wisp of Spiritual Energy each day.
At this rate, he would need only one year to Cultivate to Perfection at First Level Qi Refining, and then achieve a Breakthrough into the Second Level Qi Refining Realm.