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Chapter 169 The Talent [Master Farmer] and the Harvest (Please Subscribe)

"A small, mid-grade second-tier spiritual vein, hundreds of acres of spiritual fields, a lake, two spiritual mines, ...

"The resources of the Purple Cloud Sect are really good!"

Sitting quietly on a wooden chair in the courtyard, Zhou Ling's gaze swept over Ziyun Mountain, a look of satisfaction on his face.

After killing those Blood Beast Sect disciples, Zhou Ling asked Liu Yue'er and the others about the situation of the Purple Cloud Sect and the Blood Beast Sect.

This Ancient Cloud Realm is also extremely vast, mainly consisting of three human kingdoms: the Ancient Cloud Kingdom, the Ancient Leaf Kingdom, and the Immortal Cloud Kingdom.

The Purple Cloud Sect is located in the southwestern region of the Ancient Cloud Kingdom. Besides the Blood Beast Sect, there are five other sects nearby.

However, due to the scarcity of spiritual energy in the Ancient Cloud Realm.

The surrounding sects all focus on body cultivation, while only the Ziyun Sect is a sect that cultivates magic.

The Blood Beast Sect currently has three Body Refinement Stage 2 cultivators in charge.

The sect leader was at the late stage of Body Refinement, the other two elders were at the middle stage of Body Refinement, plus the third elder who had already been killed.

Its strength far surpasses that of the Ziyun Sect.

The main reason for this attack on the Ziyun Sect is to seize one of their purple fire crystal veins.

Second-tier purple fire crystals have been discovered in this vein recently.

Purple Fire Crystal is extremely hard and is an excellent material for crafting tools.

From now on, all of these will be mine.

Now, Zhou Ling felt that he should have no problem dealing with a mid-stage second-tier body cultivator.

However, once he reaches the late second stage, he will no longer be a match for him.

However, now that the Blood Beast Sect's Third Elder has been killed, the Blood Beast Sect members might be wary of their master's existence.

They also dared not rashly cause trouble for the Ziyun Sect.

Moreover, Ziyun Mountain also has a Five Elements Illusion Array set up by the master. If the illusion array is activated, it can also trap the opponent.

Soon after, Liu Yue'er finished dealing with the sect's affairs and came to the small courtyard, taking Zhou Ling to inspect Ziyun Mountain.

On the one hand, he was introducing the situation of Ziyun Mountain to Zhou Ling.

In addition, it is also necessary to patrol and see if there are any Blood Beast Sect disciples who have escaped.

Ziyun Mountain is a place of beautiful scenery, with lush vegetation and spiritual energy reaching the middle level of the second tier.

Although there are many spiritual lands, most of them are in a state of desolation because the Ziyun Sect does not have any spiritual plant masters.

The entire Ziyun Mountain is not very large, but it is beautiful with clear waters and lush vegetation, and Zhou Ling was also very interested.

"The main purpose of coming to this Ancient Cloud Realm is to find resources. There is a second-tier spiritual vein in Purple Cloud Mountain. If we develop it slowly in the future, it will become a huge resource."

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

He will not follow the path of war and expansion like the disciples of the Flying Dragon Academy.

That kind of investment requires huge costs and doesn't suit my current situation.

Now, in this Ancient Cloud Realm, as long as the Purple Cloud Sect is managed well, the resources will be sufficient for my current cultivation needs.

For him now, the greatest resource of the Ziyun Sect is its two mineral veins, both of which can produce second-tier refined ore.

They are all excellent materials for making utensils.

In addition, I also possess planting techniques and other skills, which I can pass on to Liu Yue'er and the others.

"Sect Master, this is the spiritual field of my Purple Cloud Mountain."

"Since the sect mainly relies on fish from Ziyun Lake and lacks planting techniques and manpower, it hasn't invested much in spirit fields."

"This area covers a total of 120 mu, of which 20 mu are second-tier spirit fields."

Arriving at a spiritually rich and beautifully landscaped place, Liu Yue'er slowly introduced it to Zhou Ling.

[Growth Talent, Farming Pro: Planting spirit rice, spirit herbs, and raising spirit beasts greatly increases growth speed. Requirements: Harvest ten types of spirit grains or spirit herbs, or capture ten spirit beasts, etc.]

Suddenly, a prompt appeared on the panel.

Zhou Ling was momentarily stunned, but soon a look of joy appeared on his face.

This "farming expert" talent is perfect for managing and developing Ziyun Mountain in the future.

"Moon, does the sect have any spirit grains?"

Zhou Ling asked.

Although he is a few years younger than Liu Yue'er, he is now about the same height as her.

As the sect leader of the Ziyun Sect, he is of a higher generation than Liu Yue'er, so there is nothing wrong with addressing him in this way.

"Yes, the sect has two kinds of spirit grains, Purple Cloud Valley and Green Shell Valley, as well as Jade Rice."

"However, we tried planting it before, but the results were not ideal."

Liu Yue'er replied.

"Ok!"

Zhou Ling nodded.

After passing through the spirit field, we soon arrived at Ziyun Lake.

"Sect Master, the purple-scaled fish and blood-scaled fish raised in Ziyun Lake are specialties of our Ziyun Sect."

"These two types of fish contain abundant blood and spiritual essence. Besides consuming them ourselves, we also sell them to other sects and aristocratic families."

"A first-grade high-quality bloodscale fish can be sold for two low-grade spirit stones."

"However, spirit fish at the late stage of the first tier are extremely difficult to catch! Unless an elder intervenes, we simply cannot catch them!"

Liu Yue'er introduced the situation of Ziyun Lake to Zhou Ling.

Ziyun Lake is connected to a water-based spiritual vein.

Therefore, the spirit fish raised in the lake not only possess lush blood energy, but also rich spiritual energy.

To Zhou Ling's surprise, both the purple-scaled fish and the blood-scaled fish were actually first- or second-tier spirit fish.

According to Liu Yue'er, there are now quite a few spirit fish in Ziyun Lake, and there may even be second-tier spirit fish among them.

They contain abundant vitality and spiritual energy.

Consuming it not only strengthens the body and enhances blood and qi cultivation.

It can also enhance spiritual cultivation, making it extremely valuable.

"A first-grade high-level spirit fish only costs two low-grade spirit stones?"

Upon hearing Liu Yue'er's introduction, Zhou Ling's gaze swept over Ziyun Lake.

The entire Ziyun Lake is also extremely vast, covering nearly several hundred acres. Its rippling waters reflect the surrounding mountains and water, making it exceptionally beautiful.

This price is too cheap!

Even in Lingxia Immortal City, a first-grade high-quality spirit fish would cost at least several dozen low-grade spirit stones.

However, it is likely that this is because the spiritual energy in the Ancient Cloud Realm is thin, the spiritual veins are scarce, and the spirit stones are even scarcer, which is why they are so valuable.

Zhou Ling had a guess in his mind.

"Wouldn't it be a huge profit to buy spirit beasts from other cultivators here using spirit stones in the future!"

Zhou Ling was making plans in his mind.

This is actually a pretty good way to get rich.

Additionally, it was just shown that to activate the [Farming Expert] talent, one must either gather ten kinds of spiritual herbs or capture ten spiritual beasts.

Let's try catching a few spirit fish first.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ling moved his mind and scanned the lake surface with his divine sense.

They quickly discovered two mid-stage Tier 1 Bloodscale Fish, and then tapped their storage bags.

With two sharp swishing sounds, two beams of cold light shot out and directly into the water.

With two soft splashes, the sword light pierced through two swimming fish in the water.

[You killed two Bloodscale Fish, Farming Skill +2]

[You cast a flying sword spell, Sword Control +1]

"Moon, your injuries haven't fully healed yet. I'll catch a few spirit fish to help you recover!"

Seeing two blood spirit fish, each weighing nearly ten kilograms and covered in blood-red scales, emerge from the lake, Zhou Ling laughed.

"Thank you, Sect Master!"

Liu Yue'er quickly nodded and thanked her.

The sect leader was young, but he was very caring, which warmed her heart.

The spirit fish in the lake are not easy to catch. Even with her seventh level of Qi Refining, she would have a hard time catching them without the help of an elder.

After all, she couldn't attack with a sword like Zhou Ling.

Moreover, her injuries were quite severe, and the nourishment from the spirit fish's flesh and blood would allow her to recover more quickly.

She had barely finished speaking when there were two more "pfft" sounds.

Two more spirit fish emerged from the water.

"The sect leader is so young, yet his sword control skills are already superb. He truly deserves to be the old sect leader's disciple!"

Liu Yue'er watched with great envy.

Then, more spirit fish appeared on the surface of the lake.

"Sect Master, that's enough, you don't need so many!"

"Liu Yue'er said hurriedly."

"It's okay, we can dry the leftovers into fish jerky!"

Zhou Ling smiled.

[You killed two Bloodscale Fish, Farming Skill +2]

[Ten spirit fish have been killed in total; the Farming Master skill has been successfully activated.]

[Cumulative number of times spirit grains and herbs have been harvested, or spirit beasts have been captured: 10/100]

At this moment, the panel appears.

"With this [farming expert], managing Ziyun Mountain will be twice as efficient with half the effort!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

Then, Liu Yue'er was instructed to collect the spirit fish.

The two continued walking along the lake.

We arrived at a row of wooden houses by the lake. This is where the spirit fish are usually kept.

[You are absorbing water elemental energy. Spiritual affinity +1, Water elemental energy +3]

"The water-attribute spiritual energy is quite lush!"

Zhou Ling took a slight breath.

However, the spiritual energy of other attributes is rather thin.

"Master's little courtyard is still the most suitable place for cultivation!"

Zhou Ling pondered to himself.

He then spread his divine sense, directly scanning the area of ​​more than two hundred feet across the lake, sensing the situation within the lake.

There are quite a few spirit fish in the lake now.

He scanned the area and found dozens of spirit fish.

"Moon, what do you usually use to feed the spirit fish?"

Zhou Ling couldn't help but ask.

"Reporting to the sect master, it mainly consists of some Emerald Bamboo leaves. If the spirit grain is harvested, there will also be some ears of grain, etc."

Liu Yue'er pointed to some baskets placed at the entrance of the wooden house and said to Zhou Ling.

Zhou Lingxuan immediately walked over.

I saw that there were quite a few green bamboo leaves in the two baskets in front of me.

They must have been picked yesterday or today.

He immediately picked up a basket and walked along the wooden plank to the lakeside.

Scatter the bamboo leaves from the basket into the lake.

puff puff!

Soon, several purple-scaled fish swam over, vying to eat the spirit bamboo leaves.

[You are feeding the spirit fish. Farming skill +1, spirit fish growth speed +1]

Following the prompts on the panel, Zhou Ling went back and retrieved another basket of bamboo leaves, then poured them into the lake.

Thump thump thump!

Several more spirit fish swam over to compete for the bamboo leaves.

[You are currently feeding the spirit fish. Farming Expert +1, Spirit Fish Growth Speed ​​+1]

Zhou Ling was quite satisfied with the effect of this "farming expert".

If you feed the spirit fish several times a day, the growth rate will increase rapidly.

Therefore, we need to plan things out carefully next.

After testing the effects of the [Farming Expert] talent, Zhou Ling followed Liu Yue'er to the mountainside of Ziyun Mountain.

This is the medicinal herb field of the Ziyun Sect, where some medicinal herbs are grown.

Due to a shortage of manpower, the main crop planted is the Jade Bamboo, which is used to raise spirit fish.

This jade bamboo doesn't require much cultivation; it's very vigorous and grows very well once planted.

The dozens of acres of medicinal fields are almost entirely covered with Emerald Bamboo, lush and verdant, looking like a sea of ​​bamboo.

After wandering around, Zhou Ling returned to Ziyun Courtyard, where his master lived.

"Sect Master, what should we do next?"

After sitting down on the wooden chair, Liu Yue'er asked Zhou Ling.

Now that her sect has suffered a heavy blow, she is at a loss. All she can think about right now is how to destroy the Blood Beast Sect and avenge her master and the others.

But she also knew that her abilities were limited.

They were no match for the Blood Beast Sect.

Therefore, everything depends on the current sect leader's arrangements.

Beside him, Li Yun's bright and lively eyes were also looking at Zhou Ling.

"From now on, you can continue to cultivate peacefully within the sect."

"As for the Blood Beast Sect, there's no need to rush. They'll pay the price sooner or later!"

Zhou Ling said to Liu Yue'er.

Having just arrived in the Ancient Cloud Realm, my primary task is to gather resources.

Ensure that the Five Elements Thunder Body can be activated as quickly as possible.

Ziyun Mountain already has a good foundation, but to achieve sufficient results, it needs to proceed step by step.

Currently, the entire sect consists of only the three of them, plus two spirit beasts.

There's no point in rushing it.

"Yes, Sect Master!"

The two women bowed to Zhou Ling in response.

To prevent the Blood Beast Sect from attacking again, the Five Elements Illusion Array of Purple Cloud Mountain has been activated.

It covered most of the area of ​​Ziyun Mountain.

However, it also consumes a lot of spirit stones.

Although Zhou Ling was not a formation master, through [Intermediate Analysis], he also learned that without activating the illusion formation, a mid-grade spirit stone could maintain the formation's operation for about ten days.

He currently possesses twelve mid-grade spirit stones.

That's enough for now.

For the safety of the two women, he arranged for them to live in the courtyard from then on.

As dusk fell, Liu Yue'er and her two friends went to prepare dinner.

Before long, two large platters of spirit fish meat were brought into the house.

There's also fragrant spirit rice.

The three of them sat down at the wooden table and began to eat.

For a moment, the room was filled with the aroma of cooking.

Only then did Liu Yue'er and the other woman truly calm down.

While eating, Zhou Ling asked them about the situation of other forces in the surrounding area.

As for the Rock Rat and the Golden Fire Rat, they eat spirit fish meat outside.

After finishing his meal, Zhou Ling returned to his cultivation room.

Liu Yue'er and the other two women were in a room in the courtyard.

Sitting cross-legged on the wooden bed, Zhou Ling took out the storage ring and eight storage bags he had collected that day.

The storage ring came from the third elder of the Blood Beast Sect, while the storage bag belonged to other disciples of the Blood Beast Sect.

"I hope this trip to the Ancient Cloud Realm will make my money back!"

Looking at the storage ring and storage bag, Zhou Ling murmured.

Then, he used his spiritual flames to remove the blood and qi marks on the surface.

"This time we're really going to strike it rich!"

Soon after, Zhou Ling took out all the items from the storage ring and storage bag.

A pile of treasures filled the cultivation room to the brim.

Among them, the storage ring of that Blood Beast Sect elder is especially precious.

There were more than twenty pieces of ore, many of which were second-order.

There were more than a dozen spiritual herbs, most of which were of the blood attribute.

There were also a dozen or so blood crystals and two books.

The corpse of a second-tier demon beast, along with numerous animal hides and bones.

Zhou Ling's eyes lit up; these items were definitely worth a fortune.

The twenty-odd pieces of ore alone were enough to cover the cost of activating the space teleportation array.

Blood crystals are used as an aid in physical cultivation, corresponding to the spiritual stones used by magic cultivators.

The second-tier blood crystal is worth the same as a mid-grade spirit stone.

These two items together are probably worth about twenty-five or twenty-six mid-grade spirit stones.

Zhou Ling, who had just arrived in this other world, was feeling somewhat unsettled.

This harvest is amazing; no wonder the disciples of the Dao Academy are so enthusiastic about exploring other worlds.

The harvest was truly amazing!
He picked up two more books and flipped through them. One of them was probably the cultivation technique practiced by the Third Elder, called "Blood Wolf Technique".

It belonged to the body-refining techniques, and Zhou Ling glanced at it briefly.

This belongs to the ancient body-refining techniques, and the cultivation process requires the assistance of the essence blood of demonic beasts.

Then he picked up another book, and after reading the title, he couldn't help but show a happy expression.

Bloodline Beast Taming Technique

The Third Elder was able to control the Blood Wolf, which must be because he had cultivated the "Bloodline Beast Taming Technique".

"If I cultivate this Bloodline Beast Taming Technique and combine it with the [Beast Intimidation] talent, controlling beasts will be even more effortless in the future!"

Zhou Ling thought to himself.

Then, we continued to check and count the items in the other storage bags.

Among them, there are 169 first-tier blood crystals.

Twelve pieces of second-order ore and fifty-two pieces of first-order ore.

A small pile of medicinal herbs.

Twelve bone artifacts.

Other items included twelve bottles of blood-activating pills, thirteen pieces of animal hides, and a considerable amount of animal bones.

As for the transmission of the cultivation techniques, there are five books.

They are all ordinary body-refining techniques.

Looking at the pile of things in front of him, Zhou Ling was so excited that he couldn't calm down for a long time.

(End of this chapter)