The immortals of the two worlds started from farming and refining pills.

Chapter 22: Protective Array, Gains and Losses of Farming

The next day, after Li Qing had dealt with the trivial matters after leaving the retreat, clan leader Li Hui came to his house and invited him to go to Lingfeng Peak on the shore of Xuefeng Lake.

This was the first time that the Li family cultivated such a large piece of spiritual land. Without Li Qing, the only first-class top-grade spiritual plant master, to supervise, the clan always felt uneasy.

Xuefeng Lake is clear and tranquil in late autumn. Many fishermen row their boats and cast their nets on the lake, hoping to catch a rare spiritual fish in exchange for some spiritual stones.

There were also people fishing on the shore, singing songs to each other from time to time, enjoying a leisurely and comfortable life. Occasionally someone caught a big fish, which was a happy event.

Thanks to the abundant spiritual energy and the use of planting spells, the human race in this world of cultivation has no shortage of food. If they do not pursue immortality, the lives of mortals can be relatively leisurely.

On the other hand, for a cultivation family like the Li family, spiritual stones were never enough. In order to save up such a small amount of resources, they had to work even harder.

The hilltop that the Li family rented from Yanling Valley was on the east side of Xuefeng Lake. It was separated from the hilltops of the Zhang and Chen families by several ownerless and barren mountains with little spiritual energy.

At this time, the small hilltop had been shrouded by a spirit-gathering protective magic circle. Occasionally, a magical light would appear, giving Li Qing a piercing sense of crisis.

Li Qing's heart trembled: "Is this the magic circle brought back from Yanling Valley?"

Li Hui nodded: "Yes, a set of small five elements soul-returning array cost one thousand low-grade spirit stones."

Li Qing frowned when he heard this: "Isn't this a bit expensive? Didn't Ah Zhe mediate?"

Li Hui helplessly spread his hands: "The deacon who set up the formation urgently needed spiritual stones and insisted on this price. Ah Zhe pleaded many times, but he only waived some consumables."

Li Qing said nothing more. Following Li Hui's demonstration, he took out the family token, injected his own magic power into it, connected with a key point of the magic circle, and soon entered the spiritual peak covered by the magic circle.

In the spiritual fields on the hillside, the fermented matrix of spiritual rice straw is piled up and arranged neatly like rows of ridges.

The spiritual plant masters of the Li family were busy using planting spells such as the Spring Breeze Technique and the Cloud and Rain Technique in the fields to stimulate the growth of seasonal crops.

Li Qing waved away the tribesmen who came to greet him, bent down and brushed away the top layer of straw substrate, and saw clusters of small mushrooms.

This mushroom is shaped like a chicken mushroom, with a bright golden color, a straight stem supporting a slightly pointed crown, and grows in groups of three or five.

This is the first wave of crops planted by the Li family, Pingyang mushrooms.

The best Pingyang fungus is very rare and is the auxiliary medicine for the first-class top-grade elixir "Shengyang Pill". The finished pill is mostly used to refine the darkness of spiritual consciousness and help to impact the ninth level of Qi training.

Top-quality Pingyang mushrooms can also be used to refine first-grade mid-quality Qi-nourishing pills, which are three times more effective than other Qi-nourishing pills.

As for those that are not of the best quality, they can only be used as ingredients for cooking spiritual meals, and their value has plummeted by nearly 70%.

Li Hui stroked his beautiful beard and said, "How is it? Are these Pingyang mushrooms growing well?"

"It looks not bad!" Li Qing picked a branch and crushed it into crumbs. He put it under his nose and smelled it, then frowned.

The accompanying spiritual plant master observed the situation and couldn't help but feel nervous: "Fourth Elder, what haven't we done to iron it out?"

Li Qing didn't respond. He took a little and put it in his mouth. He chewed it for a few times and then slowly swallowed it into his stomach. He practiced his skills to refine the spiritual energy in it.

Seeing this, the others did not dare to disturb him. Li Hui had no choice but to ask, "Ah Qing, what's wrong with this Pingyang mushroom?"

Li Qing shook his head and threw the mushroom debris in his hand back onto the substrate: "It's too fast, it's too fast, the accumulated spiritual energy and medicinal properties of the mushrooms are not enough, and they are still a step away from being top-grade."

The manager of the spiritual farm showed a guilty look on his face: "I was thinking wrongly. I was afraid that the spiritual fungus was not properly cared for, so the spiritual plant masters used the spell twice more, which backfired."

Li Qing waved his hand: "I don't blame you. This is the first time for the family to grow so many spiritual fungi. It's normal that we don't have experience."

The cultivation of spiritual plants is not static and needs to be adapted to local conditions and the times.

Li Qing couldn't predict the future, so he could only make timely adjustments after realizing something was wrong.

He used his spiritual sense to scan the surrounding spiritual fields and found that the situation was similar. He had no choice but to turn around and suggest to Li Hui: "Chief, this batch of Pingyang mushrooms that are about to grow up can't be used to make pills. It's better to send them to the family's restaurant in the market and sell them as spiritual food." Li Hui felt a little distressed: "This way, the loss will be huge. Maybe we can sell them to those casual cultivators who make pills? I don't think those poor people can tell the difference."

Of course there will be no loss. But for the Li family, who broke a piece of spiritual stone into two petals, if they earn less, they will lose.

Li Qing rejected it categorically: "No. Truth cannot be hidden. If Zhang and Chen find evidence against us, we will be in a passive position."

Li Hui sighed helplessly and waved his hand to signal the steward: "Listen to the Fourth Elder. In two days, have someone harvest the fruits and send them to the restaurant."

"Well, if any tribesmen want to satisfy their cravings, they can exchange them for half the price, but they are not allowed to resell them."

"As you wish." The steward bowed hastily and sent people to the Li family's mortal market town to recruit temporary workers, who would come here in two days to harvest the Pingyang mushrooms.

"Fortunately, Pingyang mushrooms are very productive, and more than a dozen crops can be harvested in one season. If we do a good job of field management, we can still make a lot of money."

Li Qing summoned the nearby spiritual plant masters and explained to them the secrets of growing Pingyang mushrooms in large quantities.

"The frequency of Spring Breeze Technique remains the same, while Cloud and Rain Technique can be appropriately reduced by 20%."

"If the weather is sunny for more than five days, we need to provide shade to prevent excessive accumulation of yang energy, which would affect the quality of the Pingyang mushrooms."

When Li Qing finished his instructions, the spiritual plant masters suddenly became enlightened and bowed: "Thank you for your guidance, Fourth Elder. We will study hard and strive to grow the best Pingyang mushroom as soon as possible."

Li Qing waved his hand and followed Li Hui away to check on other spiritual plants that had been planted recently.

When we reached the ridge, we saw Li Wei, Li Lang and other younger people squatting under two rows of fruit trees, regulating the soil fertility for the Polygonatum odoratum interplanted in the soil.

Seeing the two people coming, everyone quickly bowed and greeted: "Greetings, clan leader, fourth elder!"

Li Hui waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need to be polite, and then he couldn't wait to point at the two rows of fruit trees and asked, "Ah Qing, how are these Xuanyang fruit trees growing?"

Li Qing used his spiritual sense to carefully sense it, and after a while he smiled and said, "This Xuanyang fruit tree is planted well. I estimate that it will bear fruit next year..."

Li Hui finally breathed a sigh of relief: "That's great. After all, this thing is very valuable. It's only because you're here, Aqing, otherwise I wouldn't dare to make the decision to plant this."

Li Qing smiled and shook his head: "Spiritual fruits have a long growth cycle, so we have time to carefully adjust them. However, the spiritual rice planting in the spring of next year will be the first time to try to plant such a large area, so we need to prepare early."

Li Hui nodded repeatedly to show his agreement.

Li Qing then waved to Li Wei and the others, "When did you finish transplanting this Ling Huang Jing? What magic did you use to cultivate it?"

The planting apprentices who had just been tested yesterday looked embarrassed and made eyes at each other, none of them wanting to be in the spotlight.

Li Wei nudged Li Lang with her elbow and said, "Go ahead and tell me."

Li Lang had no choice but to step out: "Report to the elder, we completed the transplanting seven days ago. Before the Ling Huang Jing grows new leaves, we use the rejuvenation technique every other day. The day before yesterday, the sun was too strong, so we used the cloud and rain technique."

Li Qing squatted down and used his spiritual sense to sense the roots of the Polygonatum odoratum under the spiritual soil: "Well, it's not bad. All the Polygonatum odoratum have been transplanted successfully."

"But I think this spiritual soil is too moist. The cloud and rain spell can perhaps be changed to the mist spell."

He gave a few brief pointers, signaling Li Lang and the others to continue their work, and then left with Li Hui to check on the growth of other transplanted spiritual crops.

Fortunately, Li Qing had made plans in advance, and the species he introduced were all easy-to-care-for spiritual plant varieties. Apart from a slight error with the Pingyang mushroom, no other problems were found.

After a round of inspection, Li Hui brought Li Qing to a small pavilion on the top of the mountain: "The key to the Small Five Elements Soul Returning Array is here."

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