Above the source of Tao

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The growling of his stomach brought Yun Changan back to his senses. He looked at the half jar of rice left in the rice jar and fell into deep thought. If he ate sparingly, this half jar of rice could probably sustain him for another month. He needed to start being self-sufficient, so an idea came to his mind - to reclaim the long-abandoned land.

"It seems that we need to make use of that piece of wasteland, but this is only a solution to the immediate problem, not a long-term solution." Then he walked to the storage corner, picked up the bags of seeds, and looked at them carefully.

Um......

There are two bags filled with common crop and vegetable seeds, and another bag contains several common elixirs, including precious herbs used for bathing.

Planting these crops was not a difficult task for Yun Chang'an. His grandfather had a piece of land outside Shanglin City, where he planted crops such as corn. When he was a child, he often followed his grandfather to farm in the fields.

Yun Changan walked out of the house, found a sharp hoe, and walked towards the wasteland. Because it had not been cultivated for a long time, the land had become extremely hard. In desperation, Yun Changan drew water from a nearby well and poured it on the land over and over again, hoping to make the soil softer.

After some hard work, it was already late and night fell. Just as Yun Changan was about to finish his work, a mysterious light suddenly entered his mind. "I will teach you a Five Elements Soil Moistening Formation. This formation can improve the soil environment. You have to find the things needed for the formation."

The mysterious light sank into Yun Changan's mind. Yun Changan carefully wrote down the things he needed. They were all things needed for the formation, and they should be very common. They should be available for purchase in the sect.

At this time, Yun Changan took out a bamboo flute and played the melody that Senior Sister Chu had taught him to summon the magpie. Soon, a spiritual magpie flew over. The bird had a gray head, a slender neck, a pair of very large wings, blue feathers, two thin legs, four toes, and slender claws.

It spoke in human language and asked, "Are you calling me to buy something?"

Yun Changan told Que Niao what he needed to buy. Que Niao told him, "The sect has all these things, but they require 1,000 merit points. Do you have them?"

The magpie spoke in human language and looked at Yun Chang'an with disdain.

Yun Chang'an handed his identity token to Que Niao without hesitation. The token contained five thousand merit points, which was a gift given to all disciples when they first entered the sect. However, there were only five thousand merit points, and he would have to find a way to use them up himself.

After the magpie bird took a thousand merit points, it returned the token to Yun Changan. As a thank you, Yun Changan took another three hundred merit points from the magpie bird. "Senior, thank you for taking the trouble to buy these things for me. This is a reward for your hard work. It's just a small token of respect."

The magpie was stunned for a moment, then smiled knowingly, "You're smart, why haven't I seen you before? You must be new here."

"This disciple has just arrived at the sect today. If I offend you in the future, please forgive me, senior."

Since the magpie started doing this business, it was the first time he had seen such a polite disciple, and he couldn't help but feel happy. So he spoke to Yun Changan in a gentler tone.

"You're a good boy, what's your name?"

"Disciple Yun Chang'an."

"Well, you don't have to call me senior, just call me Xi Que. I am responsible for the merit exchange of disciples in the area of ​​Zhuoyang Mountain. If you need anything in the future, just play the flute and I will come." Xi Que said to Yun Chang'an with a smile.

After saying that, he spread his wings and left.

An hour later, the magpie came back with what Yun Chang'an needed. They had a very pleasant chat, and the magpie also revealed some of the history and secrets of the magpie family to Yun Chang'an.

I learned from the magpie that the magpie bird tribe originally lived in the lush forests of Shixi Mountain in Wuyuanyu, leading a peaceful and tranquil life. Their territory was surrounded by dense trees and clear streams, a paradise far away from struggles, without disputes. However, two hundred years ago, an elder of the tribe got into trouble and was hunted down by his enemies into the family. This enemy almost made their entire tribe extinct. Just when they were facing despair, the former leader of Shangyang Sect learned the news. Fortunately, the former leader of Shangyang Sect had some friendship with our old patriarch. Upon learning of the crisis of the magpie bird tribe, the former leader of Shangyang Sect did not hesitate to lend a hand. In the end, he successfully protected some members of the magpie bird tribe, and later took us to Shangyang Sect, making us the host of the beast. I also heard these secrets from my father.

Xi Que also learned about Yun Chang'an's life experience and couldn't help but sigh.

The man and the bird chatted very harmoniously, feeling that they had met too late, and even agreed to have a drink together next time.

After a while, because other disciples also needed to buy something, they flew away in a hurry.

When leaving, the two exchanged greetings warmly and were very reluctant to leave.

……

When the magpie flew away, Yun Chang'an came to the field that had just been watered. He stood on the barren land and saw nothing but a few weeds growing tenaciously. The silence around him made him feel a little sad, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

He whispered to himself with a hint of helplessness in his tone, "Although I have successfully entered the sect and become a practitioner, I have only reached the edge of the outer gate. Compared with the prosperous scene of the inner gate, this place is a world of difference."

However, Yun Chang'an did not indulge in this loss, he quickly adjusted his mentality.

He continued, "But, this is also good. Although the outer gate is desolate, it is very peaceful here, which is just right for my meditation. No one comes to disturb me, which is also the benefit of entering the outer gate."

After saying that, Yun Chang'an took a deep breath and cleared all the distracting thoughts in his mind. He decided to start from this wasteland and continue watering the dry fields. It wouldn't be long before he could reclaim the land and plant the spiritual herbs and his own food.

Soon, Yun Changan had watered the wasteland completely. "I am so tired. Farm work is really tiring."

Although I had worked in the fields with my grandfather before, it was just for fun and not serious. However, I have caught quite a few frogs and some insects in the fields.

That's what farm work is. It's hard to get used to working so hard.

Yun Chang'an stretched his body, threw the wooden barrel in his hand aside, returned to the leaky house, sat cross-legged, and began to practice.