Leisurely mountain village

Ye Huan put his wandering thoughts aside and started watching videos. There were classmates chatting in the group, but no one tagged him, so he didn't pay attention. He glanced at it and saw that they were all talking about National Day travel, taking care of their kids, and their daily work overtime.

Around 10 o'clock, a topic suddenly arose in the Ye Family Village group chat. The one who started it was Ye Huan's cousin, whose whole family worked in the south. He casually asked if there was anything important going on when he went back for the National Day holiday. He said he had to work overtime during the holiday.

Then the village chat group, which had been quiet until now, suddenly became lively. First of all, it was Ye He, who couldn't keep secrets. Basically, if he knew something, the whole village would know within two hours. Ye Huan once said that he was more talkative than the village grandmothers.

"It's a big deal in the village. You can work overtime if you want, but I won't say how much you'll lose," Ye He replied. "Also, let me tell you, Huan Ge is now driving a Mercedes G-Class worth over 160 million."

Then the group chat exploded. Ye Huan had just come back during the Spring Festival this year. He was a poor loser like them, who had gone back early to work overtime. What's going on now?

The older generation is probably all asleep and doesn't like group chats, so the people chatting now are mostly from Ye Dafa and Ye Huan's generation.

Ye Huan only looked and didn't chat, and then he saw a group announcement posted by Uncle Ye Daming, the village chief: "Regarding the future development and planning of Ye Family Village, every household leader must come back. If you miss this opportunity, we will not consider including you in the cooperation for the next three years."

This was agreed upon with the village elders. They were afraid that some people would be unwilling to cooperate and would cause trouble again next year when they saw everyone else making money. So, if they didn't agree to cooperate this time, they would renegotiate in three years. During these three years, they would just watch others make money.

After issuing the announcement, Village Chief Ye Daming added a serious statement: "Those who don't come back to talk this time will bear the consequences."

Some people who were initially undecided about whether to return or not secretly booked train tickets after seeing the village chief's serious words.

After watching for a while, Ye Huan put down his phone, took a shower, and then went to bed to cultivate. He estimated that he would be able to level up before going to Eagle Beak Cliff, which was not bad.

Most importantly, he is now 90% confident that he can set up the Spirit Gathering Array completely, so Ye Huan decided to go to bed early and set up the Spirit Gathering Array for his home and the vegetable garden behind the mountain tomorrow.

Currently, he has 27+6 spirit stones. The six spirit stones were given to him by his grandfather and are different from the other 27. Therefore, he chose all the spirit stones given to him by Dugu Jingguo for this spirit gathering array, and selected nine spirit stones that are almost identical.

After practicing the Longevity Dao Scripture that evening and familiarizing himself with the arrangement of the Spirit Gathering Array several times, Ye Huan went to sleep to recharge.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Ye Huan got up feeling refreshed, fed Fu Wang, Meng Meng, Wang Cai, Xiao Tian, ​​and Zi Dian some spiritual spring water, and then went down the mountain.

Seeing that her grandfather was home, Ye Huan ate something to fill her stomach, and then, without disturbing Jingjing who was watching TV, went to talk to her grandfather.

"Grandpa, I'm going to set up the Spirit Gathering Array. Let's see how it works," Ye Huan said.

"Okay, is there anything I can do for you?" Ye Wuju asked with a smile.

"No need. I've already measured the locations of the nine spirit stones. This is the largest area I can currently arrange them. I'll go and place the spirit stones now." After saying this, Ye Huan got up and left the courtyard. First, he dug a pit one meter deep at the location of the outer wall of the courtyard, and then buried the spirit stones in it.

Next, according to the positions of the Bagua formation, he buried the spirit stones in the other seven directions. Finally, he came to the center of the formation outside the backyard wall, dug a pit, and buried the spirit stone. He then needed to connect it with the others to allow the spiritual energy to circulate, and the spirit gathering formation was completed.

"Success or failure hinges on this." Ye Huan took a deep breath, put down the spirit stones, and then sat down by the pit to begin communicating with the eight spirit stones that had just been buried.

With a loud "boom," Ye Huan and his grandfather could see a billowing mist rising from the ground. Not only that, but it also seemed that some mist was rolling towards them from the back mountain.

When the fog within the array became so thick that Ye Huan could no longer see more than five meters away, there was another loud boom, and the fog rapidly burrowed into the ground and disappeared. But Ye Huan knew that he had succeeded.

"Grandpa, how is it? Can you feel the spiritual energy?" Ye Huan asked with a smile. Although the concentration was not as high as his space or his spiritual spring, it was still a place rich in spiritual energy. The most important thing was that the spirit-gathering array could continuously maintain the concentration of spiritual energy within the array, which was the key.

"Such rich spiritual energy! The Spirit Gathering Array truly lives up to its name!" Ye Wuju exclaimed. Standing here, he could feel the Longevity Scripture starting to operate automatically. Then, Ye Huan heard a "pop" sound coming from his grandfather's body.

"Grandpa's at level four, mid-stage Qi Refining, haha," Ye Huan thought to himself.

"It seems like you've broken through?" Ye Wuju said with a smile.

"That's the benefit of the Spirit Gathering Array. Not only that, look at Fuwang and the others? They came right after smelling the scent." Ye Huan said with a smile as he saw Fuwang and Mengmeng running down the mountain.

Animals are most sensitive to spiritual energy. Just look at Saihu, Shide, Xiaobai, and Zidian, and you'll understand. They're all intoxicated with it, like they're drunk.

"It's a pity it didn't cover the area of ​​my hut on the back mountain," Ye Huan said with a smile.

"If we have enough spirit stones, we'll set up another one. I'll take you to Tiger Leaping Gorge to find one later." Ye Wuji didn't care; he could just find another one when the spirit stones were used up.

“Okay.” Ye Huan thought about it. Although he had a spiritual spring space, he lived in the back mountain. Having a spirit-gathering array would be good. Moreover, he could surround a large part of the fruit forest in the back mountain. This way, he wouldn’t have to water the fruit trees in the fruit forest separately with spiritual spring water, which would save him time and effort.

From now on, his family's fruits and vegetables will basically no longer be sold to restaurants and retailers outside. Since Grandpa Du and the others have given them so many benefits, the village has become a restricted area and a protected area, and they have even given him that small courtyard in the county town.

He had no way to repay them, and he couldn't just enjoy the benefits without giving anything in return. So, he decided to give the produce from their family's spirit-gathering array to Old Master Du and the others. It might be much better than it is now, but it still wouldn't be as good as the ingredients in Ye Huan's space.

Those plants were irrigated with pure spiritual spring water, so they could be considered true spiritual plants.

"Grandpa, I'll transplant a few more wild tea trees to the vegetable garden behind the mountain later, so we won't lack tea leaves anymore," Ye Huan said with a smile. After all, the spiritual tea in his space is still limited, and it would be a bit difficult to supply in large quantities. After all, he doesn't drink it alone, and the quality of the spiritual items in his space is too high, so Ye Huan is reluctant to release them, as it's easy for something to go wrong.

Therefore, he will use his backyard as another base in the future, planting less vegetables and more other consumables such as tea trees and some good medicinal herbs.

"Alright, I'm free right now, so I can help out." Ye Wuju nodded. He's become as addicted to this spiritual tea as he is to medicinal wine; he feels uncomfortable if he doesn't brew two pots a day.

"Also, Grandpa, I'll grow a little less of that tobacco you smoke in the backyard, just enough for you." Ye Huan never tried to persuade her grandfather to quit smoking or drinking; what's wrong with an old man having a hobby? She just wanted him to smoke less.