You Cultivate, I Farm

Thoughts flashed, and a palm-sized, exquisitely carved wooden box appeared in Lu Xuan’s hand.

The wooden box was pitch black, with countless intricate and mysterious patterns on its surface, as if it was capable of absorbing one’s soul, giving off a slight sensation of chilling cold when held.

Lu Xuan focused his mind on the surface of the wooden box, and instantly understood its detailed information.

[Taiyin Wooden Box, Fifth Rank treasure item, refined with a trace of Power of Taiyin inside, capable of healing, nourishing, and strengthening the Soul Body. The Soul Body can stay inside it for a long time without dissipating.]

“A Fifth Rank treasure item, I’ve struck it rich!”

An ecstatic realization dawned upon Lu Xuan, he had not expected the second-grade Yin Locust Tree to yield a treasure item of the fifth level.

“Just plant quietly, and all the rich rewards will come as scheduled.”

He thought to himself.

“This Taiyin Wooden Box might not be of great use to me, but for some Ghost Cultivators or those Evil Cultivators who raise ghosts, it is an extremely good treasure item.”

“Age-type spiritual plants, even if their rank is somewhat lower, can be of immense value when they accumulate enough years. When reaching a certain point, the light clusters they produce as rewards can be as strong as those from many high-grade spiritual plants, so their worth cannot be judged simply by their rank alone.”

“Alas, there are just too few of these types of spiritual plants in my cave abode, other than the Yin Locust Tree, is there only that seventh-grade E-Mu Green Thunder Vine left?”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Hmm, the Bewitching Fairy Peach although it yields Spirit Fruit every few years, it is just repetitive fruiting, and as the number of times I harvest the light clusters increases, and as my cultivation realm grows higher, the light cluster rewards will only gradually weaken.”

“Perhaps I could check with the Sea Tower Commerce Association to see if they have any century-old, or millennium-old spiritual medicines.”

Lu Xuan secretly thought to himself.

He continued to inspect the Spirit Field and came to the area where the Enchanted Immortal Peaches were planted.

“So many Spirit Peaches.”

It had been a while since his last visit, and the third batch of Enchanted Immortal Peaches had already matured, each one fresh and pink, plump and juicy concealed among the pale pink leaves, partially hidden and partially visible, under the contrast of the Pink Miasma beneath, they possessed a different kind of allure.

Lu Xuan seemed to see clusters of light twinkling gently towards him, his figure flitting by like a streak of light, and in an instant, he had a pile of Spirit Peaches floating in front of him.

After picking the Spirit Peaches, White Light Groups emerged, flickering on and off.

Upon a gentle touch, all the light clusters silently shattered at almost the same time, and myriad specks of light passed through the leaves of the Bewitching Fairy Peach, merging into streams of light that flowed into Lu Xuan’s body.

Thought after thought flashed through his mind like horses galloping past lantern displays.

[Harvested a Third-Rank Bewitching Fairy Peach, received a fourth-grade Elixir, Desire-Bewitching Pill.]

[Harvested a Third-Rank Bewitching Fairy Peach, received a fourth-grade Treasure Item, Beads of Seductive Music.]

[Harvested a Third-Rank Bewitching Fairy Peach…]

Different rewards appeared in front of him in physical form, or directly surged into his mind.

The fourth-grade Treasure Item, Beads of Seductive Music, the Bliss Sutra, Desire-Bewitching Pills, and others danced lightly before him.

“I didn’t expect that among the fourth-grade elixirs, it would be the Desire-Bewitching Pill with the highest level of mastery, approximately at the Great Achievement stage.”

Among the spiritual plants he had previously planted, the main ones that yielded fourth-grade Pill Formula Experience Package were mainly two types, namely the Desire-Bewitching Pill and the Dust Removal Pill. The mastery level of the Dust Removal Pill was still between proficient and expert, while the Desire-Bewitching Pill had already broken through to the Great Achievement stage.

“After the Foundation Establishment Pill, this is yet another means to make a hefty sum of Spirit Stones, it’s just a pity that the Desire-Bewitching Pill is not as widely used as the Foundation Establishment Pill.”

“That’s not necessarily true, after all, lecherous old men or the like will never be scarce in the Cultivation World.”

Lu Xuan thought of the Happy Star cave within the eighteen Star Caves, reportedly the prime place in the Cultivation World for seeking pleasure and revelry. Unfortunately, he had always been busy farming and had no opportunity to indulge in it.

He took all the rewards from Bewitching Fairy Peach Light Cluster and stored them properly, planning either to sell them at a grocery store or to specifically visit the Happy Star cave and sell them at high prices to the cultivators who needed them.

Days spent farming always passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, two months had gone by.

At the break of dawn, in the cave abode, a Spirit Field about an acre large was enveloped by thick fog that made it difficult to see the scenery beyond it. Besides the Spirit Field, there were a few simple stone houses.

With a creak, Hong Qinghai stepped out of the stone house and approached a strangely shaped seedling.

The surface of the seedling was covered with numerous tadpole-sized shallow characters that moved about, and its stem was made up of countless black lines that, upon closer examination, turned out to be characters extended many times over.

Hong Qinghai had long grown accustomed to the strangeness of this Spirit Plant and showed no surprise. He sat on the open ground next to the Spirit Plant, took out a yellowed book, and with the literary energy surging in his Dantian, an elegant and spirited reading voice echoed.

The characters moving about the spiritual plant seedling seemed to comprehend the subtle power contained within the reading, moving faster and faster, with many even directly burrowing into the foliage of the Spirit Plant.

After about half a Time system later, Hong Qinghai came back to his senses, put down the book in his hand, and carefully contemplated the gains from his recent Cultivation.

He looked at the fog surrounding the Spirit Field and harbored not the slightest thought of exceeding its bounds.

Although the fog strongly limited his range of movement, he held no discontent in his heart.

Having resided in this cave abode for over two months, he found his current Cultivation lifestyle more satisfying than he could have ever imagined.

The place he now lived lacked the hustle and bustle of the Market but was countless times better than the Market in many aspects.

The Spiritual Energy was so rich and pure it wasn’t even in the same league. At the same time, the level of safety had also increased significantly; he no longer had to worry about Evil Cultivators robbing him, Demon Beasts ambushing him, or being found by any powers he had offended before.

Compared to these things, the luxuries of the bustling world were but flowers in a mirror or a reflection in water, shattering at the slightest touch.

Every so often, the Golden Core True person living behind his abode would come by and give him some Spiritual Medicine and Charms as a small benefit.

The actions of Lu Xuan deeply gratified Hong Qinghai, inspiring him to provide an even better literary environment for the Nine Confucian Treasure Tree.

“After some more time cultivating and adjusting, I can try to make a breakthrough to Core Formation.”

The thought of his bright future filled Hong Qinghai’s heart with anticipation.

As for the Confucian Cultivator’s thoughts about the Nine Confucian Treasure Tree in this Spirit Field, Lu Xuan didn’t delve too deeply into them, merely occasionally visiting to check on the status of the Spirit Plant and applying basic farming Formula Methods, allowing the Nine Confucian Treasure Tree to absorb the surrounding literary energy more effectively.

That day, he stayed in the Spirit Field, carefully plucking the spiritual seeds that had formed on the Ice Firefly Grass.

The remaining five Ice Firefly Grass plants, now more skillfully undergoing a second Condensing Seed process, produced twenty-six Ice Glow Grass Spirit Seeds, a noticeably better yield than the first time.

“Once I refine some more, I can begin large-scale cultivation.”

“Since advancing to the Early Core Formation stage, my Cultivation Level has hardly risen.”

Lu Xuan thought to himself that with his innate talents, even if he cultivated day and night, the improvement in his Cultivation would be nearly imperceptible, which made him uncomfortable, given he was used to the surge of Spiritual Energy when acquiring the Light Clusters.

“I am too eager to progress.”