Chapter 15: Developing Spiritual Fields
The next day, the grandfather and grandson completed their training and set out to find a suitable place to open up spiritual fields. Fortunately, my grandfather was a foundation-building monk and carried Lin Changqing in a spiritual boat.
This is also Lin Changqing’s first flight. I didn’t feel particularly scared after flying for a while. On the contrary, I really like this feeling. Although it was just flying around Jiufeng Mountain.
The grandfather and grandson spent a day searching carefully. A total of three suitable places were found, and after considering various factors, I finally chose Aoyun Peak, which is a little outside of Jiufeng Mountain. Because it is relatively peripheral, there are not many people in the clan who are developing spiritual fields here. It can be said that Lin Changqing is the first.
If we tidy up the mountainside of Aoyun Peak, we can create a spiritual land of nearly a hundred acres. But now there is no need to get so much out.
The two people discussed it and decided to open up eighteen acres first. Start organizing in the center of the selected location. First use fireball to burn the weeds and trees to ashes to fertilize the land.
About twenty acres of land were cleared. The grandfather and grandson studied the land again and both felt that the soil was very good and suitable for planting.
Then use the soil covering technique to dig out all the grass roots and tree stumps in the soil. Because the earth-covering technique is a first-level mid-level spell, Lin Changqing cannot learn this spell yet, so he has no choice but to take action.
Opening up spiritual fields is a delicate job. Not only do you need to open up spiritual fields, but you also need to arrange spirit gathering formations in the spiritual fields, and then use the spiritual cultivators' spiritual nourishing techniques to warm and nourish the land. It is considered a success to open up the spiritual field.
Because the family welfare only has ten acres, Lin Changqing opened eighteen acres, and each mu of spiritual land requires a spirit gathering array. Therefore, the costs for the remaining nine spirit gathering arrays must be borne by oneself.
100 contribution points each, a total of 900 contribution points were paid by Lin Changqing’s father. Having an extra spirit gathering array here will make it easier for those who guard the spirit fields to practice.
The art of raising spirits is a first-level high-grade spell, and Lin Changqing can’t learn it now. It was up to my aunt and grandfather to take action.
It took more than ten days to finally complete it. During this period, my parents, uncle and aunt came to help. Only then could it be completed so quickly.
The family worked together and built a small yard and three houses. One of them is a training room with a spirit gathering array. The other two rooms are used for daily rest.
Then put some furniture and prepare some hoes, sickles and other tools for farming. It's basically complete.
Everyone discussed it. It was decided that in the first year, ten acres of spiritual land would be planted with first-level low-grade spiritual rice, and the remaining eight acres would be planted with elixirs. Because Lin Changqing is still relatively young. The family doesn't want him to work too hard.
Cultivation of first-level low-grade spiritual rice is easy, and the Lin family has rich planting experience. Lin Changqing also read a lot in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion.
Basically, as long as you cast the Spiritual Rain spell on time, occasionally fertilize, loosen the soil, etc., the task of catching insects will be left to the first grade of junior high school. Basically there is no big problem.
The first-level low-grade spiritual rice ripens once a year, and basically does not require birthing techniques. Just let it grow naturally.
Each acre can produce about 400 kilograms of spiritual rice, and every 20 kilograms of spiritual rice can be exchanged for 1 contribution point. Ten acres of spiritual rice can contribute about 200 points of income every year.
According to the average monk's three mid-grade Qi Gathering Pills per month, he only needs 15 contribution points a month, and a total of 180 contribution points a year, which is enough to practice for a year. This salary is already very high, even for a casual cultivator who may receive three low-grade Qi Gathering Pills a month.
Lingmi is also a daily consumable for monks in the Qi refining period.
There is no way to eat grains during the Qi refining period, so you still have to eat every day. If you eat ordinary whole grains, there will be a lot of impurities in them, which is very detrimental to your practice.
Lingmi has less impurities and can replace ordinary grains. About one kilogram a day will make you full.
Leave about 400 kilograms of spiritual rice, which is worth 20 contribution points and is enough for a year.
Unless you are a body-refining monk, there is no limit. Physical training is recognized as edible. It is also the most resource-consuming way of practice. Nowadays, few people practice it. The current mainstream in the world of cultivating immortals is mainly Qi refining. These ten acres of spiritual land are enough for an ordinary monk to practice with mid-grade spiritual pills, and there is still a little left. Therefore, families are still very particular about distributing benefits. I have roughly calculated it.
Lin Changqing mainly takes care of the eight acres of spiritual fields where elixirs are grown. Each acre can grow 60 elixir plants. There are 480 elixir plants in eight acres, all of which are needed for refining the Qi Gathering Pill.
All of them take three years to mature. Under the care of Lin Changqing, it matured within a year. It's already the limit. No matter how much, he can't take care of her.
When mature, it can be sold directly to the General Affairs Office. Each plant receives one contribution point. Here are 480 contribution points. This harvest is already very good.
Lin Changqing's father and second uncle joined the demon hunting team, and each contributed about 500 to 800 points of income each time.
Lin Changqing is a spiritual planter, and his family only provides this benefit. This also proves once again the importance of mastering a technology.
Grandpa and aunt have ready-made seeds of spiritual rice and elixir. There is no need to go to the General Affairs Hall to exchange. Otherwise, it will be another contribution point expenditure.
Second uncle is taking a break this year, so he doesn’t have to go to the demon hunting team. From now on, he would take Lin Changqing back and forth every day. It will be convenient once Lin Changqing reaches the fourth level of Qi Refining and can fly with his own weapon.
In the future, Lin Changqing will live a more fulfilling life, farming, practicing, and taking time to read in the Buddhist Scripture Pavilion.
After the first grade of junior high school, I started farming with Lin Changqing. After the fifth and sixth day of the lunar month, I will be responsible for the elixir garden and the herb garden. Of course, if my father and second uncle go out to hunt monsters, they must be taken with them. After all, they are raised for reconnaissance and early warning!
In this way, Lin Changqing's practice and life became regular again.
The days passed day by day, and soon a few months passed, and it was the day when my father's demon hunting team set off. Lin Changqing always feels uneasy every time this happens. Fortunately, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year is with me this year, so I feel a little more at ease.
Looking at the retreating team, I can only hope that everyone will return safely.
There are also changes in space. Lin Changqing has already experimented and found out that in the space, the birth-raising technique only needs to be separated by one day to induce birth again. The recovery effect of space on spiritual plants that have been stimulated is more than ten times that of the outside world.
Now three months have passed, and the century-old red fruit tree has grown to the height of a person. Entering the fruiting period, the 24 small green fruits on the tree look extremely cute and charming no matter how you look at them.
It should be mature in just over three months. Just thinking about this makes Lin Changqing excited and full of expectations!
Twenty-four hundred-year red fruits equal 24,000 contribution points! It matures once every six months and twenty days. It's crazy to think about it, but it's a pity that it can't be exchanged for the family. Otherwise the source cannot be explained.
I can only digest it internally at home. However, this is good, as it can help the family’s cultivation level increase rapidly and reach the Great Perfection of Qi Refining as soon as possible.
Everyone has the opportunity to build a foundation. Lin Changqing was very happy when he thought of this. He could finally repay his family a little.
This hundred-year-old red fruit is already considered a rare treasure. After all, it can at least improve the cultivation level of Qi Refining Stage one level, which is equivalent to shortening the cultivation time from several years to more than ten years.
Especially for the 60-year-old limit of Qi and blood decline during the Qi refining period, it is simply not too important.
The family only needs 1,000 contribution points to redeem one, which should be considered a blessing to the clan members. And basically it will not be sold to the outside world, it will be digested internally.
The space size is still a little more than an acre. If you plant elixirs, you can plant 60 to 70 plants, but if you plant spiritual fruit trees, you can only plant 6 to 7 plants. Therefore, Lin Changqing did not plan to plant red fruit trees anymore, and Lin Changqing did not like ordinary elixirs. I can only leave it empty for now.
(End of this chapter)