The account book records the Spirit Stone income for this month.
Although it wasn't every day, the Spirit Stones accumulated so far amounted to a staggering one hundred thousand!
Li Ping'an took a sip of wine and asked, "How many Utility Disciples are there in this Outer Gate Spirit City?"
Wang Sanshi replied, "There are about thirty thousand people."
Li Ping'an was puzzled, "This... I don't seem to have seen that many people."
Wang Sanshi explained, "Many people only come to Outer Gate Spirit City to hand over spiritual rice; the rest of the time, they are Cultivating. Some Utility Disciples are also in other places."
"If the Ling Lake was not priced so high, the Spirit Stone harvest would be twice as much."
As he spoke,
He respectfully took out a spatial Jade Slip and placed it on the table. "Young Master Li, there are still ten thousand Spirit Stones in here that Lu Yijian didn't have time to take away."
"Heh, you're quite sensible." Li Ping'an chuckled but didn't take the spatial Jade Slip. "Take these Spirit Stones and distribute them. Use them to help the families of the murdered villagers."
"Starting tomorrow, we'll lower the price. One Spirit Stone for twenty Ding Ling Lake. You also don't need to use the account book for records anymore; I trust you."
Wang Sanshi nodded and immediately destroyed the account book. "Thank you for your trust, Young Master. It also saves me some trouble."
He wasn't a fool; he naturally understood Li Ping'an's true meaning.
After eating and drinking to their fill,
Li Ping'an even packed some food for Big Yellow and Niuniu before calling out to Heihei to go to the Ling Lake. Wang Sanshi naturally followed.
Upon hearing that Li Ping'an wanted to fetch water, Wang Sanshi immediately called the Wang Family Disciples, who personally delivered the water near Jiang Family Village.
Under the night sky,
Li Ping'an slowly walked back with Heihei.
At the same time, he asked the System, "You said, can I fly on a sword?"
Not being able to fly on a sword was too passive.
Being picked up and thrown by Senior Sister earlier was terrifyingly thrilling.
System: 'Flying on a sword, that's not possible.'
Li Ping'an frowned, "Why not?"
System: 'You haven't practiced swordplay, and you don't have sword Dao talent. Flying on a hoe or a sickle is possible.'
'However, you need to obtain the immortal art of flying on a hoe.'
Flying on a hoe?
Li Ping'an raised an eyebrow. Although riding a hoe and flying around might not be very handsome, it should still be quite cool.
At the wooden shed,
Big Yellow and Niuniu were lying at the entrance.
Li Ping'an distributed the food he brought back to them. "Eat."
Not long after,
Five people from Wang Family Village arrived. They used spatial Jade Slips to deliver a large amount of Ling Lake and also gave the unmarked spatial Jade Slips to Li Ping'an.
After they left,
Li Ping'an went to the spiritual fields in Jiang Family Village that night.
As the spiritual energy value was deducted, the unmarked spatial Jade Slip opened, and streams of Ling Lake water gushed out, thoroughly irrigating the fields.
Cultivation points also began to soar at a rate of 100 per instance!
Under the moonlight, Li Ping'an worked exceptionally hard.
After irrigating these 50 acres of third-grade spiritual fields, he gained a total of 5000 Cultivation points, bringing his total usable points to 8840.
"Tomorrow, I'll use beast cores to dilute water for fertilization, which will be another 5000."
Li Ping'an stretched lazily, returned to the wooden shed, and lay down to rest.
The next day,
Early in the morning, Li Ping'an went to the fields.
However, the soaked beast core water was completely insufficient for these 50 acres. He only fertilized 20 acres, gaining 2000 Cultivation points, before it ran out.
"It seems I need to get a low-grade spatial Magical Artifact."
Li Ping'an called out to Heihei and walked towards Outer Gate Spirit City.
At the Outer Gate Elder Council,
Upon seeing Li Ping'an approach, the Elder in charge, Xiahou Ren, personally came out to greet him. "Young Master Li, do you have any needs?"
The formal Disciples looked at Li Ping'an with eyes full of envy and deep jealousy.
This was truly a rapid ascent!
Li Ping'an said, "I need a low-grade spatial Magical Artifact. The larger the space, the better, and the cheaper the price, the better."
Xiahou Ren chuckled, "Young Master Li, you jest. How could a low-grade spatial Magical Artifact enter your Dharma Eye?"
He led Li Ping'an to the display cabinet for artifacts. "Look at this one. Although it's not an Advanced artifact, it can store 100 acres of harvested spiritual rice, guaranteed not to get damp or moldy."
Li Ping'an asked, "Can it store water?"
Xiahou Ren said, "Naturally, it can."
Li Ping'an glanced at the exchange price. Just one of these cost 500 Spirit Stones. "Isn't this price a bit expensive?"
Xiahou Ren directly took two and handed them to Li Ping'an. "Don't talk about prices; talking about prices makes it seem so vulgar."
"This Outer Gate Spirit City will need your care and support in the future."
Li Ping'an smiled, "In that case, many thanks, Elder Xia."
Under their gazes, Li Ping'an, full of vigor, led Heihei into the distance.
Having a backer certainly makes things easier!
Others might struggle for years and still not be able to buy such a spatial Magical Artifact, but with just a word from him, he got two.
At Clear Water River,
Li Ping'an used spiritual energy to open the artifact's profound void jar, filled it with water, and then crushed three hundred beast cores to soak them.
He waited until dusk to go and fertilize.
After this operation, his total Cultivation points reached 13840, and he still had plenty of spiritual energy, so there was no need to replenish it.
Originally, Li Ping'an had planned to ripen the spiritual rice, but now he had to change his plan.
After all, Jiang Ming had returned, and if the spiritual plants grew too quickly, he would certainly be questioned.
Moreover, these were all low-grade spiritual fields and low-grade plants. Wasting so much spiritual energy was not as good as planting and ripening them on his own Ping'an Peak.
Planting in high-grade spiritual fields, all harvests would be twice as effective; that was the true stage of rapid development!
Early the next morning,
Li Ping'an took Heihei and them to tour each plot of land.
All the spiritual plants were doing very well, except for the Puppet scarecrow, which had lost its spiritual energy support and was lying motionless on the ground.
Picking up the swords, Li Ping'an greeted Jiang Ming and then led the little ones to Xianyan Sect. "Come, I'll show you our new home..."
Haoran Peak.
After Li Ping'an met his Master, the Great Protector, he took Heihei and them to Ping'an Peak.
As for Senior Sister and the others, they were all in secluded Cultivation, with little time to run around and cause trouble.
Ping'an Peak was the closest to Sun and Moon Peak.
Sun and Moon Peak was Jiang Ming's former Cultivation Dao field. Although it was now vacant, the Great Protector had specifically reserved it for him.
Heihei stood at the highest point of Ping'an Peak, standing upright and looking around. "Boss, is this our new home?"
"Yes." The mountain wind ruffled his black hair, and Li Ping'an felt a surge of vitality. "Look, this mountain, and the open space behind the mountain, are all our territory."
"Although there aren't too many spiritual fields suitable for planting here, they are all high-grade spiritual fields and absolutely safe. But you guys must be careful."
A few words.
Li Ping'an used his mountain observation technique, leading Heihei and them to walk around, searching for spiritual fields and marking them.
An hour later, after expending 720,000 spiritual energy points, he had finally surveyed the entire area of Ping'an Peak.
Although a lot of spiritual energy was consumed, the spiritual fields he found were exciting.
20 acres of fourth-grade spiritual fields, 10 acres of fifth-grade spiritual fields, and 20 acres of third-grade spiritual fields. As for second-grade spiritual fields, Li Ping'an was too lazy to mark them.
Although the more you plant, the more you harvest, the more you also have to put in. Given his current resources, even selling all his beast cores might not be enough to plant everything.
However, reclamation must proceed.
"Little ones, let's get to work."
Li Ping'an waved, leading Heihei and them to the fifth-grade spiritual fields to pull weeds and clear the land.
"Boss, can we use fire?" Niuniu asked.
"No, we need to keep a low profile for now." Li Ping'an shook his head, refusing.
Since they had just arrived and weren't familiar with the place yet, being cautious was always the right approach.
(Ding: Cultivation points +20)
One acre completed, happily receiving 20 Cultivation points.
According to the System's usual behavior, Li Ping'an understood that in terms of Cultivation point rewards, fifth-grade and sixth-grade spiritual fields should belong to one tier, which was twice that of third-grade and fourth-grade.
Ten acres of fifth-grade spiritual fields were cleared, yielding a total of 200 Cultivation points.
Then, they proceeded to the fourth-grade spiritual fields.
The entire day was spent on reclamation. Although it was slow, it was very steady.
The hoe in Li Ping'an's hand swung faster and faster, like a whirlwind.
By dusk, all fifty acres of spiritual fields were cleared, yielding a total of 600 Cultivation points.
Niuniu chewed on some grass. "Boss, where are we staying tonight?"
Li Ping'an pondered for a moment and said, "Let's still stay outside. We'll build a house tomorrow."
While walking,
Someone arrived on a sword.
It was Senior Sister Nangong Qian. She looked at the spiritual fields, now cleared of weeds and with soft soil, and frowned. "Junior Brother, you wouldn't be thinking of planting spiritual plants here, would you?"
Li Ping'an nodded, "Yes, why not?"
Nangong Qian's red lips moved slightly. "It's fine, but we are Personal Disciples of the Great Protector. Planting spiritual plants is too demeaning and has no future."
Li Ping'an shrugged, "I'm different from Senior Sister. Besides planting spiritual plants, I have no other skills."
"Alas~" Nangong Qian sighed softly, and with a gentle grasp of her jade-like hand, she took out a Cultivation Technique. "This is the Body Tempering technique 'Nine Armor King Overlord Body.' Master asked me to bring it to you."
Li Ping'an took it in his hand. "Thank you, Senior Sister."
"You're welcome." Nangong Qian shook her head gently. "In the future, plant less land and work harder on Body Tempering; that is the Righteous Path."
Li Ping'an glanced at the Cultivation Technique's name. It was indeed the Nine Armor King Overlord Body; it should be very good.
As he flipped through the contents, he froze. "What the hell, why is it cultivating the Nine Armor King Turtle Body? This is different from the cover name. Did Master give me the wrong one?"
Nangong Qian chuckled, "No, it's correct. King Turtle Body sounds too unpleasant, so the name was changed."
"This is a quasi-Divine grade Cultivation Technique! Not only can it Body Temper, but it can also extend your lifespan and even suppress your own Qi like a turtle's breath. It's very useful..."