After Xia Jingxing collected the Star Moon Flower, he investigated the vicinity but found no traces of battle.
However, he did find traces of the green lizard's crawling.
As he expected, the green lizard only came here after being severely injured.
Immediately, he came to the water source. The water flow here was three hundred zhang away from the spiritual field, and it would take a lot of effort to divert it.
"Fortunately, I bought a Water Diversion Formation in advance. As long as the Formation flag is inserted at the water source and the Water Diversion Formation is built next to the spiritual field, the water can be diverted."
The original well also used a Water Diversion Formation to divert water from the eastern source.
However, the Water Diversion Formation was damaged, and if it were used again, it might affect the underground branch veins.
The current water flow was from the west, so a new one had to be set up.
Xia Jingxing observed the direction and position of the water flow, and inserted a small Formation flag into the center of a rock crevice.
He also planted a few small trees nearby for concealment.
After finishing this, he followed the green lizard's crawling route for about a quarter of an hour.
He found many fresh footprints near an Azure Eye Fruit Tree.
"Name: Azure Eye Fruit Tree Talent Attribute: Mental Enhancement"
"A first-grade Spirit Fruit that enhances Divine Sense! It's a pity all the fruits have been picked."
He sighed in regret, and then the Azure Eye Fruit Tree's complaints came to his ears.
"Wuwuwu... Half a month ago, a few bandits stole all the fruits I painstakingly bore!"
"I don't have any fruits now. This Cultivator wouldn't take my body too, would he?"
"This is even more cruel than bandits!"
Hearing these inner thoughts, Xia Jingxing's eyes immediately lit up. It was indeed as he had guessed; foreign Cultivators had indeed investigated here half a month ago.
"Is there something in Banzhu Mountain that he is thinking about?"
Besides the small flat area in the center of Banzhu Mountain that could be cultivated as a spiritual field, the Yao Beasts in the nearby dense forest had some value. There shouldn't be anything else.
Just as he was about to leave, the Azure Eye Fruit Tree's inner thoughts came again.
"There's something buried under the yellow-barked tree to the northeast!"
"Something is also buried ten zhang to the west!"
"And twenty zhang to the northwest!"
...Xia Jingxing's expression changed. He immediately walked towards the yellow-barked tree to the northeast and soon found a small pile of black stones under the tree.
"Could this be spirit-locking magnetic sand?"
spirit-locking magnetic sand is generally used to interfere with the deployment of Spiritual Artifacts and Magical Artifacts, and is also commonly used to interfere with the strength of Formations.
Once this item is buried at the Formation barrier, even if the Formation is activated, it will become extremely weak and will be broken with a single attack.
"Didn't Li Biao help check the Formation barrier? Why didn't he find the spirit-locking magnetic sand?"
His expression was a bit grim.
It seemed that Li Biao's work was still a bit shoddy. His mountain protection Formation, once activated, would be no different from not being activated, and would be crushed in an instant.
Of course, it was also possible that Li Biao wanted to use outsiders to eliminate him, which would save Li Biao the trouble of protecting him.
Regardless of the possibility, this Li Biao needed to be guarded against.
Subsequently, Xia Jingxing found a small portion of spirit-locking magnetic sand in the other three locations.
His intuition told him that there must be a lot of spirit-locking magnetic sand at the edge of the Formation.
"I might as well investigate the entire edge of the Formation in one go. It's just the outer perimeter anyway."
Thinking this, he started from the Azure Eye Fruit Tree and screened for spirit-locking magnetic sand along the edge of the Formation.
The scope of Banzhu Mountain was not large. By the time he finished investigating the edge of the Formation, it was already Shenshi (3-5 PM) in the afternoon.
As he expected, spirit-locking magnetic sand had been placed all along the edge of the Formation.
He had dug them all out and cleared them away.
It was just that he still didn't know which Family had made the move... at the edge of the spiritual field.
After Xia Jingxing returned to the Bamboo House, he began to plan digging a well.
At this moment, he was setting up the Water Diversion Formation below.
As a water-blue light was released, the Water Diversion Formation began to absorb the Spiritual Qi from the nearby underground branch veins.
'Drip drip--'
The well wall where he stood began to seep trickles of water, gathering at his feet.
"The well is ready!"
"The water flow contaminated with earth vein Spiritual Qi can almost achieve the effect of the Spiritual Rain Technique! In the future, there will be no need to water it daily."
He stuck a flying talisman on himself and leaped out of the well.
Three days later.
When Xia Jingxing came to the well again, the well had already overflowed, and the surrounding ghost face grass all emitted joyful inner thoughts.
"So good to drink!"
"So comfortable!"
ghost face grass was the Medicine Seeking Badger's food. He only planned to cultivate eight mu of spiritual fields, so he didn't deal with the ghost face grass in the remaining fields.
He came to the spiritual field and checked the soil quality at this time. The soil was moist and soft, and fine gray charcoal could be seen mixed within it.
The reason Banzhu Mountain had been abandoned for many years, besides its relatively remote location, was also related to the soil not being fertile enough.
The current soil quality could at most only be used for planting, barely reaching the standard of a low-grade spiritual field. The Spirit Medicine planted would grow much slower than those in a medium-grade spiritual field.
However, he could wait for the Spirit Medicine to sprout, and then fulfill their corresponding growth needs based on their inner thoughts.
"Plant two mu of five-fragrance rice in the spiritual field near the well."
"blood coagulation grass, green vine leaf, and Cinnabar Root are in high demand, so plant one mu of each."
"Plant half a mu of each of the remaining ones!"
After Xia Jingxing allocated the planting amount for each spiritual plant, he took a small shovel and began planting.
Generally, one mu of spiritual field is planted with one hundred spiritual seeds, and those with more roots need to reduce the quantity.
For example, polygonatum root and Cinnabar Root are both medicinal roots, so the spacing between spiritual seeds needs to be larger.
five-fragrance rice is eaten as ears of rice, so it can be planted more densely, maintaining sufficient sunlight, and then supplementing with enough nutrients when needed.
Although his planting skills were not particularly good, he would be able to satisfy the needs of the spiritual plants based on their inner thoughts in the future, so skills were not crucial.
After half an hour of work, two mu of five-fragrance rice were finally sown.
five-fragrance rice is a spiritual rice that ripens in May, and can be planted twice a year, in spring and autumn.
These two periods have suitable temperatures and are best for sowing.
It was already close to summer, so sowing was considered late, but for him, it didn't matter.
Sowing was not as tiring as cultivating a spiritual field.
He would cast a small-scale Earth Turning Technique to turn over the soil, sow the seeds in a straight line, and then cover them with the Earth Turning Technique.
Around You Shi (5-7 PM) in the evening.
Xia Jingxing had finished planting all eight mu of land.
Then he formed a hand seal and brought down a Spiritual Rain.
After continuously casting the Spiritual Rain Technique these past few days, he had successfully reached the introductory level.
The Spiritual Rain falling at this moment was no different from normal rainfall, pattering down on the spiritual field, adding a bit of Life Qi.
'Hiss - hum!'
'Hiss - hum!'
Before Xia Jingxing could rest, the hungry grunts of the Hog Badgers came to his ears again.
The Hog Badgers were still in their cub stage and needed to be fed three times a day. Whenever they got hungry, they would skillfully grunt, signaling him to come and feed them.
"Eat! Eat! When you grow up, you'll be eaten too."
He threw six large bamboo shoots into the pigsty, and the four piglets grunted and began to gnaw, a rather ungraceful sight.
He then filled the water trough in the pigsty with water.
'Hiss - hum!'
Before Xia Jingxing even got close to the Medicine Seeking Badger, the fellow grunted and bumped into him.
Perhaps due to Bloodline mutation, this fellow had high intelligence and knew that he had ill intentions towards the Hog Badger cubs, so he would attack him every time.
Unlike those four happy Hog Badgers who ate and slept, and ate when hungry.
However, the rope tied to the Medicine Seeking Badger was very short, only two feet, so it would bare its teeth and raise its nose towards him, but couldn't reach him.
It is rumored that Medicine Seeking Badgers also have different Bloodline Aptitudes. Those with good enough Aptitude possess a 'Golden Nose' that can sniff out Innate Spiritual Roots hidden deep in the earth veins and find many Heaven And Earth Treasures.
However, raising a Golden Nose Medicine Badger is not easy. This Medicine Seeking Badger is not yet tamed, and he doesn't know the method of cultivation.
"If you keep grunting, I'll eat you."
Xia Jingxing threw a handful of ghost face grass into the water trough and returned to the house.
After activating the Spirit Gathering Array, a light azure light curtain enveloped him.
The originally sparse Spiritual Qi in the air slowly accumulated, becoming denser.
The Cultivation Technique he practiced was the Qing Yan Jue (Azure Flame Art), which had both fire and wood attributes. The wood attribute balanced the fire attribute, making it relatively gentle to cultivate.
As he circulated his Qi and consumed the last wisp of Star Moon Flower's medicinal power in his body, a faint moonlight emanated from his entire body.
His skin instantly became cool, as if a cool breeze was gently blowing over it.
He touched his skin with his finger; it had become tough, and he had to exert force to leave a slight white mark.
"Body Refining has finally broken through to the fourth stage. However, Qi Training Stage 4 cultivation is still too low." He muttered, his expression somewhat detached.
He found Li Biao a bit hard to understand. Without the protection of the Xia Family, or the temptation of a Foundation Establishment Pill, would this guy turn on him after the five years of protection he promised?
Furthermore, Banzhu Mountain had already been investigated by outsiders, and the identity of the enemy was still unknown. What he could do now was to quickly improve his strength.
It was not impossible to raise his cultivation to Qi Training Stage 9 within five years and plan for that Foundation Establishment Pill from the Family.