Qing'an Town, Qingxuan Sect's station, Xu Lijin flew down into the courtyard on his Sword Control Technique.
"Senior Brother Xu, you've worked hard. Dinner is ready. Please come in and enjoy it!" Zhou Guangzhi, who was waiting at the door, respectfully gestured to Xu Lijin.
Xu Lijin nodded, about to go in and eat, when he suddenly remembered something. He stopped and quietly called out, "Xiao Zhou, I have something to tell you. If you do it well, you'll be rewarded handsomely."
"Alright! Senior Brother Xu, just give the order, and I will not fail you!" Zhou Guangzhi's eyes lit up, and he nodded happily.
The Qingxuan Sect had a strict Rank system. Even among their Outer Sect Disciples who served outside the Sect, there were huge differences in status. Xu Lijin, at Qi Refining Ninth Level, understood array formations and was a Managing Disciple at the Sect's station. Zhou Guangzhi, at Qi Refining Seventh Level, had no special skills and could only run errands, his status only slightly higher than a Utility Disciple.
"I just went to Xiao Liang Mountain to set up a Spirit Gathering Array," Xu Lijin introduced indifferently.
"It's that kid who applied for reclamation last time. I remember him!" Zhou Guangzhi thought for a moment and nodded, impressed.
"Hmm, this time I found a Spiritual Vein branch on Xiao Liang Mountain. If there are no surprises, the five mu of spirit fields he opened have a high chance of spiritualizing into Medium Grade spirit fields. You keep an eye on it for me. If there's a chance, hmm!" A sinister look flashed in Xu Lijin's eyes. As he spoke the last part, he leaned close to Zhou Guangzhi's ear and whispered a hint.
"I know what to do! Senior Brother Xu, I'll get it done in the next two days." Zhou Guangzhi's spirits lifted, and he nodded excitedly.
Medium Grade spirit fields could be used to plant Spirit Medicine, yielding high output. Their value creation was four to five times that of Low Grade spirit fields, and they were more stable, the kind that made profit without loss. Therefore, the Medium Grade spirit fields leased out by the Sect were always in short supply, and their rent was three to four times that of Low Grade spirit fields.
Five mu of Medium Grade spirit fields, with three years of free rent, would be worth two to three tens of thousands of lower spirit stones. Not to mention the lease price of five mu of Medium Grade spirit fields.
No wonder Senior Brother Xu wanted him to act secretly. If they forcefully seized the other party's spirit fields, that guy would definitely cause a scene at the Sect, and there would be many variables then.
If they could get rid of that kid without anyone knowing, and Senior Brother Xu made some arrangements, those few mu of spirit fields would definitely be transferred to 'other people's' names, bringing in a profit of two to three tens of thousands of lower spirit stones.
He could at least get two to three thousands of lower spirit stones, right!
Zhou Guangzhi was greatly tempted.
"Hmm! Good that you know. No need to rush, the Spirit Gathering Array has just been set up," Xu Lijin patted Zhou Guangzhi's shoulder and smiled reassuringly.
Zhou Guangzhi understood, nodded with a smile, and decided to observe for a while before making a move in ten days to half a month.
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Time flew by, and seven days passed.
Xiao Liang Mountain.
After three months of diligent cultivation, the Wind Spirit Grass grew exceptionally well. Each Wind Spirit Grass reached Li Mu's waist, full of Life Qi, vibrant green, and incredibly plump.
The Wind Spirit Grass entered its maturity season, and Li Mu could no longer hold back. He held a sickle and went into the field to harvest.
Li Mu grabbed a few Wind Spirit Grass plants, and as the sickle cut through, several light green light clusters appeared at the broken roots of the Wind Spirit Grass.
Good! Hahahaha!
The color was different from the Plant Spirit Orbs that appeared when harvesting spirit rice. He just didn't know what kind of special effects he could extract.
Li Mu quickly put down the sickle and reached out to touch the light green light cluster.
The next second, the light green light cluster disappeared into Li Mu's hand.
Li Mu eagerly looked at the log bar below the character bar. Sure enough, a new log prompt popped up.
【Heavenly Talent - Plant Spirit Absorption takes effect. You absorbed a Plant Spirit. Free Proficiency Point + 1】
Hmm?
Upon seeing this log prompt, Li Mu was stunned for a moment, then looked at the character attribute bar.
Sure enough, new changes appeared in the character attribute bar. A '+' sign appeared after Cultivation Technique and skills that required Proficiency. At the same time, a Free Proficiency Point number bar, with a quantity of 1, appeared below the character bar.
Could this Free Proficiency Point be freely added to Sword Control Technique, Symbol Making Art, Qingmu Spell, Puppet Art, ..., all skills and Cultivation Techniques that require Proficiency?
Li Mu tried it, his consciousness landing on the addition of Sword Control Technique.
【Ding, you consumed one Free Proficiency Point. Sword Control Technique Proficiency + 1.】
Immediately, a Sword Control Technique Proficiency addition prompt popped up in the log below the character bar.
"Hahahaha! This is great!"
After confirming the use of the Wind Spirit Grass Plant Spirit light cluster, Li Mu laughed happily. The Wind Spirit Grass Plant Spirit light cluster could actually increase skill and Cultivation Technique Proficiency. In the future, as long as he planted more Wind Spirit Grass, he wouldn't have to work hard to Cultivate so many Cultivation Techniques and skills.
Li Mu danced with joy, celebrating for a while before calming down and continuing to harvest Wind Spirit Grass.
【Heavenly Talent - Plant Spirit Absorption takes effect. You absorbed a Plant Spirit. Free Proficiency Point + 1】
【Heavenly Talent - Plant Spirit Absorption takes effect. You absorbed a Plant Spirit. Free Proficiency Point + 1】
【Heavenly Talent - Plant Spirit Absorption takes effect. You absorbed a Plant Spirit. Free Proficiency Point + 1】
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Li Mu was like a diligent bee, tirelessly working in the field, harvesting Wind Spirit Grass and picking up light green light clusters one by one. Compared to the Plant Spirit of spirit rice grains, the Plant Spirit of Wind Spirit Grass was very stable, almost always providing only one Proficiency Point, and each Wind Spirit Grass plant provided one Plant Spirit.
After harvesting the last batch of Wind Spirit Grass, Li Mu obtained 48262 Free Proficiency Points.
Looking at so many Proficiency Points, Li Mu felt tired but couldn't help but smile with joy, extremely excited.
Li Mu immediately chose to increase the Proficiency of Quenching Spirit Art, as this Cultivation Technique took the longest to Cultivate.
【Ding, you consumed one Free Proficiency Point. Quenching Spirit Art Proficiency + 1.】
【Ding, you consumed one Free Proficiency Point. Quenching Spirit Art Proficiency + 1.】
【Ding, you consumed one Free Proficiency Point. Quenching Spirit Art Proficiency + 1.】
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【Ding, you consumed one Free Proficiency Point. Quenching Spirit Art Proficiency + 1. Quenching Spirit Art Rank has increased to: Level One. Your Divine Sense has improved. Divine Sense range increased: + 10 feet.】
【Ding, you consumed one Free Proficiency Point. Quenching Spirit Art Proficiency + 1.】
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【Ding, you consumed one Free Proficiency Point. Quenching Spirit Art Proficiency + 1. Quenching Spirit Art Rank has increased to: Level Two. Your Divine Sense has greatly improved. Divine Sense range increased: + 30 feet.】
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【Ding, you consumed one Free Proficiency Point. Quenching Spirit Art Proficiency + 1. Quenching Spirit Art Rank has increased to: Level Three. Your Divine Sense has greatly improved. Divine Sense range increased: + 100 feet.】
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【Ding, you consumed one Free Proficiency Point. Quenching Spirit Art Proficiency + 1. Quenching Spirit Art Rank has increased to: Level Four. Your Divine Sense has greatly improved. Divine Sense range increased: + 300 feet.】
After Quenching Spirit Art reached Level Four, Li Mu stopped frantically adding points to it. The next level up required 10000 Proficiency Points, and there were too many Cultivation Techniques that needed to be improved, so the remaining Free Proficiency Points had to be distributed to other skills and Cultivation Techniques.
However, the improvement of Divine Sense by Level Four Quenching Spirit Art was too obvious.
Li Mu closed his eyes slightly, and his Divine Sense spread out. Within thirty to forty zhang around him, nothing could hide, just like a radar. Moles hiding in their burrows, small insects gnawing on leaves, hunting snakes, ..., everything was within the 'vision' of his Divine Sense.
He could sense the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi being disturbed by the Spirit Gathering Array, he could 'see' the traces of the breeze blowing, ..., at this moment, Li Mu seemed to have gained the vision of God, and could even see himself standing in the spirit field.
It was amazing!
Li Mu 'observed' for a while, feeling a slight fatigue in his Soul, then gave up on extending his Divine Sense, preparing to continue using Proficiency to add points to other skills and Cultivation Techniques.