Xu Yi immediately entered the spiritual field and began to inspect it.
Each red jade crystal rice plant had one or several clusters of black spots.
Some of the spot clusters were only the size of a fingernail, while others were the size of a fist.
Upon closer inspection, one could even see the spots wriggling.
Each of these spots was composed of many tiny insects.
Seeing this, Xu Yi’s expression turned a little grim.
“Black Dot Insects!”
Old Li worked for the Qingxuan Sect for free precisely because of the Black Dot Insects.
Black Dot Insects have an insane obsession with Spiritual Qi.
Residing on spiritual plants, they continuously absorb the spiritual plants' Spiritual Qi.
They won't stop even if they burst themselves.
And once Black Dot Insects are burst by Spiritual Qi, the harmful substances inside their bodies will cause secondary damage to the spiritual plants.
Moreover, Black Dot Insects reproduce very quickly.
Even if seemingly cleaned thoroughly, there are still Black Dot Insect eggs within the spiritual plants.
With just a little stimulation from Spiritual Qi, the Black Dot Insects will rapidly multiply.
Therefore, cleaning Black Dot Insects is very tricky.
However, Xu Yi had gained experience from Old Li.
The best way to clean Black Dot Insects is with metal Spells.
At that time, Old Li had suggested that Xu Yi Cultivate Small Gengjin Sword Qi.
Looking at it now, Old Li was indeed far-sighted.
Xu Yi immediately opened his mouth and spewed a golden stream of Qi.
Immediately after, under the manipulation of Xu Yi’s Divine Sense.
The golden stream of Qi transformed into more than a dozen hair-thin streams of Qi.
Xu Yi manipulated the dozen or so streams of Qi to begin cleaning the Black Dot Insects.
Goose also followed Xu Yi and began cleaning the Black Dot Insects.
Seeing a cluster of spots, Goose would peck at it with its mouth and even stick out its tongue to lick it.
In a short while, one portion of red jade crystal rice was cleaned.
Xu Yi carefully inspected each red jade crystal rice plant to ensure no omissions.
Afterward, Xu Yi withdrew his Small Gengjin Sword Qi.
Taking out a Spirit Stone and holding it in his palm, Xu Yi sat down by the spiritual field and began to restore his magical power.
After his magical power was replenished, Xu Yi put away the Spirit Stone, which still had some Spiritual Qi left.
Then, Xu Yi continued to spew out Small Gengjin Sword Qi.
He used his Divine Sense to manipulate the Sword Qi to envelop a red jade crystal rice plant.
This was to eliminate the eggs left by the Black Dot Insects.
After repeating this process and refining each red jade crystal rice plant with Sword Qi.
Xu Yi felt a little tired and sat down directly by the spiritual field.
With some free time, Xu Yi began to ponder the reason for the Black Dot Insect outbreak.
After much thought, Xu Yi felt that the Qingxuan Sect tampering with it was the most likely possibility.
After all, with so many precedents, it was hard not to suspect the Qingxuan Sect.
It's just, when did the Qingxuan Sect tamper with it?
Xu Yi immediately thought of the incident he encountered about Nine Heavens ago, at night.
At that time, Xu Yi thought there would be no problems.
But now that an insect plague had broken out, Xu Yi had no choice but to link the two incidents together.
“If that’s really the case, how did he bypass the Formation?” Xu Yi couldn’t help but feel confused.
But then he thought, this Formation was provided by the Qingxuan Sect.
Wouldn't the Qingxuan Sect tamper with the Formation?
As long as one's Formation attainments are not deep, who could tell?
Xu Yi shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
In any case, the crisis of the Black Dot Insects was over.
As long as no more accidents occurred next, it would be fine.
“Fortunately, the chijing grass was harvested early and was not affected.”
At this moment, Xu Yi turned his gaze to the adjacent subsidiary spiritual field.
The chijing grass in the subsidiary spiritual field had been harvested by Xu Yi five days ago.
Now Xu Yi was just waiting to complete the contract and then sell the chijing grass.
Looking at the red jade crystal rice again, Xu Yi decided to stay here continuously from now on to avoid any further accidents.
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Time flew by,
Soon it was the day to hand over the red jade crystal rice.
On this day, Xu Yi took out a sickle and harvested the red jade crystal rice plants one by one.
Just as he harvested a red jade crystal rice plant, a voice appeared beside Xu Yi’s ear.
【Harvest one red jade crystal rice plant, reward one longevity point.】
After the harvest was completed, Xu Yi had already obtained one hundred and seventy longevity points.
At the same time, Xu Yi made a rough estimate.
All the red jade crystal rice was estimated to be around one hundred and sixty catties.
This was about sixty catties more than the one hundred catties stipulated in the contract.
“There’s quite a lot extra, so that’s good for me.” Xu Yi smiled.
Calling Goose, Xu Yi had Goose carry the red jade crystal rice away in its mouth.
About a hundred meters behind the wooden house, Xu Yi had already had Goose dig a hole.
This was to hide the extra red jade crystal rice.
Xu Yi stopped only after taking about fifty catties of red jade crystal rice.
The extra ten catties or so were for contingencies.
Next, he just needed to wait for the Qingxuan Sect Disciple to come and receive it.
Not long after, a huge Crane Demon flew over and landed in front of the wooden house.
Xu Yi had been waiting for a long time and immediately walked forward.
A young Qingxuan Sect Disciple jumped down from the Crane Demon’s back.
Seeing Xu Yi, the Disciple paused in place for a moment, without speaking, just looking at Xu Yi.
Xu Yi saw this and understood that the Disciple wanted to extort him, hoping Xu Yi would give him some benefits.
Xu Yi was too lazy to bother with this Disciple and spoke directly.
“Fellow Daoist, the red jade crystal rice has been harvested, please follow me.”
The Disciple saw that Xu Yi showed no indication of offering anything, and even called him Fellow Daoist, and impatience immediately appeared in his eyes.
“What is your status, to be worthy of calling me Fellow Daoist?”
With that, the Disciple was about to make a move.
“What, do you dare to delay the time?”
Xu Yi saw this and remained calm.
Upon hearing Xu Yi’s words, the Disciple immediately froze.
Coming back to his senses, the Disciple snorted.
He indeed did not dare to delay the time.
Following Xu Yi through the wooden house, they arrived at the backyard.
Seeing the ground full of red jade crystal rice, greed flashed in the Disciple’s eyes.
Xu Yi saw this and immediately warned,
“Don’t be greedy. I know exactly how much red jade crystal rice is here. If even one grain is missing, I will immediately report it to the Qingxuan Sect.”
Hearing Xu Yi’s words, the Disciple glared at Xu Yi, but he no longer dared to harbor greedy thoughts.
Xu Yi saw this and immediately felt that the experience imparted by Old Li and others was indeed very helpful to him.
Old Li had encountered the same situation when he completed his contract.
These Disciples who came to receive the goods all wanted to gain some benefits from the spiritual plant farmers.
Old Li suffered a loss and gave benefits.
Later, Old Li learned that these receiving Disciples were completely using the sect’s power to bully others.
They absolutely dared not embezzle even a single grain of red jade crystal rice.
If they dared to embezzle and it was reported to the Qingxuan Sect.
The Qingxuan Sect would thoroughly investigate the matter.
Stripping them of their Qingxuan Sect Disciple status was already the most lenient punishment.
Old Li still regretted that incident to this day.
The Disciple took out a Storage Pouch and put the red jade crystal rice into it.
Afterward, Xu Yi followed the Disciple and sat on the back of the Crane Demon together.
The Crane Demon flapped its wings and flew into the sky, heading towards the southwest side of the market.
About a quarter of an hour later, Xu Yi saw a large high platform ahead.
There were about thirty people on the high platform at this moment.
On the high platform was a large measuring Magical Artifact, and Zhou Huai was currently standing in front of it.
When the Crane Demon landed on the high platform, the Disciple completely ignored Xu Yi.
He jumped down directly, took the Storage Pouch, and went to Zhou Huai’s side.
He whispered a few words in Zhou Huai’s ear, his gaze occasionally looking at Xu Yi, who had just jumped off the Crane Demon’s back.
Zhou Huai sneered repeatedly, indicating to the Disciple that he didn’t need to be annoyed, as Xu Yi would get what’s coming to him soon.
Xu Yi came among the crowd.
Many people around were shaking their heads and sighing.
It seemed they already knew their fate.
Only a few people were confident and composed.
Not long after Xu Yi arrived, Zhou Huai stepped forward and announced the start.
The first name was called, and a dark-skinned man walked out from the crowd.
Then a Qingxuan Sect Disciple walked to the large measuring Magical Artifact.
He took out a Storage Pouch and released the red jade crystal rice from it.
The large measuring Magical Artifact immediately emitted a spiritual light.
The red jade crystal rice automatically detached, and grains of red jade crystal rice converged into a red torrent, flying into the large measuring Magical Artifact.
When all the red jade crystal rice had flown into the large measuring Magical Artifact.
A cyan number appeared on the body of the Magical Artifact.
‘Ninety-seven’
Zhou Huai saw this and immediately announced the result.
“Only ninety-seven catties, the quantity is not enough. According to the contract, you must compensate with a thousand catties of red jade crystal rice or ten thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones. Which one do you choose?”
Zhou Huai looked at the man in front of him with a smile.
Upon hearing this, the man’s face turned red, wanting to say something, but not knowing what to say.
Neither choice was acceptable!
After a while, Zhou Huai said:
“Seeing your predicament, the Qingxuan Sect is not unreasonable.”
“The Qingxuan Sect can continue to let you Cultivate red jade crystal rice in that spiritual field.
Whenever the quantity of red jade crystal rice you Cultivate and hand over meets the compensation amount, the contract will be considered concluded. Do you accept?”
Upon hearing this, how could the man not accept?
Zhou Huai immediately took out the contract, modified its content, and re-signed it with the man.
Writing his name, the man nodded and bowed to Zhou Huai, thanking the Qingxuan Sect for its generosity.
In the crowd, Xu Yi saw this scene and only felt it was ironic.