Chapter 29: Seed Yield Rate of 33 to 1!
Chapter 29: Chapter 29: Seed Yield Rate of 33 to 1!
As the figure landed, Chen Mo couldn’t help but frown.
"Xiao Changhua?"
"Is this person coming for him?" he wondered. Chen Mo was puzzled. The conversation he had witnessed between the Grain Collection Officer and the man vaguely surfaced in his mind. If his guess was correct, this powerful Cultivator’s goal must be exactly that!
Sure enough, not long after the newcomer found Xiao Changhua, the middle-aged Cultivator who practiced the Martial Dao followed him south, disappearing from Chen Mo’s line of sight.
"Judging by the direction, it seems they’re heading to the Marketplace," Chen Mo noted. He kept it in mind but didn’t pay it too much heed. That was the other party’s fortune, and it had little to do with him.
After the brief morning interlude ended, Chen Mo finished clearing the snow from the field ridges, then sat cross-legged and resumed his Cultivation. The days of meditating and cultivating were extremely dull, but for low-level Cultivators like Spirit Plant Cultivators, what else could they do besides meditating to improve their strength?
During the day, the Qi Cultivation Technique continuously absorbed the Spiritual Qi from the Spiritual Sand. At night, Chen Mo returned to his wooden cabin to cultivate his other Magic techniques.
Cultivating the Spirit Snake Body Technique and the Geng Metal Finger went relatively smoothly. As he cast them over and over, their experience points soared. In less than ten days, both of these Magic techniques broke through.
As for the Qi Crossing Technique?
In ten days, Chen Mo had consumed nearly fifty catties of Spirit Rice. The time he spent on it was no less than what he spent on the Geng Metal Finger, yet the experience gained was only half as much. It had only reached 30 points so far.
However, it wasn’t completely without gain. Fifty catties of Spirit Rice had still yielded one tael of Spirit Seeds! Looking at it this way, once he consumed all five hundred catties of Spirit Rice, he could get about one or two catties of Spirit Seeds, which would be enough for his planting needs the following year.
Nearly a month passed. Chen Mo cultivated in seclusion every day. While meditating in his Spirit Field, he made an unexpected discovery.
Originally, Xiao Changhua, whose fields were located to his south, would train bitterly every day just like him. However, during these recent days, Xiao Changhua would occasionally be nowhere to be seen. He had no idea where the man had gone.
Chen Mo made a mental note of this.
Another spring arrived. It was once again the season for plowing and sowing. Facing the yellow earth with their backs to the sky, the Spirit Plant Cultivators emerged from their respective wooden cabins to begin a new year.
Chen Mo hoisted his plow and spent a whole day tilling all five acres of his Spirit Field. He looked toward the direction where Wang Lixia used to live; now, that land had become the Spirit Field contracted by Xiao Changhua.
And he finally seemed to understand why Xiao Changhua had told Wang Lixia the news about the Pocket World Blessed Land back then! Xiao Changhua knew that Wang Lixia would certainly die, and his goal had always been clear: he wanted her five acres of Spirit Field! Such an open scheme, yet it was impossible to see through at the time.
Returning home, Chen Mo reviewed his progress. Over the past month or so, his Cultivation had made another breakthrough. The Qi Cultivation Technique gained nine experience points. Both the Spirit Snake Body Technique and the Geng Metal Finger broke through to the Proficient Realm. Even the slow-progressing Qi Crossing Technique had reached halfway through the entry-level stage.
After reaching the entry-level stage, Chen Mo’s seed yield rate was roughly 120 to 1. And the consumable Spirit Rice he had left was less than three hundred catties! At this rate, he still needed roughly one to two hundred catties to cultivate this Breeding Technique to the Proficient Realm, thereby integrating it with his Talent and kickstarting his journey as a Breeder.
Seeing that there were less than ten days left before the spring trip to the Marketplace, Chen Mo thought it over and decided to adjust his Cultivation strategy!
During the day, he would continue with the Qi Cultivation Technique as usual, but at night, he would halt all other Magic and focus entirely on the Qi Crossing Technique! He wanted to use up the remaining Spirit Rice before heading to Niu’s Shop to collect seeds, allowing the Qi Crossing Technique to break through to the Proficient Realm in one fell swoop.
As the days passed, the Spirit Rice in Chen Mo’s cellar dwindled. With the experience on his panel increasing bit by bit, this Magic—which typically required ordinary Spirit Plant Cultivators to use thousands of catties of rice to reach the Proficient Realm—finally hit its critical milestone!
BUZZ!
Bright yellow text appeared in Chen Mo’s line of sight. The next moment, he excitedly opened his panel:
[Name: Chen Mo]
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[Magic:]
[Rainfall Technique (Mastery): 59/400]
[Qi Crossing Technique (Proficient Realm): 1/100]
[Flaming Palm (Minor Achievement): 35/800]
[Geng Metal Finger (Proficient Realm): 8/200]
[Spirit Snake Body Technique (Proficient Realm): 7/200]
[Talent: Increased Production (Blue), Breeding (Green)]
His gaze fixed on his Talents.
[Breeding (Green): Channel Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi into the seeds of all living things, nurturing the life within. When the day of germination arrives, life will burst forth. This method can be integrated into Qi Crossing Magic to increase breeding success rate by 50% (Already integrated with Qi Crossing Technique. You may choose whether to apply it when casting. As this method upgrades, the Talent will also upgrade.)]
"It finally broke through!" Chen Mo was in an excellent mood.
After expending nearly three hundred catties of Spirit Rice, he had only gained 150 experience points, cultivating the Qi Crossing Technique to the Proficient Realm. These three hundred catties of Spirit Rice had barely yielded him two catties of seeds!
Two catties of seeds, if sold to the Yi Er San Grain Station, would net him around 15 taels of Spiritual Sand. Looking at it now, he was still taking a loss. But in the long run, it was definitely a guaranteed profit!
Chen Mo quickly reined in his joy, brought over another ten catties of Spirit Rice, and continued casting this Magic specifically used for Breeding. As the Spiritual Qi flowed from his fingertips and crossed into the Spirit Rice, he could clearly perceive the movement of Spiritual Qi within the Spirit Seeds. Following the intimately familiar pathways in his mind, Chen Mo locked onto the Spiritual Qi within the Spirit Rice. He slowly stimulated the source of life inside the seed, and when the life force burst forth, he returned the Spiritual Qi.
After completing this entire process, the Spirit Rice successfully transformed into Spirit Seeds!
As the sky was about to brighten completely, the vast majority of the ten catties of Spirit Rice on the square table had lost their luster, while a small portion had become increasingly plump and crystal clear. Chen Mo let out a long breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. It took some effort to pick out the successful Spirit Seeds, which he then placed on the scale to weigh.
Three taels!
A full three taels!
Excluding the 50% boost from the [Breeding] Talent, this meant that the seed yield rate of the Proficient Realm Qi Crossing Technique had already reached 50 to 1! Factoring in the Talent, it could reach 33 to 1. This was nearly on par with the seed yield rate of the Breeders specially trained by Niu’s Shop!
With a 33 to 1 yield rate, if the boss of the Yi Er San Grain Station were to find out, he would undoubtedly treat him as an honored guest. How could they not be tempted by the guaranteed profit of the seed-selling business?
However, Chen Mo remained very calm. Calculating based on three taels of seeds per acre, the Spirit Fields in the Ancient Dust Marketplace totaled roughly a thousand acres, meaning three hundred catties of seeds were needed. The demand for Spirit Seeds was fixed. Therefore, relying on this craft to earn Spiritual Sand on a massive scale was unrealistic.
But for Chen Mo, it was more than enough!
He spent another three days. Apart from leaving behind one hundred catties of Spirit Rice for emergencies, he completely converted the rest. And at this moment, the Spirit Seeds in his hands had reached five catties!
Five catties!
How would the Yi Er San Grain Station react to such a massive batch of seeds?