Bringing the farm to another world

Elder Jia looked at Ran Wen with some confusion. Ran Wen said to Elder Jia, "Elder, I have already tried it before. We can eat not only meat, but also anything that contains energy. Before, I didn't eat any spirit stones because I didn't have any. Today, I want to ask Elder Jia for a few spirit stones to see how much energy we can get from eating one. Is that alright?"

Elder Jia was taken aback for a moment, then immediately nodded and said, "Sure, of course you can. Here are ten spirit stones. Take them and see how they work."

Elder Jia was also eager to know how much energy these spirit stones could provide them. If using spirit stones was more cost-effective, then they would use them instead, saving them from eating so much beast meat every day.

Ran Wen accepted the spirit stone, bowed to Elder Jia, and said, "Thank you, Elder. I'll go back to cultivate now."

Elder Jia nodded, and Ran Wen returned to his room. As soon as he got back, he went into his bedroom, sat on a futon, and took out a spirit stone. These spirit stones all had a standard size; each one was rectangular, ten centimeters long, five centimeters wide, and three centimeters thick.

In other words, after a spirit stone is mined, it needs to be cut. The magical tool used to cut the spirit stone is a special kind of magical tool. This magical tool is of the water attribute, but it is different from ordinary water attribute magical tools. There is a layer of water rotating on the outside of this magical tool, and it cuts the spirit stone by this rotating water. Therefore, this magical tool is also called a water knife. If you use other magical tools to cut the spirit stone, the spirit stone will generally explode. So the spirit stone can only be cut with a water knife.

Of course, this doesn't mean that the scraps cut off are useless. In fact, those scraps are also a kind of currency, called spirit crystals by lower-level cultivators. Spirit crystals can be used to buy things, but the amount you can usually buy is not much. For example, Ran Wen used spirit crystals before. Ordinary disciples use spirit crystals quite often.

Ran Wen didn't have any spirit stones before. Even if he did have spirit stones, he would need to buy other things, so he had never used spirit stones before. That's why he tried asking Elder Jia for some today. He didn't expect Elder Jia to actually give them to him, and he gave him ten spirit stones, which was quite a lot for Ran Wen.

Of course, for Ran Wen now, it's not much. He's now an inner disciple of the sect, and his monthly benefits include spirit stones. He can receive thirty spirit stones every month as a benefit. However, he has only just become an inner disciple, and these benefits haven't been given to him yet, so he doesn't have any spirit stones on hand.

Ran Wen examined the spirit stone closely. Then, with a flick of his hand, a ball of water enveloped the spirit stone. The water sphere spun around and then disappeared. Ran Wen wanted to wash the spirit stone. It had passed through the hands of countless people. Although it looked clean, it was actually quite dirty, so of course he wanted to wash it before eating it.

After washing the spirit stone, Ran Wen took another look at it. The spirit stone was a bit long, but Ran Wen still decided to try and see if he could eat it. He was quite confident in his teeth.

Ran Wen picked up the spirit stone and put it directly into his mouth. He wanted to bite it, but he was a little worried. But at this moment, he suddenly felt an impulse rising from the bottom of his heart. He wanted to bite it, he wanted to eat the spirit stone. Before he could react, his body had already moved, and his teeth bit directly into the spirit stone.

The next moment, the incredibly hard spirit stone was like a biscuit, bitten in half by Ran Wen without exploding.

Ran Wen was taken aback, then overjoyed. He immediately began chewing, and soon he had completely crushed the spirit stone and swallowed it. Then he put the remaining half of the spirit stone in his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it as well.

Once the spirit stone entered his stomach, it immediately transformed into energy. Ran Wen sensed it and found that the spirit stone was digested more slowly than the beast meat. It took quite a while for the spirit stone to be completely digested. The energy provided by this one spirit stone was roughly equivalent to the energy of three hundred catties of beast meat. This discovery made Ran Wen overjoyed, because he knew very well that one spirit stone could not buy three hundred catties of beast meat, but the energy contained in one spirit stone was equivalent to three hundred catties of beast meat. That is to say, eating spirit stones was more cost-effective than eating beast meat.

He immediately digested all the energy in the spirit stone, then took out another spirit stone, ate it, and digested its energy as well. After digesting two spirit stones, he realized he couldn't eat any more because he couldn't digest them.

This discovery made Ran Wen frown. He had calculated that if he ate beast meat, he could digest a maximum of about 800 jin (400 kg) of beast meat per day, but with spirit stones, he could only digest the equivalent of 600 jin (300 kg) of beast meat's spiritual energy per day. This seemed incongruous. However, Ran Wen then realized that if he wanted to digest 800 jin of beast meat, he wouldn't even have time to rest. But if he digested 600 jin, he would still have at least three hours to rest, which was crucial for him. Thinking of this, Ran Wen breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that eating spirit stones was more cost-effective than eating beast meat, and it seemed he would have to rely on spirit stones from now on.

Although he had previously eaten a wild boar and a seven-colored rhinoceros at once, and those beasts weighed more than a thousand pounds, that was a special case. He used that energy to upgrade at the time, which is why he could eat so much at once. Normally, he couldn't eat that much during cultivation.

The next morning, Ran Wen arrived at the courtyard, followed by the other disciples. Elder Jia also came out of his room, distributing beast meat to the other ten disciples and instructing them to return and cultivate. Finally, he looked at Ran Wen, who understood Elder Jia's meaning. He immediately said, "Elder, I can only eat a maximum of two spirit stones a day. The energy of one spirit stone is roughly equivalent to three hundred catties of beast meat. However, the energy of spirit stones is likely purer and harder to digest, so I can only eat a maximum of two. But if I were to eat beast meat, I could eat a maximum of eight hundred catties a day. However, it would take me twelve hours to digest eight hundred catties of beast meat. But if I were to digest the energy of two spirit stones, it would only take me eight to nine hours. Therefore, I think eating spirit stones is more cost-effective."

Elder Jia was taken aback when he heard this, then his eyes lit up and he asked, "How did you eat that spirit stone? Did you swallow it?"

Ran Wen shook his head and said, "It's just like eating ordinary food. I chewed it up and swallowed it directly. There was no explosion."

Elder Jia nodded and said, "Alright, you still have eight spirit stones. I'll give them to you after you finish eating. Go and cultivate." Ran Wen responded, then bowed to Elder Jia and turned back to his room.

Elder Jia returned to his room. His room was larger than the others', so it had a separate quiet room. After sitting down in the quiet room, he took out a spirit stone, examined it carefully, and then used a water-based spell to wash it. He then picked up the spirit stone and tried to take a bite.

To his surprise, he couldn't bite it, which startled Elder Jia. His face darkened. Could it be that Ran Wen had lied to him? No, that was impossible. Ran Wen still needed spirit stones from him, so there was no way he could lie to him. Then why was Ran Wen able to eat spirit stones while he couldn't?
Elder Jia looked at the spirit stone, recalling what Ran Wen had said. Ran Wen said he could only eat two spirit stones a day at most because spirit stones were difficult to digest. Right, spirit stones were difficult to digest, so was the reason he couldn't eat spirit stones also because they were difficult to digest? Or was it because he had only received the blessing of the God of Gluttony for a short time and was not yet old enough to eat spirit stones?

Elder Jia put away the spirit stone and murmured, "In other words, this blessing of the Gluttony God can also be upgraded. Only when a certain level is reached can one eat spirit stones. If the time is too short, one cannot eat spirit stones and can only eat beast meat."

Thinking of this, Elder Jia couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said, "This situation must be reported."

The next morning, Elder Jia inquired about the other disciples' cultivation progress and found that they were advancing rapidly and were about to advance to the Qi level. He recorded all of this. Afterward, he called Ran Wen to his room alone. Once they were in the room, Elder Jia asked Ran Wen to sit down and then said, "Yesterday I tried it and found that I still can't consume spirit stones. It seems that to consume spirit stones, one must reach a certain level. In other words, to consume spirit stones, one must upgrade the blessing of the God of Gluttony. When did you start being able to consume spirit stones?"

Ran Wen was taken aback when he heard this. Then he frowned and said in a deep voice, "Replying to the elder, I have never eaten spirit stones before, so I don't know when I can start eating them. However, I remember that I did an experiment. Two months after I received the blessing of the God of Gluttony, I tried to eat a stone. I managed to crush it. I don't know if I could eat spirit stones at that time."

Elder Jia nodded and said, "I see. Two months? That's something we can try. Alright, go back now and cultivate diligently. If you ever discover that you can digest more spirit stones, you must tell me." Ran Wen responded, then stood up, bowed to Elder Jia, and turned to leave.

After Ran Wen left, Elder Jia murmured, "Two months? That's not a long time. We can wait." He then returned to his room to cultivate.

Time passed day by day. On the tenth day after they arrived at the courtyard, the ten disciples successively broke through to the Qi level. Each of them digested approximately three hundred jin of beast meat that day, and subsequently, they all broke through to the Qi level, which greatly excited them. (End of Chapter)