Rebuild the Xiuxian Family

Upon entering Jiangzhou, Li Zhirui noticed that the local people had rosy complexions, were energetic, and had a strong physique. This was different from the people of Jinzhou, who gave off a sense of health and vitality, while the latter were simply well-fed and clothed.

What you see most often is local people carrying all sorts of farming tools, heading happily to the fields.

Because in their eyes, labor is not a hard thing.

This was completely different from the farmers Li Zhirui had in mind, so he curiously followed them to find out why they were so happy.

When he arrived at the fields, he discovered that these farmers all possessed cultivation, though not extremely profound, but enough to easily cultivate the land.

With one weeding technique, the weeds on several acres of land withered and became nutrients; with one soil loosening technique, nearly ten acres of soil became loose and breathable.

These farmers would occasionally rest, but Li Zhirui was surprised to find that they showed no signs of using their internal energy, yet a special energy surged from the fields and entered their bodies.

Only then did he realize that this kind of labor was actually a form of cultivation for them!
Moreover, they don't grow ordinary grains, but rather different grades of spirit rice depending on their cultivation level.

So, even though they are just farmers, in terms of wealth, they are not necessarily much less than the people of Jinzhou.

"You outsider cultivators, you've been looking around for so long, are you here to buy spirit rice and spirit items from our village?" At this moment, a child who was no more than five or six years old came up to Li Zhirui, looked at him with bright, dark, expectant eyes, and asked in a clear and generous voice.

He was jolted awake by those words. Yes! If he could buy enough spiritual items from the farmers, he could leave a good impression on them, which might make things easier when he discussed buying the seeds for Immortal-grade spiritual rice later.

"Yes, little one, go and call the adults over. If the price is right, I'll buy it." He nodded with a smile.

"Father! Uncle! Grandpa Village Chief, someone has come to the village to buy spirit items!" Upon hearing this, the child instantly became very happy and shouted loudly.

The next moment, Li Zhirui saw the men who were still resting immediately drop their farm tools and run towards him at an extremely fast speed.

Huhu——

Perhaps because they were too excited, they were all panting heavily when they arrived.

"Young man, are you planning to buy our village's spirit creatures?" The oldest among them, presumably the village chief, rubbed his hands together and asked expectantly.

"Yes."

"How many are you planning to buy? The spiritual creatures in our village are all top-quality spiritual creatures with abundant spiritual energy, and the prices are very cheap."

Li Zhirui frowned imperceptibly. This group of people didn't seem very wealthy. Logically, that shouldn't be the case!
"I'll go check on the quality of the spirit animals first. If they're really as good as you say, village chief, buying them all won't be a problem."

wow——

The farmers who had gathered nearby became excited upon hearing this, and the scene erupted in an uproar.

"Shut up!" The old village chief's face flushed with excitement, but perhaps afraid of leaving a bad impression on Li Zhirui, he quickly scolded him.

"My esteemed guest, please come with me. I will take you to the village to see those well-preserved spiritual artifacts. I guarantee you will be satisfied!"

As he spoke, he strode ahead and led the way.

The village wasn't far away; we arrived in no time.

This is a fairly large village with two or three hundred households. Most of the houses are made of blue bricks and black tiles. The children running and playing around are all sturdy and dressed in clean and tidy clothes, with few patches.

From any perspective, they didn't seem like a poor family.

While Li Zhirui was observing, the group arrived at the very center of the village, in front of a tall building. The village chief told them that this was both an ancestral hall and a granary.

Bypassing the ancestral hall in front, head straight to the granary in the back. On the open land, there are two granaries, one large and one small. The seemingly ordinary granaries have a large number of symbols and characters carved and written on the walls.

'Insect repellent, rodent repellent, moisture-proof, extends shelf life...'

Li Zhirui easily understood their purpose: to preserve spiritual objects better and for longer.

The old village chief took out a small copper seal, quickly chanted a secret incantation, and then opened the heavy door of the granary.

"Wow! I didn't expect there to be so many spiritual creatures in the village!"

The tall and spacious granary was crammed full, and at a glance, it contained at least tens of thousands of dan of spirit rice!
Li Zhirui then used his divine sense to examine the spiritual rice in the sacks. Each sack was full of spiritual energy, and it was impossible to tell that it had been there for a long time.

But so much spiritual rice must have been accumulated over two or three years.

"Village chief, is the other small storeroom used to store spirit items?" he asked, turning around.

The old village chief looked a little nervous, as if he was worried that Li Zhirui would think it was too much and wouldn't buy so much spirit rice. "Yes, it's all grown by the boys in the village. Not only is the quality very good, but the price is also relatively cheap."

“I can buy all these spirit rice and spirit items, but I have some questions for the village chief.” Li Zhirui didn’t care about the price at all; he just wanted to clear up his doubts.

"I will tell the guests anything I know."

"I don't think the village is poor, so why are there so many spiritual items that can't be sold?"

"Ugh!"

The old village chief was initially a little apprehensive, fearing that Li Zhirui would ask about some secrets, but he didn't expect it to be such a trivial matter. He immediately said, "Everyone in the village is self-sufficient, and with their previous savings, they live quite well."

"The reason why these spiritual rice and spiritual items can't be sold is ultimately because we were too greedy!"

The old village chief sighed again and told Li Zhirui a story.

Several years ago, their village accidentally cultivated a brand new kind of spiritual rice. Because it enhanced the body's vital energy and blood, various schools of thought competed to buy it, and the price naturally soared.

Spurred by this, they stopped planting other spirit rice and spirit items, and the whole village worked together to plant this red blood spirit rice that ripens once every three years.

In just a few years, everyone in the village had a lot of extra money and began to renovate their houses and improve their lives.

As the price of Red Blood Spirit Rice soared, it fueled their greed, leading them to continuously raise prices. Since there were no substitutes for Spirit Rice on the market at the time, others had no choice but to grit their teeth and buy it.

However, the good times didn't last long. Such huge profits naturally aroused the envy of others. After stealing the spirit seeds of the Red Blood Spirit Rice, many people cultivated spirit rice with similar effects.

Moreover, after they successfully "developed" it, they did not make it public with great fanfare, but instead tried their best to cover up the news and then planted it on a large scale.

When the red blood rice matures and is ready for sale, it will be launched into the market at a low price!
The price was low, but the effect was not much different, so people naturally stopped choosing to buy the authentic red blood spirit rice from their village, and it suddenly became unwanted.

The spirit rice that matured over those three years could not be sold and had to be stored in the granary.

Until today, I met Li Zhirui.

When talking about the past, the old village chief's face was full of regret. If they hadn't been so greedy, they wouldn't have ended up with so much Red Blood Spirit Rice stuck in their hands. At first, they were reluctant to sell it at a low price, but when they finally wanted to sell, no matter how low the price, no one was willing to buy it.

Even though it's very well preserved, they'll say it's old rice from several years ago and can't be sold at all, and then they'll try to buy it at the price of broken rice.

Li Zhirui listened quietly, without saying anything about why he didn't form his own caravan to transport the spirit rice to other states for sale.

For farmers like them, who have spent their entire lives in the village and have only ever been to the county town at most, this concept is completely foreign to them, and they also lack the ability to do so.

"Village chief, name your price, I'll take all of this spirit rice."

When he examined it just now, he found that the energy contained in this spiritual rice was very mild, and it should be easy for even young children to digest. It was perfect for the children in the family who were honing their physical strength, to eat and enhance their foundation.

"There are a total of 35,200 dan of spirit rice here. If we calculate based on five taels of silver per jin of spirit rice, that's 17.6 million taels."

The old village chief quickly calculated it and hurriedly said, "The guest only needs to give fifteen million taels of silver."

“No need.” Li Zhirui shook his head, then asked, “I don’t have that much silver on hand. How about I use Immortal-grade healing pills to buy them?”

"This actually benefits us, thank you."

As I said before, Immortal-level pills were something he could easily refine and were not precious at all. He immediately gave out eighteen bottles of pills and then took all the spirit rice in the granary into his storage magic treasure.

The old village chief carefully put away the pills; they were worth tens of millions of taels of silver, so he couldn't afford to be careless or prudent.

"I plan to plant this Red Blood Spirit Rice after I return to my sect. I wonder if the village chief has any relevant planting experience?" Li Zhirui asked.

With over 30,000 dan of spirit rice, it would be enough for the Li family to eat for many years, but eventually it would be exhausted. They still needed to master the planting methods so that they wouldn't have to worry about running out.

"Yes, yes." The old village chief immediately called his son and told him to run back and bring the booklet over.

After buying the spirit rice, Li Zhirui went to look at the various spirit items stored in the adjacent warehouse. This time, he did not buy them all, but picked out a dozen or so, rejecting the rest.

These are all spiritual items that he doesn't have. Although they are only at the Loose Immortal level, they enrich his collection manual.

Similarly, they also asked the village chief for the spiritual seeds of these spirit creatures.

Before long, Li Zhirui obtained all the planting experience and spiritual seeds he needed.

"Village chief, have you heard that the farmers have today cultivated a kind of spirit rice that is at the level of a human immortal?"

The old village chief looked bewildered, having no idea what he meant.

Seeing this, he knew that the other party probably hadn't heard of it. Having gained nothing else, Li Zhirui decided to leave the village.

"It's getting late, why don't you rest in the village for the night before setting off?" the old village chief warmly invited. Faced with such a wealthy patron...

"Thank you for your kindness, village chief, but I have urgent business to attend to, so I won't stay any longer."

After saying that, he took his leave.

Only the remaining villagers were left, cheering loudly and excitedly.

……

Several more days passed, and Li Zhirui finally arrived at Sishi City, the capital of Jiangzhou.

It is as tall and majestic as a mountain, but there are not many people coming and going, making it look rather deserted.

But once inside, he realized that his previous assumptions were wrong. The city was not deserted at all; there were still many people on the streets, just that the commercial atmosphere was not as vibrant.

Li Zhirui wasn't in a hurry to find the farmer. He said he wanted to buy the immortal-grade spirit rice. He observed quietly and finally made his choice.

A few days later, he finally took action and went directly to the farmhouse.

"Please inform them that a big business opportunity has come your way."

The guard at the gate looked at Li Zhirui with suspicion. He did not recognize this cultivator and had never heard of him before.

However, for the sake of the money, he agreed and ran in to inform them.

Whether the farmers are willing to host them or not is their business.

"Who is this person? Did they give their name?"

“His name is Wang Qinghe, a cultivator I’ve never heard of before. But he asked me to bring this box in, saying that after seeing what’s inside, I’ll know his identity.” The guard quickly took out the box.

The farmer-turned-monk found these words amusing and chuckled, "So confident?" But when he opened the wooden box and saw what was inside, he quickly remembered who he was.

"That mysterious cultivator at the auction who rebuked the Confucianists and spent lavishly?"

He was somewhat surprised, wondering what this cultivator was doing on his territory, but he still contacted the other elders and asked them to come over as soon as possible.

"Go and invite him in quickly."

"Yes!" The guard was taken aback, but quickly regained his composure and hurriedly went to the door to bring the person in.

Soon, Li Zhirui arrived at the main hall, where several elders were already seated.

"May I ask what brings you here so suddenly?" The farmer-turned-cultivator didn't bother with pleasantries and asked directly.

"I've heard that your esteemed establishment has cultivated spirit rice of the Human Immortal grade, and that's what I'm after!"

Li Zhirui said with a smile, "I want to buy a batch of the spiritual seeds for this spiritual rice."

"I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you, but we have no intention of selling spirit seeds at the moment." The man shook his head without hesitation and refused.

They painstakingly cultivated the Immortal-grade spirit rice, spending a great deal of time and effort. This was only the first time it had matured, and it hadn't yet brought the farmers substantial profits. Why would they be willing to sell the spirit seeds so quickly? They wanted to monopolize the market for at least a few years.

“I know you are worried about the leakage of the spirit seed, but I am not from the Southern Region. I am just here in disguise to gain experience and broaden my horizons. I will leave this place sooner or later, so you don’t need to worry about the leakage problem.”

In order to obtain the spirit seed, Li Zhirui did not hesitate to expose his true identity.

Upon hearing this, the elderly farmers raised their eyebrows, and their initial thoughts began to waver. (End of Chapter)