Born with immortal seed

Chapter 144 The Second Transmission of Ancestor Yang
The five hundred acres of second-tier spirit fields were chosen with the help of Old Man Tong, who said the land was fertile and connected to an underground river.

Later, as the Longya rice grows, it can have an ample supply of water.

Of the more than fifty spirit plant masters, twenty were selected from the best and each was assigned to be responsible for twenty-five acres of spirit fields.

As for the three second-tier spirit plant masters, they all stayed behind to provide assistance as consultants.

Dragon Tooth Rice is, after all, a second-tier top-grade spirit rice. Even if the most difficult initial work is solved, some unexpected situations that a first-tier spirit plant master would find difficult to handle will still occur during the planting process.

Since these three people came to Feiyue Lake to register, they must have something to ask of Bai Zichen, and they have been doing their best for the past two months.

"Fortunately, the cultivation of spiritual plants isn't as expensive as alchemy or weapon crafting, so I can barely keep going..."

Bai Zichen calculated his expenses and exchanged his remaining sect contributions plus next year's salary for 3,500 spirit stones.

Among spirit plant masters, those from humble backgrounds are the majority, precisely because it does not require spirit stones to cultivate.

The seeds for planting the spirit rice in the spirit field are provided by Old Man Tong. The spirit stones required for the process are minimal, mainly used to pay the salaries of the spirit plant masters.

In comparison, the income of plant cultivators is usually not high, far less than that of alchemists.

Like that second-tier peak spirit plant master of Shennong Sect, because of the halo of Shennong Sect and his own mastery of advanced spells to adjust spiritual energy and promote the growth of spirit plants, he had an excellent reputation among his previous employers.

One must travel thousands of miles to Black Mountain to earn a salary of 300 mid-grade spirit stones over ten years.

More importantly, he himself is a cultivator in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

If you were to ask a local, ordinary second-tier low-grade spirit plant master, and they only had the cultivation level of Qi Refining, earning five hundred spirit stones a year would be considered a good harvest.

"Please keep an eye on this place. I've remembered your requests and will mention them when I have the chance."

For the sake of his grandson and for the Tong family to become a lineage of cultivators with a clear lineage, Old Man Tong spared no effort, offering up Dragon Tooth Rice seeds and investing his heart and soul into the spirit fields without accepting a single penny.

As for the other three, two of them wanted to secure a good position in the soon-to-be-established Lingtian Hall.

The last person was simply trying to curry favor and flatter, hoping to build a good relationship for the future.

Bai Zichen handed over the farming to several second-tier spirit plant masters and returned to Baiyulou.

Dragon Tooth Rice looks promising; if it's successfully cultivated, it can contribute a large amount of spirit stones to him every year.

However, it cannot be ignored that his reputation played a huge role in enabling such rapid results.

If it weren't for Bai Zichen's name being regarded as a potential Core Formation cultivator, a chosen one of heaven, how could so many people flock together, vying to become his disciples?

"Cultivation is the foundation; we must not put the cart before the horse..."

I originally planned to apply for another 5,000 mu of first-grade spirit fields, but after thinking about it, I decided to slow down.

He sent Cai Heng over to learn from several second-tier spirit plant masters and manage the spirit fields on his behalf.

He was instructed to wait until the second-tier spirit fields were on track before applying to the sect for a batch of 1,000 mu of first-tier spirit fields.

The care of a first-tier spirit field can be more relaxed, which allows for a much looser requirement for the spirit plant master.

As for the specific technical aspects, just make him listen to Old Man Tong completely.

Before going into seclusion for cultivation, he called over a chubby little boy and gave him some instructions.

Tong Huan was Bai Zichen's first disciple.

An eight-year-old child doesn't need his guidance at all. He selected a basic cultivation method suitable for Tong Huan's spiritual root conditions and handed it over to Lu Song.

Lu Songlai will teach Tong Huan the common knowledge of the cultivation world and the basic cultivation techniques.

Although Lu Song came from a humble background, he had a very solid foundation, making him absolutely qualified to be an introductory teacher.

When Tong Huan is a few years older, Bai Zichen will naturally take on the responsibility of being a master and teach him, his nominal disciple.

"This time I only changed to one bottle of Spirit Enhancement Pill to make a comparison and see how much faster my cultivation speed can be with the pill..."

Bai Zichen was short of money; he needed to save those few thousand spirit stones to pay the salaries of the spirit plant masters.

They could only scrape together enough money to barely exchange for a bottle of Spirit Enhancement Pill.

This was the first time he had taken a pill to enhance his cultivation after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage. As soon as he swallowed it, it transformed into a surge of spiritual energy.

I felt the magical power within my limbs and bones boiling over, directly enveloping my spiritual energy in streams.

Tick!Tick!
In just a short while, three drops of spiritual liquid had already fallen into the dantian.

"I can completely refine a Spirit Enhancement Pill in nine days."

Bai Zichen accurately gave him the optimal time interval for taking the Spirit Enhancement Pill.

Taking one pill every nine days ensures that the pill works to its maximum potential, while preventing premature resistance from developing due to uncontrolled overuse, which would greatly reduce the pill's effectiveness.

Or, if the medicine is not fully absorbed and remains in the body, it can accumulate over time and form what is known as erysipelas.

"Back then, Senior Brother Peng said he used one bottle of Spirit Enhancement Pill every six months. At my efficiency, I wouldn't even need two months..."

This tripled his annual expenditure on Spirit Enhancement Pills.

As for the effect of refining liquid mana, it was about the same as expected.

Bai Zichen put aside his worries about spending spirit stones and took a second Spirit Enhancement Pill nine days later.

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"Old tortoise, when will you break through... Your tortoise offspring have almost completely taken over my mudflats."

At dawn, Bai Zichen arrived at the small island in the middle of the lake and saw the ancient tortoise, which looked like a small mountain. He made a joke about it.

The old tortoise glanced at him with its lantern-sized eyes, closed its eyelids, and completely ignored him.

There are two slightly raised bumps on its head. Once the dragon blood manifests and it breaks through to the third rank, two small horns will grow, and it will become a dragon turtle.

However, the advancement of demonic beasts is an extremely long process, especially since turtle-type demonic beasts are associated with the dragon bloodline, which is the most difficult to break through.

This final step could easily kill two Core Formation cultivators.

Otherwise, the saying that one could raise a turtle-like spirit beast and leave it even after the person leaves, with the turtle's lineage lasting for ten generations, would not circulate in the cultivation world.

Old Ancestor Yang set up another formation on the island. He had come by imperial decree and entered by simply flashing his elder's token.

A light mist hung over the island.

Bai Zichen knew that this was not ordinary fog, but rather the manifestation of spiritual energy that had become so concentrated that it was visible on the outside.

"The spiritual energy has turned into mist. This is almost as good as a fourth-tier spiritual land... If it were any stronger, it could be used by cultivators who have reached the Core Formation stage to transform into Nascent Souls."

Bai Zichen knew from ancient books that the final step of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, the Golden Core to Nascent Soul stage, required an astonishing amount of spiritual energy.

It will sweep away all the spiritual energy within a hundred feet in the blink of an eye.

Insufficient spiritual energy level will affect the Nascent Soul stage.

The minimum requirement for breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage is a fourth-grade low-level spiritual land.

"Greetings to the ancestor."

Bai Zichen arrived at the center of the island and found Su Li already waiting on the side, apparently having also received the notification.

Last night, his elder token flashed, and golden characters were directly reflected on it. This was a phenomenon that only a Core Formation True Person could exhibit when leaving a message with a token of the highest authority.

He was ordered to come to the island today to receive orders, which is why he stopped cultivating and came early.

I didn't expect Zurich to arrive even earlier; he probably arrived on the island at the crack of dawn.

Old Ancestor Yang sat cross-legged on an ice bed, and even from a distance, one could feel a chill that pierced the skin. Two black wisps of energy moved across his face.

After a while, the black aura disappeared, and the complexion returned to normal.

"You two are the most outstanding disciples of this generation in the sect. I'm taking you on this trip to broaden your horizons and make more friends. When I pass away, I'll be relying on you to deal with people!"

Master Yang put the ice bed into his storage bag and summoned a flying boat with countless scales on its surface.

Each piece contains terrifying power.

The low-grade flying magic weapon, the Taiyi Golden Scale Boat.

With a wave of his hand, the three of them entered the flying boat and transformed into golden light, moving like lightning. In a flash, they arrived outside the Jade Moon Lake formation.

The Taiyi Golden Scale Boat flew more than three thousand miles into the depths of the Black Mountain before turning eastward.

"Ancestor, where are you taking us?"

Bai Zichen could sense that the speed of the flying boat was several times faster than when he was fully controlling the Sound Bamboo Sword. That was the extent of the gap between magic treasures and spiritual weapons.

Some top-grade magical artifacts can be made to look almost like low-grade spiritual artifacts.

Even the finest spiritual artifacts, no matter how well they are crafted, can never compare to magical treasures.

"The Gate of Ten Thousand Beasts".

Old Master Yang uttered only three simple words.

"Is it the number one sect in Mizhou, and ranked among the top three in the entire Liang Kingdom?"

Bai Zichen and Su Li exchanged glances, having never heard of any deep relationship between their sect and the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

Previously, on the centennial celebration of Weidao's birthday, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect sent a Foundation Establishment cultivator to offer congratulations, but it was merely a superficial exchange of favors.

"I have a good relationship with a Core Formation cultivator from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. We once joined forces to fight against demonic cultivators, and we have maintained contact all these years... I am going to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect this time to ask for a drop of Pure Spirit Jade Marrow. I'd like to see if they will give me the face I deserve."

When attempting to form the Core Formation, there's no sacred medicine like the Foundation Establishment Pill used during Foundation Building. Even a spiritual item like Pure Spirit Jade Marrow only increases the probability of Core Formation by 10%.

In the entire cultivation world of Liang Kingdom, the most effective Core Formation spiritual item is none other than the Enlightenment Lotus Seed of the Holy Lotus Sect.

Taking one pill during the Core Formation stage can greatly enhance one's spiritual awareness and increase the probability of Core Formation by nearly 20%.

However, only three Enlightenment Lotus Seeds are produced every hundred years, which is far from enough even for the internal use of the Holy Lotus Sect.

In terms of quantity, it's not as good as the secret realm of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, which at least allows outsiders to obtain it.

“I heard that each drop of Pure Spirit Jade Marrow sells for 20,000 spirit stones. We’ll pay for it… If there are too many cultivators vying for it, we can just double the amount of spirit stones. Why would you, Ancestor, need to ask someone for help?”

Every Foundation Establishment cultivator will unconsciously seek to understand Core Formation spiritual objects, just like Qi Refining cultivators study Foundation Establishment spiritual objects.

Zurich is no exception.

"Twenty thousand spirit stones?"

Old Master Yang chuckled as if he had heard a joke.

"Go and try it. Take 40,000 spirit stones to buy a drop of Pure Spirit Jade Marrow and see if the Myriad Beasts Sect will pay any attention to you."

"The selling price is indeed 20,000 spirit stones per drop, but the target customer is different... For every drop of Pure Spirit Jade Marrow, the buyer owes the Myriad Beasts Sect a favor."

"In a century, the Myriad Beasts Sect has risen from an ordinary Core Formation sect to one of the largest sects in Liang Kingdom, capable of single-handedly changing the course of the war between the righteous and demonic paths. Just imagine how many Core Formation cultivators and Core Formation-level forces owe the Myriad Beasts Sect a debt of gratitude because of the Pure Spirit Jade Marrow..."

(End of this chapter)