Born with immortal seed

Chapter 157 Harvest Season

"Uncle-Master Bai, the Dragon Tooth Rice will be ripe by the end of this month, and judging from the current trend, the harvest should be good... However, a few disciples have asked when they can consult you?"

Cai Heng summarized the recent affairs of Lingtian and seized the rare opportunity to report.

Bai Zichen carried Gun Gun. It had been more than half a year since he last saw the little guy. His size hadn't changed much, but he had gained several dozen kilograms.

Upon meeting, it immediately rolled onto its owner without showing any sign of unfamiliarity.

"So fast? Then you can count how many people meet the requirements. A few want to ask about difficulties in cultivation, and a few want guidance on swordsmanship. I'll set aside a day to take care of this."

Although the Nine Yang Divine Fire Mirror had fallen into a deep sleep, the ability of the Divine Absorption Mirror was still usable and unaffected, allowing him to return to his role as the Transmission Elder.

Therefore, Bai Zichen was not at all ashamed when disciples came to him for advice.

It's just a part-time role as an elder who transmits skills; it's easy to handle.

"I'll do the statistics later."

Cai Heng is now devoting all her energy to the spirit field.

With 500 acres of second-tier spirit fields and 5,000 acres of first-tier spirit fields, even with the help of more than 60 spirit plant masters, he was still busy every day.

"This time we only harvested 500 mu of second-tier spirit fields, which is enough manpower... When the next harvest of 5,000 mu of first-tier spirit land comes in, we may not be able to handle it with our limited manpower."

"The sect has decided to relocate 500 disciples to Feiyue Lake every year. This will alleviate the pressure on the main sect and accelerate the construction progress of Feiyue Lake."

Bai Zichen was not physically present at the mountain, but someone would promptly inform him of the contents of each elders' meeting.

It also comes from more than one source.

"We five elders guarding Jade Moon Lake have limited authority to mobilize these disciples. When the time comes, I will issue a task to gather three hundred people for you to harvest the spirit rice."

With no more worries, Cai Heng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

More than half a month later, Cai Heng came to Baiyulou again and invited Bai Zichen to come to the site to watch the harvesting process of the second-level spirit rice.

The cultivation of this spirit field is related to Bai Zichen's grand plan for spirit stones, and he has already devoted a lot of energy to it.

Having no choice but to take it seriously, I gladly went immediately.

All the spirit plant masters employed by Bai Zichen gathered in front of the 500-acre second-tier spirit field, including several second-tier spirit plant masters such as Old Man Tong.

"Greetings, Elder Bai."

"Don't worry about me, you all just harvest the spirit rice according to your experience. I'm just here to take a look."

Bai Zichen waved his hand, signaling everyone to continue their work.

Old Man Tong picked up a twig with twelve heavy grains of Dragon Tooth Rice hanging from it: "Look, this batch of Dragon Tooth Rice is plump and round, full of spiritual energy, and has a wonderful aroma... I've farmed all my life, and I've never grown such perfect spiritual rice!"

Bai Zichen broke off a piece, and its shape really did resemble a giant tooth. When he squeezed it with his fingers, it was very elastic.

"Patriarch Jiang, I asked you to contact several nearby cultivation families. Are they interested?"

"I brought your visiting card and visited three cultivation families and six cultivation clans. They were all very interested in Dragon Tooth Rice. However, everyone has limited spirit stones and may not be able to consume that much."

The old Taoist priest from the Jiang family stood behind them, bowing low and looking humble.

Since receiving Lu Song's notification that Bai Zichen wanted to see him, Old Daoist Jiang simply gave up his caravan business and waited at Feiyue Lake for three whole months.

Then, following Bai Zichen's instructions, they collected the purchasing intentions of nearby families.

Dragon Tooth Rice, as a second-grade top-quality spiritual rice, is too luxurious for Qi Refining cultivators, but Foundation Establishment cultivators can effectively enhance their physical strength by consuming it over a long period of time.

According to the price that Old Man Tong inquired about with that Shennong Sect guest elder, the normal price of second-grade top-quality spirit rice is ten spirit stones per kilogram.

Ideally, each acre of second-tier spirit field can produce 30 catties of Dragon Tooth Rice. After deducting the 10 catties to be handed over to the sect, a total of 10,000 catties can be left.

Old Man Tong had already made calculations and concluded that the loss of these 500 mu of second-tier spirit fields would not be significant, with very few empty ears or rotten rice, and the fluctuation would not exceed 500 jin.

"It's alright. These families have at most two or three Foundation Establishment cultivators. Even if they are willing to buy more, they can't absorb that many."

Bai Zichen didn't take it seriously; he wasn't simply trying to sell to these cultivation families for sales purposes.

"Once the reputation of Dragon Tooth Rice is established, it will attract other Foundation Establishment cultivators to buy it next year, and that will be considered a success. Any extra Dragon Tooth Rice this year can be resold to Wanbaoge at that time."

Let alone several thousand kilograms of second-grade spirit rice, even if that number were several times higher, Wanbao Pavilion could easily consume it.

However, Wanbaoge always buys back any item at an extremely low price, and large quantities of spirit rice can only be sold at 80% of the market price.

He only considered Wanbaoge as a last resort, an option when he really couldn't sell any more products.

With so many spirit plant masters involved, the harvesting of the 500 acres of spirit fields only lasted for half a day, and small hills were piled up in the prepared open space.

"Reporting to Elder, a total of over 14,600 catties of Dragon Tooth Rice have been harvested... We have lived up to your expectations!"

Old Man Tong's face was beaming. Although he was doing this for his grandson's future, as a spirit farmer, he also felt proud and satisfied to see the spirit fields he was responsible for yielding a bountiful harvest.

"Alright, you are all stewards and managers of Lingtian Hall, so you can act as witnesses to collect the portion that should be handed over to the sect."

Bai Zichen looked at the grains of rice scattered all over the ground and felt a sense of satisfaction.

Gu Xisheng's suggestion was indeed useful, greatly accelerating the sect's development of the spirit fields.

Without incurring any cost, it's equivalent to renting the spiritual field to a few elders, and just waiting to collect the rent at the end of the year.

However, Bai Zichen's success was not only due to the fact that he had more spiritual plant masters under his command than the other elders, but also largely due to the high-yield spiritual rice, Dragon Tooth Rice.

It is believed that the other elders, with the same area of ​​spirit fields, only harvested slightly more than half the yield.

After deducting the rent for the sect's spiritual fields and other costs, they barely earn any spirit stones.

Of the remaining 9,600 jin of dragon tooth rice, 100 jin were kept as seeds and 100 jin were kept for personal consumption.

Although it's still unknown whether this second-grade top-quality spiritual rice will still have any effect on him now that he has cultivated to the point of having a crystal body.

In addition, he planned to pack a gift for each of his senior brothers, Liang Yu, Dai Hui, Peng Chong, and Pei Dongyong, as a congratulatory present.

"Give the Bai family another hundred catties, and they will have exactly nine thousand catties of Dragon Tooth Rice to sell."

Bai Zichen calculated that, after deducting the salaries of all spirit plant masters and the costs incurred during the planting process, the final profit would be nearly 40,000 spirit stones.

"I never imagined farming could be such a lucrative business!"

Bai Zichen's eyes lit up as he looked at the five hundred acres of spiritual fields, as if they were a treasure trove.

However, he also knew that he was an exception.

Normally, the yield of second-tier spirit rice is no more than 20 catties per mu.

Adding to the differences in the number and dedication of spirit plant masters, and deducting normal losses, other elders might only be able to harvest a maximum of 8,000 catties of second-tier spirit rice from the same 500 mu of spirit fields.

The five thousand catties of spirit rice belonging to the sect are fixed and unchanging. After deducting various expenses, the actual amount of spirit stones received is between a few thousand spirit stones and barely breaking even.

It also depends on the cost control capabilities of the person in charge.

He looked at Old Man Tong with kind eyes, thinking that he should treat the old man's grandson better just because of this Dragon Tooth Rice.

At the very least, we should nurture Tong Huan to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining and give him a chance to break through to Foundation Establishment.

“Patriarch Jiang, take a thousand catties of Dragon Tooth Rice and sell it along the way… I hope you can sell three thousand catties of Spirit Rice for me next year.”

Bai Zichen set aside a share of 1,000 jin of spirit rice, and put the rest of the spirit rice into his storage bag.

"A business that earns 40,000 spirit stones a year is too conspicuous..."

After the initial joy, Bai Zichen felt a vague unease; the profit margin for Longya rice was simply too high.

Even with his current status in the sect, there are concerns about whether he can handle it all by himself.

The first two years might be fine, but later on, more and more people will definitely become envious.

Especially in contrast to the other four elders of Jade Moon Lake who also contracted spirit fields but ultimately harvested very few spirit stones.

"The most likely scenario is that I will have to hand over the Dragon Tooth Rice Spirit Seed, and we can all share it... We'll deal with it as it comes. As long as there is sufficient compensation, it's not impossible."

If the production of Longya rice surges, Wanbaoge will definitely reduce the purchase price significantly.

At that time, the profits that Bai Zichen can earn each year will naturally shrink by the same amount.

Bai Zichen thought for a moment and added Senior Brother Yingzhong to the gift-giving list, while doubling the value of each person's gift.

Earning a few thousand spirit stones less is definitely worthwhile if it allows you to bind more senior brothers to your side.

If it weren't for the fact that the two Core Formation Ancestors definitely wouldn't be interested in second-tier spirit rice, he would have been prepared to send a thousand catties of Dragon Tooth Rice to Ancestor Yang's island first.

The harvest of the 500 mu of spiritual fields has been completed, and a short rest period has begun.

According to Old Man Tong, Dragon Tooth Rice has very high requirements for water and soil fertility, and planting it for a year will greatly deplete the spiritual energy of the spiritual field.

It needs to be left vacant for about six months to allow the spiritual field to rest and recuperate before it can be planted again.

Starting the next day, Bai Zichen began to fulfill his promise, answering questions about cultivation difficulties or providing guidance on sword techniques, depending on the choices of these spiritual plant masters.

Nearly eighty spirit plant masters have all worked for more than half a year, but many of them have not yet reached a year, and they are saving up to exchange for the opportunity to receive guidance in swordsmanship.

In the end, only about forty people applied, and about half chose to receive instruction in cultivation and swordsmanship.

Bai Zichen had all the disciples who encountered difficulties or confusion in their cultivation and wanted to seek his answers line up, and he completed the task in half a day.

At first, some disciples suspected that Bai Zichen was just being perfunctory, since he came out in less than a quarter of an hour after going in to answer questions about cultivation techniques.

This amount of time is barely enough for the disciple to explain his or her personal situation; the elder who transmits the power hasn't even started analyzing it yet.

But seeing that every disciple who left had gained so much, with faces full of reverence and gratitude, they didn't seem to have been deceived.

When it was my turn soon, I realized why the time had been so short.

After taking a drop of his essence blood, Elder Bai didn't even need to listen to the situation before he could analyze you thoroughly and give you a very insightful opinion.

They didn't even pause to think during this process; it's terrifying.

After these disciples of the Spirit Plant Master left, their only thought was: if even such a person couldn't achieve Core Formation, are there any other people in the world who could?

"It's pretty efficient; that's about all the broken mirror can do..."

Bai Zichen glanced at the list; there was only one disciple left.

It was also thanks to his high reputation that his essence blood was so valuable to every cultivator, and under normal circumstances, it would not fall into the hands of others.

The unreasonable demand that a drop of semen be squeezed out before any doubts could be resolved was met with no objection; at most, people hesitated slightly before complying.

(End of this chapter)