"Damn it, it stinks. They deliberately put us here to disgust us."

Huo Ran couldn't help but curse.

Wei Chongqian wrinkled his nose and snorted, "Enough nonsense, let's start planting. I'm going over there."

That's all.

He went to the outermost paddy field, but instead of going in to look at the planting jade slip, he turned around and went into the small hut next to the paddy field to rest.

We can't actually come here to farm.

What kind of status does Wei Chongqian have? It's already beneath him to be sitting here, let alone being asked to work in the paddy fields.
He would never do such a dirty job.

Since I haven't really done anything wrong, the Pavilion Master will recall me sooner or later, so there's no need for me to actually farm here.

Huo Ran saw that Wei Chongqian had hidden in the small house and wouldn't come out, so he also crawled into the house next door.

He thought the same thing as Wei Chongqian.

I came here to escape the traitors within the Alchemy Pavilion, not to actually farm, so there's absolutely no need for me to go into the paddy fields.

If a dignified Pure Lotus Alchemist were to actually plant spirit rice in the ground, and if word got out, he would be ridiculed by his colleagues in the Alchemy Pavilion.

While the two of them were resting in their rooms, Zhang Lingshan sat cross-legged on the ground, grabbed the planting jade slip from the paddy field with his right hand, and began to study how to plant spirit rice.

The first step in planting Ling rice is seedling cultivation.

How to cultivate seedlings?

The process involves three steps: sun-drying the seeds, soaking the seeds, and germinating the seeds.

They are not relying on the right timing to grow seeds, because they are now true immortals. They are immortals, how could they rely on the heavens for food like mortals in the lower realm?
Seed selection relies on one's own skills.

Zhang Lingshan once practiced a martial art called the Scorching Sun Dragon Illumination Technique, which specifically transforms one's own body into the sun, making it perfect for fertilizing seeds.

But that would be a waste of talent.

In the cultivation of jade slips, there is an even simpler method called Fireball, which is a minor spell.

Small fireballs are formed to sun-dry the seeds, breaking their dormancy.

'These seeds are in the small house next to the allocated paddy field. Inside, there's a place to put your identification tag. Putting it in will send you a hundred seeds at a time.'

Zhang Lingshan gained this knowledge from planting jade slips. Although his injuries had not yet fully healed, he had regained his mobility and walked step by step into the small house, taking out his identity token and placing it into the slot.

His current identity token is no longer that of a top-tier alchemist from the Alchemy Pavilion, but rather the identity token of a planter that the paddy field manager gave him before.

Upon arrival, one naturally receives only the lowest-grade wooden plaque.

Wooden sign for Lingdao worker.

Swish.

When the identity token entered the groove, Zhang Lingshan pressed it, and a packet of spirit rice seeds appeared.

Zhang Lingshan spread out the seeds and began to cast the fireball spell.

As a top-tier alchemist, casting a minor spell like Fireball is as easy as eating and drinking; it's effortless and effortless.

However, breaking seed dormancy at the right temperature without damaging the seed's internal structure or baking it is not an easy task.

Many people get stuck here.

Fortunately, alchemists are alchemists after all, and they are experts in playing with fire. Adjusting the temperature is not difficult for them.

The only difficulty is finding the right temperature.

Although the planting jade slip provides a suitable temperature, it is only a general range. The suitable temperature for each seed varies slightly, so it is necessary to study and perceive it gradually.

When you understand seeds well enough that you can pick up any seed and know what temperature is suitable for it, then you've truly mastered the skill and can be called a skilled planter.

Zhang Lingshan's divine sense was extraordinary, and with the help of countless minor figures deducing from the myriad laws, becoming a skilled planting worker was not difficult for him.

So, after spending several days studying thousands of seeds, he successfully mastered the trick.

The next step is to soak the seeds.

Soaking seeds naturally requires water.

There is also a minor spell in the planting jade slip called the Water Ball Spell, which condenses the rootless water of heaven and earth to soak the seeds, helping them absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, providing them with nutrition, and eliminating any germs that may exist in their bodies, which can be simply called disinfection.

This step was naturally no problem for Zhang Lingshan, the famous water-elemental fire-starting boy.

If it weren't for the lack of time, he could have already become a Pure Lotus Alchemist and started refining Pure Lotus Pills.

A pure lotus master was able to soak seeds here, something that would have been unthinkable in the past.

These seeds were incredibly fortunate to have Zhang Lingshan help them soak them.

'This water ball spell is quite interesting. Although it's just a minor spell, if cultivated to its peak, it can be helpful in refining the Pure Lotus Pill later.'

Zhang Lingshan thought to himself.

Unfortunately, alchemists looked down on the methods of plantation workers.

Alternatively, placing the Water Ball Technique in the Alchemy Pavilion for people to learn could also improve the abilities of water-type fire-starting children and water-type alchemists. Although the improvement might not be significant, a small improvement can sometimes solve big problems.

'Oh, right.'

Zhang Lingshan's heart suddenly stirred.

There's no need for all that sun-drying and soaking of the seeds; the ice-fire pool in his dantian can dry them all at once.

There is fire in the ice-fire pool, which can be used to dry seeds.

There are also small puddles formed after the combination of ice and fire, which can be used to soak seeds.

As long as you find a suitable location for these seeds in the ice and fire pool, you can greatly improve efficiency.

In the past, sun-drying and soaking seeds could take ten days to half a month.

Now, it only takes a few days, or even just a few hours.

With this in mind, Zhang Lingshan immediately began to deduce within the Myriad Laws.

Time flies by.

In the blink of an eye, two months have passed.

"Hmph. These three guys don't do a single job. They're still putting on airs like they're from the alchemy pavilion. When the higher-ups come to inspect, they'll be in for a beating!"

The steward of the paddy field had been observing Zhang Lingshan and his two companions. Seeing that the three of them hid in the house every day and the paddy field made no move, he couldn't help but sneer inwardly.

Recently, due to the urgent demands from the front lines in the Northern Frontier City, spirit rice has become extremely important as a strategic resource, and consequently, the status of their paddy fields has also been elevated.

In the past, if these three alchemy pavilion members had come and pretended to be dead, Shui Tian wouldn't have dared to interfere and could only let them be.

But now, the higher-ups will send people to personally urge and supervise.

What does "getting carried away" mean?

The higher-ups aren't just those in the paddy field; there are also more powerful figures with even higher status involved.

The three of you have all been relegated to this place to farm, and you still don't recognize your place? Aren't you courting death?
They will definitely be caught and beaten up, as a warning to others.

snort!
The person in charge of the paddy fields was powerless and could not manage the situation, so he could only hope that his superiors would intervene and wait to see what would happen.

Zhang Lingshan was completely unaware of this and remained immersed in his research.

His current research focuses on the third step: germination.

Temperature and humidity are both very important for germination.

That's exactly what the Ice and Fire Pool is for, isn't it?

Thus, Zhang Lingshan successfully combined the three elements. As long as he opened his right hand and condensed a small pool of ice and fire within it, he could cultivate all the seeds in his palm.

For others, seedling cultivation involves three steps: sun-drying the seeds, soaking the seeds, and germinating them.

But for Zhang Lingshan, seedling cultivation is seedling cultivation—he gets straight to the point in one step. If anyone could see Zhang Lingshan's methods, they would surely be genuinely amazed.

This guy is a natural-born plant worker; he's wasted his talent in the Alchemy Pavilion.

'Now that the seedlings have been cultivated, the next step is transplanting them.'

Zhang Lingshan continued reading the planting jade slip.

The first step in transplanting rice seedlings is to fertilize the paddy field to ensure it is well-nourished.

The paddy fields in District D are the lowest grade to begin with. If they are not properly cared for and tended before transplanting, even the best seedlings will wither and fail to grow anything.

The fertilization process doesn't rely on ordinary farmyard manure or anything else; it depends entirely on the planters drawing nutrients from nature.

It's actually based on the Five Elements theory.

Zhang Lingshan immediately summarized the essence of it for him.

Others who ascend to heaven still need to explore slowly, especially the planters who all have pseudo-spiritual roots and lack talent. If they want to absorb the nutrients of heaven and earth, they must feel the energy of heaven and earth in the paddy fields every day, including the energy contained in the earth beneath the paddy fields.

If you really can't grasp the meaning, then you're useless, and all you can do is fertilize it with your own blood.

After all, those who have cultivated and ascended to this level possess the ability to absorb the energy of heaven and earth, and their blood is precisely the culmination of energy.

Isn't it appropriate to use the blood of these illusory immortals as fertilizer?

Even a virtual immortal is still an immortal.

If you're incompetent, then bleed more.

If all else fails and no rice can be successfully grown, then it can only be thrown away to be used as fertilizer.

Human composting is a way to utilize waste.

As for where the composted fertilizer is used, it is naturally used in the best paddy fields in Zone A, which is the most important place in the entire paddy field area. The other zones, such as Zone D, Zone C, and Zone B, are all used to serve Zone A.

After all, everyone knows that the benefits of each grade improvement in spiritual rice are a qualitative leap.

The difference in efficacy between inferior and medium-grade products is immeasurable.

The gap between medium and high-grade, and between high-grade and top-grade, is getting bigger and bigger each time.

Everyone was hoping to grow the finest spiritual rice.

Therefore, how could we not give the best resources to the Jiazi paddy fields?

The worst kind of paddy fields in District Ding rely solely on the skills and hard work of the farmers.

"Others might need to use blood, but your grandfather Zhang Lingshan is skilled in the Five Elements theory, so he doesn't need to use blood; he can draw nutrients from heaven and earth to fertilize his plants."

Zhang Lingshan thought to himself.

I feel like I'm becoming more and more suited to farming.

They are simply born to be farmers.

I never expected that the Five Elements rules I painstakingly improved in the lower realm, which were useless in the Weapon Refining Pavilion and the Alchemy Pavilion, would be useful here in farming.

It's true that everyone has their own unique talents.

'Fertilizing is simple; now it's time to transplant the rice seedlings.'

The key to transplanting rice seedlings is to do it shallowly, straight, and evenly.

Each seedling needs space to grow; they cannot be planted too densely or haphazardly. There must be a proper method.

More importantly, you need experience.

Having no experience, Zhang Lingshan followed the instructions in the jade slip and began planting according to the rules.

Anyway, it's pretty much the same, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

Although it was his first time, Zhang Lingshan was confident that he could succeed.

Because the preliminary work has been done very well, the seedlings are growing very well. The next step is to continue to cultivate them according to the Five Elements rules, ensuring a certain amount of shallow water for irrigation, continuing to use the Fireball spell, and then continuing to irrigate them...

all in all.

His Ice and Fire Pool and the Five Elements rules are more than enough to deal with these seedlings.

but.

To Zhang Lingshan's surprise.

I actually failed.

"Oh my, Zhang Lingshan, you're really something."

When Huo Ran was bored, he stepped out of the small house and saw Zhang Lingshan's harvest. He couldn't help but tease him, "But why is your spirit rice all husks and no rice? Did you not fertilize it enough? Hehe. You really have too much free time. Instead of thinking about how to restore your water-type spiritual root and return to the alchemy pavilion, you actually grow crops here. Unbelievable."

Zhang Lingshan said, "It is said that if I grow the best spiritual rice, my spiritual root can be restored. I have no choice but to work hard."

"Hehe, then keep up the good work."

Huo Ran curled his lips, seeing that Zhang Lingshan had completely resigned himself to his fate and was no longer qualified to be his opponent, so he couldn't be bothered with him anymore.

His interest in Zhang Lingshan began with his water-based spiritual root, and now it has ended with his water-based spiritual root.

After being struck by Zhao Xian, Zhang Lingshan was completely crippled. What good would it do to grow spirit rice?

Surely he doesn't really think he can grow top-grade spiritual rice.

Even the planting experts in District A can't grow this stuff, yet Zhang Lingshan, a newcomer and good-for-nothing, thinks he can? What a pipe dream!

This is not.

If the rice grown is only for show and doesn't produce any grain, isn't that a joke?

This guy's efforts were ultimately wasted; he'll just end up being sent to be composted.

He suddenly realized that he would be summoned back to the Alchemy Pavilion sooner or later to refine the Pure Lotus Pill; they were no longer on the same path.

Why should I bother with a piece of trash? He's just lowering my own standards.

Huo Ran stopped talking and Zhang Lingshan ignored him.

It doesn't matter if this attempt fails; he's very efficient and can quickly cultivate another batch of seedlings.

Let's keep experimenting.

The first attempt failed because of a lack of experience; the second attempt will surely succeed!
but.

The second attempt also ended in failure.

The same thing happened the third time.

'Where exactly did I go wrong? It seems I can't work in isolation; I need to see how others succeeded. Why is my spiritual rice only husk and not rice? Something must be missing.'

Zhang Lingshan thought to himself.

Because I always took shortcuts, whether it was seedling cultivation and transplanting or field management and irrigation, I relied on my own skills and didn't use anything else.

That's when the problem arose.

Next, we'll have to see how others are using what they have to grow crops.

If they can succeed, there's no reason for me to keep failing.

then.

Zhang Lingshan acted on his idea immediately, wandering around to observe other people's planting.

"what."

On this day, his eyes narrowed and he spotted a familiar face.

The other person also saw him, their eyes widening in shock. They shouted, "Zhang Lingshan, it's you! You've been banished here too! Hahaha, serves you right! This is your retribution!" (End of Chapter)

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