Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 98 [Wood Spirit] Entry, Alchemy Level
When Li Ye recruited Fang Ze and Xiong Li, he had already agreed that the spiritual plants they planted would be for his needs, so he would not make any profit and would pay them directly with spiritual stones.

However, today was a good harvest. Although the spiritual energy of this acre of land was slightly insufficient, we still managed to harvest 610 kilograms!

Even though they took care of this place themselves, Xiong Li and Fang Ze were stunned when they looked at the numbers on the scale.

Li Ye casually divided 50 kilograms into a bag and handed it to the two men.

"This is what you've cooked yourself. It's not part of your reward, but it's my gift to you. Even though it's a bit rough, take it home and try it..."

Although he failed to achieve the goal of brushing up the entry level, Li Ye was in a good mood as he had further understood another rule of the panel.

When they received a bag of rice, they immediately slapped themselves in their hearts for their previous doubts!

How can the amount of rice ears picked up from the fields be compared to these fifty kilograms of blood-stained rice? The master is so generous, but they still dare to judge him by their own standards. They are simply ungrateful!

"How does this make..."

Xiong Li, a middle-aged and strong woman with a lot of experience, was a little flustered when she saw this. She subconsciously tried to politely refuse, but the smile on her face was hard to hide. She saluted quickly.

"Thank you for the reward, Master!"

Fang Ze went straight down and bowed to Li Ye.
"Thank you for your generous gift, Master. Fang Ze will continue to work hard to farm for you next year!"

"No need for this..."

Li Ye smiled and pointed at the two acres of evergreen flowers and said, "But I'll give you this bloody rice to taste. I won't share the evergreen flowers with you!"

"Look at what you said, sir. We dare to taste the blood rice, but this evergreen flower is so valuable that we dare not take it even if you are willing to give it to us!"

Xiong Li waved her arms, which were as thick as bear paws, and replied with a smile.

"That's right!" Fang Ze also nodded tactfully.

The greatest benefit comes from staying here and taking care of the spiritual fields for a long time, and only then can they be given a bag of spiritual rice. These two people are already extremely satisfied, so how could they dare to take advantage of such a small profit!

However, when these two people looked at the evergreen flower, their eyes were a little strange.

They always felt that this top-level spiritual plant seemed to be much easier to grow in Li Ye's field than they knew, and was particularly efficient in absorbing many nutrients.

Under normal circumstances, can the evergreen flower really grow so well within a year?

They were confused, but the mystery surrounding Li Ye only grew deeper in their hearts.

……

Shortly after the blood rice matured, the evergreen flowers, which take at least a year to mature and be used as medicine, also began to mature one after another, providing feedback.

[......]
[You cultivate the first-level spiritual plant [Evergreen Flower] to maturity, experience +0.5...]
[......]
[The first-level spiritual plant [Evergreen Flower] has fully matured, and you gain [Evergreen Spiritual Essence] (5%)...]
[......]
In this way, Li Ye, who had already consumed the spiritual essence he had previously obtained, once again harvested three hundred evergreen spiritual essences.

"From now on, the energy consumed in refining pills will be fully sufficient, and there will be no need for interruptions..."

Li Ye looked satisfied and tried to pick a ripe evergreen flower.

[You harvested the first-level spiritual plant [Evergreen Flower], your understanding deepened, and your spiritual essence solidified by +0.1%...]
Ok? !

Is there any enhancement?
He thought this was the same type of thing as Cui Ya Rice!

Such an unexpected surprise made Li Ye, who had originally had no hope, take action immediately. He picked a thousand evergreen flowers in a row and prepared to seal them up.

The panel messages that kept appearing also provided new content when Li Ye was understanding the growth process of this flower.

[......]
[You harvested the first-level spiritual plant [Evergreen Flower], your understanding deepened, and your spiritual essence solidified by +0.1%...]
[【Evergreen Spirit】is 100% solidified and converted into the corresponding entry...]
[Your skill [Planting] gains the level 1 upgrade of the [Wood Spirit] item!]
[[Wood Spirit]: You will have an extra affinity with wood spirit plants. The wood spirit plants you plant and care for will receive additional bonuses, their growth will be more advanced, and there is an extremely small chance that wood spirits may appear.]
"So there are actually special enhancement entries for spiritual plants of different attributes..."

Li Ye was a little surprised, but he was overjoyed. For him, this entry was also extremely practical. After all, he was originally a cultivator of wood spiritual roots, and his need for wood spiritual plants was the greatest.

If the spiritual plant obtained is in better condition, perhaps it will produce more experience points and spiritual essence?

"But what is this 'wood spirit'?"

Li Ye was confused and found the content on the panel a little difficult to understand for the first time.

"Forget it... It's hard to figure out, and it's also an extremely low probability event. I can only look for relevant books to verify it..."

Since I couldn't come to a conclusion on my own and the panel didn't provide any further information, I could only put it aside for now.

After harvesting an acre of evergreen flowers, they are sealed using special techniques and then stored using spirit-sealing arrays to preserve their medicinal properties.

Naturally, new seedlings must be planted on this acre of land.

But for the remaining one acre, Li Ye planned to let it continue to grow, accumulate medicinal properties, and see if the feedback it gave would change.

After completing a good harvest, Li Ye simply gave his two spiritual farmers a few days off.

He came to the sky tree and opened the panel.

[Name: Li Ye]

[Spiritual Roots: Low-grade Earth and Wood Spiritual Roots]

[Age: 27 years old]

【Lifespan: 82 years】

【技能：种植二阶下等（724/7000）、丹药一阶上等（6119/8000）、炼器未入门（125/2000）、符箓二阶下等（487/8000）、蛊术一阶中等（425/4000）、阵法一阶中等（699/8000）】

[Plant Spiritual Essence: Blood Spiritual Essence*1000, Fiery Sun Spiritual Essence*5, Evergreen Spiritual Essence*300]

[Spiritual Essence Entries: Vitality Level 1, Absorption Level 1, Wood Spirit Level 1]

【Experience: 8500】

……

There is no need to think too much about it. The two most important skills for Li Ye now are elixirs and formations.

He directly maxed out his proficiency in making pills, and put all the rest into the formation.

Inspiration surged in his mind, filling Li Ye's thoughts like an explosion. All the accumulations of the past were sublimated into a new foundation at this moment.

He slowly came back to his senses, with a hint of thought and wandering in his eyes, and glanced at the panel again.

[Second-level low-grade elixir (0/15000)]

Such a huge amount almost made him jump in shock.

"I've been farming for a year, and this is all I've harvested... and it's only enough to barely advance to the second level of the Dan Dao?"

The corner of Li Ye's mouth twitched slightly, but the joy on his face became more and more intense.

"Alchemy has been accomplished... but even though we've already done a division on the second-level spiritual field, we still have to keep some of the plants alive to try. Right now, the amount is still a little short!"

"But it's been a few months now, and everyone's patience must have worn thin. Another round of shopping shouldn't be a problem..."

(End of this chapter)