Qingcang Immortal Clan: Starting with Farming to Increase Luck

I've accumulated eight months of good fortune, all for this one moment.

If you're wondering why someone who's accumulated five months' worth of good fortune has eight months' worth, then you have to talk about Lu Jie's gratitude for that acre of green barley.

That's right, the fortune I've had for the past three months came from Lu Jie.

Two months ago, Lu Jie's spiritual field matured. Although the harvest was not good because she didn't manage it properly from the beginning, if we were to calculate it in terms of Lu Yang's luck, it would only take about seven or eight months.

Fortunately, Lingzhitang waived Lu Jie's rent for a month; otherwise, Lu Jie might have struggled for a year without gaining anything.

Lu Jie kept her word. As soon as the green barley ripened and she sold it for spirit stones, she went directly to the seller's house to return the spirit stones.

Each transaction, based on market prices, would only cost one or two spirit stones.

Lu Jie's harvest from that acre of spirit field was not much to begin with. Even if she sold it all, it would only amount to eight contribution points. Lu Jie actually kept two contribution points for herself and gave the rest to Lu Yang.

Lu Yang naturally wouldn't accept them all. Six contribution points were insignificant to Lu Yang at the moment, but they were extremely important to Lu Jie.

People are all getting close to you, so you should at least do them some favors.

Lu Yang only took one contribution point and returned the rest to Lu Jie. Of course, the most important thing was the three months of good fortune, which made Lu Yang quite happy.

Lu Yang then told Lu Jie that he could come and help next time they planted. He said that it would be undignified for Lu Jie, a cultivator, to go to the fields to plant spirit grains, and it would also negatively impact his luck and income.

Lu Jie was naturally overjoyed. If Lu Yang was willing to help, her future income would increase by more than just one contribution point. After all, she had personally witnessed Lu Yang's abilities.

She passed the evaluation and was highly praised by Lingzhi Hall, thus securing her job.

Seeing how much Lu Yang took care of her, Lu Jie felt even more grateful and secretly resolved that she would do her best to help Lu Yang in the future, as long as he asked her to.

Lu Yang had saved Lu Jie's life with that spiritual field, so the three months' worth of fortune he gained wasn't much.

With eight months of good fortune in hand, Lu Yang was naturally more confident about making a breakthrough.

After Lu Jie left, Lu Yang immediately began cultivating.

boom!

As the cultivation technique circulated, thirty streams of spiritual energy flowed into Lu Yang's body, and the spiritual energy from the outside world surged towards him as he broke through.

At this moment, the two acres of Seven Spirit Fields began to nourish Lu Yang, enveloping him with pure spiritual energy, making his breakthrough even smoother.

The spiritual energy surged like a tidal wave, crashing against the spirit seed. Unlike the previous three times when spirit patterns were inscribed, this breakthrough seemed to involve a process of tempering the spirit seed.

Ordinary spirit seeds seem insufficient to inscribe four spirit patterns.

These spiritual runes and spiritual energy all need a more stable home.

As the spirit seed was being forged, the spiritual energy was being consumed rapidly. Lu Yang finally understood why the fourth level of Qi Refining was called a minor bottleneck. With this kind of spiritual energy consumption, most cultivators probably couldn't even accumulate enough energy in one round.

Elixirs and good fortune are probably both indispensable.

With the help of the Spirit Nourishing Pill and two acres of Seven Spirit Fields, coupled with his own good fortune, Lu Yang's cultivation went smoothly, which enabled him to successfully refine the Spirit Seed. Other cultivators may not have such preparations.

Suddenly, the Spirit Seed Hammer seemed to have reached its limit, and the spiritual energy within the Spirit Seed was also mostly depleted.

The remaining spiritual energy began to inscribe the fourth spiritual rune on the spiritual seed.

The inscription of spirit patterns is not something that can be done haphazardly. Spirit patterns are the cultivator's understanding of the cultivation technique. If the understanding of the cultivation technique is insufficient, the inscription of spirit patterns will naturally be fraught with difficulties. With the process hindered, spiritual energy will be consumed in great quantities, and the risk of failure in breaking through will be greatly reduced.

Fortunately, the Spirit Seed Hammering was completed. Even if this breakthrough fails, the next one should be successful in one fell swoop.

However, Lu Yang had no intention of breaking through a second time. He had accumulated five months of good fortune; if he didn't use it now, when would he?

With his fortunes surging, a flood of insights rushed into Lu Yang's mind, causing him to once again enter a state of profound enlightenment.

A golden sun rose into the sky, and the great rivers roared as they flowed towards it. Suddenly, a sharp golden aura cleaved through the rivers, splitting them in two.

Within the spirit seed, seemingly in harmony with Lu Yang's comprehension, a sharp golden aura arose from the spirit seed and suddenly struck it.

The process of inscribing spirit patterns, which was originally slow, was now more than halfway complete. As the saying goes, the beginning is always the hardest, but with this start, the progress was instantly accelerated.

Unlike the previous three spiritual runes, this fourth spiritual rune resembled a river, running across the spiritual seed.

With the completion of the fourth spirit rune, Lu Yang felt that the spiritual energy within the spirit seed began to undergo a qualitative change.

In fact, each breakthrough in the Qi Refining stage is not just about increasing the quantity of spiritual energy, but also about purifying its quality.

It's just that compared to the fourth level of Qi Refining, the previous three levels are really inferior.

His cultivation level had already broken through, but the cultivation technique continued to run. Lu Yang was still in the process of enlightenment. The Golden Sun Opening River allowed the spiritual energy in Lu Yang's body to circulate freely. The quality of each cultivation session was higher than before, and the growth of spiritual energy was naturally faster.

Moreover, with such expansive and dynamic cultivation, Lu Yang's meridians would undergo a tempering process with each cycle of his practice.

one two Three……

After a full twelve cycles, the momentum of his cultivation slowed down. However, compared to before his breakthrough, Lu Yang's meridians had been expanded by more than double, and their resilience had been greatly enhanced.

Slowly emerging from his moment of enlightenment, Lu Yang felt a surge of joy as he assessed his own cultivation level.

Qi Refining Level 4, done!

Moreover, it wasn't even in its initial stage. Twelve streams of spiritual energy circulated within the spiritual seed, and with five months of favorable fortune, Lu Yang directly entered a state of enlightenment.

Similar to the proficiency level of spells, martial arts techniques also have different levels of proficiency.

Beginner, minor success, major success, and perfection.

Previously, Lu Yang's progress in the Golden Sun Opening River Technique could only be considered as an entry-level skill. After all, the cultivation period was short, and while the cultivation speed was fast, the proficiency of the technique could not be achieved overnight.

However, this sudden enlightenment allowed Lu Yang to go a long way on the path to mastery.

If this happened again, Lu Yang might be able to directly achieve minor success in his cultivation technique.

Even though he hasn't mastered the technique yet, the increased proficiency means that Lu Yang gains more with each practice session.

The cultivation of the fourth level of Qi Refining requires the accumulation of forty strands of spiritual energy. Of course, the quality of these forty strands of spiritual energy is incomparable to that of the third level of Qi Refining.

Converted to the quality of spiritual energy at the third level of Qi Refining, these forty strands of spiritual energy are equivalent to more than four hundred strands.

This is the true value of the mid-stage Qi Refining realm; no wonder minor bottlenecks are so difficult to overcome.

More importantly, if even minor bottlenecks are like this, how will major bottlenecks in the Foundation Establishment stage be handled? With this in mind, it's understandable that Lu Qingren doesn't have too many extravagant hopes.

The twelve streams of spiritual energy allowed Lu Yang to advance at least halfway through the fourth level of Qi Refining.

But as happy as he was, the five months of accumulated good fortune were also wiped out. "Why is this good fortune so short-lived?"

Fortunately, Lu Yang still has a mature spirit field. After the harvest, he will gain at least three more years of good fortune.

This year's harvest will definitely be better than last year's, and our fortunes should also see some improvement.

"Oh no, this is bad."

Lu Yang looked at the spirit field and was surprised. He had pulled too hard during cultivation, and the spirit rice was drooping.

We dare not be careless; the spirit valley may be small, but the fortune is immense.

Even after directly applying the Lesser Cloud Rain Technique and the Lesser Thick Earth Technique, still feeling uneasy, Lu Yang quickly used the Lesser Spirit Interception Technique to intercept the spiritual energy, followed by the Lesser Spirit Gathering Technique. For the next ten days, Lu Yang continued to nurture the spiritual energy with the Lesser Spirit Condensation Technique.

After all this trouble, the two acres of Qilingyang rice finally stood upright again, allowing Lu Yang to breathe a sigh of relief.