Cultivation begins with harvest.

"Senior brother, I promised to give you Zhan Yang Hua before the New Year. I still want to thank you for your teachings. You preserved the Jade Heart Grass with its outstanding quality. I realized that I almost missed a great opportunity."

On this day, as Chen Guang eagerly awaited, Dongfang Lieming finally decided to hand over the Zhan Yang Flower to Chen Guang ahead of schedule. Dongfang Lieming felt that he had reaped a great harvest in the past year, so he was naturally willing to give up this investment. Otherwise, if he felt that the harvest was meager, he would have had other thoughts.

The fact that I visited less often later on, but learned a lot from Chen Guang, does not contradict that.

"I did this for the sake of Zhan Yang Hua, so I feel unworthy of your words, Miss Dongfang."

Chen Guang took the box, opened it a crack, took a closer look, and then put it away. Satisfied, he poured tea and water for Dongfang Lieming.

"Senior brother, you're too kind..."

Compared to the shyness and naivety of Dongfang Lieming when he first arrived years ago, Dongfang Lieming is now quite poised and generous. Although he can flatter, he keeps his words within a reasonable bounds so as not to be offensive. The two sides are deliberately trying to get along, so naturally, both host and guest are happy.

Dongfang Lieming still consulted Chen Guang about his insights on comprehending Qi. Everyone thinks they are special, but when they haven't refined their magic power by the time they borrow books in the first year, they start to feel anxious. So Chen Guang just told Dongfang Lieming not to be impatient. Her talent was just as good as his back then, and she would definitely be able to enter the ranks of Qi refiners within three years.

But at this point in time, this level of comfort is the least effective. After offering a few perfunctory words, Dongfang Lieming and Chen GG resigned.

Before Chen Guang could even properly examine the Zhan Yang flower, Yang Qingfeng knocked on his door again. Besides purchasing Lin Quan pumpkins, Yang Qingfeng once again invited Chen Guang to attend a small meeting. Chen Guang naturally accepted, as he was also looking for sellers of high-quality water-attribute spiritual plants. However, he couldn't find any spiritual plants that were quite satisfactory in the various shops in Xingfeng Market.

While Ziling Pavilion and Chunyuan Residence do offer high-quality options, their specific characteristics don't quite align with Chen Guang's needs, leaving him hesitant to make a decision.

Once Lin Miao decides to nurture, it's difficult to change his mind easily. He needs to improve his proficiency with the Jianmu technique before he can change it, which could take forever. Therefore, Chen Guang doesn't dare to make a specific decision casually.

Therefore, I don't mind giving it a try whenever possible.

Wei Donglai and Zhong Qi, who should have returned much earlier, have not yet returned. After a year of training at the martial arts arena, Chen Guang felt he had gained many insights and wanted to exchange and verify them.

The training ground is no longer of much use to Chen Guang; after practicing over and over again, he has reached a plateau in his progress.

But since the person didn't return, these plans had to be abandoned.

The Sanyan rice finally matured before the meeting began. However, only a sparse number of rice plants were visible to the naked eye on the one mu of spiritual field. Through the reward light, Chen Guang confirmed that a total of 403 Sanyan rice plants had matured, which was a decent number.

"Apart from that centipede, you can eat the rest."

Through the communication of language, Chen Guang gave commands to the two wrens on his shoulders.

Both Thousand Needle Wrens have already left their juvenile stage and now possess all four innate magical abilities. Their feathers are mainly grayish-white, with some gold feathers on their bellies extending all the way to their foreheads. Their eyebrows are noticeably longer, hanging at the corners of their eyes. They are only about the size of a fist, but their aura is released freely, and they are not much weaker than Chen Guang.

It possesses a pot of magic power as soon as it leaves the larval stage, and by adulthood it will have at least fifteen pots of magic power, equivalent to the seventh level of Qi Refining. Its physical strength is slightly weaker, but it is still equivalent to the foundation of the fifth level of Body Refining.

Even if it does nothing but eat its fill, the thousand-needle can grow to this level; it's a talent that others can only envy.

This is talent, something you're born with.

Upon hearing Chen Guang's command, both thousand-needle wrens chirped excitedly and darted into the three-meter-long spiritual field with a "whoosh".

Although both were excited, it was still clear that the second one had a better flight speed and combat strength, while the third one had a sharper observation ability.

After the two birds had cleared away all the ferocious insects around them, Chen Guang stepped inside and grasped a rice stalk with three grains of rice.

Each ear of rice has only five grains, each the size of a fingernail, weighing down the top of the three-tongue rice stalk. The grains are encased in a hard, grayish-yellow shell. If you open your hand and shake it gently, the grains will fall out of the shell, but they will still be pitted and uneven. Even without getting close, you can smell the distinct fragrance of rice mixed with the fishy stench of insect fluids, a mixture that is hard to describe.

Three-smoke rice is definitely not for human consumption.

However, the stronger the odor and the more pitted and uneven the surface, the more resilient and elastic it is, and the better its quality.

After taking a look around, Chen Guang withdrew, waiting for the disciples from the branch building to come and reap the rewards.

Having paid a considerable price, the quality was naturally excellent, with at least outstanding quality and many being of superior quality. The 403 mature Sanyan rice plants provided me with 971 portions of "Cordyceps Qi".

As expected, it wasn't the aura of purity and spirit, so Chen Guang wasn't particularly surprised.

Cordyceps' energy is also true qi, which can be used for nourishing medicine and for raising worms. In critical situations, cordyceps' energy can be directly taken to heal injuries.

Every 777 strands of cordyceps energy can form a complete stream of true qi.

It's not entirely useless, but it's not as widely applicable as the Pure Spirit Qi.

"Let's continue planting the Three-Smoke Rice. It can be used to raise Gu (a type of insect) and obtain the energy of Cordyceps, a mutually beneficial arrangement; or it can provide sustenance for two Thousand-Needle Wrens."

In fact, Chen Guang had this long-term plan when he built the poison gas wall. It was just raising Gu, but he wouldn't release poisonous insects to launch a sneak attack. It would be a disservice to his insidious tactical approach.

An unsuspecting cultivator who encounters Chen Guang and sees his fire-attribute magic will surely assume he is a straightforward and honest gentleman, a daring and aggressive hero. His sudden release of flying needles and exorcising of poisonous insects would be enough to give an unruly opponent a hard time.

If you then use a dream-talking spell to disturb their mind, you can directly declare that victory is assured.

Didn't we raise a centipede-like Gu this year?

"Keep an eye on it, don't let the centipede escape."

The two thousand-needle wrens are very active every day. They have made their home on two Dingzhen tea trees and have now become two guards in Chen Guang's house. They are naturally happy to do what Chen Guang has arranged.

The first stage of Sanyanmi is a short flute of low-grade spiritual artifact called the "Mixed Insect Flute". The sound it emits can cause insect swarms to become chaotic and disorderly. It is not used to control one's own Gu insects, but to deal with wild Gu insects and the Gu insects of other cultivators.

At the same time, the number of Purple Spirit Earth Roots also reached 13.

"It has to be Frostweed again. The Ice Essence Bottle reward is probably comparable in power to a high-grade spiritual weapon. The first-stage rewards for other spiritual herbs are either second-tier materials or low-grade spiritual weapons. It seems the second-stage reward for Frostweed is much more anticipated."

After inviting the disciples from the branch building to harvest the three-layered rice, this year's planting was finally completed.