Cultivation begins with harvest.

A month later, Chen Guang stood in front of the spirit field of the Void Flower Tree, deep in thought.

A dark cloud shrouded the spirit field where the Void Flower Tree was located. To be honest, it was more comfortable here than in Chen Guang's room. It was cool and dry. Even with Chen Guang's first level of body refinement, he only felt refreshed in the north wind. The Wind-Catching Lamp was used more frequently this season, making it even more comfortable to stand here. The Void Flower Tree was not afraid of the cold, but the frost and ice would cause trouble after they melted, so Chen Guang had to be careful.

The illusory flower tree is now as tall as a person, but it is too slender, only two inches thick. Although it has many branches, each branch has only two or three leaves with purple edges. When the leaves are shaken by the wind-catching lamp, you can see the purple shadows overlapping.

It will take another two years to obtain the first batch of flowers from the illusory flower tree.

"I think the formation can still be modified. The stall owner's original design was based on practicality and simplicity. He wasn't a spirit plant master, nor was he the spirit plant master for this acre of spirit field. There's still a lot of room for improvement, so I'll have to do it myself."

Even at its current level, Chen Guang would still say that the improvement to this formation is good, but it can be even better, which is something that cannot be ignored.

The evaluation of both the illusory flower wood and the three-smoke rice is a measure of the quality of the spiritual plants cultivated by the upper echelons of the Earth Hall. The evaluation of the three-smoke rice is acceptable, as it is well done in both quantity and quality. Although it is difficult to improve the quality of the illusory flower wood, we must still do our best. Continuing to improve the formation is also imperative.

The Cloud Tower Formation inheritance refers to each basic function of the formation as a "Yuan". The primary and secondary roles and positions of different Yuan constitute a common central hub. The more Chen Guang comprehended it, the more ideas he had. When he looked at other formations, he changed his perspective and naturally gained a lot.

"Junior Brother's illusory flower tree is quite impressive; the sect certainly didn't misjudge you," Jiang Zuoyun said as he approached.

Chen Guang was focused on the formation and noticed the figure approaching, but didn't realize it was Jiang Zuoyun. He quickly asked, "Senior Brother, you've come with a mission this time, haven't you?"

Jiang Zuoyun nodded: "That's right. You're already in the mid-stage of Qi Refining. You can choose to plant rice, millet, and sorghum in the two basic mu of spiritual rice fields. You can choose one of each or different ones. This is a list of the five grain spiritual plants available."

Jiang Zuoyun handed over a list, which Chen Guang took and looked at carefully.

"Spirit Rice, Fire Rice, Golden Rice, Three-Tobacco Rice, Spring Yellow Millet, Chen Guang Millet, Woshui Millet..." Chen Guang softly recited the names of various spiritual plants, while carefully considering which one was suitable. This list contained as many as thirty-eight kinds of spiritual grains.

Among them, millet such as Woshui millet, which requires paddy fields, was directly abandoned by Chen Guang.

The spring millet, which requires extensive and continuous wind and rain control, has also been abandoned. Chen Guang's spiritual fields are already chaotic enough, with each plant having its own needs, from water to light, from rain to temperature. Adding another plant would likely have some impact, even with a spiritual energy array. Some bad signs are already emerging, so Chen Guang prefers to choose spiritual plants that are peaceful and even have a regulating effect.

The choice is for the Spirit Rice, which can produce pure spiritual energy with universal uses. Chen Guang would not easily give it up for this reason alone. However, its economic value is too low. In addition, the spiritual items required for the first level of the Clear Spirit Eye are all available, and the second level is far away. It is too early to plan ahead. It is not impossible to give it up.

Furthermore, in the mid-stage of Qi Refining, very few cultivators choose the most basic spirit rice. If there are necessary conditions, it's okay to be a little strange, but now it seems that this is a problem that can be considered both a big and a small one.

There were thirty-eight options, but Chen Guang only had two choices in the end.

One is the [Golden Yunnan Rice], a metallic spirit rice and a first-grade top-quality spirit plant. It is the only one among these thirty-eight spirit plants that is used to feed dead things!

The so-called feeding is actually the process of using specific methods to release the spiritual energy of the Golden Rice, which is then absorbed by other spiritual beings.

Feeding on minerals can improve the quality of spirit ore, making the metal elemental energy purer and giving it resilience. It is also often used to "feed" spirit artifacts, allowing them to repair some simple injuries and increase their resilience and defensive capabilities. The specific method is not complicated, but it is still an expense, requiring the construction of specific formations and the learning of fixed spells.

Just as the Dingzhen tea tree needs black vein stone and red scale stone slabs, each time the tea is processed, black vein stone and red scale stone are lost. The black vein stone slab in Chen Guang's hands can fully process 10,000 catties of Dingzhen tea, while the red scale stone slab is only a little over 2,000 catties. However, there are two of them, which can be used for many years.

Golden Yunnan rice also needs the assistance of such spiritual objects to "feed" the spiritual artifacts, and the consumption is greater than that of spiritual tea.

In addition, Golden Rice can isolate, or more precisely, cut off the relatively chaotic changes in Qi, thus weakening the impact of Qi between the spiritual plants at both ends. The downside is that spiritual plants near Golden Rice will be significantly affected, and the plants are prone to developing fragile diseases.

Chen Guang intended to use Golden Yunnan Rice, which, along with Golden Millet, was part of the Thousand Needle Wren's diet and could enhance their golden beaks. However, the effect was not significant, and the main purpose was to prepare it for his own defensive inner armor, the Golden Scale Armor.

Fear of death is not a shameful reason, and strengthening defenses is perfectly reasonable.

Another type of spiritual plant is the "Drum Millet" among millet. Whenever complex spiritual energy spreads into the distance, this spiritual plant will emit a sound like a drum, dispersing the chaotic spiritual energy and restoring it to calm.

Both are top-tier first-class items, and rare spiritual plants related to music. They can also be used to brew a spiritual wine called "Thunder Sound Wine," which has certain body-refining effects, such as stabilizing injuries, treating qi deviation, and clearing hidden ailments. It is extremely valuable, but also extremely difficult to cultivate.

From all aspects and in terms of future prospects, it is an excellent choice. However, the only problem is that while using millet to quell the chaotic spiritual energy in Chen Guangling's field, it cannot be of high quality.

The millet needs a stable environment and can only be drummed a maximum of ninety-nine times in its lifetime. Each time it is drummed before it is fully ripe, it will have an irreparable negative impact on its final quality.

This means that Chen Guang not only had to provide it with the best conditions, but also had to be prepared for a complete loss, otherwise it would be far from reaching ninety-nine times, and the effect of coordinating the chaotic and ingenious mechanism would not be as expected.

"I choose millet." Chen Guang made his decision after a moment's thought.

Jiang Zuoyun wasn't very surprised. After looking around at Chen Guang's spirit fields, he affirmed, "There aren't many spirit farmers who make this choice. Most spirit farmers' spirit fields haven't reached the point where they need to process the spiritual energy. Those who can make this choice are all quite accomplished spirit farmers. I should congratulate you."

"There was something else I wanted to tell you. If the chaotic spiritual energy in your spiritual field expands by the end of this year, you will have to pay an additional 3,000 grains of rice per year for isolation fees to ensure that other spiritual farmers are not affected by you. It seems that you have already considered this."

"What you say is absolutely right, senior brother."

Chen Guang's other consideration was that the first year of growing glutinous rice could be tolerated with minimal investment, and the treatment could be improved the following year when there was more money. Golden rice was different; if the environment was not suitable, it would not germinate or grow. Compared to the other two, glutinous rice, a spiritual plant that could tolerate being neglected, was the best choice.

"The rest of the plan is similar to last year, basically continuing the requirements from last year. However, since you are at the fourth level of Qi Refining, the number of Jade Heart Grass you need to pay this year has increased from thirty to forty. There are no other major changes, so please keep an eye on it." Jiang Zuoyun gave a few more details before drifting away.