Cultivation begins with harvest.

"A couple of days? That's fine too. I can pay for the printing." Cao Fang said generously. "But let's go report it to the building management now, since you did accept my things after all."

For small transactions, although contracts are not required, the recognition of the division of the property makes it much harder to renege on the deal.

"It's not about making rubbings; we need to find an artist to draw some of the movements," Chen Guang said.

"Hmm?" This time, Cao Fang's expression turned serious. "You're not trying to say that the Blood Scripture is just in your head, and you're relying entirely on your memory, are you?"

Chen Guang nodded.

Generally, scattered traditions that have survived to this day are in one of two forms: one is books, and this form of record has not been eliminated in the cultivation world.

Secondly, there are jade slips, which store information that can directly access the soul. Information can be directly infused into the mind without needing to understand it. However, they are expensive and vary from person to person. Cultivators with weak souls have limited speed in inputting information into jade slips. Reading is simple, but adding things to jade slips is not fast, at least for cultivators at the Qi Refining stage.

Regardless of the type, you can just go to the market to make a rubbing.

Memorized in your mind?

Cao Fang stared wide-eyed: "No books, no jade slips left behind?"

Chen Guang nodded.

Cao Fang almost jumped up: "How am I supposed to know if you're telling the truth? If you're deliberately deceiving me, where can I go to seek justice?"

"The Dingzhen tea tree you gave me isn't in good condition either; it's diseased," Chen Guang said.

"Those are two seedlings, two seedlings! Although they are sick, their vitality is not greatly damaged. If you can't tell, you can find someone to identify them, but I can't accept you just using what you remember to fob me off." Cao Fang crossed her arms and said loudly.

Chen Guang laughed and said, "Senior Sister Cao, you're just worried, that's why you're flustered. The Scripture Pavilion offers a service to authenticate spells and cultivation techniques, checking for errors and omissions. Spells cost 50 catties of spirit rice per test, and cultivation techniques cost 300 catties of spirit rice per test. If we each pay half, isn't that fair?"

Cao Fang blushed; she had indeed been a bit hasty. Actually, seeing Chen Guang's calm demeanor, she had already realized what was going on: "Shouldn't you be the one paying for this...?"

Chen Guang interrupted her directly: "What you gave me were two diseased spiritual tea seedlings. I don't even know how much I'll have to invest, and hiring an artist will also cost money. I've paid for this and even covered half of the appraisal fee for you. That's more than fair."

"Alright, then once you've compiled the cultivation method, call me to the Scripture Pavilion." Cao Fang agreed.

Neither party had any major objections, so they went to the branch office to register the transaction details and had the branch office stewards witness it, so that if anyone wanted to renege on the deal in the future, they would have a legal basis to do so.

Back in the courtyard, Chen Guang began to make careful plans.

So, next year I will need to take care of two acres of spirit rice fields, one acre of jade heart grass, one acre of spirit fields that the sect plans to plant, and the remaining acre of spirit fields will be used to plant ice pine and spirit-concentrating flower, as well as frost grass to assist the two. The environment has been transformed into a cold environment, which is not suitable for other spirit plants.

There's also the bonsai "Moon Rainbow Robe" and the two Dingzhen tea trees that are planned to be planted.

If he breaks through to the second level of Qi Refining before next spring, well, that's a sure thing. Then he'll have another acre of spiritual field that the sect plans to cultivate and another acre of spiritual field that he can freely plan. If nothing unexpected happens, it should mainly be planted with Linquan pumpkins. Chen Guang also plans to plant some blood he shou wu, but he still needs to buy the seeds.

He still has some spiritual plant vegetable chili peppers, half an acre of swallowtail grass seeds, and 11 Linquan pumpkin seeds, and less than 700 yuan in Suiyuan.

There are also the spells for the cold-attribute spirit plants of the Three Needles, and the Flame Mist spell. Since we are going to plant spirit tea trees, we have to practice them. Considering all this, the Spirit Gathering Slash, which we still haven't mastered, will probably continue to gather dust.

Looking at it this way, it really is a case of being both poor and exhausted.

"Fortunately, the Jade Heart Grass can provide cultivation, so I don't have to worry about not having enough time to cultivate while tending to the spirit fields. But thinking about it, this burden is still quite heavy."

Thinking about tomorrow, the plan to plant the Concentrated Flower in the ground had to be postponed. The matter of setting up the Dingzhen Tea Tree and going to the market to find a painter also needed to be completed as soon as possible, so that he could feel at ease sooner.

Cultivators often have various hobbies, and some are even artists who can draw based on descriptions. Their fees aren't high; the first volume of the "Blood Scripture" contains fifteen sets of movements, which would cost about a hundred catties of spirit rice.

The Dingzhen Tea Tree was left untouched. Moving it from one type of spiritual soil to another would require thoroughly cleaning away any traces of the previous spiritual soil, unless it was ultimately moved to Xi Tu. This was a delicate and time-consuming task, so Chen Guang wasn't in a hurry to transfer the Dingzhen Tea Tree to Fuyou Yun Tu. Instead, he lit a lantern and, under the cover of night, picked two Linquan Pumpkins to sell on the way to the market.

There are still twelve Linquan pumpkins in the field, which will be ripe in the next few days. I also went to check on the other spirit fields.

Most of the Jade Heart Grass has started to emit white reward orbs, which means it's time to prepare for harvesting.

The last red peonies are starting to bloom as well.

Back in the courtyard, entering the bedroom, Chen Guangcai calmly opened the two reward orbs.

"Harvested one Linquan Pumpkin (Common) and obtained one Low-Grade Spiritual Artifact [Thousand Water Gourd]."

"Harvested one Common Spring Pumpkin, gained one Spell: [Spring Water Spell]."

"The first phase of harvest accumulation for the Thousand Water Gourd has been completed, yielding one Thousand Water Gourd refining recipe, unlocking more harvest content."

The refining formula for the Thousand Water Gourd flooded into Chen Guang's mind and was quickly digested and absorbed. With just a little thought, he could understand the meaning of each step.

"So even magical artifacts can accumulate rewards repeatedly." Chen Guang was overjoyed.

Unlike the Spirit Soil, where the reward is a section of Purple Spirit Earth Root every 999 times, the reward for Spirit Weapons is the same as the Thousand Water Gourd refining recipe, which is obtained every 9 harvests. Like the previous Blood Scripture and Blood-Containing Technique, each time you get this kind of repeated reward related to "understanding", you will increase your proficiency and understanding.

As for spirit plants, there is no mechanism for duplicate rewards, which Chen Guang finds quite regrettable. However, spirit plants provide direct income such as fruits, stems, and leaves, so it's not too bad.

The next morning, because Zi Hua Qing Yin had not yet completed his cultivation, he did not get up early to welcome the arrival of the purple aura from the east. Chen Guang slept in late, which was rare for him. He got up slowly and was still cooking when there was a knock on the courtyard gate.

Jiang Zuoyun was already standing at the door. When he saw Chen Guang open the door, he smiled and handed a brocade bag to Chen Guang: "Junior Brother Chen, the reward and compensation of six thousand catties of spirit rice can be exchanged for seeds of Linquan pumpkins. It's enough for you to plant two acres of spirit land, and you'll still have a few seeds left over."

"Press your handprint here, and the handover will be complete."

Chen Guangxian took the brocade bag and opened it. Inside were thirty-four seeds that looked like ordinary spiritual pumpkins. Chen Guangxian quickly scanned them with his magic power to confirm that they were correct before signing and affixing his seal on the document brought by Jiang Zuoyun.

"Junior brother must have many things to attend to, so I won't disturb you any longer. If there's anything urgent, just come find me at the branch building." Jiang Zuoyun's voice was gentle. He chatted casually with Chen Guang for a few words before leaving.

Chen Guang examined the thirty-four seeds of Linquan pumpkin in his hand, feeling quite emotional.

The small bag in his hand contained six thousand catties of spirit rice, which was converted into only thirty-four Linquan pumpkin seeds. This was through internal channels, at cost price, not market price. The market price was estimated to be around twenty-eight seeds, and even then, there was no market for them.

"Plus, I still have 11 seeds here. Once I harvest 50 Linquan Pumpkins, barring any unforeseen circumstances, I'll be able to obtain the Linquan Pumpkin Seed Condensation Technique. I really got a steal from that stall back then."

After storing the seeds in the Black Void Serpent's belt, Chen Guang felt the boundless beauty of the rising sun and happily practiced a set of the "Blood Pan Scripture" to suppress his excitement.

Eat, then go out!