Cultivation begins with harvest.

After spending 2300 catties of spirit rice, everything needed was prepared.

The six large magnolia trees were planted in advance after their positions and distances were determined by the interaction between the soil and wood. The magnolia trees, with their deep red leaves like blood and a height of two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters), shone brightly in the sunlight, as if they wanted to compete with the sun to see who was more dazzling.

Another large jujube tree was planted near the thorny bush.

The red-scaled stone, resembling irregularly shaped rocks covered in snake scales, can only increase heat, not generate it. It's not very suitable for use in the nests of ice-armored turtles and can only be used in fields of red peony and fiery heart grass.

Ten days later, this year's seeds were delivered to Chen Guang, reminding him that spring planting was approaching.

The leisurely cultivation time passed quickly, and before long it was time for spring plowing, so Chen Guang began to make some preparations.

The seeds of the two mu of Lingmi rice were soaked in Linquan spring water before planting to improve the quality of the Lingmi rice.

Half of the purchased spirit charcoal was broken into small pieces. Mixing these pieces with the soil at the location where the red peony seeds are planted will make the red peonies bloom earlier. However, there should be no spirit charcoal powder, otherwise the spirit charcoal may be ignited under the influence of the red peony's own temperature. As for the red scale stones, they can only be placed after the red peony seedlings have grown.

The more troublesome part is the processing of the red peony seeds, which need to be roasted with spiritual fire. It's still too early now, as the red peony seeds will germinate on the same day they are roasted, so there's no way to prepare them in advance.

As soon as spring plowing season arrived, Chen Guang became busy.

Seven acres of spiritual fields require a considerable amount of labor. The Jade Heart Grass will be planted first. Having cultivated it for many years, we are very familiar with the process. This year, we will still plant 76 plants, which is the most suitable number for one acre.

Linquan pumpkins are planted in late spring and early summer, and the soil for black thistles hasn't even been mixed in yet.

With the spiritual energy array working, Chen Guang was less tired. As the weather gradually warmed up, Yue Ni Chang finally blossomed with a bright red light the night before Chen Guang prepared the red peony seeds, indicating that they had truly matured.

"Received one Moonlit Robe (Common) and obtained one Low-Grade Spiritual Artifact [Red Snow Robe]."

"Spiritual artifact clothing?"

Chen Guang became interested and unfolded a light, bright red robe in his hand. It was warm and silky, and even just touching it gave him a sense of comfort.

The clothes worn by the outer disciples of the Qingheng Sect were only made of good material, not spiritual artifacts. This was the first time Chen Guang had ever come into contact with spiritual artifact clothing.

The Red Snow Robe possesses unique abilities, including maintaining body temperature, protecting against rain and snow, and creating shimmering light and shadow effects when activated by magic, making it difficult to discern its true location during rapid movement. In addition, it is extremely resilient.

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Qi Refining cultivators are alright; their need for spiritual artifacts and clothing is ambiguous.

Body-refining cultivators absolutely need them. They often engage in close-quarters combat, and if their clothing isn't durable enough, the price they pay might be a loss of dignity. This is especially true for high-level cultivators, who are even more concerned about this. Spiritual artifact clothing itself has protective capabilities, and combined with maintaining dignity, it's very popular.

Chen Guang's first thought was that the red snow robe could be sold to the Qi Hall disciples on the snow peak. Maintaining temperature and preventing it from getting wet from rain and snow was quite effective.

Chen Guang put away the red snow robe and used the earth-wood interaction to sense the Moon Rainbow Robe, confirming his guess.

The Moonlit Garment has three kinds of radiance: blue river, red glow, and white stone.

When the Moonlit Robe matured, the Crimson Glow gained the upper hand, and in the end, the Moonlit Robe with a more Light Glow attribute was obtained. The reward was the Red Snow Robe. Chen Guang could roughly guess that whatever attribute it leaned towards, the clothing he would receive would be of that attribute.

The specific attributes of Moonlit Robe can be affected by external factors. When external interference is weak, it becomes random.

"I could really get a few more Moonlit Robes. The demand for clothing is never low. The Red Snow Robe isn't particularly beautiful, but the exquisite craftsmanship beneath its bright red color, aside from resembling a wedding robe, isn't bad-looking and has a market. Plus, with the profits from Moon Essence Liquid, and since it's a potted plant, I can still reap rewards without much effort."

Chen Guang had made up his mind.

For Moon Rainbow Robe and Fire Blood Tortoise Shell Tree, Chen Guang only did the basic work of weeding, loosening the soil, and watering, without providing any further assistance. One required the spiritual energy of flowers, and the other required the blood of a fire-attribute spirit tortoise, neither of which were easy conditions, so he had no choice but to make do.

However, it is still worthwhile to increase the number of Moonlit Cloak plants. Before maturity, it can provide a few drops of Moon Essence Liquid per day, and after maturity, it can provide more than ten drops per day. The quality of the spiritual plant has a significant impact, but this amount is still usable.

Chen Guang did not forget that nourishing beast food requires Moon Essence Liquid, and nourishing beast food can accelerate the growth rate of first-tier spirit beasts.

This is an entire industry chain. A single Moon Rainbow plant has a short lifespan of six years or a long lifespan of ten years, so it doesn't really matter. It's quite a good deal.

The nourishing beast food requires century-old spirit wood, moon essence liquid, swallowtail grass, yellow wormwood, and monster meat. The latter three can be purchased, and mature Xuanwen bamboo can meet the standard for century-old spirit wood.

A hundred years is a degree. According to the standard of one year, the amount of spiritual energy increases to the level of a hundred years, and it becomes a hundred-year spiritual medicine. However, the spiritual energy inside most first-order spiritual plants is relatively fixed after they mature. Only first-order spiritual woods can generally continue to slowly increase their spiritual energy. As they age, they become more special, and the concentration of spiritual energy can significantly enhance the effect of this stage.

Further up the hierarchy, the proportion of second- and third-tier spiritual plants that can increase in medicinal properties with age will become increasingly larger.

At this stage, Chen Guang only needs to accumulate enough Moon Essence Liquid and wait for the Mysterious Pattern Bamboo to grow before he can try to make nourishing animal food.

The only downside is that the spiritual artifacts are not as effective at preserving spiritual liquid as the Thousand Water Gourds. The spiritual liquid is too easily contaminated. Selling all the Thousand Water Gourds wasn't a mistake, but it just adds a bit of trouble now.

To this end, Chen Guang also used his knowledge to set up a spirit-gathering array, which extended the preservation time of the spirit liquid, probably enough to last until the first batch of Linquan pumpkins matured.

The next morning, Chen Guang set up an array in the courtyard to prepare to roast the red peony seeds.

This formation has a very simple function: it only protects against wind and is completely useless against scorching seeds. Chen Guang only used it to refine some scattered divination objects after studying "Basic Formations" and "Divination Objects". Using it would be useless, and not using it would feel like a waste. He mainly chose to set up a windproof formation out of a sense of joy at having a slight understanding of formations, hoping for good luck.

The key points for roasting red peony seeds are: dark green inside, warm and sinking.

If the outer skin is intact, the black color fades to a dark gray, and the seeds feel warm but not scalding, and become noticeably heavier, then it is considered?????? (qualified/acceptable).

Chen Guang gathered a small pile of spirit wood charcoal, lit it with fire, and then used his magic to urge it on. Instantly, it burst into a blazing flame, the tip of which flickered with a bluish-green color, a sign of abundant wood-attribute spiritual energy.

This is not the Kui Flame, but merely a flame imbued with spiritual energy, which is hotter and brighter.

Chen Guang had practiced condensing the Kui Flame many times. He made hand seals and remained silent for a long time. After a while, the flame became lower and lower, and its blue-green color became more and more obvious. Suddenly, he spat out a mouthful of pure magic power, and the burning flame immediately jumped up by 10 feet. Chen Guang reached out and grasped the flame. The completely blue flame above the horizontal position directly in front of his palm was cut off and finally became a round, spherical flame that was no longer flickering. Its appearance changed drastically, and only the strong temperature was released steadily. This was the Kui Flame.

Chen Guang manipulated the Kui Flame to be positioned three inches above the spirit charcoal flame. He could see wisps of blue flame being constantly drawn by the Kui Flame to sustain its own combustion, causing the fire below to display a normal flame color.

This is the normal procedure for most cultivators to use Kui Flame. Each time it is used, Kui Flame needs to be re-condensed. Fortunately, Kui Flame is the simplest of the five basic spiritual fires acquired after birth. It is troublesome but not difficult.

If you want to use it whenever you want, you need a special way to preserve the spirit fire. Once you have the fire seed, you can summon it directly when needed.

The Azure Flame is like that; it resides in the liver and internal organs, and when used, it can be quickly replenished by consuming mana.

Kui Yan was gentle and even more obedient under Chen Guang's command. He held a red peony seed in his right hand, brought it close to Kui Yan, and guided a tiny wisp of Kui Yan to envelop the red peony seed, quickly sweeping it across its surface, repeating this process over and over.

This was also Chen Guang's first time roasting red peony seeds, so he did it one by one. Otherwise, with his excellent flame control, he could have roasted multiple seeds at once.

This is a slow and delicate process. If you rush it, the outer skin will be scorched and damaged, and the inside of the seed will be burned away. If the heat is too high, all the moisture will evaporate, and the seed will die even if it doesn't die.

In particular, it is forbidden to use tricks such as Flame Mist, as the high temperature with sufficient moisture on the outside will directly steam the seeds.

One after another, wisps of Kui Flame were summoned, covering the surface of the seed. With the slightest touch, they flew away swiftly.

The dark seed finally shed its outer skin, revealing its dark brown color. Chen Guang turned off the fire and carefully felt the seed; it was warm and a little heavier.

This is the proper roasting result. Red peony seeds treated this way, if planted in the morning, will sprout through the soil and reach the ground by noon. Not only will there be no aftereffects, but they will also grow stronger. Chen Guang could only sense that this method stimulated the vital energy within the seeds, causing some kind of change.

After trying a few more seeds individually and gaining experience, Chen Guang no longer hesitated. He roasted twenty or thirty seeds at once, and strands of blue flames wove into a net, completely covering the seeds.

With skillful flame control, only four seeds were damaged by the time the treatment was completed. Chen Guang hurriedly took these treated seeds to the field and planted them immediately.