Cultivation begins with harvest.

After careful consideration, it was found that this harvest was more related to the battle, especially the Cotton Fire Needle. After storing 100 flying needles in the Void Storage Box, there were still 87 left in the Black Void Serpent Belt. The key is that the market for this item is not very large, probably only slightly better than the Thousand Water Gourd. Even if it were sold to those shops all at once, those shops might not be able to buy it all.

The Yin Fire Pills were packaged in a specially made jade box. There weren't enough spirit tool bottles to sort them into three pills per bottle, so this was the only way to handle it.

"Let's try the cotton fire needle first."

Taking advantage of the darkness, Chen Guang activated his magic, and a red flying needle appeared in his hand. Without any movement, the needle had already appeared several feet away, moving silently and changing its trajectory and movement in the air according to Chen Guang's will, as swift as the wind.

"laugh"

The cotton needle pierced through the large stone in the courtyard, easily entering from one end and exiting from the other end of the stone, which was more than a foot thick. When Chen Guang approached, he saw that there was a small hole left, and the needle was still burning hot.

The penetrating power was indeed astonishing, but the wound it caused was not as large as that caused by the Bloodletting Technique.

Chen Guang experimented again and found that both ends of the cotton fire needle were extremely sharp. He could hit anything with either end. He deliberately bumped it against a stone, but it was completely unharmed and showed no signs of dulling. He was immediately satisfied.

He also took a Yin Fire Pill to test its effects. Using the Flame Mist Technique, the crimson mist instantly turned blackish-red. Wherever the Flame Mist Technique covered, a thin but persistent layer of black flames would remain. The temperature was not astonishing, but the continuous burning damage easily made the stone slabs fragile.

After consuming the Yin Fire Pill, it transforms into a special spiritual energy that attaches to the body's magical power. Using a spell once will immediately reduce it by one-fifth, which perfectly matches the description.

"Let's leave it at that for now and practice the manipulation techniques. We'll buy the cultivation resources for the Fallen Butterfly Technique when we have more money at the end of the year."

Secret arts require resource assistance. As a technique of controlling artifacts, Falling Butterfly also involves a large number of techniques and skills. However, without the use of resources for cultivation, the most important aspect of Falling Butterfly, the flashing motion during high-speed flight, cannot be performed. Other aspects, such as accelerating flying needles and being unaffected by restricted spells, can be achieved by practicing mana transformation and the control of spiritual artifacts.

After categorizing and storing the various reward spirits, Chen Guangcai recited the "Blood Scripture" to regain his composure.

Unconsciously, this had become a habit. Now, he could perform the third set of movements in the Blood Refinement Scripture. However, with his foundation at the first level of Body Refinement, he was already out of breath after completing all three sets. Doing it a couple more times would excessively deplete his Qi and Blood. If Chen Guang wanted to maintain a high-efficiency Body Refinement progress, it was time to use the Blood Qi Pills he had been saving for so long.

Unfortunately, there are only eight Blood Qi Pills left, which is not much. In addition, with the autumn harvest approaching, Chen Guang does not have such an urgent need, so he has to postpone this matter until winter.

The next day, everything was the same as usual, and Chen Guang waited for the Linquan pumpkin and the ice-tailed shrimp to ripen.

Linquan pumpkins are quite special; they have been ripening continuously from these past few days until late autumn and early winter. The use of black thistle soil has yielded significant results.

Last year, seven seeds yielded eighteen Linquan pumpkins, with about thirty flowers, but some died from disease and failed to produce fruit.

Of the twelve seeds sown this year, eight of them will ripen in the middle or late summer. It is estimated that a total of forty Linquan pumpkins will be harvested this year.

Three days later, the eight Linquan pumpkins ripened one after another, most of them of excellent quality, with the pumpkin that had sprouted the Yongquan technique being of superior quality.

A total of eight copies of the Yongquan technique were obtained.

Six copies of the Yongquan Technique Talisman.

Six water gourds.

The harvest of Linquan Pumpkins was settled on Black Thistle Soil, not Purple Spirit Soil. However, the first reward for accumulating Spirit Soil harvests is 999 times, so Chen Guang couldn't expect to get the Black Thistle Soil reward in the short term.

The Thousand Water Gourd that sprouted from the Linquan Pumpkin solved a problem for Chen Guang, who couldn't efficiently contain the spiritual liquid.

Of the six Thousand Water Gourds, at least three will be used: Cold Water Elixir, Moon Essence Elixir, and the one reserved for Lin Quan.

Using formations and magical tools can only delay the evaporation and deterioration of the spiritual liquid. Only the Thousand Water Gourd can keep the spiritual liquid full of vitality for a long time.

That same day, they rushed into the Ice Mist Array and collected the excess Cold Water Spirit Liquid. They collected nearly one-tenth of the volume of Cold Water Spirit Liquid in one go, and left a lot in the pond to nourish the spirit plants and spirit beasts in the array. In the future, they would no longer need to go to the pond to collect Cold Water Spirit Liquid to water the Concentration Flower every time. They could simply collect it into the Thousand Water Gourd after a period of time, saving a lot of trouble.

The first batch of 84 Ice Tail Shrimp also began to mature. Here, inside the formation, it was well hidden. Chen Guang directly opened a reward orb of Ice Tail Shrimp.

Like Spirit Rice and Swallowtail Grass, the reward orbs for Icetail Shrimp are noticeably smaller.

This means there is only one type of reward.

Upon seeing the reward, Chen Guang lost interest.

The reward provided by the Ice Tail Shrimp was none other than Cold Water Spirit Liquid, which left Chen Guang speechless. With the Ice Mist Array, his Cold Water Spirit Liquid was already in surplus, and it was really worthless. As long as the environment was cold enough, any cultivator could replicate it.

If you are on a snow-capped peak, casting a Heavy Water spell on a stream will instantly yield a sufficient amount of Cold Water Elixir.

The Ice Tail Shrimp reward is Cold Water Spirit Liquid, which is a bonus. An ordinary quality Ice Tail Shrimp provides only one liter of Cold Water Spirit Liquid. Nearly ninety mature Ice Tail Shrimp provided Chen Guang with more than three hundred portions of Cold Water Spirit Liquid, which is equivalent to more than a month's output from the three ponds within the Ice Mist Array.

Believing that something is better than nothing, Chen Guang gladly accepted the reward and activated all the reward orbs of the Ice Tail Shrimp.

The first phase of harvesting Ice Tail Shrimp has been completed, yielding the recipe for [Ice Mouth Shrimp Oil], unlocking more cultivation content.

"The Ice Tail Shrimp has completed the second stage of harvest accumulation (350), obtaining a mid-grade spirit artifact [Ice Silk Mask], unlocking more cultivation content."

"Upon collecting 10/10 spirit beast rewards (excluding inferior ones), you will obtain the special profession [Beast Tamer (Apprentice)]. Collect another 100 spirit beast rewards to unlock the next stage."

Gain the Beast Tamer ability [Communicating with Spirits (Basic)]

"Upon collecting 100/100 spirit beast rewards (excluding inferior ones), you will obtain the special profession [Beast Tamer (Apprentice)]. Collect another 100 spirit beast rewards to unlock the next stage."

Gain the Beast Tamer ability [Spirit Crown (Basic)]

Chen Guang first skipped over the Ice Mouth Shrimp Oil, which is a good thing that can continuously strengthen a cultivator's meridians and is beneficial to cultivation. Although it belongs to the Gluttonous School, ordinary cultivators can also make it.

Wearing the ice silk mask makes one's aura extremely cold and restrained.

Chen Guang was more concerned about the animal trainer's skills.

The fact that one can practice alongside a plant master indicates that the acupoints and minute meridians required by a beast tamer are not located in the hands, which is why it is possible to cultivate both simultaneously.

[Tongyu Xieling] can understand the meaning of animal sounds and make animals understand the sounds they make. It can use language to further develop the intelligence of getting closer to animals, and the closer the relationship, the better the effect.

【Spirit Crown】 allows you to designate one of the beasts in the herd with whom you have a strong relationship to become the Beast King, making it stronger and smarter, while also giving it the ability to control its own kind. It can control up to one hundred of its kind, and different Beast Kings are more likely to fight and conflict.

Having experienced the art of plant cultivation, my initial reaction to the skills of animal taming wasn't excitement, but rather contemplation.

Cultivation techniques require special energy to be sublimated and improved: plant masters need the essence of herbs and trees; alchemists need the energy of medicine and fire; and beast tamers need the breath of beast spirits.

The process of interacting with spirit beasts can yield this special energy, but Chen Guang was at a loss as to how to absorb and store the spirit beast's energy. The techniques provided by the reward light orb were undoubtedly the most basic usage methods, like giving a box of medicine without an instruction manual, requiring him to figure it out on his own. If these two techniques were not very practical and simple, Chen Guang would not dare to use them recklessly for the time being.

This also led them to understand that the acupoints needed by animal trainers are located from the throat upwards, which does not conflict with the skills of spirit plant masters, but only with skills like Yanling and Jiusuan.

That doesn't really matter.

If there is a tradition, it's like carrying a lantern and a map at night to travel from Chenzhen to the city. Then the skill of the reward group is like being deep in the mountains with only one lantern, requiring much more exploration to truly master it.

A plant master and a beast tamer—this would be Chen Guang's foundation for the future. He wasn't overly excited, but he was still very happy inside.