After binding with a genius, I became an immortal by exploiting loopholes.

These spirit rice plants have been hidden away for several days. A few of the leaves have drooped slightly, but overall they are not in any major condition.

He carefully carried each pot, soil and all, back to the protective field and transplanted them back to their original locations.

After transplanting, I watered it thoroughly and then performed the Spirit Cultivation Technique again.

A pale green aura seeped from his palm, enveloping the spirit rice, and the wilted leaves slowly unfurled at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Next is the Earth Qi Guiding Array.

He pulled the cloth bag out from under the bed—it contained the Spirit-Attracting Jade, four array flags, four spirit wood stakes, and unused talisman ink, nothing was missing.

The spirit-guiding jade was buried back in the center of the field, the array flags were placed in their respective positions, and the spirit wood stakes were re-tamped.

Insert the spirit stone to activate the formation.

A faint but familiar warmth rose from the ground, as if the earth's energy was being drawn up, slowly and steadily.

Lu Qingchen stood up and nodded in satisfaction.

The premium spirit rice and spirit herbs were returned to their original positions, the earth energy guiding array was restarted, and the spirit-protecting field was restored to its previous state.

With the harvest of the spirit rice complete, the next step is to prepare for the transplantation of the earth vein spirit embryo.

However, before that, the transplantation plan for the Earth Vein Spirit Embryo needs to be reviewed again.

......

When Lu Qingchen stepped out of the protective spirit field, the night was already completely deep.

The distant mountain shadows turned into a blurry black, and only a few scattered lights remained in the village.

Sun Han's room was still lit, with a small patch of dim yellow light shining through the hole in the window.

Lu Qingchen thought for a moment, then walked over and knocked on the door.

The door opened.

Sun Han stood at the door with a wooden cane. When he saw it was him, he was slightly taken aback and stepped aside to let him into the house.

On the table lay a book, "Basic Theory of Spiritual Plants," borrowed from Lu Qingchen. Halfway through, the edges of the pages were already frayed.

There was a wooden basin next to the bed, with several unknown wild grasses soaking in it. It looked like he had found them to practice identifying them.

"Still watching this late?" Lu Qingchen sat down at the table.

"I'm just idling around anyway."

Sun Han slowly moved over, leaning on his wooden cane, and sat down opposite him. "My legs can't move, but reading a few more pages is better than lying down."

Lu Qingchen nodded but did not reply.

The flame of the oil lamp flickered gently, casting the shadows of the two people on the wall, swaying back and forth.

After a while, Sun Han spoke first.

"Qingchen, I've been doing easy jobs all these days since I came to the manor."

His voice was somewhat muffled. "Others go to the fields before dawn and work for six hours straight, but I can't even work two hours a day in total. I feel a little uneasy about that."

Lu Qingchen looked at him: "Your leg isn't healed yet, what do you want to do?"

"I know."

Sun Han clenched his fingers. "But I'm not at ease. You rescued me from the mine. The manor owner only kept me because of you."

"If I can't even do my job well, what will people think even if they don't say it? I don't want to embarrass you, and I don't want to make things difficult for you."

Lu Qingchen remained silent for a while, and instead of answering directly, he changed the subject.

"Sun Han, there aren't many people I can trust in Qingmu Manor."

Sun Han raised his head.

"There are some things I'll only tell you... I plan to plant some things in the Guardian Field in the future; they might be quite precious."

Lu Qingchen spoke calmly, as if he were talking about something completely ordinary.

"The protective array of the spirit field can block most troubles, but it can't stop those with ulterior motives. My time at the manor is limited, and there will always be times when I can't take care of things."

"So I need a reliable person to keep an eye on that field for me—whether the tenant farmers have come or not, whether any unfamiliar faces have approached the light shield. These things seem trivial, but if something goes wrong, it will be too late to regret it."

As Sun Han listened, his fingers slowly tightened around the wooden stick.

"Qingchen, you mean... you want me to look after the spirit fields?"

"Um."

Lu Qingchen nodded, "Anyone else could do this, but I only trust you."

Sun Han paused in breathing.

He lowered his head, staring at the half-open book "Basic Theory of Spiritual Plants" on the table. His Adam's apple bobbed several times before he raised his head, his voice a little hoarse: "Don't worry, as long as I'm here, that field will be fine."

Lu Qingchen looked at him and nodded: "You want to work, but your leg injury hasn't healed yet, so you can't do heavy work. Once your leg is fully healed, there will be plenty of work for you to do."

Sun Han paused for a moment, then couldn't help but ask, "Qingchen, my leg... can it really get better?"

"Some healing pills and ointments have miraculous effects on bone regeneration and reconstruction. They are not unavailable in the sect, but they are not easy to obtain."

Lu Qingchen stood up, patted his shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, follow me. If there's an opportunity in the future, I'll find a way to get it for you."

Sun Han nodded vigorously.

The dim light shone on his face, and his eyes sparkled with a bright light.

Lu Qingchen didn't say anything more, turned around and left.

The night breeze carried the scent of earth and grass.

He stood at the door for a while, then went into his room.

There are still some details in the plan that need to be considered.

The harvest is over; we need to hurry up with the transplantation of the earth vein spirit embryo.

......

Back in the room, Lu Qingchen sat cross-legged on the bed, with the simple diagram of the Spirit Protection Field that he had drawn countless times spread out in front of him.

He went through each step of the transplant plan one last time, making sure nothing was missed, before folding the blueprints and putting them in his pocket.

The materials list had already been prepared—several bluestone slabs, a jar of talismanic clay, and a piece of concealing jade.

There weren't many items, but we had to ask someone to buy them from the market.

He planned to go to Li Laosi first thing tomorrow morning and ask Li Tiezhu to make the trip.

The location of the burial site was chosen in the center of the protective field, slightly to the east—it was closest to the Spirit-Guiding Jade, had the densest earth energy, and did not conflict with the array plate of the protective formation.

He was present the whole time when his senior brother buried the array plate. He remembered that the array plate was buried three feet underground in the center of the field, and it was safe to bury it one foot to the east.

The cave is about five feet deep.

If it's too shallow, the spiritual energy can't be hidden; if it's too deep, it's inconvenient for him to enter and exit.

The bottom of the cave is covered with a layer of bluestone slabs to isolate spiritual energy.

These stone slabs are sold in markets; they are not expensive, but they are heavy.

He had to move it in piece by piece himself.

The gaps between the stone slabs were sealed with talisman mud, leaving no gaps whatsoever.

A layer of ordinary soil is laid on the stone slab, and the earth vein spirit embryo is planted in this layer of soil.

The soil around the spiritual embryo should be mixed with some spiritual fertilizer, but not too much—too much fertilizer will stimulate the spiritual energy fluctuations of the spiritual embryo.

The walls of the cave should also be sealed with bluestone slabs to form a complete insulating layer.

Leave only the top direction open for the spiritual energy to communicate with the earth's energy in the spirit-guiding array.

The key is to conceal the cave.

He had seen a way of using a concealing jade in Qingyun Sanren's array jade slip—after being buried underground, it could distort the surrounding spiritual energy fluctuations, making the concentration of spiritual energy perceived by the outside world more uniform.

The principle is not complicated, and it works perfectly with the Earth Qi Guiding Array: the Guiding Jade is buried above the cave, gathering the Earth Qi to nourish the spiritual embryo downwards.

The concealing jade was buried at the entrance of the cave, disturbing the spiritual energy emanating from the spirit embryo and mixing it with the fluctuations of the earth's energy.

With two layers stacked on top of each other, unless someone turns the entire protective field upside down, a scan with divine sense would only reveal that the earth energy in this area is denser than elsewhere, without any sense of the hidden secrets beneath.