Wild Dogs

Seeing this, Yang Fan was very satisfied. In just a few hours, the spirit rice had already taken root and sprouted.

At this rate, it will be ripe in a few days, and then we can continue planting the newly harvested spirit rice.

Yang Fan then returned to his cave and continued to ask Zhou Peng for guidance. Zhou Peng patiently began to explain the formation.

For the next month or so, Yang Fan took care of the spirit rice while listening to Zhou Peng explain the formation.

During this time, he also occasionally took some pills to enhance his strength.

It must be said that Luo Changhe left him with a great deal of knowledge.

Yang Fan roughly calculated that these things were more than enough for him to cultivate to the mid-stage of Core Formation in one go.

However, it's still quite a distance from reaching the late stage of Core Formation.

Yang Fan also knew that he couldn't bite off more than he could chew and that he shouldn't be too greedy.

It's already quite an achievement to have cultivated to this level.

Under Yang Fan's meticulous care, the spirit rice grew extremely vigorously.

It started with just one spirit rice plant, but after a month, it had filled up all the previous medicinal fields.

By this time, Yang Fan was quietly waiting for the spirit rice to mature.

While practicing formations, he also cultivated several other secret techniques.

One day, Yang Fan was cultivating when he suddenly smelled a rich aroma of spirit rice wafting in from outside.

Yang Fan's eyes lit up immediately; he knew that the spirit rice had finally matured.

He immediately stepped out of the cave and looked outside. He saw that all the spirit rice in the spirit field outside was ripe and gleaming with a golden light.

Upon seeing this, Yang Fan was overjoyed. With this spirit rice and the pills, the effect would definitely be even better.

Yang Fan was extremely excited and immediately began harvesting the spirit rice.

However, upon smelling the fragrance, Yang Fan frowned. It seemed he needed to reinforce the formation again, otherwise it would be troublesome if people outside smelled the aroma of the spirit rice.

Thinking of this, Yang Fan looked at Zhou Peng.

Zhou Peng nodded.

"Master, just focus on reinforcing the formation. I'll keep an eye on things and remind you if there are any problems."

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan nodded and immediately began to reinforce the surrounding array.

As he made the arrangements, he asked Zhou Peng to point out his problems. With Zhou Peng's guidance, the actual operation was indeed much faster than just listening to the theory.

As Yang Fan practiced, he listened to Zhou Peng point out his problems.

With Zhou Peng's guidance, Yang Fan quickly repaired and perfected the great formation.

After finishing these tasks, Yang Fan harvested the spirit rice and left some seeds to replant.

As for the remaining spirit rice, Yang Fan finished processing it.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Fan returned to his cave with the prepared spirit rice.

He then grabbed a handful of spirit rice and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it vigorously.

"Master, you're really wasting such a precious resource."

Zhou Peng felt a pang of sympathy upon seeing this scene.

Seeing this, Yang Fan continued chewing without any hesitation.

"Is there a problem? Isn't this how all spirit rice is eaten?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Peng patted his forehead.

"Master, you were born a mortal, so you never ate rice in the mortal world?"

Yang Fan raised an eyebrow.

"Of course I've eaten it."

"Then the rice should be steamed and eaten; surely the master knows that?"

Yang Fan nodded.

"I know that too, but this is spirit rice! How can it be compared to ordinary rice?"

"Isn't it best to chew this spirit rice directly? Wouldn't steaming it destroy its essence?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Peng shook his head repeatedly.

"How could that be? As long as you add some rare medicinal herbs when steaming the rice, it will not only not affect the spiritual energy of the rice, but will also make the rice more effective."

"Really? If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have gone through all this trouble."

Yang Fan patted his head, then took out a pottery urn and began to cook spirit rice.

To make the spirit rice cook even better, he even used spring water from outside the spirit spring to cook it.

Halfway through cooking, Yang Fan added a large amount of rare medicinal herbs.

Once the spirit rice was cooked, Yang Fan immediately smelled an extremely sweet aroma.

"Great, this stuff is definitely more effective than before."

Yang Fan opened the earthenware jar and found that the essence of the medicinal herbs inside had been completely absorbed by the spirit rice.

Yang Fan became increasingly satisfied.

"It seems what you said really worked."

Yang Fan immediately began eating the spirit rice, and soon finished it all.

As the spirit rice entered his stomach, an extremely powerful surge of spiritual energy and medicinal power flowed throughout his body.

This spiritual rice is even more effective than any elixir.

Yang Fan then sat cross-legged on the cold jade bed and immediately began to continue his arduous cultivation.

Zhou Peng, watching from the side, couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement at the scene, thinking that his master was really going all out.

However, he was also very curious about these spiritual rice.

"Master, where did you get this spirit rice? Its quality is even better than the top-grade spirit rice I've ever seen."

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan simply smiled.

"Hey, I got this from the Heavenly Mystery Palace by chance, and it's actually quite useful."

Yang Fan then continued to bury himself in his training.

Seeing that Yang Fan was diligently cultivating, Zhou Peng didn't say anything and obediently stood by to protect Yang Fan.

To be honest, he had thought before about finding a way to get rid of Yang Fan and start his own business.

But after what happened before, he realized that he was no match for Yang Fan at all.

Instead of struggling and resisting, he should obediently follow Yang Fan's arrangements, which would also benefit him.

Before long, Yang Fan had finished refining all the medicinal power of the spirit rice.

Feeling the surging medicinal power within him, Yang Fan raised his head in satisfaction and waved to Zhou Peng.

"Approximately how much progress have I made in my cultivation?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Peng carefully sensed Yang Fan and immediately nodded.

"The master's progress can be described as lightning fast."

"Based on your estimate, how long will it take me to break through to the mid-stage of Core Formation?"

After hearing this, Zhou Peng pondered for a long time, then looked at Yang Fan with great excitement.

"Ten years should be enough."

"What? Ten years? That's a long time?"

Yang Fan found it hard to believe.

In his opinion, ten years was far too long, and he simply couldn't wait that long.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Peng gave a wry smile.

"Master, advancing from the early stage of Core Formation to the middle stage in ten years is already considered incredibly fast."

"Countless Core Formation cultivators would love to advance to this level within ten years."

"Master, your progress is already far beyond that of ordinary cultivators. Aren't you satisfied yet?"

Yang Fan felt somewhat helpless upon hearing this, scratched his head, and realized that he had indeed been a bit greedy.

"You're right, we really shouldn't be too greedy."

"Alright, I'll leave the planting of spirit rice and processing of medicinal herbs to you from now on."

Yang Fan handed over the medicinal herbs and spirit rice to him.

"You just need to cook rice for me regularly and grow spirit rice; I'll instruct you to do everything else."

"Remember, you are not allowed to leave the restricted area without my instructions. Do you understand?"

"I understand."