Immortality and Cultivation: I Have Three Times the Lifespan

Chapter 18 The Power of Life

"Jade Crystal Rice prefers fertile soil and dislikes barren soil. The prepared soil needs to be mixed with special spiritual fertilizers such as demon beast excrement and flesh and blood, and irrigated with the Lesser Cloud Rain Technique... only then can it survive."

Manager Liu flicked his wrist, and his magic swept up a palm-sized clod of soil from the spirit field planting demonstration site. The surface was crystal clear, and faint blue spirit patterns could be seen, making it quite extraordinary.

Ordinary black soil needs to be nourished by spiritual energy, as well as the corpses and excrement of demonic beasts, for over a thousand years before it can become a graded spiritual field suitable for growing medicinal herbs, spiritual rice, and spiritual fruits.

Every inch of this precious land is incredibly valuable, serving as the most stable source of resources for cultivation factions. It has always been rented out, never sold.

The area around Luojiagang Town was originally a habitat for low-level monsters, so it had a good foundation.

It took more than two hundred years of nurturing to reach the Foundation Establishment stage. The Lu family kept it hidden for a long time before releasing it. Now it has been rented by the Liu family and has become their place of residence.

Manager Liu put away the hoe, a magical implement, and looked at the crowd, his tone turning cold. He said, "If the seedlings fail to survive in ten days, or grow poorly, they will need to be replanted. The work period will not be extended, but your wages will be deducted. I hope you will all behave yourselves."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions varied; some nervously rubbed their hands, while others complained in low voices.

This is different from what was said when recruiting before; it's become much more difficult, and there may not be a guaranteed minimum wage.

It's fine for the casual repairmen in the market to not have a fixed job, but it's different for the fishermen and farmers of Biyue Lake. They have to go back when it's time, and if they dawdle, it will cause delays.

Wang Ergou leaned closer to Yang Changsheng and whispered, "Brother Changsheng, I've never grown Grade-A spirit rice before. Will this... will this work?"

The explanations and precautions for planting in the spirit field are much more complicated than those for ordinary farming. I was full of confidence before, but now I've almost finished explaining them.

Yang Changsheng patted his shoulder and said in a deep voice, "Just do your best. At worst, you'll earn a little less."

These basic spiritual cultivation techniques may sound complicated, but they are actually not that difficult. Practicing them is always faster than learning them theoretically.

When choosing a place to live, Wang Ergou chose a stone house next to Yang Changsheng's, separated only by a thin wall.

The room was simply furnished with a wooden bed, a charcoal brazier, and several bundles of firewood piled in the corner.

The small cubicle is the breeding room, with black stone seedling boards placed on wooden frames. On the small table is a small bottle of spiritual liquid and a small cloth bag containing jade crystal rice seeds. In the corner is a spiritual fertilizer packaged in an animal skin bag.

The wooden door creaked shut, and Yang Changsheng carefully checked every corner of the room. Only after confirming that there was no spying array did he breathe a sigh of relief.

He leaned the issued steel hoe against the corner of the wall, picked up the bottle of spiritual liquid and examined it closely. The liquid was clear and transparent, with a faint herbal fragrance, and some fine particles settled at the bottom.

"This is spiritual liquid..." Yang Changsheng understood. It should be made from a variety of low-grade spiritual herbs to activate the seed's vitality.

In his previous life, he had a wide range of interests during his university years. He had read agricultural books and knew that the main conditions for seed germination were suitable water, temperature and nutrients.

The basic spiritual plant cultivation techniques in the cultivation world are simply the implementation of these principles in the form of magic.

The core content is the ratio of various medicinal herbs; the rest are not secrets.

He opened the bag of rice seeds, took out a few grains, and examined them carefully.

Each seed was bright as jade, lustrous and plump, but under the special perception of the immortal being, about one-tenth of them were dull in color, had weak spiritual light, and had damaged shells, clearly indicating that they were inferior seeds.

The Liu family failed to carefully select and identify the products, thus shifting the risk to short-term workers. This could be because they lacked the ability to distinguish between genuine and fake products, or because the purchasing personnel received kickbacks.

But without a doubt, this brings many difficulties to the seedling cultivation work.

"Ten days to cultivate seedlings is too long..." Yang Changsheng frowned slightly.

He didn't know how difficult the soil-turning work was. Short-term jobs could only last for two months, and if he wanted to earn more spirit pearls, he had to do more work.

If the initial preparation work takes too long, the subsequent care time may be insufficient, which may affect the quality of the acceptance inspection.

After pondering for a moment, he sat cross-legged in front of the seedling tray and soaked a low-quality rice seed in the spiritual liquid.

Then, he closed his eyes and focused his mind, letting his thoughts sink into his sea of ​​consciousness.

There, a phantom golden ancient tree mark floats silently, its branches and leaves flourishing, radiating an eternal and undying divine light, dazzling and magnificent.

With a slight thought, Yang Changsheng skillfully activated that barely perceptible wisp of life force.

"Buzz!"

The ancient tree imprint trembled gently, and a wisp of pale golden vitality flowed out from the sea of ​​consciousness like a trickle, traveling along the meridians.

Yang Changsheng stretched out his finger and gently touched the edge of the seedling tray, allowing the wisp of life force to quietly merge into the spiritual liquid.

"Sizzle... sizzle!"

Amidst the subtle sounds, golden ripples spread across the spiritual liquid, causing the rice seeds to tremble gently within them. The dull seeds quickly became translucent, radiating a brilliant spiritual light.

Yang Changsheng could clearly feel the life force surging within the seed, as if dormant vitality had been awakened.

"It really worked..." He was slightly pleased, but dared not be careless.

I've used it on crystal shrimp before, and the effect was very slow, requiring accumulation over time. However, it had an immediate effect on plants, which may be due to the distance between the plants and the environment.

If we go all out now, the seedlings could grow in less than 15 minutes and develop rapidly. This ability is too amazing and must be used cautiously within reasonable limits.

Each time, it only stimulates a tiny bit of life to promote growth, and it is only used when no one is indoors, so that no outsiders can detect it at all.

After the test results were obtained, he deftly flipped his fingers, quickly removing the inferior seeds and leaving only the plump, high-quality ones.

Then, as instructed by Manager Liu, an appropriate amount of "Nurturing Spirit Liquid" was mixed with water and stirred well, and a fragrance of herbs and trees filled the air.

He poured the diluted elixir evenly onto the seedling tray, a shallow layer that just submerged the bottom of the tray.

Next, the carefully selected jade crystal rice seeds are evenly sprinkled on top.

After doing all this, he did not immediately begin the spellcasting, but instead walked to the door and listened intently for a moment.

After confirming that Wang Ergou next door had also started working and that the others in the yard were still tidying up their rooms without any unusual activity, Yang Changsheng returned to the breeding room and gently closed the door.

Yang Changsheng's gaze fell on the seedbeds covered with seeds, his expression calm.

"Beep beep..."

With fingertips forming a magic seal, a light mist swirls around, a gentle, moist, and vibrant drizzle precisely enveloping each seedling tray.

At the same time, he sank his mind into the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness and carefully touched the mark of the golden ancient tree that exuded an immortal aura.

"Buzz!"

The mark trembled slightly, and a strand of pale golden life energy, finer than a hair and extremely pure, silently flowed from the fingertip into the seedling tray shrouded by the Minor Cloud Rain Technique, guided by the mind.

He has an exceptional ability to learn, and the little tricks he learned from Steward Liu made his techniques more precise, allowing him to control the range of the spiritual rain perfectly.

The spiritual energy was evenly distributed, and not a single bit of excess spiritual energy was wasted. In just half an hour, the preparations for the day were completed.