Chapter 28 Contracted Spirit Insect Eggs

Two days passed in a flash. Lin Changqing completed today's training and began to fly towards the spiritual field of Ao Yun Peak.

Today, the General Affairs Hall will come to collect the spiritual herbs, and family members will also come to help harvest the spiritual rice. Lin Changqing wants to come up first to see if there are any mistakes.

Every time I come, I am warmly welcomed by Chuyi. Today, I had something to do, so I just smoothed Chuyi's feathers and let him play by himself.

He began to inspect the spiritual fields. After a round, he found that the spiritual rice and medicine were all in good condition, no problem.

Thanks to Chuyi, this little bug catcher. Not only can he catch bugs, but he can also help look after the spiritual field. I decided to reward him with a chicken drumstick with eight delicacies, and I will redeem it next time he comes.

After waiting for a while, someone came. It was the eldest uncle Lin Maoqiang, who was 62 years old this year and the eldest in the Mao generation. He retired from the monster hunting team last year.

My uncle's spiritual aptitude was not good. He cultivated to the sixth level of Qi Refining. He tried to break through to the seventh level several times but failed. He also injured a meridian, so he basically gave up practicing.

Now my main task is to earn contribution points for my second brother Lin Changyuan. I hope that he can build a foundation and go further than me!
Today I received a task from the General Affairs Hall to check and count the spiritual herbs. My uncle has been in the monster hunting team for decades and often discovers spiritual herbs in the wild. He has rich experience in collecting and transplanting spiritual herbs.

There are 480 spiritual herbs in the eight-acre spiritual field. It takes a lot of work to collect them without damaging them. Lin Changqing carefully collected the spiritual herbs that his uncle had checked, sorted them by category, and placed them in the jade box brought by his uncle.

With two people working together, it was much faster. It took more than an hour to collect all the items. After confirming the quantity with Lin Changqing, the uncle went back to hand in the task. When the time came, Lin Changqing would go to the General Affairs Hall and ask the Fourth Elder for the contribution points.

As for the spiritual fields, the family was already harvesting the spiritual rice. With the help of his father, the harvesting would be much faster. After the harvest, the rice had to be dried and shelled before it could be exchanged for the General Affairs Hall. Lin Changqing hurried over to help.

As expected, with the help of family, work can be done faster.

After the harvest, Grandpa estimated that there would be about 4200 kilograms of harvest, which is equivalent to 210 contribution points. Adding the 480 points from the spiritual medicine, Lin Changqing will have an income of 690 contribution points this year.

However, this year we will not be exchanging that much spiritual rice, so my mother will decide how much to keep.

It's almost the end of the year now, and my second uncle will be back soon. With Chuliu here this year, there should be less danger.

Another thing is that the hundred-year-old red fruit in the space can be harvested once every three months.

But Lin Changqing really didn't want his grandfather to work so hard, so he decided not to tell his grandfather first and save some of it, thinking it would be useful when the time comes.

Grandpa has cultivated the Earth Soul Fruit tree for forty years. With the bonus of space and Lin Changqing's promotion, it should be mature before my aunt goes to Jinzhou Prefecture next year. By then, after eating the Earth Soul Fruit, her spiritual consciousness will be strengthened and it will be easier to succeed in building her foundation.

After a few days, my second uncle and his men finally came back. This year, it was rare that no one in the monster hunting team died. There were only a few injured. This should be considered good news!
The next day after Second Uncle came back, Grandpa called Second Uncle over alone, probably to tell him about the high-grade golden spirit stone. Since then, Second Uncle has been practicing more actively.

Three days before the New Year, Grandpa finally prepared the blood contract formation and some elixirs to replenish qi and blood.

Lin Changqing was not prepared to wait any longer. He was in the training room at his grandfather's house, preparing to contract the spirit insect eggs, hoping to hatch them earlier and see what spirit insects looked like.

Lin Changqing took out the jade box containing the spirit insect eggs. He had counted them carefully. There were 124 eggs in total. He placed them gently in the center of the blood contract formation and activated the formation.

He began to perform the incantation of the bloodline contract in the inheritance of insect cultivators. After performing a set of complex incantations and sinking into the magic circle, Lin Changqing dripped two drops of blood essence on the magic circle.

The contract formation then began to spread with a layer of blood mist, which was successfully absorbed by the insect eggs. The first blood contract should be successful.

I only dripped two drops of blood essence, just enough for 124 eggs. You know, I have to do it again in ten days! His face was a little pale, and he took out the blood-replenishing elixir prepared by his grandfather and started to take it.

After refining the elixir, my complexion became a little better. This medicine will slowly restore some of the lost essence and blood, but it won't happen that fast.

Lin Changqing could now vaguely sense a young consciousness. It should be these little guys! But they couldn't tell Lin Changqing what species they were. He had to wait until they hatched to find out.

After losing two drops of essence and blood, my body still feels a little tired.

The last time he contracted the Tongtian Willow, he lost three drops, and it would have taken some time to recuperate. Later, the Tongtian Willow took root and sprouted, directly feeding back to Lin Changqing.

This saved Lin Caiqing the time to recuperate.

Sit cross-legged in the practice room to rest and think about what to do next.

It has been almost a year since I broke through the fourth level of Qi Refining. Should I use the Vermillion Fruit to improve my cultivation? Or should I wait a little longer? If I improve too quickly, I am afraid my foundation will be unstable!

Besides, my father will join the demon hunting team again after the Chinese New Year, and he hasn’t taken the Zhu fruit yet on the fifth day of the Chinese New Year! Now I have 50 Zhu Centennial Zhu Fruits in my hand. The Zhu Fruit Tree in the space has matured twice, and I have harvested 48 fruits, plus the 2 I saved last time. It is exactly 50 fruits.

I'll talk to grandpa later and ask him to come out tomorrow. I should be able to advance by the fifth day of the New Year.

After leaving the training room, I found my grandfather and told him about the fifth day of the first lunar month. After my grandfather agreed, he left me a red fruit and went to the family scripture pavilion.

Ever since I went to Ao Yun Peak to farm, I have come to the Sutra Library less often.

Now that the harvest has just been completed, the spiritual field needs to rest for about a month. During this time, it is a good time to go to the Sutra Library to read.

The leisurely and quiet environment, with the faint scent of books and ink, is somewhat similar to the library in my previous school.

I read for an entire afternoon and felt very good and gained some things. Unfortunately, it was still missing something. It would have been even better if I had a cup of tea.

It seems that the roots of the green jade tea tree in this space have not yet reached rest. Could it be that it cannot survive?
Wait and try the labor-inducing spell a few more times. If it doesn’t work, just move out of this space!
Now I have so many spirit insect eggs in my hands. After they hatch, I will have to raise another group of little ones. I plan to plant two more hundred-year-old red fruits in the space.

I didn’t plant it before because the space was small, but now I have three acres of space, and it will be even bigger in the future, so I will plant two more plants.

When we walked out of the Sutra Library, it was already getting dark. It was time to go home for dinner.

When he got home, he happened to see the fourth elder coming as a guest. His father and second uncle were chatting with them. Lin Changqing quickly bowed and greeted them, then quietly stayed by their side to listen to what the elders were talking about.

"Xiao Qing'er is back! It just so happens that it has something to do with you, so come and listen. The demon hunting team returned safely this time, and the harvest was not bad. The most important thing is that no tribesmen died. Mao Bin and Chu Liu have made great contributions.

I am here on behalf of the family this time to give you a reward of 500 contribution points." The fourth elder said with a smile.

The second uncle quickly said that this was what he should do and no reward was needed.

The fourth elder shook his head and said, "This was decided by the clan leader and several elders. There is no need to refuse."

After hearing what the Fourth Elder said, the Second Uncle had no choice but to take out his identity jade token.

The fourth elder took the second uncle's jade token and wiped it on one side. Five hundred contribution points appeared on the jade token.

After thanking the Fourth Elder, the Second Uncle put away the jade token.

The fourth elder spoke again: "Actually, I came here this time to ask for something else, but I don't know how to ask!"

My father quickly said, "Just speak frankly. We are all family, there is nothing we cannot say."

The second uncle also nodded and said, "Big brother is right, fourth uncle, just speak frankly!"

The fourth elder then said, "During these two monster hunts, with the fifth and sixth moons watching from the sky, it's much safer, at least we won't be ambushed.

So can their offspring be assigned by the family to the captain of the demon hunting team to be raised as a master on the first day of the new year? This will greatly reduce the casualties among the tribe members."

After listening to the Fourth Elder's words, my father and my second uncle looked at each other, and my father looked at Lin Changqing again.

My father then spoke up and said, "Fourth Uncle, we understand your request. We agree that the descendants born on the first, fifth, and sixth lunar months will be handed over to the family and raised by someone designated by the family. The only requirement is that you treat them well."

Second Uncle and Lin Changqing also quickly expressed their opinions, saying that they agreed with their father's decision and that it was their honor to contribute to the family.

The fourth elder heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this and said, "That's good, we will definitely treat them well, they are the best fighting partners.

Thank you for your selfless dedication. The family cannot let down the people. From now on, the family will give 1000 contribution points as a subsidy for each spirit beast egg. Don’t think it’s too little!”

The three of them quickly said, no, no!

After talking for a while, it was time for dinner, so the family invited him to stay and have dinner with them. The fourth elder declined and left.

After the family finished their meal, they gathered together to discuss what had just happened. Everyone felt that this was the right thing to do. It could reduce casualties among the clan members and also strengthen the clan.

(End of this chapter)