Chapter 6 I admire you

After a few more days, Chen An once again had a good harvest.

Except for the first-grade medium-quality Qingying grass, the rest of the spiritual plants are basically mature.

[Harvest a plant of Thick Earth Ganoderma, obtain Thick Earth Essence]*2
[Harvest a high-quality thick earth mushroom and obtain the Earth Thorn Talisman]

Earth essence is formed by special soil and is a material for refining magical instruments.

The Earth Thorn Talisman is a first-level low-grade attack talisman, which is an unexpected surprise.

These few items were worth about three or four low-grade spirit stones, so it was really a good deal.

Chen An packed up the spiritual plants he had harvested and took them directly to the Affairs Hall to sell.

When the great elder saw it, he held a few spiritual plants in his hands, smiling with wrinkles all over his face, and couldn't let go of them.

"A spiritual plant of perfect quality! Haha, you are really not simple. Keep up the good work. If you can advance to the middle stage of Qi training in the future, I promise that you will have a share of the ten acres of first-class middle-grade spiritual fields in our clan."

Chen An smiled and said, "Great Elder, you are too kind. I rely on you to take good care of me."

After the Great Elder finished checking, the total value was nineteen spirit stones, which was considered a small fortune.

One perfect jade fruit costs two spirit stones, while one perfect silver-leaf jute plant costs one spirit stone.

The difference in medicinal efficacy between ordinary, high-quality and perfect quality spiritual plants is only 20% to 30%. Since they are lower-grade, the price will naturally not be too outrageous.

"Do you have a talisman pen here?"

The great elder was slightly surprised: "Talisman pen? You want to draw a talisman?"

"Hehe, I have a lot of free time when I am farming, so I want to learn a skill to help myself."

The great elder opposite pondered for a moment, glanced at the nineteen spirit stones on the table, and took out a black talisman pen that was almost bald from behind the counter.

"This is the talisman pen that the girl from the Fourth Elder's family exchanged for. It can still be used, but it won't last long. If you want to buy it, you can take it. Even if you can't draw the talisman, you won't lose much. Just give me eight spirit stones."

Chen An breathed a sigh of relief. A complete first-grade low-quality talisman pen would cost at least dozens of spirit stones. He could be considered to have gotten a bargain this time.

After paying the spirit stones, he exchanged them for six sword-leaf grass seeds, some spirit seeds, and a bottle of blood ink for drawing talismans.

Sword-leaf grass is a first-grade low-grade spiritual plant. Its leaves are like swords and are the material for refining standard magic swords.

After two seasons of harvest, Chen An also figured out some patterns. If his guess was correct, the harvest of this spiritual plant was related to the magic weapon.

"You have a great talent for farming, but don't be too obsessed with talismans and neglect your farmland. I also heard that you failed the assessment with the Third Elder. If you can't draw talismans, stop and concentrate on farming."

Although the great elder's warning was useless, Chen An was grateful: "Thank you for your guidance, elder. I don't need to worry about it."

After some shopping, all the remaining spirit stones were exchanged for spirit rice.

The spirit stones I just earned are gone again, and are far from enough to spend.

But as long as we can harvest one season of yellow sprout rice, life should be much better. At least we won’t have to spend spirit stones to buy spirit rice. It will be enough to eat what we grow ourselves.

Chen An, who was standing in front of the counter waiting, saw that when the great elder was pouring the spiritual rice, his hand shook and he accidentally poured five more scoops, which was a full five or six pounds.

"Your potential is just so-so. You need to work harder in the future." The great elder calmly handed a bag of spiritual rice weighing five kilograms to Chen An.

From the burning look in the other person's eyes, I can interpret a sentence: I admire you very much!

"Thank you for your kindness, elder. I will remember it." Chen An saw it and bowed.

He just thought the other party's actions were because the old man was in a good mood and was taking care of the younger generation. After bidding farewell to the elder, Chen An returned to the yard and planted the seeds of sword-leaf grass, silver-leaf jute and thick soil fungus, and cast the spirit rain spell to nourish them, and the sowing was completed.

At the same time, he did not forget the one acre of low-grade spiritual field outside.

This time, I bought the jade fruit seeds specifically to plant them in the family’s spiritual field.

The spiritual rain technique and the spiritual accumulation technique harvested from the jade fruit are both what he needs. The ones in the family spiritual field are cultivated into high-quality spiritual value and the spiritual rain technique is harvested. The ones in the courtyard are cultivated into perfect quality and the spiritual accumulation technique is harvested.

It is low-key and not conspicuous, and at the same time there is no loss of harvest. It is like killing two birds with one stone.

"Little guy, is this the spiritual field you cultivated?"

Chen An had just finished working in the fields when he saw a thin, dark old man in gray linen clothes walking towards him, staring at the lush spiritual plants in front of him with his bright eyes.

Judging from the growth, there must be quite a few high-quality rice plants.

“It was planted by the younger generation.”

Chen An knew this old man. His name was Chen Fugui. He was at the fourth level of Qi training and was an old spiritual farmer in the clan.

I heard that he has been farming for most of his life and has rich farming experience and a pretty good level of magic. Unfortunately, he is too old and his cultivation is not up to standard, so he has been farming in low-grade spiritual fields.

The two had never met before, and today was the first time they spoke face to face.

"Tsk tsk, the crops are good. You have such skills at such a young age. You are really young and promising."

Chen An's heart was moved, and he said modestly: "Senior, you are too kind. I am still young, and you are highly respected in this field. I still have a lot to learn from you."

After hearing this, Chen Fugui's face flushed, and he couldn't help but nodded with a grin, obviously enjoying the words very much.

He took two steps forward and sat down directly on the pile of earth at the edge of the field.

"The way to farm is not just about quality. If you encounter pests, rats, or locusts, no matter how good your crops are, you will get nothing."

Chen An became more excited when he heard this, and hurriedly sat down next to him: "Please give me some advice, senior."

Chen Fugui did not keep the secret, and said earnestly: "Have you mastered all three farming spells? Especially the Gengjin Sword Finger, it is the most useful when encountering a crisis."

"Especially the black nematodes that have been spreading recently. Look, in the field ahead, Chen Fengshuo is pulling weeds with his butt bent. His spiritual field was badly damaged by the black nematodes a few days ago, and he lost 30% of his yellow sprout rice."

Chen An's heart trembled: "Is there any way to prevent and treat these black nematodes?"

Chen Fugui curled his lips and said, "The larvae of black nematodes are as thin as hair and their bodies are transparent. They are usually very difficult to find and there are few ways to prevent and control them, unless you set up a formation."

At this point, he sneered: "If you set up a formation for a little yellow sprout rice, even if it is the lowest level formation, it will not cover the expenses and you won't make much money at all."

"Only when the black nematodes grow a little bigger and darker in color can we detect them. If we want to get rid of them without damaging the plants, only Xiao Xiaocheng's Gengjin Sword Finger can work."

After chatting with the old man for a while, Chen An absorbed a lot of farming experience and benefited greatly.

But he only now realized that Chen Fengshuo had suffered such a huge loss. He originally thought that the other party had already perfectly resolved the insect plague.

"Hehe, since you are here to farm, it means that your aptitude for cultivation is not that good. Don't have any hope in this situation. Just give up the thought and farm honestly. If you have time, you can go to Chunfeng Tower in Qingyunfang for a walk. It will not be in vain. Tsk tsk, you don't know the enchanting fairies there."

For some reason, the old man's smile became more and more obscene, and the content of his conversation became more and more indecent.

Chen An originally wanted to gain more experience in farming, but now he was disappointed and lost all interest.

He made the excuse that he had consumed a lot of energy farming and was very tired, so he said goodbye and left.

(End of this chapter)