Chapter 9: Moonlit Enlightenment
First of all, we have to place the various silkworm eggs.

The growth cycle of spiritual silkworms is not much different from that of ordinary silkworms, which is about fifty days. However, the various spiritual plant seeds purchased by Fang Chen take two or three months to grow.

Even if he later mastered the Five Elements planting magic and made the seeds mature in less than two months, they would still not be enough to feed the first batch of silkworms.

Therefore, it may take at least four months before the spiritual silk with dual properties can be obtained.

Fang Chen was not in a hurry about this.

Only four months, not a long time for a monk.

He went back to the house and took out six wooden boxes. He placed the six silkworm eggs with different properties in different boxes. He then took out a pen to mark them to prevent himself from getting confused.

"I remember that the spiritual light of the Luna Flower can enhance the soul power of living things, so let's put these six boxes near the Luna Flower."

After placing the silkworm eggs, Fang Chen recalled the characteristics of the Moon Goddess Flower and placed the six wooden boxes next to the Moon Goddess Flower.

Under the illumination of spiritual light, the colorful silkworm eggs seem to become transparent and crystal clear like jade.

This also made Fang Chen realize that his decision was correct.

"The germination rate of spiritual plant seeds is about half when planted directly. Maybe we can try to accelerate the germination."

According to the records in Lingzhifu's notes, the cultivation methods in the cultivation world are quite rough.

Perhaps it is because spiritual plant farmers have always been at the bottom of the contempt chain among the hundreds of arts of cultivation, so much so that except for the five elements planting spells, many farming methods are not even as good as those in Fang Chen's previous feudal era.

Like spiritual plant seeds, spiritual plant farmers usually plant them directly in the spiritual fields, and then nourish them with planting spells. With great force, they can achieve a germination rate of half.

The seeds may or may not germinate, and a germination rate of half is considered extremely normal by most monks.

However, for Fang Chen, it is still a bit low.

So he decided to try the germination method.

Although he was not a student of biology or agriculture before he traveled through time, he had learned about seed germination.

Compared with planting the seeds directly, using warm water to germinate the seeds first can not only increase the germination rate, but also make the plants emerge faster and more evenly, which has many benefits.

This is also thanks to the Internet, which caused the information explosion in the previous life.

Fang Chen had watched many video bloggers about indoor planting, and recalling their operations, he took out a few pieces of cloth from the house, slightly wet them with water, then arranged the seeds neatly on the cloth and folded it to cover it.

"Speaking of which, wouldn't it be better to use water that contains spiritual energy?"

The current water comes from the large vat at home, and is made using the talismans of the Spirit Rain Technique.

Spirit Rain Technique, a water-attributed planting spell, can gather a rain cloud and obtain pure water resources to irrigate the land.

If one could practice the Spirit Rain Technique to mastery, the water obtained would contain spiritual energy, which could speed up the growth of most spiritual plants.

With this idea in mind, Fang Chen finished processing the seeds and silkworm eggs, and took out the Spirit Plant Husband's Notes, ready to learn the other four planting spells.

The first is the Spiritual Rain Spell. There is no well in Fang Chen’s yard. After learning this spell, he can ensure his own fresh water supply.

Practitioners in the Qi training stage are not yet able to practice fasting, and cannot live without water. Although there are still some talismans of the Spiritual Rain Technique purchased by the original owner's parents before they went out, relying on external objects all the time is not a long-term solution.

After reading through the mantra of the Spirit Rain Technique, Fang Chen began to try it.

He recited the incantation silently, mobilized the water power in his dantian, and attracted the water vapor between heaven and earth. Gradually, a small rain cloud appeared in the yard.

If an outsider saw this, they would probably be shocked. Although the Spirit Rain Technique is a planting spell and is not difficult to learn, many cultivators still have to go through several days of trial and error before they can perform it successfully.

When the original owner was learning the Earth Spirit Spell, it took him a whole day to get started.

People like Fang Chen who succeeded in one go are rare, if not unprecedented.

But he himself was not too surprised by this.

Because he had received systematic education, he knew that rain clouds are formed by small water droplets and dust in the air.

Water magic can attract water vapor in the air, but there must be dust to serve as condensation nuclei to condense the water molecules in the water vapor together.

This point was not mentioned in Ling Zhifu's notes.

Fang Chen estimated that other places with the inheritance of the Spirit Rain Technique rarely talk about it. Without condensation nuclei, the gravitational force between water molecules is not enough, and rain clouds cannot form.

Therefore, most monks can create a ball of water when they try the Spirit Rain Technique for the first time, but it cannot be called "rain".

"Some physical phenomena are similar to those in the previous life, which is interesting."

In fact, Fang Chen was not sure whether his idea was correct at first, but now he can confirm it.

It also deepened his understanding of the world.

Of course, succeeding in one go is worth celebrating, but Fang Chen is not proud.

He was only just getting started with the Spirit Rain Technique, and it was basically useless except for saving the trouble of fetching water.

Moreover, in order to perform the Spirit Rain Technique, he specially separated the water element magic from the five elements magic, which obviously didn't work either.

This is a complete waste of the advantages of practicing the five elements.

The five elements are mutually reinforcing and restraining. A cultivator who practices the five elements can successfully cast five elements spells using an equal or even less amount of five elements magic power.

Under the same level of cultivation, the amount of mana and the mana consumption of casting spells of multi-attribute cultivators are better than those of single-attribute cultivators, which is why multi-attribute skills can be born.

Otherwise, when casting spells, one would have to convert mana of corresponding attributes, and it would be meaningless if the total mana was five times that of other cultivators.

Multi-attribute skills will not be passed down.

However, in the world of cultivation, cultivators with single-attribute spiritual roots will be accepted as disciples by high-level cultivators and receive the best cultivation resources. Relying on their advantage in magic power, multi-attribute cultivators will find it difficult to compete with them.

This is another reason why most casual practitioners do not choose to practice with multiple attributes.

Since Fang Chen is already practicing all five elements, he should naturally make good use of this advantage.

Therefore, he mobilized the five elements of magic power and tried to condense the water vapor between heaven and earth. However, this time it was not so smooth, and there was basically no water vapor responding to him.

He was not discouraged and tried again and again.

The spiritual light of the Luna Flower echoed with the moonlight, shining on Fang Chen's face as he concentrated.

Slowly, the light seemed to penetrate into his flesh, making his entire body as crystal clear as jade.

At the same time, Fang Chen only felt that he had entered an indescribable state, as if everything in the world had lost contact with him.

He felt like he was floating in an endless starry sky, surrounded by colorful lights, each ray of light representing a force among the five elements.

He wanted to touch the light, but his whole body seemed to be restrained by something and he could not move.

However, Fang Chen was a man who would not admit defeat. The more he was restrained, the more he wanted to break free.

After countless resistances, his consciousness gradually condensed and turned into a crystal clear spiritual thought.

Although it was a new creature, Fang Chen was able to control it as if it were his own arm without any obstruction.

So he immediately controlled his spiritual thoughts to touch the colorful light around him.

In an instant, Fang Chen's mastery of the five elements of magic power reached a whole new level.

He no longer needed to deliberately separate or combine the five elements of magic power, but could control them at will.

With a wave of his hand, a rain cloud much larger than the previous one appeared in front of him.

Fang Chen snapped his fingers.

In an instant, heavy rain fell, watering every spiritual plant in the yard.

His spiritual rain technique has surprisingly reached the proficient stage.

"I have suddenly realized something, and I have even condensed my spiritual thoughts?"

As the sound of raindrops dripped, Fang Chen woke up from his special state. When he realized what had happened, he couldn't help but be stunned.

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