The spirit rice farmer stretched out his index finger, reaching into the grid of withered seeds, sifting through them to pick out usable Spirit Seeds.
This grid was usually used for damaged Spirit Seeds. The spirit rice farmer searched through them, but indeed found no valuable Spirit Seeds. He was also afraid that he might be careless and sell a valuable Spirit Seed, so he was quite conflicted.
“Boss, I plan to make use of these withered seeds as chicken feed. There’s no need to be like this!” Li Mu chuckled, teasing him.
Hearing this, the spirit rice farmer immediately lost his temper: “A piece of broken Spirit Stone, take them!”
Li Mu nodded with a smile, readily paying a piece of broken Spirit Stone and taking all the withered seeds from the grid.
Watching Li Mu’s departing back, the spirit rice farmer felt a faint reluctance in his heart, feeling that he had sold them at a loss. However, he truly hadn't found any usable Spirit Seeds among those withered ones.
Could it be that that kid could really turn waste into treasure?
Leaving the spirit rice shop, Li Mu turned into an empty alley to check his gains.
【Soul Wood Spirit Seed】
【Grade: Fourth Grade Spirit Wood】
【Characteristics: Contains wood-attribute Soul Power, Spirit Wood vitality, can Cultivate Soul Wood seedlings.】
【Status: Lacking Soul Power, spiritual essence not apparent】
【Soul Wood Spirit Seed: Requires the infusion of Yin Soul Power for the Spirit Seed to Cultivate. Growth requirements: Must be planted in a place of gathered Yin. One hundred years to mature into a Fourth Grade Soul Wood, ten years to flower, ten years to bear Po Ying Fruit. Po Ying Fruit can be refined into Soul Nurturing Pills. Soul Wood material is one of the main Materials for refining Divided Soul Puppets. Wearing a Fourth Grade Soul Wood heart close to the body can strengthen the spirit and nourish the Soul.】
【Black Snake Vine Spirit Seed】
【Grade: Third Grade Spirit Vine】
【Characteristics: Vine wood is highly poisonous, bears snake fruit after one hundred years, can Cultivate snake vine seedlings.】
【Status: Sealed seed embryo, activity reduced.】
【Black Snake Vine: Requires irrigation with snake and python Blood for the Spirit Seed to Cultivate. Growth requirements: Needs to be contaminated with the aura of a Third Grade or higher snake Yao Beast, and grow in symbiosis with it. Fifty years to mature, five years to flower, five years to bear Snake Spirit Fruit. Snake Spirit Fruit can be refined into Snake Feeding Pills, which are used by flood dragons, pythons, and snakes to purify their Bloodline and enhance their strength. The Black Snake Vine itself is highly poisonous and can be used to refine highly poisonous tools.】
Li Mu quickly picked out two shriveled Spirit Seeds from dozens of withered seeds. Under the effect of his Heavenly Talent - Identifying Myriad Spirits, the two still active Spirit Seeds displayed their original attributes.
Unfortunately, requiring a place of gathered Yin and symbiosis with a high-grade snake Yao Beast, the planting conditions and growth environment for these two Spirit Seeds were extremely harsh. Li Mu couldn't meet their demands.
These two Spirit Seeds couldn't be utilized in the short term. Li Mu sighed and stored them in his storage slot. Perhaps one day he would have the conditions to plant them, or he could sell them to exchange for auxiliary Cultivation resources.
The remaining withered seeds were all dead. Li Mu casually threw them in the corner of the wall, walked out of the dark alley, and continued to stroll around the market in Qing'an Town, seeing if he could pick up another bargain.
The Qing'an Town market is located on the main street of the entire town, with various shops on both sides. In more secluded areas, there are hundreds of stalls belonging to Loose Cultivators. Loose Cultivators set up a stall with just a piece of cloth and a wooden table, displaying various goods: Spirit Valley, Spirit Fruits, Vicious Beast meat, Spirit Swords, Runes, leather armor, and more, a dazzling array.
Bargaining, introducing goods, greeting customers… all sorts of sounds converged, with people coming and going, creating a lively scene.
Li Mu scanned one stall after another but found no valuable high-grade Spirit Materials.
Even if he identified some slightly higher-grade Spirit Materials, Li Mu’s wishful thinking was dashed as soon as he asked about the price.
These Loose Cultivators who set up stalls have been in the market for years; each one is extremely shrewd. They, at the bottom, don't have many good things in their hands. 'Family heirloom treasures' are all used to deceive people. Anything with a bit of value is marked with a high price, making it not so easy for him to get his hands on it.
Since he rarely came to the market, Li Mu spent five pieces of broken Spirit Stone to buy a few sheets of talisman paper, intending to try making talismans. He also used three pieces of broken Spirit Stone to buy half a catty of Yao Beast meat to improve his meals.
After buying these things, Li Mu didn't dare to continue browsing. He only had a few Spirit Stones left and needed to save them for daily living.
Half an hour later, Li Mu returned to his rented courtyard. Following the spirit rice farmer’s instructions, he prepared the insecticide to kill the wriggling aphids. He poured half a bottle of black gelatinous toxic insect liquid into two wooden buckets filled with clear water, stirred it well, and it emitted a pungent, foul odor.
Li Mu carried the wooden buckets filled with black toxic insect water on a shoulder pole and laboriously walked to the spirit rice fields. Then, he scooped up the insecticide with a wooden ladle and began to eliminate the pests.
Li Mu inspected each spirit rice plant, specifically pouring the liquid onto the spirit rice plants where wriggling aphids were attached.
The toxic insect poison was remarkably effective. One by one, the wriggling aphid larvae detached from the spirit rice plants, their bodies convulsing a few times before they painfully died.
An hour passed, and Li Mu finally eliminated all the wriggling aphids in the spirit rice field.
“Oh my! My back! This work is truly not for humans!” Li Mu clutched his lower back with both hands, unable to help but let out a cry of pain. However, his voice was filled with joy; the insect disaster had been safely resolved.
Li Mu rested for a moment, then stood by the spirit rice field with two empty wooden buckets. He formed hand seals, condensing his limited spiritual power, and silently activated the Qingfeng Huanyu Technique to replenish water and spiritual power for the spirit rice plants affected by the insect plague.
【Qingfeng Huanyu Technique successfully cast, proficiency +1】
A text prompt popped up on the virtual screen in front of Li Mu, indicating that a faint spiritual power had been successfully released from his hands.
The next moment, a faint spiritual whirlwind blew up over the spirit rice field, gathering the surrounding spiritual power, and finally transforming into drops of fine rain, seeping into the spirit rice field.
From the rise of the wind to the falling of the spiritual rain, it lasted about thirty to forty breaths before the wind stopped and the rain ceased.
The spirit rice in the field swayed in the wind, as if complaining that the spiritual rain came quickly and left quickly, unable to satisfy their needs, each one eagerly awaiting nourishment.
Li Mu glanced at the spirit rice field, and the attributes of the spirit rice plants appeared on the virtual light screen.
【White Jade Spirit Rice (Mature Stage)】
【Grade: First Grade Spirit Plant】
【Characteristics: spirit rice is fragrant, grows rapidly.】
【Status: Mature fruiting stage, lacking spiritual water irrigation, growth state is not good.】
【White Jade Spirit Rice: Can be planted in Low Grade spirit rice fields. Growth requirements: Fertile, spiritually rich soil. Matures in four months, flowers in one month, bears fruit in one month: White Jade Spirit Rice, can be used to cook spirit rice, a Low Grade spiritual food for replenishing spiritual power.】
Li Mu’s old face flushed. This was a situation where his Cultivation was insufficient, and his Qingfeng Huanyu Technique was not proficient enough.
The experienced spirit rice farmer next door, Zhang Lao, could continuously summon spiritual rain for two hundred breaths with his skilled Qingfeng Huanyu Technique. Compared to him, Li Mu was far behind.
Fortunately, Li Mu was still young and recovered quickly. If the duration was insufficient, he would make up for it with more attempts.
Li Mu rested briefly, recovered some spiritual power, and continued to cast the Qingfeng Huanyu Technique.
Once, twice, thrice…
Within an hour, Li Mu cast the Qingfeng Huanyu Technique seven times in a row, satisfying the spiritual rain requirements of the spirit rice plants.