Xiao Liang Mountain
A golden Spiritual Artifact sword sped around and around, as if searching for something.
Without any success, the golden Spiritual Artifact sword immediately flew back into the Xiao Liang Mountain illusion formation and disappeared.
After a while, the sentry spider Puppets distributed around Xiao Liang Mountain suddenly all moved, roaming everywhere and meticulously searching for something.
Soon, they confirmed the search results: within a one-mile radius of Xiao Liang Mountain, there were no suspicious figures.
“They withdrew! Did they give up?”
Li Mu frowned in confusion. Recently, he had frequently discovered people disguised as woodcutters and hunters approaching Xiao Liang Mountain, secretly observing the movements on the mountain.
Li Mu used the sentry spider Puppet group to monitor them, confirming they came from a certain organization, and their tailing methods were very professional.
However, for some unknown reason, they had all withdrawn. Li Mu used his Divine Sense attached to his Spiritual Artifact sword and the sentry spider Puppets, searching for three consecutive days without finding any trace of them.
Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief. Being targeted by an unknown force created immense pressure!
To be safe, Li Mu would not go down the mountain for a short period.
He would wait until the next batch of Spiritual Plants matured and were harvested!
Successfully drawing out the hidden Spiritual Vein, coupled with the Gathering Spirit Formation's Spiritual Qi gathering effect, the Spiritual Qi in Xiao Liang Mountain was several times richer than before, successfully converting all eleven acres of spirit rice fields into Medium Grade spirit rice fields.
The effect of the Medium Grade spirit rice fields prompted first-order Spiritual Plants like spirit rice, Emerald Spirit Fruit, and Wind Spirit Grass to absorb abundant Spiritual Qi, greatly accelerating their growth rate.
In about twenty more days, the Emerald Spirit Fruit and Wind Spirit Grass would be ready for harvest, while the White Jade Spirit Rice would be slightly later, taking about a month.
Li Mu meticulously cared for the spirit rice fields. In his leisure time, he renovated his living environment: a recreational bamboo pavilion was built by the pond, a cave was dug into the mountainside next to the courtyard to serve as a grain storage warehouse, and a wine cellar was dug next door, intended for storing his self-brewed cuiling wine in the future…
In the evenings, he would refine Spiritual Talismans, or delve into the Artifact Refining Room to refine Spiritual Artifacts.
With a myriad of tasks to do every day, Li Mu lived a very fulfilling life, with no time to think of other things.
As for Cultivation!
As long as he farmed and harvested Spiritual Plants, he could gain Cultivation and Cultivation Technique proficiency. The time Li Mu spent on Cultivation was negligible.
Time flew by like the sun and moon. The Spiritual Plants in the fields ripened day by day, and the fragrance of Emerald Spirit Fruit began to permeate the air.
Twenty days passed in a flash.
In the spirit rice fields where Emerald Spirit Fruit was planted, each plant was laden with round, jade-green Emerald Spirit Fruits, about the size of a thumb, with an average of about ten fruits per plant.
The Wind Spirit Grass grew with large, plump green leaves, and the plants were robust, lush, full of Spiritual Qi, and of a higher quality than those previously planted.
The Emerald Spirit Fruit is ripe, it’s time to start harvesting!
Li Mu eagerly retrieved the prepared bamboo basket and began picking the Emerald Spirit Fruit first.
Li Mu picked an Emerald Spirit Fruit, bit into it, and a crisp sound echoed. Immediately, the sweet and sour, Spiritual Qi-rich juice burst forth on his taste buds, cool, refreshing, and exquisitely delicious.
One Emerald Spirit Fruit after another, Li Mu resisted eating five or six more before suddenly realizing a problem.
After picking the Emerald Spirit Fruit, Li Mu did not find any Plant Spirit light clusters.
Hmm!
Do Plant Spirit light clusters only appear after harvesting the Emerald Spirit Fruit plants?
Li Mu took a sickle from his Storage Pouch, grabbed an Emerald Spirit Fruit plant, and cut it from the root.
With a “sizzle!”, the Emerald Spirit Fruit plant was cut, and indeed, a pale purple light cluster appeared at the plant’s wound, crystal clear and full of spirituality.
Seeing the pale purple Plant Spirit light cluster, Li Mu was overjoyed. He wondered what attribute bonus this differently colored Plant Spirit light cluster would provide.
Li Mu quickly reached out to touch the pale purple light cluster, which instantly vanished between his fingers.
【Talent Divine Power - Plant Spirit Extraction takes effect. You have extracted a Plant Spirit. Divine Soul +0.02】
Li Mu only felt his Sea of Consciousness slightly ripple. He looked at the character log and saw a new prompt.
The Plant Spirit light cluster from the Emerald Spirit Fruit could actually increase Divine Soul?
Li Mu’s eyes widened in surprise, and he couldn't help but burst into joyful laughter: “Excellent! These nine months weren’t wasted!”
A 0.02 increase in Divine Soul might not seem like a significant improvement, but accumulating it would yield an effect that cannot be underestimated!
Li Mu had personally experienced the benefits of a stronger Divine Soul. Refining Spiritual Talismans, Artifact Refining, and remote control of Spiritual Artifact swords all required the consumption of Divine Sense, and Divine Soul was the Foundation of Divine Sense.
The level 5 Quenching Spirit Art also had the effect of strengthening the Divine Soul, but that was an improvement in Divine Soul quality, increasing the range of Divine Sense projection, unlike the Plant Spirit light cluster of the Emerald Spirit Fruit, which directly provided a quantitative increase to the Divine Soul.
Li Mu immediately activated his frantic harvesting mode. He stopped picking the Emerald Spirit Fruit and directly cut down the entire Emerald Spirit Fruit plant, placing it in the bamboo basket.
Clusters of pale purple light clusters rapidly disappeared between Li Mu's fingers.
【Talent Divine Power - Plant Spirit Extraction takes effect. You have extracted a Plant Spirit. Divine Soul +0.02】
【Talent Divine Power - Plant Spirit Extraction takes effect. You have extracted a Plant Spirit. Divine Soul +0.03】
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Li Mu was invigorated, as if he had been injected with a stimulant, constantly feeling his Divine Soul growing stronger and his Divine Sense range increasing.
Cutting down the entire Emerald Spirit Fruit plant was necessary to obtain the Plant Spirit light cluster, meaning the plants could not continue to bear fruit.
This meant that planting Spiritual Plants with longer maturity periods in the future would not be cost-effective, such as high-grade Spiritual Plants that mature in decades or even centuries, because they could only be harvested once per planting.
One acre of Emerald Spirit Fruit, nearly ten thousand Spiritual Plants.
It took about an hour for Li Mu to complete the harvest of all Emerald Spirit Fruit plants, gaining over 200 points of Divine Soul increase.
Li Mu fully unleashed his Divine Sense and gauged his perception range. He could originally control objects within 150 zhang, but now, his Divine Sense perception range had increased by more than threefold, to about 500 zhang, a truly remarkable improvement.
Li Mu was overjoyed. With this level of Divine Sense strength attached to a third-order Spiritual Artifact sword, he could probably control the Spiritual Artifact sword to fly three or four miles away.
“Excellent, very excellent! Now I don’t have to worry about being ambushed by enemies!” Li Mu smiled happily.
Next, Li Mu planned to refine more sentry spider Puppets to expand the warning area.
Li Mu moved several baskets of Emerald Spirit Fruit into the warehouse, planning to try brewing cuiling wine when he had time. As for now! There were still nine acres of Wind Spirit Grass to harvest. Today was a joyous day of bountiful harvest.
Li Mu, holding his sickle, went down to the spirit rice fields and began harvesting the Wind Spirit Grass in batches, collecting the Wind Spirit Grass Plant Spirit light clusters one by one.
【Talent Divine Power - Plant Spirit Extraction takes effect. You have extracted a Plant Spirit. Free Proficiency Points +2】
【Talent Divine Power - Plant Spirit Extraction takes effect. You have extracted a Plant Spirit. Free Proficiency Points +1】
【Talent Divine Power - Plant Spirit Extraction takes effect. You have extracted a Plant Spirit. Free Proficiency Points +2】
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The log panel of the character's virtual frame was filled with dense new prompts.
Perhaps due to the cultivation in Medium Grade spirit rice fields and the improved quality of the Wind Spirit Grass, the number of Wind Spirit Grass Plant Spirits yielding 2 free proficiency points surged, bringing double the harvest and double the joy.
Li Mu's smile was radiant, he was so delighted that he couldn't stop smiling, and he worked even harder at his farm chores.