Chapter 193: Chapter 193: Contribution of the Cultivation
Sect to Farming—1
Translator: 549690339
“Oh, Brother Teng, please do elaborate.”
Chen Mobai was instantly interested.
“Brother Chen, your Spiritual Root Talent is exceptional, and at such a young age, you have already reached the late stage of Qi Cultivation. I assume you’ll also contend for the position of True Disciple, as only by becoming a True Disciple, one gains eligibility to exchange for Foundation Building Pill.”
What Teng Jie said made sense, Chen Mobai hesitated for a moment, didn’t conceal anything and just nodded.
“With Brother Chen’s age and talent, you certainly have a promising future. Brother Liu from our Spirit Plant Division failed his Foundation Establishment last month and his realm dropped, he should be stepping down from his position as a True Disciple in the next few days.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Jun slightly furrowed his eyebrows, but thinking of the three hundred sect contributions that Brother Liu had borrowed from him for the Foundation Building Pill, he chose to remain silent.
“Out of the twenty-four True Disciples of our sect, our Spirit Plant Division is assured of having at least one spot. After Brother Liu’s Foundation Establishment failure and his significant depletion of Elemental Energy, plus owing everyone a lot of sect contributions, it’s certain that he won’t return to the ranks of True Disciples until he settles his debts.”
“After Brother Liu, the one to take his place as a True Disciple from the Spirit Plant Division should be Brother Li Li. However, he’ll occupy the position for a bit, his actual talent and skills are even inferior to Brother Liu’s.”
“If Brother Chen were to join our Spirit Plant Division and work diligently for ten years, by the time the next batch of Foundation Building Pills is ready and if you reach the Perfection of Qi Cultivation, whether it’s competing with Brother Li Li or earning another True Disciple spot for our Spirit Plant Division, it would be much better than being alone out in the wilderness.”
Chen Mobai was greatly moved by these words.
Indeed, although the Divine Wood Sect only requires ten thousand sect contribution points to exchange for a Foundation Building Pill on the surface, there are many unwritten rules in reality.
For example, True Disciples are given priority.
In the ranks of True Disciples, one’s place on the roster also matters.
And within the roster, those who haven’t undergone Foundation Establishment have a higher priority than those who have failed once.
Originally, Chen Mobai planned to challenge a True Disciple with no backing in the sect’s grand comparison after a few years of achieving perfection in Qi Cultivation, aiming to take their place.
However, now that he had heard Teng Jie’s words, he realized that even if he succeeded in doing so, wouldn’t he then become a True Disciple in the eyes of other disciples, one with no background and thus could be challenged?
If he joined the Spirit Plant Division, even though he might be a bit busier, at least he would have a tree to shelter him from the wind and rain in the Divine Wood Sect.
But, isn’t it too early to join now?
Chen Mobai was still hesitating, as his current focus was extending towards achieving perfection in Qi Cultivation, he really didn’t want to waste time on other things.
“Brother Chen, there is another key factor in exchanging for a Foundation Building Pill, I wonder if you have considered it.”
Just then, Teng Jie spoke again.
“It must be about sect contribution points.”
Chen Mobai was quick to grasp the key and immediately stated it.
Teng Jie nodded and explained the details to him, this new sect disciple.
“The setting of sect contribution points is related to Spirit Stones. For most sect tasks, the number of Spirit Stones the task is worth is equivalent to the contribution points given to the person who completes it. This means we need to earn ten thousand Spirit Stones for the sect in order to accumulate enough sect contribution points to exchange for a Foundation Building Pill.”
“However, among all sect tasks, there are a few exceptions. Some tasks, being too small in scale, having too little harvest, and no one willing to do them, yet being indispensable to the sect, lead the Reward Virtue Hall to adjust the proportion of contributions to guide sect disciples to carry out these tasks.”
“Farming is one of these.”
“While other tasks provide one sect contribution point for each Spirit Stone, farming requires almost a year to harvest. During this period, pests must be exterminated using the Spirit Needle Technique, irrigation must be done using the Falling Rain Technique, and attacks from birds and beasts must be fended off. The output doesn’t match the input, which has led to the abandonment of hundreds of acres of Spirit Fields in our Divine Wood Sect. All disciples who know about Spirit Plants have applied to take care of medicine fields.”
“Because the value of a single top-tier Rank-1 medical plant is equivalent to the yield of an acre of Spirit Field.”
“After Change Tendons and Wash Marrow, in order to avoid contamination from ordinary grains, cultivators who have reached the Qi Cultivation stage and above usually consume Spirit Rice apart from the Fasting Pill. If no one farms, should we let Foundation Establishment elders or even the two ancestors do it in person?”
“Therefore, in order to encourage disciples to farm, the sect specifically adjusted the conversion ratio of farming contribution to ten times. Even so, many disciples choose to give up after a year, feeling that they put in too much and get little in return.”
“If Brother Chen is willing to showcase his skills, even if you can’t look after too many Spirit Fields by yourself, guiding some newly joined disciples and taking a tenth of the contribution at harvest time.”
“If you do this for a decade, you probably won’t need to borrow from fellow disciples when exchanging for a Foundation Building Pill.”
Having heard this, Chen Mobai was completely swayed.
So, farming brings such high returns?
However, this was mainly because he came from Xianmen where his farming technique is superb, coupled with the ample Spiritual Energy of Giant Tree Ridge.
“Since Brother Teng is so sincere, I will gladly accept.”
At this statement, the three of them shared a chuckle.
Thus, Chen Mobai went with the two of them to the Divine Wood City at the center of Giant Tree Ridge.
This was also the only place in Giant Tree Ridge where mortals could survive, as the vast medicinal fields of a thousand acres outside the city constituted the heart of the Divine Wood Sect.
There were numerous Spiritual Medicines, but the manpower of the Spirit Plant Division wasn’t sufficient, so some ordinary Spiritual Medicines were entrusted to the mortal descendants of sect disciples.
All three halls and twelve divisions had offices in Divine Wood City. Almost eighty percent of the disciples from the Spirit Plant Division took care of medicine fields here.
Lu Jun and Teng Jie handed over the Jade Bud Lingmi in their storage bags to the overseer in charge of intake, completing a division task.
After the intake was confirmed by the Spirit Plant Division, Chen Mobai took his Divine Wood Sect disciple nameplate to the Spirit Treasure Pavilion to swipe, and he would find an additional 458 sect contribution points.
Although a sect contribution point is equivalent to a Spirit Stone, in private transfers, the price tends to float about twenty percent higher.
“Brother Chen, please wait here for a moment with Brother Teng.”
While they were invited, it was necessary to inform the leadership above.
Lu Jun went in with a smile, but came out almost immediately with a strange expression on his face.
“Please, both of you, come in.”
They arrived at a big hall with many chairs, and saw that quite a number of people were already sitting inside.
The three leading figures sat in a line under a giant map, sipping tea with varying expressions.
Beneath the three of them, seven or eight Divine Wood Sect disciples were sitting on either side. The one on the left had a pale face as if he was severely drained of his Elemental Energy. The one leading on the right had yellowish skin with rough hands and feet, appearing like an old farmer.
Following the entry of Chen Mobai and the others, one chubby Foundation Establishment cultivator pointed to some empty seats in the corner. Lu Jun immediately led them to sit there and listen silently..