Xu Yi immediately opened his mouth, and a golden, condensed stream of Qi flew out of his mouth, heading towards the Goose.
Sensing danger, the Goose immediately flapped its wings and flew up.
Just then, the stream of Qi suddenly changed direction and pierced towards the Goose's abdomen.
The Goose cawed, its wings flapping rapidly.
A gust of wind blades blew out, attempting to stop the stream of Qi.
Xu Yi snorted, and the stream of Qi suddenly dispersed, transforming into more than ten strands of Qi the size of hair.
Each strand of Qi precisely bypassed the wind blades and swiftly flew towards the Goose.
The Goose, left with no means, was instantly bound by the Qi.
Xu Yi looked at the Goose, very perplexed.
The entire wooden house, including the red jade crystal rice Spirit Field, was enveloped by a Formation.
Where did this Goose come from?
Xu Yi was certain the Formation had not been damaged.
Releasing his Divine Sense, Xu Yi carefully inspected.
Suddenly, Xu Yi discovered a large pit in the Spirit Field.
Walking into the Spirit Field, Xu Yi looked at the large pit. Upon comparison, it was only slightly larger than the Goose's body.
"This hole was dug by this Goose?"
Xu Yi couldn't believe it.
When did Geese learn to dig holes?
Xu Yi shook his head and filled the large hole.
"I need to learn a Guardian Spell," Xu Yi thought to himself.
Although the Spirit Field had Formation protection, it only protected the surface; the underground had no Formation protection.
Therefore, some Yao Beasts capable of digging could enter the Spirit Field from underground.
However, Xu Yi also had defensive measures against common types of such Yao Beasts.
After all this time, it was the first time Xu Yi had encountered such a situation.
After filling the hole, Xu Yi inspected the red jade crystal rice.
Fortunately, the loss was not significant and would not affect the contract.
But it made Xu Yi break out in a cold sweat; this Goose could not be kept.
"It's just First Order, Low Grade, and it ate a bit of red jade crystal rice. Cooking it for my stomach is just right."
Deciding to kill the Goose, Xu Yi's Divine Sense manipulated the Qi to slit the Goose's neck.
Feeling the aura of death, the Goose immediately flapped and struggled.
It cawed strangely, seemingly begging Xu Yi not to kill it.
Just then, due to extreme fright, the Goose dropped a pile of excrement, which landed in the Spirit Field.
Xu Yi immediately noticed something was amiss.
The Goose's excrement actually contained Spiritual Qi.
And the Spiritual Qi within it was quickly absorbed by the red jade crystal rice.
In an instant, the Chinese genes within him awakened.
"It can be used as fertilizer," Xu Yi thought.
Although the Small Cloud Rain Technique could be used to water spiritual plants and replenish the Spiritual Qi they needed,
the Small Cloud Rain Technique could not be performed too many times.
The Spiritual Qi provided by one use of the Small Cloud Rain Technique was insufficient, but two uses would be excessive.
If there was too much Spiritual Qi, the spiritual plants would be unable to absorb so much Spiritual Qi and would instead develop various problems due to an excess of Spiritual Qi.
Therefore, if the Spiritual Qi lacking after one use of the Small Cloud Rain Technique could be supplemented,
it would be more conducive to the growth of spiritual plants.
Spiritual fertilizer thus came into being.
Spiritual fertilizer was also sold in the market.
But the price was ridiculously high, far beyond what Xu Yi could afford.
Now, with a natural spiritual fertilizer in front of him, Xu Yi was very tempted.
After some thought, Xu Yi looked at the Goose.
Without the slightest hesitation, Xu Yi's Divine Sense surged out and rushed into the Goose's Sea of Consciousness.
Immediately after, Xu Yi imprinted his own spiritual mark into the Goose's Sea of Consciousness.
This meant that from then on, the Goose's life would be in Xu Yi's hands.
This was a common method of subduing servants.
It was only because the Goose was merely First Order, Low Grade that Xu Yi could do it so easily.
After the Goose perceived the change, although it was very indignant, it was better to live poorly than to die.
"Go, fertilize the chijing grass."
Xu Yi pointed his hand towards the auxiliary Spirit Field where the chijing grass was located, simultaneously retracting his Small Gengjin Sword Qi.
The Goose understood Xu Yi's words and immediately waddled towards the auxiliary Spirit Field.
At this moment, a voice sounded in Xu Yi's ear.
【Subdued one spiritual pet, rewarded ten longevity points.】
【New daily quest announced.】
Xu Yi looked at the new daily quest: feeding the Goose, with a reward of ten longevity points.
This was simple.
Just cook more bamboo rice.
Speaking of bamboo rice, Xu Yi recalled the Fish King he had caught earlier.
Xu Yi ate that Fish King for a full three days.
Its delicious taste still made Xu Yi linger.
Later, Xu Yi also went fishing in the Great River.
Unfortunately, he couldn't catch a Fish King, only two First Order, Low Grade miscellaneous fish.
The taste was far inferior to that of the Fish King.
However, this also stirred Xu Yi's craving.
Looking at the sky, there was still some time until evening.
Before dinner, he decided to cast a rod in the Great River again to see if he could catch a Spirit Fish to improve dinner's fare.
After tidying up his fishing gear, Xu Yi planned to leave.
The Goose, having finished fertilizing, saw Xu Yi about to leave and immediately waddled after him.
Xu Yi originally wanted to leave the Goose to guard the house, but then he thought about it.
If he left the Goose at home, who knew if it would steal and eat the red jade crystal rice regardless of its life.
Xu Yi did not want to encounter self-monitoring theft.
Therefore, Xu Yi took the Goose and left the wooden house.
Upon reaching the Great River, he baited his hook, cast his rod, and Xu Yi began to wait.
The Goose was not idle either; it directly jumped into the Great River and began to swim.
Then, the Goose dove headfirst into the Great River and disappeared.
Xu Yi didn't pay attention.
Through the spiritual imprint, Xu Yi knew the Goose was fine.
Not long after, the Goose emerged from the river.
It was holding a First Order, Low Grade Spirit Fish in its mouth.
Seeing this, Xu Yi was stunned.
Not just Xu Yi, but the Loose Cultivators still fishing nearby were also stunned.
The Goose, holding the Spirit Fish, flew out of the Great River and placed the Spirit Fish beside Xu Yi.
Immediately after, the Goose jumped into the Great River again, plunged in, and disappeared.
Not long after, the Goose reappeared, holding another Spirit Fish.
This was repeated three more times, and the Goose brought up a total of five Spirit Fish.
It took a quarter of an hour.
And Xu Yi had no harvest during this quarter of an hour; his fishing rod didn't even move.
Xu Yi was ashamed; he was not as good as a Goose.
The other Loose Cultivators watching were even more profusely sweating.
Five Spirit Fish; most of them couldn't even catch that many in a whole day of fishing.
"Fellow Daoist, are you selling this Goose? I'll offer twenty Spirit Stones."
At this moment, a Loose Cultivator took a liking to the Goose and made an offer.
The other Loose Cultivators, seeing this, also spoke up one after another.
"Twenty pieces are nothing! I'll offer twenty-five!"
"Get lost, I'll add ten, thirty-five!"
"All of you, move aside, I'll offer fifty!"
...
In an instant, the scene became heated.
Some people even started to dislike each other and were about to fight.
Xu Yi didn't want to draw attention, so he picked up the five Spirit Fish and slipped away with the Goose.
After running all the way back to the wooden house, Xu Yi finally felt at ease.
Looking at the Goose at his feet, who had run all the way back with him.
Xu Yi laughed at this moment.
"It seems keeping your life was the right decision," Xu Yi said with a smile.
"From now on, there's also an extra way to earn money."
With the Goose's fishing speed, wouldn't it be easy to earn some Spirit Stones to spend each day?
Putting aside distracting thoughts, Xu Yi decided to start a fire and cook early.
After eating and drinking his fill, Xu Yi moved a reclining chair out of the wooden house and leisurely lay down.
As night deepened, Xu Yi lay on the reclining chair, gazing up at the starry sky, his mind wandering.
Just then, a rustling sound came from behind the wooden house.
The Goose noticed it first, immediately turned its head to look behind the wooden house, and began to caw.
Xu Yi immediately came back to his senses and became alert.
Jumping off the reclining chair, Xu Yi immediately went around the wooden house to the back.
As soon as he arrived behind the wooden house, Xu Yi saw a black shadow running rapidly into the distance.
Xu Yi originally wanted to chase, but then worried about falling into a trap.
Stopping, Xu Yi glanced down and saw a black jar not far from his feet.
He picked up the black jar and examined it carefully.
This was just an ordinary black jar, with no peculiar features.
But Xu Yi was certain this black jar was left by the person who was just there; there had been no black jar here before.
Xu Yi immediately returned to the wooden house, passed through it, and went to the Spirit Field.
After a check, Xu Yi was slightly relieved, finding nothing unusual.
"With the Formation here, there shouldn't be any major problems," Xu Yi thought.
The Formation protecting the Spirit Field could not only block external prying but also had a protective function.
Even if someone wanted to meddle, they couldn't destroy the Formation unless they were at Qi Refining Peak.
......
Time flew by.
Nine Heavens passed in a flash.
Tomorrow would be the stipulated time in the contract for submitting the red jade crystal rice.
Early that morning,
Xu Yi had just gotten up.
Suddenly, the Goose's cries came from the backyard.
Xu Yi quickly went to the backyard and saw the Goose standing anxiously in front of the red jade crystal rice Spirit Field, pacing back and forth, occasionally stretching its neck into the Spirit Field.
Seeing Xu Yi, the Goose immediately ran over.
It bit Xu Yi's pant leg with its mouth, pulling Xu Yi towards the Spirit Field.
Seeing this, Xu Yi released his Divine Sense while walking towards the Spirit Field.
Upon reaching the Spirit Field, Xu Yi's expression became serious.
"Pest infestation!"