Chapter 24: Abundant Harvest
The heavy snowfall had ceased, leaving behind a clear and brisk sky.
Jiang Yuebai wondered about the source of this snow disaster, but at the moment, no one had the leisure to inquire. Everyone was still busy in the fields, working to clean up the aftermath.
Although Jiang Yuebai had tasks initially, she accidentally killed all the seedlings in Tao Fengnian's field, so she had nothing to do.
Tao Fengnian didn't blame her and only advised her to return home and rest.
Repairing spiritual herbs required spells of level three or higher, a task beyond Jiang Yuebai's ability to assist with.
Since everyone else was still working, she felt awkward going back alone. Instead, she rested under the old locust tree, reflecting on the gains of the day and night.
Apart from the used ones, there were sixty-seven spirit stones left. She decided not to use them unless in an emergency; they were too extravagant.
Once her grandfather finished his work, he would take her to the largest cultivator market, Southern Valley Marketplace, at the border of the Cang and Yun countries. It was a good opportunity for her to buy brush pens and talisman paper and begin learning talisman crafting.
To become a Array master, one had to start with talismans.
Besides the harvest of spirit stones, what surprised her the most was her sea of consciousness. When she calmed her mind, she saw a lush three-leaf wheat seedling thriving within.
Strangely, above the wheat seedling, three snowflakes drifted continuously, coexisting without affecting each other.
Jiang Yuebai had read at the library that different methods of cultivating spiritual awareness led to different manifestations in the sea of consciousness.
For example, cultivating with starlight led to a sea of stars. Cultivating with flames created a sea of fire. These phenomena varied greatly.
In the world of cultivation, practitioners developed their spiritual energy alongside their spiritual awareness, but their understanding of spiritual awareness was often inferior to that of spirits and monsters.
Spirits and monsters focused primarily on cultivating their spiritual awareness. They didn't require hand gestures; a mere thought could harness the power of nature and turn it into spells and abilities.
Spiritual awareness also had attributes, but practitioners were not as naturally adept as spirits and monsters, making it difficult for them to develop those attributes.
Even if they managed, wielding significant power was challenging. As a result, most chose to cultivate neutral spiritual awareness, like the Starlight Divine Method.
Jiang Yuebai, however, stumbled upon the development of her sea of consciousness within the wheat seedling, inadvertently introducing wood and ice attributes.
She was quite troubled, unsure of which method to follow to further develop these two attributes of her spiritual awareness.
"Let's take it step by step. Regardless of the attributes, as long as it doesn't hinder control, it should be fine."
With a slight frown, Jiang Yuebai focused on a glass bottle in her hand. The bottle trembled slightly and gradually floated from her hand, swaying gently.
Inside, the Ice Armored Beetle King lay on its back, looking as if it had died.
If Jiang Yuebai hadn't read the "Catalog of Wonders," she might have fallen for the trick of the beetle king, which played dead as its characteristic behavior.
The Ice Armored Beetle King was among the ninth-rank extraordinary insects. Cultivators could use their spiritual awareness to train and utilize its ice armor for both defense and offense.
Moreover, this beetle king was clearly unusual. She would have to study it further with her grandfather when she returned.
Putting the glass bottle away, Jiang Yuebai glanced at her cultivation panel.
- [Name] Jiang Yuebai
- [Spirit Roots] Five Elements Spirit Roots
- [Cultivation Realm] Qi Refinement Third Layer
- [Cultivation Techniques]
- Five Elements Return to True (Qi Refining Chapter) (Third Layer: 36/1000)
- [Spells]
- Edge Sharpness Formula (Second Layer: 498/1000)
- Grass and Wood Technique (First Layer: 35/100)
- Cloud and Rain Art (First Layer: 40/100)
- Crimson Flame Technique (First Layer: 5/100)
- Earthquake Technique (First Layer: 5/100)
- [Martial Arts]
- Chasing Star Steps (Minor Achievement: 390/1000)
- Chopping Wood Sword Technique (Minor Achievement: 997/1000)
Jiang Yuebai noticed that her cultivation techniques, "Grass and Wood Technique" and "Cloud and Rain Art," had both improved, but the most significant progress was in the "Edge Sharpness Formula."
She had already passed the halfway mark in cultivating the second layer. Before, if she spent a whole day practicing just the "Edge Sharpness Formula," it would take her at least ten days to reach this point. Now, she achieved it in a single day and night.
Indeed, spirit stones were effective! "If only I had a spiritual mine," Jiang Yuebai mused.
She envisioned having her own spiritual mine. Currently, the advancement of her proficiency in the "Edge Sharpness Formula" was exceedingly slow, requiring ten to twenty releases just to see a slight improvement. She felt like she had hit a bottleneck.
This was something she hadn't anticipated before—patience and steady refinement were necessary; impatience wouldn't do.
Apart from that, the skill that had advanced the most was the "Chopping Wood Sword Technique." She was only three points away from reaching mastery.
At the mastery level, internal power could be generated. Techniques and strength would merge into one, releasing blade energy that could harm even without physical contact.
Mortal warriors lacked the nourishment of spiritual energy, making it extremely challenging for many to reach mastery throughout their lifetimes.
In the cultivation world, practitioners could achieve mastery in simple martial techniques in as little as a year and a half or as long as three to five years.
The gap between cultivators and ordinary mortals was truly insurmountable.
As she snapped back to reality, Jiang Yuebai saw Lü Ying standing nearby, holding a food container and looking at her.
She straightened herself, about to speak, but Lü Ying coldly snorted and turned to leave.
Jiang Yuebai caught up and stopped Lü Ying. "Why did you call me a fraud?"
Lü Ying glared, "Aren't you acting like one? With such high cultivation, you pretend to be less talented than me. I worry about your cultivation every day, fearing you'll be taken advantage of. You never treated me like a friend! Did you secretly mock me while I taught you? Did you secretly laugh at my struggles?"
Jiang Yuebai stood her ground, "I did keep some things hidden, but I never mocked you. You're my first good friend here. You've taught me and looked out for me. I appreciate that. I didn't deceive or undermine you. I've been working hard to improve my cultivation and learn spells. Is that wrong?"
Lü Ying couldn't argue further, but she remained disgruntled.
"Well, now you're satisfied. You're the number one in Huaxi Valley, and everyone fawns over you, saying you're the most likely to become a spiritual farmer. Meanwhile, all my efforts have become a joke in your eyes!"
"What effort have you put in? You're choosy in lectures, napping when you're forced to stay, only skimming through books on strange phenomena at the library, resisting when I try to study with you. Is that what you call effort?"
"Jiang Yuebai! Don't talk to me! I hate you!"
With a forceful push, Lü Ying shoved Jiang Yuebai and walked away. Jiang Yuebai clenched her fists, feeling wronged.
"Senior Sister Jiang, did you have a fight with Senior Sister Lü?" Shi Xiaowu stood in his own plot, cautiously holding a hoe and asking.
Jiang Yuebai wiped her eyes. "Do you need help? I have some free time."
Shi Xiaowu shook his head, then hesitated upon seeing Jiang Yuebai's somber expression before nodding. "Master told me to dig out the dead seedlings and plant new ones."
Jiang Yuebai went over to take a look. "Some can still be saved without digging. Move aside!"
Stepping back with the hoe, Shi Xiaowu watched as Jiang Yuebai entered the field with a determined air. She activated the "Grass and Wood Technique," absorbing the wood spiritual energy and infusing it into the withered seedlings.
One after another, she released her technique, one after another, she saved a sapling. Her actions were unceasing and relentless.
In a little over half an hour, she had saved all but a few completely dead saplings in the twenty-acre field, resurrecting them from the brink of death.
"Junior Sister Jiang is truly remarkable. Despite her young age, she exudes the demeanor of a master. I also have some saplings struggling for life. I implore Junior Sister Jiang to lend a hand."
"I have some here as well. Junior Sister Jiang, please don't favor only Senior Guo; help us too."
"That's right, that's right. We're all relying on Junior Sister Jiang."
People approached one after another, pleading for Jiang Yuebai's assistance. Feeling frustrated and using this as an outlet, she didn't refuse anyone and helped them all, laboring tirelessly in various spirit fields.
When Tao Fengnian finished his work in the medicinal field, he straightened his body and rubbed his lower back. He saw Jiang Yuebai busy in the spirit field from a distance.
Several people chatted idly on the side. Tao Fengnian's brow furrowed, but he didn't interrupt.
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Jiang Yuebai wondered about the source of this snow disaster, but at the moment, no one had the leisure to inquire. Everyone was still busy in the fields, working to clean up the aftermath.
Although Jiang Yuebai had tasks initially, she accidentally killed all the seedlings in Tao Fengnian's field, so she had nothing to do.
Tao Fengnian didn't blame her and only advised her to return home and rest.
Repairing spiritual herbs required spells of level three or higher, a task beyond Jiang Yuebai's ability to assist with.
Since everyone else was still working, she felt awkward going back alone. Instead, she rested under the old locust tree, reflecting on the gains of the day and night.
Apart from the used ones, there were sixty-seven spirit stones left. She decided not to use them unless in an emergency; they were too extravagant.
Once her grandfather finished his work, he would take her to the largest cultivator market, Southern Valley Marketplace, at the border of the Cang and Yun countries. It was a good opportunity for her to buy brush pens and talisman paper and begin learning talisman crafting.
To become a Array master, one had to start with talismans.
Besides the harvest of spirit stones, what surprised her the most was her sea of consciousness. When she calmed her mind, she saw a lush three-leaf wheat seedling thriving within.
Strangely, above the wheat seedling, three snowflakes drifted continuously, coexisting without affecting each other.
Jiang Yuebai had read at the library that different methods of cultivating spiritual awareness led to different manifestations in the sea of consciousness.
For example, cultivating with starlight led to a sea of stars. Cultivating with flames created a sea of fire. These phenomena varied greatly.
In the world of cultivation, practitioners developed their spiritual energy alongside their spiritual awareness, but their understanding of spiritual awareness was often inferior to that of spirits and monsters.
Spirits and monsters focused primarily on cultivating their spiritual awareness. They didn't require hand gestures; a mere thought could harness the power of nature and turn it into spells and abilities.
Spiritual awareness also had attributes, but practitioners were not as naturally adept as spirits and monsters, making it difficult for them to develop those attributes.
Even if they managed, wielding significant power was challenging. As a result, most chose to cultivate neutral spiritual awareness, like the Starlight Divine Method.
Jiang Yuebai, however, stumbled upon the development of her sea of consciousness within the wheat seedling, inadvertently introducing wood and ice attributes.
She was quite troubled, unsure of which method to follow to further develop these two attributes of her spiritual awareness.
"Let's take it step by step. Regardless of the attributes, as long as it doesn't hinder control, it should be fine."
With a slight frown, Jiang Yuebai focused on a glass bottle in her hand. The bottle trembled slightly and gradually floated from her hand, swaying gently.
Inside, the Ice Armored Beetle King lay on its back, looking as if it had died.
If Jiang Yuebai hadn't read the "Catalog of Wonders," she might have fallen for the trick of the beetle king, which played dead as its characteristic behavior.
The Ice Armored Beetle King was among the ninth-rank extraordinary insects. Cultivators could use their spiritual awareness to train and utilize its ice armor for both defense and offense.
Moreover, this beetle king was clearly unusual. She would have to study it further with her grandfather when she returned.
Putting the glass bottle away, Jiang Yuebai glanced at her cultivation panel.
- [Name] Jiang Yuebai
- [Spirit Roots] Five Elements Spirit Roots
- [Cultivation Realm] Qi Refinement Third Layer
- [Cultivation Techniques]
- Five Elements Return to True (Qi Refining Chapter) (Third Layer: 36/1000)
- [Spells]
- Edge Sharpness Formula (Second Layer: 498/1000)
- Grass and Wood Technique (First Layer: 35/100)
- Cloud and Rain Art (First Layer: 40/100)
- Crimson Flame Technique (First Layer: 5/100)
- Earthquake Technique (First Layer: 5/100)
- [Martial Arts]
- Chasing Star Steps (Minor Achievement: 390/1000)
- Chopping Wood Sword Technique (Minor Achievement: 997/1000)
Jiang Yuebai noticed that her cultivation techniques, "Grass and Wood Technique" and "Cloud and Rain Art," had both improved, but the most significant progress was in the "Edge Sharpness Formula."
She had already passed the halfway mark in cultivating the second layer. Before, if she spent a whole day practicing just the "Edge Sharpness Formula," it would take her at least ten days to reach this point. Now, she achieved it in a single day and night.
Indeed, spirit stones were effective! "If only I had a spiritual mine," Jiang Yuebai mused.
She envisioned having her own spiritual mine. Currently, the advancement of her proficiency in the "Edge Sharpness Formula" was exceedingly slow, requiring ten to twenty releases just to see a slight improvement. She felt like she had hit a bottleneck.
This was something she hadn't anticipated before—patience and steady refinement were necessary; impatience wouldn't do.
Apart from that, the skill that had advanced the most was the "Chopping Wood Sword Technique." She was only three points away from reaching mastery.
At the mastery level, internal power could be generated. Techniques and strength would merge into one, releasing blade energy that could harm even without physical contact.
Mortal warriors lacked the nourishment of spiritual energy, making it extremely challenging for many to reach mastery throughout their lifetimes.
In the cultivation world, practitioners could achieve mastery in simple martial techniques in as little as a year and a half or as long as three to five years.
The gap between cultivators and ordinary mortals was truly insurmountable.
As she snapped back to reality, Jiang Yuebai saw Lü Ying standing nearby, holding a food container and looking at her.
She straightened herself, about to speak, but Lü Ying coldly snorted and turned to leave.
Jiang Yuebai caught up and stopped Lü Ying. "Why did you call me a fraud?"
Lü Ying glared, "Aren't you acting like one? With such high cultivation, you pretend to be less talented than me. I worry about your cultivation every day, fearing you'll be taken advantage of. You never treated me like a friend! Did you secretly mock me while I taught you? Did you secretly laugh at my struggles?"
Jiang Yuebai stood her ground, "I did keep some things hidden, but I never mocked you. You're my first good friend here. You've taught me and looked out for me. I appreciate that. I didn't deceive or undermine you. I've been working hard to improve my cultivation and learn spells. Is that wrong?"
Lü Ying couldn't argue further, but she remained disgruntled.
"Well, now you're satisfied. You're the number one in Huaxi Valley, and everyone fawns over you, saying you're the most likely to become a spiritual farmer. Meanwhile, all my efforts have become a joke in your eyes!"
"What effort have you put in? You're choosy in lectures, napping when you're forced to stay, only skimming through books on strange phenomena at the library, resisting when I try to study with you. Is that what you call effort?"
"Jiang Yuebai! Don't talk to me! I hate you!"
With a forceful push, Lü Ying shoved Jiang Yuebai and walked away. Jiang Yuebai clenched her fists, feeling wronged.
"Senior Sister Jiang, did you have a fight with Senior Sister Lü?" Shi Xiaowu stood in his own plot, cautiously holding a hoe and asking.
Jiang Yuebai wiped her eyes. "Do you need help? I have some free time."
Shi Xiaowu shook his head, then hesitated upon seeing Jiang Yuebai's somber expression before nodding. "Master told me to dig out the dead seedlings and plant new ones."
Jiang Yuebai went over to take a look. "Some can still be saved without digging. Move aside!"
Stepping back with the hoe, Shi Xiaowu watched as Jiang Yuebai entered the field with a determined air. She activated the "Grass and Wood Technique," absorbing the wood spiritual energy and infusing it into the withered seedlings.
One after another, she released her technique, one after another, she saved a sapling. Her actions were unceasing and relentless.
In a little over half an hour, she had saved all but a few completely dead saplings in the twenty-acre field, resurrecting them from the brink of death.
"Junior Sister Jiang is truly remarkable. Despite her young age, she exudes the demeanor of a master. I also have some saplings struggling for life. I implore Junior Sister Jiang to lend a hand."
"I have some here as well. Junior Sister Jiang, please don't favor only Senior Guo; help us too."
"That's right, that's right. We're all relying on Junior Sister Jiang."
People approached one after another, pleading for Jiang Yuebai's assistance. Feeling frustrated and using this as an outlet, she didn't refuse anyone and helped them all, laboring tirelessly in various spirit fields.
When Tao Fengnian finished his work in the medicinal field, he straightened his body and rubbed his lower back. He saw Jiang Yuebai busy in the spirit field from a distance.
Several people chatted idly on the side. Tao Fengnian's brow furrowed, but he didn't interrupt.
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