**Chapter 107: Twenty Acres of Spirit Fields**

At the same time, with an offensive mid-grade magical tool at his disposal, his opponents would think twice before acting.

In addition, now that his cultivation had reached the late stage of Qi Refining, He Song also planned to purchase some high-grade talismans for self-defense.

Mid-grade talismans were no longer very useful to him.

Only high-grade talismans could truly enhance his strength.

Moreover, he needed to buy some life-saving talismans.

For example, Earth Escape Talismans, which allowed the user to instantly escape underground for ten miles, and other similar life-saving talismans.

When one's cultivation reaches the late stage of Qi Refining, enhancing one's self-preservation capabilities requires a significant investment of spirit stones.

Fortunately, He Song hadn't been idle over the years.

It had been four years since he sold spirit rice and obtained two thousand spirit stones.

During these four years, He Song had been busy with his cultivation and hadn't deliberately expanded his spirit fields.

As a result, he still only had the ten acres of spirit fields in the valley.

There was no helping it. He had considered opening spirit fields elsewhere, but after searching for half a month, he hadn't found a suitable location.

Some places were too close to the mortal world.

Others were in areas frequently visited by cultivators.

And some were simply not hidden enough, with a high risk of being discovered.

After half a month of searching, he had given up, thinking he would slowly look for a suitable place in the future.

But who would have thought that four years later, He Song still hadn't found a location as secluded and free from cultivators as the valley he had discovered earlier.

Reluctantly, He Song had to expand another ten acres of spirit fields in the same valley, filling most of the available space.

Now, the valley had a total of twenty acres of spirit fields.

Spirit fields require two years of spiritual energy nourishment to mature.

The newly opened fields would only yield their first harvest of spirit rice in the third year.

After four years, He Song had harvested spirit rice four times from the original ten acres, obtaining a total of over forty-four thousand pounds of spirit rice.

From the newly opened ten acres, he had harvested twice, obtaining over twenty-two thousand pounds of spirit rice.

Combined, He Song's total income from the spirit fields in the valley over the past four years was over sixty-seven thousand pounds of spirit rice.

However, over the four years, He Song had taken out some of the rice for his own consumption, so the original sixty-seven thousand pounds had been reduced to just over sixty-six thousand pounds.

Converted to spirit stones, He Song's income from the spirit fields over the past four years was six thousand six hundred spirit stones.

Four years, six thousand six hundred spirit stones.

It had to be said that this income far exceeded He Song's expectations.

Now, with twenty acres of spirit fields, he was earning over two thousand spirit stones a year.

At least during the Qi Refining stage, He Song no longer needed to worry about his cultivation resources.

Of course, He Song wasn't in a hurry to convert the newly obtained sixty-six thousand pounds of spirit rice into spirit stones. Instead, he kept all of it in his small cargo storage bag.

Four years ago, He Song had sold twenty-two thousand pounds of spirit rice in the Spirit Rabbit Immortal City, earning one thousand nine hundred and ninety spirit stones.

He Song didn't know if the Earth Sect was investigating the source of this spirit rice.

But he did know that if he sold twenty-two thousand pounds of spirit rice every year, he would definitely attract attention.

This would be tantamount to admitting that there was a hidden location within the Earth Sect's territory producing twenty-two thousand pounds of spirit rice annually.

Although twenty acres of spirit fields weren't much, the resources needed to create these fields without drawing attention were what truly mattered.

Without a formation master, no one could achieve this.

If He Song did this, it would indirectly reveal that a formation master had appeared within the Earth Sect's territory.

Such a risky move was something He Song would never do.

The cultivation world was full of strange and unpredictable spells.

If his secret were discovered, his soul might be extracted, and he would suffer endless torment.

The agony of being unable to live or die was something he never wanted to experience.

Therefore, he preferred to keep the sixty-six thousand pounds of spirit rice in his small cargo storage bag rather than clear his inventory every year.

It was better to accumulate it over the years and sell it all at once.

This approach would also serve to confuse others.

After all, every time He Song sold spirit rice, he would change his appearance and form, possibly making others think he was an outsider.

With these thoughts in mind, He Song quickly decided not to sell any spirit rice at this time.

The reason was simple.

He Song had become a true talisman master four years ago.

Over the past four years, through his talisman-making activities, he had successfully "cleaned" the extra two thousand spirit stones he had obtained.

In fact, he still had over a thousand spirit stones left.

It was worth noting that during these four years, He Song had been cultivating at full speed, spending spirit stones like water.

Pills, magical tools, spells, spirit tea, spirit rice, demon beast meat—anything that could enhance his cultivation or combat strength, He Song spared no expense.

Yet even so, he still had over a thousand spirit stones left.

If you included the spirit stones he had spent over the past four years, the peak amount of spirit stones he had at one point was over three thousand!

This was over a thousand spirit stones more than the two thousand he had obtained from selling spirit rice.

The extra thousand spirit stones had been earned through his identity as a talisman master.

Talisman masters could earn spirit stones at a decent rate.

Although He Song's success rate in crafting mid-grade Earth Talismans was still below fifty percent, even crafting low-grade talismans brought him a considerable income.

Over four years, selling talismans and receiving his annual stipend had allowed He Song to accumulate over a thousand extra spirit stones, which was entirely normal.

In addition, He Song had recently been working to improve his success rate in crafting mid-grade Earth Talismans.

Once his success rate exceeded fifty percent, he would be able to earn even more spirit stones.

As a result, even though He Song had spent over two thousand spirit stones in the past four years, he still had over a thousand spirit stones left.

A thousand spirit stones were more than enough to fully equip himself, with some to spare.

With this in mind, He Song quickly dismissed the idea of selling some spirit rice to quickly fill his pockets.

The fewer times he sold spirit rice, the better.

Accumulating more spirit rice would allow him to earn a larger sum of spirit stones in one go.

After all, when he sold spirit rice, he usually went to the herb pavilions of various immortal cities, so he didn't have to worry about them being unable to pay.

With this thought, He Song quickly began planning how to spend his spirit stones.

(End of Chapter)

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