Chapter 18 Fang Lin Goes Up the Mountain

The area within the square is ultimately limited, so the number of weeds that can grow is also limited.

This makes clearing them relatively easy and simple.

After this is done, what follows is waiting for the results to be verified.

After Xie Yi modified the medicinal fields, the spirit rice seedlings in the spirit field also gradually grew robust and strong.

Most crucially, after careful observation by Fang Yun, he discovered that the spiritual energy in the spirit field had become abundant, reaching a balance with the Spiritual Spring.

Even if they were to continue waiting, the spiritual energy in the spirit field would not increase any further.

Now was the perfect time to plant the spirit rice.

So, early the next morning, Fang Yun went to a corner of the spirit field and began to carefully select the grown spirit rice seedlings.

He picked out the seedlings that were growing well and transplanted them into the spirit field.

After a meticulous selection process, Fang Yun chose 320 stalks of spirit rice, five times the amount of the last time.

If these spirit rice could fully mature, the Life Essence Qi he would obtain would be about five times that of before.

Add to that other ordinary crops, which would be enough to support his cultivation reaching the Third Level of Qi Refining.

It took two days, but Fang Yun finally finished transplanting the spirit rice.

Next was the long wait for spirit rice to mature.

Fang Yun only needed to remove weeds periodically and closely monitor the spiritual energy condition in the spirit field to ensure an ample supply of spiritual energy, and his task would be considered complete.

As for insect pests, based on past experience, they usually appear after the spirit rice enters the maturity phase.

However, Fang Yun did not dare to take this lightly; with many types of pests, no one could predict whether other unseen pests might appear in this process.

Fortunately, with his special abilities, even if pests did appear, he could deal with them in a timely manner.

With the spirit field's matters taken care of, it was time to plant ordinary crops in the valley.

Though ordinary crops provide somewhat less Life Essence Qi, every little bit counts.

And he could also take the opportunity to cultivate better seeds for future expanded planting.

After all, the spiritual energy in the Spiritual Spring is limited, which means the size of his spirit field is also limited.

When his need for Life Essence Qi becomes greater, these spirit fields will obviously no longer be enough to meet his needs.

In that case, he might need to use the vast land on Spirit Water Island to plant ordinary crops to supplement his Life Essence Qi.

Although ordinary crops provide limited Life Essence Qi, when their quantity reaches a certain level, the yield is still considerable.

However, to plant crops on Spirit Water Island, there are many challenges to overcome, and he doesn't have the time right now, so it would have to wait.

Returning to the valley, Fang Yun observed the growth of weeds in the medicinal fields.

He found that the measures he had previously taken were noticeably effective, and the growth of weeds had significantly decreased.

After a simple clearing of the weeds that sprouted in the small grid, Fang Yun began to clear the weeds in the areas not yet planted with crops.

Using the entire day, Fang Yun vigorously swung the hoe, clearing all the weeds completely.

He piled these weeds in a corner, waiting for them to dry out completely before burning them into ash.

With all this done, Fang Yun followed the previous method used in the medicinal fields and divided all the land plots, including the paddy fields, into regular small squares.

All the crops that would be planted next would be located within these small squares.

In this way, subsequent weed clearing efforts could save more time and energy.

Over ten days later, the transformation of all the fields was smoothly completed.

Fang Yun used the Spirit Rain Skill to thoroughly irrigate all the land, and then cast Earth Power Skills to evenly distribute the ordinary energy within the soil.

Having completed all this, he proceeded to plant soybeans and also completed the breeding of rice grains in parallel.

Next, he just needed to wait for the rice seedlings to grow before transplanting them.

On this day, after clearing the newly grown weeds in the valley, he returned to the cave.

Suddenly, he saw a figure standing at the entrance of the cave.

It was the elder from the mountain foot, Fang Lin.

Fang Yun, carrying a hoe, quickly approached him.

"Clan Leader, is there something urgent from the clan that needs me?"

Apart from such matters, Fang Yun couldn't think of anything else that would bring the Clan Leader of his family to find him.

And usually, for the sake of his cultivation, they would not come to the mountain to disturb him.

When Fang Lin saw that Fang Yun had finally returned, he let out a sigh of relief.

"Clan Leader, something terrible has happened! There are 18 pirate groups outside the island, and they are attacking Spirit Water Island; everyone is waiting for you to discuss countermeasures!"

Upon hearing this, Fang Yun was stunned.

18 pirate groups attacking Spirit Water Island? What's going on?

How could pirates suddenly emerge in the surrounding waters?

According to what he knew before, wasn't the closest island more than a hundred li away from here?

Where did these pirates come from?

Fang Yun's heart was full of doubts and even a tinge of panic!

After all, it looked like a war was coming, and in this Cultivation World, it was unknown whether there were cultivators among those pirates.

If there were, he would definitely have to take the lead; as someone who had never fought before, facing such a situation, Fang Yun was naturally quite flustered.

However, seeing that Fang Lin was anxious but not panicking, he guessed that the family must have some measures to deal with this situation.

Thinking again that he was a cultivator and also a Clan Leader, it was improper to show signs of cowardice.

So he nodded crisply: "Alright, Clan Leader, please wait a moment; I'll make some preparations and then descend the mountain with you!"

Without waiting for Fang Lin's reply, Fang Yun went into the cave to put away the hoe, took up the fine iron sword and strapped it to his back.

Then he went to a corner of the cave to collect the Fang Family's legacy left by generations of cultivators, which included several Spirit Talismans and a damaged Magic Artifact long knife.

He took all these things with him.

Facing an unknown battle situation, it was natural to bring all the life-saving objects available.

Otherwise, if he were to carelessly fall in battle, these things would end up benefiting the enemy.

After getting everything in order, Fang Yun left the cave to meet with Fang Lin.

"Clan Leader, let's go!"

Seeing Fang Yun with the Magic Artifact long knife tied to his waist, Fang Lin knew that the Clan Leader was cautious and had brought the Clan Suppressing Artifact of the family without being reminded.

Therefore, he didn't say anything more, leading Fang Yun with qinggong, heading towards the foot of the mountain.