10: Chapter

As expected, in the world of cultivation, Alchemists were the most sought-after profession; in just one day, Chen Jiancang refined 10 furnaces of Qi Gathering Pills, which could rival the income from diligently cultivating spiritual plants for a year.

However, all the Alchemy experience Chen Jiancang currently possessed came from harvesting spiritual plants, so he naturally wouldn't neglect the fundamentals and look down on the spiritual plant profession.

Chen Jiancang did not plan to sell the Qinghe Qi Cultivation Pill now; taking Qi Gathering Pills could save the time spent meditating to refine spiritual energy and also had the effect of clearing meridians.

Moreover, if he were to sell Qinghe Qi Cultivation Pill now, it would inevitably attract the attention of others; his current cultivation was only at the third layer of Qi Refining, and he couldn't protect this pill recipe.

The next morning, the rising sun shone brightly, and the refreshing morning breeze gently swept across the Spirit Fields, forming waves of rice, which were extremely beautiful.

Chen Jiancang walked with light steps to the edge of his Spirit Field, formed hand seals, recited the incantation for the Spirit Rain Technique, and cast spiritual rain.

This batch of qinghe rice had only been planted recently, and there were no tender sprouts visible in the Spirit Field.

It would still take about a month to see them sprout.

After casting the spiritual rain, Chen Jiancang looked around; the Seventeenth Uncle-Grandfather in the adjacent Spirit Field was not in the field today, likely busy with the several mu of Spirit Fields he had rented.

And not far away, a beautiful figure was busy in the fields.

Chen Jiancang walked slowly forward with his hands behind his back.

As if sensing someone approaching, the figure who was bending over weeding straightened up and looked over.

"Thirteenth Brother, you're finished so early today?"

Chen Jianyun greeted him a little nervously.

Chen Jiancang ranked thirteenth among the Chen Clan's Xiao Yun Mountain branch, while Chen Jianyun was a Mortal without a spirit root.

Logically speaking, Mortals were not included in the generational naming system, but her father was a Cultivator and had married into the Chen Clan, taking a Mortal wife.

Therefore, when Chen Jianyun was named, she also used the 'Jian' generation character.

Born into a cultivation Family and having a Cultivator father, Chen Jianyun, although without a spirit root, was still better off than ordinary Mortals and could engage in simple farm work like weeding Spirit Fields.

"Yes, the qinghe rice spiritual seeds were just sown recently, and only need timely spiritual rain."

Chen Jiancang replied.

Upon hearing this, Chen Jianyun looked hesitant, stammering and wanting to speak but stopping.

Seeing this, Chen Jiancang smiled and said, "Yun Mei, feel free to speak your mind."

"Thirteenth Brother, I remember at the beginning of the year, your Spirit Field was sown at a similar time to ours, so why are the rice leaves in our qinghe rice still green? Did I do something wrong?"

Chen Jianyun had observed that Chen Jiancang's Spirit Field had already been harvested a few days ago, and she was naturally full of doubts.

If it weren't for a few other families' Spirit Fields also being as green as hers, she would truly suspect it was her own problem.

However, at this moment, her heart was filled with curiosity and impatience; she happened to meet Chen Jiancang today, and after hesitating for a long time, she finally asked.

"If it's inconvenient for Thirteenth Brother to reveal, then forget it."

"Haha, actually, it's not much of a secret anymore; at the beginning of the year, when I was sorting through my parents' belongings, I discovered a method for cultivating qinghe rice, so I tried it, and unexpectedly, it really worked."

"I have already contributed this method to the clan; if there are no mishaps, when the next batch of qinghe rice is planted, this method should be popularized, so Yun Mei, don't worry."

Chen Jiancang replied with a smile.

There was no longer any need to conceal this matter; at the latest, within two months, when the new cultivation method was popularized, his name, Chen Jiancang, would also become known within the clan along with the new method.

"Ah, Thirteenth Brother, you are actually willing to contribute such a good method to the clan?"

Chen Jianyun's eyes sparkled, and her admiration was evident.

"Haha, we Chen Clan disciples are protected by the Chen Clan; such a good method should naturally be contributed to the Chen Clan, and what's more, the Chen Clan has not treated me unfairly and has rewarded me with quite a few Chen Clan contribution points."

Chen Jiancang said with a righteous air, which made Chen Jianyun momentarily slightly dazed, and her cheeks couldn't help but flush slightly, looking extremely lovely and charming.

Within the Chen Clan, marriage between people of the same surname was not forbidden; as long as it was not within three generations, marriages between people of the same surname were quite common.

And the Chen Clan members of the Xiao Yun Mountain branch could trace their lineage back to the generation of Old Ancestor Chen Qing Yuan at the furthest, as descendants of one of Old Ancestor Chen Qing Yuan's sons.

And the Bloodline connection between Chen Jianyun and Chen Jiancang had also exceeded three generations.

Chen Jiancang was young and full of vigor, so he naturally had a sense of vanity, and Chen Jianyun was the most beautiful woman he knew, with outstanding looks and an ethereal temperament.

Gaining recognition from the woman he admired, even though he had lived two lives, the pleasure of this satisfied vanity still made his blood rush.

"Alas, it's a pity Yun Mei is a Mortal; if she were willing to be my concubine..."

Chen Jiancang's mind was filled with wild thoughts, and his cheeks couldn't help but turn red.

And Chen Jianyun, looking at Chen Jiancang, who was dressed in a green robe and was as gentle as jade, couldn't help but lower her head, her eyes revealing a look of inferiority.

Previously, Chen Jiancang had always dressed like a farmer in short clothes and was not outstanding among the many peers in the Chen Clan; however, at some point, Chen Jiancang, aside from wearing short clothes when working, wore a green robe Daoist outfit at other times, appearing distinguished and graceful; looking at him now, he was already different from others.

"Alas, if only I had a spirit root."

Chen Jianyun thought to herself.

She knew her situation well; as a member of the Chen Clan, without a spirit root, there were only two paths for her future: one was to marry a Mortal from the Chen Clan, perhaps able to give birth to a descendant with a spirit root.

The second was to be like her mother and marry an outsider as a live-in son-in-law.

As a mere Mortal, she dared not hope that Chen Jiancang would marry her as his wife; as for marrying Chen Jiancang as a concubine, she actually didn't have much psychological resistance.

It was just that, thinking about it, the biggest obstacle would most likely come from her parents.

"Yun Mei, please continue with your work for now; I have something to attend to and will go first."

After chatting with Chen Jianyun for a while, Chen Jiancang returned to Plot 30 Spiritual Field; he didn't plan to do Alchemy today but wanted to try Crafting Talismans.

The path of Spirit Talismans was vast and profound, with infinite uses; if one could deeply cultivate this art and craft high-grade Spirit Talismans, whether for daily use or future combat, Spirit Talismans would be the most direct assistance.

After cleansing himself and lighting incense, Chen Jiancang cleared his mind and body, with only Talisman patterns flickering in his mind; streaks of Talisman imprints floated uncertainly, these were all memories of Crafting Talismans he had learned before.

He dipped the purple bamboo green bristle brush in a little beast blood spiritual ink and meticulously outlined on the Talisman paper.

Chen Jiancang was extremely careful, not daring to be distracted in the slightest.

Pfft ~

Suddenly, a flame appeared out of thin air, burning the entire Talisman paper to ashes.

"It actually failed."

Looking at the ashes on the table, Chen Jiancang felt a little disappointed; yesterday, he succeeded with every furnace of Alchemy, but today, his first attempt at crafting a Talisman failed.

Although Chen Jiancang's cultivation was only at the third layer of Qi Refining, the path of Talismans was the craft he had studied for the longest time; before his parents' accident, he had basically not engaged in the spiritual plant profession but had been continuously learning the art of Crafting Talismans.

Although his talent was average, he could occasionally succeed in crafting one or two spirit rain talismans.

But now, having absorbed the experience of Crafting Talismans, he, who was originally full of confidence, failed on the very first Spirit Talisman.

Taking a deep breath, he calmed his mind, took out another piece of Talisman paper, and spread it flat on the table.

He drew with the purple bamboo green bristle brush in one continuous stroke, seamlessly transitioning at minute details, each stroke attracting the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to converge into the Spirit Talisman.

Ding, when the last stroke was lifted, a shimmering Spirit Talisman appeared vividly on the table.

"I knew it, having absorbed the experience of Crafting Talismans and with the foundation of learning Talismans before, how could I possibly fail?"

Chen Jiancang picked up this low-grade spirit rain talisman, a smile appearing on his face.

The quality of the spirit rain talisman was average, but the spiritual energy within its Talisman patterns was enough to cast a Spirit Rain Technique.

Summarizing his experience, Chen Jiancang, while his hand was hot, consecutively outlined several spirit rain talismans; this time, not a single one failed, and each one was better than the last.

It wasn't until Chen Jiancang had finished crafting over a hundred spirit rain talismans that his internal spiritual energy gradually ran out; immersed in Crafting Talismans, Chen Jiancang finally withdrew from the state and conveniently took a Qinghe Qi Cultivation Pill to replenish his spiritual energy.