3: Zhang Chen clan land

Qingya Mountain Range, Xiao Yun Mountain Market.

Chen Jiancang walked into the Chen Family's spiritual rice purchasing point, two bulging storage bags hanging from his waist.

After a hard morning's work, he had finally hulled all the qinghe rice. It took two storage bags to hold all the spiritual rice. In the past, he would have needed a few more storage bags for the stalks.

But this time, it wasn't so troublesome. Chen Jiancang didn't plan to sell the qinghe rice stalks; he would keep some to make talismans, and the rest would be used for composting for the next planting.

"Ninth Uncle, you're on duty today!"

Chen Jiancang entered the purchasing point. Several spiritual farmers were already queuing to sell their harvested spiritual rice.

Among them, only a few were Chen Clan members; most of the queue consisted of Cultivators with other surnames.

These Cultivators with other surnames relied on the Spiritual Vein of the Xiao Yun Mountain Market to rent and cultivate the Chen Family's Spirit Fields. Although these were only small, fragmented plots on the edges, with careful cultivation, they could still yield a harvest.

"Ah, so it's little Jiancang. Haven't seen you in over half a year. Oh, you've actually broken through to the Qi Refining Third Layer? Not bad, not bad."

Chen Youming, at Qi Refining Ninth Layer, was the manager of the Spirit Plant Hall for the Chen Family spiritual farmers at the Xiao Yun Mountain Market.

Seeing the two bulging storage bags hanging from Chen Jiancang's waist, he greeted him with a smile.

"Ninth Uncle, this is the spiritual rice I harvested this season. Please take a look."

As he spoke, Chen Jiancang had already untied the storage bag from his waist and handed it to Chen Youming.

"Mm, alright."

"Oh, the spiritual rice is plump and full of spiritual energy. It's actually top-grade premium qinghe rice."

"If I remember correctly, this is your first year cultivating qinghe rice, right? To have such quality in the first year, could it be that you have quite a talent for spiritual farming?"

Chen Youming took the storage bag and used his spiritual sense to inspect the qinghe rice, suddenly shocked by the quality of the qinghe rice Chen Jiancang had grown.

"Ninth Uncle, you're joking. Ever since my parents met with misfortune, I had no choice but to take over the Spirit Fields at home. How could I have any talent? I just found some cultivation techniques among my parents' belongings and have been figuring things out."

"I didn't expect it would be this effective."

Chen Jiancang said humbly.

"Mm-hmm, that's true. But since it's already effective, go to the Spirit Plant Hall later and hand this method over to the Elders there. They will verify it. If this method is truly effective, you certainly won't lack contribution points, young fellow."

Chen Youming continued to advise.

Chen Jiancang quickly agreed. He hadn't planned to keep the qinghe rice cultivation method a secret anyway.

"Premium qinghe rice, 3125 jin. Oh, the yield has actually increased by sixty percent! I remember your Family only had two mu of Spirit Field, right?"

Chen Youming looked towards Chen Jiancang as if confirming.

"Yes."

"Could it be that your method is truly a good one? Later, I'll go with you to the Spirit Plant Hall to confirm."

Chen Youming nodded and continued, "Because the quality of your qinghe rice is excellent, the original purchasing price of five ling sand per jin, I'll raise it to seven ling sand per jin for you."

"After deducting the 625 jin offered to the Chen Family, the remaining 2500 jin translates to 175 spiritual stones."

"Here are the 175 spiritual stones. Keep them safe."

As he spoke, Chen Youming handed both storage bags, along with the 175 spiritual stones inside, to Chen Jiancang.

In the past, two mu of Spirit Field producing qinghe rice that could sell for 80 spiritual stones was already considered a high yield. However, the qinghe rice Chen Jiancang grew surpassed the former in both quality and yield.

Chen Youming was willing to proactively increase the price partly out of respect for Chen Jiancang's deceased parents.

"Let's go, little Chen Jiancang, I'll take you to the Spirit Plant Hall."

Seeing Chen Jiancang hang the storage bags back on his waist, Chen Youming casually took out a palm-sized jade-colored spiritual boat from his own storage bag.

As Chen Youming softly chanted an incantation and infused it with magic power, the jade-colored spiritual boat immediately grew against the wind, instantly transforming into over ten feet long.

"Mid-grade Magical Artifact - Azure Jade Boat"

Chen Jiancang recognized the style of the spiritual boat, and a look of envy couldn't help but appear on his Face.

Low-stage Qi Refining Cultivators, whose spiritual sense has not yet been born, cannot control Magical Artifacts. They cannot even perform simple sword flight, let alone control a mid-grade Magical Artifact.

Only by breaking through to the Qi Refining Middle Stage would one be qualified to use Magical Artifacts.

Chen Jiancang stepped onto the spiritual boat. In just an instant, the spiritual boat shot out like an arrow, flying towards the Chen Family's Spirit Plant Hall.

This was the first time Chen Jiancang, who had transmigrated, had flown. A hundred meters high, upon the spiritual boat, he looked down at the scene below, seeing neatly arranged Spirit Fields alternating between green and yellow.

The body of Xiao Yun Mountain extended from the towering Qingya Mountain Range in the distance. Lush and green, it separated the Spirit Fields into two areas.

On Xiao Yun Mountain, towers, terraces, pavilions, and kiosks were scattered in an orderly fashion. This scene was exactly how he imagined an immortal's sacred place to be.

Looking into the distance, as far as his eyes could see, smoke curled upwards and figures moved about. Chen Jiancang knew that was the Chen Family Mortal zone, where tens of thousands of Mortals with the surname Chen lived.

The spiritual boat sped forward like an arrow released from a bowstring. The branch of Xiao Yun Mountain was quickly out of sight within moments.

The closer they got to the main peak, Chen Jiancang could clearly feel the spiritual energy gradually becoming denser.

Below, array patterns appeared on every Spirit Field, obscured by clouds and mist, making it impossible to see the details of the Spirit Fields clearly.

"If I could own a Spirit Field here in the future, I could plant some second-grade spiritual plants. I just don't know what rewards there would be for harvesting second-grade spiritual plants."

Chen Jiancang secretly anticipated this in his heart. Second-grade spiritual plants already belonged to the Foundation Establishment realm, and the resources required were not something a small Qi Refining Third Layer Cultivator like him could currently access.

After flying for a few moments, they saw an independent mountain extending from the Qingya Mountain Range. Spiritual energy permeated it, and a visible grand formation appeared, its array patterns manifesting, lightning flickering, emitting a terrifying aura.

This was the core clan territory of the spiritual farmer Chen Family. The third-grade clan protection formation, Sky Thunder Landing Formation, was constantly operating, guarding against sneak attacks from petty individuals. It was rumored that Chen Family Old Ancestor Chen Qing Yuan was cultivating in seclusion within this formation.

The Spirit Plant Hall was adjacent to the clan protection formation and was one of the important halls of the spiritual farmer Chen Family. It was located on the second-grade high-grade Spiritual Vein of the main peak of Qingya, together with the Law Enforcement Hall, and was specifically responsible for improving spiritual seeds and cultivating high-grade spiritual plants and spiritual medicines.