18: Chapter 18 Establishing Spirit Fields and Planting Spirit Potatoes

These Spirit Stones were enough for the time being, at least enough for him to purchase Spirit Gathering Soil Fusing Talismans and a First-Order High Grade Formation Plate.

It was not that Li Luochen did not intend to buy a First-Order Top Grade Formation Plate; it was truly that he did not have that many Spirit Stones.

To open up First-Order Medium Grade Spirit Fields, one would need First-Order Medium Grade Spirit Gathering Soil Fusing Talismans, and those items were quite expensive.

To transform them into Spirit Fields within two months, at least ten First-Order Medium Grade Spirit Gathering Soil Fusing Talismans would be required.

While it was possible to nurture them slowly, Li Luochen did not intend to take his time; time was Spirit Stones.

Arriving at Wanfu Tower, he was received by the familiar attendant. A single First-Order Medium Grade Spirit Gathering Soil Fusing Talisman cost eight Spirit Stones, meaning one hundred would cost eight hundred Spirit Stones.

Thirty mu of First-Order Low Grade Spirit Fields required three hundred First-Order Low Grade Spirit Gathering Soil Fusing Talismans, valued at nine hundred Spirit Stones.

For eighty mu of ordinary fields, each mu required five First-Order Low Grade Spirit Gathering Soil Fusing Talismans, totaling four hundred First-Order Low Grade Spirit Gathering Soil Fusing Talismans, which required one thousand two hundred Spirit Stones.

Li Luochen spent two thousand nine hundred Spirit Stones here; more than half of his four thousand five hundred Spirit Stones were already gone.

Of the four thousand five hundred Spirit Stones, two thousand nine hundred were spent at Wanfu Tower, leaving one thousand six hundred Spirit Stones remaining.

The price of Formation Plates was not low. First-Order Low Grade Formation Plates were not worth much, but still cost over one hundred Spirit Stones, while First-Order Medium Grade Formation Plates were more expensive, requiring over three hundred and fifty Spirit Stones.

First-Order High Grade Formation Plates were even more expensive, requiring over eight hundred Spirit Stones. As for First-Order Top Grade Formation Plates, one could not purchase them without at least one thousand five hundred Spirit Stones.

Although Li Luochen had one thousand six hundred Spirit Stones in his possession, enough to buy a First-Order Top Grade Formation Plate, he needed a Formation that combined offensive, defensive, trapping, and illusory capabilities, which could not be purchased for one thousand six hundred Spirit Stones.

If he were to buy a First-Order High Grade Formation Plate, it would be possible, though one thousand six hundred Spirit Stones was still a bit tight.

Arriving at the Formation Artifact Tower, after constant bargaining, Li Luochen finally purchased the Golden Light Sword-Condensing Spirit Illusion Formation, which was the best among First-Order High Grade Formations, costing him one thousand five hundred and fifty Spirit Stones.

With this, Li Luochen had fully accomplished his purpose for coming to the market.

As for the remaining fifty Spirit Stones, Li Luochen used them all to purchase First-Order Medium Grade Spirit Rice seeds.

Currently, they were not yet producing their own First-Order Medium Grade Spirit Rice seeds, so he had no choice but to purchase them.

Fortunately, Spirit Rice seeds were not Spirit Medicine seeds, so the price was not high; five Spirit Stones per mu was fine.

Fifty Spirit Stones were just enough to purchase ten mu worth of First-Order Medium Grade Spirit Rice seeds, and the Spirit Stones on his person were completely spent.

However, this meant nothing to him; as long as the Spirit Fields on the First-Order Medium Grade Spiritual Vein were successfully opened, the Spirit Stones obtained each year would increase significantly, which was the key.

Leaving Qingsha Market, although Li Luochen was happy, he remained very cautious. During this period, besides talisman making, he had also cultivated the Water Evasion Technique.

Because he was on the seabed, the Water Evasion Technique was easily mastered, and subsequently refined, though it had not yet reached Minor Achievement.

If he were to encounter rogue cultivators again, he could definitely use the Water Evasion Technique to escape.

Returning safely to Hidden Dragon Island, Li Luochen arrived at that mountain peak, and after confirming that no one had been there, he began to set things up.

Not long after, the Golden Light Sword-Condensing Spirit Illusion Formation Plate was set up on the Spiritual Vein, shrouding the entire hilltop within it.

Because of the Spiritual Vein, the Formation had a supply of Spiritual Qi, so it did not require Spirit Stones.

Only when resisting external enemies, if one wanted the Formation to exert its most powerful might, would Spirit Stones be needed to activate the Formation Plate.

After setting up the Formation, Li Luochen directly began using the Spirit Gathering Soil Fusing Talismans, starting to let the Spiritual Qi fuse into the soil.

After using the Spirit Gathering Soil Fusing Talismans on all one hundred and twenty mu of planned Spirit Fields, Li Luochen was finally satisfied and flew in the direction of Xiaoao Island.

He wanted to sell the remaining Fireball Talismans he had on him and exchange them all for Spirit Stones.

At the very least, he needed to have some Spirit Stones on him; without them, he could not even activate the Formation to its maximum capacity.

In the Xiaoao Island market, Li Luochen was already a familiar face. No sooner had he set out the Fireball Talismans than someone came up to inquire.

Although the Fireball Talismans worth three Spirit Stones were few this time, there were still quite a few people buying them.

In just three days, all the Fireball Talismans he had drawn were sold out, and Li Luochen now had an extra one thousand two hundred and twenty Spirit Stones on him.

With these Spirit Stones, Li Luochen quickly returned to Hidden Dragon Island. With his strength, he was not worried about any experts daring to follow him; after all, in the entire Hidden Dragon Island, only the Island Master likely had that capability.

Upon returning to Hidden Dragon Island, he discovered that the entire mountain peak was shrouded in mist, and several figures had already appeared outside the mist.

Looking closely, it turned out to be Li Yanlong and the others. They were looking at the mist with solemn expressions and had no intention of taking action.

Li Luochen landed beside them and said with a smile, "Everyone, don't be so serious. This is a Formation I set up. Let's go, let's go inside and talk."

Li Yanlong and the others finally reacted, looked toward Li Luochen, and hurriedly bowed.

"Greetings, Patriarch!"

After Li Luochen waved his hand, he led them into the great Formation.

After entering, they sensed the dense Spiritual Qi, and a look of surprise flashed in their eyes.

"Patriarch, what is this?"

Li Luochen smiled and said, "I have already cultivated this place into a First-Order Medium Grade Spiritual Vein and intend to open up one hundred and twenty mu of Spirit Fields: ten mu of First-Order Medium Grade Spirit Fields, thirty mu of First-Order Low Grade Spirit Fields, and eighty mu of ordinary fields."

"Everything is ready; now we just wait for the land to completely transform into Spirit Fields."

After speaking, he took out the Spirit Gathering Soil Fusing Talismans again and began to let the Spiritual Qi fuse into the soil.

Li Yanlong suddenly said, "Patriarch, I have some Spirit Potato seeds here that can nourish the Spirit Fields. Why don't we plant them? They only need three months to harvest."

"Spirit Potatoes can nourish the Spirit Fields and will not affect the effect of the Spirit Gathering Soil Fusing Talismans."

Li Luochen's eyes lit up. How could he have not thought of Spirit Potatoes?

"Can we plant one hundred and twenty mu?"

Li Yanlong smiled and said, "Yes, I saved these up when I used to work as a Spirit Farmer for others. I didn't expect them to come in handy."

While speaking, he had already taken out all the Spirit Potatoes.

Seeing the Spirit Potatoes, Li Luochen and the others quickly sprang into action.

Those turning the soil did so, those planting Spirit Potatoes planted them, and those casting the Spirit Rain Art cast it.

Over the next two months, besides tending to the Spirit Fields, Li Luochen continuously drew Fireball Talismans.

With the improvement of his cultivation and the constant drawing of Fireball Talismans, his success rate for drawing Fireball Talismans reached twenty percent.

For every one thousand sheets of blank talisman paper, Li Luochen could successfully draw two hundred. This twenty percent success rate refers to the Fireball Talismans worth three Spirit Stones.

As for the Fireball Talismans worth one or two Spirit Stones, those could not be considered complete products at all.

However, if one were to add in the success rate of these Fireball Talismans, Li Luochen's success rate reached over fifty percent.

Two months of continuously drawing Fireball Talismans resulted in him having five hundred Fireball Talismans worth three Spirit Stones, eight hundred worth two Spirit Stones, and one thousand two hundred worth one Spirit Stone.

Besides this, he also had quite a lot of stalks on him. If these stalks were made into blank talisman paper, Li Luochen could draw even more Fireball Talismans.