20: Chapter 20 The Spirit Rice Ripens Again, and the Clan Grows.

Returning to Hidden Dragon Island, Li Luochen distributed all the Medicinal Pills and shared the earth pulse stalactite milk among the clan members. He entrusted the cultivation of the spirit fields to Li Yanlong and the others, then returned to his Underwater Cave to Cultivate.

The Spirit Medicine in the Underwater Cave still required care; he could not leave for too long, or he would be heartbroken if even a single stalk were lost.

With these cultivation resources, Li Luochen naturally did not just focus on crafting Fireball Talisman; he also consumed the century-old spirit milk to Cultivate.

Two months later, while Li Luochen was Cultivating, the System's voice echoed in his mind.

"Ding, congratulations to the host. Through diligent farming, the Family has harvested 500,000 catties of spirit potatoes, valued at 1,000 Spirit Stones. The farming reward condition has been met. Critical hit: Tier 1 Advanced Spirit Planter's Notes."

Li Luochen was overjoyed. It was actually a Spirit Planter's Notes; this was a massive gain.

500,000 catties of spirit potatoes—although this quantity was not small, potatoes were not valuable. Especially these unranked spirit potatoes, which had extremely high yields, were worth only one Spirit Stone for every 500 catties.

Even if all these spirit potatoes were sold, they would only fetch 1,000 Spirit Stones. However, the Tier 1 Advanced Spirit Planter's Notes were worth far more than that; one could not obtain them for less than tens of thousands of Spirit Stones.

Li Luochen stood up instantly, watered the Spirit Medicine, and then walked quickly toward the outside.

On Hidden Dragon Island, when Li Luochen reappeared, his eyes were filled with excitement.

As the Li Family became increasingly powerful, their Spiritual Veins would also become more numerous and more Advanced.

By then, the Spirit Planter's Notes would be very important.

Moreover, since the spirit potatoes had been harvested, it was time to officially plant spirit rice.

Ordinary spirit rice was worth one Spirit Stone per 100 catties, Tier 1 Low Grade spirit rice was one Spirit Stone per 10 catties, and Tier 1 Medium Grade spirit rice was one Spirit Stone per 3 catties.

Currently, the Li Family had 10 mu of Tier 1 Medium Grade spirit fields, 50 mu of Tier 1 Low Grade spirit fields, and 130 mu of ordinary spirit fields.

If all these spirit fields were planted with spirit rice, he wondered how many critical hits or bonuses there would be when it came time to harvest next year.

When Li Luochen arrived, Li Yanlong and the others had just finished harvesting the spirit potatoes.

"Greetings, Patriarch!"

Li Luochen waved his hand and said, "Spirit potatoes can be stored and used for meals, so keep them all. After all, this stuff isn't very valuable."

"Everyone has plenty of cultivation Medicinal Pills, and with the 190 mu of spirit fields, next year's income will certainly be substantial. For now, let's focus on farming."

"Leave the Tier 1 Medium Grade spirit fields to me. You and Yanlong handle the Tier 1 Low Grade spirit fields. Yanfeng, you take the others and plant the ordinary spirit fields."

Everyone acknowledged the order and quickly began to act.

There were quite a lot of spirit fields this time; it took a full three days to finish planting the spirit rice.

After planting the spirit rice, they waited for the harvest more than nine months later. Everyone's eyes held expressions of anticipation, hoping for a good harvest next year.

With so many spirit fields, even without any bonuses or critical hits, they could obtain over 6,000 Spirit Stones every year.

Although this was somewhat insufficient for the Li Family, it was more than enough to Cultivate a Qi Refining Stage 7 cultivator.

After all, many experts at the Qi Refining 10th Layer Perfection probably only possessed that much in total, and that was their entire net worth, not their annual income.

Li Luochen said, "Yanlong, you all Cultivate diligently. I will continue to go to the Underwater Cave to look after the Spirit Medicine there. Whether we can rise rapidly depends on the Spirit Medicine there."

"The spirit fields here are left to you. Once the Spirit Medicine is harvested, we will replace it with a real island-protecting formation."

Li Yanlong nodded and said, "Patriarch, please go ahead. We will watch over the Family; everything will be fine."

Li Luochen nodded and continued, "Yanhu, you have already broken through to Qi Refining Stage 5. Increase your cultivation as quickly as possible."

"Once your cultivation breaks through to Qi Refining Stage 6, we will buy another island, and you will be in charge of it then."

A flash of pleasant surprise appeared in Li Yanhu's eyes. If he could truly be in charge of an island himself, that would be wonderful.

"Yes, Patriarch, this Disciple understands."

Li Luochen spoke again about the matter of testing Spiritual Roots, and then left quickly.

The matter of testing the Family's Spiritual Roots had always been handled by Li Yanlong, and he had done a very good job; Li Luochen was very satisfied.

Unfortunately, they came up empty-handed again this year; no clan members were born with Spiritual Roots, which was somewhat disappointing.

However, it would be better in a few years. The Li Family was now encouraging childbirth, and there would be many more children of the appropriate age in a few years.

After Li Luochen returned to the Underwater Cave and checked on the Spirit Medicine, he began to Cultivate diligently.

At most, the sea soul grass and the crystal flower would be mature in three years. He wondered what kind of good items these four mu of Spirit Medicine would yield through a critical hit.

In the following days, Li Luochen either Cultivated or tended to the Spirit Medicine; he even stopped crafting Fireball Talisman.

Of course, in his spare time, he would still process all the straw into blank talisman paper.

Time flew by; in the blink of an eye, nine months had passed. Li Luochen felt the aura on his body, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

At this moment, his cultivation had reached the Peak of Qi Refining Stage 7, and he was not far from Qi Refining Level 8.

The century-old spirit milk was not just empty talk; the energy within it was extremely dense. Up until now, Li Luochen had only refined 30% of it, and 70% remained unrefined.

Not only had his cultivation increased, but his Divine Sense had also grown to a range of 13 meters. This was only because he had consumed one Divine Pill.

Besides that, not a single stalk of Spirit Medicine had withered, and they were growing very well.

The most important thing was the Water Evasion Technique; he had now cultivated it to Minor Achievement, which was quite good.

At the very least, escaping in the sea was no problem. As long as he did not encounter a Foundation Establishment expert, he could escape from anyone.

After leaving the Immortal Cave, Li Luochen directly cast the Water Evasion Technique and headed toward Hidden Dragon Island at an extremely fast speed.

When he arrived at Hidden Dragon Island, Li Yanlong and the others had already come out of seclusion, waiting for his arrival.

"Patriarch, you're back?"

"Greetings, Patriarch!"

Seeing Li Luochen return, the Li Family members bowed one after another.

Li Luochen waved his hand and said, "There is no need for so many formalities. The spirit rice has ripened again, but this time our Li Family has many more spirit fields, so I'm afraid it will take a few days to finish harvesting."

"However, this is a good thing; it means our Li Family has begun to rise."

"Yanlong, Yanhu, both of you have cultivated to Qi Refining Stage 5. Harvest the spirit rice in the Tier 1 spirit fields."

"Yanfeng, your cultivation has reached Qi Refining Level 4, which is very good. You take the rest of the people to harvest the ordinary spirit rice."

Li Yanfeng hurriedly said, "Third Uncle, my cultivation has reached Qi Refining Level 4, so I can also harvest the Tier 1 Low Grade spirit fields. Changfeng is almost 14 years old now, and his cultivation will soon break through to Qi Refining Level 3, so he can also handle things on his own."

"I intend to let him lead the other clan members to harvest the ordinary spirit rice. Third Uncle, what do you think?"

Li Luochen looked toward Li Changfeng. This kid had indeed grown up, and in at most half a year, he would be able to break through to Qi Refining Level 3.

This kid had not consumed the earth pulse stalactite milk. Perhaps by the time he was 18, he would already be at Qi Refining Level 4.

By then, if he consumed the earth pulse stalactite milk, it shouldn't be difficult for him to break through to Qi Refining Stage 6 within five years.

It was just a pity that each person could only consume five drops of earth pulse stalactite milk; it would be useless after that. Otherwise, he could definitely make the clan members' cultivation improve by leaps and bounds.

"Hmm, this proposal is not bad. Changfeng is the oldest of the 'Chang' generation; he does indeed need to be able to handle things on his own in the future."