5: Chapter 5: The Book of Talisman Making, and the Sale of Spirit Rice.

Li Luochen was overjoyed; he had made a huge profit this time. Not only had the Spirit Rice increased twofold, yielding 37,500 jin of Rank One Low Grade Spirit Rice, but he had also obtained a Talisman Making Manual.

37,500 jin of Rank One Spirit Rice was worth 3,750 Spirit Stones. After setting aside 1,250 Spirit Stones for the Family, the rest belonged to Li Luochen personally.

However, his original intention in establishing the Family was to activate the System and gain more benefits. Therefore, aside from what he used for his own Cultivation, the remaining Spirit Stones would all be used for the benefit of the Family.

The Talisman Making Manual was a great item; it allowed them to produce Talisman Paper from straw to sell.

Although the price of Talisman Paper wasn't very high, it could be very profitable if produced in large quantities.

A dozen sheets of Talisman Paper were worth one Spirit Stone. If they could produce 10,000 sheets, that would be 1,000 Spirit Stones.

While he didn't know how much straw was needed to make a single blank sheet of Talisman Paper, he assumed it wouldn't be too much.

This was equivalent to a craft Legacy, which would definitely increase the Li Family's foundation by several degrees.

Forcing down his excitement, Li Luochen said, "Rank One Low Grade Spirit Rice has the effect of increasing the cultivation of those below the third level of Qi Refining. We'll set aside 2,500 jin; from now on, we will also eat Rank One Low Grade Spirit Rice."

"We can't have it so that we grow the Spirit Rice but can't even eat it ourselves."

"As for the remaining 10,000 jin of Spirit Rice, I will take it to Qingsha Market to sell, to purchase and distribute your annual stipends for this year."

Hearing Li Luochen's words, everyone couldn't help but get excited. Cultivating with high-quality Medicinal Pills was not slow at all.

Especially Li Yanlong, whose cultivation was close to a Breakthrough to the fourth level of Qi Refining. If he added this year's stipend, breaking through would not be a problem.

If he could break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, it would be of great benefit to the Li Family.

Li Yanfeng quickly asked, "Third Uncle, are we eating Rank One Low Grade Spirit Rice tonight?"

Li Luochen laughed and said, "Yes, we'll eat Rank One Low Grade Spirit Rice. By the way, Yanlong, I remember we haven't tested the Spiritual Roots of the children in Li Family Town this year, have we?"

Li Yanlong said, "Patriarch, at first it was one test every five years, then it became once every three years. We didn't go to the secular Family to test Spiritual Roots last year either."

Li Luochen said, "Three years is too long. Let's do it once a year. Tell my eldest brother to encourage childbearing. For the Family to rise, we need Cultivator clansmen."

Li Yanlong nodded and said, "Alright, I'll go tomorrow."

Li Family Town on Hidden Dragon Island was the largest town on the island, and most of its residents were Li Family Bloodline clansmen, numbering over 30,000.

Even so, in thirty years, only seven people with Spiritual Roots had appeared among them, and Li Luochen's Spiritual Root was even Acquired.

While they were talking, Li Yanfeng had already prepared the Spirit Rice, and everyone began to devour it ravenously.

It wasn't that they had never eaten Rank One Low Grade Spirit Rice before, but today's rice was exceptionally fragrant, as if the Spiritual Qi inside was even more abundant—after all, this was Spirit Rice they had grown themselves.

After the meal, everyone returned to their rooms and began to Cultivate earnestly.

The next morning, Li Yanhu and Li Yanfeng stayed behind in Qianlong Valley with the three children.

Li Luochen piloted a flying boat and headed toward Qingsha Island.

Li Yanlong performed the Light Body Technique and quickly headed toward the nearby Li Family Town.

Li Family Town, the largest town on Hidden Dragon Island, had over 50,000 people, but the majority were Li Family clansmen.

Especially in recent years, after the Li Family bought Hidden Dragon Island, the entire island was under the Li Family's say.

However, the Li Family's reputation was very good, and there were no instances of bullying or oppression.

In the surrounding villages and towns, many wealthy families wanted to marry Li Family daughters or marry their own daughters into the Li Family; after all, it was a Family that possessed Immortals.

Li Yanlong's arrival broke the peace of the town; he was, after all, a legendary Immortal.

However, no one dared to gawk. All the Li Family children of the appropriate age were gathered in the Town Guard Manor.

No one knew what had happened, but when Li Yanlong left again, he took a seven-year-old child with him.

After Li Yanlong left with the child, several orders were issued within the Li Family clan.

First, daughters of the Li Family were not to marry out; they would only recruit uxorilocal sons-in-law to prevent the Li Family Bloodline from flowing out.

Second, more children meant more blessings. If one gave birth to a child with a Spiritual Root, they would have no worries for the rest of their life.

Finally, men and women of age must marry and bear children. Men with the means could take multiple wives and concubines.

In fact, increasing the population this way was a method to increase the birth of clansmen with Spiritual Roots. However, it was even better for clansmen who already had Spiritual Roots to marry and take concubines, as their children would have a higher probability of having Spiritual Roots. It was just that none of the Li Family's Cultivator clansmen had married yet.

Li Luochen was in no hurry. The Family had just been established; everything could wait until their cultivation levels had improved.

At Qingsha Market, Li Luochen quickly entered and arrived at the Qingsha Spirit Rice Workshop.

This time it was Rank One Low Grade Spirit Rice, not worthless ordinary Spirit Rice, so Li Luochen didn't dare to set up a stall to sell it.

Although selling it at the Qingsha Spirit Rice Workshop would be a bit cheaper, he had no other choice. After all, the Li Family was still weak and couldn't afford to open a shop.

Upon entering the Spirit Rice Workshop, a Qi Refining Stage 6 Cultivator came forward to greet him.

This Cultivator wore the uniform of a Qingsha Sect Outer Sect Disciple, yet there was no trace of arrogance on his face.

"Fellow Daoist, is there something you need?"

Li Luochen asked, "Do you accept Rank One Low Grade Crescent Rice? What is the price?"

The Cultivator's eyes brightened slightly as he quickly said, "The market price for Rank One Low Grade Spirit Rice is ten Spirit Stones per jin, but we also need to make a profit, so it's one Spirit Stone for twelve jin."

"If the quantity is large, I can make the call: one Spirit Stone for ten jin, provided the Rank One Low Grade Spirit Rice exceeds 10,000 jin."

Li Luochen breathed a sigh of relief and said seriously, "Fellow Daoist, I have 35,000 jin of Rank One Low Grade Spirit Rice here. What do you think?"

The Cultivator's eyes lit up, and he smiled. "It seems Fellow Daoist comes from a Cultivator Family. Since I've already said that, I'll buy it from you at the price of one Spirit Stone for eleven jin."

"If Fellow Daoist doesn't mind, please follow me to the VIP room for the transaction."

Li Luochen nodded and followed the Cultivator into the Spirit Rice Workshop's VIP room.

The VIP room was large and had the effect of isolating Divine Sense from the outside, making it very safe.

Li Luochen took out 350 bags of Spirit Rice, each weighing 100 jin. A normal Storage Pouch naturally couldn't hold it all.

To hide his secrets, Li Luochen directly pulled three Storage Pouches from his robe before taking out all the Spirit Rice.

The Qingsha Sect Cultivator quickly checked them. After confirming there were no issues, he satisfiedly took out 3,182 Spirit Stones and handed them to Li Luochen.

"Here are your Spirit Stones, Fellow Daoist. If you have the same Spirit Rice in the future, you can bring it to the Spirit Rice Workshop anytime; I'll take it all at this price."

"If Fellow Daoist can bring more than 100,000 jin of Rank One Spirit Rice, I will definitely buy it at the market price."

The Qingsha Sect had its own Alchemists. Rank One Low Grade Spirit Rice could be eaten directly or refined into Medicinal Pills.

If they only sold the Spirit Rice, they wouldn't make much at this purchase price, but if it were refined into Medicinal Pills, the price would be high.

Ordinary Rank One Low Grade Medicinal Pills were at least one Spirit Stone each, and refining a furnace of pills didn't even use ten jin of Spirit Rice. A single batch could yield several pills, making it extremely profitable.

Not only did they use Rank One Spirit Rice for Alchemy, but ordinary Spirit Rice as well, though they refined Fasting Pills from that.