19: Chapter 19 Another Year of Harvest

At this moment, Zhao Mo was stunned, and Ox Martial was dumbfounded.

Man and ox stood frozen in the spirit rice field just like that.

What stunned Zhao Mo was that, as it turned out, his two spirit rice fields could normally grant double experience.

If the harvest also had double rewards, then?

Zhao Mo dared not imagine how fast his Cultivation would be.

If he rented three or four spirit rice fields, wouldn't he be able to reach Foundation Establishment immediately?

But after thinking about it, Zhao Mo gave up. The Xuan Sect had few spirit rice fields but many Cultivators. Only someone like Ding Xin, who relied on having a good sister, could obtain over ten mu of spirit rice fields. He, Zhao Mo, had waited ten years just to rent three mu.

As for this spirit rice field of Luo Yan's, had Zhao Mo not contributed the hybrid spirit rice technology, he wouldn't have even dared to dream of it.

"Fortunately, it's not too late now." Zhao Mo smiled and said happily.

As for Ox Martial, he was dumbfounded because the Law of Dao had appeared again, and Ox Martial, lost in the Law, was stupefied.

"Why does this little calf look so dazed every time he finishes plowing the field?"

"Is he that tired?"

Zhao Mo looked at the dazed Ox Martial, feeling a bit puzzled.

Being dazed was fine; although Ox Martial knew to follow when Zhao Mo led him, he always gave off the impression of being soul-less.

"Forget it, tie him in the cowshed, and he'll recover in two or three days."

In the following days, Ox Martial jumped up and down in the simple cowshed Zhao Mo had built, trying to remove the iron stake from his nose.

Unfortunately, every attempt ended with him in tears from the pain.

Recalling his two experiences of comprehending the Law, Ox Martial strongly suspected that the so-called Ox Clan Immortal Scripture was this iron stake.

Or even if it wasn't the iron stake, it had a great deal to do with it.

"Can I leave now?"

"But now that my demon power is completely gone, I'm afraid I won't even make it out of this gate." Ox Martial sighed.

He had encountered Ding Xin wielding a knife at him several times and had even been drugged twice; had Ox Martial not been clever, he would likely be meat in a pot by now.

If even a Ding Xin in the Qi Refining Stage coveted him so much, let alone the Cultivators outside the Xuan Sect.

"Forget it, I can only wait until my demon power recovers." Ox Martial temporarily gave up the idea of returning to the Ox Clan.

...

Spring departed and autumn arrived.

It was another busy farming season.

"Look, Qi Refining Seventh Layer."

Ding Xin, who had been Cultivating bitterly all winter, came to show off to Zhao Mo as soon as he came out of seclusion.

"Very good."

Zhao Mo was placing spirit rice field mud into the transparent shed. This soil was all dug out from the spirit rice fields and was now being spread on the threshing floor to serve as a seedbed for the hybrid spirit rice.

Seeing that Zhao Mo had dismissed him with just two words, Ding Xin was not discouraged; he even felt good about himself.

"Are you jealous?"

Zhao Mo: "Jealous of what? I'm at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer and expect to make a Breakthrough to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer by the end of this year. What would I be jealous of you for?"

Ding Xin...

This critical hit made it impossible to continue the conversation.

"Tell me, why go to so much trouble? Just throwing them in the spirit rice field makes them grow perfectly fine." Seeing that the conversation about Cultivation couldn't continue, Ding Xin quickly switched the topic to what Zhao Mo was currently doing.

Zhao Mo didn't stop his work, continuing to smooth out the spirit rice field mud, while saying to Ding Xin: "What do you mean 'trouble'? Which early spring doesn't have a late spring chill? When the cold wave comes, can spirit rice seeds sprout?"

"My transparent shed is different; no matter what the weather is, it doesn't affect me."

Ding Xin was still muttering on the side,

"Fine, fine, I know you're amazing."

In reality, he was shocked by Zhao Mo's speed of Breakthrough. A Breakthrough to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer by the end of the year?

He had never seen Zhao Mo Cultivate either.

Watching Zhao Mo, who was focused on spreading the spirit rice field mud, a ridiculous thought occurred to Ding Xin: Could farming actually be Zhao Mo's method of Cultivation?

Actually, Ding Xin's guess wasn't wrong. Zhao Mo gained experience by farming the spirit rice fields and then used that experience to upgrade his Cultivation. It could be said that farming was Cultivation; at least the outcome was the same.

[You have completed sowing, experience + 10.]

[You have completed watering the spirit rice field, experience + 10.]

[You have completed transplanting the seedlings, experience + 10.]

...

After half a month, Zhao Mo finally finished his work.

All the hybrid spirit rice had been planted, and during this time, Zhao Mo had also been guiding others in breeding and transplanting.

[You have completed pest control in the spirit rice field, experience + 10.]

Because the two spirit rice fields were not connected, Zhao Mo was extremely busy during the heading stage of the spirit rice.

He needed to be observant in all directions; as long as there was a buzzing sound, he had to go over immediately, otherwise, if he was a few moments late, several spirit rice plants would suffer.

Now, the entire Xiao Ji Village was filled with this buzzing sound. As the planting area of hybrid spirit rice expanded, these Demon Worms were becoming increasingly numerous.

"Why are these Demon Worms getting bigger and bigger?"

Zhao Mo looked at the carcass of a Demon Worm on the iron stake, feeling a bit puzzled. Compared to the size when he first discovered the Demon Worms, the current ones were more than twice as large.

"Could it be that they can evolve?"

Zhao Mo had an ominous premonition.

Fortunately, this year's heading stage had passed, and a bumper harvest was certain.

"I'm going to kill you."

Beside the Leisurely Residence, Ding Xin was chasing Ox Martial with a knife. As for the reason, it was naturally Ox Martial's revenge; he had stolen and eaten Ding Xin's spirit rice seedlings.

To tell the truth, Ox Martial had gone from loathing to liking the spirit rice straw, but after eating the spirit rice seedlings, he felt that they were the most delicious things in the world.

Unfortunately, after being beaten up by Zhao Mo, he didn't dare to eat anything from Zhao Mo's spirit rice fields. Then Ding Xin suffered; the daily chase had become a mandatory program for the man and the ox.

Zhao Mo had become numb to it.

[You have completed harvesting the spirit rice field, experience + 10.]

"Huh? There's no reward?"

After harvesting his original spirit rice field, Zhao Mo did not receive a System reward.

"This gou system, does it only give out the reward once?"

Sure enough, it was only after Zhao Mo finished harvesting the newly rented spirit rice field that he heard that familiar sound.

[You have completed harvesting the spirit rice, experience + 10.]

[Reward: After 159 days of meticulous care, your spirit rice field has had a bumper harvest, experience + 100.]

First, there was no extra reward; second, the experience points didn't increase. It turned out that planting an extra spirit rice field just meant a bit more experience points as usual.

"System."

[Farmer: Zhao Mo]

[Cultivation: Qi Refining Eighth Layer (Can be upgraded)]

[Experience Points: 530 / 300]

[Reward: None]

Looking at the experience points, Zhao Mo felt he should be satisfied. After all, although there was no double reward, the experience points were real. In one busy season, he had gained nearly four hundred experience points in total; why covet more rewards?

"Senior Brother Zhao, I've come to help you thresh."

Zhao Mo shook his head. "No need to thresh by hand this year; use him."

Zhao Mo pointed to the leisurely Ox Martial on the side.

Hearing about work, Ox Martial not only didn't run away, but instead wagged his tail and approached.

Heavens have mercy, he was bored out of his mind.

On the threshing floor.

All the spirit rice was spread out flat.

Putting on the ox halter and tying on the stone roller Zhao Mo had prepared in advance, it was all set.

"Little calf, if you dare to relieve yourself on the threshing floor, I will castrate you on the spot." Ox Martial felt a chill between his legs and immediately put away any thoughts of mischief, honestly pulling the stone roller and turning around the threshing floor.

Circle after circle.

Ox Martial's head was almost dizzy, and finally, he heard Zhao Mo say it was done.

"Eh, something's wrong, the Law of Dao did not appear." After finishing the threshing, Ox Martial, dizzy and disoriented, was dumbfounded once again.

"Does the Law of Dao only appear when plowing the field?"

Ox Martial was depressed.

Zhao Mo was also used to his little calf being dazed at every turn, and he continued to collect the spirit rice on his own.

From the two spirit rice fields, a total of 5,800 catties of hybrid spirit rice were harvested, filling up the entire second floor of the Leisurely Residence.

"Not bad, this year wasn't in vain after all."

"Next is the Breakthrough to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer."