12: The magic of summoning wind and rain

Seventeenth Brother, you've broken through to the Qi Refining Stage - Mid Phase?

Xiao Qingduo stared at him in astonishment, his tone filled with disbelief.

He was twenty-six this year and still had Five Spiritual Roots, but he had only just completed his Breakthrough last year.

He had remained at Qi Training Stage 3 for several years.

If he remembered correctly,

his cousin hadn't broken through to Qi Training Stage 3 that long ago, had he?

"Oh!"

Xiao Qingyuan saw his embarrassment and smiled, nodding, "Isn't it because my brother left me a lot of Spirit Stones? I wasted quite a bit to break through."

Then he put on a pained expression: "Now, your little brother is back to square one! I won't have any resources in the future."

Indeed.

After he played the victim, the atmosphere between the two improved significantly.

His Eldest Cousin even came over to comfort him.

He even felt apologetic towards Xiao Qingyuan in his heart.

【Seventeenth Brother, my elder brother just left, how can I be jealous of him? That's too undignified!】

【Considering he is the eldest son and grandson, he even gets spiritual fruits during festivals. If he Cultivates slowly, he can't blame anyone else.】

"Is that so?" Xiao Qingduo patted his shoulder, "It's alright, it's good that you broke through. Spending some resources is nothing. If you run out of Spirit Stones, just tell your Eldest Cousin."

Xiao Qingyuan chuckled, "That's great! I'll definitely ask you then, little brother."

"That's how it should be," Eldest Cousin said with an air of 'leave it to me,' "Being able to Breakthrough proves your talent is good. Among those with Five Spiritual Roots, you're outstanding. In the future, you might even have a chance to Breakthrough to the Qi Refining Stage - Late Phase."

"Oh, no, no, I just got lucky."

The two brothers chatted idly for a while, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Xiao Qingduo then changed the subject and asked, "Seventeenth Brother, do you still remember the congratulatory gift I gave you a few days ago?"

"A congratulatory gift?"

Xiao Qingyuan was stunned for a moment, then he remembered.

Before Eldest Cousin's wedding, he specifically went to the town below Wang Family Town.

He found and bought a woman with Five Spiritual Roots for him to be his concubine.

"Oh dear!" Xiao Qingyuan slapped his forehead in annoyance, "I had too much going on recently, so I forgot!"

Eldest Cousin nodded upon hearing this.

He had thought Xiao Qingyuan didn't like her.

So he smiled mysteriously and gave him the location of a courtyard in the town.

"Alright, just remember to go. I'll be leaving now. Remember to take your wife to see Aunt later!"

Xiao Qingduo, stimulated, made up his mind.

He would push aside family matters and return to secluded cultivation.

Xiao Qingyuan watched his departing back and pinched his chin.

Qingxuan Town governed dozens of villages, with a population of twenty to thirty thousand.

Since ancient times, imperial power did not extend to the countryside, and the town's headman was also held by his uncle.

The Mortals were currently managed by Eldest Cousin, and before that, it was his uncle.

This somewhat delayed his Cultivation.

And decades ago, the family had a tradition of testing Mortals for Spiritual Roots.

This was one of the benefits of an Immortal family.

Several of his Aunts were found in the villages under their rule and raised as child brides from a young age.

The situation was similar for several members of the hunting team, and a few had even died in the past.

By his generation, there were very few Spiritual Roots left in the governed areas.

This showed how rare Spiritual Roots were.

Yet, his Eldest Cousin had managed to find him a concubine with Spiritual Roots just by visiting villages in Wang Family Town.

This made Xiao Qingyuan wonder if he should also take some time to go out.

See if he could find any hidden gems?

He had the Spiritual Eye by his side, and the reincarnation seal also reacted to special women.

There was no reason Eldest Cousin could do it, and he, Xiao Qingyuan, could not.

Thinking of this, he chuckled.

Then he hurried towards the spiritual fields... "Rumble!"

Unlike the imagined summoning of wind and rain, lightning and thunder,

after dozens of attempts, Xiao Qingyuan finally managed to summon a small spiritual cloud.

It floated about three zhang (approximately 10 meters) above his head, attracting surrounding Spiritual Qi to create a gentle breeze.

Its area was at most a little over one hundred square meters, requiring at least six uses to irrigate one mu of spiritual field.

However, Xiao Qingyuan was still very excited. Combining his two lives,

it wasn't until today that he felt a bit like an Immortal.

Before long, the Small Spirit Rain Technique attracted enough Spiritual Qi, and its color changed from white to black.

After a few muffled crackles, rain containing spiritual power fell rustling.

Xiao Qingyuan withdrew.

He continued to cast the Spirit Rain Technique in a nearby area, brewing spiritual clouds.

However, he hadn't even irrigated half a mu of land when his magical power was already difficult to sustain, having only summoned the spiritual cloud three times.

A thought flashed through his mind.

He found another stone by the stream, used his hand as a knife, and cut a flat surface.

He began to draw spiritual talismans with his last ten percent of magical power.

Then his expression froze, followed by a look of wild joy.

【Because the Spirit Rain Technique was just cast here, the fire attribute power is greatly reduced, making it easier to control.】

Xiao Qingyuan waved his brush.

Three spiritual talismans were completed in one go.

Indeed, he easily drew three high-quality spiritual talismans.

Xiao Qingyuan was overjoyed at the sight.

"One mu of spiritual field yields one to two hundred catties of spiritual rice in a lean year, and four to five hundred catties in a good year. The specific yield is related to the Rank of the Spirit Rain Technique."

"And one hundred catties of spiritual rice is only worth one Spirit Stone."

"And every talisman paper I draw can earn half a Spirit Stone..."

Thinking of this,

Xiao Qingyuan immediately luxuriously took out a Spirit Stone to absorb.

He also used up the Spirit Stone fragments he had treasured for many years, and in a short while, his magical power was fully replenished.

Then he once again cast the Spirit Rain Technique, creating a watery environment.

This time, he reduced the release of the Spirit Rain Technique.

He only released it twice, leaving seventy percent of his magical power for drawing talismans.

He quickly drew more than twenty talismans.

He only stopped completely when his magical power was depleted again.

Xiao Qingyuan looked at his gains with joy, muttering to himself:

"It really works. My current probability of producing high-quality items is one in ten. Including the previous ones, out of thirty spiritual talismans, exactly three are high-quality, and the others are genuine spiritual talismans."

"Counting the cost and the one and a half Spirit Stones for restoring magical power, I made a net profit of ten and a half!"

"Not only that, but by using Spirit Stones to restore my magical power, my Cultivation will also improve faster!"

Thinking this, Xiao Qingyuan repeated the process again.

Until his eyes were swollen and sore to the extreme.

Only then did he reluctantly stop, rubbing his temples.

Good heavens.

After this whole process, he made a net profit of twenty Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

It's just that the fields weren't fully irrigated.

At least five more uses of the Small Spirit Rain Technique would be needed.

Helpless, Xiao Qingyuan had to rest temporarily and boredly looked through the complete Spirit Rain Technique and the Blood Rain Technique Legacy his brother had given him.

This look,

again greatly surprised him.

"This Blood Rain Technique..."

The Small Spirit Rain Technique was a stripped-down version of the Spirit Rain Technique. There was nothing much to say about the Spirit Rain Technique itself.

Its effects were largely similar, but it had improvements in all aspects, allowing for a wider irrigation range and higher yields.

The key lay in this Blood Rain Technique.

"Using Yao Beast essence blood to release red spiritual rain can greatly increase yields and halve the ripening time!"

The description was simple, but Xiao Qingyuan was stunned by what he read.

This was too elegant!

"Halving the ripening time,ripening (hastening maturity)?"

Thinking of this, Xiao Qingyuan finally realized how precious this Legacy truly was.

His expression also began to become wary.

Leaving aside the question of how much this Spell could increase the yield of spiritual rice,

just the fact that it could change from one harvest a year to two harvests a year.

As long as this news spread, it could push the Xiao Family into the eye of the storm.

Not to mention that this Spell could also ripen spiritual fruits and Spirit Medicine?!

And the consumption was merely a few drops of essence blood, at most not exceeding ten drops.

This would be enough to withstand hundreds of uses of the Blood Rain Technique.

This was simply a colossal fortune beckoning to him!